Sword of Daybreaker

Since the beginning of winter, Aldernan has ushered in two consecutive sharp drops in temperature. The continuous sudden drop in temperature has made the city fade the color of autumn. A layer of withered yellow and gray tones covers the streets and lanes, and the fog is foggy. As in previous years, the city on the plain covered the plain on time and looked out from the tower of the Obsidian Palace. The row upon row of roofs and towers with heights and distances once again became the looming silhouettes and isolated islands in the sea of ​​fog, with a kind of difference. Really hazy.

Rosetta Augustus stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the study, watching the direction of the church area for a long time, and the religious building with the iron-gray spire also treated him silently.

The emblem of the God of War that was once flying over the church has now been replaced by the flag of the Typhon Empire. Although the church bas-relief inlaid on the outer wall of the church is still there, it seems to have faded away from the mysterious and sublime atmosphere that ordinary people could not detect. In the "perspective", the transcendent and holy breath that once filled the magnificent building has disappeared, and now it can bring the world only pure spiritual comfort and the aesthetic value of architecture.

On the square in front of the cathedral, the citizens going to visit were walking through the fog in twos and threes and stepping on the long steps. The royal guards stood on both sides of the steps in front of the church, silently watching all the movement around the square. The new-faced "church guide" "We greeted the crowd gathered in front of the main entrance. These smiling people hung decorations from the church of God of War of the old days, carrying a sign of "Scenic Spot Guide" on their chests, and waving eye-catching red or yellow flags in their hands. When a group of new visitors visit, they will begin to explain the murals and reliefs on the walls, and introduce the candlesticks and sculptures distributed in the prayer hall.

From the religious legends behind these things, to their symbolic significance in church activities, from the history of the Church of God of War, to the secrets surrounding these things.

Those who can stand up to resist this "rebellious move" are dead. Ordinary believers have no determination and awareness to resist changing customs. Most of the remaining people who cannot accept this change can only sigh at the past time at home. In the tavern cursing this "fallen age", or crying bitterly in the punishment room.

These small problems no longer need the rulers of the empire to personally care about them. They are the bits of debris left in the progress of the times, and will gradually fade away sooner or later.

Rosetta Augustus retracted her gaze and returned to her desk. Princess Matilda, who was wearing a long black dress with a golden chain hanging from her hair, stood aside and saw the father regain her consciousness. The crown prince continued to report half of what was just said: "...At present, the remaining forces of the Church of God of War across the country have been completely decomposed and cleaned up. The remaining churches, fields, chambers of commerce and other properties have been nationalized, and more than half of them The church has been closed or used for other purposes, but according to your instructions, some other churches with historical significance or special local influence have been reopened after being renovated as cultural activities facilities for local residents...

"A series of new propaganda and popularization materials on the history and wild history of the Church of God of War have been promoted nationwide. They will work together with the reopened churches. The results of the current pilot projects in Orlandale and Tarenkins are very impressive. Satisfied, but the trials in Duvason County and Enchoke County have encountered greater resistance. The local people have a solid belief and it may take time for the New Deal to be effective..."

"Tiphon people have respected the belief in the God of War for hundreds of years, and it has become a part of many people's daily habits," Rosetta said lightly. "But the fierce confrontation phase has passed, and we cannot regard the people as the enemy's gentle guiding process. It always takes some patience. Don’t worry, Matilda, the full range of influence has already begun. People in the old age will eventually get old, and their next generation will inevitably grow up in an environment that changes customs. In the minds of the new generation,'The Church of God of War' is a historical term for established facts."

He raised his head, his gaze through the wide crystal glass window once again fell on the spire of the Chapel of the Gods of War: “After people get used to the half-price tickets for the church and the paid photo in front of the shrine, everything will no longer be a problem.”

"What did Emperor Gawain Cecil call "desanctification"..." Matilda couldn't help showing a thoughtful look on her face, and there was a trace of admiration in her eyes. "The church is open for admission by ticket. , The shrines and idols took a group photo, the rally square sells special snacks and handicrafts... When talking about eliminating the influence of the Church of God of War, Hardyron and I only thought of demolishing the church and disbanding the priests, but we never thought that things could be done like this... "

"In a sense, Gawain Cecil is our teacher. He personally demonstrated to us how to make a sacred thing secular, and in the process so that most ordinary people can more easily accept it. "Change," Rosetta said calmly, "not everyone is a fanatic who knows the scriptures and sticks to dogma. Most ordinary people can't distinguish the'meaning' behind the change, and these ordinary people constitute the trend of thought. The main body."

"Are ordinary talents the main body of thought..." Matilda said softly with thought, Rosetta fell into a moment of silence in front of her, and after a few minutes, the Typhon ruler suddenly said: "There are some new discoveries on the'gate' project."

"New discovery?" Matilda raised her gaze curiously, wondering why her father suddenly mentioned it in front of her.

Rosetta stared into Matilda's eyes, her voice low: "They saw the soul of Malm Dunnett there."

Matilda's eyes widened for an instant, and she was so shocked that she could not control her emotional expression like the usual teachings she had received. But soon, she forcibly controlled the change in her expression, with a look of astonishment. Pressed on the bottom of the eye.

Seeing the change in her daughter’s expression, Rosetta nodded insignificantly before continuing: “He has sobered up and now seems to have become a part of the God of War. No matter what happened, he will not return to this. The world."

Matilda nodded thoughtfully, and then asked curiously: "What are Windsor and Master Daniel doing now?"

"They are continuing to dig deep into the secrets of our world."

…

To dig deep into the secrets of this world is the common long-cherished wish of every scholar walking on the forefront of knowledge. However, it is necessary to dig out the "truths" hidden behind the complex phenomena, theories, and conjectures. Sometimes what is needed is It is not just hard work, luck and opportunity that sometimes affect the turning point of history more profoundly.

Carmel floats in the center of the extremely wide arena, watching the technicians busy assembling and debugging the equipment needed for the test, and there is a lot of emotion in his heart.

He has waited for this opportunity for many years. If you count the years spent by the pioneers of the Silver Empire studying the mysteries of magic, mortals have even waited for this opportunity for half a century. However, no one would have expected this to happen. Realize here.

Exploring one of the most essential mysteries in the world, an experiment at the forefront of the field of magic research. Its most suitable test site is actually located in the kingdom of God of War. To put it in a popular sentence in the imperial capital today, this is simply "even the Philippines." A setting that Mr. Ulm dare not adopt."

Windsor Mapel stood next to Carmel, staring intently at the special equipment transported from the Cecil’s scientific research camp. She knew that the Cecil had an experimental project to explore the nature of magic, and recently In more and more in-depth technical exchanges, she also learned about the specific content of this experimental project, but she witnessed that it was a different experience after all.

She watched those Cecils wearing white short robes put some kind of precision-cut rectangular box on a stable experimental table, and placed a silver-white alloy sheet on the front of the box, a powerful The arcane energy source was set up at the rear of the box by them. Around the energy source, you can also see the complex structure of stability and shielding components. The "painting style" of these things is completely different from the items she uses in her daily experiments, but she can I feel the familiar rigor and solemnity from it.

Even if she is not sure about the outcome of this experiment, she knows that the people who designed and participated in all of this must be respectable.

"This is the purest arcane energy source we can make at present," Carmel raised his hand and pointed to the cylindrical device at the end of the rectangular box. The runes on the surface of the device are now gradually turning from dark to darkness. Bright, there is another rune drag chain at the end. The end of the drag chain is on the test bench at the moment, and nothing has been connected. "Put in the stable magic power from the end, and the energy source will filter it inside. And integration, the thirty-six-layer ruby ​​lattice will ensure that the final focus on the crystal column is the arcane jet that does not contain any interference. Its purity can exceed those of the three energy towers around the fortress, and the output power is approaching. The endurance limit of the polarized ferrite crystal column.

"The arcane jet will enter the box. Inside the box, there is a blocking plate made of magic suppression material. The blocking plate has precisely cut slits and two layers of lenses made of polarized sapphire. It can ensure that only passing through Arcane rays with directional filtering can be emitted from the front of the box. After this layer of treatment, the arcane rays almost no longer react with anything in the air, so it will become invisible and will not be affected by other substances. Interference...until it bombards the'screen board'.

"The silver-white sheet contains mithril components, which will leave traces of magical'bombardment' very sensitively. In theory, if the magical power is not a kind of wave, but a special kind of'substance', then the rays The bombardment will only leave two clear marks on the thin plate, but if the magic is a wave, then..."

Windsor did not wait for Carmel to finish speaking, and then took the initiative to speak: "Like two ripples spreading in the pool water, the two beams of energy emitted from the slit will interfere with each other in the process of transmission, and finally appear on the thin plate...should be one. The fringes formed by the interference of the road."

"...Today, we already have a lot of indirect evidence and theoretical speculations to support this conjecture," Carmel nodded slightly, "but researchers need more than these conjectures, we need an irrefutable empirical evidence. Environmental constraints have kept us in this final "verification link" for many years, until today..."

He raised his head, his eyes filled with arcane brilliance slowly swept across the huge space, the simple and majestic circular arena rushed towards him, and the ring-shaped stands of one layer after another stretched upward in his field of vision, on the stands. Lined up with empty seats, a huge throne stands at the end of the arena. The giant phantom in iron gray armor sits on the throne. The hollow helmet hangs slightly, as if an illusory sight is watching the arena. At the center, watching this small group of mortals who are boldly trying to explore the truth.

Kamal seemed to have the illusion of being watched by countless eyes, but this illusion just made him smile softly.

He turned his head and looked at the test bench, where a magic net terminal was running quietly, and a holographic projection from a distance was projected over the terminal. A tall, mature and beautiful silver elf was standing in the projection and watching the test site. The sight.

"I wish I could be there too," Great Astrology Master Vilania couldn't help but said regretfully, "Unfortunately, I'm far from the far south of the mainland."

"With modern equipment, you can still witness all this, Ms. Vilania," Carmel couldn't help but said with a smile, "and the Kingdom of God of War is here, and we won't run away for at least a few decades. There are more conjectures that can be verified in this special test space. What you missed is just the'first game'."

"...I'm starting to feel more regretful," Verania, who was across from the holographic projection, couldn't help sighing, "Master Carmel, let's start."

Carmel nodded, and said to the assistant on the side: "Activate shielding."

An assistant immediately stepped forward and activated the shielding device around the platform. Several runes set on the edge of the platform lighted up, and the crystals inlaid around the runes began to emit a steady light. Of course, the shielding device was not meant to block the environment. Magic background interference (firstly, this kind of interference cannot be blocked by the current technology, and secondly, there is no such interference in the God of War God Kingdom). Its real function is to prevent the magic power released by on-site communication devices, recording equipment, etc. Affect the accuracy of the observation results.

After the shielding device is activated, the energy source is activated.

Carmel cast his gaze to the platform, to the rune drag chain extending from the end of the arcane energy source.

In his original plan, it was necessary to use a powerful magic storage device to provide magic power to this test device, such as the "charging magic treasure" he is dragging behind him now.

But now they have a better choice...a more powerful and reliable source of magic power.

A hand stretched out from the side, grabbed the rune drag chain, and curiously fiddled with the metal hinge at the end of it.

Milmina, who is three meters tall, bent her waist slightly, and smiled while studying the experimental equipment in front of her. As the "goddess of magical mysteries" in mortal legends, she was like every mortal present at the moment, filled with her heart. The desire to explore and learn.

"Just inject magic into it, right?" She raised her head and looked at Carmel with a smile on her face.

"Yes," Carmel nodded slightly, "but be careful not to burn the equipment. It can't bear your full strength."

"Don't worry," Milmina held the rune drag chain in one hand, and gave a thumbs up in the other. At this moment, she was no longer like a **** but was closer to the real "magic" than in the past thousands of years. "Mystery", "No one knows how to control the flow of magic better than me."

When the voice fell, the surface of the silver rune drag chain in her hand had already glowed with light blue rune brilliance.

The device is activated.

There was a deep hum from the arcane energy source, and the original magic power injected into it began to quickly transform into pure experimental energy. At this moment, everyone held their breath and focused their eyes on the thin alloy plate at the end of the device. .

There is no earth-shattering movement, no splendid light and shadow, no more twists and turns, more thrills and more fog.

The truth lifted its veil quietly.

Interference fringes of light and dark appeared in front of everyone.