Sword of Daybreaker

The liquid in the oak cup rippled slightly, reflecting the splendid dome of the temple hall and the pale golden shimmer that wandered between the columns and the painting. Gao Wen held the oak cup with a smile on his face. Intentionally, and the "god" sitting opposite him also smiled after a few seconds.

"Fantastic," He said with a smile, "You scared me."

"Because you scared me too," Gao Wen said frankly, "especially after seeing the'truth' over Talrond."

Then he paused, and then said, "In fact, even if I do this step, I can't guarantee that my card will be effective-I can only prepare everything, but there is always someone in the world who can't prepare. Variables. For example...I wasn’t sure how deterrent those fall shocks would have on you, or whether you have the ability to directly read memory and tamper with the instructions I issued... My only reliance is on "Gods" like you can't directly manipulate the legacy of those who can't intercept or tamper with my orders, and now the results are good."

As he spoke, he held out his hand and randomly picked a seemingly exquisite dessert from the table and put it in his mouth.

Slightly sweet, not greasy, and a peculiar fragrance.

"It's true... even if I know your arrangement, I can't do anything about the inheritance of the person...you have the bet, but the bet is right," Dragon God also took the tea cup in front of him and tasted it shallowly. At one sip, she looked at Gao Wen and said like ordinary friends, "Ensuring mutual destruction, even in the case of extinction of one side, can ensure that the means of retaliation can automatically take effect. Amazing idea-you Look, those dark believers are actually right to fear you. You have a terrible mind under the heroic image of your magnificent shore. I boldly guess-this terrible thinking habit is related to your true'hometown'?"

"Almost," Gao Wen said casually, "but I still feel that the world is much worse than my hometown."

"If I can, I really want to see what your real hometown is for the "outlander"," Dragon God sighed, but then shook his head, "Well, this is not important, the important thing is- If everything really got to that point, would you really choose to destroy Talund? You should now realize how destructive the'abandoned satellites' have been after they crashed. They are enough to destroy and contaminate a country. Many members... actually have a good relationship with you."

"So I'm glad that it is only a deterrent after all." Gao Wen said calmly.

"...Yes," Longshen looked at Gao Wen for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Keep this kind of vigilance and decisive mentality, if you want to deal with gods in the future, then this mentality is a must Indispensable."

Gao Wen didn't speak for a while. He sorted out the sentences before suddenly looking up at the other party: "Don't the dragons at the center of the Eternal Storm who were against the'gods' have enough vigilance and determination?"

"They..." Dragon God seemed to hesitate, and there was a complex look in his eyes. "They are very good, they are doing very well... It's a pity that they are one step late. They had a chance to succeed, but the whole civilization's faith It has become too strong to reach a point where confrontation is impossible. In this case, the hasty confrontation has caused all the gods to come and run out at the same time..."

"All gods are coming and running out of control at the same time?" Gao Wen immediately frowned. "So how do these'all gods' become you'gods'? Why would they... merge into you?"

When he asked these questions, he felt very weird, because he was asking the "gods" of the past, the target of the rebellion of the dragon clan at the time, and the biggest shadow and source of terror over Tallond. However, He has a feeling that the dragon **** will answer himself, these seemingly rebellious questions, even he has long awaited.

"...This is the result of the mortal's failure to try to break free of the chain," the Dragon God said quietly, his eyes became very serious, and his eyes were even burning, "Remember, remember-no matter what. For mortal races, they have only one chance, and they will face the same result as the dragon race after failure. When the order of faith completely collapses, the relationship between God and man has exceeded the extreme value of contradiction, and the chain has not managed to break free. , Something like this will happen--

"The gods will merge into one, and the'gods' will become the ultimate shackles.

"The'gods' will take the name of civilization, all the history, culture, worship and fear of civilization as the skeleton, and the minds of all civilization members as the source of power. The strength of the civilization as a whole is as strong as the gods ."

...

The terrifying roar and nightmarish roar awakened many dragons living in the upper zone, and even the Andar Speaker who had just fallen asleep was awakened by the unusual movement outside the hall.

This awesome archaic dragon raised his head from his "throne" with countless pipes and cables, and heard the faint sound of thunder and storms still coming, and many peers echoed in the nerve sensing terminal. Uneasy inquiries and exclamations, driven by the uneasiness, he immediately called: "Omega! What happened outside?"

Omega’s interactive interface quickly illuminates, accompanied by a mechanically synthesized voice: “The external monitor is being switched... It’s an energy storm, forming over the upper temple, and the energy level is still increasing.”

Immediately afterwards, a clear surveillance image emerged from the surface of the largest crystal drapery in front of Andar. He saw the splendid upper temple appearing in the curtain, surrounded by a pale golden halo that was more powerful than before, and A terrible cyclone hung upside down in the sky above the temple-the cyclone was wrapped in scarlet fire and lightning, and the scale might even be bigger than the entire mountain. Sound, and it is expanding every minute and every second!

Why is there such a terrible natural phenomenon in Tallond? ! How could such a thing appear in this land sheltered by gods! ?

"Omega!" Speaker Andar called immediately. "Why didn't the weather controller respond?"

"The weather controller is functioning normally, this phenomenon is outside the alert list..." Omega responded quickly, but immediately its report was interrupted. "Special contact-Speaker of Andar, High Priest of Herald Want to talk to you."

"Heragor?" Andal froze for a moment, then responded immediately, "Connect."

The next second, the Omega interface on the side of the hall was replaced by the serious face of Herago, and Andar turned his head: "Here, the upper temple..."

"Everything is normal, nothing happened," the dragon priest on the interface said blankly. "Tell everyone, just be at ease."

The mechanical prosthetic eyes in Speaker’s eye socket glowed with shimmer, and the mechanically controlled telescopic structure moved slightly unconsciously: “Heragor, you...”

"Our Lord is receiving guests," said the Dragon Priest slightly indifferently. "Your Excellency Speaker, nothing happened-don't care about that cyclone, it will disappear, and tomorrow's Tallond will still be clear."

After finishing this sentence, Heragol unilaterally hung up the communication without waiting for Andar's answer. After a short noise picture, Omega's interactive interface reappeared on the crystal curtain on the side of the hall.

"Speaker Andar," Omega's voice awakened Andar from a brief stunned god, "Is it necessary to issue a disaster avoidance order?"

"...No, it's not necessary," Andal took a deep breath and slowly shook his head. "Tell everyone that this is a temporary adjustment by the weather controller-no danger, nothing happened."

"Yes, Your Excellency Speaker."

...

"I seem to hear something moving outside." Gao Wen lowered his cup and frowned slightly towards the end of the hall, where there was an open balcony. However, it might be because of the angle that he didn't see much scenery from here.

"Don't care," the **** sitting opposite him said indifferently, "just a little wind."

"Okay, wind, the wind around Tallond is always very strong," Gao Wen looked at the "God" and shook his head indifferently, then his expression became serious again, and returned to the previous let He was almost astonished that he could not hold the cup. "The gods...that is to say, as long as the "rebellion" fails, the gods will surely merge into one and become the "gods"? How did this process happen? Is there any principle in it?"

"You really like to investigate principles," Dragon God smiled and shook his head. "Unfortunately, I can't give you an answer..."

Gao Wen stared at each other: "Don't you know, or can't you say?"

"Neither know nor speak," said Dragon God. "Although I am the result of the fusion of the'gods', I don't know how this happened, and I believe that the truth behind this process is beyond The "limit" of our communication-even if there is some knowledge between you and me, it is not easy to communicate."

"Okay, I see," Gao Wenxiao nodded somewhat regretfully, then he looked thoughtfully at the entrance to the hall and to the place where Hlagor was theoretically waiting, "Then about Hlagor What about you? You know... I have seen a dragon in the form of a humanoid in the center of the eternal storm. I believe that it is Heragore. Can you please satisfy my curiosity about this?"

Dragon God was silent.

Just when Gao Wen thought that this question was too sensitive to be answered by the other party, he heard the other party’s voice suddenly sound: "Since you saw it, then you should be able to see that he once stood in the center of the battlefield and led The dragons are fighting against the out-of-control gods...Is it ironic, aren't they? Now he is the highest-ranking priest in Tarlonde, serving the only and highest **** in Tarlongde."

Gao Wen frowned again. He looked at the Dragon God with a low voice: "So is this some kind of punishment? Is it the scolding of the gods? Or... simple "evil taste"?"

Dragon God shook his head: "No, it's a deal."

"transaction?"

"The mortal chooses to succumb, and the **** ends the trial," the dragon **** said frankly, "This transaction needs a'symbol', which is the symbol of Heragore."

"the only?"

"the only."

"Okay, I know." Gao Wen nodded, indicating that the topic could end there.

"Maybe we should talk about some light topics," Dragon God suddenly smiled, and his tone became as if he was talking about the weather and daily life. "You and your friends have been visiting Tallond for three days-I believe you I have seen a lot of things. Now, I want to hear your opinion."

"What do I think of Tallond?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows. "You want to hear the truth?"

"If I want to, I can hear countless gorgeous and sweet lies-I want to listen to the truth and listen to your heartfelt evaluation of this "outlander"."

Gao Wen looked at each other's eyes. In those perfect eyes beyond mortal, he saw a calm and nothingness.

"Abnormality," he said, "prosperity but morbidity, advanced and decaying, no life under the noisy and bustling surface."

Dragon God nodded: "Spicy and direct evaluation."

"This is what I saw," Gao Wen said. "How many years has Tallond been stuck? Hundreds of thousands of years? One million years? Perhaps only such a long period of stagnation can explain everything I see. At first glance, I saw its prosperity and advancement, and frankly it even scared me, I almost thought it was an advanced society that had only appeared in fantasy-but as I saw its inside, more and more The more dark and sad things appear in front of my eyes...

"Tallond has been deadlocked, in a technological framework that has reached its limits, in a social structure as rigid as stone, in this refuge you call the cradle of eternity. Frankly speaking , When I looked at Tallond, I even felt like I was looking at a ruin—a ruin that was working automatically.”

In the end, Gao Wen finally couldn't help but sigh: "This kingdom is called the kingdom of the dragon, but the dragon family seems to have become the most unnecessary thing here-whether it is a citizen of the lower Tarlond, The so-called upper-class citizens are actually decoupled from the development of civilization. This is what I have seen."

Hesitating again and again, he finally failed to say the words "the ultimate stage of capitalism" in his mind.

After all, although Tallond's situation looked very similar to the stage he knew, he knew that the two were still different in nature-what led to Tallond's development to the present situation is more complicated. the reason.

One of the reasons is even sitting in front of myself at the moment.

The Dragon God was silent for a long time this time, and even to the point where Gao Wen began to worry about whether he would throw a cup to call for five hundred swordsmen to come in, but in the end He spoke, and after a sigh, he showed relief 'S expression: "You can really make such an assessment, you really read it seriously."

"So, I am only curious now -" Gao Wen Shen Sheng said, "What is the chain between God and man? How does it work, and how does it trap mortals and God? Its power Where exactly can it be reflected? If we want to get rid of it... where should we start, is it'correct'?"