Sword of Dawn

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Gawain returned to his familiar study room - he looked at the familiar desk, familiar bookshelf, familiar carpet and familiar roof. In the familiar rooms, he could also see the familiar Rebecca and Hetty Waiting for someone's face.

His mood finally settled down slightly.

Tarrond is a very advanced place, and it cannot be said that it is uncomfortable to live in. Moreover, there are cities with neon lights, automated homes and various developed entertainment projects. In all fairness, even Gawain can't help but Recalling the city life in his hometown - at least in terms of prosperity and advancement, the two have a little in common, but even so, Gao Wen always felt that those days living in the dragon kingdom...was a bit awkward.

He hadn't figured out where this awkwardness came from, and could only attribute it to "not getting used to sleeping in strange beds", but now he felt that he had vaguely understood something.

He went back to his desk, which was cleaned spotlessly by Betty. There were utensils he was used to on the desk, and all the things that were in hand were placed in the most convenient places to get them.He raised his head again, and saw Hetty standing in front of him, and Rebecca standing a little farther away. The latter seemed to want to come up to talk to him, but he was a little nervous and didn't dare to go forward.

Gawain smiled, realizing that he had already fully integrated into this place—that Tarrond, which was so prosperous that it reminded people of his hometown, was just another foreign country after all.

"Tell me about the current situation." He looked at Heidi. "The communication via remote communication was not smooth enough after all. I need to know more details."

Hetty nodded, and immediately gave a general account of what happened inside and outside the empire after Gao Wen left, and then began to describe in detail everything that happened after the Typhon disaster worsened: including the sudden attack on the Changfeng defense line , including the battle of Winter Wolf Castle, Andersa's surrender, and a lot of information that came from near the Winter Wolf defense line not long ago.

In the process, she also mentioned in detail the various responses made by the Supreme Government Affairs Office to the changing situation, as well as the current plans of the three-member ruling group and considerations about the future.

Throughout the narration, Gao Wen hardly interrupted, he just listened carefully and quietly, nodding slightly most of the time, only occasionally expressing some opinions on certain things or asking for details, his brows occasionally frowned , but following Hetty's report, his brows were finally completely relaxed.

By the end, he even had a smile on his face.

Rebecca looked at the changes on the ancestor's face with some confusion - she was not very good at observing words and expressions, so she didn't understand what Gao Wen was thinking at this moment.

Finally, Heidi's long report was over, and the relaxed and gratified smile on Gao Wen's face became more and more obvious. He breathed a sigh of relief, and looked up at Heidi: "Very good—I'm glad to see Since leaving, it's all running in order."

"Of course," Hetty said immediately, "Maintaining the normal order of the empire while you're away is an order you left us before you left."

Gao Wen smiled: "Indeed... But this is still the thing I was most worried about before. Of course, I don't have to worry about it now."

There is no falsehood in his words, this is indeed what he has been thinking about-for a long time, he has often worried about whether the order he created is stable enough, whether it can still be self-sustaining and stable in his absence. Running, and all this has now undergone some unexpected tests, and the conclusions drawn are gratifying.

Even though he left the empire, even if such a serious emergency occurred, there was no chaos in the Supreme Government Office, and everything was running in an orderly manner. Domestic public opinion changes, material supplies, personnel transfers, and production and life were all controlled by departments one by one. It was handled properly, and the three-person ruling group firmly controlled the "rudder wheel" at the top of the empire.

Of course, all of this may have a premise: Gao Wen has not been away for too long, and everyone knows that he will return at any time; that General Andersa made the right choice and did not let the situation completely get out of control; Many departments were only running on inertia, and hadn't really begun to bear the pressure of the long-term maintenance of the state of war, but even so, the performance of the Supreme Government Office and the three-member ruling group this time made Gao Wen feel a lot more relieved.

Faced with the affirmation of the ancestors, even Hetty, who has always been calm and calm, did not hide her happy smile.

She took a light breath and asked Gao Wen: "Do you have any opinions on our response plan?"

"You have done a good job at this stage - after you took Winter Wolf Castle, you did not rush into it, but chose to maintain the front in place and consume Typhon's counterattack force. This is the most correct decision," Gao Wen said, " This is indeed a divine disaster. The "normal people" in Typhon obviously have no intention of going to war, but the army wrapped in the belief of the God of War will continue to attack their "enemies", so military conflicts cannot be avoided, but we don't have to So I went deep into the hinterland of Typhon to help them solve their problems.

"At this stage, in addition to maintaining the front line, the most important thing for us is to figure out the internal situation of Typhon and figure out their plan to deal with this divine disaster. If we really want to help, we should also start from this aspect-positive On the other side of the battlefield, just deal with it casually to appease that god of war who has made him stupid."

Hearing that the ancestor described a terrifying mad god as "stupid to death", Hetty was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

Her tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

And this was exactly Gawain's purpose - from the moment he saw Hetty, he knew that his descendant was under too much pressure recently.

"About Typhon's internal situation," Gao Wen continued after a short pause, "Has there been any news from the 25th?"

"Not yet," Hetty shook his head, "Typhon's current situation is unknown. Given that their senior management has been contaminated by God of War, Aldernan is likely to conduct large-scale investigations and cleaning operations. For the safety of the informant, the intelligence agency has suspended active contact with all dark lines - including the dark line of the trajectory project and the special line 25. But if there is a special situation, they will pass on the information while ensuring their own safety."

Gao Wen thought for a while, then nodded: "...Well, the correct response should be like this."

Then he looked at Hetty, ready to ask some other questions, but at this moment, a familiar mental wave suddenly entered his mind.

"Ancestor?" Hetty looked at Gao Wen who suddenly fell into a trance in confusion, "What's wrong with you?"

Gawain raised a hand to signal the other party to wait, and then quickly focused on listening to the brief message from Daniel—the content of the message was so concise that it could be received without being immersed in the Internet, obviously it was directly abbreviated and compiled The information sent, in today's tense and dangerous situation, this is a very necessary cautious attitude.

After a while, Gawain raised his head and smiled at Heidi: "What a coincidence... I just contacted me on the 25th."

Hetty's eyes widened immediately: "Is there something new over there?"

"...Two things. First, the 25th probably confirmed how the previous 'declaration of war' came from Obsidian Palace. Second, and more importantly——Rosetta Augustus has announced Typhon entered a state of emergency, and took advantage of the situation to implement three emergency bills in a row in one day: closing down the parliament, closing down the city by the imperial army, and...temporarily canceling all the immunity privileges of the national church."

As he said that, Gao Wen couldn't help exhaling softly, with emotion in his tone: "...that's really good..."

Chapter 0990 Rear

Facing the sudden information from Typhon, Hetty reacted for a while before realizing the information reflected behind the incident. After a short thought, she opened her eyes wide: "Is Rosetta going to..."

"The divine disaster was regarded by him as an opportunity," Gao Wen said slowly, "an opportunity to completely eliminate the stubborn forces and reform remnants in the country, and reshape the ruling order. If I expected correctly, the temporary closure of the parliament and the state of emergency It will be a precursor to a purge ... and it should be more than a purge."

"Purge?" Hetty couldn't help showing an incredulous look, "Is this his way to deal with divine disasters?"

"No, this only means that he has the confidence to deal with the divine disaster, which means that the Obsidian Palace still has control over Typhon, and that Rosetta Augustus has a way to recover in a short period of time caused by the early stage of the divine disaster. Chaos and order—the situation in Typhon is not out of control, so only the Church of the God of War is out of control," Gao Wen shook his head, "It seems that no matter what the outcome of this divine disaster is, the Church of the God of War will not end well."

Hetty quickly thought about the impact of this incident on Typhon and Cecil, and couldn't help asking: "This may cause greater chaos in a short period of time. Aldernan is dealing with this war. Time may be slow to react because of this—isn’t Rosetta August worried about the battle situation? Or does he think we will honestly watch all this on the line of Winter Wolf Castle?"

"If Rosetta is fast enough and well-prepared, then the chaos caused by this incident in Aldernan will be much smaller than you think, and it will only allow the Typhon royal family to complete the domestic battle in a shorter period of time. The integration of all forces allowed Typhon's military and industrial capabilities to quickly get rid of the chaos caused by the gods-although the God of War is out of control, at this stage he can only rely on polluting mortals to affect the world, and these are affected by him Mortals affected are the targets of Rosetta's purge."

Gawain spoke unhurriedly. He glanced at the mainland map hanging not far away before continuing to add:

"And as for the 'war' and what we might do... he's pretty accurate.

"We won't attack, at least not at this stage—Hetty, what do you think?"

Hetty blinked, she didn't seem to understand what Gawain meant.

"The current Typhon is a quagmire, and this quagmire is getting deeper and deeper," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "If this is a normal war, we can go through fire and water to defend our home and country, but now this But war is meaningless—if we are far away from Cecil’s homeland, the effect of our network-based mental protection and purification technologies will be difficult to guarantee, and the casualties of soldiers after they step into the polluted area will be unpredictable. Secondly, We are more aware of the dangers of divine disasters and the dangers of gods going crazy than the Typhonians. Now that we have confirmed that the out-of-control God of War is behind this war... If we continue to jump into this pit, it is only possible to let This divine disaster has become even more impossible to end.

"By then, we won't be fighting only the Typhons.

"Finally, and the most important reason - I have said more than once that in the face of world-class disasters, all human beings share a common destiny. I never just said these words."

Hetty nodded slightly, but soon muttered thoughtfully: "The things you said... are all 'current stage', right?"

"Yeah, at this stage, so I'm also very curious about how Rosetta plans to end this matter," Gawain nodded, "advance the front line to Winter Wolf Castle, we have already explained to our citizens, but Typhon...it's not easy for them to stop. What Rosetta Augustus needs to consider most at this stage is how to control the domestic situation as soon as possible and at the same time stop those restless..."

Just halfway through speaking, he stopped suddenly.

Hetty looked suspiciously: "Ancestor, you..."

"Perhaps...he didn't intend to stop..." Gawain narrowed his eyes slowly, and in a brief flash of inspiration, he suddenly thought of another possible move by Rosetta Augustus—a Bold, it seems like a big gamble, but in fact it is the best plan when there is no other choice, "Hetty, inform Philip, continue to send more troops to Changfeng Fortress, and at the same time control the Shadow Swamp in the shortest possible time The nearby Mechanical Bridge, within half a week at most, the World Python and Zero must enter the Winter Wolf Castle area."

Hetty reacted quickly: "You mean...after the Typhon royal family regained control of the situation, the war will escalate instead?"

Gao Wen squeezed his chin, his tone was low and serious: "I have this feeling... If Rosetta has realized the deeper hidden dangers in Typhon, and wants to dig out more benefits from this crisis, then he is likely to Will try something a little more daring - after all the responsibility can now be dumped on a crazy god, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for someone who is looking for opportunities."

Hetty immediately lowered her head: "I understand."

Gawain waved his hand, and then his gaze once again fell on the continent map not far away - the borders of Typhon and Cecil are intertwined in the northeast of the ancient Gondor Empire, and they are fighting against each other like two giant beasts. A large number of red lines and temporary markings surround the tortuous border, like blood oozing from the wounds of two giant beasts.

He withdrew his gaze, and shook hands lightly where Hetty hadn't noticed. At this moment, he felt as if he was controlling a galloping chariot, galloping on the edge of a dangerous cliff, unable to stop, nor Can't get out of control—and he believed that Rosetta Augustus was in the same mood as himself at the moment.

He couldn't help sighing softly: "Humans... are really a race full of contradictions."

Hetty was immersed in thinking, and couldn't hear what Gao Wen was muttering for a while: "Ancestor, what did you say?"

"It's nothing," Gao Wen waved his hand and looked up at the other party, "Notify the propaganda department that I can publicize the news of my return with great fanfare—the scale of the publicity can be larger, and it is best for everyone in Typhon to know immediately... "

……

The situation in the Winter Wolf Castle area is becoming more and more tense. The Cecils who occupy the main fortress are building fortifications and bunkers around the entire defense line. It seems that they have no intention of continuing to advance in a short time, and they are ready to completely occupy the area. The region is ready to wait for work.Those construction machinery roared day and night, and more and more soldiers entered the front line from the direction of the Treaty Fort and the Shadow Swamp. Their propaganda machines were fully powered, and countless promotional materials were spreading to all surrounding towns centered on Winter Wolf Castle. And trade routes spread.

During this process, the army of the Typhon Empire has carried out several counter-offensives—from the tentative attack at the beginning to the large-scale operations of several local legions later, their counter-offensive strength is constantly escalating.

The Typhons are trying to retake their territory. These military operations have caused casualties on both sides, but it is clear that the combat effectiveness itself has declined. The situation of the Typhons who have lost their important fortress at this moment is even worse.

The Cecilians had firmly established themselves on the frontier.

But all this has nothing to do with Andersa at the moment.

After her physical condition improved slightly and she was able to withstand the bumps and wear caused by the long-distance travel, the scarred wolf general was transferred from the Winter Wolf Castle. She was first brought to the Changfeng Fortress for a strict handover. Afterwards, she was secretly sent on a magic train heading for Cecil. At this moment, she had already crossed the last pass in the Eastern Territory.

Andersa never thought that she would set foot on Cecil's land in this form.

The magic energy train is speeding on the track. Outside the window is the bleak winter wilderness scenery. Trees with dead leaves and rivers that have entered the dry season are dotted on the gray-brown land. As the train advances, it keeps receding. You can see the silhouettes of cities and villages - large tracts of man-made buildings, towering towers, and different scenery from Typhon.

Andersa leaned on an almost collapsed "seat", looking out of the car window in a daze. She adjusted her posture slightly, and the soft cushion under her body made a slight sound.

This seat is specially prepared for her, it can relieve the fatigue caused by the journey to the greatest extent, and it can also prevent the wound that has just begun to heal from being involved. Obviously, the Cecils are doing their best to make this special prisoner of war survive safely— — themselves are of great use to them.

Andersa twitched the corners of her mouth. She was a little grateful for the meticulous care of the Cecils, and even without these cares, she would try her best to survive.

A young female voice came from the side, interrupting Andersa's train of thought: "How's the view outside the window?"

Andersa glanced at the people beside her - Sister Marianne was sitting on an ordinary seat closest to her, looking at her with a gentle smile.The lady nun is still wearing her "priestly gown" that is almost a war robe in the car, and the battle staff (or is it the war hammer?) is leaning on the ready-to-use place, spread out on her lap It was a big thick book, and she was obviously absorbed in reading it before she opened her mouth to say hello to herself.

"The scenery in winter is the same everywhere," Andersa said casually, "This is a season of nothing."

"I hope you can keep your current thinking, so that you will be even more surprised when we arrive at the destination," Sister Marianne smiled, "This is Cecil, and your common sense won't work here .”

Sister Marianne is a person who is full of pride and confidence in her motherland. Andersa has been deeply aware of this during the few days of getting along with her, so she did not entangle with her on this topic, but brought With a hint of sincere gratitude, he said, "Sister Marianne, thank you for taking care of me these days."

"This is my duty, no need to thank you," Marianne smiled, "And I don't just need to take care of you these days—I will stay by your side for a period of time to come, until your body basically recovers. "

To be taken care of by familiar people is obviously also Cecil's special "care" for him.

Andersa was silent for a moment, then asked softly: "Is there any chance for me to return to Winter Wolf Castle?"

"...I don't know about that, I'm just a nun," Marianne shook her head, "But you can still maintain some expectations, after all, 'expectation' itself is free."

While speaking, the war nun lowered her head again, and focused her attention on the thick book that she seemed to never finish reading.

That might be a holy book of the Light's teachings.

It is said that in Cecil, the original Church of the Holy Light has been completely reorganized, and even the teachings have undergone earth-shaking changes. What this nun has been looking at...is the new teachings?

Thinking of this in Andersa's heart, she couldn't help showing a trace of curiosity. She looked at the book on Sister Marianne's lap with one eye through the broken hair on her forehead. After a moment of hesitation, she said: "You have been Read this book...is it the teaching of your 'New Holy Light'?"

"Doctrine? Of course not," Sister Marianne shook her head and casually raised the large book in her hand. "This is the "Emperor's Holy Words". To me... it is almost as important as the doctrine."

"The Emperor... The Holy Words of the Emperor?" Andersa struggled to chew on this weird phrase, but she had never heard of such a book before, "What is it about?"

"Recording some enlightening remarks of His Majesty Gawain Cecil. It is constantly being updated and supplemented. I have the latest edition last month in my hand—would you like to see it?"

To record what Gawain Cecil said?Are you constantly updating?

The expression on Andersa's face suddenly became strange. She didn't know what attitude to face such things. She wanted to say that she didn't have much interest in this book, but the enthusiastic Sister Marianne had already put the heavy book Handed it to her eyes: "Let's take a look, it's still very interesting and inspiring - you can see the other side of His Majesty full of wisdom and sense of humor. I want to remind you that this book will not be published If it is released, you need a special channel to get it..."

Not yet public?

Andersa immediately felt that the book was even more suspicious, but at the same time, she was also attracted by this sentence. Even though she was not very interested, she still took the book handed over by Marianne out of curiosity, and flipped through it casually. After opening a page, the above words came into her eyes:

"Your eyes can deceive you, your ears can deceive you, your imagination can deceive you, but math doesn't—it just doesn't, and if it doesn't I suggest you consider music or sports. specialty..."

Andersa: "???"

So this is what this war nun has spent so many days obsessing over, sleeping and eating?

Andersa raised her head in astonishment, and looked at Marianne blankly: "This...is this really what that Gawain Cecil said?"

Sister Marianne shrugged indifferently: "Who knows - I don't think so, but these words do have some truth, don't you think it's still very interesting?"

Andersa didn't know what to say for a moment. She glanced at the words in the book again, but this time she couldn't help but read it twice -- no math, no or no...

Suddenly, the young General Wolf felt that this book seemed to have some value, at least some of the words were reasonable...

She smiled, returned the big book to the nun, and at the same time asked casually, "Where are we going?"

"A place that is most suitable for your recuperation and recovery, Cecil's place of miracles," Marianne took the book and casually said with a smile and pride on her face, "Let's go to Solinburg."

Chapter 0991 Miracle

"Solynburg?" Andersa repeated the word in a low voice with some confusion—she didn't know Cecil's place names very well, but she had a vague impression of the name. After a moment of recollection, she finally came from The information corresponding to this Solinburg was found in some intelligence and documentary memory, "Ah, I have heard of this name...it seems to be in the Plain of the Holy Spirit..."

"Strictly speaking, it is on the boundary line between the Plain of the Holy Spirit and the Eastern Territory—of course, it is part of the Plain of the Holy Spirit in terms of administrative division," said Sister Marianne with a smile. "It is a place full of miracles."

"A miracle... I remember that the Plain of the Holy Spirit has been turned into a wasteland during the civil war in Ansu, and Thorinburg is the most severely damaged area. It..." Andersa couldn't help but whispered, but her words were fast He was interrupted by the new scenery that appeared outside the car window, and his attention was completely drawn to the wilderness outside.

She saw a huge tower appearing in the distance. The tower was made of metal and artificial stone, and it was even more magnificent than the communication tower of Winter Wolf Castle. There was a magical light swimming on the surface of the tower, and there was a huge tower on the top of the tower. The crystal device rotates slowly under the support of some kind of mechanical structure, and a series of auxiliary facilities can be seen around the tower, just like a small fortress.

She saw a group of village-like buildings appearing further away, a large number of brand new houses lined up, their roofs glistening in the bright sunlight, and the flattened land was spread around the village like a giant brown carpet , You can also see neat and wide roads in the fields, and street lights neatly arranged on both sides of the road.

The train is galloping through the winter wilderness, but the winter wilderness welcomes the visitors here with a renewed attitude.

Andersa's only remaining eye widened. She looked at everything outside the window in astonishment, and these scenes were obviously very different from what she had seen from the information and what she had sketched in her mind.

"Are we really heading towards Solinburg?" She finally couldn't help asking, "Is this the war zone that was polluted by the divine disaster?"

Sister Marianne smiled: "Yes, there is no doubt - in fact we have crossed the last barrier in the East, and now you can see the land of the Holy Spirit Plain, Solinburg is just ahead, the next mountain pass You'll see it at the end of it—and you'll be even more surprised then."

"...I thought I would see more ruins and wreckage here," Andersa said softly as if talking to herself, "This is different from what I imagined..."

"We have rebuilt here - General Margarita and her construction corps, and the joint reconstruction team led by the Secretary of Agriculture, together with the reconstruction volunteers who returned to the Holy Spirit Plain from all over, tens of thousands of people have rebuilt together. Everything you see, and many other things have been newly built, such as the tower we passed just now and the buildings around it, which is the second level node of Thorin, part of the magic net of the Holy Spirit Plain, it has a large The power transmitting and receiving device can directly establish a connection with the main hub of Sorin," Sister Marianne said proudly, "In addition, the railway we are walking on is also part of the construction project last year.

"Of course, there are still ruins like the one you mentioned—after all, the Holy Spirit Plain is so big, and it is impossible for us to rebuild everything in such a short period of time. There are still large areas waiting to be revived around Boulder City and the Fertile Woodland. The government affairs department is sending more engineering teams and more resources to those areas every month, and now about half of those areas have resumed production. But it is far away from here, and our trip must be to see It's not here."

Andersa listened to all this in amazement, with many scenes that she had never imagined in her mind. She seemed to want to ask something more, but a siren sound from the front suddenly interrupted her actions.

The train blew a sharp and high-pitched flute, and the loud sound echoed between the hills and plains. Andersa felt her body shake a few times, and the train drove out of a relatively gentle mountain pass—this small mountain pass. The tall mountain that blocked the line of sight was quickly left behind, and the vast plain scenery came into Andersa's eyes.