Chapter 1037 Far-Reaching Influence
Amber blinked, looking at the phrases that Gawain wrote unconsciously on the paper. She could understand a few words, but when they were combined, they were something she had never seen before—the half-elf's head was rumbling and spinning. After a while, I finally confirmed that this thing didn't seem to understand, so I simply retracted my eyes and began to stare at the scenery outside the window.
Gawain raised his eyelids and glanced at the guy: "I thought you would ask."
Amber suddenly became proud: "I guessed you would say."
"Then I won't talk about it, anyway, there is no trace of this matter," Gawain waved his hand without any psychological burden, and then, as expected, saw the half-elf in front of him bulge his face - this made him Even more pleasant, and immediately changed the subject, "Have we received a response to the invitation we sent to neighboring countries?"
"How long has it been since it was sent out? How could it be so fast—even you have just returned to the imperial capital," Amber wanted to continue to ask what the words written by Gawain meant, but she had no choice but to answer when the other party's topic changed. " They will definitely discuss, discuss and discuss, and maybe even conspiracy theories, guessing whether this is two human empires planning to carve up the interests of the entire continent..."
"Indeed, they have to weigh it carefully. After all, this has never been done before," Gao Wen smiled, his expression was quite indifferent, "but they will most likely agree in the end, or at least send representatives. Come and have a look and confirm what's going on in this matter - Cecil and Typhon are the 'leader strength' of the two major settlement areas on the continent today, and all kingdoms that have trade relations with the two empires cannot ignore this invitation, Even if they don't pay attention to the previous war, they will also pay attention to the economic operation of the settlement area after this... The real headaches are those countries outside the settlement area."
"The Kingdom of Violet, and the Kingdom of Dwarves, several city-state unions in the southeastern corner of the continent, right..." Amber's eyes turned, and the corresponding information had already come to mind, "They are all relatively closed countries, or they may be related to the interior of the continent. A country with natural geographical barriers. In fact, the dwarf kingdom and those border city-state alliances are good to say, sooner or later the sea trade line will pull them into the settlement area of the two empires, only the hermit-like Violet Kingdom... It's difficult."
"A hermit-like kingdom..." Listening to Amber's chanting, Gawain's expression couldn't help but become a little complicated: While many countries on this continent are gradually opening their doors to this new era, there is one country that seems to be quiet. Staying in another world and maintaining a mysterious blockade attitude will inevitably make people curious, "This country built on a huge island will always maintain a detached attitude from the countries on the mainland... But from the Violet Kingdom to the mainland There are not many mages who have traveled, and there are also merchants in the northern region doing business with the other side of the sea, and they do not seem to be completely closed..."
"Yes, the people are not completely closed. The Violet Kingdom does not prohibit its citizens from traveling to the mainland countries, nor does it prohibit the cities in the coastal areas from conducting foreign trade, but their capital, the city of a thousand towers, is never open to anyone. Open, their royal family does not contact people on the Loren continent.
To date, all our communication with them has been done indirectly through the Violet Council or secondary envoys. "
"...This makes people even more curious," Gawain rubbed his chin and muttered, "It's so close to us, yet it seems more mysterious than the dragon clan - now even the Holy Dragon Principality has opened its doors to us."
"Should we take a more proactive approach to communication? Um...or investigate?" Amber thought for a while, then stretched out his hand and gestured, "I mean to send some spies or something..."
Gawain glanced at the half-elf, and the latter also looked at him with wide-open eyes, as if he was an intelligence chief who was fully at work and was ready to do things.
"You are indeed a qualified intelligence minister," Gawain sighed, "but haven't you tried sending someone to infiltrate the Violet Kingdom? Does it work?"
"This... well, the Military Intelligence Agency did send some people. We tried to use the cover of businessmen or adventurers to investigate the situation in the Violet Kingdom, but the progress was not smooth. Basically, they could only operate in their coastal cities. It's difficult to infiltrate inland again - and those coastal cities don't look any different from the rest of the Loren continent. But if you order, I can make some new plans on my side..."
"No need, this is enough," Gawain shook his head, "We can't regard every country that is unwilling to open its doors as its own enemy, and temptation beyond what is necessary is an offense-they have their own way of living, closing the country's door. Also their freedom, we can't ask everyone in the world to live up to Cecil's values."
Amber shrugged: "Okay, you have the final say."
Gawain snorted, and was about to ask something else, but just before he could speak, the magic net terminal set up beside the desk suddenly rang.
After the terminal was connected, the holographic projection in mid-air shook twice, Veronica's figure appeared in mid-air, and her expression looked a little weird: "Your Majesty, we are analyzing the wreckage of the God of War recovered from the battlefield. Some discoveries."
Gawain immediately put the previous topic to the back of his mind, and his expression suddenly became serious: "Wait a minute, I'll go over immediately!"
...
Deep in the dark mountains, the fortress of disobedience.
The continuous development of the empire and the improvement of various facilities in Cecil City did not cause this ancient fortress to be abandoned. The facility to study the gods and the magic tide is being used again.
After thousands of years, the space in the mountain has been re-reinforced, the old corridors and rooms have been cleaned and painted, new experimental equipment and staff have been moved in, and many laboratories and warehouses are now in use. Under the leadership of Veronica and Carmel, and with Gawain's permission, the middle and lower levels of the Rebellion Fortress have become the new "God Research Base" of the Cecil Empire, dedicated to cracking the mysteries related to gods.
In order to achieve this goal, Gawain even specially set up a neural network computing node in the Dark Mountains to channel Naritil's power into the fortress of disobedience - the former "upper storyteller" itself can be used for the The laboratory provides the necessary data analysis services while serving as a strong security barrier to protect the vulnerable ordinary people in the facility from the legacy of the gods.
At this moment, in a large laboratory in the deepest part of the Rebellion Fortress, a group of technicians are analyzing the dangerous wreckage collected from the battlefield of Winterhold.
The rectangular experiment hall is brightly lit, and various magic devices are buzzing around the room. There are several neatly arranged platforms in the center of the room. At this moment, on each platform are some wreckage fragments from the God of War—they are Some are iron-gray armor fragments, some are entangled dark red fibers, and some are stones that seem to be completely soaked in blood and corroded, but no matter which one, they all exude strong magic power fluctuations and eye-catching aura.
Around each platform, there are four metal cylinders engraved with complex runes, and a thick layer of magic halo floats between the cylinders, which is used to isolate the dangerous samples inside from the outside.
More than a dozen researchers are busy everywhere, recording the magical fluctuations released by the wreckage and the various changes they have shown over time. The expressions on each of them are solemn and faintly excited. Carmel, the director of the laboratory, was floating among the researchers, directing and supervising the operation of the scene. Veronica, holding a platinum scepter, stood farther away from them. The brilliance beside the princess fluctuated slightly, but her expression had already fallen into contemplation.
Gawain and Amber entered the room at this moment.
Veronica immediately noticed Gawain's breath, she immediately woke up from her deep thoughts, turned around and walked over: "Your Majesty, you are here."
"Well, I'll take a look at the situation." Gawain said, he first looked up at the whole scene - in addition to those busy technicians, he also discovered some extraordinary "existence" for the first time. ":
On the roof of the laboratory, some hazy and vague lines spread out from the air, interweaving into a cobweb-like form over the entire room. This almost transparent cobweb shelters everything here, and in the center of the cobweb, Gawain also vaguely saw a lazy white spider lying on top of it.
It was the "upper narrator" who had shrunk by an unknown number - she looked a little bored, and she might have fallen asleep.
"When the technicians need to come into direct contact with the relics of the gods, Naritel will provide shelter and pollution warnings at the scene," Veronica noticed Gawain's gaze, and immediately explained, "This is Carmel. One of the experimental procedures designed, it turns out that it works well.”
"Well," Gawain nodded, and said casually as he stepped forward, "Tell me about the situation, what did you find?"
"In a nutshell..." Carmel floated over from the side, saluted slightly in front of Gawain, and a buzzing sound came from his body, "We found these wrecks... Now there is no mental damage to mortals."
Gawain stopped halfway, and the whole person seemed to be stunned on the spot.
Amber, who was burying his head behind him, slammed his head into his back—they bounced out nearly a meter away.
"No mental damage?" Gawain didn't seem to feel the impact from his back, he stared at Carmel, "Is this conclusion reliable?"
"Reliable, we have direct and rigorous testing," Kammel said with a bluish stern look, "and that includes human testing—testers who come into direct contact with samples under close observation, and nothing happens.
"Of course, we have done a good job of protection - Naritel wrapped the tester's mind with spider silk. Once the mental pollution occurs, the tester will be instantly 'pulled' back and will be purified and healed."
"Have you even tested this..." Gawain finally recovered from his astonishment. He listened to Carmel's story in disbelief, but his eyes involuntarily fell on the platform closest to him—in the Between the well-protected rune column and the energy barrier, there was a piece of armor that was flowing with iron-gray brilliance. Because the God of War was originally huge, it was impossible to tell which part of the armor this fragment once belonged to, but there was only one point. To be sure, this thing... used to be enough to drive even the most determined warrior into madness just in front of mortals.
Originally, when he entered the laboratory, he saw this fragment and placed it directly on the stage, and the people around him did not seem to be affected. At that time, he thought it was the various protection systems in the laboratory and Naruti on the scene. It's working, but now it seems... that's not the case.
The wreckage was rendered harmless.
So, what exactly has changed on these fragments?
"After the fall of the God of War, have all the fragments left by him lost their 'divineness'?" Gawain whispered to himself, "Because the fall was so complete, the fragments left behind became mortal?"
"We also guess that these fragments have changed, but Naritel doesn't think so," Veronica's voice came from the side, "She used spider silk for 'predation' before the fall of the God of War. She remembered the breath of the God of War, and just now she analyzed the remaining breath on these fragments and confirmed that apart from some weakening and escaping, the essence of the two breaths has not changed in nature. Miss Tyre also helped Confirmed..."
Without any explanation, Gawain knew how Tyre helped confirm it, but he couldn't help but ask, "Is Tyre's inspection reliable?"
"I think it can be trusted," I don't know if it was an illusion, Veronica, who has always been calm and calm, was a little hesitant to speak at the moment, "although she 'consumed' a lot of samples, she is indeed an expert in this area. "
"...I understand," Gawain rubbed his eyebrows, "In short, the power of the gods remaining on these fragments has not declined, and theoretically the spiritual pollution they carried has not disappeared, but now these pollutions have lost their effect on mortals. So it's not the pieces that have changed, it's..."
Having said this, he subconsciously stopped.
It's not that he can't come to a conclusion, but the conclusion that emerges in his mind at the moment is a bit bizarre, and even a bit challenging.
But behind him, Amber, who was rubbing his nose and swaying over, obviously didn't think too much. The half-elf said almost subconsciously, "These fragments haven't changed, so can it still be a human being who has changed..."
The whole laboratory was quiet, and Amber, who was rubbing her nose, immediately felt the change in the atmosphere, her movements stopped, and she looked around in a bit of fear, and her eyes finally fell on Gawain: "I just said it casually. When you say it, you don't have to take it seriously when you say it casually..."
"No," Veronica shook her head and said slowly in a deep voice, "We speculated...that's exactly what happened."
Amber's eyes widened and he was stunned for a long time: "...Mom?"
"This is not the final conclusion, everything still needs more testing and analysis," Camel on the side couldn't help but said, the arcane light on his body was also uncertain, "Yes, more testing and analysis... this The significance of the conclusion is too great, we must design a more careful..."
"We can verify it carefully, it's no exaggeration to verify it a hundred times, but before that, we can really make a bold guess," Veronica interrupted Carmel, her fingers holding the platinum scepter Wei Wei exerted force, and her fingertips turned white, "Perhaps... our battle on the battlefield of Winterhold had an impact far more than just the fall of a god."
(Why do so many people go to watch the animation of the first season of Anomalous Creatures Records... that was not done by the production team reorganized by the readers...)
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