Sword of Dawn

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He picked up the wine glass and touched Rosetta again, and the latter seemed to be lost in thought after taking a sip of courtesy. The ruler of Typhon was silent for a moment, then raised his eyes and stared at Gawain for a long time, until He broke the silence with a very solemn expression when this gaze was about to pass the etiquette: "So, you have been dealing with this kind of thing all the time?"

Gao Wen quickly understood the meaning of the other party's words, he showed a complicated smile, and his voice sounded like he had experienced many vicissitudes: "If it is possible, I don't want to - but as a person who has experienced death and resurrection, I am afraid I am doomed. Dealing with many unimaginable things. Relics of gods, tides of magic, countdown to mad gods... There are too many things that can destroy our fragile countries."

"Indeed, there are too many things that can destroy our fragile country...The luck of ordinary people is that they don't know about it. As long as the end has not come, they can continue to enjoy the last moment of peace," Rose Ta shook his head, and suddenly looked at Gawain and made a joke, "And your misfortune is that you know all about it, and even watch them getting closer and closer every day."

"Now this is your misfortune too." Gao Wen said calmly.

Rosetta ignored the ridicule in Gawain's words, he just suddenly said with emotion: "Now I believe even more in your concept of 'Community of Shared Destiny' and your plans to promote world change."

Govington was curious: "Why did you say that suddenly?"

"...A person who stands in front of the truth of the doomsday has no extra energy to calculate the bread in other people's pockets."

Gao Wen couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "This sounds like a really high evaluation—then will you support Cecil unconditionally because of this?"

"Of course not, I don't even trust you too much," Rosetta said without hesitation, "I only believe in your ideas and plans, and I believe that you will do some unscrupulous methods for this idea." It’s something you can do—Typhon may be your partner, but it may also be used as a consumable or nourishment for you to resist the doomsday, isn’t it?”

Gao Wen smiled, but did not answer the question.

After two seconds of silence, he brought the topic back: "So, about the situation in Tarrond..."

"Of course, I will stand on Cecil's side on this issue. Although Typhon has survived this battle, there is still no shortage of food in our country—we will also take a serious look at the southern Gaoling Kingdom and those large and small tropical lands. The Kingdom issued a call and assisted Cecil to complete the preparation and launch of the food committee as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Rosetta couldn't help but shook her head, and sighed: "As you said just now, the luckiest thing in this matter is that the giant dragons have kept the bottom line of the civilized race in the face of catastrophe, and chose to actively Self-help and peaceful help to tide over the difficulties, so that we don't have to face a 'dragon disaster' after the god disaster, but in my opinion... there are no absolutes in the world."

"Are you worried that dragons will still lose control and come across the ocean to plunder the weaker human territories?"

"I'm not worried, there will definitely be," Rosetta nodded, "Although I don't know the situation in Tarrond very well, and I haven't had contact with the dragons, I can infer a lot from your description. Things. The dragons also have the same human weakness and the limit of their ability as us, and how much wasteland can their interim government control after the collapse of society? How many refugees can they gather and restrain? There must be dragons out of control, and These giant dragons are so powerful that they can cross the endless ocean and harass the borders of human beings with their flesh alone... I am afraid it will be very difficult to deal with this situation. How should we repatriate this kind of 'refugees' who do not conform to the rules? Not to mention this It will greatly dampen the enthusiasm of member countries participating in food aid."

Gawain looked at Rosetta and said unhurriedly, "...it can be shot down after three warnings."

Chapter 1085

Hearing Gao Wen's words, Rosetta's eyes changed slightly, and his body leaned forward slightly: "It seems that you have already made an agreement with Tarrond?"

"The Temporary Council of Tallond is currently the only legal governing body in Tallond, and the dragons under its rule are legal citizens. The alliance countries and the Dragon Kingdom will mutually recognize the above-mentioned legitimacy—other than that, any other Giant dragons that obey the control of the council, do not abide by the alliance agreement, do not follow the rules of entry and exit, and destroy the territorial security of alliance members have no citizenship rights of any country by default," Gao Wen said unhurriedly, "Dragon out of control is a huge threat, A threat to us, and to Tarrond as well."

"...A terrible decision," Rosetta couldn't help but said, "The dragon clan can actually make such a decision..."

"This is a race that we have never formally contacted. They have a different way of thinking and historical culture from ours. In a certain way, the gap between them and us is even far greater than the gap between us and elves," Gao Wen He nodded and talked about his impression of the dragon, "Dragon far surpasses other mortal races in terms of discipline, determination, and emphasis on contracts, and their ability to cope with changes and learn new things may be Quite the contrary, it took us a while to get to know and adjust to these new friends, and so did they."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, and continued very seriously: "This is exactly what we must always consider after establishing an alliance. Our allies span countries, races, and even civilizations that were once known. Boundaries, we all grew up in different cultural environments, and now we must unite in order to cope with the pressure of survival in the whole world. We lack a process of integration that has been tested by history, so different ways of thinking will inevitably bring about large and small frictions Even a collision, this kind of collision cannot be resolved by a certain big country using absolute force to suppress it, it first requires those countries with strong regional appeal to take the lead—and these countries must also agree with each other.”

"It seems that you have indeed considered this matter for a long time," Rosetta finally nodded after deep thinking, "I agree with your point of view——Typhon is also willing to take his due responsibility on this matter .”

Gao Wen laughed: "You see, an open and honest conversation is still very useful."

Then he directly led to the next topic: "Next... Since we have just talked about the realm of the gods, we might as well extend this topic. We have just ended a war against the gods. As the leaders of the victorious nations, I want to hear your opinion on this war."

"My opinion?" Rosetta showed a complicated and inexplicable wry smile, "My biggest opinion is that this kind of war is enough... With such a huge price and such a difficult battle, our victory is only annihilated. A "spiritual phantom" created by ourselves, apart from the fragments that can only be used as research materials, God of War only left a piece of scorched earth - He will not bear any war compensation, the "victory" you just mentioned The word "country" is more like a kind of irony."

"...The Dragon Clan also proved the same thing with their personal experience: It is probably not a good way to smash the shackles with the method of killing gods positively. The price will become heavier with the development of civilization, and our current development The level seems to have reached the stage where the price is too heavy, so if we have no other choice, we'd better choose a safer path."

Rosetta slightly raised her eyelids when she heard the words: "The Theocracy Council?"

"That's it."

"... During this period of time, I have heard this name more than once, and I have guessed its mechanism and function more than once. I can guess that you intend to tamper with the operation mechanism of the gods, but I can't think of how you plan to do it. , " Rosetta said, "You mentioned the concepts of universal literacy, church regularization, and ideological emancipation...so I have been thinking recently, what is the biggest commonality between them.

"The biggest commonality is 'de-sanctification'," Gawain looked into Rosetta's eyes, he finally said the word, brought it to the table, and placed it in front of a cooperative ally—but he In fact, he never thought that this collaborator would be Rosetta Augustus. At this moment, even he couldn’t help but want to lament the wonder of fate. The development of everything in the world is always so unexpected, "Since we all Knowing how the gods came, we can also figure out how they 'disappeared' with a little inversion."

Desanctification—the moment Rosetta heard the word, her eyes narrowed subconsciously.

For the real operation core behind Gao Wen's huge plan, he has been thinking for a long time in the past period. He has read all the books written by Gao Wen, and has read every sentence in it. Every decision made in the past few years, and constantly summed up the principles, regarding the theocratic council, he has actually seen almost the whole picture of the plan - only one key word, a suggestive "key" is missing.

Now, he finally knew what the key was.

"Will this work?" He looked at Gao Wen with unprecedented solemnity, "Only relying on one desanctification?"

"Of course it's not just relying on such a method, but it will be the most influential factor," Gao Wen explained, "After analyzing the generation principle and operation mechanism of gods, we have determined that it is the 'trend of thought' of a large number of believers It is shaping and influencing the gods for a long time, and the basis of this trend of thought is "referring everything to God"-it is precisely because everyone firmly believes that something is the authority of God, which will cause the corresponding authority to become a god that exists in reality. Then blocking this process is the key..."

"Blindness and ignorance lead to the birth of such 'trends of thought'," Rosetta took the initiative to take the topic and continued, "because people don't know the truth of something, and they have never heard of any kind based on logic. method of explaining the unknown, so they will naturally lead the answer to some existence that needs no explanation at all..."

"Yes, the key lies in 'thinking', active 'thinking'," Gao Wen nodded, "Only when thinking becomes a habit, people will first think of the logic behind it when encountering an unknown field, instead of Attributing it all to some divine and all-powerful being ... must be based on a certain level of education and control over the influence of the Church."

"But the wise are always in the minority." Rosetta tried to find the unrealizable part of this theory, "There is no perfect state where everyone can think rationally, and you can't guarantee that the effect of education on everyone will be the same. So ideal - it is more likely that there will be countless half-knowledgeable fools and countless boastful 'tavern scholars'. Their thinking has nothing to do with the truth, and the distance between real knowledge and their minds may be greater than the endless ocean Wide, this kind of person..."

Rosetta showed a subtle expression, obviously he was not just deducing these results, but really had a deep understanding of them, Gao Wen immediately thought of why Rosetta's description of these phenomena was so accurate— —

Because Typhon’s education popularization project was actually many years earlier than Cecil’s, although they were not as successful in this matter as Cecil was limited by “taking some detours”, but for a long time The accumulation is enough for Rosetta to see many "unexpected effects" after the popularization of education.

Gao Wen laughed and tapped the armrest of the sofa beside him with his fingers: "Tavern scholars, oral experts, folk bachelors, and paper philosophers, one glass of wine can discuss runes with you, and two glasses of wine can discuss mathematics and physics with you." After three glasses of wine, they will have the confidence to explain to you the basic laws of our world, and even dare to question all authority in the world."

"This is the most wonderful evaluation I've ever heard," Rosetta showed surprise at first, and then couldn't help the smile on her face, "But I must admit that you have summed it up very thoroughly. These people... don't they? Is that the 'Thinker' you want?"

"Isn't it?" Gao Wen suddenly put away the teasing expression in his expression, and asked very seriously, "Aren't they thinking?"

Rosetta frowned subconsciously: "They..."

"They're thinking, not quite rightly, but no matter how many drinks they've downed, they've never tried to attribute these problems to some supernatural and omnipotent deity—because the 'God's omnipotence' thing The thing itself is a behavior that runs counter to thinking. When they talk to people in taverns and alleys, they are also exploring what they think of as 'knowledge', not the rules that a certain god has descended. You may think that these people are ridiculously shallow, But you should see, they are at least trying to understand the world with their own eyes instead of god-given eyes.

"This is what I call the greatest effect of universal education and emancipating the mind - it can't make everyone a scholar, and it can't make everyone learn the correct thinking logic, but it can make everyone They all produce such common sense: everything in the world can be explained logically, and knowledge can change human understanding of the world. On this basis, they will think, and thinking itself... is the biggest shake to the gods."

Rosetta's expression finally became solemn. Under the guidance of Gawain, he thought about these issues that he had never considered. As a born nobleman, as a ruler who was used to looking down on the entire empire, he had never tried passing angle.

He finally gradually understood Gao Wen's intentions, and nodded slowly: "I think I have understood..."

"You still don't fully understand," Gawain said with his upper body leaning forward slightly, staring into Rosetta's eyes, "Typhon's education and popularization has been going on for many years, although the progress is slow, there must be a lot of accumulation over the years. Cardinal number—but have you investigated the laws behind these data? Investigate the proportion of pious believers, shallow believers, and general believers in the population after receiving literacy education, and investigate the influence of churches in areas with developed education and areas with underdeveloped education. Investigate the frequency of dialogue between priests and gods in different regions and the response rate, have you done these investigations?"

"...No," Rosetta shook her head after thinking for a while, "I've never thought about it in this direction."

"This is the problem. Typhon has done a lot of things, even earlier than Cecil, but you have not made many things into a system," Gawain sighed, "Since we will enter the same alliance now, then I am happy to give you some help in this regard. Of course, correspondingly, I also hope that you can open up your data in this regard—not to me, but to the Theocracy Council. This is of great importance for us to study the mysteries of gods. vital help."

"I don't think it's a problem." Rosetta agreed to Gao Wen's request without much thought—he seemed completely unaware that the unique "large-scale social data" accumulated over more than ten years and controlled by the royal family had any meaning. What a huge value, this is not due to his shallow thinking or negligence, but in this era, no one has studied related fields at all...

Gao Wen nodded with a sincere smile on his face.

Rosetta was lost in thought, and it took half a minute before he broke the silence.

"So what the Theocratic Council has to do is not to publicly attack any church, nor to promote a negative image of any god," Rosetta said while thinking, "The Theocratic Council itself will not 'declare war' on any god. "

"Yes, this will minimize the acceleration of the 'countdown' and ease the doubts of many member states-after all, although the monarchy and theocracy are naturally opposed, the rulers of each country still have to worry about the power of the church in the country," Gao said. Wen nodded and said, "In fact, the Theocratic Council will not declare war on any god, it will even help the gods to do some 'propaganda'..."

"Propaganda?" Rosetta didn't understand Gao Wen's meaning for a while, and he seemed a little confused.

"The priests are secularized, the dogmas are popularized, the gods are starred, and finally - the belief system is entertained," Gao Wen slightly raised the corner of his mouth, "We will not create any negative images of the gods, on the contrary, we will even let them It is even more glorious in ghost dramas, magazines, and novels, and in the process... it gradually loses its mystery and its sacredness."

Rosetta stared at Gao Wen dumbfounded, as if listening to the Arabian Nights.

Then he took a long breath, and the expression on his face became more complex and wonderful than ever: "...you are the most daring person I have ever seen... even so bold that it is a little scary."

He seemed to hesitate a moment when he said the word "person" at the end, but he didn't replace it with another word.

Gao Wen noticed Rosetta's subtle hesitation, but he just laughed it off: "Don't you think this plan is worth trying?"

"If it wasn't for the surname Augustus, I'm afraid I would have been scared by you," Rosetta made a small joke, and then her expression became serious, "I'll join."

Gao Wen smiled and raised the wine glass in his hand: "It's a lot of fun to fight against the sky."

Rosetta froze for a moment. He savored this sentence that sounded a little strange, and gradually smiled, and also raised his glass: "It's a lot of fun to fight against the sky."

Chapter 1086 Closed Loop

All that needs to be discussed has been discussed, and the direction that should be set has also been set. When the huge sun gradually rose to the high point of the sky, the glorious crown with faint wood grains illuminated the entire No. 112 silver base. Clinking glasses with Rosetta Augustus—after that, diplomats from the two countries need to work hard.

Gawain didn't know how Typhon's nobles would view the results of this closed-door meeting, and he didn't know how later historians would record and guess this negotiation. Only for himself, Cecil and Tiphon The exchange of interests between Feng is actually not the point, all of this...is just a part of his promotion and transformation of the world.

Everything is for a greater victory - he doesn't know if Rosetta Augustus has realized his ambitious goal, but judging from his performance... this talented ruler may not be completely innocent Observed.

Gao Wen left his seat, but before leaving with Amber, he still couldn't hold back his last little doubt: "I'm curious, how did you realize the true function of the Winter?"

This is what he is very curious about: in the background of the era when all human beings in this world are far away from the sea, and under the premise that everyone has no sense of sea power, how did Typhon associate it from a warship wandering on the sea to the offshore world? The concept of blockade, and even thought of repairing outposts in the blind spots of warships to protect their maritime sovereignty?

"I wasn't the one who noticed it first." To Gawain's surprise, Rosetta shook her head and pointed at Matilda, who rarely spoke the whole time. "It was my daughter, she was the first to realize your The target may not have been at Winterwolf in the first place."

Gawain finally set his sights on Matilda, on the "Pearl of the Empire" who didn't have much sense of presence throughout the whole process, like a junior who listened humbly and seldom spoke. Matilda calmly said He raised his head and met Gao Wen's gaze with calm eyes.

"Can you tell me what you think?" Gao Wen asked casually with a gentle expression, as if he was gossiping.

"Actually, from the very beginning, I didn't think that you would really occupy Winter Wolf Castle—I didn't even think that you would make any difficulties or impose any conditions on the issue of Winter Wolf Castle," Matilda smiled lightly Then, he replied like a gentle junior who answered the elder’s question, “You will definitely withdraw the soldiers occupying Winter Wolf Castle unconditionally, and you will withdraw them in a high-profile way, so that all countries know that you have not asked for any compensation or compensation in the process. quid pro quo."

Gao Wen's eyes became serious, and he nodded slightly to Matilda: "Continue."

"You will do this because your biggest goal is not on Typhon at all. What you want is the highest right to speak in the alliance, and what you want is to become the rule maker in the alliance-Winter Wolf Castle must not occupy it. Yes, because the whole world is paying attention to Cecil's next move, and what purpose the future 'Alliance Leader' will use to promote his own order. Of course, you can have countless reasons to occupy the Winter Wolf region, these The reasons can even be very reasonable: Typhon was the first to 'start the war', and Typhon was the one who was morally wronged. Cecil's occupation of the Winter Wolf area was a legitimate counterattack, but no matter how tenable these reasons are foot, it will damage the cohesion of the future alliance.

"Because for those small countries that wait and see carefully, they don't care whether the occupation is reasonable or not - they only care about the result. You can occupy Winter Wolf Castle with reasonable reasons, and of course you can occupy other places with more reasonable reasons , then even if they bow their heads and join the alliance in the future, no one will completely believe most of your promises.

"What's more, the truth of this 'war' will definitely be made public in the future, and this truth will further affect the legitimacy of your occupation of the Winter Wolf region. You will definitely take this into consideration."

Gawain was a little surprised to hear Matilda's analysis, and he had a look of appreciation on his face: "That's right, your ability to judge the situation is very good."

"Actually, it's not about judgment, it's just a simple income comparison." Matilda lowered her head. "Compared to the voice of the entire Loren Continent, Winter Wolf Castle is too small, isn't it?"

"...The era of using primitive and brutal methods such as occupying land and plundering resources to gain war benefits has passed," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, and then changed the topic, "But why do you think my target is those islands? Doesn't occupying the island mean occupying?"

"...Because in most people's minds, 'territory' is limited to the interior of the continent, and the distribution of interests on the ocean is a blind spot in the vision of all countries, and it is not even considered the territory of a certain country," Matilda replied immediately, " They stare at Winter Wolf Castle, but they don't pay attention to whether you have occupied a few islands far away from the land—only countries that have begun to move towards the sea can realize that gold and silver are also flowing beyond the coastline, and according to our investigation, The navigation track of the Winter is always hovering around those islands."

Gao Wen showed a slight smile: "Son, you seem to think badly of me."

"No, I adore you, even second only to my own father, I just think you are very powerful, so powerful that it makes people a little scared, so I have to carefully observe whether you show an aggressive posture all the time "Matilda raised her head, her clear but deep eyes fixed on Gao Wen's face, "You are a hero, but a hero does not have to be a saint—a qualified ruler must be greedy, even if it is for the sake of governance. He will always calculate the gains and losses of the thousands of people under him, but unfortunately...in this erroneous war, Typhon lost the initiative."

"A hero doesn't have to be a saint..." Gawain was silent for a few seconds and nodded lightly. "I wrote down this comment. It's a good point, Matilda."

He withdrew his gaze from the other party, turned around and prepared to leave, but at this moment, Matilda suddenly stopped him from behind: "Please wait a moment."

Gao Wen stopped and looked back at the black-haired Princess Typhon: "Is there anything else?"

"What would you do if, I mean if—suppose we hadn't set up outposts on those islands? What would you have done if you had more than one Bitter Winter?"

Gao Wen thought for a while, and gave his answer calmly: "If I had more warships, I would occupy all the islands immediately. If you didn't take any action, then I would not only occupy them, but I would also I ask you for 100 years of free and unrestricted navigation rights on the entire east coast—from Calling Dragon Fjord to Mobius, and from Mobius to the southeast coast of the Gaoling Kingdom."

Matilda opened her eyes slightly and looked at Gawain in surprise, then she lowered her head and replied softly, "...I understand."

Gao Wen took Amber and left the room, leaving only Rosetta and Matilda in the sunny reception room.

After that, the silence in the room lasted for a long time, until Rosetta suddenly broke the silence a few minutes later: "No, he won't do that."

Matilda raised her head in surprise: "Father, what did you say?"

"He will not occupy those islands, nor will he ask for any free and unrestricted navigation rights." Rosetta's expression became very serious at some point, he frowned and thought, and was silent for a long time in meditation, but In the end, he still raised his eyebrows, and the serious expression on his face turned into a complicated smile, "I thought I had already confirmed his intention when he 'give in' the second time..."

"...We have only signed an internal memorandum, and the real negotiation has not yet started," Matilda said immediately, "Now we still have some leeway..."

"No," Rosetta interrupted Matilda, the smile on his face seemed more complicated than before, "If he didn't mention Tarrond and the Theocratic Council, I don't mind losing some Face, but now...he has shown me a future that is more difficult to refuse, and the price he offered is high, but it is also worth the challenge."

Then he gradually put away the complicated smile on his face, turned to Matilda, and said quickly and seriously: "Immediately contact the ambassadors of the Gaoling Kingdom and the Silver Empire to finalize the trade and port opening plans. If necessary, you can Lower our conditions, in any case, before the circum-continental route agreement takes effect, we must try our best to keep the market and the right to speak at the southern tip of the mainland.”

"Is it too late? The Cecils may have already started preparing for these things. Gawain Cecil even met with the Silver Queen yesterday afternoon...they have a personal relationship."

"The friendship that existed 700 years ago..." Rosetta's expression was a bit complicated for a while. He subconsciously glanced at the red fruits on the coffee table not far away, and once again deeply experienced the relationship with a person who came out of history. He felt powerless in dealing with the characters, but he quickly shook his head and said in a deep tone, "Do our best to keep as much as possible——Although Cecil is walking ahead of us, they are still too far away from the Southern Continent. They can't eat all of such a big meal."

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In the elf-style town, the lively atmosphere is everywhere. The magic car with Cecil's emblem is driving on the avenue. Members of a certain country's mission or elves responsible for maintaining order and receiving guests can be seen on the side of the road at any time. The affairs officer, Gao Wen and Hu Po sat in the back row of the magic guide car, enjoying the architectural scenery of this foreign country, while relaxing their slightly tense nerves.

In the corner of the inner wall of the carriage, some inconspicuous runes were shining, and the small sound-proof barrier shielded the noise outside the carriage well, making the carriage extraordinarily quiet and comfortable.

I don't know how long it was quiet before Amber suddenly broke the silence: "You didn't intend to have those islands from the beginning?"

"...Not really," Gawain smiled, "If I can offer it for free, I won't refuse it—if Typhon doesn't realize the value of the ocean foothold, why should I think about the future for them?"

Amber scratched the back of her head. Although she is an outstanding talent in intelligence, she is obviously not that professional in other fields: "... Is a route around the continent really of such high value?"

Gawain glanced at the half-elf who was struggling to think about the problem: "At least it is more valuable than those few islands. A circum-continent route is just a 'route' in itself, but after adding a premise, the situation is not so simple - at this stage , Cecil is the only country capable of building large-scale trade fleets and ocean-going combat fleets."

Amber subconsciously repeated Gao Wen's words: "The only..."

"If our fleet can circumnavigate the mainland, and any country on the route needs to rely on us to maintain maritime trade lines, and even their modern trade system itself is established with our assistance, then all coastal areas of the entire Loren continent The region will become our coast—those countries that rely on the circumcontinental route and obtain huge profits from the sea trade route will even take the initiative to maintain this route for us, because we are not only their food and clothing, but also their sea bodyguards. The reason behind this is actually not difficult to understand.”

Amber finally came to her senses: "...whoever is the first to stand up and shake Cecil's maritime authority is threatening the economic lifelines of all coastal countries."

Gao Wen nodded slightly, but there was one thing he didn't say.

Although his plan for circumnavigating the mainland is far-reaching, there is still a country on the Loren Continent that he can hardly influence. That is the Silver Empire located in the extreme south of the continent, and most of its territory is located on a giant island.Although the elves have been in decline for many years, their ancestral heritage is still not to be underestimated, and their profound national power is also unshakable. With such a strong capital, the silver elves will naturally have more say in this route.

However, he was not worried about this—the background of the silver elves was also their shackles. The powerful ancestral heritage gave them a strong national power, but like the Deep Blue Well back then, it firmly bound them to the stars. In the "fortress" intertwined with temples and various ancient factories, this kind of restraint shaped the "non-expansion" characteristic of the Silver Empire. At least in the stage that Gao Wen could foresee, this "non-expansion" characteristic was Not so easy to change.

This means that the Silver Empire will fully enjoy the benefits brought by the circum-continent route, and will also maintain the operation of this route to a certain extent. For Gao Wen, this has already achieved his goal.

Of course, the Violet Kingdom in the north of the mainland is also a problem... But he doesn't have much thought about this "hermit country" hidden in layers of mist. Anyway, in the previous limited contact, those mages have already recognized Beigang. Existence, opening the strait between the Violet Kingdom and the North Coast, that's enough.

Gao Wen rubbed his somewhat tense forehead, letting his mind that had been running at high speed for half a day slowly cool down.

At this moment, a figure appeared beside the road, and the speed of the magic vehicle suddenly slowed down.