Sword of Daybreaker

Gao Wen and others were sent out of the hall of the upper temple, and the high-ranking dragon priest Herragor personally took them to the door, and then two priests who also wore luxurious robes walked out of nowhere and took them to the The road can lead to the long bridge connecting the elevators.

The first half of the journey seemed exceptionally quiet, it seemed that the solemn atmosphere in the temple still had a residual effect, or Amber and Veronica felt that they were still under the watchful eye of the deity, and they dared not speak casually because of prudence, but Halfway through, Amber finally couldn't help it. She glanced at the dragon priest who was leading the way in silence, like two tool men, and then poked Gavin's arm secretly: "Hey, do you feel a little strange..."

Gao Wen glanced at her: "Where is strange?"

"Why didn't I talk about it all of a sudden..." Amber whispered very carefully, "I always feel that the Dragon God still has a lot to say... And he also specifically emphasized that let's visit and visit Tallond first... "

"Since He lets visit, let's visit, isn't it also good?" Gao Wen said indifferently, "As for whether he has something he wants to say but not say... that's his thing."

Amber blinked, looked at Gao Wen, and then looked back at the temple, still magnificent under the stars, with a thoughtful expression on his face that quickly gave up thinking.

She patted her cheeks and seemed to quickly put that confusion behind her head, while whispering: "Hey...I always feel that this is night, and I want to fall asleep..."

Gao Wen's footsteps slowed down a bit. He glanced at the amber, and saw that the half-elf had already regained his spirit, and he hung up a smile that seemed to always be giggling as usual.

...

"My Lord," Heragore returned to the splendid hall of the temple and bent down in front of the gods, "They have left."

"You seem to have accumulated a lot of doubts?" Enya had returned to the re-emerging Holy See in the middle of the hall. He looked down at his priest. "No need to be discreet today, just say whatever you want."

Heragol looked up and hesitated for a moment before speaking: "My lord, why did you talk to them... 1.87 million years ago? Such a secret ancient knowledge should not be in the plan ..."

"Some ancient secret knowledge, the gods keep secret from mortals, because mortals can't bear it, but after seeing today's guests...I find that I might be able to say a little more," the voice of the **** came leisurely, with a little joy , "I thought that only the'Gauvin Cecil' was special, but I didn't expect the three of them to be special. The listeners are not as easy to'break' as ordinary mortals, which is very happy for me."

He paused here, and then sighed: "I haven't talked to people so easily in a long time...so I now look forward to the next separate meeting with the "Gauvin Cecil"."

Herago raised her head a little unexpectedly: "Will you meet the human king next time alone?"

"The ghost that has survived for thousands of years is only a ghost after all, and the wanderer who crosses the border of the dream and enters the present world is essentially just a resident of the shadow world, but an "uninvited guest" disguised as an ordinary human, which I can't understand... It’s a lot more interesting,” the **** said slowly. “Next time I’m going to talk to him alone. By the way, I also want to know what interesting he will be after seeing all the details of Tallond. New perspectives.

"Hlagor, then the work of escorting the guests will be handed over to the young Blue Dragon. You only need to pay attention to the guests' movements and ensure their safety. If it's not necessary, don't disturb them."

Heragol lowered her head again: "Yes, my lord."

Dragon God Enya simply yelled, and then he suddenly raised his head, his eyes turned to the direction of Loren mainland, and his face became a little serious.

"Is it so fast..." He sighed softly and said to himself, "Fortunately... It hasn't exceeded expectations..."

...

After the foggy month approached, the temperature in most parts of the northern part of the mainland fell rapidly, and the Winter Wolf Fort at the northern border of the empire was the first to bear the sorrow. The cold wind from the northern region crossed the gentle hills and plains and blew all the way. With the river valley, it began to roar day and night to disturb the highlands and pass where the knights were stationed, as if overnight, the land on this side had already withered everything, the plants were yellow, and the breath of winter came to the earth.

Andes Wendell wore a light and warm knight costume and only brought two entourages through the streets of the market. The cold wind blew her gray and white temple hair, causing her to narrow her eyes slightly.

"It came earlier this winter..." the wolf general said softly. "I don't know if the Green Forest River Valley and Changzhi Manor are affected..."

An entourage responded immediately: "The Imperial Grain Depot has been plentiful all these years, and the supply of cotton and cloth has been sufficient in the past two years. Presumably, except for the mountainous areas near the polluted areas in the west, there is no need to worry about how to spend the winter."

Andersa didn't say anything, just nodded, and on a city street not far in front of her, a small troop carrier with the emblem of the Tifeng Empire was running across the street, and the combat mages escorting the vehicles were floating Before and after the soldiers, the merchants on both sides of the street were inevitably disturbed, and then curious passers-by stretched their necks, watching the direction of the departure of the soldiers, and some merchants began to recruit customers again, peddling south to north Rare goods.

The winter this year did come a little earlier, and even the temperature during the same period of this year was much lower than in previous years. However, in this half-army and half-people town built on the basis of the Fortress of Winter Wolf, all parts of the town seem to be higher than in previous years. There is much more prosperity.

The increasingly stable peace between the two countries and the ever-expanding trade activities are finally showing its influence. Whether hawks are willing or not, businessmen and commodities crossing the border are increasingly appearing in various places. Become the main theme of the relationship between Cecil and Tiffin.

Even in the Wolfwolf, which is located at the border of the border, even if the imperial soldiers are always tense, they can not stop the civilian business activities from prospering-after all, this is also from Aldernan’s will.

Andesa, as the commander of Winterwolf, although she didn't expect this, she must now accept it.

"This year there has been a lot of activity here, general," a follower said beside him. "And according to news from the country, the big cities like Aldnan and Tarenkins are now very different-it is said The company invested by the Cecil brings a lot of novelty. Do you plan to go back this year?"

"I'm not going to use this holiday yet," Andes said casually, after which she glanced at the follower who just spoke, "You are also interested in the new things of the Cecil people?"

The entourage suddenly showed an awkward and nervous look: "I... General, I am not this..."

"It doesn't matter, the new things they bring are indeed very attractive, and most of them are very useful," but to the surprise of the entourage, Andesa did not mean any blame. The general wolf only showed a thoughtful look. "I'm just sorry... None of these things were originally created by our Tifeng people."

She looks in the direction of the market. On both sides of the street that was just renovated last year, you can see new street lamps and magic net devices for transmitting energy-these technologies are all from Cecil, and they were first introduced by businessmen and technical communicators. Brought from Cecil to Tifeng, and then brought here by domestic businessmen and experts from the country. These things are evidence of the growing ties between the two countries. Some people are happy about this, while others are inevitably feeling anxious.

As far as Andes is aware, those magic net devices used to transmit energy are currently one of the most anxious things for domestic experts, because as of now, one of the key raw materials for the manufacture of those obelisks-Homer Crystal Raw Stone-is still It is firmly controlled by the Cecilians. Although the scholars of the Imperial Industry and Construction Association have successfully solved many technical difficulties of the obelisk, as long as the origin of the Holm crystal is controlled by the Cecilians, the Tiffins The magic net can never be completely autonomous, and the speed of laying the magic net will be limited by the export quota of Cecil's crystal rough, and Tifeng...

Tifeng had to use a large portion of its annual export profits to purchase those rough crystals—the Cecil never discounted anything on this product.

It is said that His Majesty the Emperor has been paying attention to this matter, and after learning of the discovery of the original Homer crystal, he sent a large number of exploration teams to let them go to the mountainous area on the border of the western contaminated area to find the Homer veins belonging to the Tifeng people... At present, those exploration teams have not received any definite good news.

I hope they can gain something.

As for Andesa herself... in the face of the increasing number of "Cecile things" in the country, she is neither a person of joy nor a person of anxiety and panic.

She only followed the orders of Aldnan and defended the interests of Tiffin.

At this moment, the voice of one of the attendants came from the side, interrupting Andersa's thoughts: "Should the past be the supplementary soldiers of the mechanized mage group?"

Another entourage looked at the end of the street and the direction of the troop carrier's departure, shaking his head with emotion: "Mages are rich people, even the mage clan in the army are the most wealthy troops... ...The knights are still riding."

"His Majesty the Emperor and his military advisors have their own arrangements," Andesa suddenly opened, interrupting the discussion of the two entourages, "And the Knights' no dress-up is not a financial issue-it is just most of the legion-level battles. Skills are dependent on traditional military formations and equestrianism. This problem cannot be solved. Letting the knights into the chariot can only weaken their combat power."

The two entourages nodded suddenly, and then one of them couldn't help but look at the distance-this time it was looking in the direction of the barracks: "This is the second batch of supplementary soldiers this week."

"...The war priest is accepting'protective observation', and some knight officers have also been rotated in advance. We need to add soldiers to maintain the combat effectiveness of the Winter Wolf Castle..." Andesa frowned slightly, then shook his head. , "Okay, the following topics are not suitable for discussion here."

The abnormal situation of the domestic Ares church is already a secret that cannot be concealed. For obvious national interest considerations, Aldernan recently issued several orders in a row and made temporary adjustments to several major legions. At Winter Wolf Fortress, Andesa’s most recent energy has been spent on adjusting the deployment of the legion, moving away from hidden units, maintaining the internal stability of the legion, and consolidating the border defense. She had to relocate many God of War priests and devout soldiers who had been born and died for many years, and even let some innocent knights go to the rear, called protective observation, but it was almost under house arrest.

It is not easy to do these things.

In addition to facing her inner pressure, she must also face the emotions from her subordinates-the soldiers said that the soldiers of the empire had to obey orders as their first mission, and the knights said that they only needed honor and loyalty to them. Come for enlightenment and relief, but those priests...

Most of them are good people, brave and upright people, and make no mistakes at all, but she must let them suffer unfair treatment. At the same time, the priests are not completely soldiers. The combat priests are equivalent to the "rescue soldiers" that the Church of God of War volunteers to support the various legions of the empire. They accept the orders of the officers, but now this command is looming against their faith... to appease their Emotions have become Andesa's most troublesome thing recently.

And this is not all bad news in the near future.

The second big bad news is the fall of the magic goddess.

Andersa still can't believe what he has heard and heard in the past period of time-a funeral, a funeral held by humans for the gods, a joint statement of the two empires, two emperors wrote their own Eulogy, nationwide mourning activities, and the ritual of "Sacred Ash" in Jansa...Andesa is not a believer, but these things still exceed her cognitive and thinking habits, so that even today, she is thinking It still felt unbelievable at the time.

The fall of the Magic Goddess has undoubtedly had a great impact on the empire’s large group of mages, although the “funeral” quickly shifted the public’s attention in an unexpected way and eased the pressure caused by the fall of the gods. , But the group of wizards is still floating, and until now the aftermath has not disappeared. There are a large number of combat mages in several major legions of the empire. Most of the middle and high-ranking officers are believers in the goddess of magic. Although their military status makes them have a stronger sense of responsibility, they will not be able to perform their duties because of low mood or belief. , But they are still human...

The only thing Andersa is now happy about is that the combat mage unit was actually less impacted than she had expected in this fall of the gods-except for the middle and upper level officers, the vast majority of ordinary combat mage and lower levels The commanders are not believers in the goddess of magic, not even lay believers.

They were cultivated by the empire in batches from the school-training from the childhood stage, unified templates and unified courses, fully practical training methods, and almost no courses related to belief shaping.

The battle mage trained by these batches didn't feel much about the goddess of magic, which made Andesa feel the only comfort in her recent headaches. She even couldn't help but have some ideas that might seem a little outrageous to outsiders-

If the religious beliefs can be completely eliminated from the army, it may be a good thing. Let the gods return to the gods, and the people return to the people, the trouble in this world will probably be reduced by half.