Sword of Dawn

It seems that before communicating with the gods, the leaders of these sects have reached a peaceful consensus?Even the leaders of Dreamland Church, Storm Church, and Druid Church, which have degenerated into dark sects in the future, have agreed with this consensus?

Various speculations appeared in Gao Wen's mind, and in the process, he saw a religious leader walking out from the crowd.

The other party was wearing a solemn black robe, with a wooden mask painted with constellations and eyes on his face. After a moment of hesitation, Gawain recognized that he was the Pope of the Church of the Dream God 700 years ago—Megaul III.

The pope stood in front of the altar, then took off his mask and robe, stood there in only short casual clothes, and began to receive blessings from leaders of other sects, but what happened next confused Gawain:

After the leaders of other sects blessed Megal III, several great magicians stepped forward—these spellcasters who were not priests began to cast spells on Megal one after another.

They were all kinds of protection, almost all the protection spells that Gawain could name were released on the dream pope, and judging from the robes worn by those great magicians and their temperament It can be seen that each of them is very powerful, and the effect of those protective spells can be imagined.

After receiving the blessing of the protective spell, Megal III began to wear a set of strange "clothes" with the help of others. The clothes did not have the gorgeousness and elegance of the priest's robes. Instead, they could only be described as ugly. It has a thick multi-layer structure, with one-piece gloves and shoes, all places are covered tightly, and intricate magic patterns can be seen on each layer of fabric.

It wasn't until Megal III put on a strange spherical helmet made of crystal that Gawain finally woke up to what it was:

That's a magic version of a spacesuit!

Selina's voice came from outside the screen at the same time: "...the Pope has received blessings and magic blessings, and he has also put on a special protective vestment that can resist the power of the gods according to the hint of 'divine enlightenment'. , that dress is ugly, but it has all the functions it should have, I hope everything goes well..."

Accompanied by Selena's soft prayers, Gawain saw Megaul III walking to the altar, and at the same time two people came out and stood at two special nodes on the outer edge of the altar.

That was the Pope of the God of Storms, and the Grand Priest of the Druids of the Holy Spirit Sect.

They seemed to communicate with the Pope, the God of Dreams standing in the center of the altar, but their voices were not recorded in the video recording. Due to the angle of the screen, Gawain could not read any information from their lips. Judging the shape of the altar, the two sect leaders will participate in the following ceremony and may take certain risks.

Then, the ceremony began.

The runes on the altar lit up one by one, and the majestic energy released by the magic circle made the surrounding air slightly distorted. Megaul III, who was covered in the "spacesuit" all over his body, raised his hand and pointed at the altar. The surrounding Pope, Pope, and Holy See waved vigorously.

Then a white light descended from the sky, and the figure of Megal III disappeared instantly in the white light.

And the picture also fell into darkness at the same time - the record ends here.

There seemed to be some kind of powerful energy that ended Selena Gerfen's "recording" early.

Chapter 0190 Hetty's Work Arrangement

Gawain rubbed his eyes, and completely withdrew from the magical connection with the dream lantern.

After the video of the Ancestor's Peak ended, there was no more updated video data in the lantern.

This may be because Selina Geerfen transformed into a dark priest after that, and she lost the habit of recording her surroundings at any time due to her temperament change. So much for the clues in .

But these clues are enough to reveal countless facts.

Gawain was [-] to [-]% confident that the set of equipment that Megal III was wearing at that time was some kind of "space suit", and the various magical blessings he had received before should also be for the purpose of allowing him to travel in space. (or a similar environment), and as for the purpose of the entire ceremony, or the "destination" of Megoll III... If Selina's "narration" is to be believed, then the mysterious attempt to communicate with the gods, The essence is to send a Pope to the God Realm?

So the God Realm is located in space?Or to go to the God Realm, one must experience a space journey for a period of time?

What kind of truth did those religious leaders grasp 700 years ago?

Selena mentioned a "divine revelation" in the narration. Those religious leaders seemed to have obtained information about the God Realm from the divine revelation, and learned about the environmental parameters of the God Realm, so they designed a plan based on those parameters. Protective clothing similar to spacesuits, and the divine inspiration seems to come from the Eternal Slate... That is to say, those high-level church officials who can directly touch the Eternal Slate can not only learn about divine arts from the Slate, but can even "see "Spirit world?

Gawain stood up, pacing the study while meditating, what he was most curious about now was the final result of the ceremony - did Megaul III succeed?Has he reached the God Realm?is he backWhat did he see, what did he hear, and what did he bring back?

After the meeting of the Ancestors Summit, there were several dark sects that degenerated into cults, but the most powerful, most mysterious, and most thoroughly degenerated ones were the three parties of Doom, the Eternal Sleeper, and the Son of the Storm, and the sects of these three parties The leader happened to be the three people standing on the altar at that time...

At this moment, a knock on the door interrupted Gao Wen's thinking.

Gawain judged in an instant that the one standing at the door would not be Amber—because the half-elf lady would come in directly through the window or come out from the Shadow Realm, nor could it be Rebecca, because Rebecca usually slaps her in the face. After pushing the door open and remembering to knock again, he shook his head, temporarily put aside his complicated thoughts, and cleared his throat: "Come in."

The door opened, and Hetty, with two big dark circles under her eyes, walked in holding a large stack of arranged documents, and her staff was floating beside her: she was the one who controlled the staff to knock on the door.

"Ancestor, the production report of the steel plant and the land survey report of the North Shore are here." Hetty came to the desk with the documents in her arms, carefully placed them on the table, and then exhaled slightly, "There is still next season." Take a look at the forest development plan, mine production and scale expansion plan, new residential area construction plan, night school scale expansion plan, stone factory construction plan, and pharmacist recruitment and training proposals!"

The eldest granddaughter balabala named a lot of proposals in one breath, and even Gao Wen felt slightly shocked when the heavy documents were smashed on the table. Are you looking for me?"

Hetty looked overly cultivated: "Of course not, I sorted out all these overnight, and each item is an imminent project. You have specially ordered it before. Once these plans are made, they must be given to you immediately. look."

The plan is a procedural product set by Gao Wen. Hetty has to admit that it can greatly improve the efficiency of the team and the accuracy of execution, but dealing with the plan reminds her of being crammed when she first learned magic. The bitter experience of endorsing the book, but there is still a little difference between the two - she was forced to learn magic when she was a girl, and she could fight with the teacher with a staff, but now she was forced to make a proposal, and she dared not fight with the teacher. My ancestors fought...

So before I came here, I had to use eye shadow to draw big dark circles, hoping that my ancestors could notice the fact that I had over-cultivated immortals, and I could reduce my workload a little bit...

And Gao Wen also felt the deep resentment in Hetty's tone, thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he had ordered such a large number of tasks, so he could only comfort him with a dry smile: "Ahem, it's good, well done It's good, you can have two days of leisure after finishing all these busy tasks..."

He lowered his head while talking, roughly browsing a summary report on the top, while Hetty took advantage of this moment to breathe a sigh of relief, and glanced casually at Gawain's desk.

She first saw the dream lantern, and paid a little attention to it, but this kind of magic auxiliary item is not her specialty, so she quickly averted her eyes, and then she saw the knight book in the corner of the desk. Biography, so I curiously picked it up and glanced at the title of the book on the cover.

The Gawain Cecil Affair - A Tale of Heroes and Princesses.

In the next second, her expression became weird: "Ancestor, are you...is it really okay to read this kind of book?"

Gao Wen raised his eyelids to take a look, and suddenly saw that the book with a sensitive subject matter was in Hetty's hands. He was extremely embarrassed on the spot: "Oh, I forgot to put it away...cough cough, I mean this is just a book. It's just a novel, no need..."

In the middle of speaking, he suddenly realized, and looked at Heidi suspiciously: "...how do you know what this book is about?"

Hetty was stunned for a moment, and the next second her whole body was frozen there, cold sweat began to flow down her face, and it took a while to hold back an explanation: "I just guessed the content after seeing the title of the book..."

Gawain looked Heidi up and down: "If you said that just now, I would still believe you, but your expression now is too unconvincing."

Hetty: "I... I just glanced at it accidentally! After all, it is really popular in the circle of noble ladies, and this... this is just a love story, and it is actually very decent... I'm sorry, my ancestors wrong!"

The corners of Gao Wen's mouth twitched, looking at the "Ms. Hetty" who was always known in the entire aristocratic circle for being "mature, stable, elegant and wise", bowing and apologizing to him like a little girl who had done something wrong, his face flushed Not only was she flushed red, but she also broke out in a cold sweat—if you were someone else, you might never see her like this for the rest of your life. How should I put it, it's quite interesting.

To be honest, occasionally teasing Hetty, who is usually too serious, like this is quite fulfilling, but Gawain also knows how to let it go, and soon he coughed lightly, with a serious face: "Okay, okay, so Why are you nervous? I've read this book. Although the story has a lot of random fabrications, it's just a romantic novel about a normal knight marrying a princess—although it's a bit much to marry more than 80 people... Uh huh, yes. There's nothing forbidden."

Hetty nodded vigorously: "What the ancestor said is true!"

Gawain curled his lips and glanced at Hetty: "But I have to remind you of something."

Hetty said in fear, "Ancestor, please tell me!"

"Your dark circles have taken off your make-up," Gao Wen looked helplessly at the N-tier great-granddaughter, "the color has faded from sweating."

Hetty: "..."

After a while, she bowed again: "I'm sorry ancestor, I was wrong!"

The corners of Gao Wen's eyes twitched, and he was worried in his heart whether the work pressure he had put on Hetty was really too great, so that the elder granddaughter could not bear it under the heavy pressure, and his thoughts gradually became Rebecca—after all, the two of them were in love with each other. The same blood, just look at Rebecca's behavior style, most of the bloodlines are not only reckless but also harmonious...

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, so he sighed, and said dumbfoundedly: "Well, your work pressure is indeed a bit high recently... But fortunately, the most important winter construction projects have been finalized. At present, each of them has a team of craftsmen in charge, and the few clerks and internal affairs apprentices you brought should also be useful, so you can rest for a while—I will give you two days off."

Hetty blinked her eyes, but she became a little apprehensive despite being pleasantly surprised: "No... ancestor, I'm actually fine, and now it's the key to the construction of the territory..."

"Every day in the pioneering period is the key, but people can't rest forever. Even Nicholas has a special holiday for sunbathing, so you should also take a break." Gawain smiled and glanced at Hetty who was struggling, " However, after the holiday is over, I hope that you can conduct an assessment of the apprentices who are interns in various departments in the territory as soon as possible, and sort out a result of the assessment. If it is useful, you must consider implementing what I made a few months ago. That administrative apparatus."

For a long time, Gao Wen has worked hard to realize a complete, scientific, and efficient administrative organization in New Cecil Territory, but the scarcity of intellectuals in this era has led to a shortage of relevant talents. Key departments such as agriculture, internal affairs, military, and medical care There are always only one or two people running with full authority. It can be said that everyone from the department head to the grass-roots clerks is under the pressure of one person. Although this division of labor is much better than the chaotic management of most noble territories, it is different from the high-ranking officials. There is still a huge gap between what Wen thinks.

Therefore, as long as there are "intellectuals" who can read and write in the territory, Gao Wen will immediately select outstanding people to fill in the subordinates of the heads of various departments-these people have never been exposed to advanced organizational management concepts, so they always In the beginning, they could only start as apprentices. Even the down-and-out scholars and bankrupt knights hired by Tanzan Town had to be honest apprentices here.

And precisely because of the complex composition of these apprentices, Gao Wen did not think that all of them could successfully complete the "transformation within the organization".

Especially those broke knights and scholars.

Now that the "internship period" has passed, those apprentices who can't bear the pressure or adapt to the new system should be on the verge of running away. Gao Wen thinks it's time to conduct an assessment on them to screen out the truly usable talents and Let the management of the territory go a step further.

Hetty accepted Gawain's arrangement very seriously, but before leaving the study, she seemed to suddenly recall something, and said uncertainly: "Ancestor, I just saw that second-level arcanist who came from the king's capital has been Wandering around the Lord's Mansion, do you want to call him in?"

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and thought about it carefully: "... so there is such a person?"

Chapter 0191 Santis Seid

Santis Seid stood stiffly in front of the mansion's gate, checking every button and crease on his body over and over again. His messy hair and slightly bloodshot eyes showed that he had been in the same place last night. Didn't get much sleep all night, and that was the result of extreme stress.

"You have to be confident, you have to show your profound knowledge in magic theory, you have to answer every question of the lord in a timely manner, you can't cough loudly or be vague, and you can't be casual in front of the lord..."

The second-level magician muttered in a low voice, repeating several key points as if he was memorizing exercises before an exam. At this moment, the door of the lord's mansion in front of him suddenly opened, and a woman in a maid skirt A girl who didn't look like a teenager ran out of it quickly, ran out the gate, ran across the small front yard, and slammed on the brakes in front of Santis Seid in a dangerous posture as if she was about to fall Stand still, startling the latter.

The little maid Betty looked around, then stared into Santis' eyes, and said crisply: "Did you see a suspicious figure stalking around?"

Santis just woke up from his own nagging, and didn't realize it all at once: "Ah? Suspicious person? Didn't see..."

"Okay, thank you!" Betty bowed exaggeratedly, turned around and ran back as quickly as when she ran out, leaving Mr. Arcanist in a daze behind, not knowing what happened.

Santis didn't wake up until two seconds later—maybe the maid is looking for herself?

Speaking of which, how could there be such a reckless maid in the world...

And just when he was in a daze, the door of the lord's mansion was pushed open again, and the hot-tempered little maid ran out of it again, and ran to Santis: "Are you the one nearby?" Suspicious figures skulking around?"

"Um... I was wandering around just now, but I'm not sneaky or suspicious," Santis explained a little at a loss, he always felt that the little maid in front of him seemed to be not very smart. I'm afraid that if I say a wrong word, the other party will misunderstand it - the maid is not a high-status person, but she can come to send a message, which means that she can talk directly to the lord, and you must be careful when you speak, "I have something to ask the lord, it's..."

Betty didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and said loudly with a happy face: "Oh, then you come in, the master is looking for you!"

A while later, Gawain saw this second-level arcanist from the royal capital: Santis Seid in the study.

He already remembered that he had seen the other party's name - in the hundred-member aid team from the capital, a second-level arcanist was considered a rare "upper-class talent" in that team.According to the level distribution of this era, professionals are destined to be nobler than ordinary craftsmen, and spellcasters are nobles among professionals. Knowledge, this Arcanist can be said to be the backbone elite of the team - so Gawain arranged for him to be in the Mana Crystal Smelting Factory as soon as he arrived, and was responsible for testing various ratios of crystal products.

But after that, he completely forgot about this person.

On the one hand, he is indeed busy with affairs, and he has no peace all day because of the disturbance of the territory and the cultists outside. He did not make any outstanding contributions, and after he was assigned to the smelting plant, he honestly fired kilns there. According to what Hetty heard, this Mr. Arcanist of the Royal Capital They were all "mingled with those kiln workers, so ashamed that they couldn't tell the difference." If he hadn't taken the initiative to run over this time, Gawain would have completely forgotten that there was such a spellcaster on the territory.

Now that he remembered it again, he looked at the Wangdu mage in front of him with extra curiosity—a head of messy hair, red and sunken eye sockets, a tall and thin figure, wearing a suit that had been washed a little pale. He stood stiffly and nervously in the middle of the room in the old robe, subconsciously fiddling with the buttons on the clothes, and the buttons were about to be pulled off by him.

"Santis Seid, a second-level arcanist, from the Royal Association of Mages, isn't that right?" Gawain looked at the nervous young mage for a while, and suddenly said, "What do you want to see me for?"

"Ah, I... I'm coming..." Santis forgot all the prepared drafts in his mind in an instant, and he held back for a long time before he said his intentions in a straightforward manner, "I heard Jenny Miss said, the lord is recruiting teachers..."

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment. The notice to recruit teachers for the territory had been out for more than a month, and it had also reached the [-]-person Aid and Construction Group. A second-level arcanist would also be attracted by the news: "Indeed, I'm looking for teachers—would you be interested?"

"Yes... yes," Santis Seid finally pulled the buttons off his clothes with great effort, "I... I can... I hope I can be your tutor in your residence. I am good at arcane arts and The basic theory of magic, I also have some understanding of heraldry, Ansu history, and noble etiquette. Although I am not a high-ranking person, I am good at teaching others, and your heirs can be entrusted to me..."

"Stop, stop," Gawain knew halfway through hearing that the Arcanist had made a complete mistake, so he had to interrupt, "I think you have misunderstood the purpose of this recruitment order—I didn't give it to myself. His heirs are educated by nobles."

Santis rubbed the buttons in his hand nervously with a blank face: "Ah? Isn't it?"

"Don't you know? Now I only have two heirs, one is Hetty and the other is Rebecca. The former has been a teacher for many years, and the latter is both civil and military. Both of them have higher levels of spellcasting than you - Rebecca is indeed possible You need to take up etiquette lessons, but you obviously can't beat her unless you are proficient in both hands and weapons, and are also good at running and charging." Gao Wen spread his hands, "I am not looking for a tutor for my two granddaughters, but for the night school. teacher."

"Evening school?" Santis continued to look blank - he seemed to be completely ignorant of this matter.

"Haven't you heard of it?" Gawain suddenly became curious about this strange arcanist, "The most common civilians and serfs in the territory know about the night school, but you don't?"

"I... have been working in the crystal smelting factory since I received the appointment," Santis said with a look of shame on his face, "other than that, I just read books in my own residence and didn't pay much attention to other things. It wasn't Miss Jenny who told me I didn't even know you were recruiting teachers."

Gawain looked at this reserved, nervous and dull arcanist dumbfoundedly, and said to himself that he really deserved to be a talent carefully selected by the nobles in the capital, and it's not easy to be stuffed into these 100 people without any personality flaws. Come from the team: "Night school is for civilians, including serfs and slave laborers on the territory, do you understand? I am not looking for a senior teacher to teach etiquette and heraldry to noble children, but one who can teach Ordinary civilians who can read and write."

Santis opened his mouth in a daze for a while. It seemed that he knew for the first time that Gawain was eradicating illiteracy among the common people, and obviously he couldn't understand it very much. When Mr. Arcanist was about to say goodbye politely, the latter suddenly nodded and asked, "Then as a teacher in the night school, will you pay extra remuneration as stated in the recruitment order?"

"Are you willing?" Gao Wen was surprised, "Do you know that you are going to teach a group of commoners who have just learned a few words and can only count to a hundred?"

Santis smiled cautiously: "I taught magic theory to uneducated merchant children in the capital, and I don't think it will be too difficult...probably."

After confirming again and again that the Arcanist really intended to accept the job, Gawain couldn't help laughing.

Finally, there is an official spellcaster who is willing to teach at night school. He has tried many times to recruit mages from Tanzan Town or Kant Territory, and even recruited mage apprentices to serve as night school teachers in the territory, but when they knew they had to face When it was a group of "untouchables", all of them without exception expressed their rejection. It seems that in their minds, people of commoner and serf origin are born with intellectual disabilities, and they belong to a different species from mages or nobles in terms of brain structure. , so they do not believe that they can teach the common people those advanced knowledge, and they are not willing to accept this kind of challenge at all——

They refused not only because of arrogance, but also because they believed that they could not teach those "untouchables", so they rejected the failure early.

But now there is a second-level Arcanist who took the initiative to "apply". Although the process is a bit different from expectations, this Mr. Santis Seid seems to be really willing to do this job.

"Are you short of money?" Although Gao Wen was happy in his heart, he couldn't help asking, because he could see that the other party was attracted by the extra monthly salary, "Mage should not be short of money, right? "

"Actually, mages are also short of money, especially those of civilian origin," Santis Said said shyly, "I want to send money to my family, and my family members stay in the capital..."

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "Are you from a commoner?"

"Yes... my father is a chef in a noble family in the capital, and my mother is an herbalist."

They are indeed commoners, but they belong to the wealthy class of commoners and have quite a status. It is indeed possible for a family of this level to fight hard and send their children to learn magic in order to be able to enter the upper class. A person who has obtained the official second-level arcanist qualification has actually got rid of his civilian background and is already qualified to join the upper circles, but judging by his appearance...you can't tell it at all.

Gao Wen expressed his doubts, and Santis' expression became even more embarrassed, even a little ashamed: "I have indeed obtained the qualification of a second-level arcanist, but my magic power reserves are congenitally defective, and I... Only three to five spells can be cast."

Gao Wen's heart suddenly dawned - indeed, there are flaws that lead to this fall.

Santis's spell flaw is similar to Rebecca's, but it is a different extreme: Rebecca has a strong mental power and mana reserves, and she can throw hundreds of fireballs every day without feeling tired, but she can only construct A spell model, while Santis can construct multiple spell models and learn the most profound and complex arcane spells, but has very little mental power and mana reserves...

Although Rebecca has flaws, she is a nobleman, even if her family is in trouble, she is still a nobleman, so she can still live in the castle and live a better life than any commoner, but Santis was born as a commoner. After he finally became an official spellcaster but was found to have a congenital defect in his magic power reserves, he would only be kicked out of the upper class, and at the same time, his family might owe a lot of debts—both human and money debts.

He will join the [-]-person Aid and Reconstruction Group, and I am afraid that part of the reason is for the subsidy given by the king.

After figuring this out, he finally no longer has any doubts about Santis' choice.

"Then, you are welcome to become an honorable teacher," Gawain stood up behind the desk, nodding and smiling at the young mage in front of him, "and the courses you want to teach... shouldn't be limited to ordinary reading and counting. There are other arrangements for you."

Santis bowed hastily: "Ah, yes, my lord."

Gao Wen: "Now let's talk about the first thing - put down the button in your hand first, it will almost make you roll out..."

Santis: "..."

Chapter 0192 Fish, what a big fish