Sword of Daybreaker

In the depths of Violet Island, in theory, it should be the edge of the barren wilderness where the City of Thousand Towers is located. The two expedition teams of the Cecil and Typhon completed the confluence, and after negotiation, they each stationed their camps at a distance of only 100 meters. In two clearings, well-trained Iron Ranger fighters and rogue guards began patrolling the perimeter of the camp, as well as checking the status of nearby traps and alert runes. They had to do this before the last ray of light on the horizon had completely gone down the mountain. .

It is already dusk when night is approaching. Whether it is Cecil or Typhon's exploration team members, their nerves will be particularly tense at this time. Although the power of the gods has left this real space, it has been hundreds of thousands of years. Dream erosion still permanently alters the environment and even the laws of nature on Violet Island, where the power of shadows is strong and highly active, and where the shadows intersect often lurks strange and incomprehensible dangers.

Maybe it’s the crack leading to the shadow world, maybe it’s the weird light and shadow that can erode people’s hearts and cause short-lived madness, or it may even be the channel through which the shadow dwellers invade the real world. Elephants are commonplace here, and as the sun fades and night falls, the odds of these weird things will peak. The goddess who holds the power of the shadows will have the name "Lady of the Night".

Of course, there are powerful and experienced legendary adventurers like Mordir Wilder in the Cecil exploratory team, but even so, the soldiers dare not blindly believe that the old mage alone can fight against this. All the dangers on the island because Modir himself doesn't believe it...

And when the soldiers of the two camps were on their guard and prepared for another night on the island, the leaders of the two exploration teams got together and began to discuss how to continue to operate in this strange place, and the two teams How should the team work together.

Diana came to the Cecil camp. Since the two sides were only 100 meters apart, she didn't bring any entourage when she came. Now she is standing in front of the temporary partition wall in the north of the camp, with Maggie and Maggie. Modir looked at the dark wilderness in the distance together, and there were high-power magic spar lamps all around them. The bright light released by these charged crystals dispelled the darkness and made the entire camp bright as day.

Even between the camps of the Typhons and Cecils, soldiers on both sides established a specially lit "light passage" for personnel to travel safely in the dark. This is also one of the reasons why the two sides built the camp so close: a distance of 100 meters can ensure the independence of the two exploration teams, while allowing the two parties to travel safely, saving the cost of lighting on the road.

"To stay overnight on Violet Island, you must maintain such a lighting environment without 'gap'," Maggie looked back at the lighting conditions around the camp, and shook her head with a sigh, "When night falls, the power of shadows will It merged with the ordinary dark environment, and eroded the body and mind silently. During the initial exploration process, we had no experience. There was a soldier who slept in a place where the light could not be illuminated. As a result, a soldier was injured, and part of his flesh and blood seemed to be The darkness disappeared like a 'erasure', and two soldiers fell into temporary madness and had to withdraw from the exploration... The remaining breath of the gods is more bizarre than we imagined."

"The same is true for us. The early explorers spent too long in the shade, and some people almost 'walked' into the depths of the shadow. Those soldiers who were rescued by luck are still receiving treatment at the rear," Diana said in a deep voice. "Fortunately, with the information you generously shared afterwards, we avoided a lot of danger in the process of entering the depths of the forest."

Maggie just nodded slightly: "You're welcome, we have the same mission, and cooperating with each other can improve everyone's mission success rate."

Diana hummed, and then cast her eyes again to the barren wilderness that was gradually being shrouded in the dark night. Occasionally, the strange cries of unknown creatures made the night even more strange, and after a moment of looking at it, she broke the silence: "You have been wandering here for four days, why don't you choose to camp in the depths of the wilderness, and still put The camp is set on the edge of the forest? Is there something in the wilderness?"

Maggie looked back at the direction of the camp and lowered her voice slightly: "This is what Master Modier insisted, because... he was worried that the city of a thousand towers would suddenly 'emerge'."

"Worried that the city of a thousand towers will suddenly appear?" Diana was a little stunned. She checked the load of her mental core before asking, "What does this mean?"

"He thinks this wilderness is where the City of Thousand Pagodas is, but for some reason, it didn't appear in front of us," Maggie explained patiently, "He was worried that if we camped deep in the wilderness, the Thousand Pagodas would not be seen. The city suddenly appears in the real world, and we will be directly 'pressed' under the city in our sleep..."

Diana was silent for a moment, Maggie heard several humming and rubbing sounds of mechanical operation in her body, but finally the lady nodded: "...In a sense, Master Modir is worried It is also possible, although it is a rather bold conjecture... but he has indeed seen a wider and more bizarre world than ordinary people know."

Maggie thought for a while, then nodded: "A rather euphemistic and sincere evaluation."

During the conversation, night finally gradually came, and the last ray of sunshine on the horizon faded very fast. When it finally disappeared, it even seemed like the sun was escaping from the sky, and after a while, a magnificent view emerged from the dark night. of bright stars.

Perhaps it is because it is far away from the city lights full of neon lights, or because there is no cloud cover, the starry sky that can be seen in the depths of Violet Island is extraordinarily magnificent, and the starry sky seen in this wilderness is better than in the forest area. What can be seen is even brighter. The countless stars are inlaid on the dome like broken diamonds. Diana raised her head and looked at the stars in a trance. Maggie next to her sighed casually: " The starry sky in the wilderness area looks brighter, right?"

Diana didn't seem to hear it, and was still just staring at the stars in a daze. At the same time, a footstep sounded from not far away, and Modir, wearing a simple robe, came over from the tent. Walking up to Maggie, shaking his head and sighing, it looks like his attempts to find the City of a Thousand Towers using observation and phasing spells are not going well.

"No response at all," Modir muttered as soon as he came to Maggie, "I tried to observe the condensation of shadow power to determine whether there was a material projection on the wilderness, but none of the shadow power in the wilderness was disturbed by matter at all. Signs, I briefly switched myself to the shadow state, entered the shadow world to find clues, there is only an open space, whether it is element interference, arcane positioning or space distortion detection, I have done all the tests, and the result is only one , everything in the wilderness... is she dead again?"

It was only halfway through that Modier seemed to suddenly notice Diana who was standing beside Maggie and looked up at the sky. He found that the latter was motionless and did not respond to his arrival. He immediately doubted whether this ancient iron man was another Something went wrong, and as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a slight buzzing sound from Diana's body, and then one of the latter's eyes began to glow slightly, as if it had switched to a special mode. As usual, she just stared at the stars in the sky for a while, and then suddenly turned her head: "There is a little problem with the trajectory of the stars. I am comparing the data recorded in other areas of Violet Island before."

"Is there a problem with the trajectory of the stars?" Modil was stunned for a moment, and immediately raised his head to stare at the starry sky in the sky. At the same time, his other hand quickly sketched a few runes in the air. Then it emerged that it actually formed a delicate star map. While observing the starry sky, the old mage manipulated the star map in his hand. After a long time, he shook his head in doubt, "I don't see it..."

"Your strength is very strong, but some things have nothing to do with strength. The number of star trajectories that the human brain can process at the same time is limited, and the observation accuracy of the human eye is limited by the nervous system. Even if there is a magical increase, it will not be as accurate as a machine." Diana said calmly, one of her eyes had been replaced by a light blue crystal, and the tiny streamer filled in the artificial viewfinder looked beautiful but strange in this night, "After my observation and comparison, , and now the starry sky above us has a trajectory offset of about 3/10,000, and several stars are in an abnormally static state."

Maggie on the side had vaguely guessed something at this time: "You mean..."

"This starry sky is fake," Diana raised her head and pointed at the magnificent night. "A layer of projection, or some kind of magical barrier with projection function, we have been looking in the wrong direction."

Modier's eyes widened slowly, and then he showed a stunned look. He didn't feel the slightest bit of frustration because he knew that he had been going in the wrong direction, but slapped his hands happily: "So that's what happened! I said Why can't I find it anywhere..."

But he seemed to think of something suddenly, and then he glanced at Maggie: "Wait, no, we have aerial reconnaissance, and Maggie flew around the entire plain area twice this afternoon. If there was anything in the sky, she should have discovered it by now."

When Maggie heard this, she couldn't help showing doubts, and Diana asked casually after a brief thought: "It's all daytime when you reconnaissance in the air?"

"Of course it's daytime, and the vision is not good at night, not to mention that the sky is full of shadows..." Maggie replied casually, and she reacted just halfway through, "Ah, I understand what you mean!"

"I also understand that this is the case," Modier rubbed his forehead, his expression rather helpless, "I am really fascinated by my own inertial thinking, it seems that no matter how many years of adventure, in this world It's always full of amazing things. The city of a thousand towers is hidden in the night, hidden behind a false starry sky, which is really... very shadowy."

"Now this is just our guess. After all, we can only be sure that the starry sky above is not right." Diana is very calm. Before it was too late to cool down, she was calm in most cases, "We first have to find a way to solve the problem of this false starry sky. If this is really an illusory barrier, and it covers the sky, it is not easy to deal with it. Maybe it's a test that Ms. Ye gave us..."

Diana was analyzing the situation with a serious face, but Maggie and Modier opposite her had obviously started to let their thinking run all the way, and they started muttering in front of Diana:

"Such a high phantom barrier, based on the coverage and focus points, I'm afraid it must be several kilometers. The anti-aircraft guns carried by individual soldiers can't hit it, right?"

"It's hard to say, mainly because I didn't find any traces when I flew in the sky before, and I couldn't determine how high the barrier was..."

"Why don't we tell the rear and let them send two more transport planes with a few large anti-aircraft guns... Ah, it seems that a dragoon fighter can be sent directly? I remember that that thing can fly quite high..."

"That's another day's delay. Ordinary pilots wouldn't dare to fly over the forest in the hinterland of Violet at night," Maggie shook her head, "Why don't I take off again, I'm more flexible than ordinary fighters, and the Black Dragon's defense is also very strong. "

"Will this be a bit risky?" Modir was a little worried, "and what can you do when you go up? Black dragons are not good at spells. You can only use breath in dragon form, and you have no means of long-range attack."

"I don't think it's a problem, the black dragon's shadow resistance is very high," Maggie said with a serious face, "I can carry two anti-aircraft guns on my body. Isn't this a long-range attack method?"

"Sounds doable."

"feasible."

When the two communicated, they didn't mean to avoid others at all. Diana sounded stupid next to her. She felt that her mental core load was gradually increasing on the spot. When she finally figured out what the two were trying to do, she He decisively opened the cooling vent near his neck, and then glared at the two "Cecilians" in front of him while blowing hot air from his collar: "Wait, are you going to shoot directly with a cannon... "

"We think your judgment just now is very reasonable," Maggie said without waiting for the other party to finish speaking. "This may be a test that Ms. Ye has given us. Actively responding to the test is what the ancient **** wants to see most."

Diana felt that her radiator pipe was going to be mushy: "No, no, no... I think you Cecil people's understanding of the 'test' and the way to deal with the test..."

However, she couldn't speak anymore, because she found that the two Cecils in front of her (Maggie had been in Cecil for too long and had obviously been assimilated) didn't mean to consider other means at all, Modier She has already turned her head to the depths of the camp, and went to find the soldiers to take out the anti-aircraft guns (why did the exploration team bring this thing?), Maggie was moving her hands and feet, and she seemed to be preparing for her transformation...

Looking at this situation, there was an idea in Diana's mind that she should not have expected from the beginning that this group of Cecilians would have a gentler and more rational solution to the problem. When Searle's soldiers faced a problem, that was to set off a lot of explosives. It had nothing to do with who was leading the team.