Sword of Daybreaker

"You have agreed to Tallond's invitation ?!"

In Gavin's study room, Hetty, who had just learned about the situation, widened her eyes and looked at the old ancestor with a smile on her face in amazement.

"Yes," Gao Wen knew that Hetty would be the reaction, and he nodded with a smile. "Of course, it is not starting now-at least to wait for the event of the Goddess of Magic to completely subside, and after all domestic affairs have been arranged. "

The dismayed expression on Herty ’s face did not fade away completely, but she looked at the smile of her ancestor and listened to his indifferent response, and she realized that it was not the whim of the other party. The ancestor might have made a deliberate decision, but This decision ... is a bit too much beyond expectations, and it is really too at a loss.

"Having said that, it seems that I really should discuss it with you," Gao Wen looked at Hetty and suddenly patted his forehead lightly, saying with some regret, "This is not my own business anymore, and my decision was somewhat hasty . "

"No, I don't mean that," Hetty hurriedly shook her head. "I'm just too surprised. Now that you have decided so, you must have your own reasons."

"There are many reasons. Dragons are a powerful and mysterious force. For the mortal kingdom, the opportunity to contact such a force is very rare; there are too many mysterious unknowns in Tallonde. I guess their civilization level is likely Far more than the Loren mainland, this requires observation and understanding; the Dragon race is a civilization that has experienced many magic waves and still exists. This information is very valuable to us, "Gao Wen said in a clear manner, and finally shook his head. , "But for me personally, these reasons are not the most important, the most important thing is ... they have a **** who comes to this earth, and this **** seems to have something to say to me."

"You mean that 'Dragon God' ..." Hetty frowned slightly, "You mentioned this to us. So do you think this **** is friendly?"

"Not sure, but at least it is certain that he communicated rationally and intelligently," Gao Wen said. "So far, we have not been in direct contact with any" normal "gods who are rationally and intelligently communicative. Those who are either false gods created by cultists, Either it is a special "new god" like Naritel, which is very different from the gods in the world, or it is an "old god" who has been divorced from the divine position and has lost most of his divinity ... they certainly have Great reference and communication value, but the communication value of Dragon God is obviously more special and irreplaceable. "

Hetty nodded her head, obviously she had to admit that Gao Wen's view in this regard, but the color of anxiety between her eyebrows had not faded: "... You are right, but this still has a lot of risks, Especially now ... you will face too many unpredictable variables when you go to Tallond in person. We are still not sure what the purpose of the "Dragon God" is, but the danger is real. "

With that said, she couldn't help but shook her head: "It would be nice if we could communicate with Tallonde at the ambassador level in accordance with the normal diplomatic process ..."

"Unfortunately this is not a normal 'diplomatic act'," Gao Wen said. "In the eyes of the other party, this is just an invitation for me personally. We unilaterally want to get more from this invitation. It ’s just a profit. Do n’t think about sending ambassadors, at least you do n’t have to count on it now — it does n’t make much sense to the 'God', nor is he interested. ”

Then he looked at Hetty, who seemed to be in tangled thoughts (this Cecilian housekeeper usually seemed to be caught in tangled worries for various reasons), with a smile on his face, comforting: "I I have considered a variety of unexpected situations-including the maliciousness of Tallond and the possibility of the Dragon God setting a trap. I agreed to this invitation with great confidence and weighed the pros and cons. "

"Are you sure?" Hetty said subconsciously. She looked at the family ancestor who always seemed to have a sense of confidence in her eyes, and always gave people a reliable feeling. She wanted to ask how he could be close to being a mortal body. Facing a **** with an unclear attitude, she swallowed it back again.

She suddenly thought of all the "different human beings" that her ancestor showed after her death and resurrection. She thought of the strong resistance and even the suppression ability that the other party showed when facing the knowledge of the gods or even the remains of the gods. , Thinking of his forward-looking plans and incredible knowledge ... The ancestor once explained that some of the knowledge came from the Gondor era, and some came from the historical fragments he saw when he was in the state of the soul. However, she looked through the ancient books and failed to In the history of mankind, even the slightest clues are found corresponding to those knowledges.

"I see," she lowered her head. "I will arrange everything as soon as possible. On the day you leave temporarily, there will still be order in here."

The ancestor who died and resurrected may not only be a "human being". This has been vaguely aware of it from a long time ago, but no matter how many secrets the other party has, these years have proved at least a little: For this land and the people on it, Gavin Cecile is indeed a mountain worthy of trust and trust.

For Herty herself, she only knew this ancestor who was resurrected seven hundred years later-that's enough.

"I won't be away for too long, this will be a short 'visit'," Gao Wen nodded. He couldn't see Herty's expression after lowering his head, but years of getting along had already allowed him to be in this situation. Aware of the ups and downs in the other party's mind, he couldn't help smiling a little, and said mildly, "Relax, I will come back safely-and as soon as possible."

Then he waved his hand and skipped the topic for the time being, and asked casually: "I won't talk about these first. You come here so early, is there anything to report?"

"Yes," thinking of his original purpose to come here early in the morning, Hetty quickly sorted out her thoughts, "I brought the latest monitoring report sent from the main hub of Solin ... the mysterious signal that appeared before, It appeared again in the early morning! "

Gao Wen froze for a moment, then immediately remembered what the "mysterious signal" mentioned by Hetty, and was suddenly taken aback: "Reappeared !?"

"Yes ... and very similar to the previous situation, it continued to play for several cycles, with short high-frequency oscillations and repetitive waveforms in between, and then disappeared mysteriously as it suddenly appeared-we The signal source is still not captured, and there is no progress in cracking. "

Gao Wen frowned, Shen Sheng said: "So ... this signal has nothing to do with the magic goddess ..."

What they are discussing is the mysterious signal received by both the main hub of Sorin and the northbound winter winter hub. Its source is unknown and its meaning is unknown. It appears like a ghost at the monitoring boundary of the magic network terminal. After a period of noise and ripples, it will disappear mysteriously. This signal left all the technicians confused. In order to investigate its details, Gao Wen even specifically contacted the dragons, sea monsters and elves, but still Can figure out its source.

This mysterious signal has stirred many people's nerves.

After the invasion of the Magical Goddess and the escape through the magic net, many of the Empire's technicians-even Gao Wen himself-subconsciously linked the two things together.

Gao Wen once suspected that the goddess of magic was the source of the mysterious signals received by Sorinburg and Fort Winter, and even suspected that the strange signals were the phenomenon caused by the magic goddess when he tried the magic net before executing the escape plan-although not enough. Evidence, but the rationality of this guess is very high, so many people think so.

But now ... the goddess of magic has been proven to escape completely and far away from the human world, and the traces she left in the magic net have also been completely cleared by Naritel and Duvalt, and the strange mysterious signal has appeared again! !

"Only Solin's main hub is listening?" Gao Wen frowned. "Are there any similar reports in several other hubs?"

"Not yet, the signal is not stable, strong and weak from time to time, it seems that it will only appear and be caught by our magic net crystal under relatively accidental circumstances," Hetty shook her head, "but several other main hubs Currently checking all the monitoring records from midnight to early morning yesterday to see if there are any missing clues-if the signal they receive is too weak and short, it is likely to be ignored by the duty staff at the time, but the buffer There may be some traces in the crystal array. "

"Um ..." Gao Wen nodded slowly. "Let them check carefully. This signal ... makes me very concerned. It's very unusual. The goddess of magic has messed up once in our magic net, now This signal appeared again, I am afraid that there are more than one goddess of magic who wants to make trouble. "

Hetty bowed her head and bowed to the command: "Yes, ancestor."

Hetty left, and Gao Wen pondered behind the desk, and then he looked up at him, watching an amber slowly emerge from the air beside him.

The half elf blinked her eyes, her face was surprised and confused: "I thought the signal after the goddess of magic ran away was finished ..."

"I thought so too-all of us thought that the signals received by Sorinburg and Fort Winter were made by the goddess of magic," Gao Wen frowned, "but now it seems that this is likely to be two Unrelated events ... "

"It would be nice if Naritiar succeeded in leaving the goddess of magic at that time," Amber said subconsciously, "so that we can directly confirm with the other party, even if the signal was not made by her, maybe she knows something-- After all, how much is a god, and you should understand more than mortals. "

Listening to Amber's muttering voice, Gao Wen just shook his head and said nothing.

...

Two days later.

The cold wind of the late autumn season blew through the vast plains of the Holy Spirit. Looking up at the sky from the Sorin area, I only saw the sky high and the clouds thin, and the view was clear and wide.

The season of frequent precipitation and even snowfall is coming. Such clear days will probably become less and less in the next few months.

In the wind blowing in the autumn, there was a loud clatter in the huge crown of the Sorin giant tree, and countless branches made noises deep in the crown, it seemed that some structures were moving and reorganizing, and there was a continuous The sound of friction and rolling came from, as if something was walking deep in the canopy, leaving a noise along the way.

The top of the Sorin giant tree, the uppermost part of the canopy, the extremely dense wooden structure and the heterogeneous leaves overlap to form a solid plane like steel, this scale is comparable to a series of "green ground" fixed on the city square Man-made facilities-there are fences to prevent people from falling and fall, there are street lamps for lighting, and small meteorological observation and collection devices, and the largest of them is located in the center of all facilities, which are intertwined by a large number of metal frames and packing The huge crystal array fixed and supported by the vines: the main hub array of Sorin.

This is the highest point of the entire Holy Spirit Plain and one of the most important facilities in the Sorin area. Around that large crystal array, you can see a dozen heavily armed treemen, all of which are differentiated from the Sorin giant tree. The "Guardian" who grew up is responsible for protecting this giant tree and a large number of precious devices mounted on the giant tree. These trees are covered with heavy alloy armor, and the back and waist are fixed on the chariot that the human can't afford. The large-scale magic net energy package that will be used, with the amazing Gorgon cannon in his hand, each looks majestic and dreadful.

And the defensive strength of the main hub of Solin is not limited to them-

A little further away from the crystal array, the edge area of ​​the crown of the canopy, there are many unusually thick and solid wooden structures growing out of the branches, and the ends of the wooden structures like giant arms "hold" the fortress-class rail guns. Or a large bomb thrower, these amazingly powerful defensive firepower is another safety guarantee for the main hub of Solin.

The main hub of the magic net is an extremely important strategic facility for the empire. Not only is this the great tree of Sorin, but also in several other main hubs, it has almost the same level of protection.

In a burst of clattering sound, a crack was suddenly opened on the "ground" near the crystal array. The leaves originally used to cover the "ground" opened to both sides, forming a structure like a cluster of petals, a natural growth of vines The resulting "cage" rose from the rift.

The cage stopped steadily, the layers of vines on the sides opened, and Margarita and several technicians came out from inside.

The shield covering the entire tree-top platform isolates the cold wind from the heights, and only the magnificent and open scenery at the top of the canopy is welcoming the visitors. Margarita took a breath and could not help but sigh: "No matter how many times you come up, this The scenery is so amazing ... "

A rustling voice came from the side. Some of the vines that had been separated from the lifting cage creeped together and changed into a shape of Beltira in a fusion and deformation. The head nodded to Margarita: "It really feels unusual to look around from such a high ground-if you need it, I can make a higher observation deck on top of the canopy."

"No, no need, thank you for your kindness, Ms. Bertilla," Margarita said quickly, and then looked at the crystal array not far away. "Your Majesty is very concerned about the reappearance of the signal. What are you doing here? ?"

"The tracking attempt has failed, the signal source has completely disappeared, and I can't find any clues in my perception," Bertilla shook his head. "But when I tried to analyze the recorded signals, I seemed to have a point Find."