Sword of Dawn

"I don't understand, I don't understand, your human magic system is too strange, I can't understand it at all."

Gawain sighed, and thought that there was no other way. There was almost no knowledge exchange between the two races. It was really difficult for a siren to explain exactly what the human cultists she saw were doing. things.

Rebecca was curious about Tyr sleeping in the well: "Have you been hiding in our well?"

"It hasn't been a long time, I haven't been here for a long time," Till yawned, "I've been swimming for so long, I'm tired, and then I found a place where the current is calmer and I planned to take a nap... I didn't expect Just halfway through my sleep, someone hit my head. Who the hell hit me with a bucket?"

Gao Wen: "..."

Didn't it mean that fish only have a seven-second memory?Why does this siren still remember this!

"Don't worry about who hits you with a bucket," Gawain's mouth twitched. "Who knows someone will sleep in the well..."

Tire looked at Gawain curiously: "Is it illegal for you humans to sleep in a well?"

Gao Wen was taken aback for a moment, feeling that this question touched his blind spot of knowledge. After thinking carefully for a long time, he hesitated to explain: "Sleeping in a well is not against the law here, but it is considered suicide..."

Till stretched vigorously, his tail flapped on the ground with all his strength: "Then I'll go to sleep somewhere else."

"Hey, wait a minute," Gao Wenji reacted suddenly, "Are you going to run around in the human world like this?"

Till was startled, as if he noticed that his painting style was different from those around him, as well as the soldiers who blocked the scene in the distance and their curious eyes. One voice: "Oh... I forgot that you don't look like this anymore!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Wen saw a cloud of water mist popping out in front of him. After the water mist recondensed into a human form, the mermaid lady sitting on the edge of the well changed her appearance——the scales on her cheeks and arms It disappeared, and the fishtail turned into a pair of human legs, and even the leather clothes on her body turned into a light blue long skirt!

The style of the long skirt was obviously very similar to that worn by Heidi, only the color was changed. There was no doubt that it was the product of some kind of magic or innate power that she transformed after seeing the human beings' clothes.

Gawain watched this scene in amazement, and couldn't help thinking of the legend about the sea monster that Pittman told himself before: this race has the ability to change into a human being during social activities, so Only the legend of sea monsters moving on land is left in the world...

It was the first time for Hetty, Amber and others who were watching by the side to see such a miraculous and convenient "spell". I couldn't help exclaiming: "Wow! It's amazing!"

Immediately afterwards, her thoughts spread: "I want to learn this, don't I have countless new clothes to wear..."

Amber gave the silly roe deer a disdainful look: "Don't make trouble, you can't even learn a repulsion trick... I'll tell you that it's a foul to hit someone with a stick!"

Gawain blocked the two clamoring girls, and looked at Tyre, who was not proficiently standing on his legs and was about to walk upright: "The transformation spell is good, but I suggest that you don't walk around before you adapt to the land environment—if you can If so, would you like to be Cecil's guest?"

Tire was familiar with the feeling of walking upright while looking at Gawain: "...Is this a more tactful 'capture'?"

"No, I did it out of good intentions," Govent said seriously, "You also know that I had contact with sea monsters 700 years ago, so it's more or less an old acquaintance of your race? Helped me, now a sea monster has landed on land, of course I have to help back. I don’t know what the society of the sea monster is like, but the human world is very complicated, there are a lot of countries with different customs and cultures, and There are countless forces and races with completely different ideologies. I'm not sure what the human beings in other lands have to say about a sea monster—especially if you haven't adapted to human society, you can easily be hostile by them .”

Till thought for a moment: "Well... what you said makes sense."

"I am the lord of this land, at least within the scope of Cecil Territory, I can guarantee your safety - and I can also keep your race and your origin a secret," Gawain said with a smile, " Of course, this is just an invitation, if you really don’t want to, you can leave at any time, just remember to try not to sleep in the well in the future.”

"Ah, it's more troublesome to walk on land." Tire took two steps with her legs, she didn't seem to listen to Gawain's last words at all, but waved her hands lazily, "Anyway, I don't plan to go Well, let’s just live here. Do you have a place to sleep here?”

Although it seems a bit difficult to communicate with this fish, but the goal seems to have been achieved?

This siren possessed brand new knowledge that Gao Wen didn't know. He wanted the other party to stay in the territory no matter what, and as long as the other party was willing to stay, providing a comfortable living environment would not be a problem at all. Gao Wen laughed Get up: "Of course there is a place to sleep - just ask for anything you want."

"It's not too much to ask, just sprinkle some salt," Tire waved his hand, "I don't need your help to change the water, I can purify it myself."

Gao Wen was stunned to react for a long time before he realized that what the other party asked for was a saltwater puddle... Of course, a fish tank or a water basin should also work, as long as it is big enough.

Although Gawain believes that his authority can ensure that his words are thoroughly implemented in the territory, it is hard to say how much his authority will be used for this saltwater fish. If he did something amazing that did not conform to the three views of human beings (such as suddenly changing the tail of a fish and fighting with the fisherman), he decided to arrange the other party in the newly completed lord's mansion first.

Although he did not build a huge castle like those extravagant traditional aristocrats, the newly completed Lord's Mansion is still a large building with a large number of vacant rooms that have not been used. This siren is not a problem at all.

It just so happened that Hetty and Rebecca also moved into their new home recently, so it's better to let Till live next door to them.

Chapter 0195 The Information Brought by Tyr

Siren Tyr lived in Lord Cecil's mansion, and became neighbors with Hetty and Rebecca.

For this siren lady who has been living in the deep sea, the human world is new and interesting—although the siren will occasionally go ashore to travel, but that is what those guys who are full of energy and curiosity will do However, for Tire, whose greatest hobby in life is to hibernate and sleep till death, she obviously wouldn't have such an extremely time-wasting idea—if she hadn't swam against her will, she probably wouldn't have come to this land in the ocean in her entire life. on the west side of the land.

But now that he has swam to this place by accident, and seeing the human world, Tyre suddenly feels... it seems interesting to run outside occasionally.

The houses built by humans on dry land, the crops that grow between the air and the soil, and the weird cultures and traditions seem to be more interesting than sleeping in their hometown all day long.

And Gawain arranged a "bed" for the siren lady that met her requirements.

In the guest room on the first floor of the mansion, Gawain ordered someone to move in a large wooden box that took up one-third of the room, and asked Hetty to use magic to strengthen it, and then filled the wooden box with clean water ( Of course, salt was sprinkled), this is of course not comparable to the real ocean, but Till is quite satisfied with this: this lady siren is only obsessed with sleep itself, as long as there is enough space for her to stay.

"It's not bad, there's enough sleeping in here," Miss Siren satisfactorily stirred the water in the wooden box with her fingers, "Thank you for your hard work."

Gao Wen looked at the layout of the room. Since such a huge "fish tank" was put in, the space for furniture in the room would naturally shrink. Now, apart from a set of tables and chairs and a locker, there is only The next one is a small single bed, which he left on purpose: "Actually, you can try sleeping on the bed—should be a unique experience."

"I will try it, I will try it," Tire waved his hands impatiently, and then he jumped backwards into the big wooden box filled with clear water in front of Gawain, and the wooden box suddenly splashed. , amidst the splashes, a long tail emerged from under the water, and shook slightly in the air, "But I still like to sleep in it~"

Gawain was stunned when he saw the tip of the tail - it was not the fish tail he had seen before, but a tail like a sea snake!

Amber next to her couldn't help exclaiming: "Wow - why did you change your tail?!"

"Oh?" Tire was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the tail of the sea snake swaying behind him, and he was quite surprised, "It seems to have gone wrong... Forget it, it doesn't matter, anyway, there is no need to swim around here , it’s easier for the snake’s tail to move.”

"Do you dare to change the tail of your siren?!" Gawain once again felt that he had mastered incredible new knowledge (although this kind of knowledge seemed useless), "I thought the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish were the siren standard form..."

"The vision of people on land is so narrow," Tire pointed at Gawain with the tip of the snake's tail, "That's because you don't have enough imagination—I can turn my upper body into a fish and my lower body into a human! If you don't believe me, I'll give it to you on the spot... "

Before she finished speaking, Gao Wen imagined in his mind what it would be like to see a fat-headed fish with a pair of big white legs running past his eyes, and suddenly goosebumps rose three times: "Stop, stop, no need, no need, you know You sea monsters can change forever..."

"...Surprised." Tire shook his hair and sank his upper body into the water, leaving only his head floating on the water to look at Gawain, "Do you have any other questions? If If not, I'm going to sleep... I swam here from the endless sea in one breath, and I'm almost exhausted."

"One last question," Gawain quickly asked before the other party fell asleep, "About 700 years ago...do you know what experiences I had in the Kraken Sea?"

"You still want to ask me about the things you have experienced yourself?" Miss Siren looked at Gao Wen in surprise.

"I fell asleep for a long time, and when I woke up, I found that my memory did not match the reality," Gao Wen explained casually, "Besides, humans and sea monsters have different worldviews. What I experienced may be a different story in your eyes." appearance……"

"700 years ago..." Tire rolled his eyes as if thinking, and unconsciously swayed his tail on the edge of the wooden box, "To be honest, I really don't know very well, even though you were from our sea area I passed by, but I only had a little contact with our sea monsters, and I was busy going home to sleep, so I took a look at you from a distance on the sea and left. The things about you are the sisters who communicated with you at that time I told it to me when I got home. Let me think about it... Ah yes, you were looking for something called 'Apocalypse', but in the end you and my sisters didn't seem to understand the so-called What exactly is the 'Apocalypse', so my sister followed your request and took you to a place surrounded by a strong magnetic field, as for what you experienced in that sea area... I don't know much."

Apocalypse?A sea area shrouded in a strong magnetic field?

Gawain was very sorry that Miss Till could not provide enough information, but judging from her description, even the siren who had direct contact with Gawain Cecil back then probably couldn't tell much here. Come: Back then, the Krakens just showed him a way. The really important information is the two key points mentioned by Tyre!

Is that sea area shrouded in a strong magnetic field the legendary sea area of ​​eternal darkness?So what does the Apocalypse have to do with the tower that reaches to the sky under the starlight?Could it be the crystals that can help boost satellite signals?Is the crystal that Gawain Cecil brought out from the tower a thing of the apocalypse?

"Are you familiar with the sea area covered by a strong magnetic field?" Gawain asked again with a little reluctance.

Tyre thought for a while: "It's outside our sea area, although it's not far away, we never go in there - the strong magnetic field there is just a small problem, the biggest problem is that there is a kind of monster called 'ancient guardian'. 'things wandering inside, will randomly attack intruders. To be honest, we all thought you were crazy when you insisted on going in, but we didn't expect you to come back alive... and will you be resurrected?"

This also popped up the ancient guardian...

The continuous emergence of new information made Gao Wen feel an urge to go to sea immediately, but he knew that the productivity and technical strength in his current territory could not support him to complete such an impulsive ocean adventure—not to mention the never-ending sea adventure. There may also be some kind of "ancient guardian" with extremely powerful combat effectiveness in the dark sea.But he still said one more sentence: "If there is a chance in the future, I hope you can take me to that place again."

"You humans are really adventurous creatures," Tyre yawned lazily, "but let's talk about it when I have a chance—I don't plan to go back for the time being, I finally found such a place after swimming so far , It feels bad to go back directly.”

While talking, Miss Siren raised her eyelids and glanced at Gao Wen: "Besides, I'm so tired from swimming, I want to rest~"

The subtext is that she is too lazy to continue answering questions.

"Okay, you rest first, and we'll talk later when you have time," Gawain nodded, and took a half step back, "If you need anything, just talk to Betty, or just come to me. Pass the way here."

"I know, I know."

Till wagged his tail impatiently, then stretched his waist in the water, then straightened up, turned his belly up, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Turning her belly up and soaking in the water, she slept as if she died suddenly—thanks to the fact that she has changed to a snake tail now, if it were a fish tail, it would be a bit scary.

Gawain left Tire's room with Amber and others, and Heti broke the silence after walking into the corridor: "Ancestor, what do you think of this... sea monster that suddenly appeared?"

"What do you think?"

"The sea monster is a mysterious and ancient intelligent creature. Although there is no evidence, most of the legends related to them have descriptions of 'dangerous, weird, and mysterious'. Do you think this sea monster...is credible? "

Gao Wen rolled his eyelids: "Do you think her appearance is related to the above three adjectives?"

Hetty: "..."

"Of course, I also understand your worries," Gao Wen changed the subject, "You can't look at appearances when looking at people, and it's the same when looking at fish—oh, and sea snakes. But anyway, this sea monster brought me an urgent need. Regarding the deep sea, I have an obsession, which is difficult to explain to you for the time being, but I must keep Tyr here because of it. In addition, I have also carefully studied the legends about the sea monster. It was found that almost all of them came from the coastal fishermen or sailors of the Typhon Empire and the Silver Empire, and these two groups... To put it bluntly, even if they saw a bigger fish when they went out to sea, they would make up a lot of gods Come to the ghost stories, the legends they left behind are too exaggerated, you have to believe it, you can’t believe it all."

"I understand." Hetty nodded, "Since you have thought everything over, then I have no doubts."

"Well. But you still have to remember to pay more attention to Tire's movements. On the one hand, it is the necessary vigilance and precautions, and on the other hand, it is to prevent her from doing anything amazing—after all, she comes from the deep sea, and her worldview is probably completely different from that of humans. different."

"Yes."

"In addition, have the witnesses in the square today and the soldiers in charge of maintaining order been accounted for?"

"I've explained it," Hetty nodded, "It was explained to the outside world that the old friends of the alien race you met 700 years ago came to see you because they heard the news of your resurrection. This statement was also told to Ms. Till, and she expressed her cooperation. "

"The convenience brought by the status of a legendary hero..." Gao Wen chuckled softly, "I feel that no matter how many weird things happen, as long as they are associated with me, ordinary people will easily believe them."

Amber rolled her eyes: "After all, you can even do things like unravel the coffin, what else is impossible."

Gao Wen: "..."

Chapter 0196 The First Church

There is a mysterious new guest on the territory, but for most people, this is just a little talk after dinner, and the influence on the common people is actually not as good as building a new house in a certain area, especially now—a lot All eyes are on a new building on the east side of the Street of Knights.

Cecilland's first church is finally about to be built.

Pastor Wright spent more than two months in the world and finally passed the lord's assessment, got the permission to preach on Cecil's land, and got a piece of land allocated to him and the materials and personnel needed to build the church. Mr. Pastor was obviously very happy about this, and even with great enthusiasm and work efficiency, this small church rose up at an astonishing speed-of course, it took him two months to move on the territory The bricks are so skillful.

The newly completed small church looks very simple from the outside. Although it also has various facilities such as the steeple, small tower, and prayer hall necessary for the Holy Light Church, everything is practical and sufficient, and it is completely invisible to the church in the central region. It is a luxurious style with gold and silver inlaid on the wall, but it is still a beautiful new house. The church itself is matched with the small square in front and the neat brick houses on Knights Street in the background. The first block that can be described as a "modern town" is finally taking shape.

Before the church officially opened its doors, the lord specially arranged a small "opening ceremony" for it.

This is a form that is quite unusual in the eyes of the people in the territory - it was very rare in the past for a big person in the territory to personally organize activities for the opening of a building.

In other places, there is no specific solemn ceremony for the emergence of a new facility, usually only some vulgar folk customs: before the artisan's shop opens, a pottery pot full of ale will be smashed at the door. On the one hand, it is a celebration, and on the other hand, it actually uses the aroma of ale to advertise, so that people know that there is a new shop opening here; after the new churches of various churches are completed, the priests and priests inside organize some religious activities by themselves. , the priest preaches at the door, distributes wheat cakes, etc.; and when the horse farms and theaters opened by the princes and nobles are completed, there will be some celebrations, but they are all dances and receptions for the upper class, and have nothing to do with the common people. .

The ceremony called "ribbon-cutting" arranged by Gao Wen seemed novel and inexplicable to people.

But the common people of this era don't think deeply about these things that they think have nothing to do with their lives. Anyway, the lord's arrangement is right, and for them, it is something to be happy about new things happening in the territory-especially This is still a church that can bring convenience to life.

A large crowd gathered in the small square in front of the church. They looked curiously at the closed church door and the lord and others standing in front of the door: Gawain, Hetty, and Rebecca stood there, Next to them is Mr. Wright, a priest with a strong sense of presence, and other than that are some soldiers responsible for maintaining order on the scene.

In order to adapt to the public aesthetics and habits of this world, and to generate more important "symbolic meanings", Gawain redesigned a so-called "ribbon-cutting" process. He ordered people to tie symbolic colored knots on the church gate. , and set up a blocking rope on the steps leading to the gate, to represent that the building is still blocked, and he will not appear here until the sun rises to the highest point, opening it as the lord church.

Under countless pairs of curious and awe-inspiring gazes, Hetty took a step forward, and under the blessing of magic, a soft but loud enough voice reached everyone's ears: "Today is a day worth celebrating— —Mr. Wright, the evangelist of the God of Holy Light, brought you the morality of the Holy Light. Our lord, Duke Gawain Cecil, believed that the way of the Holy Light was beneficial to the territory, so he approved the construction of this church, and Personal congratulations for the practice of the Holy Light's morality - now read the lord's decree:

"On the application of the missionary Wright of the Holy Light, Lord Cecil Gawain Cecil ruled that it is legal and beneficial to spread the way of the Holy Light in this land, and hereby permits the missionary actions of the missionary Wright and the establishment of churches One."

Afterwards, under the applause of the citizens who were at first confused and then joined in the fun, Gawain cut the blocking rope, and Hetty and Rebecca untied the colored knots on the church door.

Pastor Wright watched the whole process of this ceremony with curiosity. He seemed to feel that there was some deep meaning in this ceremony. However, he was not a "true priest" who was good at calculating after all. As a person who was almost kicked out of the Central Church As a missionary, he has been spreading the teachings according to his own understanding and method, so he quickly stopped thinking about it—as long as he can preach smoothly, it is a good thing, and the lord came to congratulate him in person, which is even better.As for the matter of "God of Holy Light needs Gawain Cecil's approval to build a church on a piece of land"...it doesn't matter, the church was built anyway.

To be honest, Wright even felt that the Cecil collar was more to his liking: in other noble collars, he also needed to ask the local lord for permission to preach. Although basically every lord would agree, no one had ever The place is as formal and serious as Cecil Collar.The lords of other aristocratic domains are not so much allowing the church to develop in their own territories, it is better to say that they completely ignore them and adopt an indifferent attitude. The so-called "lord's permission" is just a formality. mutual compromise and face-saving respect, but in Cecil's territory, this "permission" is much more formal.

Wright likes this kind of place with clear rules, because he has seen too many people's lives of misery caused by chaotic rules-many people will complain that the lord has made too many rules that lead to hard life, but few people realize It is not the rules that make life difficult, but the rules that are made randomly, made all the time, and even the lord himself does not intend to follow.

Here, this situation obviously does not exist.

"Everyone who is interested in the way of the Holy Light can come in and have a seat. The preaching hall is very big! Those who don't believe in the Holy Light but have minor illnesses and injuries can also come here. Healing holy water will be provided here every day!" Wright said happily Standing on the steps of the church entrance, the loud voice could be heard in the whole square, "However, if you have a serious illness or serious injury, you should tell us in advance. The holy water is processed from river water, and the effect is limited. If you are seriously ill, you still need to use a healing technique..."

Gawain stood aside and watched the endless stream of people who believed in the Holy Light or who were about to receive holy water entered the church. Hearing Wright's loud greeting, he suddenly couldn't help laughing: it was the first time he heard a pastor Will take the initiative to admit that the raw material of the holy water is river water, and remind the holy water that the healing effect is not good...

Hetty stood beside Gawain, she had already seen some deep meaning from today's ceremony.

After seeing occasional citizens walking into the church of the God of Light while thanking the lord, she whispered, "Ancestor, do you want to put the divine power under your own control?"

"Actually, I don't intend to master any kind of divine power, but I don't like being controlled by divine power," Gao Wen said lightly, "The church is a good thing, divine arts, holy water, holy objects, and field priests are all good things, but if these things If you have your own system and will, then it’s not so good.”

"Many nobles are wary of the excessive development of the church, but no one has ever thought that it can be 'framed' in this way," Hetty showed a thoughtful look, "use clear laws to regulate all religious activities All must be approved by the lord, and use ritualized practical actions to tell everyone who to listen to when the lord and the gods are together, and you have also shown the lord's support for the church in the process... Ancestor, yours It's always the unexpected."

Gao Wen shook his head: "It's not that no one has thought of using law and power to restrain the church. Hetty, I'm not the only one who is smart - it's just that they don't have this condition. We are lucky that the southern border is a In the land that has been abandoned and regressed for many years, many things can be built from scratch. Wright is still a "true believer" who is really obsessed with the way of the Holy Light rather than intrigue, so I can lay this foundation, but the power of the church has already The entrenched Midlands and the North, I can't do it at all - just as you can see the meaning of my actions, so can the shrewd bishops."

Hetty was startled, and had to admit that Gawain understood this matter very clearly, but she was also a little curious: "If you were in that kind of place, what would you do?"

"It's very simple, as long as your fist is bigger than them," Gawain smiled, "Sometimes the problems that cannot be solved by using your brain are the simplest, just as big as your fist."

Rebecca was listening to the discussion between Hetty and Gawain, basically she didn't understand a single word in the first half of the paragraph, but she understood Gawain's last sentence, and she especially agreed: "My lord ancestor is right! It is not a problem if you can beat it!"

Gao Wen cast a helpless glance at Tietouwa: "Can you listen to everything? I emphasized that you should use your brain before making fists!"

Hetty was just about to educate her, but an amber came out of nowhere: "She used her brain and found that she didn't have enough brains..."

Before the shame of all things was beaten, Gao Wen pressed the other person's head with his own hands: "You don't find someone to tease you every day, don't you feel itchy? What are you doing here? It's not that you don't like the Holy Light Church." Is it a class place?"

"I'm here to watch the fun—let go, hey, let go," Hu Po struggled under Gao Wen's hands, and finally escaped with a shadow transformation, "Let me tell you, this priest actually feels good to me, It's not as annoying as those Holy Light priests I've seen before..."

Gao Wen knew this half-elf very well, and he asked after the other party's BB was over, "Aside from watching the fun, you probably have other things to do, right?"

"Tch, an old bacon has a bright eye..." Amber curled her lips, and then said quickly before being beaten again, "Pittman came to you—they said that there was a breakthrough in the research on the production and production of druid medicine !"

Chapter 0197 Inverting Array

Although the territory has begun to build brick houses on a large scale, all the previous tents have been completely dismantled, and a large number of wooden houses are being demolished and rebuilt in batches, but Pittman's residence is still his original wooden house—— It has nothing to do with the little old man's hard work style (in fact, he doesn't have this attribute at all), and it's not because Gawain is targeting this old crook, but because a lot of druid's spells are related to the organic environment, and their spell experiments The room needs a lot of wooden substrates to act as magic materials, and the wooden house is more convenient for them to use magic to transform and catalyze, so this wooden house has been used until today, and it seems that Pittman is still very satisfied and intends to continue to use it like this go down.