Sword of Dawn

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"The Voyagers broke through the shackles of their home planet many, many years ago and became a civilization that traveled freely in the universe. They migrated and explored among galaxies, and seemed to be persistent in wanting to travel throughout the universe, or in Looking for something in the universe, while traveling, they are often attracted by the planets where intelligent races live, they will stay on these planets for a short time, and... are keen to help the intelligent creatures on these planets release the chains between the gods .”

"Enthusiastic about helping the locals break the chains with the gods?" Gao Wen was startled, "What kind of hobby is this..."

"Unfortunately, no one knows the reason why the sailors did this... They seem to have some kind of persistence, and they have been doing similar things since the day they set sail," Dragon God said while recalling, "According to them, Our planet was not included in their original route plan, but the sudden burst of strong 'disordered background pulse' on this planet caught their attention, and they came here."

What happened after that, even if the Dragon God didn't say anything, Gao Wen could still connect it completely.

Chapter 0965 Those Who Missed

What attracted the voyagers to this planet from the depths of the universe was the so-called "disordered background pulse"—this is probably some kind of professional vocabulary that only the voyagers themselves understood, but regarding its origin, Gao Wen I figured it out soon.

It is the large-scale coming of gods and war conflicts that happened on this planet.

"When they came to this planet, the whole world was almost hopeless. The bloodthirsty gods surrounded the fanatical Holy See and turned the entire planet into a huge sacrificial field, and ordinary people in the sacrificial field are like waiting Tarrond seems to be the only "pure land", but it only relies on sealing the border and solidifying the gods to protect itself.

"Faced with this situation, the Voyagers chose the most drastic means of intervention...'demolishing' the out-of-control divine system structure on this planet."

When Dragon God said this, he shook his head slightly.

"I don't even know much about the sailors, so I don't know what methods they will use when facing different situations on other planets. I don't know if they have other ways to guide a civilization and The 'God's Shackle' is unhooked, all I know is that they have used one of the most effective methods on this planet...that is to attack directly.

"In the past, due to the frequent interference of the gods in the present world, the divine power repeatedly penetrated the barrier between the present world and the kingdom of God, resulting in the blurring of the boundaries between the world of the gods and the world of mortals. Hollows' and fissures, from which the Voyagers stormed all the kingdoms of God.

"To this day, many scenes from that time still remain in my memory... It was a terrible battle. The impression left by the Voyagers on me is not only powerful, but also decisive and ruthless. They seem to be fulfilling some kind of noble mission They quickly destroyed all the existences on this planet who claimed to be 'gods', and left a large number of monitoring and protection facilities on this planet-they made those facilities hidden, or set them up in places far away from the habitat of civilization. , we thought they were preparing to take over the planet completely, but they didn't... After doing all that, they left without any regrets.

"Leaving with them are all the races that survived on this planet at that time and whose population has been reduced sharply—except for the dragons of Tarrond."

The Dragon God stopped temporarily when he said this, and Gao Wen immediately asked: "They didn't take action against the gods of the Dragon Clan either... The reason is that you mentioned before that the Dragon Clan and their gods have been 'tied together', Make them unable to intervene?"

"...Actually, this is just our own guess," Dragon God said softly after two seconds of silence, "The Voyagers did not leave an explanation. They may have taken care of the strong connection between the Dragon Clan and the gods and did not act. It may also be due to some considerations that the dragons are not qualified to join their 'ship group', or... They actually only destroy those gods who have fallen into madness or have bloodthirsty tendencies, and the dragons of Tarrond are in their Among the criteria for judging is the goal of 'hands-off'.

"But whatever the reason, the result is the same...

"The sailor left without taking away the giant dragon, and the Tarrond civilization was left on this already devastated planet. The dragon family became the only 'ruler' of this planet at that time, like a king locked on a throne. Looking at this wasteland lonely and sadly like a king. In the past 1807 million years, what the dragons have gained and what they have lost... It is no longer clear."

This ancient history slowly unfolded its mysterious veil to Gao Wen in the narration of Dragon God, but that too long time has already left countless traces of wind erosion in history, and the truth of the year has become blurred because of this. Clear, so even after hearing so many things, Gao Wen still has doubts in his heart, about the sailor, about the gods of the dragon clan, about the long-lost ancient era...

He believed that there must be more details in the lost history, more details that could explain the current situation of the sailors and the Dragon Clan, but the Dragon God didn't tell him—maybe he deliberately concealed it for some reason, or maybe But even the ancient gods don't know all the details.

After all, he is not exactly the "gods" of the Dragon Clan, but just a... suture successor after the great changes of the gods.

After a long time, Gao Wen broke the silence again: "Then the battlefield in the eternal storm..."

"That's what happened later, many years after the sailor left," the dragon god said calmly, "After the sailor left, Tarrond experienced a short period of confusion and stunned, but the dragons still have to survive, even if the whole world It was devastated... They stepped out of the closed gate and began to explore this abandoned planet like scavengers. They found a lot of ruins, and also found a small number of small and However, under the harsh environment at that time, none of those shelters survived...

"Many years later, the world was still barren, and the dragons temporarily gave up looking for life in other parts of the world, and instead began to devote all their energy to the development of Tarrond itself. The appearance of the Voyager seems to be for Dragon Clan opened a window, a window to...the outside world, which inspired the spirit of exploration and knowledge of many dragons, allowing..."

Gawain heard the whistling and roaring outside the temple suddenly became violent again, even more violent than when the noise was the loudest just now, he couldn't help but slightly left his seat, wanting to see the situation outside the temple, However, the voice of the dragon god interrupted his movements: "Don't care, it's just... the wind."

Gao Wen looked at the other party, and what he saw were eyes as deep as an abyss, then he sat down again, exhaled, and said in place of the Dragon God: "Dragons are developing rapidly driven by the desire to explore and curiosity. Get up, but encountered the rebound of the shackles of the gods, and failed to sum up the law of the chains in time, and failed to find a way to break free, which eventually led to the war in the depths of the eternal storm."

Dragon God nodded slightly.

The whistling and roaring outside the temple subsided slightly.

"You mentioned just now that the Voyagers took away most of the survivors on this planet except the dragons?" Gawain listened to the movement outside the temple, and his eyes fell on Enya, "Why did they do this?"

"To be honest, the Dragon Clan has also spent many years guessing the motives of the Voyagers, ranging from lofty purposes to sinister conspiracies, but there is no reliable logic that can explain the motivations of the Voyagers... In the relationship between the Dragon Clan and the Voyagers In the limited number of encounters that have been made, they have not described much about their homeland and traditions, nor have they explained in detail the purpose of their long voyage - also known as the 'Starting Crusade'. They seem to have been in space They have sailed for hundreds of thousands of years or more, and there are more than one fleet roaming among the stars. They have left footprints on many planets, but after leaving a planet, they will hardly return...

"As for taking survivors away from the planet... They seem to have done similar things more than once. They have a huge 'ship group', and deep in the group's group, which is closely guarded by the Voyager battleship, there are many The people who boarded the fleet during the 'Set Sail Expedition', some of them are refugees from other planets, some are civilizations that actively join the fleet, and some are even traveling with the wind... It is said that the oldest members of the fleet have already sailed with the sailors It's been tens of thousands of years, but it's a pity that the Dragon Clan didn't have the chance to see those 'passengers' from foreign lands—they were stranded in space at that time, responsible for the construction of the unfinished 'Sky', and did not land on this planet."

The soft and low voice of the Dragon God spoke slowly, her vision seemed to gradually drift away, and her eyes became nothingness—she may have sunk into that ancient memory, or she may be sentimental about what the Dragon Clan once missed. Or maybe he was just thinking about the future of race and civilization as a "god". No matter what the reason was, Gao Wen didn't interrupt him.

Because Gao Wen himself has also been immersed in a kind of wonderful thought, immersed in a kind of throbbing about the star sea and the mysteries of the world that he has never thought of.

This world... no, this universe is not silent. Even if there is a periodic threat of magic waves, even if there are regular shackles of gods, there are still fires of civilization drifting among the twinkling stars. .

The huge voyager fleet, the civilizations of other planets, the expedition between the stars... When he woke up in an ancient tomb and faced a fallen magical "Middle Ages", he could never have imagined that he could live in The world had heard these concepts, yet today they were unfolding before his eyes, historically.

The most unbelievable thing is that the "person" who told all this... turned out to be a "god".

A trip to Tarrond is worthwhile.

In this vaguely uplifting mood, Gao Wen finally couldn't help breaking the silence: "Is it true that the sailor won't come back?"

"The Dragon Clan has been waiting for more than a million years," Enya said calmly, "The Voyagers never came back... The things they left among the stars are running automatically, and gradually decaying in the process of running automatically, This kind of thing may have happened more than once on other planets-I think the voyagers didn't leave those things to come back one day to take over this humble rock ball, although I don't know what they left those facilities for. What, but they probably really won't be coming back."

Gao Wen felt a little lost in his heart.

He seemed to understand why the original Dragon Clan carried out the plan to cultivate "Against the Tide", and why they wanted to use the legacy of the Voyager to create another powerful mortal civilization.

However, there are some things... If you miss it, you really miss it. Blind but ineffective "remedial" measures are ultimately futile.

Dragon God looked at him, and after a while, He showed a slight smile: "Are you yearning for the stars, wanderer from outside the territory?"

"In the past many years, I have been among the stars," Gao Wen sighed, "For me, this planet...is really not spacious enough."

"Really..." Dragon God said noncommittally, and then she suddenly took a long breath and slowly stood up, "It was a pleasant conversation... Let's stop here, wanderer outside the territory, it's getting late gone."

"Indeed, we seem to have been talking for a long time," Gao Wen also stood up. He took out the mechanical watch in his arms and glanced at it, then looked at the door of the temple hall, but before he walked away, he stopped suddenly. Coming down, he turned his gaze back to Dragon God, "By the way, if you don't mind——I have another question."

"please say."

"The black trap...what exactly is the black trap that caused many civilizations to suddenly become extinct after they reached their peak?"

Dragon God was silent for a few seconds, then slowly said: "Do you still remember the battlefield in the depths of the eternal storm?"

Gawain nodded: "Of course I remember."

After a short period of silence, the Dragon God's gentle but solemn voice came to Gao Wen's ears: "At the last moment when the gods merged into one and the shackles were completely solidified, the Dragon Clan chose to give up their freedom. They bowed their heads and became me. nourishment and servants—so they stopped at the edge of the black trap, with one foot already trapped in the black trap.

"And those who refuse to bow their heads will face doom.

"Facing the invincible 'God of the Gods', being annihilated by the power of belief accumulated by one's own civilization for thousands of years, together with all the culture, legends, myths, and awe created by one's own civilization. As strong as civilization is, there are as many gods strong, and the 'civilization explosion' produced by the collision of the two...is a black trap."

Gao Wen's eyes widened. When the answer that he had been pondering for a long time finally came to him, he almost held his breath. It was not until his heart started beating that he couldn't help but said hastily: "Wait a minute. , the 'third story' you didn't mention before, does it mean that there is another..."

"You said just now that you still have 'one' problem," Dragon God interrupted Gao Wen, her tone was still gentle, with a half-smile on her face, "This is the second one."

Gao Wen was choked, and he wanted to speak again, but the god in front of him silently shook his head.

After a while, Gao Wen exhaled: "Okay, I understand."

Then he took a step back: "Thank you for your hospitality, and thank you for your patience in answering. It was indeed a pleasant conversation. I think it's time for me to leave. My friends are still waiting."

"Please," Dragon God nodded gracefully, "Heragor is at the door, and he will take you back."

Gawain nodded his thanks slightly, then turned around and strode towards the exit of the temple hall.

He could feel a gaze falling on his back, and it kept falling there without taking it back.

At the entrance of the temple hall, the high-ranking dragon priest with pale blond hair and serious face was still waiting in the corridor, as if he had never left.

He was once a certain leader of the Dragon Clan.

He was once a warrior who rose up against the gods.

He once held the legacy left by the sailors, maybe... he also yearned for the stars.

"Hello, High Priest."

"Guest, do you need me to take you back?"

"Thank you for your hard work."

"You are Welcome."

Chapter 0966 Unexpected Contact

Just like when he came, Gawain once again left the upper temple on the mountain with the help of Heragor's power that is almost teleportation through space. After a burst of pale golden light gradually dissipated, he and the high-ranking dragon priest had already stood. On a platform square located halfway up the mountain.

The magnificent large-scale holographic projection and the ubiquitous neon lights illuminated the place. At the edge of the square, Gawain saw Melita Purnia who had been waiting here, and Amber and Veronie standing beside her. Card.

They probably came to this square to wait after receiving the notice in advance.

"It looks like your friend is already waiting for you," Heragor turned to Gawain and said, "Then I'll send it here."

After the dragon priest finished speaking, layers of pale golden halos began to ripple around him, but before his figure began to fade, Gawain finally couldn't help but speak: "Mr. Heragor—"

Heragore stopped: "Please tell me."

"Do you remember what happened before you became a dragon priest?"

"Sorry, it's been too long."

With the golden halo gradually dissipating in the night sky, the figure of this high-ranking dragon priest had completely disappeared from Gawain's sight.

Melita and the others walked quickly from not far away, and Amber was the first to stand in front of Gao Wen, her eyes widened: "Hey! You have really been away for a long time this time! What are you guys talking about? By the way, do you know that there was a strong wind outside just now! There seems to be a thunderstorm on the mountain for a while, but unfortunately I didn't see it at Melita's house..."

Gawain looked at the shame of the empire, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "... I talked about a lot of things, and I will tell you slowly after I get back. As for the rumors, I did hear some."

"...It's mysterious," Amber muttered, "I was analyzing it with Veronica just now. Could it be that you were kidnapped by that dragon god? I even planned the escape route..."

Veronica on the side immediately gave Amber a serious look: "Miss Amber, please be careful."

"I want to pay tribute to you." Melita looked Gawain up and down, and said with an expression of admiration on her face, "It's rare to see someone who can talk to Mr. Heragore... I just said But I saw you actively talking with the high priest..."

Gao Wen just smiled, noncommittal.

They walked towards the exit of the square, and Melita's residence was on the other side of the ramp. However, before stepping on the ramp leading to Melita's dragon's lair, Gawain couldn't help raising his head again, looking at the people everywhere. Starry arctic night sky.

Stars flickered in the field of vision, even though Tarrond was always shrouded in a layer of "man-made" lights, these ubiquitous "light pollution" could not completely cover the stars in the Arctic night sky - Gawain did not know until this moment Aware of this abnormality, he couldn't help looking at the night sky with some kind of thought and amazement.

This is by no means a normal optical phenomenon. Judging from the information obtained recently, it does not seem to be a special function of the great shield of Tarrond. The starry sky seen in the most brightly lit urban area of ​​the Dragon Kingdom is still so bright , Behind this seemingly inconspicuous "scenery"... seems to hide a miracle that has lasted for millions of years.

"Hey, what are you looking at?" Amber noticed Gao Wen's actions, couldn't help jumping over from the side, and looked up at the sky with him, "Is there anything... looking at the stars?"

Gawain looked at her and saw the starry sky of Tarrond reflected in those amber eyes, and the half-elf lady's face was full of curiosity and almost heartless smile, which made him I couldn't help but also laughed: "Amber... have you ever felt like this - the land we live in sometimes seems a bit... cramped?"

……

Heragor returned to the hall of the holy temple, and he saw the elegant figure of the golden vent standing quietly in the center of the hall. The tables, chairs and refreshments used to entertain the guests were gone, but the original The high platform and holy seat standing there did not appear, and the god just stood alone in the empty hall, as if he was looking at an infinitely distant place in ecstasy.

Facing this scene, Heragor just lowered his head, and walked quickly to Dragon God: "My lord, that human has already left the temple."

"Hragor," the god didn't turn his head, only the voice came unhurriedly, "How long have you been my priest?"

"...The subordinates don't remember these details..."

"This is an order."

"...1807 million years and 210 days."

"Really... It's been a long time," Dragon God said lightly, "Have you thought about ending all this?"

For the first time Heragor responded to his god with silence.

However, the god didn't seem to care about it, but after a moment of silence, he suddenly said without beginning or end: "I talked to that human a lot of things, a lot... things that I shouldn't have talked to other people, which made me feel uncomfortable." I'm a little tired."

Heragor raised his head slightly: "Do you need to rest?"

The Dragon God didn't respond to his priest. He just raised his head slightly and looked at the resplendent dome of the hall, but his gaze seemed to penetrate the layers of phantom lights and reliefs, and cast his eyes to a place far, far away.After a long period of silence, He said in a low voice: "Hragor, when the dragons are flying in the sky today, do they still feel... cramped?"

……

The light in the bedroom dimmed little by little, and finally maintained at a brightness that could ensure vision in the dark without affecting the comfort of rest. Gawain sat on a low couch covered with some kind of synthetic fabric, Stretch out your body, lean on the soft backrest in a slightly relaxed posture, and let your tense spirit relax a little bit.

Talking to God... Although everything seems to be going well, the huge amount of information in the conversation and the state of being tense all the time are still enough to give people great mental pressure, even Gao Wen is no exception to this point.And it was only now that he finally had the opportunity to relax himself, and began to think seriously about the large amount of information he had received from Dragon God, and at the same time sort out useful and reliable information from it.

From a rational point of view, he believes that there is no need for the Dragon God to deceive him, and there should be no need to doubt the information. However, from a rigorous point of view, he still needs to carefully screen it out. This is because of the way gods and mortals observe the world and think about things. It's different, the details that the Dragon God pays attention to are not necessarily the details that are useful to ordinary people, and secondly... Gao Wen has already deeply understood one thing:

In this world, gods are neither omniscient nor omnipotent.

The conversation between the Dragon God and himself may be frank, but what the Dragon God knows may not be all correct, especially the part about the sailor... Obviously there are many mysteries, which make people puzzled.

While thinking, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked around the room where he had lived for several days.

This is a residence that is completely different from any kind of architecture in Loren Continent, and it is also different from the house in his previous life memory. This is the place where dragons rest and live in human form, and it is full of incomprehensible technologies that transcend the times product.Here, a real "artificial" artificial intelligence is hidden behind the automatically running home facilities, and a pair of cold, mechanized eyes seem to be hidden behind every silver-white wall flickering with faint lights, and this is for Gao Wen... …not very easy to adapt to.

Living in this "living" building always made him feel awkward.

In this regard, Amber and Veronica seem to be more indifferent than him - Amber has not quite figured out what "strong artificial intelligence" and "controlled smart home" are, so he is having a good time every day , and Veronica... Her heterogeneous mind may no longer be a pure human being, and she doesn't seem to mind living under the gaze of an artificial intelligence for a few days.

Some scattered thoughts flashed through his mind, Gawain shook his head, ready to force himself to temporarily ignore the existence of Omega, but at this moment, a strange flash of light suddenly entered his line of sight.

The flash of light came from the corner, where there is a device terminal that seems to be used to adjust the balance of indoor temperature, humidity and airflow. It looks like a square pillar with a height of more than one meter. On the crystal interface of the room environment parameters, many data are jumping randomly as if they have been disturbed, and the white lines with abnormal brightness continue to sweep across the entire interface over and over again.

Gawain turned over and sat up, and cautiously came to the device. He tapped the surface of the pillar with his fingers, and muttered softly, "Is this thing broken?"

I don't know if the "45-degree slap repair method" commonly used on the earth is still effective in such a foreign, cyberpunk place...or just kick it?

I just don't know if Melita will have any objections to this.

Just as a bold idea flashed through Gao Wen's mind, the flickering and jumping lines on the surface of the device suddenly stopped, and then the messy and flickering data suddenly refreshed line by line. sharp words: