Sword of Dawn

"I have a feeling," he finally continued, his face sinking, "I have to go there myself, what Kamel and the others found over there... is not something they can handle, only I can do it myself .”

"You have the final say," Amber said immediately, with a natural tone as if she hadn't thought about it, "I trust your judgment."

Gawain nodded, and then his eyes fell on Mordir who was listening carefully and thinking.

The old mage immediately noticed the gaze on him, and he raised his head to meet Gawain's gaze: "What arrangements do you have for me?"

"It's up to you," Gao Wen said calmly, "You can choose to stay here and wait for our further investigation results. Victoria will leave with me, she has work that she must complete, but Amber will stay with you The "healing effect" on your body can already ensure that your condition will not continue to deteriorate, and at the same time, the dragon clan will also ensure your safety. This tower is already harmless, and its "attraction" to you should only be your missing memories. have an impact, so this is the safest solution.

"On the other hand, I can also bring you back to Loren Continent. You have outstanding talents, and you may also hide important clues, so I will let you participate in some actions as appropriate. You may be exposed to some dangers. The 'factors' of your body may change unexpectedly in the process, and Amber's 'treatment' for you may not be able to cope with all situations, but this may help us uncover more Secret—it's a risky proposition."

After Gao Wen's voice fell, he left the choice of time to the great adventurer in front of him.

But for Modil, it seems that he does not need more thinking and hesitation at all.

"I'll go with you," said the old mage with a sincere smile on his face, and his answer was expected by Gawain, "I'm always looking forward to the next adventure—not to mention this is walking with Gawain Cecil adventure."

"Then it's settled," Gawain exhaled softly, and looked at Amber beside him with a smile on his face, "It seems that the dark circles under Hetty's eyes are getting worse—my day to go home has been postponed again. gone."

"Actually, she doesn't have so many dark circles when you're not at home..."

"...What you said may also make sense."

Chapter 1271 The Veil of Truth

Since the beginning of winter, Aldernan has experienced two consecutive sharp drops in temperature. The continuous sudden drop in temperature has completely faded the color of autumn in the city. A layer of withered yellow and gray tones covered the streets and alleys, and the fog Then, just like in previous years, it enveloped the city on the plain on time—overlooking from the tower of the Obsidian Palace, the row upon row of roofs and the tall and low towers once again became looming silhouettes and isolated islands in the sea of ​​fog, with a An unreal haze.

Rosetta Augustus stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the study, staring at the direction of the church area for a long time without saying a word, and the religious building with iron-gray spires also treated him in silence.

The emblem of the God of War that used to fly over the church has now been replaced by the flag of the Typhon Empire. Although the church reliefs inlaid on the outer wall of the church are still there, it seems that the mysterious and noble atmosphere of the past has faded. In "Perspective", the extraordinary and holy atmosphere that once filled the magnificent building has disappeared, and now what it can bring to the world is pure spiritual comfort and architectural aesthetic value.

On the square in front of the cathedral, the visiting citizens are passing through the fog in twos and threes, and stepping up the long steps. The royal guards stand on both sides of the steps in front of the church, silently watching all the movements around the square. The new-faced "church tour guide" Greeting the gathered crowd in front of the main entrance, these smiling people are decorated with the decorations of the old God of War church, with the sign of "Scenic Area Guide" on their chests, and waving eye-catching red or yellow flags in their hands— — Whenever a new group of visitors visits, they will begin to explain the murals and reliefs on the walls, and introduce the candlesticks and sculptures distributed in the prayer hall.

From the religious legends behind these things, to their symbolic meaning in church activities, from the history of the Church of God of War, to the secrets surrounding these things.

Those who can stand up to resist this "rebellious act" have already died. Ordinary believers have no determination and awareness to resist the change of customs. Most of the remaining people who cannot accept this change can only lament the past at home. Curse the "Beat Era" in the tavern, or weep bitterly in the penalty room.

These small problems no longer need the rulers of the empire to care about them personally. They are some debris left over from the progress of the times, and they will gradually fade away sooner or later.

Rosetta Augustus withdrew her gaze and returned to her desk. Princess Matilda, who was wearing a long black dress and a thin golden chain hanging from her hair, was standing aside. The crown prince continued to report on the half of what he just said: "...At present, the remaining forces of the God of War Church in various parts of the country have been completely dismantled and cleaned up. Some churches were closed or used for other purposes, but according to your instructions, some churches with historical significance or special influence in the local area have been reopened after undergoing renovation as cultural activity facilities for local residents...

"A new series of promotional and outreach materials about the history and unofficial history of the Church of Mars has been rolled out across the country and will work in conjunction with churches that reopen. Satisfied, but the pilots in Duvesong County and Enchhawk County have encountered greater resistance, and the local people’s beliefs are stable, and it may take time for the new policy to achieve results..."

"Typhon people have worshiped the belief of the god of war for hundreds of years, and it has become a part of many people's daily habits," Rosetta said lightly, "but the stage of fierce confrontation has passed, we can't regard the people as enemies—moderate Guiding always requires some patience. Don't worry, Matilda, the full range of influences has already begun. People of the old age will grow old, and their next generation will inevitably grow up in a changed environment. Well, in the minds of the new generation, 'Church of God of War' is a historical term for an established fact."

He raised his head, looked through the large crystal glass window, and once again landed on the spire of the God of War Church: "After people get used to the half-price tickets for the church and the charge for group photos in front of the shrine, everything will no longer be a problem."

"Is it the 'de-sanctification' that Emperor Gawain Cecil said..." Matilda couldn't help showing a thoughtful look on her face, and there was a hint of admiration in her eyes, "The church is open for admission by ticket. The venue, shrines and statues took a group photo, and the assembly square sold special snacks and handicrafts... When it comes to eliminating the influence of the Church of God of War, Hadiron and I only thought of demolishing the church and dismissing the priests, but never thought that things could still be like this manage……"

"In a sense, Gawain Cecil was our teacher—he himself showed us how to make a sacred thing profane, and in the process make it easier for most ordinary people. Accept the changes with ease," Rosetta said calmly, "Not everyone is a fanatic who knows the scriptures well and sticks to the dogma, and most ordinary people cannot distinguish the 'meaning' behind the changes—and these ordinary people It is the main body that constitutes the trend of thought.”

"Ordinary people are the main body of the thought..." Matilda said softly with thought, while Rosetta in front of her fell into a moment of silence. After a few minutes, the ruler of Typhon suddenly spoke : "Some new discoveries have been made over the 'Gate' project."

"New discovery?" Matilda looked up curiously, wondering why her father would suddenly mention this matter in front of her.

Rosetta stared into Matilda's eyes and said in a low voice, "They saw Malm Dunit's soul there."

Matilda's eyes widened in an instant, and the great shock made her unable to control her emotional expression as she was taught in the usual way, but soon, she forcibly controlled the change of her expression, the expression of astonishment Pressed under the eyes.

Seeing the change in her daughter's expression, Rosetta nodded imperceptibly, and then continued: "He has come to his senses, and now he seems to have become a part of the God of War Kingdom—no matter what happened, he will never return to this world."

Matilda nodded thoughtfully, and then asked curiously: "What are Windsor and Master Daniel doing now?"

"They continue to dig deep into the secrets of our world."

……

Digging out the secrets of this world is the common long-cherished wish of every scholar who is at the forefront of knowledge. It's not just hard work—luck and chance sometimes have a more profound impact on turning points in history.

Kamel floated in the center of the extremely wide arena, watching the technicians busy assembling and debugging the equipment needed for the test, he couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

He has been waiting for this opportunity for many years. If you count the years spent by the pioneers of the Silver Empire who studied the mysteries of magic, mortals have even waited for this opportunity for half a century-but no one would have expected all this It will come true here.

To explore one of the most essential mysteries in the world, it is an experiment at the forefront of the field of magic power research. Its most suitable test site is actually located in the Kingdom of God of War. To use a saying that is popular in the imperial capital today, this is simply "Lian Fei". A setting that even Mr. Ulm dare not adopt."

Windsor Mapel stood next to Kamel, staring intently at the special equipment transported from the Cecilians' scientific research camp. She knew that the Cecilians had an experimental project to explore the essence of magic power, and recently In more and more in-depth technical exchanges, she also learned the specific content of this experimental project, but witnessing it with her own eyes is a different experience after all.

She watched those Cecilians in white tunics put some kind of precision-cut rectangular box on a solid experimental table, and placed a silver-white alloy sheet on the front of the box, a powerful They set the arcane energy source at the end of the box, and around the energy source, you can also see complex stabilizing and shielding components-the "painting style" of these things is completely different from the items she usually uses for experiments, but she But you can feel the familiar rigor and solemnity from it.

Even if she wasn't sure what the outcome of this experiment would be, she knew that those who designed and participated in all of this must be respectable people.

"This is the purest source of arcane energy that we can produce so far," Kamel raised his hand and pointed to the cylindrical device at the end of the rectangular box. The runes on the surface of the device are gradually changing from dark to dark. Bright, there is another rune drag chain at the end of it. The end of the drag chain is currently placed on the test bench and has not been connected to anything. "Input stable magic power from the end, and the energy source will filter it And integration, the 36-layer ruby ​​crystal lattice will ensure to the greatest extent that what is finally focused on the crystal pillar is an arcane jet that does not contain any interference-its purity can exceed the three energy towers around the Fort of the Treaty, and its output power is close to The tolerance limit of polarized ferrite crystal pillars.

"The arcane jet will enter the box, and there is a blocking plate made of anti-magic material in the box. The blocking plate has precisely cut slits and two layers of lenses made of polarized sapphire. It can ensure that only the passing Directional filtered arcane rays can be emitted from the front of the box - after this layer of processing, the arcane rays almost no longer react with anything in the air, so it will become invisible and will not be Other matter interferes...until it bombards the 'screen board'.

"The silver-white thin plate contains mithril components, which will leave traces of magic 'bombardment' very sensitively. In theory, if magic is not a wave, but a special 'substance', then the ray Bombardment leaves only two clear marks on the plate, but if magic is a wave, then..."

Windsor took the initiative to speak without waiting for Kamel to finish speaking: "Like two ripples spreading in the pool water, the two beams of energy emitted from the slit will interfere with each other during the transmission process, and what finally appears on the thin plate... should be A fringe formed by interference."

"...To this day, we already have a lot of indirect evidence and theoretical speculation to support this conjecture," Kamel nodded lightly, "but researchers need more than these conjectures, we need an irrefutable Empirical-environmental constraints have held us back from this final 'validation link' for many years, until today..."

He raised his head, his eyes filled with arcane brilliance slowly swept across the huge space, and the simple and magnificent amphitheater rushed towards him, and the circular stands stretched upwards in his field of vision. Empty seats are lined up, and a huge throne stands at the end of the arena. A giant phantom in iron-gray armor sits on the throne. The hollow helmet hangs down slightly, as if there is an illusory line of sight watching the arena In the center, watching this small group of mortals who are boldly trying to explore the truth.

Kamel seemed to have the illusion of being watched by countless eyes, but this illusion only made him laugh softly.

He turned his head and looked to the side of the test bed, where a Magic Net terminal was running quietly. A holographic projection from a distance was projected above the terminal. A tall, mature and beautiful silver elf was standing in the projection and watching the test site. scene.

"I really wish I could be there," the great astrologist Verania couldn't help but said with some regret, "Unfortunately, I'm far away at the extreme southern tip of the continent."

"With modern equipment, you can still witness all of this, Ms. Verania," Kamel couldn't help but said with a smile. There are many more conjectures that can be tested in this special test space - what you miss is just the 'first game'."

"...I'm starting to feel more and more regretful," Verania, who was facing the holographic projection, couldn't help but sigh, "Master Kamel, let's start."

Kamel nodded, and instructed the assistant on the side: "Activate the shield."

An assistant immediately stepped forward and activated the shielding device around the platform, and several runes set on the edge of the platform lit up, and the crystals inlaid around the runes also began to emit a steady light-of course, this shielding device was not designed to block the environment The background interference of magic power (firstly, this kind of interference cannot be blocked by the current technology, and secondly, there is no such interference in the Kingdom of God of War), its real function is to prevent the on-site communication devices, recording equipment and other things from releasing The magic power affects the accuracy of the observations.

After the shielding device is activated, the energy source is activated.

Kamel turned his gaze to the platform, and looked at the rune drag chain extending from the end of the arcane energy source.

In his original plan, it was necessary to use a powerful magic storage device to provide magic power for this experimental device—such as the "magic charging treasure" he is dragging behind him now.

But now they have a better option...a more powerful and reliable source of magic.

A hand reached aside, grabbed the rune chain, and fiddled curiously with the metal hinge at the end.

Mir Mina, who is three meters tall, bent slightly and smiled while studying the experimental equipment in front of her. As the "goddess in charge of the mysteries of magic" in the legend of mortals, at this moment, like every mortal present, she was full of heart. The desire to explore and seek knowledge.

"Just inject magic power into it, right?" She raised her head and looked at Kamel with a smile on her face.

"Yes," Kamel nodded slightly, "but be careful not to burn the device—it can't withstand your full strength."

"Don't worry," Mirmina held the rune drag chain with one hand and gave a thumbs up with the other. At this moment, she no longer looked like a god—but she was closer to the real one than in the past thousands of years. "The Mystery of Magic", "No one knows how to control the flow of magic better than I do."

As soon as the words fell, the surface of the silver-white rune chain in her hand was already glowing with light blue runes.

The device starts up.

There was a low buzzing sound from the arcane energy source, and the original magic power injected into it began to quickly transform into pure experimental energy. At this moment, everyone held their breath and focused their attention on the alloy sheet at the end of the device .

There is no earth-shattering movement, no gorgeous light and shadow, and no need for more twists and turns, more thrills and more fog.

Truth has lifted its veil quietly.

Light and dark interference fringes appeared in front of everyone.

Chapter 1272 The truth behind the truth

Kamel quietly watched the interference fringes displayed on the silver-white alloy sheet, and at the other end of the communication device, the great astrologist Verania also quietly watched the image displayed on the sheet .

That is the "truth" she has pursued for half a century.

In this world, every corner is full of "magic background interference". The ubiquitous interference makes it impossible for scholars to directly observe the interference phenomenon of magic under certain conditions. Noise will cause the observation device to be over-exposed, and In order to solve this problem, scholars must create an "ideal darkroom" that can completely isolate the interference of the magical background. However, in the real world, Verania and her team failed to achieve this goal after half a century. --until today.

The entire Kingdom of God of War is a huge "dark room" - its "darkness" is not the "darkness" in the optical concept, but a state of magic vacuum, and in this dark room that can isolate the interference of the underlying magic power, the pursuit of truth The long-time explorers have finally glimpsed a glimpse of the most essential secret of this world.

The silence lasted for a while, and Kamel finally said softly: "It really has the nature of waves..."

He didn't expect that when this moment really came, his tone would be so calm, but in the next second, he suddenly seemed to hear cheers like mountains and seas coming from all directions—the cheers were layered upon layers, like a stormy sea , the ancient magister subconsciously looked up and saw rows of empty seats in the empty arena, and the illusory projection of the God of War sitting on a high throne. At this moment, it seemed that there were invisible cheerers Cheering for a miracle, even the gods cast approving glances, but in the next second, these illusions disappeared, the empty arena was still lonely, and the phantom on the throne was still a phantom.

Kamel seemed to wake up from a dream, and asked the people around him whether those visions had happened just now, but only got confused and nervous responses from everyone—it was just an illusion.

But even if it was an illusion, the ancient magister still felt something. He looked at the phantom of the undead who had been silent not far away. Malm Dunit stood there quietly. As if with a slight smile, he nodded slightly after noticing Kamel's gaze.

"I don't quite understand what you are doing, but I guess it must be very important, and if the Lord is still here, he must also smile at the bravery and success of mortals."

On the other side, Verania, who was far away in the Temple of Stars, finally looked away from the holographic projection. The Elven Astrologist stood on the platform in a silent posture for a long time, until the apprentices beside him were at a loss. Feeling tense at a loss, she suddenly let out a long breath, and suddenly a very bright and beautiful smile appeared on her face that no apprentices had seen in 1000 years.

The young apprentice (650 years old) standing next to him couldn't help but have a strange thought in his heart when he saw this scene: If this smile was willing to be shown to any man, the mentor might have been married long ago...

"Go and take out my best wine!" The great astronomy master suddenly turned his head, and the excited tone shocked the apprentice, "I want to celebrate! I want to celebrate!!"

"Yes... yes, mentor..." The apprentice hurriedly agreed again and again, but just as he was about to turn around and leave, he heard the mentor shout again: "By the way, there is also that Sodalim, didn't he the day before yesterday?" Are you looking for me? Tell him to wait for me on the upper platform! This time I want to have a good chat with him!"

The apprentice was stunned for a moment, as if she couldn't believe what she heard. She stared at the great astrologer who was well-known in the academic circles of the empire and the friendship circle in front of her. How impolite: "You said... Mr. Suo Dalim? You finally chose Mr. Suo Dalim?! This is really satisfactory... Ah, ok, I will inform him right away! What else is there, please? Do you want to tell Mr. Suo Dalim as well?"

"There's nothing to tell, he's my loser anyway—we've been arguing about an issue for 30 years, and it's time for that idiot to face reality," Ms. Be bright all the time," I'd slap the fact of the fluctuating nature of magic in his face, and bet like we'd wagered when we first quarreled 30 years ago—that he'd have to rise from the tallest tower in the Temple of the Stars. Jump down!"

The young apprentice instantly realized that his judgment had gone wrong: "...Huh?"

The great astrologer has already widened his eyes: "What are you still doing in a daze!? Hurry up!"

The small episode that happened in the Silver Empire did not affect Kamel's test site. The test to reveal the truth has ended, and the buzzing inside the arcane energy source has gradually subsided, but the light and dark left on the alloy sheet As a witness, the stripes were permanently imprinted on the surface of the metal plate. Kamel stepped forward, stretched out his hand and brushed the thin plate, a layer of dim blue light covered the surface, and the microstructure inside the metal plate changed accordingly. , from an active to an inert state.

In this way, even if it returns to the normal magical environment, the texture on its surface will continue to remain stably.

"We have finally uncovered a crucial truth... There are now solid theoretical supports for many phenomena in the process of spreading and transforming magic power," said Kamel with a low buzzing sound in his body. Turning her head to look in Mirmina's direction, "Ma'am, if it is confirmed that the magic power has a fluctuating nature, then my calculation formula for the magic field... ma'am?"

Mir Mina didn't seem to hear Kamel's words. The "Goddess of Magic" was still standing beside the experimental device in a daze, staring down at the light and dark stripes on the alloy sheet without moving. There was a faint light of lavender in the eyes, as if the fire was going to be extinguished at any moment. This unusual state finally attracted the attention of others. Windsor Mapel, who was standing by the side and had not spoken much, walked forward nervously. Go: "Miss 'Tower', you're all right..."

Just when she was halfway through her words, Mirmina's eyes flickered before she could take a step forward. This "Master of Magic" seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and seemed to have just returned from a long and unknown journey. Returning from the journey, she raised her hand and looked at her fingertips. A dreamlike whisper came from under the veil: "Volatility... has been confirmed, so my essence is... ripples."

In the next moment, Mirmina's figure suddenly changed from real to virtual. Starting from her fingertips, the whole body of this magic master was quickly enveloped by a layer of ripple-like light and shadow and scattered in all directions. Kamel Before she even had time to reach out her hand, the former goddess of magic disappeared in full view.

It is nothing in itself for a former god to hide his body before the eyes of mortals, but after witnessing this scene with his own eyes and feeling the unusual fluctuations of magic power around him, Kamel realized that this is by no means a "hidden body" or "hidden body" "Dimensional teleportation", but something...something beyond imagination, something that only Mirmina herself can understand.

The nearby technical assistants became tense instantly, and several well-trained technicians had subconsciously turned on the detection instruments around them to collect data, while Windsor Mapel opened her eyes wide to sense the magic around her and spoke cautiously: " Ms. Tower? Are you still here? What happened?"

"I'm here." A voice suddenly came from Kamel's side, and the latter immediately followed the sound, but there was nothing in his vision.

He also didn't perceive the magical effect of hiding the figure like the curved light force field.

"I'm not invisible." As if guessing what Kamel was thinking, Mirmina's voice came again, this time next to Windsor Mapel, "I didn't do anything to your perception either ...I'm here, walking next to you, in the same space as you, and it's hard for me to explain what I'm seeing now, everything has changed, everything...is different."

"Everything has changed?" Windsor Mapel had a deep confusion on her face, she couldn't understand what the former god was saying, but she couldn't help asking, "What did you see? What did you do? Did something happen to you?"

"I don't quite know how it all happened, I just see... ripples," Mirmina's voice sounded again, this time, behind Kamel and on the left of Windsor Mapel at the same time It came from two completely different places, from two different sources, "the ripples of everything, the magic power escaping from these magical devices, the reverberations of thoughts rising from all corners of the Kingdom of God, and ……you."

"Us?" Kamel and Windsor Mapel said in unison.

"Yes, you, and everyone here, I can still distinguish you, but... I can't define you now, your boundaries are so blurred, entangled with ripples everywhere, as if... ..."

Mir Mina's voice stopped suddenly, and then she paused for half a minute, until Kamel and Windsor Mapel couldn't help but ask, her voice suddenly sounded again:

"It's as if...you are also part of the wave."

Kamel and Ms. Windsor looked at each other.

Are they also part of the volatility?How should this logically weird statement be understood?

But at this moment, a lavender arc suddenly burst out from in front of them, and in the jump of the arc, a figure quickly formed from the illusion, and recondensed into the three-meter-tall "Senior Advisor" Mier Mina.

All eyes fell on this "senior consultant" in an instant, but the person concerned seemed to have not yet woken up from a strange "observer" state. She stared at a non-existent focus for a long time in confusion , the line of sight finally gradually gathered together again, and then the "Master of Magic" shook his head slightly, looked around with a very strange look, and whispered: "It's over... I'm back."

"Are you okay?" Kamel couldn't help but asked a little worried - he never thought that he would worry about a god one day, "What happened just now?"

"I don't know, but I guess... What we have glimpsed today may not only be the truth behind the magic power," Mir Mina stared at Kamel for a long time as she spoke, as if she was trying to get out of the sight of this possessed power. Some other "way of existence" can be seen in the actual silhouette, "Kammel, we know too little about this world."

"It's hard to imagine that these words came from the mouth of a former god." Kamel had countless doubts in his heart, but at this moment he still couldn't help sighing first, "You look... like a mortal now. "

"Really?" Mirmina blinked her eyes, as if she had finally come to her senses until then, "Maybe it's not a bad thing..."

Then she shook her head slightly, using this very humane way to dispel the chaotic sense of dislocation in her mind: "I think... I need some time to slowly sort out the special 'vision' I saw …to understand the sight of everything losing its apparent boundaries and jumbled together like an orderly noise in a mess. Sorry, I may need to withdraw early from this side of the action - I have to go back and adjust myself status."

"Is it serious enough?" Kamel glanced at the other party in surprise, but he nodded after thinking for a while, "It's okay, our outposts here have stabilized. The situation is probably under control, and you can go back to rest with peace of mind."

When Milmina participated in this project, in addition to providing some guidance as a "consultant", her biggest role was to act as a layer of "insurance". If there is residual divine pollution in the Kingdom of God of War, she can also help The exploration team avoids risks, but now that the basic situation of the God of War Kingdom has been verified, the pollution to mortals here has indeed disappeared, and the "insurance" layer of Mir Mina can be removed.

Everyone at the scene understands this.

After making a decision, Mirmina didn't drag her feet. She just nodded slightly to the explorers who stayed here, and then she was covered by a layer of rotating light mist. After a while, the light mist turned towards the nearby The magic net terminal rushed forward—just like she had descended in this space, her avatar returned to the disobedient courtyard along the network cable.

"It's really just going away..." Windsor Mapel watched Mirmina leave, and she couldn't help muttering until the huge wave of magic power completely left the space, then she raised her head and looked at Kamel’s direction, “Master Kamel, what do you think about this…”