Seven hundred years ago, Bertila Augustus actually attended the funeral of Gawain Cecil...
This incident was really beyond Gao Wen's expectation. He didn't have the slightest impression of this—of course, it's normal to have no impression, after all, the main task of his body at that time was to lie in a coffin for people to pay their respects to, but those who attended the funeral at that time There is also a group of bigwigs, the first generation of founding pigeons are all violent tempered, the kind who can copy the bench from Silver Fort to Iron Cross Street when there is a disagreement in the palace meeting, they have become Dark Drew at that time Yi's Bertila dared to approach...
It can only be said that she was really concerned about the death of Gawain Cecil.
"It's actually not difficult." Beltera seemed to know that Gao Wen was surprised by this, she shook her head and showed a helpless smile, "At that time, the death of all things would be far less 'famous' than later, You should also know that we had just started our activities at that time. And... as a high-level druid, I always have a way."
Gawain hummed, and didn't go any further on this issue: "As you said, Gawain Cecil made a deal with his soul, so after his death his soul was exhausted, and his body was just a blank body, so it is absolutely impossible for him to be resurrected, then... "
An idea gradually took shape in his mind, bizarre but lingering.
He exhaled, and said in a deep voice: "This blank body really seems to be prepared for me, doesn't it?"
Bertila's eyes widened. Obviously, she had never considered this direction before today.
It was personal feelings and natural vigilance against wanderers outside the territory that blinded her original sharp thinking and judgment.
"Don't look at me like that, I know what you're thinking," Gawain glanced at Bertila and shook his head helplessly, "I'm just guessing, I don't know the details—I don't have this paragraph in my memory, maybe Erased by someone else, maybe even by myself, but we can keep that possibility—the body that Gawain Cecil left behind was for me from the start."
Gawain Cecil made a deal with a mysterious being in the Sea of Eternal Darkness, using his soul as a bargaining chip.
Just now when he heard these words, Gao Wen's heart was already stirred up. He has been thinking about the secret of his "resurrection", thinking about the destination of Gawain Cecil's mysterious voyage back then, but there is a key link missing in all the things, and all the clues are isolated from each other and cannot be connected as a whole.
Until now, the information revealed by Bertila allowed him to make a bold guess—although the clues are still incomplete, at least he can have a reasonable guess:
The so-called deal that Gawain Cecil mentioned to the people around him after returning from the voyage was this "resurrection" seven hundred years later.
But the target of the resurrection is not him, but an alien from a lonely universe.
However, how did Gawain Cecil, an ordinary human being, get in touch with the satellites far away in space
Those crystals... Those crystals of unknown origin that he entrusted to the Mithril Treasury for safekeeping seem to be able to explain some problems.
When Gawain came into contact with those crystals, he successfully re-established contact with the satellites in space, which indicated that the function of those crystals was similar to some kind of "communication medium".
Seven hundred years ago, Gawain Cecil should have found those crystals during his voyage, perhaps in the so-called "Sea of Eternal Darkness", and those crystals made him contact Gawain in space. In an exchange whose traces were deliberately erased, the souls of the two worlds reached a deal.
As for how this deal was reached, and what motives Gawain Cecil had at the time, it is unknown.
However, Gao Wen vaguely had a guess. If all his assumptions were true, then what he is doing now may be the content of the transaction agreement back then.
He exhaled slowly.
A series of exciting hypotheses, but hypotheses are hypotheses, as long as there is not enough evidence, he can't completely take his imaginations seriously, these... are just possibilities.
"Wanderers outside the territory will also be trapped by memory problems... This is indeed beyond my expectations," Bertila snorted, "It seems that your group is not without flaws in mentality."
Looking at Bertila's appearance, I don't know how many non-existent features those gang of eternal sleepers have added to the "outside wanderer" race card... I'm afraid there is a special "extraterrestrial wanderer" among the eternal sleepers. Behavioral characteristics (brain supplement) research room".
Have a chance to ask Daniel to investigate, if there is any, see if you can put some "artistic processing" in it...
The most effective way to deal with the heretics is to be better than them - this is Gawain's greatest experience after successfully fooling the Eternal Sleeper for the first time.
"Of course we have shortcomings, everyone has shortcomings," Gawain said lightly, "And I want to remind you one more thing—at least at this stage, you can regard me as the real Gawain Cecil, Whether in the memory I have inherited, or in his own name."
Bertila stared at Gawain for a long time, as if she was facing a difficult decision, and finally she suddenly laughed: "The real Gawain Cecil... You know if the real brother Gawain stands here , what will he do?"
"The first reaction was to kill you." Gao Wen said flatly.
The expression on Bertila's face froze.
"Do you still remember what you said in the dream? You have caused trouble, a big disaster," Gao Wen continued expressionlessly, "You have taken a wrong path, but you want to let the Holy Spirit Plain, and even the entire Ansu People will bear the price for you, of course, the Doom Society has already accepted the punishment with its fate, and you have become like this, but Gawain Cecil will still draw his sword."
Bertila lowered her eyelids slightly: "...it seems that you have indeed inherited almost all of his memories..."
"But I'm not done yet—his second reaction was to slash the sword on the ground next to him."
"Why?"
"Because you are Beltira, and because of your current appearance... there is really no need to strike again," Gao Wen said quietly, "Do you think you are still alive now?"
Bertila was taken aback.
Her senses are spreading, her spirit is spreading in this twisted body.
She could feel the dark and deep earth, she could also feel the cold air of autumn, she could feel the water rushing through her roots, and she could also feel the birds falling on the branches, the bold little animals had begun to Settled among the tree branches, bushes, and grass pits, preparing for a new home.
A wind blew across the sky of Solimberg, the leaves on the outer edge of the giant tree rattled and shook, and the huge canopy stretched in the sunlight, covering the scorched land at a very high place.
She takes root here, and this is her new home and her eternal prison.
In the meeting hall of the Dark Underground Palace, Bertila—or part of Bertila's mimetic communication individuals bowed their heads to Gawain: "Then what do you think of me as a wanderer outside the territory?"
"I want to make sure first." Gawain thought for a while, then looked down at the pioneer sword in his hand, "If I cut you down here, will you die?"
"... I'm afraid not," Bertera shook his head, "You will only cut off one of my roots. The correct way is to completely destroy the whole tree... This whole tree is my body. With your A powerful explosive prop, use your magical flame that can burn everything, completely burn the entire tree including the underground structure, and then kill me.
"It's not easy. In terms of pure survivability, my life has achieved a 'great evolution', but I know this is not difficult for your army. You can do it.
"And burning at the stake... does work for cultists, too."
Gao Wen glanced lightly at the long sword in his hand, and sighed slightly.
"We've set enough fire here, this land doesn't have to burn a second time," he said, as if talking to himself, "and you... stay here quietly, your roots, Perhaps it will be of some benefit to the people of the Holy Spirit Plain."
Bertila lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking. It was not until a few seconds later that Gawain heard her voice: "I understand, Gawain...brother."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows.
It's a deal done.
He nodded and brought the topic back to the right track: "What else is in this palace? What's on the lower level?"
"There is nothing worth exploring at the lower level. When the body of the false god broke free from the shackles, it destroyed the support structure at the lowest level. In order to temporarily imprison him, the last remaining priests blew up the large passage area and the rock bottom area. Bertila shook his head, "If you don't believe me, you can go down the corridor on the east side and have a look. I can sense a gap there, and you should be able to see the collapsed passage and the stacked rock formations. In fact If it wasn't for the rock formations on both sides of the underground rift to form new supports, and my roots maintain the structure of the underground palace, this place would inevitably end up collapsing with the bottom."
Gao Wen frowned, this is a regrettable situation - he still looks forward to digging out more secrets and even lost technologies from this ancient underground ruins, but now it seems that with the man-made god All the ancient secrets here have been buried underground with the collapse...
"Don't be too sorry," but Bertila said immediately, "the lowest level itself doesn't have much—this ancient palace was not built by us, it came from an ancient civilization that has been lost for an unknown number of epochs. Its deep layers are entrenched with forces that even we can hardly resist, so for hundreds of years, our main activity areas are basically in the middle and upper floors—most of the rooms and corridors in the lower floors are completely sealed, except for the decayed There is nothing but air and hollow echoes.
"The only two valuable areas in the lower level are the room of the Grand Priest and the rift area where the body of the false god was created, but the body of the false god no longer exists, and the most valuable in the room of the Grand Priest..."
While talking, Bertila raised her hand and handed the big book that she had been holding in front of her chest to the front.
"It's it."
Gawain's attention shifted to the book following Beltira's movements.
The moment he saw it, he felt an unspeakable feeling—
He vaguely felt something familiar from this book. This feeling was slightly similar to the "spiritual resonance" when he contacted the satellite, but there was a significant difference, as if... some kind of fake, although he tried his best to An imitation, but not the real thing after all.
Or to put it another way, he can feel a clear mental shock when he resonates with the satellite, but he can also feel a similar resonance when facing the book, but it is much more blurred and confused.
"What is this?" Gawain asked curiously.
"The Ultimate Book, the only thing we found in the lowest level of this underground palace that is safe and can be controlled by mortals," Bertila said, "For the past hundreds of years, it has belonged to our Grand Priest."
"The Ultimate Book...sounds extraordinary." Gawain looked at the big black book cautiously as he spoke—he knew that curiosity is one of the driving forces for human progress, but too much curiosity can also It will bring danger. Although he doesn't feel threatened from this book, the origin of this thing is unknown, and it is exuding a weird atmosphere, which really makes people feel vigilant.
... Do you want to touch it
"The Grand Patriarch gave it to me before merging with the body of the false god, and he hoped that I would lead the End of All Things Society," Beltira continued, "but as you can see—the End of All Things Society has disappeared, and I …has become like this too. This book is of no use to me, Outlander Wanderer, if you want it, take it.”
After thinking about it, Gao Wen finally took the book and carefully opened its cover.
The next second, a voice came from his mind:
"Illegal media logging into the system has been detected."