The sense of peeping from the soul and the faint sense of warning gradually faded away, but Melita and Noretta did not fully recover until a few minutes later. At this moment, the mighty dragon will also know very clearly One fact: even though dragons are the masters of the sky in the eyes of mortals, and they are supernatural creatures in legends, but in essence, dragons... are just a race of "humans".
"Is this... God's direct warning..." Noretta bit her lip with a very bad face, and said with her brows furrowed, "It's a different feeling from soul punishment, but it's just as uncomfortable..."
"This is just the slightest 'reminder'," the speaker's voice came from the throne of the heart, and the voice seemed to be a little older, "Children, you don't want to face the real 'warning' of the gods of."
After a few seconds of silence and hesitation, Melita couldn't help but speak: "...What the hell is that signal? Why shouldn't we listen to it?"
Speaker Andal took a deep look at the young blue dragon.
Melita, she is the most outstanding and daring of the younger generation. Years of activities in the human world have allowed her to develop a character that is different from other dragons, and she still dares to ask more questions under such circumstances. one question.
However, the Dragon Clan needs such a younger generation.
"In this world, each race has only one chance to look up at the starry sky." The old speaker lowered his head, looked at the two young dragons, and said in a low and deep voice, "If you miss it, you will miss it forever."
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Heragor bowed his head respectfully and humbly. This middle-aged dragon priest stood beside the blond-haired god, pursing his lips tightly, as if he didn't dare to say a word.
And the graceful and luxurious god stood at the end of the terrace of the palace, under a sky that was approaching dusk, overlooking the kingdom ruled by giant dragons in this temple close to the clouds, her eyes did not seem to fall on any specific place In terms of things, Heragor, who can feel the power of the gods, knows that at the moment just now, there are countless transcendent and incomprehensible "eyes" watching the direction of the mithril treasure house and the headquarters of the jury. , has not passed for many years.
"My lord," Heragor maintained a humble posture, before speaking in a low voice for a long time, "maybe it's just the recklessness of some young people..."
The air was filled with suffocating silence, and Heragor seemed to be able to hear his own heartbeat, but after a few seconds of silence, the blond figure at the end of the terrace finally spoke, his tone sounded very gentle, calm and unhurried : "Don't be nervous, I can tell the difference between a deliberate offense and an unintentional mistake.
"It was just a little accident just now. A young dragon came back from the outside, but she didn't know what she brought back. This mistake should not be punished."
Hearing the other party's faint answer, Heragor finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he didn't see that the blond figure at the end of the terrace turned his back to him and showed a complicated and inexplicable smile after the words fell. Full of helplessness.
"He" raised his head and looked at the distant sky, his eyes seemed to penetrate the clouds and atmosphere, and cast his eyes into the depths of the starry sky.
"Signal..." Dragon God whispered as if talking to himself, but her words gradually made Heragor, who had just relaxed, tense up again, "The human civilization on the opposite continent... has created some surprises. Yes Call it the Cecil Empire, Heragor, its ruler, is a human hero who came back from the dead?"
"Yes, my lord," Heragor immediately bowed his head and replied, "The name is Gawain Cecil. He was active in the northern part of the Loren continent seven hundred years ago, and he came back to life a few years ago."
"Heh... resurrection from the dead, how can it be so easy for mortals to carry out this level of resurrection?" Dragon God smiled and shook his head, "He... maybe an interesting person, I'm starting to be curious about him."
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Sitting in front of the desk he was most familiar with, with the warm summer wind blowing into the room from the open window, this summer afternoon was comfortable and relatively leisurely, but Gawain suddenly shivered inexplicably.
Hetty, who was sitting by the side sorting out some documents, noticed this scene, and immediately asked with some concern: "Ancestor, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Gawain shook his head, but with a puzzled expression on his face, "I just felt a sudden chill, as if being stared at by something... strange."
Gawain's tone was very indifferent, but Hetty immediately became serious and gave Gawain a serious look: "The intuition of the legendary strong man? You sensed malicious prying?"
"No, it's not that serious..." Gawain couldn't help but shook his head dumbfoundingly when he saw Hetty's serious appearance, "Probably just caused by distraction, I didn't feel prying eyes, let alone malicious intent."
"It's better to be more cautious," Hetty was still serious, "A legendary powerhouse like you can often produce extremely strong intuitive predictions, and when it comes to your own safety, this intuition is even close to the legendary 'precognition' in China now. It hasn’t been long since it’s on the right track, and all key projects and projects are at a critical moment, and there are countless enemies hiding in the dark looking for opportunities to sabotage. I suggest strengthening the security work of the imperial capital in the near future, check the people entering and leaving, and prevent assassinations.”
"It's been a while..." Gao Wen looked at the great-granddaughter in front of him dumbfounded, "How can I be so laborious just because I shuddered? Besides, in terms of security, there are Amber and the officers of the Military Intelligence Bureau led by her, as well as Suo. Durrin's Iron Rangers, nothing to worry about."
Hetty thought for a while, and probably realized that her reaction was a bit excessive: "You're right. But it's not bad for you to be more vigilant recently."
"Okay, okay, I will pay attention, I will pay attention," Gawain waved his hand, at this moment he suddenly felt as if he had really become an old man who was being urged by the juniors, and he saw that Hetty seemed to want to speak when he felt helpless. , so he immediately took the first step, "You are a big boss..."
All Hetty's subsequent words were immediately choked back.
"We can talk about the security issue later," Gao Wen accepted as soon as he saw it, and shook his head with a smile, "let's talk about the matter at hand. There is news from Typhon that our neighbor... probably is about to Having discovered the power of the inverter array, it shouldn't take long for them to make a breakthrough in communication technology and all other technologies that require the use of divine-arcane hybrid energy."
What Gao Wen said here was calm and breezy, but Heti's eyes widened for a moment: "The inversion array?! The Typhons are cracking the inversion array?"
"Don't be so surprised," Gawain glanced at Hetty, and said calmly, "Although the inverter array is the technology of Gondor, it's just an advanced idea, and the technology and implementation process itself is not complicated. There are a lot of equipment in the formation, and some of them will fall into the hands of the Typhons sooner or later; moreover, after the event of the upper narrator, the Typhons are also harvesting the technology of the eternal sleepers, and they will inevitably encounter magical runes that cannot be compared with other The problem of rune compatibility, and they will naturally realize that Cecil has solved this problem, they will guess that there is some kind of 'transformation technology' behind this, and they will definitely start researching it."
Speaking of this, Gawain paused, smiled and shook his head: "In the end, not all smart people in the world are in Cecil, and Typhon also has his own talent pool. And from the perspective of accumulation, they are probably the Just a lot more than us."
"... But it's too fast," Hetty said, frowning unacceptably, "Even if the technology of the inverter array itself is simple, the key is the idea... It's possible for the project to be delayed for a few years if the idea doesn't work out. , How could it be possible for the Typhon people to lock on the crux of the problem in such a short period of time, and even start to do targeted... Ah! Damn it, it’s those bishops who defected!”
Hetty suddenly understood something, and a hint of anger appeared on her face: she thought of those Bishops of the Sleeper who chose Typhon, and that there were high-level technical leaders among those bishops.
The corresponding authority allowed those bishops to master a large amount of technical information, and the unavoidable chaos in the early stage of the evacuation of the Order of the Eternal Sleepers gave those bishops who had long intended to seek refuge with Typhon the opportunity to inquire about Cecil's information from various channels. They may not be able to find out the core secrets, but technicians are always good at deriving deep technical ideas from some external information. They may have guessed some principles of Cecil's magic net communication, and these things become those left behind. Gift from Typhon's Bishop of the Sleeper when he surrendered to Rosetta Augustus.
Gao Wen naturally thought of these things, but his attitude was very calm, and he even smiled: "Don't be so angry, this should have been expected long ago.
"And the word 'defect' is not accurate. Strictly speaking, the Eternal Sleepers who moved to Cecil with the archbishops are 'defectors'. For those who stayed in Typhon... their behavior is even considered' Abandon the darkness and turn to the light'."
"Ancestor," Hetty couldn't help looking at Gao Wen, "Are you still in the mood to joke at this time?"
"Is this a critical time?" Gawain shook his head, "Relax, Hetty, you are doing well in every way, but this overly tense attitude needs to be changed, it will make you more tired. Morning We had already expected the situation today when technicians flowed to Cecil and Typhon when the Church of the Eternal Sleepers split up. A large number of R&D talents and ready-made technological achievements fell into the hands of Typhon, who is a well-established For an old empire with a large number of talents, it is only natural that there will be such a sudden technological breakthrough.
"On the other hand, the situation is not as serious as you think. Although communication technology is indeed of great significance and can greatly improve the comprehensive strength of Typhon people, the distance a technology has to travel from the laboratory to the society... is far It's on."
Hetty blinked and looked into Gawain's eyes.
Gao Wen nodded, and said unhurriedly: "Our magic network communication can be realized, not only relying on the rune group of the eternal sleeper and a simple inverter array, but also involves a large number of engineering fields, The content of mechanical processing field, material field and rune logic, as well as the system adaptation behind it and the interest intervention in countless related fields, each of these problems is a difficulty for Typhon, just to give one example... Typhon A communication tower-based communication system was established between major cities in the country and between major military sites, do you know what this means?"
Hetty gradually showed a thoughtful expression.
Gao Wen didn't wait for Hetty's answer, so he continued on his own: "It means that hundreds of families have invested money in those communication towers, which means that hundreds of thousands of merchants, nobles and extraordinary people In order to share the profits of those high towers, the main managers and operators of those towers are Typhon's Royal Mages Association, and mages are not some noble people who don't eat the fireworks of the world. Magic research requires massive financial support, and the Military Intelligence Bureau A report last year mentioned that nearly one-third of the annual income of the entire Typhon Royal Mages Association comes from the communication towers they control... "
Hetty frowned slightly: "You mean..."
"The newer magic net communication technology is indeed more advanced than the communication tower, but before Typhon people completely solve the cost problem, the gap between the two has not yet reached the point where the former can completely replace the latter. Magic net communication is easy to use, but communication The towers have been laid on all the main routes, and they are not unusable... This is the biggest contradiction," Gao Wen smiled, "We laid down this land, banned all the privileges of the old nobles, and built from scratch We don't need to face this kind of contradiction, but Rosetta Augustus is engaged in the "peaceful transformation" of Typhon's national communication, which neither completely belongs to the royal family nor completely belongs to the nobles, nor does it completely belong to the royal family. It belongs entirely to those mages, it is a cake shared by all forces, and this is a big problem."
The corner of Hetty's mouth trembled, and he said leisurely: "It seems that Emperor Rosetta will have a headache again watching his parliament wrangling under the triple spire."
But soon, Heti couldn't help but shook his head again: "But no matter what, the Typhons still mastered a new technology. Their wrangling is only temporary, but progress is inevitable and the Typhons are not fools. Rosetta Augustus was a smarter person, and they knew what was really important."
"Yes, Typhon will improve," Gawain nodded, and then he paused for a moment before saying slowly, "But it's not a bad thing..."
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In the depths of the Luan City Cathedral, in the large library that houses countless precious books, Archbishop Seven Terry, wearing a simple white robe and without any crown, is walking slowly among the towering and simple bookshelves. Treasurers and attendants in plain tunics were busy around him, carefully counting, recording, and moving in and out those ancient books, and special clerical staff set up a bookcase in the open space between the bookshelves. Desks are busy with registration, transcription, classification and other work.
Classifying, protecting and restoring ancient books is a long, complicated, and difficult job, which is extremely patient and unknown. What Seven Terry, the former progressive pastor of Luan City, is doing here today is exactly Organize and restore church collections.
He has been doing this job for two full years since he received the order from the Cecil family.