Sword of Dawn

"...Yes," Selena hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "I helped Gawain Cecil clear a lot of memories according to his instructions, but I don't know the contents of these memories—— he said Those memories are very dangerous, and if one more person knows about them, the whole world will be pushed one more point towards the abyss of eternal doom, and in the end they must be cleared, so it is better not to spy on them from the beginning."

"...I believe you," Gawain said slowly, "then go ahead, Gawain Cecil went to the Ancestral Peak to investigate the truth, what he might have found, and then what happened? What happened after he returned from the Ancestral Peak? what?"

"He found us," Selena said.

"He found you?!" Gao Wen was a little surprised, "How did he find you? Especially you, how did he find you? After all, you already..."

"It seems that you have fully grasped my 'situation', including the fact that I became a soul body 700 years ago," Selena smiled, "Frankly speaking, I still don't understand... After the Ancestor Peak returned, Gawain Cecil's state was very strange. He seemed to have suddenly acquired some kind of 'insight' ability, or some kind of 'revelation'. They repelled several attacks by the mutants, and easily found several secret hideouts built by the survivors of the Church of Storms and the Church of Dreams—even if these hideouts were located in deserted mountains and wild forests, even if Gawain Cecil did not send Any eyeliner, even humans at that time, didn't know the existence of those wild mountains and wild forests...he could find them.

"He first found the storm priests who were still sane, and asked them to prepare a big ship for him to go to sea, and then he found the dream priests who were hiding, hoping to get mental protection, and hoped that we could help him clear some memories ...

"As you know, I was...dead at that time, but my soul survived in a special way, I was attracted by Gawain Cecil's plan, driven by curiosity, I had a dream with him Conversation in..."

"I don't know about these," Gao Wen said, "It seems that I still have a lot of missing memories. What did you talk about?"

"He said he was going to take a risk to seek a certain opportunity," Selina said slowly, "He said he knew what we had gone through and what terrible things we saw on the Ancestor Peak, he said he There is a way—not necessarily successful, but at least a glimmer of hope.”

Gao Wen frowned: "What's the specifics? Didn't he explain it to you more clearly?"

"That's all," Selena said, "He can't say it too clearly, because some things... the moment you say it, it means that you will attract the attention of certain beings. You should be very clear about this of."

"...Well, I understand your concerns in this regard," Gawain breathed out, "Then because of these vague words, you and the Sons of the Storm decided to take risks to help Gawain Cecil complete the task." That flight?"

"Yes." Selena nodded slowly and said frankly.

Gao Wen was inevitably curious: "Why?"

Selena stared into Gawain's eyes, and said softly after a long time, "Outsider wanderer, do you know what it feels like to be cornered?"

Chapter 0801 Records of Exploration in the High Seas

Feeling desperate?

Gao Wen didn't speak for a while.

But he can probably understand what Selina means, and he can understand the mentality of those priests who survived the big shock 700 years ago, struggled in the shadow of madness and mutation, their spiritual pillars completely collapsed, and could not even return to the civilized world.

Just like the last moment before he crossed, when the plane gradually disintegrated; just like when he came to this world and was trapped in the sky for countless years from the perspective of a satellite.In that case, anyone who gives him any slight hope, even without any promises and evidence, will be tempted involuntarily, just like a drowning person will subconsciously grab the straw that floats by.

What's more, those priests back then were still suffering from double pollution and torture of spirit and soul, and their judgment and willpower themselves had been reduced to the lowest point.

Gawain Cecil, who had returned from the Ancestral Peak, claiming to have found a way out and offered to help, was the last straw for them.

Feeling ups and downs in his heart, it finally turned into an unspoken sigh, Gao Wen nodded: "I can understand your choice at that time."

At the same time, he also guessed the truth mentioned by Selina that Gawain Cecil suddenly showed some kind of "insight" ability 700 years ago—

That obviously has something to do with the surveillance satellites in the sky!

In this way, even if he didn't know what Gawain Cecil discovered on the Ancestors Peak, he could roughly guess that the discovery must be related to the satellite array in the sky.

While thinking, Gawain looked into Selina Gerfen's eyes: "You went to sea with Gawain Cecil?"

"From a certain point of view...it is like this," Selena nodded, "As a soul body, I couldn't really sail with them at the time, but I left a spiritual mark on the storm priests in the team at that time , this can protect their minds from the pollution of the gods, and it also allows me to 'see' them, so that although I can't act independently as a 'human', I can also be considered a member of the exploration team."

Sure enough, Selena also participated in the follow-up exploration operation!

Gao Wen felt his heart beating half a beat faster. He maintained his superficial calm and calmness, and asked in a deep voice, "What did you find in the endless sea?"

Selena was silent for a moment, sorting out her words in her memories, and then slowly said:

"At first, it was just a normal voyage. After leaving the land, we entered the ocean ruled by storm and chaotic magic, but the priests of the storm used their remaining strength and deep understanding of the ocean to continue to plan a safe route, and we bypassed it. The storm gathering area and the magic turbulence all the way to the eastern sea.

"During this process, we also passed through several colonial islands of the Typhons—at that time, the Church of Storms had collapsed, and only a few powerful priests serving the military could barely maintain their sanity, and the normal sea routes were about to be cut off. Feng people are hurrying to evacuate...

"When we were about to cross the most fringe colonial island of the Typhon, Earl Dyson, who ruled over that island, sent a fast boat to try to dissuade us. It's not normal, challenging the distant sea at this moment is tantamount to suicide, but we ignored it...

"We have entered a far sea that has never been visited by human beings, and entered a completely unfamiliar sea area without any charts. The storm priests can no longer provide navigation on the route, and can only help the team avoid danger with the help of perception of storms and magic power Gawain Cecil instructed us to continue heading east and turn south after passing a sea area full of cyclones and magic vortexes—this was his first time going to sea, but he seemed to already know where his destination was , His goal is so clear, it also greatly alleviates the team's uneasiness.

"However, on the second day of sailing No.30, an accident happened.

"First, the storm priests on the ship suddenly fell into a nightmare. In the chaos and trance, people continued to experience terrible mutations, and even jumped into the sea to be swallowed by the waves. Half of the priests died, and the remaining priests who barely kept their sanity became hysterical. Several storm priests with strong will said that we are 'sailing above the nightmare of the gods', and that 'the terrible power of the deep sea has detected the arrival of the blasphemer and will swallow everyone', they suggested that the ship leave the current sea area immediately, But when the sailors were about to do this, they found that the ocean had 'imprisoned' the entire ship in place, and waves with mysterious power came layer upon layer, preventing the ship from leaving."

Sailing above the nightmare of the gods...

Gao Wen repeated the words Selena mentioned in his mind, and vaguely guessed where the exploration team had arrived at the beginning——

Above the corpse of the Lord of Storms!

"That's probably the closest those storm believers got to their god..." Gawain shook his head subtly, "What happened after that?"

From Gawain's attitude, Selina vaguely sensed that the other party might know some secrets at the level of gods, but she didn't ask, but continued: "We were attacked by ocean power, and the ship was seriously damaged in the wind and waves, but When the situation was most critical, an unexpected helping hand appeared."

Gawain raised his eyelids: "Is it a siren?"

"It's the sea monster." Selina took a deep look at Gao Wen and nodded slightly, "They suddenly appeared from the waves and calmed down the entire sea area with some kind of power that we can't understand..."

Gao Wen instantly realized why the other party would look at him meaningfully when he mentioned the Kraken - because there is a Kraken living in Cecil City!

The existence of Tyr was not a secret at all, and it had been made public long before the forces of the Eternal Sleepers were expelled from the empire on a large scale. Selina obviously knew that there was an "alliance" relationship between Cecil and the Kraken, and this The foundation of this alliance can completely fall on the heads of "extraterritorial wanderers". 700 years ago, Gawain Cecil and others encountered danger when they went to sea. The purpose seems to be to reach a certain deal with the "outside wanderer"...

This back and forth, seems to be able to correspond to many clues.

But only Gao Wen knew that there was really no connection between them—those sea-monsters did it rashly, God knows what they thought back then, the sea-monster on the territory simply got lost when he swam back home. It has nothing to do with the ancient covenant...

But these things are also troublesome to explain, so he didn't interrupt Selena's narration, and listened to the other party continue:

"The Kraken helped the exploration team resolve the crisis and rescued some of the crew members. They also said some strange things, saying that we disturbed their eating, and disturbed their food...

"Although there seemed to be some kind of communication barrier, Gawain Cecil negotiated with the sea monsters. He detailed the purpose of the exploration team, conveyed his wish for peace, and described some kind of... Strange ancient ruins.

"He described a tower, so huge that it seemed to connect the sky and the earth, and which had stood in the world since ancient times.

"The crew felt incredible, and they didn't dare to imagine that there was such a thing in the world, but after hearing Gawain Cecil's description, the sea monsters seemed a little excited-they knew the existence of the tower, and they seemed to fight against it. There are some fears about it.

"After some negotiations, several daring sea monsters finally agreed to Gawain Cecil's request and became the guides of the exploration team. They said that they could not take the team to the tower, but they could bring us nearby and take us to the tower. into the right direction.

"Our ship underwent some temporary repairs, then continued to sail, and under the leadership of the siren guide, we began to sail towards the southeast.

"Thanks to the help of the sea monster, the waves began to serve as our help. We sailed very fast, and soon arrived at a piece of...the edge of the continent."

Gao Wen was just listening quietly, but suddenly his eyes widened: "Continental? Did you say 'Continental' just now?!"

"Yes, a continent, not an island. I'm sure we saw a very long coastline, and strange birds flying from the land."

A new continent!A piece of land that Gao Wen had never heard of!It is located in the southeast of Loren Continent, in the depths of the Endless Sea!

Gao Wen couldn't help sketching the distribution of the planet's land and sea that can be speculated so far. So far, the information he has grasped has gradually converged into a picture with a rough outline. From the information he received, he outlined four lands in his mind——

The Loren Continent, where humans and many other intelligent races live, is located in the northern part of the equator as a whole;

Tarrond, ruled by dragons, may be located just north of Loren;

According to Tyre, the continent of Io, which is located in the east of the Loren continent and is ruled by sea monsters;

In addition to what Selina just mentioned, you need to go to the sea from the east and then sail south to reach the new continent located in the depths of the endless sea and southeast of the Loren continent.

He once again realized how narrow and closed the land humans live on, and once again aroused a strong desire to explore the ocean.

As far as is known, there are already three lands on the planet that humans have never visited. He is really curious whether there are more areas in this world that humans do not know...

Curious about the new continent, Gawain controlled his excitement and continued to ask, "Which new continent have you explored? What's on that continent?"

Selina's answer poured cold water on him: "I don't know, only Gawain Cecil went deep into the land alone - all the other sailors and priests stayed on the coast."

Gao Wen frowned: "Why?"

"There are guards on the land, they have existed since ancient times, and they have been in operation until now," Selina said slowly, "In fact, there are also guards in the ocean around the land, but those guards are easy to deal with, as long as you don't actively provoke them, would not be attacked, but the ones on land... were particularly hostile.

"The crew and priests in the exploration team are already the elite in the mortal world, and there are even some high-level superhumans, but in front of those guards, the power of mortals is still too weak, not to mention, the number of those guards seems to be far more than Our team—the entire New World is under their control, their origin is unknown, and they seem to be endless, and the exploration team can't go deep into the land at all.

"But the strange thing is that those guards didn't attack Gawain Cecil."

Gawain frowned: "Won't you attack Gawain Cecil?"

After a long time of being "Gauwen Cecil" himself, he always felt a little awkward when talking with Selena today...

Selena reaffirmed her statement: "Yes, this was confirmed after the initial contact with the guards on that continent.

"Those guards will actively attack anyone who enters their guard range, except for Gawain Cecil.

"At that time, a member of the exploration team asked about this matter, but he said that he did not know the specific reason."

"So, in the end, Gawain Cecil was the only one who went deep into the New World, and judging from the results, he should have found what he was looking for..." Gawain frowned slightly, and said thoughtfully, "Interesting ...It turns out that these crucial memories have been cleared..."

While talking, he looked at Selina Gerfen.

"If I'm not wrong, you probably don't know the specific experience of him after he left the team and went to the depths of the mainland alone, because these contents are also 'dangerous'."

"Someone in the team asked about it, but he didn't say anything," Selina replied, affirming Gao Wen's statement, "I can only tell you what I know:

"Before he set off, he told the others to wait for half a month in a safe area on the coast. If he has not returned after half a month, everyone should not wait any longer and leave that continent immediately;

"He returned on the No.20 day, tired and excited when he returned, and he had obviously achieved his goal.

"He told everyone that he had conducted a soul transaction, and this transaction could be exchanged for an 'opportunity', but he did not disclose more details of the transaction to anyone at the time."

Gawain stared at Selena: "But you know more about the inside story, you know the existence of me, a 'rogue outside the territory'."

"Yes, because he told me part of it alone."

Chapter 0802 The old friend has gone

Just as Gawain had guessed before, the "Saint with the Lamp", the spiritual lady who was in charge of protecting the entire exploration team 700 years ago, had more information than the ordinary members of that team at that time.

Gao Wen frowned, and asked seriously, "What did he tell you?"

He wasn't worried about whether the other party would refuse to answer him—since Selena had already brought up these topics on her own initiative, it meant that these contents could be said, and she was even scheduled to tell him this "outsider wanderer" a long time ago!

Sure enough, Selena nodded quickly: "He told me that he came into contact with the ancient knowledge inheritance on a tower that was always shrouded in starlight, and knew the weaknesses and truth of the gods.

"He couldn't speak that knowledge directly in the mortal world, because that would cause the gods to notice immediately.

"He said that he will die in his prime, and his soul will be taken away as part of the deal, but he will still wake up, and at that time, a powerful existence will come to this world with the help of his body.

"That's all he told me."

"No wonder..." Gawain finally came to his senses and let out a soft sigh, "No wonder you didn't follow Gawain Cecil into the depths of the mainland and found the giant tower, but you still knew the details of that 'transaction', you knew me Will appear."

Immediately afterwards, he couldn't help but looked at Selena with some doubts: "Then since you already knew that I would occupy this body and come to the world, and you already knew my true 'identity', why did you choose to remain silent until now? That is not to you My compatriots disclosed the situation and did not come to contact me..."

"I don't trust you," Selina said very directly, "or to be precise, I am full of doubts and fears about an existence that comes from beyond the boundaries of civilization and cannot be understood by mortals, especially after seeing those who are related to you. After the screen fragments, I had to spend a longer time observing your actions to judge whether you are harmful or not."

Gawain was a little dumb, and shook his head helplessly after a while: "Even if my arrival was initiated by Gawain Cecil, even if I'm probably here to help your world?"

"That's right." Selina looked at Gawain calmly, with a gentle and calm expression on her face, but her eyes were so deep that they seemed to have no bottom. In a trance, Gawain felt such a calm and profound expression. The eyes were somewhat familiar, and after a while he recalled that Veronica's eyes had given him a similar feeling.

He understands.

Selina Gerfen is no longer the pure white saint with a lantern 700 years ago.

If it was Selena 700 years ago, even in the state of her soul after death, she would have extremely high trust in Gawain Cecil, full of hope and expectation for humanity and the future, even if there is a "rogue outside the territory" "Suddenly descended into the world, as long as she has the guarantee of Gawain Cecil, she will maintain the minimum goodwill and trust, but there is no if in the world——Gawain descended into this world, with the help of Gawain Cecil When his body was resurrected, 700 years had passed.

At this time, Selena had no longer been blindly optimistic about the future, nor had she lost the slightest expectation of the kindness of strangers. She grew up with the dark sect and fought against the powerful forces above mortals. She is full of vigilance and doubts about the existence of the unknown, indescribable, and sudden arrival. She doubts the "Wanderer outside the Territory", and even Gawain Cecil who has made a deal with the Wanderer outside the Territory.

She was able to maintain careful observation for several years in this situation, which is already the result of the combined effect of reason and human affection.

After all, she has maintained a dark sect for 700 years as the archbishop, and she cannot always rely on gentleness, courtesy and humility.

"I understand your concerns." Gao Wen breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't have the slightest grievance in his heart. "Then it seems that I, a 'rogue outside the territory', have passed your 'inspection'."

"The word 'investigation' seems arrogant, I can only say that your actions now at least prove that you have no malice towards mortals, which reassures me a lot, but the current situation leaves me with no choice but to believe. "

Gao Wen didn't bother with the details of these words anymore, he just smiled indifferently, turned his head, and looked at the already brightly lit city night view through the large floor-to-ceiling windows.

Selena also became quiet, and also turned her head, looking at this unique "Magic City" in the current era.

"What do you think of this city?" Gao Wen said suddenly.

"I was once uneasy about your coming, especially when you built a large army in a short period of time, set off swords and soldiers throughout the southern border, destroyed the rule of the nobles everywhere, and completely turned the original order upside down. I even doubted you The purpose is to bring war to this land and end civilization with chaos," Selena said softly, with a little self-mockery in her tone, "this city may be the best mockery of my naive views...

"What you have ended is the old order, and a new order has been built on the ruins, but it is difficult for people with old eyes to understand for a while.

"As for my opinion of the city itself..."

Selena stopped suddenly when she said this, as if she was sorting out her thoughts and organizing her words. After a few seconds, she said slowly: "If we knew that such a city could be built in reality, why should we look for something perfect in the dream? State..."

"I'm afraid the old aristocrats who were defeated by me will not agree with this sentence," Gawain couldn't help joking, "In their minds, there should be nothing more chaotic, depraved, and oppressive than this city of Cecil. the city."

Selena thought for a while, then nodded in agreement: "That's true."

Gawain turned his head and glanced at her, and said casually: "Since many things have been explained, you don't need to be too nervous and guarded when you are with me, and even if you want, you can treat me as Gawain Cecil I -- I've inherited his memory after all, and I'm willing to take on him as part of the deal on this journey."

Selina looked deeply at Gao Wen for a moment, and then slowly said: "I'm not Bertila, I don't have a heart like her.