cold moon.
Anzu's coldest months are here.
The giant sun rises majestically and slowly into the sky, and there are yellow-brown stripes like wood grain floating on the huge sun disk with a cloud-like halo. The changes in those colored stripes indicate one thing: the largest cooling after winter Coming soon.
The sun, the largest celestial body in the sky, is also the celestial body most closely related to people's lives. Experienced farmers can speculate on the approximate cooling date and extent of cooling based on the changes in the stripes on the solar disc, while scholars can use the changes in the solar disc The method used to deduce the overall climate of the second year has been formulated. The observation of the giant sun has always been a very important part of the daily life of people in this world.
City of Saint-Sunil, in the Mage District.
Accompanied by a slight friction sound, the "Sunsun Platform" on the upper floor of the Astrology Tower opened its thick and huge skylight, and the lifting platform driven by magic power also stopped firmly on the top of the channel in the center of the Sunsun Platform. Morgan Hugo and himself The assistants stepped down from the lifting platform and came to the position for observing the solar disc, ready to start the routine observation work.
"Turn on filter pad filter mode iii."
The old royal mage gave instructions to the assistants on the side, and at the same time waved to the bookshelf not far away, quills, parchment, ink bottles and other things flew over immediately, hovering steadily in front of him, and the person who received the order The assistant ran to a control node not far away and began to inject magic power into the rune pillar.
Seeing the assistant's reckless actions, Morgan couldn't help shouting: "Be careful! The runes here are priceless!"
The assistant hastily controlled the extent of the magic power injection, and as the rune pillars around the Sun Chasing Platform brightened up, a thin layer of light floated on the skylight used to observe the sun wheel.
After a while, the magic radiance condensed into a layer of crystallization of light, filtering the sunlight outside the skylight into a mode more suitable for human eyes to observe. Morgan Hugo nodded slightly: This magical device built a hundred years ago It is still easy to use until today, and as the most qualified astrologer in this astronomy tower, the privilege of using this magical device has always been the thing he is most proud of.
The old mage stood still under the filter plate formed by the condensed magic light, raised his head and carefully observed the sun disk outside the skylight, observing the changes of every colored stripe on its surface, while the quill and parchment were suspended in his Beside him, he kept writing rapidly, recording all the data and patterns.
Other assistants also came to the observation position, recording the data they were responsible for, and a quiet and solemn atmosphere enveloped the top of the astronomy tower.
However, the atmosphere didn't last long, and an assistant exclaimed suspiciously in a low voice, breaking the calm on the observation platform: "The red streak at the bottom shifts eastward by three degrees?"
Morgan Hugo immediately glared at his assistant: "What nonsense?"
"It's true! Teacher!" The assistant said quickly, and then took out the observation record from the last time while handing over what he had recorded to the instructor. "Look, you have confirmed this record yourself."
Morgan Hugo took the few pages handed by his assistant, and glanced over them quickly. He froze for a moment, then read it more carefully, and then raised his head again, staring at it without blinking. staring at the giant sun in the sky.
"It's impossible..." the old astrologer muttered to himself. He waved his hand and summoned the illusion spell for calibrating the coordinates, and set a large area of reference marks around the solar disk image on the filter plate. However, looking at the calibrated As a result, his shock continued unabated, "No...impossible...such a large-scale displacement...this has never been seen..."
"Teacher, should we report it to Silver Castle?" the assistant asked cautiously, "This is an obvious astronomical anomaly."
"Report to Silver Castle immediately!!"
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In the Dark Mountains, in the No. 2 Astronomical Observatory, the young mage who was in charge of recording the changes of the sun wheel also put down the recording board in his hand in astonishment.
"Could it be that there's a storm blowing on the surface of the sun?" The young mage murmured[.], and he took a closer look at the data and patterns on the record board, then raised his head, and looked through the large scale on the roof of the observation station. The filter lens looked at the image of the solar disk with a look of disbelief.
The companion on the side looked over curiously: "Could it be that the historical records are wrong?"
"No, all the data are observed and recorded in duplicate," the young mage stood up while talking, and walked towards the entrance of the observatory. "I'll go outside to have a look, and you continue to record inside!"
He walked out of the observation station and came to the platform connected to the station. The cold north wind hovered over the dark mountains, rolled through the forests and canyons, and blew on the station that was just built a few months ago. The young mage who came out of the warm room couldn't help but tremble all over.
The young mage propped up the shield to isolate the cold mountain wind, then took out the portable filter lens, and carefully observed the huge sun in the sky through the lens.
These astronomical observatories set up in the dark mountains are subsidiary products of the "Essence of Magic" project hosted by Kamel, with the purpose of studying the connection between the giant sun cycle and the magic changes in nature.
For a long time, Kamel believed that the magic power of nature comes from the huge sun in the sky, but since the whole world itself is shrouded by a layer of powerful magic power environment, it is also difficult to observe the external magic power changes in this "shrouded environment". It became very difficult. In order to reduce interference as much as possible and improve the accuracy of observations, Kamel presided over the construction of a series of observation stations in the dark mountains.
"No. 2 Astronomical Observatory" is one of them.
These observation stations have the functions of detecting changes in magic power and observing changes in celestial phenomena at the same time, and because they are built on the heights of the dark mountains, they even have the function of monitoring the magnificent wall.
Being able to stay in such an observation station, the young mage is naturally the best among Kamel's many apprentices and assistants. However, at this moment, this outstanding young man fell into great consternation.
The gigantic sun still hangs quietly in the sky, providing light and heat to the world as always. In the eyes of ordinary people, I am afraid that there is no change in it. However, for this young man, the sun in the sky has become Very strange.
The young mage looked up for a long time without blinking his eyes. Even with the protection of filter lenses, his eyes soon became painful. He had to lower his head and use spells to relieve the pain in his eyes, and then began to look carefully. Carefully review the parameters on the scoreboard in your opponent's hand.
At this moment, a strange low voice entered the ears of the young mage.
The sound seemed to come from far, far away. It sounded like a hurricane engulfing thunder. It traveled so far that it seemed blurred when it reached the ears. The young man was surrounded by this weird noise. Looking up, after seeing the source of the voice, his expression became dull.
He looked across the ridge of the dark mountains, across the dark forest at the foot of the mountain on the other side, and across the corrupted plains destroyed by the corruption of the magic tide. At the end of his sight, on the southern horizon, the entire majestic wall was shining brighter than ever Multiple times the light.
The muffled sound of wind and thunder came from that majestic wall.
"...Goddess of Magic..." The young mage exclaimed in a low voice, then turned and rushed towards the observation station, "Notify Master Kamel! Notify the lord!!"
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On the far southern horizon, the light from the majestic wall is like an aurora falling to the ground. The light that is several times stronger than usual is floating there, with a breathtaking sense of magnificence, and that kind of shocking The disturbing sound of wind and thunder is still coming, but it is much smaller than it was at the beginning.
Gawain stood on the observation platform of the Dark Mountain Range, looking at the distant scene without saying a word for a long time.
In his mind, the alarm from the satellite monitoring system is still echoing:
"...Warning, anomalously increased activity of giant planets, warning, anomalously increased activity of giant planets..."
The change of magic power in nature is closely related to the activities of the giant sun, and according to what happened seven hundred years ago, the change of the giant sun is very likely to indicate the approach of the magic tide. The various observation records of the sea monsters also confirm this point: When the tide of magic rises, the first thing to react abnormally must be the sun in the sky.
Is time running out... Or, time has come
Gao Wen turned off the alarm message in his mind, and turned his head to look at the young mage beside him. Except for himself, a "satellite spirit", who immediately noticed the change of the sun with the help of the satellite alarm, this young man was the first one in the territory. The person who discovered the abnormality and sent back the alarm, and the abnormal situation of the magnificent wall was also reported by this young man in time.
"How long has it been since the sound and light of the Great Wall?"
"It's been four hours now, my lord," said the young mage a little nervously, "but I can only confirm that the strange sound came from four hours ago, not sure when the brightness changed. I've been recording something else for hours, not looking at the Wall of Magnificence."
Gao Wen nodded. From the young mage's report, he heard the rigor unique to researchers.
Behind Gawain, Hetty and the others who followed were all worried, and Amber was the first one who couldn't help it: "I said... that wall will collapse soon, right?!"
Gao Wen really wanted to give a clear answer, but after a few seconds of thinking, he could only shake his head: "... I don't know."
Hetty and Rebecca said in unison: "You don't know either?"
"I can only confirm one thing: the current strange sound and the increase in the brightness of the energy barrier are all manifestations of a surge in the load of the Great Wall. It is under a lot of pressure at the moment, but the barrier has not yet broken, which means that the pressure has not exceeded the threshold. , according to the original design, as long as there is no new impact, it will repair itself, but I am not sure whether the safety system of the barrier can survive this test after seven hundred years of wind and rain."
Rebecca swallowed: "What if... you can't survive?"
"The dark mountains may be able to block the first impact of the demon tide, but the aberrations will soon start trying to overcome this barrier. The best case is that the chaotic magic in the wasteland of Gondor has been greatly reduced in the past seven hundred years. Attenuation, no longer has the power to directly destroy the human world, then the southern border will return to the situation when Ansu was just founded 700 years ago, constantly fighting monsters rushing out of the demon tide, and engaging in a never-ending tug-of-war, Gao Wen shook his head, "The good news is that we now have magic cannons and rainbow light devices. The bad news is that in other places in the southern border, there are no longer Cecil wolf cavalry, and there are no longer priests who regard death as home." Stormtroopers and Noble Death Squads."
Behind Hetty, a council official couldn't help but whisper: "So we better hope it makes it through this time..."
"It's hard to say whether prayer will work or not, but at least we can't just wait like this," Gao Wen turned around and looked at Hetty, "The government affairs department has entered a state of emergency and is ready to deploy strategic supplies at any time... A large shield has been installed The cities and towns in the city are used as reserve refuges... Increase surveillance to the south of the Dark Mountains, and all observation points are turned to the Great Wall... Be prepared for publicity, the security team is on call at any time, and no place can be chaotic... "
Following Gao Wen's instructions one by one, everyone at the scene realized the seriousness of the matter more clearly, and besides, they also felt a little relieved.
It is better to have instructions and arrangements than to be at a loss.