Sword of Daybreaker

Under the infinitely high blue sky, the shallow water like a mirror extends to the end of the line of sight. In this incredibly vast world, anyone in it will inevitably have a growing sense of insignificance.

Rosetta couldn't help looking around the place again, and then withdrew her gaze, and said with a trace of emotion: "Those eternal sleepers once described the power of'extraterritorial wanderers'... Someone mentioned that the chosen person is eligible. Meet the wanderers directly in a special space, but no one of them has actually seen this place—this is what they are talking about?"

"Almost-but the believers have a lot of misunderstandings about me," Gawain smiled. "They seem to exaggerate my...dangerously, and since they choose to fall to Typhon, they will not use too good words. To describe my "enemy"."

Rosetta looked at Gawain very seriously, even though he was in a strange space, and even though he seemed to have no initiative at all, he still seemed very calm here, without the feeling of involuntary at all: " I'm curious--whether you, Gawain Cecil, or an out-of-territory wanderer... Are you a human or a wandering, god-like existence in this world?"

Gao Wen opened his hands: "I just worked with you to defeat a god. I thought we already had the most basic trust."

Rosetta remained unmoved, even her expression didn't change much, she just continued to look at Gawain.

"Well, you can think of me as a traveler, a'human' who is similar to yours, but with some special experiences and special abilities," Gao Wen sighed helplessly and said more casually, "This The way of understanding is more helpful for us to build a relationship of friendship and mutual trust-don't think about "outer-territorial wanderers", more often this name is just to deter those dark believers."

Rosetta frowned, always with a thoughtful expression on his slightly gloomy face, and only a few seconds later did he break the silence: "Then, you brought me to this'place', what did you want to talk to me? "

"Just to get in touch—you know, since this'war' broke out, Typhon and Cecil's communication has fallen into a semi-stasis, which is very dangerous, and now the biggest threat has finally disappeared, I I think we need to make a contact as soon as possible, which will help avoid any...chaos in the two countries under high tension," Gao Wen said seriously. "After all, our two armies are currently in a very The chaotic post-war scorched earth."

Gawain’s tone is very friendly, even with a sense of homely gossip, but Rosetta can hear a lot of deep meaning from these calm words. He glanced at Gawain deeply before speaking slowly. : "This fire is burning enough-neither you nor I want it to continue."

"It seems that we have reached a consensus in the general direction," Gawain looked at Rosetta's eyes. "Then there is a basis for returning to the negotiating table-specifically how to make this fire slowly extinguished, we Later, there will be time to talk slowly at the negotiating table."

Rosetta's expression was calm, but she couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He knew that one of the worst situations in his many post-war deductions would not appear. Although it may not be cheap, it is better than a war that has spread to Aldernan. After relaxing slightly, he couldn't help but look at Gawain more, and said very bluntly: "To be honest, I thought you would not stop - for Cecil, this is a rare opportunity. , Typhon is so weak at this moment, Aldernan is almost in front of you."

Rosetta's straightforwardness made Gawain a little surprised. He glanced at the Typhon ruler unexpectedly and raised his eyebrows: "Then guess, why don't I do this?"

Rosetta was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "You can't eat the entire Typhon-this vast and densely populated land will only plunge Cecil into the quagmire after the war. Other than that, I can't think of a better one. Reason."

Gawain gave each other a deep look, and he had to admit that Rosetta was at least half right.

He really thought about letting the fire continue, and even took this opportunity to directly enter Aldernan and merge the two human empires into one. This seems to be a very attractive and even exciting option—— Unfortunately, the logic of the real world is not so simple.

As Rosetta said, Cecil can’t eat the entire Typhon, or even one-third of it-Typhon is not the savage and backward southern border, nor is it the blank Anzu after the Civil War. In its territory, there is no "owner" who is willing to take an entire aristocratic system with sincerity like the original Victoria and Baldwin. It is a modern empire that has entered a period of industrial development, with a clear and strict official system, and a civilized mass community. , The vast land has a population of nearly 100 million, a stable ruling order, an independent and complete cultural system, and countless people and officials who are loyal to the Augustus royal family... This is the same as the Anzu of the year. It's not a concept at all.

The above points, even after experiencing this war, have not changed much.

On the other hand, Gawain is also very clear about Cecil’s own situation: under the surface of the prosperity brought about by advanced technology and transnational trade, what is hidden is still a country that has just emerged from the shadow of civil war, and many regions are still doing their best to restore and construct. In this country, the wounds caused by the previous civil war and the divine disaster have just healed. The gaps in the officials and clerks of the government affairs offices across the country are barely filled up to now. There has been no cleanup and elimination of the old nobles and civil war speculators. It's over. The last round of food crisis has just passed safely, and the current reserves of food in the treasury...not even enough to sustain the war until this fall.

If you really want to fight, with the current situation of Typhon, Cecil's legion may really be able to hit Aldernan-but that can only be a quagmire enough to drag Cecil into it. The Typhons will not be easily defeated like the southern aristocrats and the Holy Spirit Plains aristocrats. The continuous skirmish will probably continue until next year or even the next year. A new ruling order cannot be established, and the huge new population will far exceed that of Serbia. The processing limit of the Sear Government Affairs Office, long-term inability to make ends meet will bring down Cecil's weak reserves, and the consequent supply shortage and deterioration of social security will generally snowball out of control.

In more than a dozen deductions by the Archons, Neural Networks, Naritier, etc., the final conclusion is almost the same: Typhon cannot be completely occupied, and cannot be completely assimilated, and Cecil will eventually withdraw from this quagmire. In addition to years of economic stagnation or even regression, the only gains for the two countries are the hatred that will last for about two to three generations and the collapse of the prestige of the Supreme Council.

If this war can be postponed for a few more years, the situation may be different-but the real world does not have so many "ifs."

But this is only half of the reason why Gawain chose to prevent the "fire" from continuing to burn.

"Have you ever thought that even if I can't swallow the whole Typhon, I can have many other options," he raised his head and looked into Rosetta's eyes. "For example, I can dismember your empire, or in Austria. Denan fosters the puppet regime, and I can also block and divide Typhon’s economic cycle, which is far easier than occupying a country..."

He didn't specifically explain how he would do it, but just said one general concept after another. While Rosetta was thinking about it seriously, Bertila, who had been silent since just now, suddenly couldn't help but speak: " So there are so many methods?! I didn't even think of..."

Rosetta glanced at Bertila subconsciously, with a strange expression on her face: "You are also one of the ancestors of the Augustus family anyway..."

Bertila had a serious expression, and sighed in a tone that had seen everything through: "That's all from the past."

Rosetta forced herself to turn her gaze from Bertila back to Gawain. He looked at the other person’s eyes: "You mentioned this, I think it should not be a threat or warning-it is too much for you. Superficial."

"Yes, I just want to show one thing-the future can be very bad, but we don't want to go in that direction," Gawain nodded, "The methods I just mentioned, if you stand in Cecil From the angle of view, it can bring great benefits, but the price is the overall loss of all mankind-there will only be long-term opposition and contradiction between Cecil and Typhon, and many generations will have to be jealous and Through mutual discrimination, and the damage caused by this relationship may never be repaired; the overall development process of mortals will be slowed down, because one of the most promising countries has been cut off, and other countries...maybe Everyone is at risk..."

"There is still a very important point," Rosetta said suddenly, interrupting Gawain's words, "The kind of order that you have been actively propagating to the outside world and trying to achieve-the community of mortal destiny, will be because of Cecil. Bankruptcy by actual behavior in reality."

Gao Wen froze for a moment, and then slowly laughed, it was no longer a polite smile, but a kind of joy from the heart.

"Yes, if I do that, I am afraid that no one in the world will believe in the concept of'mortal destiny as a whole' anymore," he said with a smile, "Then what about you? Do you agree with my idea?"

"...It seems that you really want to create such an order," Rosetta was silent for a moment, and said solemnly, "an order that treats all human beings as a whole..."

"First, not just all humans, but all mortals-including every race on the Loren continent, and even those intelligent creatures outside the continent," Gawain corrected with a serious expression, "Secondly, it's not me. To create this order-but it is a natural fact in itself, the natural law of this world."

He spoke slowly, and suddenly a breeze blew between the boundless water and the sky, the wind wrinkled the water, and under the slightly swaying broad water, scenes of images suddenly emerged——

It was the battlefield overlooked from the air. It was the devastated Winter Fortress defense line after the war. A shocking crack covered by lava and black crystal-like scorched earth spread all the way from the plain to the main peak of Winter Fort, and the vast ground can be seen rising everywhere. Gunpowder, and farther away in this picture are cities and villages, as well as quiet woodland and snow-covered farmland in winter...

The picture was continuously zoomed out, until it was impossible to distinguish the details of the specific country. It finally stopped, stopping at a cloud-shrouded, vast and boundless perspective of the earth.

Rosetta stood up, and subconsciously looked at the ground reflected in the water below his feet. He instinctively thought that this perspective should be broader-but it stopped at this distance, even the Gondor Wasteland. Can only see half of it.

"This is the land we live on-when you look down at it from the air, you will find that all cities and villages have disappeared, and the boundaries between countries are even more intractable," Gao Wen said from the side. It came, awakening Rosetta from thinking, "Of course, we still need the concept of the country, the concept of the individual, but on this basis, all of us... are just residents of this land.

"We are facing a common world, facing all the blessings and all the challenges of this world, we are facing the gods, and we are also facing the demonic wave that will not know when it will come back and those unknown threats. If in Before today, I said that these may still make you feel illusory, but today... the shock wave of the disintegration of God of War has just swept across the roof of Winterhold.

"And you should know that what we have to face...not just God of War.

"We still have many gods, many gods who once sheltered us, and continue to protect us today. They cover the entire world, not only affecting the kingdom of mankind, but also elves, dwarves, fairies, orcs...

"We successfully defeated a **** today, but at the cost of what you have seen with your own eyes-how many countries in the entire world can do similar things like Typhon and Cecil? This... you should know it too.

"That's why I said that all mortals are a community of destiny when faced with a'world crisis' such as gods and demonic tides-this is not determined by me, it is determined by this world, and it is a part of the natural laws of the entire world. "

Gawain stopped, and the breeze blowing in this space gradually stopped. The image reflected under the water disappeared little by little and turned into an endless blue again. Rosetta finally let out a gentle breath, he watched Gao Wen glanced at it: "Thinking about your identity as an'extraterritorial wanderer', I feel more and more weird now...You even care about this world more than the residents of this world."

"That's why I said not to think about'extraterritorial wanderers' for the time being-I didn't stay in this world because I felt interesting," Gawain smiled and shook his head. "Besides, what I just said was not for Persuasion is not to show you my'care' for the world. As I said at the beginning, this is just a'contact'. We need such a private contact, not at the negotiating table or formal The occasion of the meeting, but just a'chat' that does not need to be public. I am here to tell you some of my own thoughts. As for how much you can understand, or how much you are willing to understand... that's your business."