Sword of Dawn

Then he waved his hand: "I remind you, I just don't want you to relax your vigilance too much. It doesn't mean that the magnificent wall that has stood for seven centuries is about to collapse-I have confirmed it last time. If it is running normally, the loophole should be just a 'minor problem', according to the design drawings of the year and the durability of the elf creation, at least there should be no possibility of it completely collapsing for decades, so there is no need to be too nervous."

Only then did everyone at the scene breathe a sigh of relief, but Philip Knight immediately said seriously: "Even so, our victory this time is still a great fluke—if the number of enemies is more, if the effect of those traps is less effective, if If those monsters are a little bit lucky when they trigger the trap, the result of the battle may be completely opposite. The individual quality of the mutants far exceeds that of humans, and as the number increases, the breath they emit is enough to kill big monsters. For all the living creatures within the range, if they increase by one, the pressure the soldiers have to face will more than double, and our victory...is not so reassuring."

The honest young knight expressed his inner thoughts unabashedly, and this is exactly what Gawain wanted to say: "Yes, we must not be fooled by this victory. Our camp is still weak, and each In all respects, now we have only survived here, and we are far from being able to gain a firm foothold, so I called you all here to talk about my next plan."

Hetty asked curiously: "The next plan?"

"Build walls, accumulate grain, increase population, increase steel production," Gao Wen said while tapping on the table lightly. He first looked at Rebecca, "How is the progress of firing 'cement'?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu," Rebecca said with a little frustration, "Actually, there are already some clues. I used a kind of porous rock and clay quarried near the iron mine to make something similar, but you need to find The optimal ratio, temperature, and firing time all require a lot of testing. Recently, the kiln has put almost all its energy on firing crystals, and the progress of 'cement' is very slow."

In other words, the dawn has actually been seen?

Gao Wen felt faintly happy. He looked at the somewhat unconfident Rebecca: "Yes, finding the direction is the greatest progress. Your first task now is to seize the time to research a cement formula that can be used, the sooner the better. In addition, the production of 'Rebecca Crystal' cannot be stopped. At least one-third of the kilns are kept burning crystals at any time, and a group of people are reserved for washing and sorting. The newly built warehouse in the southwest of the camp is for you to store those Crystal."

Then, he looked at Norris again: "What about land reclamation?"

The old farmer subconsciously stood up, but then sat down awkwardly. It took a few seconds before he sorted out what he wanted to say: "One hundred liters of arable land has been opened on the east and west sides of the camp. With the addition of sweetwood roots and fire leaf vegetables, Master Druid's magic and the potions he prepared are extremely effective, and the crops are growing so fast that they may be harvested before the Frost Moon comes, and there is still plenty to feed everyone..."

Gawain interrupted Norris: "You are the head of agriculture, so you don't need to call people at your level masters. In fact, you don't need to call me that either. You can call me lord or my title."

Norris glanced at Gawain nervously, and repeatedly agreed, "Yes, yes, Duke... Your Excellency."

And Pittman next to him had a sullen face: "It's rare for someone to call me that, and it can't make me feel good for two more days..."

"Your Excellency," Norris said at this time, "there is one more thing I hope you can allow."

"Just say it."

"I hope the land on the north bank of the Baishui River can also be reclaimed," Norris said. "I took people to see the land there. The soil quality is very good, and there are few gravels. It's just that because of the need to cross the river, it is always It was not included in the reclamation plan at the beginning, but I think it is very good to use it. This time the monsters came, many people were worried, and the farmers were especially worried about the land south of the Baishui River. If the other side of the river can also If you open a slice..."

Norris stopped at this point, as if he didn't know how to continue, with a look of anxiety and expectation on his dark and wrinkled face, and Gawain quickly replied: "I agree. Yes, the reclamation of the north bank is included in the second phase of the reclamation plan, but before that, a bridge must be built on the White Water River, and a few rafts are not enough... Hetty, please record. "

"The next thing is about population," Gawain said while looking at Heidi, "What are your thoughts on this?"

Hetty put down the dipping pen in her hand, and thought about it seriously: "Actually... the easiest way is to buy serfs, basically from innocent backgrounds, and you don't need to worry about loyalty, but it requires a lot of money, and you may not be able to buy serfs. To get a sufficient number; the second is to accept refugees, because in recent years, the harvest in the southern border has not been good, and several small local nobles have broken out many conflicts, and there are still many refugees living without a fixed place. For most nobles , The extra population is a burden, and the refugees from other territories are livestock, so these people live a difficult life in the cracks, they are even 'cheaper' than serfs, and those who stutter will leave..."

Speaking of this, Hetty couldn't help but shook his head: "But the problem is also obvious: it's difficult for these people to find out their origins, and they have been contaminated with a lot of sneaky habits in the process of wandering around. Let them enter the territory in large numbers, and the law and order will become a huge problem. The problem."

Amber's voice suddenly came faintly: "If you can live and work in peace and contentment by obeying the law, more than half of the scoundrels and gangsters will try to find a job—they don't like to roll in the gutter and choose to be mice. Do you think someone will Do you actively choose to live a life of being hungry all day and being whipped because you like stealing things?"

Hetty stared blankly at Amber, and for the first time did not choke back the half-elf's words, while Gawain said lightly after a few seconds: "You tried to steal my seal the day before yesterday, but I got rid of it. Throwing it out of the tent—so while what you say makes sense, are you ashamed to say it yourself?"

Amber: "I'm just kidding you!"

"Stop!" Gao Wen immediately interrupted Amber with a wave of his hand. He said in his heart that it was too dangerous to be careless when communicating with this elf's shame. You might not be able to help but change when you pick up what she said. Cheng became a fan, "Population expansion still needs to be planned. Hammer, let's talk about the progress of the steel side..."

At the same time, on the upper reaches of the Baishui River, a beautiful large ship with the emblem of the Ansu royal family hanging, three sails spread out, and painted white as a whole was sailing smoothly on the river, with several small boats guarding it.

On the side of the white ship's hull, you can also see a special pale gold mark, that mark is a ring of golden light, and there are two beams of intersecting light in the ring.

That is the mark of the Holy Light Church.

In Ansu, it is not uncommon to hang royal emblems and church symbols at the same time, so this scene naturally aroused the attention of the residents of Tanzan Town on the river bank.

The people on this boat set off from Ansu King's Capital, drifted on the Dorgon River for a month, and then turned from the tributary of the canal to the Baishui River, and drifted for another week before finally setting foot on this land on the border of the kingdom. barren land.

It was indeed a difficult journey, but no one on board complained, because a person who did not need to endure such bumps in terms of status and status was also on board, and this person had never complained a word.

On the upper deck of the "White Oak" belonging to the royal family, in a dedicated prayer room, the Holy Princess Veronica, who has the title of "Daughter of Light", is slowly opening her eyes.

She has long pale golden hair, and her appearance is three points similar to that of her brother Edmund Moen, but she is softer and more charming. She has been immersed in the way of the holy light all year round, giving her an incredible holy and calm temperament, even if Wearing only a simple white nun's dress, she also has an inviolable aura lingering like an angel from heaven.

It wasn't until a few minutes after finishing the prayer that this aura that was so transcendent that it didn't belong to humans gradually faded from her body.

As if sensing the changes in the atmosphere in the prayer room, the knock on the door sounded at the right moment, and a female voice with almost no emotion came from outside: "Your Royal Highness, I have arrived in Tanzania Town, and I want to meet Viscount Andrew at the shore. Is it?"

The faint gleam in Veronica's eyes gradually receded, and she replied gently: "No, just send an envoy over there. The Lord gave me a revelation, I can't stay here, I have to hurry to Cecil's leadership , there...there is something the Lord showed me."

The breath outside the door left, Veronica narrowed her eyes slightly, and the holy light floated out of her eyes again as if uncontrollably.

She closed her eyes completely and fell into meditation again.

Chapter 0096: The Two Long Arrivals

The assistance that the Pioneering Land has been looking forward to for more than a month has finally arrived.

Earlier in the day, a fast boat flew down from the upper reaches and stopped at the edge of the lumber field to the west, and then the envoys who got off the ship communicated with the soldiers stationed at the lumber field, and informed The news that the team was about to arrive, the soldiers mounted fast horses and rushed the news to the camp. After Gao Wen learned about it, he immediately stopped his work and went to the camp dock to make preparations for the reception.

This pier was built and rebuilt on the basis of the temporary pier. Although it has not yet reached the standard for long-term use, it already has a wider plank road and a stronger structure. Its west side is a sawmill. On the east side, a large open space is reserved for future expansion. There are already many people standing in the open space—everyone is curious about what the team from the capital looks like, and almost half of the entire camp has gathered here. .

Gao Wen didn't stop all of this, on the contrary, it was his permission: the support team from Saint-Sunil City played a big role in stabilizing the hearts of the people in the territory, and in this place that lacked all kinds of entertainment, the boring labor itself Pressure will accumulate, and something new happening on the territory is one of the most effective ways to increase the vitality of the masses.

Amber stood on the plank road at the pier, tiptoed and looked in the direction of the upper reaches of the Baishui River, her body swayed back and forth, and she couldn't help it after waiting for a while: "Why don't you come... I feel I'm about to grow a spider's web."

"That spider is so fast," Gao Wen rolled his eyes at the girl, "You just arrived, you just stood there for 15 minutes, okay?"

"Hey, what do you think the people from the capital look like?"

"Don't force yourself to look like a country bumpkin, what's wrong with you if you haven't been to the king?"

"Tch, it's boring to talk to you," Amber pursed her lips, but she didn't hold on for a few seconds before BBing again, "Hey, have you heard—the person leading the team this time seems to be very unusual... ..."

"Veronica, the only daughter of Francis II, the 'Saint Princess' who converted to the God of Light two years ago," Gawain said blankly, "Well, it's a bit beyond my expectation, I didn't expect this It is said that Her Royal Highness, who has stayed in the Holy Light Cathedral all year round and never participated in any political activities, would actually come out and lead the team herself... Tsk, unfortunately, I don’t know her well, and I can’t deduce anything.”

Hu Pote disdainfully exhaled from his nostrils: "Tch, you nobles have a lot of tricks, and you have to analyze everything to find a conspiracy. I wish there was a cause and effect for someone to fart."

Hetty who was standing behind Gawain immediately frowned: "Vulgar, no progress."

Amber's eyes widened immediately, and she was about to argue with Heidi, but Gawain raised his hand suddenly: "Don't worry, people are here."

On the river bank shaded by trees, the shadow of a sail passed through the bushes and was appearing on the water of the upper reaches of the Whitewater River.

A beautiful big white boat and several small and medium-sized fast boats that looked like escorts were going down the river.

The large ship has the obvious emblem of the royal family of Ansu, and its appearance is also consistent with the situation reported by the envoy. There is no doubt that it is it.

At the same moment, the people on the "White Oak" also saw the camp that loomed by the distant river bank.

The craftsmen and apprentices have been bored in the cabin for many days, and their endurance in all aspects has already reached the limit. They have been looking forward to landing for more than a day or two. At this time, they are very excited to hear the news that the destination is approaching. , Many people rushed out from below the deck, squeezed to the side of the ship and looked into the distance, and a large neat and brand new camp appeared in everyone's sight.

The scale of the camp was far larger than they had imagined, and its order was surprising.

The people on the boat couldn't help talking in low voices—they knew what happened in Cecil Territory, and they also knew that the construction of the pioneering land had just started more than a month ago, and there were only [-] people involved in the construction. Just refugees.With the speed of construction that people are familiar with in this era, with such a small amount of manpower in such a short period of time, being able to set up a mess of tents and surround them with a fence is already considered a remarkable progress. The camp area downstream...

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like it can be built in such a short time!

They even saw a beautiful wooden pier next to the camp, and there were even quite a few wooden houses in the camp!

Veronica was also standing on the deck, but it was on the upper deck at the bow. Craftsmen, apprentices, and vulgar sailors could not get close to this place. Standing beside her was a plain short-haired man in a white priest robe. A woman, and a middle-aged man wearing a silk coat with the emblem of the Royal Knights on his chest.

Unlike those who only know how to get together and scream, Veronica just quietly looks at the Cecil land in the distance. Her bright eyes can see more things, Farther and clearer.

She clearly saw countless daunting things lined up on the north side of the camp, on the south bank of the Whitewater River.

After Veronica used the Holy Light to enhance her eyesight, she took a closer look, and her heart trembled suddenly. Even her calm mood, which was usually immersed in the Holy Light, fluctuated uncontrollably, and even almost affected her complexion.

It was actually countless blood-red skeletons that looked like the remains of giants. They piled up like mountains on the river bank, and some huge skeletons lined up hundreds of meters away along the river, and hazy black-red smoke drifted out from those skeletons. And the skeleton itself seemed to be disintegrating every minute. With just a glance, she saw that several skeletons that had been propped up were actually seriously damaged and weathered, as if they would turn into dust at any time.

Obviously, those bones were deliberately placed there, like spoils of war to show off their military exploits.

Veronica controlled her emotions well, but the middle-aged man next to her didn't suppress her surprise. The guard with the Knights' emblem whispered a few words after noticing the things next to the camp. He cast a spell, and then a layer of arcane energy appeared in his eyes. He glanced towards the camp with Eagle Eye, and couldn't help exclaiming: "In the name of the king! What kind of monster bones are those?! "

"More than two months ago, the Duke of Gawain Cecil warned my father that the aberrations in the demon tide had reappeared in this world. However, in my opinion, this warning has not attracted enough attention. "Veronica spoke lightly, with a holy rhythm in her voice that seemed alienated from the world, "There is no doubt that these monsters are real, and that ancient hero defeated them again .”

The middle-aged man's tone was serious: "This matter must be reported to His Majesty!"

"Yes, Deputy Captain Cohen," Veronica said quietly, "but this will make the situation even more difficult."

"You mean the east..." The deputy head of the Knights known as Cohen hesitated to speak, and finally he could only sigh, "Natural disasters and man-made disasters."

The White Oak docked at last.

Gawain watched the beautiful white ship slow down steadily, its sails had been fully retracted, and some unnatural waves with magical reactions surged on both sides of the hull, pushing the ship precisely to the In front of the pier, many people were standing on the deck, looking curiously at the direction of the camp, while a few sailors came out from behind the crowd. They pushed out the springboard and put it between the deck and the trestle of the pier.

The crowd on the ship retreated to both sides. A group of soldiers first ran down the gangplank and stood in two rows on the trestle. Then three people appeared on the deck. A middle-aged man in the uniform of an officer of the Knights, but he doesn't look elegant like a military general. Between the two is a man in a plain white robe with long pale golden hair. His appearance is soft and quiet, and his temperament is impressive Deep young lady.

Gawain could confirm with just one glance that the one standing in the middle was the legendary Saintess Princess Veronica—because he had seen portraits when he was in the capital...

"Mom, so beautiful," Amber couldn't help muttering in a low voice, "The real person looks more beautiful than the portrait... What did you eat to grow up..."

While muttering in a low voice, she glanced at Gawain, but saw that Gawain's eyes almost didn't stay on the beautiful and inhuman saint princess, but kept staring at the face next to the princess. An ordinary woman is watching, which makes her not understand: "Hey, hey - what are you looking at? Could it be... there is something wrong with your aesthetics?"

Gao Wen suddenly woke up, and looked at Amber in a daze: "Aesthetics? What aesthetics?"

"There's a beautiful and inhuman princess over there, why don't you keep staring at the one next to her?"

Gao Wen casually said, "Don't make trouble, it's just that he looks a bit like someone I knew before, so I took a second look."

During the conversation, the three people who got off the boat had already reached the flat ground, and Gao Wen decisively ended the conversation with Amber, and stepped forward to meet him: "Welcome, welcome, your arrival is the greatest good news since these days. "

"It is also a great honor for me to meet the legendary heroes from 700 years ago." Veronica bowed her head slightly. Her special ethereal and holy temperament and the vaguely mixed rhythm in her voice made Gao Wen slightly He froze for a moment, but then returned to normal.

Immediately afterwards, Veronica smiled: "Should I talk to you in the way of meeting an elder?"

With these words, the peculiar temperament she had inadvertently revealed before quickly subsided, and her whole person became more "lively".

"Don't be so rigid about etiquette. Talk to an old guy like me who crawled out of the grave. If you really pay attention to etiquette, both of us will be entangled to death." Positioning the identity, a few words brought the atmosphere into a familiar rhythm, "Let's talk on an equal footing, first let everyone on the boat go ashore to rest, although there is nothing very good here, but it is more comfortable to stand on flat ground than on a boat point, and then I will show you around this camp..."

While talking, he inadvertently glanced over the short-haired woman with an ordinary face beside Veronica.

The "acquaintance" he told Amber before was of course false.

Because he couldn't explain the real situation to others at all.

In his eyes, the woman standing beside Veronica was not a woman in a priest's robe at all—it was a translucent light with human facial features!

Chapter 0097 Guests from the Royal Capital

The moment the unknown woman appeared next to Veronica, Gawain realized that something was wrong—he had been active in this world as a human being for several months, and had observed the earth in the form of a satellite spirit for many years. At least he has seen all kinds of weird races on this continent, but he has never seen anyone who looks like this: with human facial features and human clothes, but in fact, the whole body is completely different. It is a translucent light, and this form is not so much a person, but more like some kind of elemental creature...

But elemental creatures don't look like this either!

Gao Wen's first reaction was to see a rare creature, maybe it was an SSR, but then he found that the people around him all looked calm, as if they didn't notice the strange appearance of the short-haired woman at all. It’s okay to say that a magician like Hetty is calm because he has seen strange magical phenomena, but even a guy like Amber, who can happily find someone to talk about for a long time when he sees a big circle of eggs, is actually calm, There is even time to analyze other people's aesthetic problems... Then there will be a big problem.

The only explanation is that, except for him, the short-haired woman is normal in everyone's eyes.

Therefore, Gao Wen decided to temporarily suppress the great surprise and curiosity in his heart. He forcibly tensed his expression, and turned his attention to Veronica's appearance—not to mention, except for the glowing and holographic girl next to her. Apart from the projection-like facial paralysis, Veronica is indeed the most attention-grabbing presence on the scene. Although she is not much better than Hetty in terms of beauty alone, not everyone has that almost inhuman temperament of.

According to rumors, this "Saint Princess" has shown amazing talents since she was a child. In addition to surpassing ordinary people in magic and martial arts, she also possesses incredible spiritual talents inclined to the Holy Light. When he visited the Cathedral, even the bronze bell on the main bell tower was struck by the Holy Light and rang three times automatically, and this was one of the reasons why he finally gave up the right of succession to the throne and converted to the Church of the Holy Light.

Although 90.00% of these are probably rumors, Gao Wen believes that there are reasons for even rumors.

The two parties exchanged brief greetings on the pier, and the content was nothing more than "Your Duke has worked hard to open up wasteland", "Remember the heroic spirit", "How is the king's health", "I have admired and disrespected for a long time", "When is the meal" and so on. There is no nutritious content (the last one is what Amber said), and in the process of greeting each other, the two parties also made a brief introduction.

Gawain learned the name of the priest woman next to her from Veronica: the name is very common, Sandy, but her identity is unusual. She is a high-ranking priestess of the Church of the Holy Light. Ronica is at the same level, but because she has not received any position in the church and the promotion time is short, she is temporarily accompanying Veronica in the team in the name of assisting Veronica.

The man in clerical attire and the emblem of the Royal Knights is the deputy head of the First Knights of the Royal Family directly under Francis II. His name is Cohen Rollen, and he has the title of earl.From the surname, it can be heard that he has a close relationship with Silas Lauren, the Duke of the Eastern Region. In fact, the deputy head of the Knights is indeed a member of the Lauren family, and he is Silas Lauren's distant cousin. Cousin, but many years ago, he voluntarily gave up his position in the family, and instead accepted the special canonization of Francis II, becoming one of the royal family's inner court nobles.

During this entourage, the duty of the deputy head of the knight order is to protect Veronica's safety.

After exchanging pleasantries, Gawain asked Hetty to arrange for the hundred technicians who were getting off the ship to rest, while he took Amber and Rebecca and accompanied Veronica to the central tent. Go, and the two knights are guarding the left and right.

The soldiers who got off the boat also followed, but Veronica quickly stopped and told the middle-aged man beside her, "Mr. Cohen, please let the soldiers go to rest."

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, and Veronica then shook her head lightly: "In the territory of the Founding Duke, I don't think I need to worry about my own safety—and you don't think you can bring so many soldiers with Sisi? Is it impolite to be behind the Duke of Earl?"

The middle-aged man nodded and waved away the soldiers who followed, but he himself still followed the princess.

Protecting Veronica's safety was a task given to him by Francis II when he set off.

On the way, Gao Wen briefly talked about the situation in the camp, and then, as expected, Veronica took the initiative to ask about the bloody skeletons on the south bank of the Baishui River.

"Those huge skeletons...are you the ones you mentioned, the deformed monsters that only appear in the demon tide?" Veronica looked into Gawain's eyes and asked seriously.

"That's right, it was the product of the catastrophe 700 years ago. I went to the capital to remind you a few months ago," Gawain replied, "They came again a few days ago, but this time we put They blocked it. What I want to say is that this group of monsters wandered out of the wasteland of Gondor—on those monsters, we found fragments of standard weapons from the Gondor period.”

Veronica's footsteps paused slightly, and her tone changed slightly: "The wasteland of Gondor?! Are you sure?"

"Extremely certain."

"This is impossible!" Cohen, the deputy head of the Royal Knights, immediately frowned and exclaimed in a low voice, "To get here from the wasteland of Gondor needs to pass through a strip of plains and dark mountains, and before that there is a magnificent Blocked by the Great Wall, what about those monsters... Is there something wrong with the Magnificent Wall!?"

As he spoke, he involuntarily looked in the direction of the dark mountain range, as if he couldn't hold back at this moment, and wanted to go to the mountain to confirm it. Gawain shook his head when he saw this: "Now the wall is still there, you climb over it The mountain can still see it, but I'm pretty sure the wall is starting to decay...it's aging faster than we thought it would."

Cohen's breathing became heavy, and the seriousness of the situation was beyond his imagination. He took two deep breaths to calm down: "The sentinel nodes on the Great Wall have been monitored by the Silver Empire. The elves have been here for hundreds of years. No mention of the weakening of the walls..."

"Elves...Elves are a trustworthy race, at least that's the case for the group that worked with us back then," Gawain said as he quickly glanced at Amber, who was wandering beside him, and quickly put this in his mind. Except for the shame of the elves, "only 700 years have passed. For the elves, it is not enough to replace a generation of population, so I believe they will not deceive the mainland countries on this issue. But there is one thing we need to know...here It is the northern end of the continent, while the Silver Empire is at the southernmost tip of the continent, separated by a vast wasteland of Gondor, even with the power of the Silver Empire, there will be a serious delay in information monitoring the Sentinel Tower here."

Cohen frowned, of course he knew this fact, but the elves of the Silver Empire had no choice but to monitor the entire magnificent wall: after the collapse of the Gondor Empire that year, only the ancestral magic mastered by the elves could build With this miraculous protective barrier, other countries and races can only provide some supplies and labor if they are exhausted. Therefore, the "high magic technology part" of the entire magnificent wall is completely based on the ancient magic system of elves. And this kind of magic technique... only the elves can master it.

It's not that the Silver Empire has monopolized technology, but that apart from the elves, the brain structure of other races simply cannot handle the spell models of the elves. Those who have pointed ears are born with special perception and thinking abilities. Their spellcasting The process is complicated and precise, and the magic used by humans is more like a low-end knock-off version compared to elf spells...

Of course, human spells are also good, that is, they can be filled with large quantities: low consumption, high power, and except for the occasional weird ones like Hetty who can't hit people and Rebecca who can only fireballs, they are not bad in all aspects. .