The breath of summer is getting stronger every day.
Even in this northern country, the area close to the dark mountains gradually felt the heat coming.
The window of the study room was open, and the sound of birds and insects came from the direction of the courtyard. The breeze blew across the desk in the sun, causing a few pages of paper on the desk to lift slightly, but then a hand picked up the documents and began to carefully read them. Read carefully.
There was a rhythmic knocking sound coming from the direction of the door. Gao Wen flipped through the documents in front of him without raising his head: "Come in."
The study door was gently opened, and Tier yawned and arched in—she arched her upper body first, and then retracted the tail that was several meters long behind her back little by little, forming a large ball on the ground. The originally spacious study room seemed a little narrower after Miss Kraken completely entered the room.
"It's so rare that you're awake at this hour," Gao Wen looked up at the deep-sea salted fish, and said with a smile, "Is there something wrong?"
"There's news from Antaveen," Till yawned again, and said with some strength, "The signal you caught before wasn't sent by a sea monster—the queen has already started investigating the source of the signal."
"... Isn't it really a sea monster..." Gao Wen stopped completely, and after slightly frowning, he shook his head, "What else?"
"The queen asked me to convey my thanks to you on her behalf," Tire tried hard to put on a straight face, trying to make himself look more serious and formal, "She is very happy that humans are willing to share the principle of magic net communication with the sea monster, which will help us in the future. Repair Antaveen's main antenna under the magical environment of this world. In addition, our technicians also said that if the repair project of the main antenna goes well, the communication between Antaveen and Cecil may be fine. More conveniently, it is even possible to establish direct communication—of course, it is up to the technical staff to decide whether it can be realized or not.”
Listening to Tyre's report, Gawain couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Ah, this is really good news..."
Till expressed the meaning of rejoicing and rejoicing quite perfunctorily, then stretched his five-and-a-half-meter-long and coiled waist, and said sleepily with the tip of his tail: "If there is nothing else... "
"Yes," Gao Wen hurriedly said before the deep-sea salted fish fell asleep on the spot, "wait a minute, I still need your help."
"Ah?" Tire suddenly showed a regretful expression on his face, but he still nodded, "Then tell me."
"You should know that we are building the North Port in the northern border of the empire, and we are preparing to restart the sea route," Gao Wen said unhurriedly, "The infrastructure over there is already more than half completed..."
"... I think I understand what you mean," Tyre glanced at Gao Wen, and immediately understood what the other party wanted to say, "Further technology exchange... This is indeed what we agreed on. Now you have agreed to send more The magic technology was given to the sea monster, and it is time for us sea monsters to respond."
"We need to return to the sea, which requires a higher level of ship technology—as well as a way to avoid danger and find safe routes on the sea," Gao Wen nodded calmly, and said with a serious expression, "You should know, Typhon People have already started on that.”
Tire looked at Gawain, and shrugged after a moment: "Don't worry, we will provide help as promised. Your magic technology has shown value in the restoration project of Antaveen. The Queen is very satisfied with this, and she has agreed Let more sea monsters come to Cecil as 'consultants', including professional deep-water technicians, who are much more professional than me in the technical field—after all, my profession is actually just creating waves on the sea."
More siren consultants—Gao Wen looked at Tyre, and finally a satisfied smile slowly appeared on his face.
He has been waiting for this day for a long time.
The technical communication between Cecil and the Kraken has been going on for several years, but it takes more than time for the two completely different races to establish sufficient mutual trust. In terms of time, the technical exchanges between the two countries have actually been limited. Even during these years, the "Kraken Technical Advisor" on Cecil's side actually has only one Tyre, and this Tyre is in the The Kraken is not a technician yet—by her own words, she is actually a fighting profession in the Kraken society...
This is equivalent to sending a security captain to Cecil as a technical consultant on Kraken's side, and he has been serving as a technical consultant for several years.
The point is that the basic elementary school knowledge mastered by the security captain is really enough in the "backward human world"—although this meets Gao Wen's technical needs, the situation itself is undoubtedly embarrassing and cramped.
Especially when human beings decided to go to the sea and want to challenge ocean voyages, the security captain's elementary school basic knowledge finally began to be insufficient.
But now, all this has finally changed—Cecil's magic technology has proved its value in the Kraken society, and the recent technical exchanges in the communication field have further impressed those deep-sea creatures. It's not advanced enough, but at least it has its uniqueness in specific fields, and this uniqueness finally made the Krakens decide to send more consultants.
"I should express my gratitude to His Majesty Perthia," Gao Wen said with a smile, "Then when will more advisors come? How will they come? Are they taking the same route as you?"
"The sisters set off along the ocean currents and traveled all the way to the bottom of the sea—I know you must be more looking forward to the 'jumping technology' when we hunted that deer, but Antavien is entering the important stage of restarting several key facilities. stage, there is no extra energy to open the warp channel, and the Kraken always lacks motivation for things other than predation. But you don’t have to worry, we move very fast in the deep sea, and we have very fast The deep-water shuttle will arrive within a few days. As for the route..." Till thought for a while, then spread his hands, "You don't need to bother with the reception—the sisters will go directly to North Port."
"Beigang?" Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, "Does this mean to go to work directly?"
"I know that according to the rules of human beings, there should be a formal welcome ceremony or something. It's best to let the sisters come to this imperial capital to show their faces, but we sea monsters don't like these, and I know you don't like them, so everyone will Go directly to Beigang to find Byron, you just need to arrange the contact there," Till said casually, "Besides, the consultants we sent this time... are not only sirens."
Gawain frowned: "It's not just sirens? What do you mean?"
"Naga," Till said, "there will be some Naga coming together. Of course, this is only the queen's plan at the moment. If you have doubts about this, Antavien can adjust the advisory group. personnel composition."
"I want to make sure first," Gawain interrupted Tyre, he looked into the other's eyes with a serious expression, "the 'Naga' you mentioned are those transformed sons of the storm..."
"There is no church of the Son of the Storm anymore," Tire said unhurriedly, shaking his head, "Three days ago, the last Son of the Storm also became a Naga... In this way, the footprints in the high seas that have continued to this day have come to an end."
"...completely transformed," Gao Wen took a deep breath, calming down his ups and downs after hearing the shocking news, "His Majesty Perthia will send some Naga over, in other words, those transformed Naga are no longer Are they dangerous dark cultists? What status are they now? A brand new deep-sea species? A new member of the Siren Kingdom? Or a human with a mutated body and mind?"
"Probably all three—our scholars are also studying this issue," Till said slowly, "but one thing is certain, that is, the sons of the storm transformed into Naga have lost the previous fanatical attack Sex, and this seems to be the result of multiple factors. Mutations have changed their personalities, and at the same time, they have acquired some knowledge about the deep sea. That knowledge was passed on to them from the sea monsters. I don’t know the specific reason , this knowledge actually calmed them down, and there was also the hormonal influence after the transformation of the life form. Various factors worked together to finally end the senseless struggle between the Kraken and the Son of the Storm for hundreds of years.
"Of course, not all naga have become completely harmless, there are also some transformed people who are still not conscious enough, and a few naga are still extremely irritable after transformation - we have to establish a lot of 'abnormal human holding centers ' to keep them under control for a while. I hope you don't feel uncomfortable about this, I know you're human too, but my brethren probably can't help it either."
"Um... I can understand," Gao Wen touched the tip of his nose, and said in a strange tone, "It seems that you plan to send the most sober and harmless part of the naga. I can probably guess what your queen is thinking. "
He paused, and slowly said with an understanding tone: "After all, those Naga were human beings, and she probably used this method to show her friendliness, and at the same time, she wanted to use this open and honest method to eliminate my "Naga 'There may be a misunderstanding of the Kraken in this matter; secondly, the Son of the Storm was originally an ocean expert in human society. The Siren may know more advanced technology, but the Son of the Storm understands how humans build ships. It can play a big role; in the end, she should and hopes to be able to appease the Naga and let those "humans" who have just transformed into alien races do some important things. This is a very good way to appease people's hearts and show importance. "
Gawain analyzed the intention of the Siren Queen's arrangement in an orderly manner. His clear thinking even made Tire, who had been sleepy since just now, couldn't help but widen his eyes. Miss Kraken's face was incredulous: "I Why do you think our queen doesn't think so much at all?"
Gawain looked at the other party dumbfounded: "Do you think that a queen like you would sleep like you all day long, with nothing but salt and water in her mind?"
"All siren brains are full of salt and water!" Tire immediately responded to Gawain's teasing with racial pride, and then she waved her hand, "In short, no matter what the queen thinks, you have an opinion on the above arrangement What? If you don’t trust those Naga and don’t want them to appear in Beigang, I will explain to the Queen next time I contact you…”
"No need," Gawain shook his head, "Don't waste your queen's good intentions.
"I believe that Byron will maintain the order in Beigang, and I don't mind some... naga appearing on the land of the empire.
"After all, Cecil has always been an inclusive country."
Looking at Gawain with a smile on his face, Tire just yawned big: "Ha - I understand, I will convey it to the Queen."
Miss Kraken, who was about to be trapped in place and died suddenly, left the room with a bang.
Gao Wen stood in front of the desk for a while, then shook his head, and said softly to himself: "Isn't it a signal from the siren..."
After a few seconds of thinking and hesitation, he still raised his right hand and lightly stroked a mithril ring worn on his finger.
Amidst the familiar slight heat and fluctuations in magic power, he heard a gentle and elegant but somewhat unfamiliar voice from the ring: "Hello, Mithril Treasure House is glad to be of service to you, our important client His Majesty Gawain Cecil. "
Gao Wen was about to say hello habitually, but subconsciously frowned when he heard the voice from the ring: "You are not Melita... Where is Melita?"
"I'm sorry, Melita is performing an unexpected collection task. Before she returns, I will be responsible for receiving important customers on her behalf," the voice from the ring continued to say gracefully and gently, "You can call me' Noretta'."