Sword of Daybreaker

At 12:15 noon, the preheating of the last set of confinement rings of the portal was completed.

In the center of the Hall of the Contracting Treaty, runes wandered on the huge alloy base, and the full magical brilliance flowed along the energy conduits and magic metal tracks, and was continuously injected into the arc metal arms above the device. The ring full of runes and crystal structures has floated to the top of the portal device, and at the center of the "cage" structure surrounded by the ring, base and metal arms, a twisted space with a diameter of several meters is gradually taking shape.

The distorted space looks like a true sphere, and it seems to be filled with some kind of crystalline substance. The light from a distance is deflected on the surface of the sphere, which outlines all kinds of weird illusions, which makes it look like a Crystal ball lens, or extremely smooth metal sphere, but in fact it has no physical structure at all—the spherical surface is an abnormal optical phenomenon produced by spatial folding, and the light and shadow outlines that it is another dimension. Under the "perspective".

Carmel and Windsor Mapel watched the huge portal device, listening to the low buzzing sound reverberating throughout the hall, all the protection systems were turned on, and the psionic singers who were ready to go came to the portal. , A technician wearing a heavy protective gown with deep-sea runes engraved on the surface of the protective gown came to the two commanders and said that all systems were ready.

When it was time to give the order, Windsor Mapel turned his gaze to Carmel beside him.

"You should give this order," the legendary Typhon mage said solemnly, "for the rebels thousands of years ago, for the pioneers who fell on the path of exploration."

Carmel stared at Ms. Windsor. He knew he shouldn't refuse at this moment, so after two seconds, he nodded slightly and looked at the controllers who were on standby.

"The'Humanity Barrier' switched to the active broadcast mode, and the psionic singer began to resonate," the rebel from the Gugondor Empire said loudly, a calm and powerful voice echoing throughout the hall, "Activate the portal!"

As Carmel's voice fell, there was a sudden "hum" in the entire hall, followed by a hum from low to high from the base of the huge portal, and huge energy had been accumulated for a long time. , At this moment, they were guided to inject the fragments of the God of War located in the underground of the hall, and were released into the surface structure of the gate through a series of complex conversion and projection links. The huge energy surge even affected the lighting in the hall, the magic spar The light emitted by the lamp flickered and dimmed, and everyone felt the hairs on the surface of the skin stand up, and there was a cold touch flowing through the nerves—

Then, everything quickly reached a balance. The well-designed load system resisted the energy peak at the initial stage of activation of the portal. The heat dissipation system buried under the device began to release huge heat to the outside of the hall, dozens of inside and outside the fortress. The radiating grille opened at the same time, and the rising steam rose up into the sky along with the magical glow from afar. In the hall, in front of Carmel, the "sphere" with a diameter of several meters in the center of the portal had stretched and solidified into a positive The round "mirror surface", a splendid and magnificent scenery emerges in the center of the mirror surface.

Everyone's eyes in the hall couldn't help but fall on the glorious scenery presented in the mirror. At the same time, everyone's nerves were subconsciously tense. The commander of the security protection team reacted immediately and broke the hall loudly. Silence in the middle: "Protection team, check the divine pollution, and personnel from all departments pay attention to their mental stability!"

Soon, the response sound came from the responsible personnel: "No divine erosion and mental pollution were found!" "The visual and auditory senses of each group are normal, and the protective filter does not respond!" "The load of the'humanity barrier' has not changed, and it is actively broadcast. It continues!"

The bright brilliance of Carmel's body has almost stagnated since just now. It was only then that the filled arcane light returned to flow. He wanted to take a long breath of relief, but he had no lungs anymore-so he could only let After flashing twice, he turned his gaze to Windsor Mapel beside him: "Ms. Windsor, the first step is successful!"

"Yeah... we really opened this portal!" Windsor Mapel looked at the image that emerged from that layer of "mirror" with some wonder, and couldn't help but said excitedly, "That... is it the God of War? Kingdom of God?"

"The door has indeed been opened, but whether the opposite side is the Kingdom of God still needs to be verified," Carmel's calm and powerful voice came from the side, allowing Windsor to quickly calm down from the excitement. "As planned, the first one will be dispatched. 'Explorer'."

Windsor nodded immediately, and turned to the technician who was on his way to give instructions: "Bring the Explorer."

After a while, several technicians came to the portal, and behind them, followed by a weird-looking magic puppet who was only about one meter tall. It is a self-discipline organ made of brass, with a chubby body and several arthropod-like legs. In addition to engraving magic symbols on the copper shell, you can also see deep-sea runes and crystal lens structure. There is also a "head" with a long handle and three "arms" extending from the copper shell, and all of this is driven by the exquisite mechanical structure and its core magic mechanism.

Carmel couldn’t help but linger on the magic puppet for a moment. When Windsor next to him saw this, he said with a smile: “The pinnacle creation in the traditional magic field—maybe not as powerful as the magic device and cheap and easy to produce. But it has its own role in this situation."

"...I saw some technical shadows of ironman engineering," Carmel said in a low voice. "Its joint coupling is of the Moore-76 style."

"Yes, we still learned something from Gondor's iron man skills," Windsor smiled faintly, with a hint of pride in her tone, and then raised her hand, "Let the explorer enter the door!"

Under everyone’s expectant, nervous, and worried gaze, the magic figure made of brass stepped forward. The limbs that are convenient to move in various terrains creaked and walked towards it without fear. A faintly radiant circular "lens" is flowing-it steps into it, and the mirror surface ripples with layers, and then the explorer seems to have passed through a water curtain, and the figure has appeared on the other side of the portal. Side up.

When the explorer passed the "lens" completely, Windsor immediately turned to the control mages in front of the portal: "How about it, can I still track it?"

"Yes, Master Windsor," a controlling mage nodded immediately. There was a magical projection floating beside him, which clearly showed the sight of the "explorer". From that sight, the first thing that caught the eye It is the extremely wide boulder square and the grand building standing in the distance. "The signal successfully passed through the portal. I can see it clearly."

Carmel was paying attention to all of this and couldn't help but ask: "What do you plan to do if the signal cannot pass through the portal? What if the explorer breaks contact with the outside world after entering the kingdom of God?"

"We have a plan," Windsor Mapel immediately nodded, "If the control signal from the rear is interrupted, the explorer will judge the course of action by itself. It will patrol and collect data in a limited area near the portal, and collect a small number of samples. , And return on its own after the specified time-and if it senses that it has been contaminated with something harmful, it will immediately self-destruct."

Kamel nodded and did not ask in detail what the "harmful things" judged by the magic puppet were, because this part of the information was publicly circulated within the theocracy, and its source was several senior advisors of the council-in the "God" The “list of harmful things in the country” includes, but is not limited to, self-acting substances, disordered light and shadow color products, activated shadows, and anything with the above characteristics. Basically, as long as it is impossible to exist in the real world and can cause mentality to ordinary people Things that are polluted and have a tendency to actively spread are all "harmful things" that may breed in the kingdom of God.

His gaze returned to the portal, back to the wizards who were in charge of controlling the explorers, and stared at the holographic projections floating among the wizards—the explorers had already left the area where the portal could be directly viewed." People on this side can only use these holographic projections to judge the environment around that magic puppet.

He saw a very wide space, most of the ground in the space was paved with huge stones, and he saw some magnificent buildings in the distance, and the outer walls of those buildings were glowing with iron-gray luster. Its top seemed to be decorated with polished spears, swords, or shields. These scenes reminded many people at the scene of the scene depicted by the followers of the God of War:

In the realm of the **** of war, magnificent palaces and cities stand on the boulder ground. The most exquisite weapons and armors in the world are the decorations that can be seen everywhere in this city. The brave warriors can enjoy themselves in the arena of the **** of war. You can fight for death, and you can enjoy food and wine all night in the palace of the **** of war. Everyone has palaces and temples, as well as eternal and glorious life.

Now, they have seen the land filled with boulders, the iron palaces, and the weapons and armors decorated on the palaces—if explorers continue to move forward, they will probably find the arena and the feast of food and wine that fit the description of the myths and classics. A place to drink.

"It's very broad... It's exactly the same as what they described in the classics..." A Typhon mage looked a little surprised at the influence returned by the explorer, and couldn't help whispering to himself.

"Of course it will be the same, because the kingdom of God of War was originally'portrayed' by the believers," Windsor Mapel said lightly, her eyes never leaving the holographic projection next to the portal, and she suddenly sighed, "Broad, But it's empty...There is no one. Is it possible that the usual God of War is wandering in such an empty city?"

"Maybe it only became like this after the fall of the **** of war," Carmel said as he thought about it. "When he is alive, it might be very lively here."

"A group of imaginary phantoms accompany an imaginary god? And every day except for fighting, they can only drink..." a Cecil magician muttered, and couldn't help shaking his head, "This doesn't sound like anything. beautiful life…"

"Grey," Windsor Mapel said with a slight frown at this time, "Control Group, can explorers observe the sky of the Kingdom of God?"

"Of course, the perspective is being adjusted-the explorer is starting to look up."

Accompanied by the voice of the manipulator, the picture presented in the holographic projection began to move, and the "sky" shrouded in the sky above the kingdom of God gradually occupied most of the picture.

An infinitely broad, chaotic, and profound, no sun, moon or stars can be seen, only an endless gleam of the sky filled with vision appeared in front of Carmel and Windsor, and as the explorers adjusted their focus, they saw the vastness again. Countless small floating things appeared in the chaotic sky.

Those things seem to be engulfed by clouds and mist, and they are like clusters of fragmented phantoms moving behind the clouds. They are obviously orbiting around the kingdom of God, and they have a large-scale overall structure-it is a pity that the number of explorers is limited. With the field of view and resolution, the technicians guarding the portal could not see exactly what they were.

But Carmel and Windsor Mapel knew what it was.

"That's what a few'senior consultants' mentioned..." Ms. Windsor couldn't help muttering softly, "Those who orbit the kingdom of God..."

"The wreckage of ancient gods, wreckage of gods, wreckage of civilization, echoes of dying thoughts—those things are surging endlessly in the'deep sea' and will not completely dissipate for hundreds of thousands of years," Carmel He said in a deep voice, with a deep and resonant voice, "It's really the same as what the senior consultants said...If you live in the kingdom of God, you can see those things as soon as you look up."

"But that's still different from what I thought," Windsor couldn't help but said, "I thought there would be some bigger..."

Before the legendary mage could say anything, she heard several mages beside the portal suddenly exclaimed. She immediately looked up and suddenly saw a huge shadow slowly moving through the holographic projection—

It was a fragmented wreck. It seemed to have been part of the dome of a palace. However, the disordered lines and irregular edges did not match any kind of building in the memory of Carmel or Windsor. The wrecked edge It seems that there is still something fragmented hanging on it. It looks like an arm, or it may be a piece of dry and rotten wings, but no matter what it is, it is enough to make people feel uneasy and exclaim.

This huge piece of wreckage moves slowly in the sky like this, perhaps with a scale as long as one thousand meters. It looks so close to the dome of the God of War, so that explorers can observe the subtle parts of the wreckage. Structure—It slowly floats from the edge of the picture, a little bit occupies nearly one-third of the viewing angle of the entire holographic projection, and then slowly floats to the distance, leaving only the mortals next to the portal to be twisted and strange and can cause infinity Black silhouette of conjecture.

After an unknown period of time, Carmel's voice came in a low voice, awakening Windsor from his astonishment: "...the larger-scale thing you want is here."

"That's..." Windsor took a breath, "Is that the wreckage running around the kingdom of God?"

"Obviously," Carmel said in a deep voice, "it seems that the wrecks are large and small, far and near...like floating in irregular foam in the ocean, and the so-called kingdom of God is in this sea of ​​foam. Floating."

"Although I have heard this description from a senior consultant before, it really feels different to see it with my own eyes," Windsor Mapel said with a wry smile, "That thing shocked me."

"Ms. Windsor, we only saw it from the perspective of the explorer. There is still some distance from the real'seeing with our own eyes'," Carmel looked at the legendary Typhon mage, with a solemn and serious tone, "Next One step, I'm afraid we should really'see with our own eyes' over there."