Chapter 591 Opportunity

The ruler of the Silver Empire sat quietly on the throne made of long-lost ancient technology. The holographic projection in front of the throne had dissipated. Her eyes crossed the air and landed aimlessly in the distance, as if she was immersed in contemplation. middle.

After a moment of thought, she tapped on the golden armrest of the throne, and one of the cables behind the throne that was connected to her nervous system appeared in a flash.

The metal sliding door on the side of the Dominion Hall (Control Hall) opened silently, and a high-ranking maid wearing a white fringed dress walked in lightly, bowing in the direction of the Dominion Seat: "Your Majesty , are you calling me?"

"Please ask Master Verania to rule the hall," Belsetia nodded lightly, "I want to discuss matters in the technical field with her."

The Temple of the Stars is not only an air fortress that acts as a symbol of the power of the empire, but also an important research facility and a sanctuary of knowledge. This magnificent air city has a large-scale laboratory and several archives. One of the organizations, the "Association of Astrologers", set up its headquarters here.

The Silver Empire has a group of top researchers, whose team is composed of the best magisters, the most wise and learned scholars, and the best engineering masters. They are buried in the infinite knowledge contained in the Temple of the Stars and various ancestral relics. , relying on a large number of research facilities in the Temple of the Stars, tirelessly studying the mysteries of the magic field.

Because of their outstanding contributions and high academic ability, they have an honorary title independent of their own professional system - astrologists.

One of the most outstanding astrologists, the great astrologist Verania, who has served the empire for nearly two thousand years, was summoned by the queen, temporarily escaped from the vast data and blueprints, and came to the throne of domination.

This wise and learned lady of tall stature, though no longer young, still maintained a beautiful mature countenance and graceful demeanor, in a lavender tunic with silver trim, a long golden robe. With her hair up, several crystals full of magic power floated beside her, acting as her casting medium and recording tool, she bowed slightly in front of Belsetia, paid tribute and asked the queen's will: " Your Majesty, what are your orders for summoning me?"

"Verania, you are my best magic advisor," the silver queen nodded lightly, "I need to make a decision now, and I need to hear your opinion."

"Please speak, I'm listening."

"We have re-established contact with the northern part of the mainland, you should already know this," said the Queen of Silver, "I just spoke to the messenger Sonia and saw Gawain Cecil - he is indeed resurrected."

"...the resurrection of the dead has happened occasionally in history,

But a 'perfect' resurrection like Duke Cecil's is indeed rare, which may be related to the mutation of life forms," ​​Verania said thoughtfully, "Do you want me to study the secret of Duke Cecil's resurrection? ? But this is not my area of ​​expertise, the researchers of the life faction should be able to give you more advice..."

"No, I came to you because Duke Cecil made a proposal to me - about the technical cooperation between humans and elves."

"Technical cooperation?" Verania was a little surprised, and she frowned slightly, "This... is an unexpected suggestion. The magic skills of humans and elves have never been able to blend, even in the Gondor Empire era. , The academic exchanges between us and human beings are mostly limited to the fields of culture and art, occasionally involving extraordinary power, and it is only a theoretical academic discussion, but I think the 'cooperation' requested by Duke Cecil should not refer to these. "

If it is only the communication in the above-mentioned fields, there is no need for the queen to consult with herself.

"They found a way to decipher and control elven spells," Belsetia said indifferently, but the content of the indifferent words made the great astrologist's eyes widen, "Strictly speaking, they found all the known knowledge in the world. The secret of the laws of runes - they named it: Rune Logic."

Verania's first reaction was "this is impossible", because there are many kinds of runes in the world, and the combination and arrangement of runes are almost endless, and even the most amazingly talented mortals cannot perceive all the runes. Wen's magic power fluctuations, it is impossible to control all the magic circles, not to mention that those rune systems from different races with huge gaps between each other have to sort out a common law, which is like an uninhibited nonsense, but as a rigorous And in awe of the unknown researcher, the great astrologist finally suppressed his instinctive resistance and disbelief, and turned to the Silver Queen to verify: "This is true? How did they do it?"

"Duke Cecil certainly won't tell me the specifics, but they should have really found a way, a way that is... totally different from tradition. We have information to confirm that it happened in the war in the southern border of Ansu. A magical device with the characteristics of elven magic, this should be a proof," Belsetia said slowly, "and Duke Cecil hopes to cooperate with the Silver Empire on a technical level based on this - he wants us The anti-gravity technology, multi-layer rune stacking technology, and various ancestral knowledge in the fields of machinery and engineering, and in exchange, he is willing to share with us the logic of runes, and what they have obtained in the process of analyzing human spells and divine arts knowledge."

"Our ancestral knowledge..." Verania softly repeated the words mentioned by the queen, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"We have never disclosed our ancestral knowledge to foreign races. Even if we built the Sentinel Tower together with the human nations, what we brought out was the 'packaged result' that did not include the construction process," Belsetia continued, "The original elves left behind The legacy I left behind is the guarantee that the Silver Empire has stood to this day, and the suggestion made by Duke Cecil... made me hesitate."

The great astrologist didn't give her answer immediately, she just thought quietly, and the magic crystals that were floating beside her, constantly undulating and changing their positions, didn't know when they stopped, and began to flash with light in unison.

This is the performance of the great astrologist falling into contemplation.

The Silver Queen did not disturb the chief advisor's thinking, she just sat quietly on the throne of dominion, listening with her soul and nerves to the low roars or murmurs of the ancient machines in this air city, listening to every engine, The sound of a reactor and each artificial intelligence node slowly moving towards destruction, with a calm expression.

"Your Majesty," the great astrologist finally raised his head and broke the silence, "Did you know that, thirteen hundred years ago, I was the coach of the Royal Academy, and I was responsible for teaching the advanced skills of arcane magic to those young elites, teaching them The Empire's most advanced knowledge in the arcane realm."

"I heard," Belsetia nodded slightly: "Many members of the Astrologer Association are your apprentices."

"Yes, most of them were taught by me thirteen hundred years ago," Verania said, taking a deep breath, "and I went back to the Royal Academy to visit a friend six days ago. —On that friend's bookshelf, I saw their textbooks today...still what I taught thirteen hundred years ago."

Belsetia's eyes condensed, and she quietly looked at the great astrologist in front of her.

"Your Majesty, the Silver Empire has been a giant beast that has been stagnant for thousands of years. It may still be the largest individual in this forest, but its interior has gradually decayed during these thousands of years of stagnation. We have inherited from our ancestors. Knowledge is unearthed in our heritage, and we used it to build vast empires in the first millennia, but for many millennia we made no progress. All our technological achievements are based on a few millennia. The products we made with those old blueprints have become more and more refined, more durable, and even improved some efficiency, but... In the basic field behind these drawings, we always stop moving forward.

"Your Majesty, we're running out of options, and we need a second one—there's little hope of finding it alone, but we may have an opportunity before us.

"Human magic skills may have been hit hard by the fall of the Gondor Empire, but they are a smart and changeable race. They are good at drawing knowledge from various fields and developing rapidly. Their knowledge is useful to us. ——What we need is such a 'reference meaning'.

"That's my advice, Her Majesty."

Belsetia listened to the advice of the great astrologist quietly, and after a few seconds of silence, she said, "You are right, we should seize this opportunity.

"Great astrologer, please go back and rest, let the other great astrologers get ready and wait for my call."

Verania lowered her head deeply: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Verania left the hall, while the Silver Queen was silent for a moment, then she tapped the armrest again and summoned her maid: "Let Lord Valentian come to see me."

A moment later, wearing a mithril crown and a red-bottomed gold-trimmed robe, the tall, thin and serious imperial chief minister Valentian Jin Gu entered the domination hall. This high-ranking elf who served as the queen's chief confidant was in front of the throne He bowed deeply: "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

"The Principality of Cecil in the north will carry out high-level technical cooperation with the Silver Empire. In exchange for their technology to control runes, the Empire will open up some ancestral knowledge to them," Belsetia said calmly, "I want to convene to participate in politics. The regiment will discuss this matter with all the great astrologers. There will be many opponents, and unnecessary restraint and pride will make many elves refuse to open their ancestral knowledge to humans."

Valentian, the head of the empire, maintained his stern face: "Then what about your order?"

"I'm asking for the motion to pass within two days."

"Yes."

Soon, the hall fell silent again.

In the empty hall where the servants were withdrawn in advance, Belsetia sat alone on the throne. Only the occasional humming sound from the operation of various instruments broke the silence in the room. The silence lasted for more than ten seconds before the throne sounded. A sigh.

"Hopefully this is really an opportunity."

...

At the same time, in the northern part of the mainland, in Ansu.

In the ancient palace deep underground, a room was brightly lit.

Headmistress Bertiera stood in the room, quietly watching a few believers in black short robes check the magic device in the center of the room.

Those are two black stone pillars, nearly one person tall, with dense runes and light golden secret lines engraved on the surface, and fine crystals and expensive magic materials inlaid between those runes and lines, shining slightly Light, two stone pillars stand on the ground, less than two meters apart from each other, and on the ground they stand on, you can also see a very complicated large magic circle that almost covers the entire floor. The magic circle is obviously in half. In the activated state, countless runes and connections are shimmering, and the spar embedded in the magic circle is also full of energy.

The elf twins stood beside Bertiera, looked at the two "stone pillars" in the center of the room with interest, and sighed in unison: "The Eternal Sleepers really have some very interesting ideas-they can even think of putting people's Thinking is projected into the distance, even directly across the magnificent wall..."

"Unfortunately, this may be the last cooperation with them," Bertila said lightly. "They finally rejected the path of great evolution and chose the false spiritual world instead."

"They think their way is right, we think our way is right," the elf twins laughed softly, walking around Bertila, "and what about you? Can the world have its own opinion?"

"I don't like your hobby of talking around others," Bertila unceremoniously avoided the entanglement of the elves and the twins, and walked to the center of the room - the believers who checked the magic circle had retreated, and the two The surface of the black stone pillar is glowing with constant light, "If you are unwilling to help, at least don't choose to cause trouble."

"Ah, of course we are here to help," said the elves in unison, and followed Bertila to the stone pillar. "We have a lot to say with our companions on the other side of the barrier."

The magic circle in the room was activated, and the light swimming on the surface of the two black stone pillars suddenly became extraordinarily bright.