Sword of Daybreaker

Before the first rays of sunlight in the morning spilled into the room through the castle windows, the old man lying on the bed suddenly opened his eyes.

The cold breath from the misty city seems to still linger in the depths of perception, and the indistinguishable false perception is beating in the nervous system like some kind of false memory implanted in his mind. Modil feels as if he is still standing. In that violet border city, he could still smell the scent there and feel the breeze there. This real "feel" was completely different from the remaining impression after waking up from a dream under normal circumstances.

Relying on his profound knowledge and experience in dealing with various extraordinary visions, the old mage quickly completed his judgment of his own state: in the past few hours, his mind has traveled far away, where the real and the illusory, There is no boundary between dream and reality, and pure human mind activity in such an environment is no different from taking a real trip.

In the next second, Modil's eyes were completely clear. He skipped the "adaptation" process that might last a whole day, and directly adjusted his mind to a normal state through strong mental power, and then got up and changed his pajamas. , And called the attendant guarding in the corridor: "Go and call Victoria, I have something important to tell her."

It didn’t take long for Victoria, wearing a dress at home, to come to Modil’s room. Obviously, the Duke of the North did not expect that his ancestors would summon herself so early in the morning. She was surprised: "I listened to the attendant. Are you in a hurry... what happened?"

No wonder she was surprised. After all, from the perspective of a normal person, Modil Wilde stayed in the castle all night in the past. What kind of emergency would the ancestor encounter when he slept? Seeing that he is in this state, it doesn’t seem to be a sudden physical problem...

Victoria was puzzled, and he heard Modil say: "Is there a ship that can go to Violet right now in North Harbor? If possible, it is better to bring a professional team that is good at tracking, search and rescue, and one Team extraordinary vision expert."

The duke was a little confused. She didn't know why the ancestors mentioned this suddenly, but when she heard the word "violet", she remembered the information she received recently, and the mysterious wizard on the other side of the strait. All sorts of unusual clues from the country in the past month... Her expression was confused and serious: "Okay, I will make arrangements—but can you tell me what happened? What happened to the Violet Kingdom? How did you... "

"I just came back from there," Modil said in a deep voice, "Victoria, don't be too busy to be surprised. Let me finish first-if I'm right, Plantel City should no longer exist by this time...I You need to send someone to the beach southeast of Plantel to find two MIB officers who are trapped there. They are still alive at this time, but it might not be so easy if they stay on the island the next time it’s night. Survived. In addition, I also need you to send a message to the imperial capital immediately..."

…

The "Great Migration" of the Inhabitants of Shadows.

To be honest, Gawain knows that there are huge mysteries hidden in the mysterious shadow world, and he also knows that those weird shadow residents have been wandering between the shadow and the world as if fulfilling a certain mission, but he really didn't think about it. One day the latter will suddenly undergo such a weird change-fortunately, this change was discovered and reported by Amber for the first time.

In the morning, Heidi came to Gao Wen's study early and reported on the response to the "shadow residents' migration" phenomenon discovered by Amber by the Government Affairs Office.

"...As of now, we have completed observations in the Ten Forest City, Saint Sunil, Kant, and Baisha regions. Shadow wizards have observed a large number of shadow residents gathering and moving to the north through the rifts in the above regions. Of course, Limited by the ability of'normal humans' in the shadow domain and the limitations of existing technology, it is difficult for the mages to observe sufficiently clear and accurate images, but the existing evidence is sufficient to prove that the phenomenon observed by Amber is not limited to one place, and it is very likely. It happened in the entire shadow world...

"Countries such as Typhon, Silver, and Sacred Dragon Principality that have shadow observation technology or high-level shadow supernatural beings have also started observations in their respective territories. Due to the sudden incident, the countries have not yet reported the observation results...

"Considering that the phenomenon of the'Great Migration' may occur all over the world, and the inhabitants of the shadows are extremely aggressive towards the'invaders', the Office of Government Affairs has issued a warning of risks in the shadow realm throughout the country, requiring stalkers and shadows at all levels. Masters, shadow witches and other extraordinary professionals should try not to try to get close to the shadow realm in the near future. If not necessary, try to avoid using shadow steps or shadow jumps for a long time, such as extraordinary powers that may cause themselves to'cross the boundary'..."

Listening to Heidi’s organized report, Gawain slowly nodded, and then he couldn’t help but mutter: “Although ordinary shadow professionals cannot have astonishing shadow talents like Amber, it’s not absolutely impossible to get past that one. "Border", once they enter the shadow world without knowing anything, and they happen to meet the team of the "Great Migration", the consequences will be unthinkable... After all, not everyone is like Amber and can be peaceful with the people of the shadows. ."

"The shadow transcendents in our country should be safe for the time being," Heidi nodded, but then turned his words with a serious expression, "It's hard to say from other countries... After all, not every country is like Cecil. Professionalize all transcendents and incorporate them into the national regulatory system. In many countries and regions of the alliance, there are still situations where high-level mages live alone and are not controlled by the government, and hidden monks hide in secrets for three years. These are called "classicals". The group of “extraordinary people” has always been the most troublesome issue for governments of various countries in the process of advancing the modern household registration system and extraordinary occupation management system..."

Gao Wen sighed: "Anyway, after this period of time, at least in the'Shadow' department, the'classical transcendents' from all over the world are afraid to be deeply aware of the necessity of embracing the progress of the times...usually solitary. I didn't even read a newspaper, turned my head to do an experiment, and was beaten on the ground by 10,000 shadow residents. If they can survive, they should actively seek the local government to report."

"The world changed very slowly in the past. A great magician kept himself hidden in the mage tower for less than 20 years. After he came out, he was still a leader in the field. The world order he is familiar with is still the order of all people. But the current world doesn’t allow them to continue to live the kind of closed “pastoral life”,” Heidi shook his head, “but that’s not the point. The point is what’s going on in the Great Migration of Shadow Residents...”

"The shadow world is about to happen... or some major event has already happened, and considering what has happened recently, I can't help but think of the ancient **** who has been hidden for more than a million years...Ms. Ye." Gawain thoughtfully said that he has been thinking about this since he received Amber's report yesterday. Although there is no clear evidence, the conjecture in his heart actually has a clear direction and path from the beginning.

"Shadow...This is a line that connects all the information. From the time when Miss Night in the ancient times was "disappeared" and was suspected to be included by the sailor, she played a mysterious role in the historical process of this world, and those The same mysterious and mysterious shadow residents... the Shadow Hall in the Sky Station, and Amber, these seem to be connected by the same line..."

It suddenly occurred to him that many of these recent changes seemed to have started when Kassandra cleared the thorn bushes around the "Anchor Point Generator" in the Hall of Shadows.

The engineering team in space cleared the thorn bushes around the anchor generator, so a vision occurred in Amber, and a strange migration took place in the shadow world. This gave Gawain a feeling as if there was a huge and old one. This machine has been stuck tightly by foreign objects, and Kassandra's act of removing the thorn bushes seems to have cleaned up the foreign objects between the gears, so there was a crash, and this machine that had been stagnant for a million years finally started to operate again. , And an event that has been delayed for a million years... seems to have finally happened.

"You go to your own business first," after a moment of thought, Gawain breathed out softly, raised his head and said to Hetty, "If you have any changes in the Shadow Realm, let me know as soon as possible."

"Yes, ancestor." Heidi bent slightly, and exited the study after taking the order.

Gao Wen stayed behind the desk and did not get up. He fell into thinking. The sunlight coming in from the window tilted and shone on his face, casting a bright and dark shadow between the five senses, and he kept this posture. I don’t know. How long does it take to suddenly look up in a certain direction in the air: "What happened?"

Almost at the same time as his voice fell, the seemingly empty place in the air suddenly opened a twisted dark rift, and Amber was swiftly drilling out.

Gawain watched the shadow assault goose emerge from the crack, and watched the other party's long hair fluttering in the air without wind gradually returning to the form of short hair. The golden gleaming eyes gradually converged, and his brows couldn't help but frowned: "Do you dare to run around with the Shadow Fissure? Didn't you say that you are worried that opening the rift randomly will stimulate the shadow residents who are on the great migration?"

"I found that they were all busy on the road, and they didn't seem to care about the cracks I opened." Amber waved his hand vigorously, and then his expression became serious. "And I am also in a hurry to tell you, so I can't take care of so much. ."

Seeing Kohaku's appearance, Gao Wen's expression immediately became serious: "What's the situation?"

"There is a rapid coming from Wintergarden, and the Violet Kingdom has undergone amazing changes," Amber took a breath, and said quickly, "Plandel City was swallowed by the mist last night. The entire Violet area is currently in a state of disconnection. We are lost. After all the signals from the intelligence liaison station, dozens of military intelligence officers may have been sacrificed-the level of the extraordinary vision has been raised to'suspected miraculous disaster'."

The expression on Gawain's face instantly turned into a horror, even though he forcibly controlled the muscles on his face in the next second, the storm in his heart had already risen.

"What does it mean to be swallowed by the mist? What evidence is used to judge this extraordinary vision as a'suspected divine disaster'?" He suddenly stood up, his expression extremely solemn, "Wait... how come the news came from Winterhold? We? Set up in Beigang..."

"Because the original source of the news was Modil Wilde," Humber took the initiative to explain before Gao Wen finished speaking. She had expected what the other party would ask. "According to the great adventurer, he wandered through dreams last night. I arrived at Prandall City on the eve of being swallowed by the dense fog, where I met two officers of the MIB who were trapped in the vision..."

In the next few minutes, Amber told Gao Wen all the information he had just obtained from the emergency channel—this is a bizarre story, a piece of information that is frightening and weird, if not heard in person, If it weren’t for the source and transmission path of the intelligence, it’s beyond doubt that Gawain even felt that these things were more like some crappy bards (such as the dragons that ran out of Tarrond to eat and drink). Thriller script.

However, all this seems to have happened.

A violet city was swallowed by the mist. The weird "messengers" in the mist and the black flames rising from the sky constantly "cleared" everything...The extraordinary visions began to spread out from the city of a thousand towers, covering the entire violet kingdom...disappeared Inland cities, the disappearing "traces of existence", the disappearing "historical memory" and the tampered and distorted "settings"...

All this happened quietly outside the vision of mortal civilization, and when people noticed it, it had already become something indescribable.

In fact, if it hadn’t been for a certain great adventurer to intervene in this vision “by mistake” in “Dreamland”, I am afraid that this information would not be transmitted until now-Amber will only know all the military information in Violet. The liaison stations of the bureau were all disconnected, and when the truth was ascertained, I didn't know when it was going to happen!

Then again... Was the great adventurer really involved in the vision "by accident"?

Gawain thought of the special features of Modil Wilde, the connection between the other party and Lady Ye, and the shadow residents that appeared in the dense fog mentioned in the intelligence...

And the ongoing "Great Migration" of the inhabitants of the Shadows—the Great Migration to the North.

Countless clues seemed to have gathered together at once, and Gawain felt that he could effectively connect them.

"Now that we have insufficient information, the Duchess of Victoria has personally led a team to the Violet Border to check the situation," Amber's voice came from the side, "The great adventurer is also in the fleet.

"At present, we are still not sure what is going on in Prandall City after being swallowed by the thick fog, nor what is the status of other parts of Violet, especially the other border cities that have established trade relations with Beigang. Modil only knows that What happened in the depths of the mist, he couldn't see the situation outside the mist when he wandered in his dreamland, and before the mist dissipated, his mind returned to the Winter Fort..."

"There are two MIB officers still alive, at least Modil watched them alive and rushed out of the mist." Gawain said suddenly.

"Yes, there should be two survivors-although it is not certain whether there are operators in other border cities who have survived, at least the two people that Modil encountered in the'Dreamland' rushed out," Amber nodded. "They may be waiting for support on the beach outside Plantar, and they have more important information in their hands. The Duchess of Victoria said that she will do her best to find the two survivors."

"I hope the two survivors are safe and sound," Gawain frowned and tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat unconsciously. "Engulfed by the mist, disappeared in the black flames, can be reached through dreams, and there are those who have been twisted and tampered with. The'settings' and the faint connection with Ms. Ye behind all of this... Amber, I have some amazing conjectures."

"Amazing conjecture?" Amber looked at Gawain with a stunned look. "Even you think your conjecture is ‘amazing’, then it must be really amazing...what did you think of?"

Gawain stopped tapping the handrail. He looked at Amber's eyes and said slowly, "You said... Does the Violet Kingdom really exist?"