Chapter 469

The corpse of the giant deer Amoen still floats quietly in the dark and boundless Shadow Realm space. The broken boulders and the metal fragments of the ancient starship surround this huge corpse like a hill. It is silent and everything is as usual. .

Gawain's eyes passed through the window and the protective barrier, staring at the corpse that glowed softly in the dark, but the voice in his mind never sounded again.

The sound just now seemed to be an illusion, but Gawain was 100% sure that he had indeed heard it, and his intuition told him that the sound really came from outside—from the direction of Julu Amoen. come.

Amber was the first to notice the abnormality here, and she immediately ran to Gawain, waving her hands in front of Gawain while jumping vigorously: "Hey! What's wrong with you? Why is your expression so scary all of a sudden?"

Gawain grabbed Amber's dangling claws and stared into Amber's eyes with a serious expression: "Did you hear anything just now?"

Amber was startled by Gawain's terrifyingly serious expression, she shrank her neck: "No... You have hallucinations again?"

Gawain often falls into a distracted state, or hears and sees some things that ordinary people cannot perceive from things like the Eternal Slate, Amber seems to be a little surprised by this.

"I'm not sure...it's probably an illusion..."

Gawain said noncommittally, then put the cute-looking Amber aside, and came to the large floor-to-ceiling window on his own.

He stared at the corpse of Julu Amoen with all his attention and alert, and tried to communicate in his mind: "Are you talking just now?"

The corpse of the god of nature was silent, as silent as it has been for thousands of years.

Gawain didn't get any response. After waiting patiently for several minutes and trying to communicate more than once, he finally gave up. Although he still thought that he was not hallucinating before, he still felt that his behavior at the moment was a bit funny and weird.

Carmel also noticed Gawain's actions, and he immediately ordered the laboratory response agency: "Early warning system, report the situation of the corpse."

Two seconds later, a mechanically distorted synthetic voice sounded in the room: "Under testing... everything is normal, and the corpse's energy fluctuates smoothly."

Carmel came behind Gawain: "Lord, there is nothing abnormal."

Gawain nodded: "I know... Maybe I've been here for a long time, and I'm a little nervous."

As he spoke, he turned and left the floor-to-ceiling windows. After finally turning his head to look at the body of Julu Amoen, he temporarily suppressed the troubled thoughts in his heart and refocused on the experimental project in front of him.

"We have come to the conclusion we want, it is safe to charge the Holy Light Rune with Inverse Array-then we can consider the practical process of the first phase," Gawain said while looking at Kamel and Rebecca , "Combined with the design experience of magical armor, find a way to put the holy light runes into practical use as soon as possible, and create a usable 'white knight armament', which will be an important support for us to deal with Luan City next."

After Rebecca and Carmel nodded, he turned to Wright again: "You are responsible for selecting the members of the first White Knights - male or female, any background, only two requirements, the first, must be fully accepted New teachings, people who have completed the transformation in thinking, and have a firm mind, secondly, must pass the assessment of the Council. I suggest that you select members from the Cecil Combat Corps - I will arrange Byron to contact you on this point. "

Having said that,

Gawain paused for a moment and looked into Wright's eyes very seriously: "In short - the White Knight is not only a firm believer of the New Holy Light, but also a firm Cecil warrior, you understand what I said. Do you mean?"

The research on the controllability of the Holy Light has achieved key results. It is just around the corner for the White Knight to become a mass-produced profession. In order to prevent this extraordinary profession that can be mass-produced from losing control, some words must be explained in advance.

Wright is an excellent priest, a staunch white knight, and a person who agrees and is willing to follow Cecil's path, but how long his Holy Light belief can go on this path depends on his consciousness.

Wright's expression became equally solemn, he did not answer immediately, but asked a question: "You once said that the old noble groups and the Church of the Holy Light were corrupted and degenerate because of their fundamental system, and you want to establish, It is a system that is completely different from theirs, does not limit the origin and social class, and is really run for justice, do you remember these words?"

"I remember, and I promise, at least as long as I'm alive, I'll be working towards that goal."

Wright took a deep breath and let it out slowly. His tone was firm and steady, "If you practice justice, then—the divine authority grants you!"

Needles could be heard in the entire laboratory, and Gao Wen showed a smile after a moment of silence: "The divine right...it can make the Northern Church go mad...but I accept this statement."

Perhaps one day there will be no more divine powers and no more kings in this land.

Perhaps one day, human beings will find a higher, true spiritual belief in the essence of God.

Perhaps one day, the decaying Cecil dynasty will be overthrown by new progressive forces, and the White Knights will become the dust of history...

But all of this is in the future. What Gawain cares about is today, here and now, that he has finally grasped the power of the gods.

...

Typhon, Southwest Territories.

The black-haired mage apprentice Mary walked through the crowded marketplace in the town.

The shouts of market vendors and the tempting aromas from various food stalls lingered on the whole street, stirring Mary's mind and taste buds all the time. Walking forward, I unknowingly stopped in front of a booth.

The stall owner enthusiastically solicited business: "Girl, have a muffin, it's fragrant and sweet!"

Mary tightened the package in her arms, and her eyes stayed on the muffin booth for a moment, but in the end she stopped her irrational impulse, turned and walked quickly away from the booth, and continued to walk forward.

The tutor didn't give her extra money to do this kind of thing.

She continued to walk along the street and walked to another shop that the instructor ordered to buy. She occasionally raised her head and looked at the street that was much busier than before, and the emotions in her eyes were a bit complicated.

If only I could stay here a little longer...

There are not many opportunities for her to leave the mage tower or the village at the foot of the mountain, because the town is a half-day away from the mountain village. If it is not necessary to purchase the necessary things, the old mage does not allow the apprentice to leave his surveillance all day. .

So leaving the mage tower for a whole day like today, the chance to wander the town is really precious.

Mary touched the cold rune iron ring around her neck and shook her head vigorously, tossing those unrealistic thoughts out of her mind.

The teacher's temper has improved a bit recently, and the hysteria and inexplicable rage are much less than before. Although there are still occasional apprentices who will be whipped or dragged to perform strange experiments, at least no one has been beaten by the old mage. Throwing it into a burrow full of monsters, Mary is already very grateful for such a "good day", she is neither willing nor has the courage to do things that anger the old mage when everything is going in a good direction.

A whistling sound came from a distance, stopping Mary, who was walking with her head down, to stop.

She raised her head and looked in the direction of the sound, and found that it was the town square.

The Harvest Festival is approaching... The town will prepare a celebration for the festival. The mayor and the rich should have invited the circus of bards and "Montenegro" as usual. Before the harvest festival begins, these bards and circuses The troupe will start to perform sporadically in the square, and these ten days will be the busiest time of the year here.

Mary's footsteps hesitated, and she slowly moved in the direction of the square.

Listen to a bard's story...or check out a free street performance by circus clowns.

These things don't cost money, and she won't leave muffin residue and breath on her body when she sees the performance. The tutor will not find it, and the tower spirit of the mage tower will not find it...

She only needs to look at it for a while, anyway, it's still very early... and the store is also near the square, so she's on the way from this direction.

If she misses it this time, I'm afraid she won't have a chance. She can only come to the town a few times a year...

Mary's footsteps finally moved completely in the direction of the square.

The young female apprentice quickly crossed the street, through the narrow alley, and got into the town square from the alley, just as she thought, the bard and the circus had set up a stage here, and the sound of blowing and beating was It came from that table.

There were already many townspeople gathered in the square, but because it was only a small-scale performance, there were not enough people to walk. Mary held the package in her arms tightly and walked through the crowd with her eyes wide open. I want to imprint everything I see in my mind.

There are passages in the bard's poems that have never been heard before, and the same old knightly tales, but still new and interesting; the clowns' performances are just poor magic skills, occasionally mixed with a few conjuring levels of magic. The skill of the circus pressing the bottom of the box, but it still amazes Marie...

Mary already has a formal spellcasting level - although she is still an apprentice to the old mage, her spellcasting level is official - but this trick performed on the street is completely different from the killing skills she learned in the mage tower. the same thing.

She's only seen it a few times in her life.

The young female apprentice seemed to have forgotten her task for a while. She walked around the square, watching all the things that could attract her attention, until she came to the bulletin board in the square and was hit by a new post on the bulletin board. A few pieces of paper piqued interest.

The literacy rate of the Typhon people has only increased in recent years. Since His Majesty the Emperor implemented various new policies and established stricter and fairer contract rules, everyone can lease farmland and cattle from the state by contract. , to receive grain and seeds, the people have a demand for reading and literacy, and driven by this demand, the literacy rate of the Typhon people increased little by little, and the bulletin boards in the towns also replaced the soldiers who read the decree.

Mary knew that there were often new decrees signed by the emperor on the bulletin board, or big news happening nearby that seemed far from her life in the mage's tower, but she was still interested in it.

Her curiosity is very strong - although this curiosity led her to slip into the mage tower more than ten years ago, and since then she has become a prisoner wearing a collar, but this curiosity still exists.

She saw that there were indeed new decrees written on the bulletin board. Some were signed by His Majesty the Emperor, and some were issued by local officials:

"...According to the decree of Emperor Rosetta, we will continue to promote basic education, and the scale of the school will be expanded in the city...

"...For recruiting volunteer soldiers, each family can be exempted from tax for three years if one person joins the army. For specific matters, you can ask the local sheriff...

"According to the new decree of Emperor Rosetta, the post of 'agronomy supervisor' will be established, which will be held by the best local farmers, who will organize the promotion of planting experience, and ask the local tribune for compensation and selection methods...

"Order to build a petrochemical acid factory... Recruit apprentices...

"According to Emperor Rosetta's new decree, recruiting outstanding mages regardless of background, requires superb rune skills, and is good at magic circle research. Note: Those who have knowledge of ancient Gondor magic are preferred, and those who understand self-charging magic circles are preferred."