Gawain finally knew the truth about the curse of the Augustus family.
This truth is even more tortuous and bizarre than he expected.
As an insider of related events, Megal III believed that the "God's Eye" that escaped back then had fallen in personality after entering the blood of the Augustus family. Spiritual pollution without divinity—but Gao Wen didn't dare to be so optimistic.
After all, he knew about the war against gods in ancient times, that the gods had returned to the world in different forms time and time again, and that the power of the gods was actually the projection of the collective will of mortals. The "God's Eye" of the family blood will disappear so easily.
It's just that he can't verify anything right now—even if there is a member of the Augustus family standing here, with the current technical conditions, Gawain doesn't know how to confirm the status of the "God's Eye", so he can only I can think about it.
Megal III did not hear Gawain's last soft words to himself. Recalling the Orlandelle incident two hundred years ago made the pope, who was no longer human, fall into sighs. After half a minute of silence, His voice came again from the undulating starlight aggregate: "Your Majesty, that's all I know about the curse of the Augustus family."
Gao Wen also woke up from his thoughts. He looked at the former Pope in front of him and nodded slightly: "It's all very important information, very valuable."
Then he paused, and then said: "It's really a miracle that you survived from Orlandle back then."
"Everyone underestimated the sturdiness of those ancient ruins. Some kind of incredible ancient technology made the core and the bottom layer almost indestructible, and the collapse of the upper layer happened to completely cover up the fact that the interior was intact," said Megaul III. There was a hint of emotion in the voice, "At that time, Typhon fell into chaos due to the collapse of the imperial capital and the large number of casualties of the upper-class nobles. A way to confirm the situation at the bottom of Orlandle.
"As for us, we have an alternate passage, we can evacuate from the exit outside the city of Orlande, but we know that there is only a dead end to go out under the situation at that time—we hibernate in the underground palace, relying on the supplies in reserve and the ruins of the upper city. The small amount of supplies that could be collected took the first few months, and then slowly began to send some people out to investigate the situation. After that, many years later, we restored the middle and lower levels of the underground palace within the solid framework of the ancient facilities , and built a new dome under the collapsed area...it's really not easy."
"I can imagine," Gawain nodded, and then asked, "I'm thinking about one thing. Back then, you used the term 'evil god' to negotiate with Emperor Typhon to convince him that the people underground in Orandelle were not gods. , but the evil spirit, the other party believed it, but after that, the Augustus family will definitely not let this matter go like this—even if it is to investigate the curse that they suddenly encountered, they will try to figure out how to understand Orlandelle. The truth of the incident. Do you think they finally know what's going on under Orlandelle?"
Megol was silent for a few seconds before slowly speaking: "I think they should have investigated part of the truth, they probably know that the curse they suffered actually came from the gods.
"The reason is very simple. Not all the priests of the Eternal Sleeper stayed in the underground palace all the time - when the Orlandle incident happened, some priests were active outside, and it was inevitable that some of them would fall into the hands of the Augustus family in the future. When the religious order When the core and high-level members of the church were buried underground in Orlande, these priests did not know the news that we were still alive, and lost their psychological support, and many of them would confess everything in order to survive."
Gao Wen frowned, and said in a deep voice: "That is to say, the Augustus family knew that the gods brought them the curse, and even to a certain extent—they knew that the gods were gradually going crazy like you, and knew that the gods were essentially In fact, it is equivalent to the doomsday that is counting down."
"Those arrested priests should tell this part of the truth, but it's hard to say how much the Augustus family chooses to believe," Megaul III replied, "They may take it as the nonsense of heretics , Of course, given the real existence of the curse and the various evidences in the Orlandelle incident, they may also have limited belief in the words of those priests."
"The main religion of the Typhon Empire is the belief in the God of War. In addition, there are also small-scale activities of the Church of the God of Commerce, the God of Blood, and the God of Death." At this moment, Amber suddenly said, "The Typhon Royal Family has no obvious restrictions The moves of these churches, but also without any kind of support and closeness."
Gao Wen couldn't help looking at Amber - he hadn't asked anything yet, but her answer was exactly what he needed.
After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Are any members of the Augustus family openly religious or have received any form of baptism?"
"No," Amber shook her head, "at least there is no intelligence that can be collected—but it does not rule out the existence of secret baptized persons, although the probability is very low."
Gawain asked while thinking, "Before the Orlandle incident, were there any religious believers in the Augustus family?"
"I don't know about that," Amber shook her head, "The Military Intelligence Bureau has not specifically investigated this. But this part of the information is not confidential, and you should be able to find clues from Typhon's official public information..."
"I can answer," Megal III interrupted suddenly, "Yes, and more than one—before the Orlandle incident, there were members of the Augustus family who were baptized by the God of War. A symbol of the exchange of royal and church interests, but baptized ones do exist."
Gao Wen exhaled lightly.
"Then we can assume that the Augustus family will no longer allow family members to become believers after the Orlandle incident," he said softly, "As for them not cracking down on the domestic church... it's not surprising, it may be Taking into account social needs and national interests.
"After all, even today's Cecil has the Church of the Holy Light as his main faith and several other small churches."
Gawain's last sentence was just casual, but Megaul III thought of those "War Priests" who were fully armed and loyal to the emperor in the Cecil Empire, and the stars and clouds surging all over his body couldn't help shrinking.
However, Gawain couldn't see the face of Megaul III from a cloud of twinkling stars. He just subconsciously tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat while thinking, and said softly as if talking to himself: "Things are starting to get interesting..."
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After continuing to exchange some sporadic issues, Megal III left.
In the spacious study room, only Gao Wen was sitting in front of the desk, and Amber was standing in front of Gao Wen.
"I heard the big secret tonight." After there was no one else present, Amber stretched her waist without any scruples, muttering as she stretched, "It seems that the Augustus family and Eternal Sleep The two are really... entangled."
"Reality is always so bizarre, it is more than you and I imagined than the bard's story," Gao Wen said indifferently, "In this way, at this moment, Rosetta Augustus accepts the eternal sleepers in China on a large scale... It just got more dramatic."
"After all, the Orlandle incident happened two hundred years ago," Amber blinked. "For most ordinary human beings, it is already 'ancient'—an ancient story buried deep in the file, and it is very important for modern people. It can only be a story for Emperor Typhon and Priest of the Sleeping One."
"You speak more and more like me now." Gao Wen couldn't help smiling and glanced at Amber.
Amber immediately bared her teeth, but she didn't utter a lot of swearing words in an instant like usual, but said thoughtfully after a short thought: "Speaking of it...according to the information brought by Megal III , the relationship between the Reverse Tide Empire and the gods in ancient times is probably more complicated than we imagined at first."
"Having the ability to build advanced devices capable of containing and controlling the power of the gods, but using this technology to build altars to welcome the gods..." Gao Wen's expression was slightly serious, "Melita Purnia once said that there is no breakthrough in the gods. However, the shackles have mastered super-high technology in advance, and only disasters are brought about. I have been thinking about the deep meaning of her words, and the ruins in the underground of Orlanda... seem to have answered part of my questions."
"It's a pity that the ruins are really gone this time," Amber muttered regretfully. "The Eternal Sleepers blew it up again from the inside before evacuating, and those secrets will never be known."
"Maybe one day we will have other ways to dig out those secrets," Gawain shook his head, "but now, at least those eternal sleepers have brought a lot of information, and there will always be some valuable things in it."
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After a night of rest and a whole morning of final weighing, Sir Gorosh and his advisory group came before Gawain Cecil again.
Gawain sat on his favorite high-backed chair, watching the dragon descendants take their seats opposite, the clerk and assistant officer were ready at the side, with a calm and indifferent expression.
The information given by Megal III last night brought him a lot of thinking and deduction about the future, but what he has to pay attention to is not only one "eye" of Typhon and the God of Dreams, now, he let himself My mood calmed down, and I was ready to continue the unfinished negotiations with these powerful dragon descendants from the extreme northern mountains in front of me.
Sir Golosh first saluted Gawain, then cleared his throat, and said in a candid and polite tone: "Your Majesty, first of all thank you for your reception again.
"We have carefully considered the many projects and ideas for the future that you proposed yesterday, and in terms of conclusions... please forgive my rudeness, I personally prefer to speak frankly and honestly—
"The Principality of the Holy Dragon is not yet ready for a full-scale commercial contact with Cecil, especially in terms of mine development, joint venture colleges, and infrastructure construction. The dragon descendants have no intention."
Gao Wen's eyebrows were raised slightly in an undetectable range.
Sir Golosh said it was straightforward, but in fact what he said was quite euphemistic-but no matter how euphemistic the language was, it could not change the meaning of his words.
Everyone at the scene heard it very clearly: the dragon descendants rejected more than 70% of the terms of the many projects proposed by Gao Wen yesterday.
And it seems that their attitude is very firm. This is the result of their deliberation. It may even be a decision made after contacting the Dragon Blood Grand Duke through some method. It cannot be changed or reversed with a few words.
But driven by curiosity, Gao Wen still couldn't help asking: "I want to hear the specific reason."
Sir Gorosh exchanged glances with Azarena who was beside him, then turned his head, and met Gawain's gaze seriously and calmly: "Your Majesty, the Dragonborn has a sincere and frank attitude towards this exchange, and I believe that And so are you.
"We are all looking for new friends in this vast world, for a common and bright future for both parties.
"There is a saying in the Principality of the Holy Dragon: Climbers alone have courage, and those who climb together have both courage and wisdom—Dragon descendants are not as closed and exclusive as the outside world imagines. They are friends who can climb the peak together, advancing together and retreating together.
"Your Majesty, in the past thousands of years, dragon descendants have rarely stepped out of the mountains in the north, because everything that happened on this continent failed to arouse our interest, but now that we have opened the door, this We opened the door on our own initiative—we opened the door to find an ally, and the Dragonborn hope that all of this can be based on equality, respect, mutual benefit, and honesty."
Gawain looked into Sir Gorosh's eyes quietly, and two seconds later, he suddenly laughed.
"Of course," he said very pleasantly and easily, "then let's discuss a plan again."
His attitude was very calm, as if he had expected everything.