Sword of Dawn

"I would love to talk to the Lord."

A majestic beam of light rises from the Great Cathedral, the beam of light even penetrates the thick dome of the Great Cathedral, penetrates the thick clouds, and shoots straight to the bottom of the ultimate mysterious star "Ao" in the distant space. direction.

At this moment, solemn sacred music appeared out of thin air, and all the bells in the entire cathedral rang at the same time. The priests in the church and the believers in the city stopped their work one after another, and they listened attentively to the sound of every second. Sound, everyone involuntarily showed a calm and peaceful smile on their faces, and drew the emblem of the God of Holy Light on their chests, and began to pray devoutly.

But Veronica felt that her spirit transcended her body, and she "seeed" her field of vision was rising rapidly, rising rapidly, and soon passed the dome of the cathedral, and the entire city of Saint-Sunil also shrank in her field of vision. As a small point, she passed through the clouds, through the dark starry sky, through countless indescribable ghosts and visions——finally, she stopped this crazy journey in a place full of endless brilliance .

She stood in an endlessly wide place, and the light-cast city walls, towers, and holy symbols stood at the end of the field of vision, and there were rivers like falling stars across the sky, and slanted into the earth.

And directly in front of her field of vision is the "Lord".

The Lord is a huge light-forged crystal, and He floats in the very center of this light-forged kingdom. The crystal-like substance forms His body. The crystal has no shape, and the whole is like a changeable, multi-edged, multi-angled, multi-faceted The crystal nucleus was floating in the air, and even though he didn't speak, Veronica heard a voice echoing in her mind:

"Come forward, touch him, listen to him...

"He is your protector, the haven your souls long for...

"Only under His protection are you safe..."

Veronica stared at the constantly changing polyhedral nucleus, her legs were already shaking, her body seemed to break free from the control of her brain and moved forward, and a huge force was still tearing her The spirit of her makes her heterogeneous from the inside out, becoming an extension of that changeable crystal...

Endless power, knowledge, mysteries, power, money, and even eternity with God are all within reach at this moment.

Veronica took a deep breath and smiled: "We have waited for this day for too long..."

On the second day of the "Day of Stars", the skies in the south remained clear: another fine day for stargazing.

After dinner, Hetty immediately went back to her room to get her silver astrolabe, but Rebecca just stood in front of the window sill and stared blankly at the night sky outside. Looking at the twinkling stars, she suddenly frowned. Nose, with a slightly annoyed look on his face.

But no one noticed the Viscountess, she just stared blankly for a while, then turned and walked towards her room.

The "Day of the Stars" was an important day for mages, but it had little to do with her.

She couldn't control the astrolabe, and naturally she couldn't comprehend any magic-related mysteries from the changes in the astrology. When she was a child, she also stood on the terrace with Aunt Hetty and her teachers, staring at the night sky with wide eyes. but……

That was super boring stuff.

She doesn't like stars at all.

Rebecca was walking back to the room, trying to fill her head with runes and magic circles, not thinking about other things, but a tall figure was waiting in the corridor, so she had to stop step.

"Master Ancestor?" She looked at Gao Wen blankly, "What's the matter?"

"Today is the day when the stars shine brightest, don't you go to the balcony to watch the stars like Hetty?"

"No," Rebecca shook her head vigorously, showing a nonchalant look, "I can't understand anymore, every time I look at the stars, I feel sleepy..."

Looking at the girl who was not good at disguising in front of him, Gao Wen couldn't help laughing: "I have a gift for you."

"Gift?" Rebecca's eyes lit up slightly, "What gift?!"

Gao Wen took the thing from his side that he spent a lot of effort to make the craftsmen successfully trial-produce: "A good thing that allows you to see many stars without using an astrolabe."

Rebecca looked at that thing curiously—it was a large metal tube, and its thickness was uneven. Its two sections seemed to be inlaid with lenses made of crystal, and there was an adjustable knob in the middle of the tube. , and a buckle device for connecting with the bracket.

Its style is really weird, and it is different from the machine drawings drawn by the ancestors before, but for some reason, Rebecca was deeply attracted by it when she saw this thing at first sight.

"What is this?" she asked curiously.

"Binoculars," Gawain smiled, "Eagle Eye without mana."

Chapter 0223 Under the Starry Night

Although she has poor magical talents, poor aristocratic cultivation, and troublesome personality behaviors, Rebecca is still the most favored one in the family since she was a child. After all, the Cecil family has completely declined by her generation. The elders in the family could not find other heirs to nurture and care for them.

So Rebecca has received a lot of gifts since she was a child, so many that she can hardly count them.

But few of those gifts could impress her deeply.

Whether it's beautiful clothes, or new magic books and history books, in Rebecca's opinion, there is nothing new. She doesn't like flowers and new clothes like ordinary noble ladies, and she is not interested in learning about history and etiquette. But since her ancestor was uncovered, she finally found someone who could identify with herself and always bring her something new—an ancestor from 700 years ago. Rebecca originally thought that Gawain would He is the most rigid and serious elder in the family she has ever seen, but she never thought that this ancestor is so interesting, full of whimsical ideas that are not weaker than her own.

Even the gift he gave himself was very interesting.

But holding this so-called "telescope", Rebecca was still a little entangled (or angry with herself): "I don't like looking at stars! I haven't liked watching stars since I was a child—what's the point!"

Gao Wen just smiled, and forced the silly girl to the terrace on the top floor of the Lord's Mansion. Under Hetty's surprised gaze, he helped Rebecca fix the bracket of the telescope and adjust the focus of the lens, and then pressed Hold Ironhead Baby's head and let her stick her eyes on the eyepiece.

After half a minute.

"It's so interesting to watch the stars!!" Rebecca made a spineless voice.

"Ancestor, this is... the gift you said was for Rebecca?" Hetty was also attracted by the movement here, and couldn't help but put down the astrolabe in her hand and came over, "There is no magic Fluctuation... what is this?"

"You can try it," Gao Wen smiled, "Well... Although it does not have a matching star chart plate, it may not be as professional as a stargazing plate for you to use, but if it is only used to observe distant objects, it should It will be easier to use than your magic items."

Hetty made great efforts to finally squeeze Rebecca's head aside, and then leaned in front of the eyepiece to take a look, suddenly showing a surprised expression.

In this world, the eagle eye technique and the "stargazing disk" technology developed on this basis have become the main ways for people to observe the distance and observe the stars respectively. Although they are limited to the circle of the caster, the two This kind of technology still hinders people's exploration of optical research routes - the basic physical rules of this world in terms of optics are no different from what Gawain knows, but on the premise that casting a spell can observe the distance, who Can you think of combining several convex lenses and concave lenses to make a telescope?

After all, the difference between these two technical routes is too far.

Rebecca stared blankly at this magical metal device. She circled it several times, but she didn't see even a single rune and a piece of magic material on it. She couldn't help scratching her hair in confusion: "But why? Is that so?"

Hetty also raised her head curiously: "Yes, why?"

Hearing their questions, Gao Wen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

They have finally learned to actively ask why—to delve into the principles, rather than just being satisfied with what can be used. This is the idea that he has been trying to instill in the technical staff of the territory. Now the efforts during this period of time have finally seen results in the two descendants. .

"This is about the propagation of light." Gawain thought for a while, and decided to explain briefly, "You should at least know about the magnifying glass..."

He explained the effects of convex and concave lenses and the principle of telescopes, but he didn't explain all of this too deeply and with certainty. He just tried to describe how the telescope works with an attitude of answering conjectures, and this is due to Necessary caution—

This weird world is so strange in terms of physical laws, who dares to be sure that the telescope works, so the optical principles here must meet the earth's standards?Perhaps in the macrocosm, the propagation and refraction of light show what he is familiar with, but one day, when he studies the microcosm, what should he do if he finds that the "light" of this world is essentially something else?

He knew how much influence he would have on Hetty and Rebecca. Even if they had the skeptical spirit of a qualified scientific researcher now, what he said would leave an overly deep impression on their hearts, so he always avoided When the two talked about their conjectures about the principles of magic, they used an overly certain tone—unless the knowledge had been fully verified by practice, this was to prevent them from affecting their research ideas one day.

Rebecca was stunned when she heard this. She knew the theory of magic, mathematics, mechanics and some theoretical knowledge of alchemy, but she never thought that the way the world works could be done from this perspective. To explain, this brought her a great sense of novelty: "It turns out that the light that can be seen everywhere...is there such an interesting place?"

While talking, she moved her eyes to the telescope and looked at the stars in the sky with great interest. She imagined that those distant stars had traveled a long distance, passed through the atmosphere full of magic, and finally fell into a set of lenses and became a clearer and more magnified image between the lenses. She saw more and brighter stars that she had never seen when she was a child, and also saw the faint celestial structures that were originally hidden among the stars. .

Due to the limited craftsmanship and low magnification of the first telescope, she could not see too many secrets of the stars in the lens, but even so, the starry sky that was more brilliant than imagined was enough to make her exclaim again and again up.

"I've always wanted to throw a big fireball into the sky and blow up those stars," Rebecca raised her head, blinking her eyes, "but they're so far away..."

"Actually, did you know that most of the stars in the sky are basically burning fireballs," Gawain said with a smile, but quickly added the second half of the sentence, "Of course, this is just my guess."

"Stars are also burning fireballs?" Rebecca looked at Gawain in surprise, "Then what do they use as fuel? How can they burn for so many years?"

In my hometown, there is hydrogen, but God knows what the stars are burning here...

However, Gao Wen couldn't answer directly like this, he could only smile awkwardly: "I don't know either."

"Master Zu, you lied to me, right?" Rebecca looked at Gawain suspiciously, "How could the stars in the sky be big fireballs!"

"You can't talk to your ancestors like that!" Hetty immediately gave Rebecca a serious look, but just as Gao Wen was moved, she said the second half of the sentence, "The ancestors were hung in the sky back then, he must have seen it with his own eyes. How did those stars burn—right Ancestor?"

Gao Wen: "...um... yes, yes..."

"Oh, it's amazing!" Rebecca exclaimed exaggeratedly, and then touched her chin and fell into thought, "Then tell me, if I hold the fireball very big and hit it very, very far away, Can it also become a star?"

"...That's probably impossible," Gawain spread his hands dumbfoundingly, "The real size of the stars is much larger than you imagined. Of course, this is my guess."

Hetty showed a thoughtful expression: "Ancestor, do you think 'Ao' is also a burning fireball?"

"Oh...probably so."

Gawain crossed his arms and looked up at the brightest star in the night sky.

Of course he knew what it was, or rather, he could probably guess what it was.

That is the "sun" that this planetary system actually orbits around.

The planet under my feet (currently assumed to be a planet) is not a standard planet, but is most likely just a satellite orbiting a gas giant planet. ", but this gas giant planet is also orbiting another celestial body. According to the current information, the latter's body is very likely to be "Ao", which is the brightest star in the night sky. The mysterious lone star that can also be seen during the day is the "ultimate mystical star" that has a special place in the minds of magicians and professional astrologers.

Extraordinary people have various explanations for "Ao", but no matter who they are, they seem to agree that it has a special role in the field of mysticism: it is the benchmark for almost all astrological observations, and it is also the most common place for magicians to meditate. The "spiritual focus" used, and even in some religious legends, "Ao" is also related to the abode of the gods: it is the guiding lighthouse leading to the abode of the gods.

Rebecca looked at the sky and suddenly found something: "Speaking of... today's 'Ao' seems to be brighter than before."

"After winter, the brightness of Ao will increase, don't you know? This is the common sense of astrology!" Hetty looked at Rebecca helplessly, "I really don't know where you have thrown all the things you learned when you were young. "

Rebecca pouted her neck: "I know this, but the brightness of 'Ao' in the Sun of the Stars this winter seems to be brighter than in previous years!"

"Is that so..." Hetty looked at the sky suspiciously. She couldn't judge such subtle changes with the naked eye, but she knew that Rebecca really had amazing sensitivity in these inexplicable details, so she was dubious Get up, "Maybe there is a change... Speaking of which, I remember reading in some relatively unpopular magic books that when the position of the stars is correct, the connection between the ultimate mysterious star 'Ao' and the world will change." If it becomes stronger, the gates to the realm of the gods and the world of humans will become loose, and the year when the prophecy predicts that the positions of the stars will be correct seems to be the last few years."

Hearing Hetty's sudden babble, Gawain inexplicably felt a sense of sight.

The stars are in the right place...why does that sound so ominous?

And just when he was wondering whether this "stars are in the correct position" was a wilderness tale or some kind of magical phenomenon, the balcony door was suddenly pushed open, and the panicked cry of the siren lady followed. : "Oh, it's over, it's over, it's over!!"

"What the hell?!" Gawain had never seen Tire yelling in such a panic. No matter what he was doing, this seafood who was always in hibernation was lazy. This surprised him all of a sudden. , "Someone wants to stew you?"

"The position of the stars! The position of the stars!" Tire jumped up to Gawain with his fish tail, dancing and gesticulating, "Today is the time for the stars to return! Once the stars reach the correct position, the stars in the deep sea will Big squid... big squid..."

Gawain was just thinking about the nonsense about the stars and the evil god of the deep sea, but when he heard Tyre, a deep sea creature, mention the thing that was suspected of being an ancient god in such a panic, he broke out in a cold sweat: "You Be clear! What happens to the 'big squid' in the deep ocean when the stars are in the right place?"

"There will be no limit to the big squid!" Till was so anxious that tears almost came down, "I missed the meal!"

Gao Wen: "...What?!"

Chapter 0224

Facts have proved that creatures such as sea monsters are really difficult to explain with normal logic. Every communication with them will bring a new experience at the level of world view—Take Tyre as an example. Gawain felt that he was talking to this salty fish At least one of every three sentences comes with a san check...

"Speak clearly!" Gawain stared at the "mermaid" bouncing in front of his eyes, "We have different worldviews, let me tell you, we don't even know what you say that comes out of nowhere." I don't understand!"

"When the stars return to their positions, the giant squid in the deep sea will 'explode'." Tyr patted the ground of the terrace with his tail vigorously, "Although I don't understand the reason, that giant squid seems to absorb energy according to the movement of celestial bodies , and then the flesh and blood on the squid carcass will grow rapidly, and in a few days we can dig up fuel equivalent to the usual decades of production, and more importantly, we can eat it with the belly open—no matter how much you eat, the big squid will Grow up quickly... hiss..."

Till couldn't help taking a sip of saliva as he spoke, with yearning and happiness on his face: "Ah, that's really a gift from nature..."

Gawain was listening to the sidelines, and the more he listened, the more horrified he became. The siren has a brain, so it is not difficult to understand why it made a wonderful judgment. However, he was vaguely aware of the so-called "explosion" of giant squids from Tire's description. What is the concept...

Damn, when the stars return to their positions, the "god corpses" in the deep sea will regenerate quickly... I'm afraid this is not an attempt to revive, right?

But judging from the two points that this group of salted fish is still alive and kicking and the world has not been destroyed, it is clear that a certain evil god in the deep sea has not been successfully resurrected until now.

Next to Hetty, she also became interested in this topic. Although she didn't understand "the gods are dead" like Gawain, and her associative ability was not as good as her ancestor and Rebecca, she still never Hearing some strange and terrifying aura from Tier's description, he couldn't help asking: "From your tone, has something like this happened many times?"

"Let me think about it..." Tyr squeezed his chin and thought hard, "Ah, it happened about sixteen times... except for the first time we didn't figure out the situation and didn't have a good time in the chaos In addition, every time we open our bellies and eat for a few days..."

Gao Wen broke out in a cold sweat, and now he is more and more convinced that his judgment is right--damn it, the positions of the stars are all correct sixteen fucking times!Sixteen times!A certain ancient god in the deep sea (more like an evil god in Gao Wen’s view) showed signs of recovery sixteen times, but in the end, a group of deep-sea salted fish with a super appetite were eaten and returned to death... ...

So, what the hell are these sea monsters?What material are they made of? !

In the midst of this soul-deep entanglement, an idea suddenly flashed in Gao Wen's mind like lightning: he remembered a certain "collection" of his own.

He looked at the salted fish spirit in front of him curiously: "Tyl, if I gave you something similar in nature to a giant squid, would you be able to distinguish it?"

"What do you mean?" Tyre blinked, "Are you still selling fake meat?"

Gao Wen choked for a moment: "...It's a bit troublesome to explain, so, you will be early tomorrow morning... forget about the next time you wake up, you may not know when it will be, just come with me now, I am here I have collected a piece of suspected 'squid meat' for you to see."

At the same time, on the endless sea far away from the mainland, the Sons of the Storm monitored the movements of the stars, the situation of "Ao", and at the same time monitored the changes in energy fluctuations from the deep sea.

The positions of the stars are already correct, and at the same time, today is also the day when "Ao" has the most powerful energy response in a year. The power of that ultimate mysterious star will superimpose with many celestial bodies in the night sky, and they jointly release special Energy will be a key to awaken the Storm Lord.

The priests of the Son of the Storm stood neatly on the platform, while their priest stood on the edge of the platform closest to the sea cliff. The priest in black stared at the increasingly violent sea, as if staring at the sea. An endless abyss that is about to swallow the entire world.

Will the "Lord" return?

The chief priest of the storm didn't know what he was really thinking. He didn't know whether he was looking forward to the return of the Lord or fearing the real return of the Lord, but he knew very well that this kind of contradictory mentality was not exclusive to him.

The Day of Judgment will come, and mortals will find their rightful place when it comes - but what is the rightful place of the Stormborn?What about the Sleeper?What about the death of all things?

They embrace the day of doom, because every dark sect thinks they have found a way to survive when the doomsday comes, and even find a way to be promoted in the day when the gods devour the world, and become immortal like gods The way of things, but they are mortals after all, they are not sure that their way is correct, but under the torture of such fear and anxiety, they turn into fanaticism and determination—only in this destiny The day of the coming day, a small number of people will wake up and suddenly begin to doubt the way they have been.

If the gods return, can mortals really survive?

The Sons of the Storm began to perform rituals on the platform, calling on the power of the sea to protect themselves. When the Pope's order is issued, they will live forever with the sea.

In the territory of Typhon, in the hidden temple of the Eternal Sleeper, the nightmare bishops also gathered together. The failure of No. 17 "deep dive" caused them to lose some lower-level nodes, but the bishops had no loss. Under the guidance, they came to the "Connection Hall" and established a powerful spiritual connection network. While waiting for the observation information of the stars and gods from the Son of Storm, they prepared for the early launch of the "Eternal Dreamland".

In the northern part of the mainland, in the underground lair of the Doom Society, Bertila stood among the priests, looking down at the surging flesh and blood in the underground rift. She saw the priest hovering above the flesh and blood out of thin air , guiding powerful energy into the body of the "false god body".

The time has not come - every fallen druid knows this well, they haven't collected enough biomass, and the Anzu-Typhon war that was planned to be facilitated before this winter is also due to that sudden change Grand Duke Ferdinand obstructed and failed to break out, and the flesh-and-blood collection operations in Ansu also failed frequently, but now there is no time.

Regardless of whether the day of judgment has really arrived, all dark sects must "ignite" their respective ultimate plans in advance. This is radical, but it is also necessary to be cautious.

At a certain time of the day, the activity of "Ao" finally reached the peak of the year, and the power of the stars entered the world at the same time.

At this moment, the tide surged, and the endless sea roared as if boiling.

The sons of the storm activated the ritual in the tsunami, and the unspeakable power began to connect them with the entire ocean;