Sword of Dawn

"Who knows... Maybe it's just that I have enough time to think about it after I've had enough sleep," Till stretched vigorously while talking, and his tail, which was a little numb and wrinkled from sleep, spread out in the room instantly. "Compared to this, the envoys of Cassandra and Tarrond should be arriving almost soon... It feels like there was news of the entry from Rock Fortress two hours ago."

Gao Wen nodded: "The city has already made preparations, and it's time for them to..."

Before he finished speaking, the magic net terminal set up next to the desk suddenly lit up with a buzzing sound. After the communication was connected, Solderin's figure appeared in the holographic projection: "Your Majesty, we have observed dragons Across Kant, here they come."

"Okay!" Gao Wen showed a smile, "We can put out all the battles to welcome the guests."

……

The dragons passed through the clouds and skimmed the sky, and the rolling hills and magnificent mountains and rivers in the southern region were reflected in Melita's huge eyes. She finally saw the river flowing quietly on the north side of the dark mountain range. At the end, there also appeared the capital of the magic industry built across the river, which was already well-known in the human world. When those towers shining in the sun and crystals floating in mid-air came into view, her mood was filled with excitement. Then feel comfortable.

But what made her feel most comfortable was that the "music" on her back that was so noisy that it was almost terrifying finally stopped - even now, when she recalled the moment when Cassandra sang, she still felt her wings trembling ...

At that moment, she was almost taken away by Cassandra's voice. It was her strong willpower that prevented her from causing an air crash, but if the "music" continued for a while...it would be hard to say.

Melita was thinking wildly in her mind, when she heard the voice of the deep sea witch from her back: "Woooo——I saw it! Is that Cecil City? I haven't seen it with my own eyes before, but I watched it a few times on the human magic net program..."

"Then you can take a good tour this time," Melita replied somewhat absent-mindedly. "There are many incredible places in that city. I believe that even the longevity race will find a lot of interesting points there."

Cassandra looked very interested: "Oh? Like?"

"For example..." Melita opened her mouth, but she got stuck for a while. After thinking for a long time, she managed to gather up her scattered thoughts, "Cecil's Mi Yanglong..."

Cassandra finally felt that the mood of this Miss Blue Dragon seemed to be a little strange, as if as she got closer to Cecil, the latter's mood also became tense, which made her curious: "Why do you Is it? You feel weird."

"It's nothing." Melita shook her head, completely restraining her mind, "I just thought of the scene when I left this city for the last time. At that time, I never thought that I would come back with my current identity and posture... I'm afraid Gao Vin Cecil didn't even think about what happened after that."

Cassandra didn't respond for a while, as if she didn't know what to say, but soon she broke the silence again: "Ah! Something seems to fly over there—is it welcoming us?"

Melita raised her head and looked into the distance, and the fellow clansmen behind her and on the sides also raised their heads almost at the same time. In the gradually sinking sunset, they saw the scene above the city in the distance——

They saw that the city lit up the lights layer by layer from the edge to the interior. Under the gradually dimming sky, the artificial lights layer by layer pointed the way forward like stars falling into the earth, and there were several flying lights with flickering lights. The device flew into the sky from the center of the city, it was a flying machine with an inverted cone main body and a dragon wing structure.After a while, two directional lights rose from the vicinity of the mechanical bridge of Baishui River, and the flying machines suspended in mid-air spread to both sides in the sky—the aerial bomb hangers at the bottom of the machines were removed. It was replaced by a huge crystal device. Under the cover of the lights on the ground, those crystals gradually filled with a hazy brilliance, and then suddenly, a huge holographic projection with a height of [-] meters appeared above the city.

The content of the holographic projection is not complicated, just two words written in dragon language and human lingua franca: welcome, friend.

Melita looked at the scene in the sky in astonishment, and forgot her words for a moment, and the group of dragons beside her were also stunned—they didn't seem to expect that they would be greeted so solemnly in the human kingdom, I didn't expect to see the writing of my hometown so far away from Tarrond.

Subconsciously, Melita blinked her eyes, wanting to record what she saw, but then she remembered that the Omega network was offline, and most of the implants in her body had been disabled or removed ——she shook her head, regretting it, and at about the same time, the lights from the ground also changed:

As the dragons entered the sky above the city, some of the surging lights on the ground began to turn off or weaken in brightness, while the other part of the lights became brighter, drawing obvious lines and arrows on the increasingly dim ground, those in the sky The aircraft that made the holographic projection buzzed closer, hovering near the dragons, and issued simple light signals.

This is the landing guidance aid provided by humans.

Melita was stunned for a moment, and then she noticed an aircraft approaching her from the corner of her eye. She sensed the fluctuation of the communication spell, and after subconsciously connected, she heard the communication from the aircraft: "Welcome Come to Cecil City—this is the commander of the Dragonborn Special Forces Brigade, Sujina, and I will provide you with navigation services."

It took Melita a half a beat to react: "Dragonborn... Are you a Dragonborn?"

"Yes," the voice on the other side of the communication spell seemed to have a hint of a smile on it, "but here I am just a soldier on a mission. Nice to meet you, Miss Dragon from Tarrond."

"I... Nice to meet you too," Melita said, she felt a little flustered, "Anyway... Thank you for your help, Miss Sujina."

The aircraft collectively lowered their altitude, and behind them, a small group of dragons composed of seven giant dragons also slowed down and flew towards the landing field in the city.

In the city, countless pairs of eyes were looking up at the sky, and all the places that were allowed to gather were full of swaying figures. When the dragon group officially appeared in the sky at dusk, exclamations came and went from every city.

The Cecilians, who have always been well-informed, once again gained insight that other countries cannot replicate: they witnessed the first time that pure-blooded dragons from outside human civilization flew into human cities in groups, and they did not look like chanting dragons. As described in the bard's story-these dragons are not "evil dragons" who come to plunder treasure and land, but "ambassadors" who represent another civilized country and establish friendship with humans.

Of course, the Cecilians have seen dragons, and even the capital of the empire can often see dragon descendant students wearing steel wings practicing flying. It was just exclaiming, without causing any greater commotion, but on the other hand, the "pure-blooded dragon" from Tallond was very different from the dragon descendants they usually saw-any A human with normal observation ability can see that the dragons flying over the city at this moment have larger bodies, more majestic postures, and healthier giant wings.

That's a real dragon.

Gao Wen stood in front of the largest "Pioneer Square" in the center of the city, and watched the dragons gradually approaching from a high platform.At this moment, the sky was approaching the end of dusk, and those sky overlords who seemed to fly out of legends were covered with a layer of light golden light and shadow. They flew from the northern sky, under the guidance of a series of navigation lights and escort teams, Down, came to the sky above the square smoothly, and then lowered the height one by one.

Around the square, reporters and photographers from various newspaper offices and Magic Network radio programs were busy quickly, trying their best to capture all the details of the coming of the dragon. The flag, both adults and children fell into a state of excitement and nervousness.

Gao Wen took a deep breath, then opened his eyes wide and carefully searched for a certain figure among the dragons. After several scans, he finally saw that somewhat familiar figure.

The blue dragon landed with a rough but steady posture, and the moment it came to a complete stop, the dragon also turned its head and met Gawain's eyes.

She nodded in the direction of the high platform.

Chapter 1068 Gifts

It's been a long time.

When he saw the blue dragon that landed on the square, Gao Wen inexplicably had this thought in his mind—even though he and Melita met only two months ago, this kind of The feeling that things are right and people are wrong has been there for a long time, and it wasn't until the other party nodded slightly that he suddenly realized the source of this feeling.

Not only because too many earth-shattering events have happened in these two months, not only because the history of Tarrond and the human world has changed too much at this turning point, but the main reason is that he From the huge and majestic blue dragon, there was a clear difference in temperament - and a significant change in appearance.

He stepped off the high platform and walked towards Melita. He saw that there were still many scars visible to the naked eye on the other party's huge body, and the most astonishing scar even penetrated nearly half of her neck all the way down. The torso, the flawless scales that had been tended to by robot nannies and advanced compounds, was now weathered, and there were many new, freshly surgical marks scattered across her limbs.

Not only Melita, but the giant dragons that landed with her also suffered injuries of a similar scale. These wounds were uncovered, and everyone around the square could see them with their own eyes. After seeing the scarred appearances of these giant dragons, Many people subconsciously fell silent.

Many people don't know what happened in Tarrond, and they can't imagine how the injuries on these giant dragons were obtained, but these hideous wounds themselves are a kind of silent symbol. Rain and gunpowder, this kind of momentum from battles is even more substantive than the coercion of the dragon itself, which makes people feel awe from the bottom of their hearts.

Gao Wen came to the envoy composed of seven giant dragons, and the stagnant power in the square finally loosened with his footsteps. Countless eyes fell on the center of the square at the same time, and Melita moved slightly at the same time. Body, her slender neck drooped down, until it was almost able to talk to Gawain face to face: "I salute you, the emperor of the Cecil Empire, on behalf of Tarrond, I visit you with peace and goodwill country."

The agent of the former Mithril Treasure House now came before him as an ambassador of the Dragon Kingdom. Of course, the overly serious diplomatic occasion and strict diplomatic rhetoric made people feel a little uncomfortable, but Gao Wen's expression was still calm, and he nodded slightly , with a smile on his face: "On behalf of the Cecil Empire, I welcome all visitors from the Dragon Kingdom—friendly guests are eternal friends of this land."

Melita seemed to smile - it was not easy to distinguish her expression at the moment, but Gawain thought that the row of fangs with a combined width of one and a half meters should be a smile, and then the blue dragon leaned slightly , one side of the wing then hangs down to the ground: "I also brought your emissary—Ms. You can be satisfied with that."

For some reason, Gao Wen felt that there was a slight pause in Melita's voice when she mentioned the words "Ms. Cassandra", but this small question did not occupy his energy. I saw a beautiful lady with black hair and a tear mole at the corner of her eye appearing on the back of Melita. She has a snake tail and a mature and elegant posture. The dragon's wings slithered briskly to Gao Wen's face - its serpentine "steps" like flowing clouds and flowing water caught the eyes of many people, some people were suddenly a little surprised, and some people's eyes subconsciously fell on the side of the high platform not far away On Tyre, who was stretching his neck to watch the excitement.

——The sea monsters are still a mysterious and rare race to ordinary people in Cecil. Those who live in this city and have seen the sea monsters have most of their impressions of these deep sea allies obviously only come from the only local Siren Tyr, in the absence of relevant publicity and common sense, most people obviously think that the race of Siren walks like an arch...

Even Gawain hadn't thought of this little flaw—but fortunately, it was harmless.

Anyway, the Krakens are lenient.

At the same time, the giant dragons who were walking with Melita also started to get busy. With the help of magic, they began to transfer many packed boxes that were originally fixed on their backs to the ground, and they had already made good preparations around the square. The prepared convoy and staff then stepped forward to register the handover of the gifts—the media who were recording around did not let go of this moment, and a large number of photographic devices came into focus in an instant.

Everything that happened today is unprecedented, and every picture recorded has a special meaning. Any scholar or reporter present knows very well that any images or even a few words they record at this moment may appear in historical materials in a few years. Up.

Gao Wen's attention was also attracted by those large and small boxes, but he just glanced over and didn't ask at this moment—this is a formal official contact with strict procedures, but at this moment it is not When officially accepting the gift, his curiosity must be reserved for the middle of the banquet process later.

But even so, his eyes stopped suddenly when scanning those boxes: some kind of weird intuition suddenly emerged in his heart, making his eyes subconsciously fall on one of the boxes.

It was an extraordinarily thick and sturdy metal box, and its surface was covered with dense dragon language runes. It was obviously extra-protected, because three giant dragons never left the box from the beginning to the end. obvious.

"That box..." Gawain couldn't help but finally opened his mouth, because he believed that his intuition as a legendary powerhouse must not just jump out of idleness and boredom at this time, "What is it?"

Melita lowered her head: "This is the most special 'gift', but because it is too special, it is not included in the gift list. I will personally deliver it to you later."

Gao Wen: "...?"

……

It wasn't until night fell and the starlight shrouded the earth that the grand and grand welcome ceremony finally came to an end, and an equally grand dinner was held in the "Autumn Palace" near Cecil Palace.

This may be the biggest banquet held here since Matilda, the special envoy of Typhon, visited Cecil. The delicious food, and the imperial officials and representatives from all walks of life who are fortunate enough to be invited to the banquet will also try their best to show the grace and dignity of human civilization here-after all, for humans, the race of dragons is almost legendary, they It has been mysterious for too many years in all kinds of strange stories, and today is the first day they unveil the mystery.

The huge banquet hall was brightly lit, the aroma of delicious food and wine permeated the cups, plates, tables and chairs, and the melodious sound of brisk music, the envoys of the giant dragon in human form received warm hospitality, and as the representative of the mission, Tal Lund's ambassador, Melita Purnia, was naturally placed next to Gao Wen.

It was only at this time that Gao Wen was able to relax and talk to Melita.

"When you arrived at Northport, Cassandra reported something to me," Gawain looked at Miss Blue Dragon, "She talked about what happened in Tarrond—a part of it. You broke the cradle , the entire arctic continent has been turned into wasteland in the flames of war, and there are no survivors... Even though there are only a few words in the description, I can imagine what it was like. Frankly speaking, I was shocked, even a little admired, that It is a war we cannot imagine, and it is an unbearable price."

"We also know what happened in the human world." Melita's eyes turned away from the direction of the banquet hall and fell on Gao Wen. "It was also a war that determined the survival of the race, and it also shocked us."

"We have also paid a great price—maybe incomparable to your sacrifice, but in essence, we have done the same thing," Gao Wen shook his head, shaking the wine glass in his hand, and the bright red liquid in the glass Shaking, reflecting the tiny lights, he seemed to see the flames of war and explosions all over the ground on the battlefield of Winterhold that day again, "We... killed our own gods."

"We killed our own gods," Melita softly repeated Gawain's words, "in the name of freedom and survival."

"This world is so cruel that many times we have no right to decide which way we should go," Gao Wen said quietly, and then he looked into Melita's eyes with a serious expression, "But no matter what, we finally The first crack was dug out of this cruel ice, and the mortal race in the world had a chance to breathe."

"Yes, we made this feat together," Melita smiled calmly, "So, now the dragons and humans have become natural allies."

Having said that, she paused, and continued solemnly: "We know that you are committed to establishing a new order among the mortal kingdoms, in order to unite the mortal forces of the entire world and face the challenges of this world together. Disaster, I can promise you here—that is why we are here, and Tarrond will support you in this feat. In any case, as long as your original intention remains the same, the dragon family will be Cecil Allies forever."

Gao Wen's expression became solemn and serious, he met Melita's gaze, and after staring at it for a moment, he said: "I knew your intentions when I just received the message from Cassandra, but I didn't expect You're going to be so determined...and it sounds like you're putting all your faith in Cecil."

"Because this change started with Cecil, and in the foreseeable future, it will go down the path you imagined," Melita said seriously, "As for why we are so determined... ..."

She smiled, with a self-deprecating look on her face.

"Talrond is not what it used to be—you mentioned Ms. Cassandra's report just now, but I want to say that no matter how detailed her report is, the real situation in Tarrond is better than you imagined. It's even worse. The Dragon Clan has fallen into a predicament. We are now relying on our own strong innate conditions and the remaining materials on the wasteland to support ourselves as a "civilization". Frankly speaking, if we want to survive in the future, we may even We need external support, and in this situation, we don't have much choice, and naturally we won't have any needless reserve and hesitation anymore."

Gawain glanced at Melita in surprise: "You told me very frankly."

Melita smiled back: "Because we are friends."

"... Well, then I also hope that Tarrond and Cecil can become friends." Gawain smiled and raised his glass of wine, "For friendship—and our common existence."

"For friendship and common existence," Melita responded with a toast, and then she looked at the banquet hall, hesitated and reminded, "Do you still remember the special way of 'eating' by the dragon?"

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized: "Of course, you need 'two meals' - don't worry, we have prepared enough food besides this banquet, you and your friends will get the best hospitality."

Melita breathed a sigh of relief, but Gao Wen couldn't help asking after thinking for a while, "By the way, what's inside that 'special' big box you mentioned?"

"You seem to care?"

"That's right." Gawain nodded. "The main reason is that I have a feeling... I can't say it, but I seem to be able to sense a certain aura, and the things in that box seem to have some kind of attraction for me."

In an instant, Melita opened her eyes slightly, and shook her head with a sigh after a while: "So that's the case... No wonder I have to leave it to you, it seems that everything is arranged."

"Arranged?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, "So what's in that box?"

"It's almost time..." Melita raised her head and saw that the atmosphere in the banquet hall was turning calm. A group of new waiters entered the hall, and the band was changing the repertoire. According to her understanding of human society, this It is a sign that the formal banquet is coming to an end, "Then after the banquet, I will tell you what it is."

……

The dinner was over, and all follow-up matters had been arranged. Gawain returned to his palace, and shortly after that, Melita came to visit as scheduled.

In the lobby on the first floor, irrelevant personnel had been screened out in advance. According to Melita's prior reminder, only the most trusted personnel around Gawain were left on the scene: Amber, Hetty, and Rebecca.

A large metal box protected by layers of runes was placed in the center of the hall. Gawain and the others stood in front of the metal box. Rebecca looked at the big box in front of her curiously, and finally restrained herself from poking it twice. The impulse, but still couldn't help but said: "My lord ancestor, what is this thing?"

"Melita, you can reveal the answer now," Gawain looked at Miss Blue Dragon standing beside the box, "What the hell is this?"

Melita finally didn't give a shit this time, she put her hand on the surface of the box, and as the order of the runes lit up, there was a slight sound of the mechanical device loosening the lock around the tightly sealed box, and then its The cover slowly opened to the surroundings, and a sphere exuding pale golden light appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"This is a dragon egg," Melita took a breath, and said solemnly, "Now it's in your care."

Gao Wen: "...huh?"

At the same time, three eyes fell on him at the same time.

Melita took another breath, her expression more solemn: "Our goddess left a metaphor after her fall to entrust this egg to you."

Gao Wen: "...huh?"

The three lines of sight around him became even weirder.

Chapter 1069 The Gift of the Gods

There was an eerie silence in the hall.

The outer shell of the metal box has been completely opened under the action of the mechanical device, and the items contained in it are presented to everyone—Gao Wen's thought "This My Little Pony must be amusing me" followed the appearance of the pale golden sphere And the smoke disappeared, among other things, at least one thing he can be sure of: this thing is really a dragon egg...

The dragon clan, the dragon clan that survived the collapse of Tarrond, and the dragon clan that sent envoys across the northern ice ocean and thousands of mountains and rivers to establish diplomatic relations after being severely injured, they took so much effort to send themselves a dragon egg.

Judging by common sense, as long as Melita's head was not damaged in the previous war, she must not be joking with herself about the source of this egg.

After a full 2 ​​minutes of silence, Gao Wen finally broke the silence: "...the goddess you are talking about is Enya, right?"

Melita's expression was a bit complicated, and she said softly with a sigh: "Yes - the asylum locked the god of Tarrond again, Enya... Now I can directly call his name."

"Then what does this egg mean?" Gao Wen felt that his head was not enough for the first time, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and it took a lot of effort to keep his tone calm, "Why would your gods Leave a last wish for you to give me this egg? No, more importantly—why is there such an egg?"

As soon as Gao Wen finished speaking, Amber on the side showed a slightly weird look. The half-elf suddenly turned his head, staring straight at Gawain's face, hesitating to speak. The expression on her face——she was undoubtedly preparing a bold speech of about [-] characters, but the basic sense of crisis and survival awareness were still at work, keeping those bold speeches in her stomach for the time being.

No kidding, Amber is still very confident in her own strength, she knows that whenever she speaks out the bold idea in her mind, Gao Wen can pick up an onion and shoot herself on the ceiling - this matter she is experienced.

But not everyone has such a sense of crisis as Amber——Rebecca, who was standing aside and concentrating on studying the dragon egg, suddenly turned her head and said casually: "Master Ancestor! Didn't you say that you and that person How many times has the Dragon God chatted? Could it be that time I accidentally stayed..."

As soon as the silly roe deer spoke halfway, Hetty raised her hand and pressed it on her shoulder. The conditioned reflex that she had raised since she was a child played an instant role, and Rebecca's whole body was visibly excited, and the rest of the words I just swallowed it all back...

Gawain silently glanced at Rebecca, then looked at Hetty whose face had darkened, with a gentle smile on his face: "Forget it, now there are outsiders present."

Rebecca: "..."

Melita stood aside, watching the scene in front of her curiously, watching the interaction between Gawain and his family members - this feeling is very strange, because she never imagined that Gawain looked so serious and brave People with a lot of halos have such a relaxed and interesting atmosphere when they get along with their families in private. On the other hand, as a "professional employee" customized by a certain biochemical company, she has never experienced a similar family. What it's like to live.

In the long past, boosters, work schedules and omega systems have arranged almost all of her life together, and she has never felt that there is anything wrong with it, but at a certain moment now, she feels that she is a little bit ……envious.

But soon, she got rid of this weird emotion and shook her head: "Ahem, I don't really want to disturb you, but I still have to explain clearly about this dragon egg.

"First of all, I actually don't know how this dragon egg...was produced. Even our leader hasn't figured it out yet. Now we can only confirm that it is a remnant after our gods left, but among them The mechanism is still unclear.

"Secondly, when God left a metaphor to entrust the dragon egg to you, he also left some words at the same time. These messages are of great significance. I hope you will listen carefully."

Seeing the extraordinarily serious expression on Melita's face, Gawain instantly realized that this matter was no small matter. He quickly concentrated his attention and looked into the other person's eyes seriously: "What message?"

Melita cleared her throat, and said solemnly: "The first rule: 'God' is a natural phenomenon, and its essence will never die..."