Sword of Dawn

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The goddess sitting high on the holy throne suddenly opened her eyes, and the vertical pupils filled with light seemed to be surging with storms and lightning.

The high-ranking dragon priest standing beside the holy seat instantly felt the indescribable pressure of the gods. He couldn't support his body, and immediately prostrated himself on the ground, his forehead almost touching the ground: "My lord, what happened?"

Enya's eyes fell on Heragor, and after just two seconds of staring, the latter's soul was on the verge of being torn apart, but the god withdrew his sight in time and took a light breath.

The surging light in his eyes was forcibly quelled by him.

Heragor heard the voice of the gods coming into his ears: "It's nothing-go to the ceremony to welcome, our guests are approaching.

"You are responsible for everything, I want to leave for a while."

After the voice fell, the god's aura quickly disappeared. Heragor raised his head in confusion, but only saw the empty holy seat and the pale golden halo remaining above the holy seat.

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The chaotic lights and shadows in front of him were moving and reorganizing crazily. The voices and information that suddenly flooded into his mind made Gawain almost lose consciousness. His thinking and vision gradually became clearer.

In a few seconds, he regained the ability to think normally, and then subconsciously wanted to pull his hand back—he still remembered that he was trying to touch a talisman, and the moment he touched it, he was dazed by a lot of light and shadow And the massive amount of information that flooded into my mind was "attacked".

But before he withdrew his hand, Gao Wen suddenly realized that the surrounding environment seemed to have changed.

He heard the faint sound of waves and wind coming from a distance, and felt a dim sky light emerging in the distance in the field of vision that gradually stabilized before him.

Amber's cheerful voice was coming from the side: "Wow! We are on the opposite side of the storm!!"

Chapter 0946 Tarrond

The sudden change made Gao Wen stunned on the spot for a while.

The vast and living landscape had stabilized in his vision, the momentary dizziness and trance had faded, and all his senses and mental faculties had returned to normal. The clouds are moving slowly with Melita's flight.Suddenly the dragon lowered a little more, and the sound of flapping wings sounded from both sides, which woke Gao Wen up from his astonishment.

He turned his head suddenly, and saw Amber's amber eyes shining in the light of the approaching dusk. She was excitedly looking at the sky and sea in the distance, her face was full of joy, as if she had never experienced anything before. That shocking upheaval.

Veronica was also sitting quietly not far away, she seemed to be resting with her eyes closed, as if she had been in that posture from the beginning and had never changed.

Gawain raised his eyes and looked into the distance along the direction of Melita's tail. He saw that magnificent cloud wall - the barrier of the eternal storm had been left behind the dragon, even though it was still visible from this distance. It is very spectacular, but it is not as suffocating and oppressive as it was when it came head-on. It gradually moved away from Gao Wen's sight, and many details of the cloud wall's appearance gradually became blurred under the dim skylight.

"Hey, what's the matter with you? Why didn't you speak suddenly?" Amber's voice suddenly sounded from the side, her tone was full of confusion, "Still watching that storm? Didn't we just come out from there?"

Gawain looked into Amber's eyes, trying to find even the slightest sense of disobedience on the other's face, but he found nothing.Before the confusion on Amber's face became more obvious, he looked away and asked seemingly casually: "Did we pass through the storm...it seems to be going well?"

"Of course it went smoothly," Amber nodded. "Although it was scary when I first rushed in, Melita flew quite steadily. After getting used to it, it feels quite interesting..."

Gawain frowned a little bit, and before he continued to ask, Veronica, who was sitting next to her and closed her eyes, suddenly opened her eyes: "Is there anything unusual?"

"Do you remember how we went through the storm?" Gawain looked at Veronica, asked while pinching his thigh calmly - although in this world where there are all kinds of extraordinary powers, pinching It doesn't necessarily verify whether he is dreaming or hallucinating by himself, but when the pain came, he still felt a little relieved.

Veronica didn't seem to notice Gawain's small movements, she just thought about it seriously after hearing the other party's question, and then nodded: "After breaking into the cloud wall, we flew in a dark place full of electric discharge clouds. In the cyclone, the outside environment was very harsh, but Melita was not affected much. Amber seemed very excited along the way, and you have been carefully observing the lightning and various phenomena in the depths of the cyclone—nothing happened during the whole process There were twists and turns. After that, Melita bypassed the central area near the eye of the storm and passed through the cloud wall at the other end, and we came out safely."

"That's all?" Gawain couldn't help but confirm again. After seeing Veronica's serious expression, he thought for a moment and asked, "Then after crossing the center of the storm, did I say or do anything else?" ?”

"You are continuing to observe various phenomena in the cyclone. Amber has been talking a lot of nonsense, I am resting, and Melita is flying seriously."

Veronica said slowly with no expression on her face, then she looked into Gawain's eyes and her tone became serious: "So, what's the problem?"

Gawain didn't answer for a while, but just scanned the surroundings quietly - his eyes swept over a nearby dragon scale, and that dragon scale looked smooth and even without scratches.

He still remembered that he had left writing on this scale, but the writing seemed to have disappeared.

"What happened in my memory seems to be different from what you said..." He said casually, and then his eyes fell on a large magic net terminal not far away.

He recalled what happened in the storm cyclone, and recalled the scene of Amber's first reaction to rescue the data when Melita's flight suddenly lost balance. After thinking for a while, he strode to the magic net terminal, bent He bent down and opened a metal cover at its base - a palm-sized thin crystal plate emitting a faint blue light appeared in front of his eyes.

The memory board is still well inserted in the machine, and it doesn't appear to have been removed by anyone.

No matter how thick her nerves were, Amber realized that something might be wrong at this moment. She leaned over from behind and looked at Gao Wen's actions curiously: "Hey, what did you find?"

"...It would be great if we had audio-visual records for the whole process... The preparations in this regard are still not thorough enough... In the final analysis, the technology is limited." Gao Wen muttered with some regret, what he said was a little inexplicable to Amber.

The magic network terminal has the function of recording images. After Melita took off, the device installed on the dragon's back, in addition to collecting meteorological and magic data in the marine environment, did continue to collect images for a period of time. However, the modern magic technology is not advanced enough after all. After approaching the Eternal Storm, various devices on Melita's back lost their function due to strong interference, and the only magic net terminal capable of recording audio and video was no exception.

So now Gao Wen has no way to trace back what happened at that time from the data recorded by the equipment, and to be honest, based on the weird situation in front of him, he suspects that even if there is a camera equipment here that records the whole process of Melita crossing the storm, The things recorded there are not necessarily reliable...

Some kind of mysterious force erased that period of events, and the only clue left seems to be his own memory...

Up to now, he even has some doubts about his own memory—maybe... at that time, as Amber and Veronica said, nothing happened?What remained in his memory was just a hallucination?Some kind of dream?

Gawain sighed, and casually put the metal cover on the base of the device back together, but when his fingers brushed over the edge of the metal cover, he suddenly felt a small bump, and subconsciously stopped.

He took his finger away, and saw a very inconspicuous small imprint on the edge of the cover, which looked like it had been pried by some sharp and hard thing, and it was definitely not what it was originally designed for. shape.

It was the scar left by forcibly prying it open with a dagger in an emergency.

At this moment, Amber's bluffing voice came from the side again: "Hey, what's the matter? Why is your expression so serious all of a sudden?"

Gao Wen raised his head and glanced at Amber, then at Veronica who was casting a curious gaze not far away. After a short silence and thought, he suddenly smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry about it, there is nothing occur."

Amber didn't understand the situation for a while: "Huh?"

Gao Wen didn't explain anything, but suddenly reached out and stroked the hair of the short winter melon, with some relief and praise: "You performed well."

When something happened to Melita before, Amber's first reaction was to run to rescue the data regardless of life or death... If this happened to her a few years ago, it would definitely be an unimaginable thing, even if it was Until now, Gawain still couldn't believe that was Amber's reaction, but she did - even though she didn't seem to remember it anymore.

Amber felt the touch from her head in a daze, looking at Gao Wen who suddenly smiled like a gratified old father, her first reaction was whether long-term high-altitude flying would have some adverse effects on the mental state of the elderly , but at least she didn't say the disrespectful words in her mind, but accepted the other party's compliments frankly - although she couldn't understand what happened, Miss Amber always took advantage of the benefits that came in vain. Accounted for.

Veronica on the other side has been quietly watching all this. The things she is thinking about are obviously far more profound than Amber, and she is also vaguely aware that some things that only Gawain may have happened in the process of crossing the storm. It was an "abnormal phenomenon" that could only be noticed, but she did not take the initiative to ask anything, but conveyed a hint of questioning intention with her eyes.

Gawain just shook his head slightly.

Veronica looked away knowingly, sat back to her resting place, and continued to close her eyes to rest.

The dragon continued to fly north, and as a guide and vehicle, Melita became the most unknown "person" on the scene, and it seemed that she didn't have much interest in what happened on her back.She can already feel the cold wind in her hometown, and she can already feel the breath of Tarrond from the changes in the nearby magnetic field and magic environment. Under the attraction of the warm dragon nest and mission allowance, Miss Blue Dragon sent out There was a pleasant growl, and the speed was a little faster than before.

Night has fallen, and the stars are shining on this endless ice ocean. In the dry and cloudless Arctic region, the sky full of stars is obviously more brilliant than the continental region.

Gao Wen could clearly feel that the speed and method of nightfall were different from those in the continental region - they did not clearly see from which direction the sun was setting, nor did they see the complete change of sunset clouds, this night did not rise from the horizon , but more like... They rode on the back of a dragon and flew into the night on their own initiative.

Polar Night in the Arctic—this phenomenon is mentioned in Modil's travels, and in various writings of scholars.

Under the night, Gao Wen seemed to have regained a certain "sense of reality" suddenly. He breathed a little, and stared at the sea in the distance - under the night sky, a hazy light had already appeared on the sea in that direction. It seems that a large number of artificial lights illuminate the sea in the polar night, and in the depths of that hazy light, the outline of the land and the slightly raised arc like some kind of shield device can be vaguely seen.

"We're almost there!" Melita's slightly excited voice came from the front at this moment, "That's Tarrond!

"I'm going to lower the altitude continuously-you are ready!"

Afterwards, accompanied by the thunderous growl of Miss Dragon, Gawain felt a slight tremor under his feet, and the image in his field of vision tilted accordingly. Melita began to adjust her flying posture, and began to lower and lower the altitude under the night. The perfect balance of speed was achieved by means of a short dive-in this rapid flight, the outline of Tarrond became more and more clear.

Amber was the first one who couldn't help running to the front. She stood in front of Melita's shoulder blades, stretched her neck and looked at the continent that appeared on the distant sea, and let out an exaggerated exclamation with a long voice: "Wow——I I see! I see! A continent! Tarrond, that is Tarrond!"

"The lights are brighter and denser than that of the Cecil Empire...even more than the imperial capital of Gondor," Veronica couldn't help standing up, she looked into the distance and sighed to Gawain, "You see Is there something like that dome? That... seems to be a huge shield, covering the entire continent?!"

"...The technical strength of the Dragon Clan is clearly superior to any country on the Loren Continent," Gao Wen said in a deep voice. It has existed in this world for so many years, and the several generations of civilization on the Loren Continent have not affected the Dragon Clan, so they will naturally be more advanced than us..."

"Talrond will definitely open your eyes!" Melita said happily, with obvious pride in her tone——During this trip home, Miss Dragon seems to have finally let go of herself as a secret. The elegant and calm persona of Yinbaoku's senior agent disguised her, she seemed to talk a lot more, and her personality became lively and agile, "I will show you the place where I live, as well as our city and temple...Of course, We need to hear what the gods have planned first. But please rest assured that there will be no troubles, you are all guests of Tarrond after all..."

Gao Wen casually responded with a few words, his attention was actually completely on the distant continent, and he didn't pay much attention to what Melita said.

He opened his eyes wide and looked at the ancient land bathed in starlight and countless artificial lights. A sense of anticipation and excitement about visiting an unknown place inevitably filled his heart.He looked at the shimmering dome that was most likely to be some kind of super-advanced shield, at the city lights on the land and the radiance passing by at low altitude, he watched the clear and brilliant starlight of the Arctic region reflected on the tower. On the surface of the sea near Errond, watching the white glaciers and undulating waves in the ocean glow slightly in the night, he watched some kind of fleshy mass like giant tentacles suddenly emerge from the sky above Tarrond Come out, sweep across the entire giant dragon kingdom like a lick, and see countless pairs of eyes vaguely appearing above the sea, watching the entire continent with indifferent and cold gaze...

A huge, distorted thing with countless tentacles, limbs, eyes and other kinds of messy things appeared in Gawain's sight, covering the tower like some kind of suture monster beyond the limit of human intelligence. Above Errond, it is covered with a "cloak" made of starlight and flowing fire. Arms holding swords, limbs of giant animals, chaotic flames, and flickering crystals emerge from the flesh and blood. It covers the entire front of it like a curtain. In this sea area, countless chain-like fine structures extend from its surface, connecting to the land of Tarrond, and one of the chains also spread out from the darkness, extending to Melita's body.

Melita was wearing this chain without knowing it, and flew forward with the joy of returning home.

Gao Wen suddenly took a deep breath.

He blinked again, and the indescribable phantom had disappeared.

The clear and bright starlight shines on Tarlond. Under the quiet night, there is only one prosperous and ancient country. Under the brilliant lights, it is the hometown of the age of dragons.

"Here we are!" Melita said happily. "I'm going to slow down one last time!"

Chapter 0947

The huge blue dragon began to decelerate for the last time, and Melita precisely adjusted the angle of her own descent. The magnificent continental shield of Tarrond was close in front of her eyes, and she saw the circle slowly rotating in front of the passage The faint light emitted from the ring device is very eye-catching in the night——Omega has received the identification signal of the returnee, and the passage has been opened.

Gawain stood behind Melita's neck, which was the most forward position.Here he was staring at the grand scene of starlight and artificial lights over the continent of Tarrond. For a moment, he was about to stop Melita loudly and remind others to pay attention to the strange situation in this continent. But at the last moment, he still restrained the urge to sound the warning.

Amber was staring at the brightly lit scene of the Dragon Kingdom with wide eyes, exclaiming from time to time, and Veronica was staring at the shield on that continent thoughtfully, as if analyzing this mysterious technology The reason behind it is that Melita is obviously in a good mood, and she has been introducing the appearance of Tarrond since just now—all of them couldn't see the scene just now.

What is that "monster" that covers Tarrond, is extremely crazy and indescribable, and spreads out countless chains?How long has it been entrenched on this continent?These issues are still unknown for the time being, but one thing Gao Wen can be sure of is that it is obviously inseparable from the kingdom of the giant dragon, and it definitely did not just appear here today.

It is a part of Tarrond, and it is what he will face on this trip... Although it is surprising and confusing, Gawain suspects that the "monster" will probably be the most important thing in his trip to Tarrond. If he turned his head and left here, then his trip should really be in vain.

After all, everyone had already prepared to face the gods before departure. Although the scene they saw just now was horrifying, it did not exceed Gao Wen's psychological expectations—it was just that the abnormality had already appeared, and he had to Be vigilant.

After all, that monster...maybe "he" should be used to describe it.

Gao Wen was silent, his expression was more serious than ever, Melita was gliding and descending towards the brightly lit land, not paying attention to what the passengers on the back were doing, but Amber and Veronica had already noticed Gao Wen Wen's expression changed, and they came to the latter quietly, and Veronica asked in a low voice, "Did you find anything?"

"You probably didn't see it..." Gawain didn't hide anything. He felt that it was necessary for Amber and Veronica to wake up. As for why he observed a scene that others couldn't see... This kind of detail is not here. It doesn't matter, "The whole of Tarrond is shrouded by a very large 'existence', and that thing has mythological characteristics."

Veronica's expression instantly became as serious as Gawain's, and Amber immediately took a half step closer and lowered her voice: "Are you going to run away? I am familiar with the process..."

"We are here for 'Him'," Gao Wen glanced at the shame of all things, "It's all here, where are you going?"

"Actually, I have some connections in the Shadow Realm..." Amber said subconsciously, and then shrank her neck to get serious, "Of course that's what I said..."

"Be vigilant, this is a world that is very strange to human beings," Gawain exhaled softly, and reminded in a low voice, "Try not to act alone in Tarrond, and report all discoveries to me."

Amber and Veronica responded one after another, while Gawain's gaze slowly moved upwards to the exceptionally clear and bright starry sky in the Arctic region.

The stars are twinkling, but the facilities left behind by the sailors cannot be seen in the starry sky, but all kinds of clues are reminding Gao Wen: these people who have been active since ancient times and are "imprisoned" by some indescribable things The connection between the giant dragon and the voyager is definitely much deeper than he imagined at the beginning.

While Gawain was talking with Amber and Veronica, Melita's deceleration and gliding finally came to an end. Soon, ripples appeared on the surface of the nearly transparent energy shield above Tarrond. A channel that seemed to be condensed by light appeared on the surface of the shield, and at the same time, a huge metal structure suspended in the air flew from not far away, spinning and covering the entrance in front of the channel.

A trembling circular interactive interface suddenly appeared in the air, and a voice that seemed to be synthesized sounded from nowhere: "Welcome, guests from the human world—your access permission has been authorized in advance. You salute. I hope you have a memorable journey in Tarrond."

"Wow..." Amber suddenly exclaimed a little, she wanted to poke Gawain's arm and ask in a low voice what kind of thing this is, but the next second she realized that doing so might be a bit embarrassing, So she stopped the impulse abruptly, and just stared at the holographic projection floating in mid-air, and the huge suspended metal device behind the projection—she couldn't see where the equipment that formed the projection was, and she couldn't understand it. How does a huge device float in the air? It doesn't have any visible anti-gravity components at all, and even the magic power fluctuations are very weird...

"Hello, Omega—I heard about you from Melita. You are an advanced intelligence that maintains many facilities in Tarrond." Gawain was actually surprised, but he controlled it well. Emotions changed, standing on Melita's back, his expression was very calm, "I hope we can get along well."

The edge of the halo trembled: "Omega has stored the most complete personality database in the world - we will get along happily, Your Majesty the Emperor of Humanity."

While speaking, Omega's interactive interface became transparent, and the metal device behind it also rotated half a circle, completing the authentication and login for everyone, and the gate leading to Tarrond opened, and Melita immediately encouraged Wings, skillfully and briskly gliding through the gates and passages, and flew into the interior of the continental shield.

When flying at a low speed, she lowered the strength of the protective barrier to allow more airflow from the outside to enter the barrier, so a warm and comfortable wind immediately blew on the faces of Gao Wen and the others——Amber was somewhat Her eyes widened in surprise, because she found that on this extremely cold arctic ocean, the air inside the shield of Tarrond made her feel like a spring breeze.

This is not just as simple as a shield!

"You built a controlled ecosystem in Tarrond?" Gawain couldn't help but ask, "This shield covering the continent also has the function of an ecological dome?"

"Yeah, it's obvious," Melita replied with a touch of pride, "the North Pole is not a place to live without a controlled ecosystem—though many bardic poems describe dragons as being able to live in The race in an extreme environment also said that we will build palaces deep in craters and millennium glaciers, but most of those stories are made up by ourselves—in real life, who doesn’t like an environment as warm as spring and cold and hot? ?”

"Wow—" Amber couldn't help sighing, "I thought you guys really liked sleeping in magma and icebergs..."

Gao Wen was a little curious: "Since that's the case, why did you leave those obviously misleading stories when you traveled around the world?"

"For handsomeness."

Gawain & Amber & Veronica: "..."

The atmosphere on the dragon's back fell into an embarrassing silence for a while, and Melita quickly passed through a section of air route formed by guiding lights. The huge dragon wings were beating in the air, and with a low dragon chant, the dragon passed by. A mountain range outside Tarrond, the next moment, a magnificent city and a large number of giant buildings between the mountain peaks came into the sight of Gawain and others!

They saw that there were lofty mountains ahead, and the traces of "human" artificial transformation had completely changed the outlines of those peaks. Countless layers of huge buildings, like palaces and castles, were built along the mountains. The walls are covered with exquisite and magnificent sculptures, and there are carefully arranged lighting and projection devices between the palace walls and domes. The huge holographic images and lights complement each other, making those ancient and gorgeous palaces full of classical architecture. The unique atmosphere integrated with modern technology - but apart from these magnificent buildings on the hills, what caused Gao Wen's astonishment were the urban buildings located at the foot of the mountains, distributed between the plains and the river valleys.

It was a huge city that he had never seen in this world, even in the era of Gondor in his memory - he saw countless man-made tall buildings arranged like forests on the plain, and those magnificent buildings were Built for the size of a giant dragon, almost every one surpasses the Silver City of San Sunil; there are gardens and artificial jungles supported by giant pillars or anti-gravity devices between tall buildings, all of which have separate ecological domes, It maintains different scenery in four seasons; in the vast area between cities, you can also see some other huge buildings. They seem to be some kind of factory or other infrastructure. You can see a large number of pipes, support beams, tanks, etc. The bodies support their main bodies, and there are countless strips of lights connecting them with the city.

It was the polar night in the Arctic region at this time, but the lights among the factories, palaces, and buildings made the city of Tarrond as bright as day. In the lights that seemed to never go out, Gawain saw a large number of people on the city roads. The flow of light moving between them, I even saw many rays of light moving neatly in several layers over the city - some of those were giant dragons in flight, while others were all kinds of vehicles, they were in good order, consisting of many floating in mid-air The signaling devices command the traffic in a unified manner, and next to the busiest air traffic line, you can also see a huge holographic projection, the projection presented...

It's advertisements, all kinds of advertisements, promotional videos of large-scale events, artistic snapshots with unclear meanings, and even simple jumbled characters—that seems to be a kind of "dragon art".

At this distance, Gao Wen could only see the picture, but could not hear the sounds from those bustling urban areas. However, he could see many things just by looking at the scene in front of him.

Finally, for the first time in this world, the well-informed traveler's eyes widened, and he became truly astonished.

On the contrary, Amber next to him was less shocked - because everything about Tarrond was beyond the common sense of the half-elf lady, the so-called "level" does not matter after the limit is exceeded. It doesn't make much difference whether the dragons of Elrond live in the crater or in the residential buildings, anyway, they are all the same, they can't understand, they are all the same "Oh, what a crazy thing this is"--so Apart from exclaiming, she seemed very calm instead, and could only look around curiously.

As for Veronica, she showed the same astonishment as Gawain: as an ancient rebel who experienced the glorious period of Gondor, even though she had never seen a place like Tarrond, she could also learn from these A lot of hidden information can be seen in the city facilities, and it is clear that the appearance of this "dragon kingdom" is quite different from what she imagined before departure.

It was also quite different from Gao Wen's imagination.

"How about it, isn't it spectacular?" Melita's proud voice came from the front, "This is one of the most prosperous places in Tarrond - the city of Aurora 'Agondor', the headquarters of the jury is here The headquarters of Mithril Vault is also here."

"...This is completely different from the dragon kingdom I imagined." After a few seconds of silence, Gawain couldn't help shaking his head and said, "It's also different from the imagination of any bard or scholar in the human world." no the same."

"Ah, you don't think we'll build castles in magma and icebergs, do you?" Melita joked, "and fill the castle with gold and princesses robbed from all over the world..."

"My imagination is not so exaggerated - I guessed that you have a very high civilization, but I didn't expect your city to develop to this level..." Gawain said, suddenly feeling a little short of words, because he was watching After arriving in those cities, what he felt was not just a shock. As a "satellite spirit" who had witnessed too many things, what he saw in these city scenes was still... cramped, so he sorted it out for a few seconds Only then did I finally come up with a more appropriate way of saying, "I didn't expect your city to develop to such an 'extreme' level."

It was the most neutral statement he could think of.

Melita probably thought that Gawain, as an "emperor of the human world", would only be shocked and surprised after seeing Tarrond due to lack of knowledge, but she didn't expect the other party's first evaluation to be "extreme", This is a word that sounds full of praise, but is actually rich in meaning, and Melita, who often deals with human beings, immediately tasted the true meaning of Gao Wen from this word.