The ruler of the Silver Empire sat quietly on the throne made of long-lost ancient technology. The holographic projection in front of the throne had dissipated. Her eyes crossed the air and landed aimlessly in the distance, as if she was immersed in thought middle.
After thinking for a moment, she lightly tapped the golden armrest of the throne, and one of the cables connected to her nervous system behind the throne showed a flash of light.
The metal sliding door on the side of the ruling hall (control hall) opened silently, and a high-ranking maid in a white fringed dress walked in lightly and bowed in the direction of the ruling seat: "Your Majesty , you called me?"
"Master Verania, please come to the Hall of Command," Belsetia nodded slightly, "I want to discuss matters in the technical field with her."
The Temple of the Stars is not only a fortress in the sky that serves as a symbol of the power of the empire, but also an important research facility and a sanctuary of knowledge. There are large-scale laboratories and several archives in this magnificent sky city. One of the organizations, the "Association of Astrologers", set up its headquarters here.
The Silver Empire has a group of top-notch researchers. Its team is composed of the best magisters, the most wise and knowledgeable scholars, and the best engineering masters. They are buried in the infinite knowledge contained in the Star Temple and various ancestral relics. , relying on a large number of research facilities in the Temple of the Stars, tirelessly delved into the mysteries of the magic field.
Because of their outstanding contributions and high academic ability, they have the honorary title of astromancer independent of their own professional system.
One of the most outstanding astrologers, Verania, a great astrologer who has served the empire for nearly two thousand years, was summoned by the queen, temporarily escaped from the vast amount of data and blueprints, and came to the ruling throne.
This wise and knowledgeable lady has a tall figure. Although she is no longer young, she still maintains a beautiful and mature appearance and elegant manners. She is wearing a lavender skirt with silver borders, golden long Her hair was coiled high, and several crystals filled with magic power floated beside her, serving as her spell-casting medium and recording tool. She bowed slightly in front of Belsetia, paying tribute and asking the queen's will: " Your Majesty, what is your order for summoning me?"
"Vilania, you are my best magic advisor," the Silver Queen nodded lightly, "I need to make a decision now, and I need to hear your opinion."
"Please speak, I am listening."
"We have re-established contact with the northern part of the mainland. You should already know this," said the Silver Queen. "I just spoke to the messenger Sonia and met Gawain Cecil. He is indeed resurrected."
"... The resurrection of the dead has happened occasionally in history, but the 'perfect' resurrection of Duke Gawain Cecil is indeed rare. This may be related to the variation of life forms," Verania thought, "Do you want Shall I study the secret of Duke Cecil's resurrection? But this is not my field of expertise, researchers from the life faction should be able to give you more advice... "
"No, I came to you because Duke Cecil made a suggestion to me about the technological cooperation between humans and elves."
"Technical cooperation?" Verania was a little surprised, she frowned slightly, "This... is an unexpected suggestion. The magic skills of humans and elves have never been able to blend, even in the era of the Gondor Empire, Most of the academic exchanges between us and humans are limited to the fields of culture and art, occasionally involving supernatural power, and they are only theoretical and academic discussions, but I think the 'cooperation' that Duke Cecil requested should not refer to these."
If it's just exchanges in the above-mentioned fields, the queen doesn't need to ask herself to discuss.
"They have found a way to decipher and control the spells of elves," Belsetia said lightly, but the content of the indifferent words made the great astromancer's eyes widen. "Strictly speaking, they have found all the known methods in the world. The laws and mysteries of the runes they named it: Rune Logic."
Verania's first reaction was "It's impossible", because there are so many kinds of runes in the world, and the possibilities of combinations and arrangements of runes are almost endless, and even the most amazingly gifted mortals cannot perceive all the runes. Wen's magic power fluctuates, it is impossible to control all the magic circles, not to mention sorting out a common law for those rune systems from different races with huge gaps between each other. And in awe of unknown researchers, the great astrologer finally suppressed his instinctive resistance and disbelief, and turned to the Silver Queen for verification: "Is this true? How did they do it?"
"Of course, Duke Cecil will not tell me the specific situation, but they should have really found a way, a way... completely different from the traditional way. We have already got information to confirm that in the war in the southern border of Ansu, there was a A magical device with the characteristics of elf magic, this should be evidence," Belsetia said unhurriedly, "and Duke Cecil hopes to cooperate with the Silver Empire on a technical level based on this, and he wants our anti-gravity Technology, multi-layer rune stacking technology, and various ancestral knowledge in the fields of machinery and engineering, and in exchange, he is willing to share with us the logic of runes, as well as the knowledge they have acquired in the process of analyzing human spells and divine spells. "
"Our ancestral knowledge..." Verania softly repeated the words mentioned by the queen, her expression gradually becoming serious.
"We have never disclosed the knowledge of our ancestors to other races. Even if we worked together with the human nations to build the Sentinel Tower, what we produced was an 'encapsulated result' that did not include the construction process," Belsetia continued, "The original elves left His legacy is the guarantee for the Silver Empire to stand up to this day, and the proposal made by Duke Cecil... makes me hesitate."
The great astrologer didn't give her answer immediately, she just thought about it quietly, and the magic crystals floating beside her, undulating slightly and changing positions, stopped at some point and began to shine in unison.
This is the performance of the great astrologer in deep thought.
The Silver Queen didn't disturb the chief advisor's thinking, she just sat quietly on the ruling seat, listening to the low growls or whispers of the ancient machines in this city in the sky with her soul and nerves, listening to every engine and every movement of it. The sound of a reactor and every artificial intelligence node slowly going to destruction, the expression is calm and unwavering.
"Your Majesty," the great astrologer finally raised his head and broke the silence, "Do you know that thirteen hundred years ago, I was an instructor at the Royal Academy, and I was responsible for teaching the advanced skills of arcane magic to those young elites, teaching them The Empire's most advanced knowledge in the arcane field."
"I've heard of it," Belsetia nodded slightly: "Many members of the Astromancer Association are your apprentices."
"Yes, most of them were taught by me 1300 years ago," Verania said, taking a light breath, "and I went back to the Royal Academy to visit a friend six days ago On that friend's bookshelf, I see their textbooks today...still what I taught thirteen hundred years ago."
Belsetia's eyes were condensed, and she quietly looked at the great astrologer in front of her.
"Your Majesty, the Silver Empire has been a gigantic beast that has been stagnant for thousands of years. It may still be the largest individual in this forest, but its interior has gradually decayed during these thousands of years of stagnation. We learned from our ancestors Legacy mines knowledge, and we used it to build vast empires in the first few millennia, but for many millennia after that we made no progress. All our technological achievements are built on This is a small repair of the existing field. The products we made with those ancient blueprints are becoming more and more refined, more durable, and even improved some efficiency, but... in the basic field behind these blueprints, we have always stopped. not before.
"Your Majesty, we are nearly at the end of the road, and we need a second way. There is little hope of finding this one alone, but we may have an opportunity before us.
"Humanity's magical skills may have been hit hard by the fall of the Gondor Empire, but they are an intelligent and changeable race. They are good at absorbing knowledge from various fields and developing rapidly. Their knowledge is of reference significance to us What we need is such a 'reference meaning'.
"That is my suggestion, Your Majesty."
Belsetia quietly listened to the suggestion of the great astrologer, and after a few seconds of silence, she spoke: "You are right, we should seize this opportunity.
"Great astromancer, please go back and rest, let the other great astrologers get ready and wait for my call."
Verania bowed her head deeply: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Verania left the hall, and the Silver Queen was silent for a moment, then she tapped on the handrail again and summoned her maid: "Let Sir Valentian come to see me."
A moment later, wearing a mithril crown and a red-bottomed gold-rimmed robe, the tall, thin and serious imperial minister Valentian Jingu entered the hall of dominion. He bowed deeply: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
"The Principality of Cecil in the north will carry out high-level technical cooperation with the Silver Empire. In exchange for their technology to control runes, the Empire will open up some of their ancestral knowledge to them," Belsetia said calmly, "I want to call for political participation Discuss this matter with the group and all the great astrologers. There will be many opponents, and unnecessary reserve and pride will make many elves refuse to open their ancestral knowledge to humans."
Valentian, the chief assistant of the empire, maintained a stern face that never changed: "What about your order?"
"I'm asking for the bill to pass within two days."
"yes."
Soon, the hall fell silent again.
In the empty hall where the attendants were dismissed in advance, Belsetia sat alone on the throne. Only the occasional humming sound from the operation of various instruments and equipment broke the silence in the room. This silence lasted for more than ten seconds before the throne sounded. A sigh.
"Hopefully this is really an opportunity."
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At the same time, in the northern part of the mainland, in the territory of Ansu.
In the ancient palace deep underground, a room was brightly lit.
Priestess Bertila stood in the room, quietly watching several believers in short black robes inspect the magic device in the center of the room.
Those are two black stone pillars, nearly one person tall, densely packed runes and pale golden arcane lines engraved on the surface, and fine crystals and expensive magic materials are inlaid between those runes and lines, shining slightly Light, two stone pillars stand on the ground, less than two meters apart from each other, and on the ground where they stand, you can also see a large magic circle that is extremely complex and almost covers the entire floor. In the activated state, countless runes and connections are shimmering, and the crystals embedded in the magic circle are also full of energy.
The elf twins stood beside Beltira, looking at the two "stone pillars" in the center of the room with great interest, and sighed in unison: "The Eternal Sleepers really have some very interesting ideas! They can think of projecting people's thoughts In the distance, it can even directly cross the magnificent wall... "
"Unfortunately, this may be the last cooperation with them," Bertila said lightly, "They finally rejected the path of great evolution and chose the false spiritual world instead."
"They think their way is right, and we think our way is right," the elf twins laughed softly, walking around Bertila, "What about you? Can the world have its own unique insights?"
"I don't like your habit of talking around others," Bertila unceremoniously dodged the entanglement of the twin elves, and walked to the center of the room to check that the disciples of the magic circle had already retreated. The two black stone pillars A constant light is shining on the surface, "If you are not willing to help, at least don't choose to add trouble."
"Ah, of course we are here to help," the elf twins said in unison, and followed Beltira to the side of the stone pillar. "We have a lot to say with our companions on the other side of the barrier."
The magic circle in the room was activated, and the light floating on the surface of the two black stone pillars suddenly became extraordinarily bright.