Sword of Dawn

"Calm and peaceful...so that's how you look at her." Gao Wen's expression was a little strange for a moment, but he soon smiled with relief, "Well, that's fine, sometimes it's a kind of calmness that you can't react. But I'm a little curious, you've been talking to her for so many days, why didn't the other servants and guards who work around here find out at all? It's probably not just because Betty kept her mouth shut, and Hetty just happened to have no time to pay attention. .”

Enya was silent for a while, and then said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I admit that I did use a little trick... I don't want to be disturbed, I just want to rest for a few days, so I slightly affected the judgment of the people around me , but it was limited to diverting their attention away from the hatching room. And it turns out that the influence I exerted didn't produce perfect results—someone eventually noticed the anomaly and drew you here, didn't they?"

Gao Wen sighed: "Well, I can understand your desire to take a good rest after going through such a big turmoil, but in the future..."

"Don't worry, it won't happen in the future," Enya responded happily without waiting for Gao Wen to finish speaking, "Since I want to live with you temporarily, I will still abide by the basic etiquette."

This old god seemed to take himself as a long-term tenant here for granted, which was a bit surprising, but Gawain did not express any opinion: this in itself is what he would like to see, although the process seems a bit weird, but It turned out not too bad.

And after this little episode, before Betty prepared tea and returned, Gawain quickly brought the topic to a very important matter.

"There is something I have to talk to you about." He looked at Enya's eggshell with a serious expression, "Although the mythical age of Tarrond is over and you are no longer their god, there is You probably haven’t forgotten one thing—what are you going to do about the tower located in the northwest of the Tarrond continent?”

"Is there something wrong with that tower?"

There was no expression on the bare eggshell, and it was difficult for Gao Wen to judge Enya's emotion just from the tone of the other party's response. He could only choose his words while speaking: "Not yet, but the threat of that tower is very strong." Obviously. Now that Tarrond is almost completely destroyed, the surviving dragons can only barely guarantee the order in the southeastern corner of the mainland, and are unable to maintain the blockade of that tower. Now there is only one weak observation post over there, and the post and Communication in the rear is very difficult. What we are most worried about at the moment is what to do if uncontrolled dragons approach the tower and become polluted... The polluters are likely to break through the defense line of the observation post and spread the power of the reverse tide to Loren On the mainland."

Enya's voice fell silent for a moment.

After an unknown amount of time, a peaceful and slightly apologetic voice came from the Golden Dome again: "Sorry, I probably can't help you much."

Gawain didn't speak.

"I know it's irresponsible, but at this point, the tower has indeed lost control... out of my control, and out of Tarrond's control," Enya's voice continued, with a tone With a sigh, "And you also know that even in the heyday of Tarrond, we couldn't do anything about that tower - the dragon couldn't fight against the divinity in the tide, and the dragon god couldn't fight against the legacy of the sailor, So even at that time, all we can do is to block the sea area around the tower and prevent other intelligent creatures from approaching. This was the case in the heyday, but now..."

Gawain looked at the golden giant egg, and finally sighed: "Well, it's actually the expected answer. No need to apologize, I didn't expect too much myself."

The room fell silent again, and after a while, Enya suddenly said: "Perhaps, it is up to you to be able to solve everything in the end."

"Me?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, "You want me to solve that tower?"

"Do you still remember what you used to scare me?" Enya said calmly, "The legacy of the voyager...will be destroyed with the same force after all, just for the surviving dragons. Use the abandonment protocol for the tower."

Chapter 1110 The Retired Dragon God

Cancellation agreement.

Of course, Gao Wen did not forget the "deterrence method" he used when he went to Tarrond. With the help of the elevated authority brought by the sky station, he set some of the Voyager space facilities as orbital waste, and set them as orbital waste. Fixed-point delivery to the "permitted area" on the planet-without protection, the remaining energy in those space facilities and the destructive power carried by the facilities themselves will be enough to cause a catastrophe to the target area, and the catastrophe "Levels" may even surpass divine disasters.

After all, the divine disaster is nothing more than the damage caused by the loss of control of the gods, and the facilities left by the sailors... were used to slaughter the gods.

Before Enya spoke, it was not that Gao Wen hadn't thought about the option of scrapping the agreement, but at this moment, after pondering for a long time, he still expressed his concerns: "I thought about it, but the risk is too great."

A calm and indifferent voice came from the golden dome: "Is it because you can't guarantee an accurate hit?"

Gao Wen nodded with an ugly face: "...It is indeed difficult to guarantee an accurate hit. Although the tower is huge, it is still a 'small target' for the abandoned in-orbit facilities. Those facilities have been in service for too long, even if they are abandoned. It can be adjusted to a certain degree, but the effect is very limited—it is more likely that it will hit the nearby continent of Tarrond."

Enya was quiet for two seconds before breaking the silence: "Where can I go? Will it go to the southeast corner of Tarrond?"

"It shouldn't happen," Gawain shook his head, "I'm still sure of the accuracy - the tower is located off the northwest coast of Tarrond, and the orbital obsolescence agreement will be shifted to the west coast of the mainland at most during the bombing... Wait, what do you mean……"

"The survivors have established a gathering place in the southeast corner. They are safe there. As for the west of Tarrond...there itself is already wasteland, and it will not make much difference whether it encounters another round of orbital bombing." Enya said in a very calm tone.

Gawain stared closely at the shell of the golden dome, his expression became serious: "But there may still be survivors in the wasteland to the west—since Melita and her compatriots can survive on the southeast coast, other giants It is also possible for dragons to survive in West Tarrond, but they are blocked by space rifts and polluted areas, and they are cut off from communication with the outside world... What about these survivors?"

"Sittal Londo is unlikely to leave survivors, and even if there were, the number must be very, very small," Enya said, with a hint of...sorrow in his tone that Gawain couldn't understand, "and they probably won't be able to resist the initial attack." A few cold nights."

"...How are you so sure?" Gao Wen subconsciously asked.

"...The battle started from the Omega factory area in the west," Enya said in a low voice, "In my limited and chaotic memory, I saw that land first ignited the fire...and maybe It was because the vigilance against the reverse tide pollution still affected my judgment at that time, I did not hold back at that time, and tried my best to destroy all the active targets in Sittarrond."

There was an unspeakable silence in the room. Gawain didn't know what to say for a while, and he spoke after a few seconds: "I understand. If there are no survivors in Sittarrond, then..."

"But let Heragor and Andal send teams to search as many times as possible," Enya said suddenly, "If you really decide to do it...let them go to investigate again before doing it. The chances of the latter appearing are slim, but maybe..."

"Okay, I understand," Gawain did not let the other party continue, and interrupted beforehand, "I will treat this matter with caution—and arranging the orbital bombing itself is not something that can be decided by clapping hands. There are a lot of things to weigh, and there are a lot of situations to investigate, so Heragor and the others will have plenty of time to continue searching for survivors in the wasteland... After they have the ability to conduct a larger search and rescue, I will let them go to west of Tarrond."

The current interim government of Tarrond is in dire straits, and the personnel and supplies are stretched. According to Melita’s description, even the base camp of the temporary capital, Agondor, can usually only send a limited search team to a nearby area for execution. In this case, they don't have much chance to consider whether there are any survivors in the western part of the continent—but now that the alliance has been established, a steady stream of aid materials and construction teams will soon go to the extreme northern continent, among which there will be Including communication, energy, protection and other equipment provided by Cecil, these things are of course incomparable to the creations of Tarrond in its heyday, but in this difficult period, the "magic gadgets" from humans It also has a huge effect on the poor and white dragons.

With sufficient assistance, Agondor's many operations will be worry-free, especially a large number of precious healthy dragons can have the opportunity to be freed from such trivial tasks as collecting food and cleaning up ruins, manpower and materials are not enough. In the event of a problem, Heragor and the others should have enough energy to go to the western part of the continent to search for survivors—before the orbital abandonment agreement is activated.

Some of the worries in his heart were relieved, Gao Wen sighed secretly, and then said: "I have another worry - we can't be sure what the consequences will be if we actually use orbital bombing to attack that tower. Although according to your estimation, it will be destroyed directly, but what if it is not destroyed? What if it is only half destroyed? What if the tower is destroyed, but the reverse tide pollution inside is transferred and escaped the scene through another way? These I remember thinking about things at the beginning... until now I haven't grasped it."

"So what do you mean?"

"...I will still prioritize orbital bombing, but before that, I must personally confirm the situation of that tower," Gawain said solemnly after a short thought, "if possible , it’s best to be able to confirm what kind of state the ‘reverse tide’ inside is.”

"...It will be very dangerous." Enya couldn't help reminding.

"That is already a danger, as long as it is placed on it, it will be an ever-increasing danger," Gao Wen said, "The key now is not whether I go or not, but who else can go-of course, I will never make this decision." It's not a sudden impulse, since I have this plan, I still have something to rely on."

The voice in the golden dome was quiet for a while, and then came with a hint of a smile: "That's right...you are an 'extraterrestrial wanderer' after all, a 'mortal' who once threatened the gods of the Dragon Clan and succeeded in intimidating them."

Gao Wen inevitably showed some suspicion: "...Why do I hear that you have a lot of resentment about this matter?"

"of course not."

Gao Wen couldn't help but stared suspiciously at the golden giant egg in front of him for a long time, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see the expression on the smooth eggshell, so he could only laugh dryly, and said bluntly. Turn the topic back: "In short, let's settle this matter for the time being. I will seriously formulate a feasible 'bombing plan'. But I have to declare that I need time-there are countless things waiting in the empire and the alliance. I do, the exploration of the tower also requires a lot of preparatory work, so there is no rush."

"I understand," Enya said immediately, "as long as you are willing to make a move, I am very satisfied—although that tower is dangerous, the 'god' inside it has died after all, and its harmful ability is limited. There will be no surprises."

While talking, the former god suddenly couldn't help but chuckled softly, and said in a faintly emotional tone: "I can wait, anyway, I have been waiting for such a long time about that tower... and I am the best at waiting."

The topic about the tower was finally over. Gao Wen didn't want to be immersed in the serious and gloomy atmosphere brought about by this topic for a long time, so he shook his head, then looked at Enya, and talked about a relaxing and satisfying He is very concerned about things: "By the way, there is something I wanted to ask just now... You said that your power has declined significantly now, and many 'authorities' have also been lost, so how much power do you have left? How much incredible power do you have?" is something you can do?"

Enya didn't speak for a while, but the aura emanating from the eggshell was obviously condensed for a moment. It was obvious that Gao Wen didn't expect Gao Wen to focus on this.After a while, a gentle and deep voice came from inside the eggshell: "Why do you pay attention to these? Do you want to use my power to do something?"

I want you to help make Coke.jpg.

But the words are really beyond words.

Gawain coughed dryly, trying to make his expression look serious: "I'm just curious, whether the authority classified as a 'miracle' such as 'reflection' still remains after you cut off your divinity and leave the priesthood? With a mortal body, can you still create a 'reflection'?"

"Do you want to explore whether the gods can reproduce the 'miracle' with only the remaining power and knowledge after leaving the priesthood?" The voice from the eggshell immediately became serious, "Ah... this is really something I have never done before. Thinking about it. Sure enough, this is a direction that only you can pay attention to. It is worth studying, this matter is indeed worth studying, I think I have something to do in the next period of time... But there are many kinds of "miracles". Miracles that can only be used to make beverages are not of much research value, and I may be able to learn from other..."

"Let's start with the reflection," Gao Wen said solemnly from the side, "We should proceed step by step."

"I mean... the reflection as a 'miracle' is incredible, but the technical content is not enough. I have a more suitable approach..."

Gao Wen looked solemn: "Let's start with the reflection."

Enya: "..."

Gao Wen: "..."

A particularly humane sigh came from the golden dome: "Just tell me what flavor you like."

Gao Wen's expression trembled slightly, and he touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment: "It's hard to describe..."

"The taste of my hometown... I remember you mentioned that it is the taste of the hometown of wanderers outside the territory?"

Gao Wen thought for a while, and finally couldn't help but chuckled lightly. The serious look he had acted before was replaced by Min Yi: "...you can say the same."

"It seems that there is no way to take a shortcut... I can slowly try to reproduce the delicious 'miracle'," Enya's voice was a little helpless, followed by a little surprise, "But I really didn't expect , it turns out that Outlander Rogues can have such an emotional and... easy side. I thought you were always sane, just like machines and runes. Funny... You weren't like this the last time you talked to me like."

"Your words are more like describing gods, but I am more on the side of 'human' from the beginning," Gao Wen spread his hands, "As for why the last time is different from this time, the reason is very simple: the last time I am talking to the gods of the dragon family, this time...you are Enya."

The golden dome fell silent, and then suddenly asked: "Your 'hometown taste', is it with ice?"

"Yes."

"Okay, I have a direction to work on."

After thinking about it, Gao Wen always felt that there was something wrong with the direction of this matter, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Anyway, he himself didn't want Enya, the "god of the past" with an extremely special situation, to get in touch with his deeper and more core secrets too early, and he really should find something for her to do in a short time. She now has a seemingly innocuous target...not a bad development.

Besides, he has silently arranged the "network test project" of the former god, and he does not plan to arrange more things in the future - this is to ensure the "purity" of the samples in the testing process. ".

At this moment, a burst of footsteps suddenly came from the direction of the corridor, interrupting the conversation between Gao Wen and Enya.

The door of the incubator was pushed open, and Betty appeared in front of Gawain with a large tray in her hand—the maid had a happy face, and said as she walked into the room: "Master, Ms. Enya— —I've brought tea!"

"You came just in time," Gawain said to Betty with a smile, "I haven't had the tea you made for many days."

Although cola is good, the taste of fragrant tea at home is equally wonderful.

Betty happily accepted the compliment, handed the first cup of black tea to Gao Wen, and then brought the teapot to Enya in front of Gao Wen, and poured the boiling hot tea on the eggshell with ease... …

Gao Wen was holding a teacup in his hand, and stared at this scene dumbfounded.

He did hear the rumors that Betty "watered" Enya, but he didn't expect that this so-called "watering"... was really so rough and simple?Is this girl really doused like this?And Enya...how does it look like she's enjoying it?

Gao Wen suddenly felt that the teacup in his hand felt weird, and he also fully understood the source of the faint tea fragrance on Enya's eggshell... It was marinated!

"Master?" Betty was unresponsive, and after pouring half a pot of tea, she noticed Gawain's gaze. She turned her head in confusion, "What's wrong?"

The corner of Gao Wen's mouth trembled twice, but he couldn't hold back: "Betty...are you making tea eggs?"

Betty looked confused: "What are tea eggs?"

"A kind of food... Forget it, I can't explain it to you," Gao Wen covered his forehead, "Just pretend I didn't mention it."

"Oh." Betty snorted. Since the master didn't want to talk about it, it seemed that she didn't need to care about it——she quickly put this incomprehensible thing aside, and followed the usual procedure from her pocket. He took out the soft cloth for wiping eggs and began to wipe Enya's eggshells.

The sound of "squeak, squeak, squeak" sounded in the hatching room, and the teacup that Gao Wen had finally picked up was put down in an instant: "...you usually keep teasing her like this?!"

Betty stopped again with a confused face: "What is a 'disk'?"

Gao Wen: "..."

Chapter 1111 Your Former Master

Gao Wen felt that he couldn't explain to Betty what a "disc" was - after all, just a translation problem was a difficulty in front of him, but fortunately, the maid herself didn't get entangled in this problem, this girl was always good at giving up those things. She really couldn't figure out something, and her heart was wide open.

Gawain just watched Betty pour half a pot of boiling tea on the former dragon god, and then wiped the former god with what looked like a rag for a long time—this girl must not know that she What kind of amazing move is she doing? It can only be seen that she enjoys the process very much, with a happy smile on her face all the time, and she has obviously done it countless times...

A blasphemer who can leave his name in history is nothing more than that in front of Betty.jpg.

After some busy work, Betty left the room——she still had a lot of work to do, and although there were many servants and attendants at her disposal, she was used to the busy pace of life and couldn't rest at all.

Gawain watched Betty leave, and after the door of the hatching room was closed, he couldn't help shaking his head, and glanced at the silent golden giant egg: "You and Betty have a very good relationship... Her rash behavior , don't you feel offended?"

"She has a pure heart...pure than almost all mortals I have ever met. I like to chat with her, it reminds me of the Dragon Clan in my deepest memory...it was a time when many things were simple, "Enya said softly, "As for the so-called offense... It seems that many people subconsciously think that 'gods' care about the so-called 'offense' of mortals, but this is actually a misunderstanding. Most of the time we don't care what mortals do. What to do, the echoes from the ideological trend are endless, and the increasingly noisy voices gradually cover all our rationality. We hope that someone can talk to us, even if we do something recklessly... It's just that the rules don't allow it.

"So I don't think that little girl offends me at all. I enjoy and cherish everything I have experienced now, including her tea and 'wiping'-because this freedom is a price paid by the dragons. something that came."

Gao Wen couldn't help but glanced at Enya, who was lamenting Dansheng: "They are only doing it for their own freedom—your survival is actually even a vigilant accident for them."

Enya laughed, and a speech like a retired veteran cadre came from the eggshell: "Don't take things so seriously, sometimes it's good to be a little confused."

Gawain opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything in the end. Looking at the golden giant egg in front of him, he felt as if he saw a soul that was finally free after being trapped for 1807 million years.

After the cradle is overturned, it is not only children who are freed from the cradle?

……

On the top of the mountains in the extreme north, there is a howling wind blowing through the snow-covered fortress and courtyard. The highest terrace of Dragon's Reach Castle is bathed in a morning light, and the banner depicting the head portrait of a dragon is around the terrace The walls of the castle danced with the wind, and the snow was rolled up by the wind. From the castle courtyard area below, it crossed the ridge and the wall all the way, and flew flutteringly to the urban area below the mountainside.

A huge brazier was burning on the edge of the terrace. Invisible magic rose from the crimson flames, blocking the coldest wind. Melita Purnia and Grand Duke Balogar stood on the terrace together, His eyes looked at the green forest and the narrow small plain at the foot of the mountain.

"The arable land area of ​​the Principality of Shenglong is limited, and the climate here is not suitable for large-scale agricultural production... Although with the help of magic, our food production has always been sufficient, but the surplus food that can be produced every year is still too little. Grand Duke Baloger said in a deep voice, "Originally, I had already made plans to purchase grain from neighboring countries and expand the collection... At that time, we had no idea that the aid from the human world would come on a large scale. The alliance will help us It's not just food supply that's being solved, but 'hope' itself..."

"It's not just the human world, my lord," Melita lowered her eyelids with a solemn expression, "there are elves, dwarves, orcs... Every race participating in the alliance has provided more or less assistance, especially the gray elves, They provided a very large amount of medicinal materials... one of the most urgent supplies in Tarrond."

Grand Duke Baloger fell into deep thought after hearing Melita's words, and then said while thinking: "But even if there are medicines from Loren Continent, they can only solve part of the problem...not all traditional medicines have great impact on contemporary giants. Dragons are effective, especially many dragons have been relying on boosters for too long, and those compatriots who have suffered from the backlash of nerve boosters need more than just drug treatment..."

"His Majesty Gawain Cecil has also considered this issue, and I discussed it with him - Cecil will organize a medical team using the power of the Holy Light to go to Tarrond to provide support. Their main task is to deal with Those situations where conventional medicines are ineffective," Melita said, "according to our tests, the power of 'Holy Light' is effective for all mortal races, and it is extremely suitable for nerve treatment, spiritual restoration, and toxin purification. Might do wonders for the problem of stimulant addiction."

"Holy Light... the power of the Holy Light God," Grand Duke Baloger's expression became serious, "I have heard of Cecil's 'Holy Light Church Reform Movement', and I also know about their white knights and armed maidens... ...Although I don't know the technical details of them, they seem to have found a way to bypass the God of Light and let mortals use the power of the Light directly? You have been active in the human world for many years, and in your opinion they chose Is this route reliable?"

Obviously, when it comes to the issue of "gods", this ancient dragon who has personally experienced all the rebellious battles of the dragon clan is very cautious and sensitive.

"The transformation of the Church of the Holy Light should be regarded as one of Cecil's earliest attempts in the field of 'harmless gods'. It can even be traced back to the most primitive 'Rebellious Plan', and it can be regarded as a continuation of the Rebellious Plan. Backwards point to the "Theocratic Council" we just established. In fact, many ideas of the Theocracy Council are accumulated and summed up from the experience of transforming the Holy Light Church. This is a model, and Gawain Cecil hopes that Extract useful parts from it and apply it to the transformation of other sects," Melita analyzed very seriously. According to the results so far, there is no difference between the holy light released by the machine and the holy light prayed by the priest, and the 'god of holy light'...has not responded yet."

Baloger nodded: "No reaction is the best reaction, which either means that the 'blocking' means of mortals are effective, those machines have bypassed the authority of the gods, or it means that the gods behind the Holy Light are really They are silently cooperating with our actions as Gawain Cecil said."

Melita hummed, and then said: "By the way, the 'Talrond Commercial Development' plan I mentioned to you earlier involves the part of the Holy Dragon Principality..."

"You mean the large-scale... tourism development?" Grand Duke Baloger couldn't help but smile, "Set one of the windows to Tarrond in the Holy Dragon Principality to accept tourists and group registration adventures Or... this matter has been discussed by the Dragon Blood Parliament, and we believe that this matter is not only beneficial to Tarrond, but also very beneficial to the Principality's own economy—it has been passed smoothly."

"Ah, this is really good news," Melita said happily immediately, "In this way, the connection between Tallond and the Holy Dragon Principality can be closer."

"Of course," the Grand Duke of Dragon Blood nodded with a smile, but then he frowned slightly showing some worry, "This huge business plan is really surprising, even the Dragon Blood Council is against that Gawain Cecil I am amazed by his sharp thinking and unique vision, but seriously... such a huge commercial activity and a brand-new industrial model, won't this really cause theocratic fluctuations in the business field? Especially after learning that the God of War on the battlefield of Winterhold Now that the truth has come, my advisors are very concerned that these plans will bring the God of Commerce... 'down' again."

Melita's expression was immediately stunned. Obviously, she hadn't thought about this direction before. After a short thought, the Blue Dragon lady shook her head: "I'm not too worried, after all, according to the current situation of Cecil's Regarding the monitoring situation of various sects, the mood of the God of Commerce should be quite stable."

"The god of commerce is emotionally stable..." Grand Duke Baloger had a slightly weird expression, "This is really a way that no one has ever thought of describing... But it is quite appropriate in the context of the theocratic council."

"The main reason for the God of War's out-of-control is the huge change in the concept of the field of war. It is the economic war that suddenly began to affect the lives of a large number of ordinary people and led to a wide-ranging conceptual shock. This has affected the trend of thought and the gods behind it," Mei Li Ta then continued, "According to Cecil and Typhon's analysis after that, the drastic change in this trend of thought mainly occurred in the 'conflict in the field of authority', and a new type of business model does not constitute such a thing for the business itself. Shock-like—it’s a deepening of a field, not a transformation of one field into another.”

Speaking of this, Ms. Blue Dragon couldn't help scratching her hair: "To be honest, I don't fully understand this-they are taking a completely different path from Tarrond, and the experience and knowledge I have accumulated are not enough. It's not suitable to deal with their theories, but at least so far, I agree with Gao Wen's judgment, he has a keen sense of smell and transcendental vision in the realm of gods that surprised the dragon."

Grand Duke Baloger laughed: "You think highly of him."