Sword of Dawn

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Pittman glanced at Gao Wen silently, and laughed after a few seconds: "I probably won't be able to restore her health, but... at least I can make her better than she is now."

As he spoke, he walked towards Patty, mumbling in his mouth: "Those crappy druids who keep her in this state... are really uneducated."

"Kamel, what I want you to check is another thing." Gawain turned his head to look at the ancient arcanist again, "You have been researching those magic arrays of the eternal sleepers for some time, I wonder if you can See something in their creations."

Luo Penny immediately ordered the maid who was standing beside her with a nervous face, asking her to fetch the peculiar magic device that Patty used to fall asleep.

After seeing the magic device, the arcane brilliance on Kamel's body obviously became brighter, and he made a voice with great interest: "Interesting..."

The gravity spell and the hand of evocation took the magic device from the hand of the maid, and let it spin in mid-air. Kamel observed every detail of the device with concentration, and the two mysterious points on his face The light of seeking knowledge and curiosity is shining in the fire of surgery.

This magic device has the characteristics of most magic items in this world: it is luxurious, expensive, and the countless extra decorations in the details make the whole device look more like a work of art. Considering its shape, it is almost like a shape. Strange little crown - if it was the former Kamel, he probably didn't feel much about such a device, but after accepting Gawain's "cheap mass production pragmatism" concept, he also gradually felt that these magical devices It is quite a waste to describe countless useless patterns.

So he waved his hand lightly, and a phantom with the same outline as the "dream device" immediately appeared in the air next to it. This phantom also had a large number of magic runes on it, but it was obviously more powerful than the "dream device". "Succinct and clear.

For the convenience of observation, after erasing the useless decorations and patterns on the "dream device", Kamel copied its magic pattern structure.

Gawain looked at Kamel's operation with a little surprise, and said with emotion in his tone, "This is really a convenient ability..."

"Arcane energy has become an extension of my limbs, and shaping them is as easy as bending a finger." Kamel said buzzingly, with a hint of pride in his tone: this can be said to be one of his biggest gains after losing his human body up.

Gawain looked at Kamel in this form, thoughtful: "If you have a chance, you can study the principles of your own body. If your ability to control arcane energy can be copied by magic runes, it must be of great benefit to the territory. Development plays a huge role."

Kamel seemed to be taken aback for a moment (but he couldn't see it because his face didn't change), and then he felt a little emotional: "Mr. Egg would be very happy if he found out—he often complained about his experience of being 'studied' back then. , can see that the researcher of the year was also studied once, and he is probably balanced."

To this answer, Gao Wen could only laugh and cry: "After all, his experience back then was not very pleasant... let's not talk about it, did you see anything? Is this device harmful?"

"As far as the structure of the magic pattern observed so far is not harmful, there is no harmful substance in the material of the crown," Kamel magnified the structure of the magic pattern of the crown, and said while observing from various angles, "and I found that valuable . . . technology."

"Oh?"

"It's the Eternal Sleeper's brainwave connection technology, and the more effective magical 'oscillation' structure," Kamel said with a hint of joy, "especially the latter, which is what we urgently need right now!

"Although the magic array you gave me last time also has a magic shock structure, the efficiency of that structure is not high, and its stability is also very problematic, so the entire magic array has very strict requirements on users. I guess only Only intermediate-level and above magicians can successfully control it, but this crown... its magic shock structure has been designed very carefully, and there are a large number of auxiliary stability runes in play... although these things are complicated due to lack of optimization Unbearable, but it undoubtedly has better performance!"

Hearing Kamel's words, Gao Wen only felt that it was true——

Daniel is a high-level mage. Of course, the magic circle he uses is quite demanding, but Patty is just an ordinary little girl. The "crown" specially made by the Eternal Sleeper for Patty must of course have a corresponding special design!

Gao Wen couldn't help showing a smile: "We should thank those eternal sleepers who racked their brains to design this crown."

"Yes," Kamel said with a smile, "They really prepared a 'gift' for us..."

Chapter 0341 The Moon of Recovery

Watching Kamel dismantling and displaying the various important magic pattern structures in the crown, Gawain showed a rather interested expression: "With this thing, can we crack the mystery of the communication technology?"

"At least it can make us quite close, and if you don't consider the deep mystery, but just create a practical communication device, then it is enough," Kamel said happily, "This crown includes all the required symbols Text Array—Including structures that convert information into magic shocks, emit magic shocks outward, receive external information, etc. But we still have problems to be solved... The cost of this crown is very high, and the structure is extremely complicated, Human consciousness is a thing with an extremely large amount of information. In order to stably transmit human consciousness, this crown has solidified mid-level spiritual spells... I don’t think we need to do this.”

Gao Wen understood what Kamel meant, and this is what he often emphasized: Industrial products follow the principle of being practical and sufficient, especially mass-produced goods distributed to ordinary soldiers and workers, as long as they can meet the requirements for use, then It is a qualified product, and the mass-produced communication equipment that Cecil Ling is developing needs to be able to transmit human consciousness as a whole?

At least for now, it is not needed. What Gao Wen requires is the most basic communication platform. As long as it can transmit voice, even Morse code is acceptable.

Therefore, a large number of complex structures in this crown can be omitted.

"The projects of manufacturing mass-produced communication equipment and cracking the psychic network should be carried out at the same time. One goal is low-end practicality, and the other is cutting-edge research." Have you recently discovered the relationship between the magic field generated by the monument?"

"This is exactly what I'm going to report to you," Kamel's tone immediately became serious, "After discovering that the magic power of vibrations can spread in the magic field, I thought of the process of sending messages in the natural environment by the communication spell. I have the same opinion as yours. I am afraid that the "primitive magic environment" in nature is also a kind of magic field - a magic field that looks disordered, messy, and randomly oscillating on the surface. According to this conjecture, I conducted a experiment……"

Gawain nodded: "Go ahead."

"I set up a magic circle at the highest point of the dark mountain - it is far away from the ground, which can avoid the interference of various creatures and magic devices on the surface to the greatest extent, and then I set up a lot of shielding and filtering runes around the magic circle , so as to filter out all kinds of clutter in the natural environment, and in the next few days of observation, I found a very brief regular tremor..."

"Regular tremor?" Gao Wen's heart skipped a beat and he asked immediately.

"Yes, it lasted less than a second, and it was only observed once," Kamel nodded, "I can't make any conclusions yet, but I think our thinking is correct...the 'primordial magic' in nature The environment' should indeed be an incomparably huge magic field, which covers our entire world and oscillates endlessly, but the way this magic field vibrates is very complicated, and there are a lot of disturbances in it—everything in the world has magic power, Even the magic material itself that makes the observation circle is one of the interference factors, so it is almost impossible for us to determine the complete law of the magic field in nature, but in the regular vibration of less than a second, we can still boldly assume The existence of this magic field..."

"Interference..." Gawain muttered to himself, repeating the most important words in Kamel's passage.

The discovery so far is just as he guessed—magic power has the nature of fluctuations, and the "primitive magic power environment" in nature is an extremely large magic power field. The so-called magic is most likely the fluctuating magic power in this field The various energy transfer phenomena produced by the shock...

This is an extremely imprecise model, a conjecture that seriously lacks empirical evidence. From the perspective of scientific rationality, it cannot be regarded as a "scientific point of view", but it is what Gao Wen can think of so far for the world. The most likely explanation for magic.

Gao Wen knew that the process of proving a conjecture is very rigorous. If there is not enough data and empirical evidence, no matter how seamless the conjecture is, it cannot be regarded as a "fact". Kamel also knew this, so the ancient magister When talking about his experimental conclusions, he used words such as "bold hypothesis" more than once, but to obtain further experimental results...it is obviously difficult to achieve under the current conditions.

The interference of the experimental observation device itself, the ubiquitous interference in nature, these... how to solve it?

Gawain fell into contemplation for a while, but soon out of the corner of his eye he saw Pittman leaving Patty's side. He temporarily put aside all the questions in his mind, and nodded to the old druid: "How's it going?"

"If you want her limbs to be healthy and healthy, I'm afraid it won't work," Pittman said frankly, "This child's limbs have been lost for many years, and she doesn't have any magical talent, and it is impossible for her to regenerate flesh and blood." Make a move - unless it is possible to reshape the body by devouring other people's flesh and blood, the sorcery of the Doom Society. I can't do this. If you are interested, you can find a way to find a cultist ..."

The countenance of the Countess Luo Penny next to her changed color on the spot, but Gao Wen interrupted the little old man before he finished speaking: "Don't say it's unreasonable, talk about a feasible plan."

"A feasible solution is—at least I can control her organ decline and tissue ulceration," Pittman said proudly, "The child's wound has never healed, and some flesh and blood have been repeatedly festering and ulcerating." The main reason for the regeneration process is that her own vitality has been destroyed, and the harmful magic power has invaded her circulation center, and I have a way to separate these harmful magic powers."

Luo Peini stood quietly aside when Gao Wen and Kamel discussed the problem, but when she talked about her daughter's problem, she couldn't keep silent anymore: "How can she get better?"

"You don't have to worry about her deteriorating from an infection anymore, her trauma can heal and her strength will improve - after that, she can at least dress normally."

"That's far better than I imagined," said Luo Penny, with a hint of joy on her face. With a sincere smile, she bent down to Pittman, "Thank you very much for your help, respected master."

Pittman suddenly smiled, and while stroking his beard, he showed a reserved and graceful smile: "Fulfilling the mission entrusted by the lord is the most basic duty of a consultant—of course, I don't mind if you give me a few more compliments..."

Luo Penny: "?"

"Ahem," Gao Wen knew at a glance that the little old man had started to drift again, and quickly interrupted him with two dry coughs, "How long will it take for the treatment?"

"Well... this may be a relatively long process." Pittman looked at Gawain's arm thicker than his thigh, and quickly returned to a serious expression, "This child's body cannot withstand too much magical stimulation. , The amount of potion should also be controlled—I can perform an elemental purification ceremony for her every once in a while, and when the situation is stable, I can send my apprentices to give her the medicine."

As he spoke, he looked at Gao Wen—this kind of thing that required frequent travel between the two territories obviously required the consent of the lord.

Gawain pondered for a while: General Glenn is Cecil's ally, and Patty is an important springboard for him to understand and spy on the Eternal Sleeper. He should provide help in every situation and reason, but Pittman himself is not just a druid. , he is also the top person in charge of the alchemy industry in the territory and an agricultural consultant. Now that winter is coming to an end, spring plowing will be considered after the recovery month. The alchemy factory in the territory is also considering expansion... Can Pittman go away at this time? ?

But after thinking for a while, he nodded: "Yes—but you have to arrange spring plowing and factory expansion."

"Of course," Pittman laughed, "that's not a problem for me."

When the Viscountess Luo Penny went to check on Patty's situation and there was no one else around, Gawain looked at Pittman with a half-smile: "Your ritual magic is really useful."

The little old man chuckled: "Ritual magic is my strong point after all."

"However, elemental purification and filtering harmful magic power... don't seem like skills that low-level druids would master," Gao Wen said lightly, "Could it be that you also practiced shaman spells by the way?"

"At such an advanced age, it's normal to learn a few more skills." Pittman said casually.

"...Is it interesting for you to mention your age in front of me?" Gao Wen raised his hand and ended the topic lightly, without asking any more questions.

Pittman just quietly watched Gawain's back as he turned and left. After a long time, the old Druid sighed slightly and shook his head, with a slight smile on his face.

Three days later, Gawain and the others left the ancient castle of the Glenn family and returned to Cecil Territory.

This is the last day of this winter.

The cold north wind is no longer mixed with the biting cold, and the "Reef Star" and "Trident Throne" hanging high in the night sky are also quietly moving. The changes in the wind and astrology indicate the changes of the seasons. The month is here.

With the advent of the Recovery Moon, a message began to spread in the Ansu East Territory and the Holy Spirit Plain. At first, only merchants and adventurers who came and went were spreading some untrue rumors, but soon, more accurate and reliable The news spread from the grooms and chefs of the nobles——

The magical communication towers on the border of Anzu and Typhon have restarted.

The king is preparing peace talks with Emperor Typhon.

But for Gao Wen, compared to the news that he had expected, another thing made him want to celebrate more.

On this cold spring day, a baby was born on the land of Cecil Territory.

From the time when the first stake was laid in this pioneering territory, and from the time when the survivors lit the first campfire here, tens of thousands of people moved into this land, not counting those who had just merged into Cecil. Kant territory, this is the first newborn born on this land.

Chapter 0342 Hope

The recovery month has arrived.

The long and cold winter in the northern part of the mainland has finally left this land with reluctance. Although its residual power is still daunting, the warming temperature and the few days of sunny and warm days still make people feel hopeful. Feelings—at least in Cecil, the word "hope" is no longer an elegant word for upper-class people to express their feelings after dinner, but something that ordinary people can look forward to, a real thing.

A baby was born in the days when the earth had just returned to spring.

In the "West End Factory Apartment" that was just completed this winter, a young newly promoted father entertained neighbors and friends who came to visit. The small living room was crowded with guests carrying gifts. There were only some light teas and rough snacks to be entertained, but the guests obviously didn't care about it-I'm afraid few people would have imagined that these people were a group of homeless and interacting people just a few months ago. Unknown wilderness refugees.

They wandered in the wilderness, settled in Cecil Land, met in the buffer camp, became acquainted when building houses, and finally became friends in the factory. It is a very meaningful thing for one of them to become a father in a warm home.

And at this moment, someone among the people standing at the door suddenly shouted: "The lord is here!"

People were amazed, but the lord really came—that tall figure soon appeared at the door, and everyone was familiar with this figure.

Gao Wen soon saw the young new father in the crowd—the appearance of being immersed in joy cannot be concealed from others. He walked forward quickly, and stretched out his hand to stop the panic-stricken father who wanted to salute: " Today is the day you bring hope to this land, there is no need to salute. Are mother and child safe?"

"Yes... yes Lord Lord..." The young man was obviously nervous, but excited with joy, he stuttered and rubbed his hands together, "Everything is safe, everything is safe..."

Gao Wen smiled gently: "Can I see that child?"

"Of course, of course..."

The newborn baby and the young mother were all in the quiet and undisturbed inner room. Although there were many visitors, only a few people went in to visit. Gawain should be the most special one among the visitors who came today.

Due to the popularity of the new magic net, the system that uses magic power to drive the heater and then heat the entire building through the heat conduction duct is now a standard configuration for new houses in the territory, and this apartment building completed in winter is no exception. A warm and constant temperature house is the key guarantee for the safety of mother and child - otherwise, giving birth in winter will be a life-and-death difficulty that most civilian mothers must face.

In the warm inner room, Gawain saw the baby in swaddling clothes.

It was a healthy boy, wrinkled and still unable to open his eyes, sleeping peacefully at the moment.

Here an apprentice pharmacist tends postpartum women and babies—not some itinerant, trick-or-treating witch or "doctor," but one of Pittman's own apprentices.Although there are no real druids among Pittman's apprentices, at least these apprentices are professionals in the fields of pharmacy, medicine and surgery that do not require magical talents.

Looking at the baby in the swaddle, Gawain smiled.

It's the first newborn on the Territory - and it's hardly surprising that the first baby was born here almost a year after the Territory was established.

Because the people on this land were either the [-] refugees who survived from the old Cecil Territory, or they were purchased serfs and slaves, or they were refugees gathered from the wilderness. Needless to say, serfs and slaves, The slave trader never sold a pregnant slave girl, and the refugee and vagrant passed the most turbulent test in which...  

It is rare that any pregnant women or fetuses survived.

The child in front of him is lucky. If his parents hadn't found a place to settle down in time, it would be very difficult for him to be born in this world safely.

His parents were the first refugees to immigrate here. The young father now works in the rune foundry, and his mother is a female worker in the textile factory.

"Does the child have a name?" Gao Wen turned his head and asked the young father who followed into the house.

"Not yet..." The young father grabbed his hand, moved his gaze away from Gao Wen more than once, and landed on his child's face. He smiled a little straightforwardly, "We originally wanted to give him a random name." The name, but... But I went to school, I want to ask the teachers in the school to help me name the child... A name given by a learned person can make the child smarter, and I will definitely recognize words faster than me in the future..."

Gao Wen couldn't help laughing, because of the innocent and innocent thoughts of this young father, but he also felt a little relieved: this person who was originally illiterate now at least knows that it is good for his children to read.

Then he shook his head: "In this case, I'll come up with a name, let's call him 'Als'."

In the lingua franca of this world, this pronunciation means "hope".

The young father was stunned for a moment before realizing what had happened. He immediately saluted, "Thank you for giving this child a name!"

Then he muttered to himself: "Today...today is such a good day, such a good day..."

"Don't forget to register the child as a resident and get an identity card," Gao Wen smiled and helped the bewildered man up. He had already abolished the custom of commoners prostrating when they saw nobles, but people habitually bowed or even knelt down. But it is not so easy to ban, these can only be done slowly, "In addition, you can report to the Resident Affairs Department of the Government Affairs Office in three days and receive a daily necessities, including rations and cloth, tonics, and commonly used medicines."

The young father obviously didn't expect that the addition of the family would receive a "reward", and hurriedly saluted to express his gratitude: "Thank you for your generous reward!"

"This is not a reward. Remember, a reward is not the same as a government subsidy," Gao Wen emphasized. "This is an administrative system and the law at this stage. Within ten years from today, all families with newborn babies in the territory will receive You can get a 'subsidy' from the Office of Government Affairs, which is to reward you for your contribution to the population of the territory. After ten years...the Office of Government Affairs will judge whether to continue this subsidy according to the situation."

The people in the room listened to Gao Wen's words half-understood. They may not fully understand all the meaning and significance of this "system", but they can definitely understand the parts that are related to their own interests, and that's enough .

After Gao Wen returned to the lord's mansion, he immediately called Hetty and asked her to arrange the "newborn rewards and subsidies". After everything was arranged, he sat in his large chair and began to plan Territory development route after the end of winter.

The territory has been successfully cultivated, foreign business has also earned a lot of wealth, and the military defense is improving day by day. Under the premise of having no worries about food, clothing and safety, the baby boom will soon come.

But it takes a long time for a baby to grow into a labor force, so in a short period of time, the population growth of the Cecil Territory still has to rely on two parts, one part is to continue to buy slaves and gradually liberate them as free people, and the other part is to continue to recruit refugees.

In addition, Cecil's current population actually has an additional huge increase—residents from Kant Land, as well as a large number of farms and villages attached to Kant Land, as well as a large number of idlers in the hilly land in the east population.

These populations are now the legal subjects of Cecil, but they must first accept the "education" of Cecil's law and order.

Fortunately, "education" did not start in spring.

Throughout the past winter, Gao Wen has been subtly influencing Kant Land—his real rule over that land is not limited to sending soldiers to maintain order, building roads, and commercial occupation. Cecil's rules were gradually transferred to the Kant area: at first, the craftsmen who came to Cecil to make a living were to abide by Cecil's rules, and then these craftsmen were used as a breakthrough to carry out various construction projects in Kant towns, The newly added small factories, shopping streets, and refurbished residential blocks have brought Kant people a source of income in winter and a better standard of living, as well as a new way of life. Then, soldiers were stationed to maintain law and order in the new blocks. , continued to promote, and Padrik came forward to "unify the mind" of the more famous local people...

Today, in the towns under the direct control of Viscount Kant, the residents have gradually become accustomed to accepting Cecil's order, but Gawain still has to solve a problem: Kant's original knight class.

Those who control the surrounding villages, wilderness development points, and settlements are the old knights of Kant.

These knights, the tail end of the Ansu land aristocratic system, are the far-end extension of the feudal lords. Although they have no legislative power, no independent lord claims, and many privileges and honors of the formal aristocratic class, they are still the old , Ansu aristocratic system components.

Jurisprudentially, these knights should now be loyal to Gawain Cecil, but they have not yet sworn an oath, and even if they have sworn allegiance to Gawain Cecil himself, they have not yet pledged allegiance to Cecil's "order".

As long as they exist for a day and still use the old order to control the land and population in their hands, then the land and population in their hands cannot become parts of Cecil's magical industrialization.

"Call Philip Knight," Gawain said to the air beside him, tilting his head slightly, "Go and come back."

There was a slight wave of breath in the air that appeared and disappeared, and the next moment Amber's voice came from outside the window: "Got it! I'm just... Oh, why is there a mousetrap on the courtyard wall!"

Hearing the noise coming from outside the window, Gao Wen smiled in relief.