Chapter 716: Across 700 Years

Seven hundred years ago, Bertila Augustus actually attended the funeral of Gawain Cecil...

This incident was really unexpected to Gawain. He had no impression of it at all—of course it was normal to have no impression. After all, the main task of his body at that time was to lie in a coffin for people to look at, but he was attending a funeral at that time. There is also a group of bigwigs, the first generation of the founding old pigeons are all violent, and when the court meeting disagrees, they can copy the bench from the Silver Castle to the Iron Cross Street, which has become a dark moral at that time. Rui's Bertiera dared to approach...

It can only be said that she is really concerned about the death of Gawain Cecil.

"Actually, it's not difficult," Bertiera seemed to know that Gawain was surprised by this, she shook her head and showed a helpless smile, "At that time, the end of all things will be far less 'famous' than later. You should also know that we were just starting our activities at that time. And... as a high-level druid, I always have a way."

Gawain snorted and did not delve into this issue: "As you said, Gawain Cecil made a deal with his soul, so after his death, his soul was exhausted, and his body was just a blank body, so he can never be resurrected, then..."

An idea gradually took shape in his mind, although strange, but lingering.

He exhaled and said in a deep voice, "This blank body really looks like it was prepared for me, doesn't it?"

Bertila's eyes widened, obviously, she had never considered this direction before today.

It was her personal feelings and her natural vigilance against foreign wanderers that blinded her originally sharp thinking and judgment.

"Don't look at me like that, I know what you're thinking," Gawain glanced at Bertila and shook his head helplessly, "I'm just guessing, I don't know the details - I don't have this passage in my memory, It may have been erased by someone else, or even by myself, but we can keep this possibility - the body that Gawain Cecil left behind was given to me from the beginning."

Gawain Cecil made a deal with a mysterious existence in the Dark Seas, using his soul as a bargaining chip.

When he just heard this sentence, Gao Wen's heart had already set off a wave of waves. He has been thinking about the secret of his "resurrection", thinking about the destination of Gawain Cecil's mysterious voyage, but there are key links missing in everything, and all clues are isolated from each other, not even a whole.

Until now, the information disclosed by Bertila has allowed him to make a bold guess-although the clues are still incomplete, at least he can have a reasonable guess:

The so-called transaction that Gawain Cecil mentioned to the people around him after returning to the voyage was this "resurrection" seven hundred years later.

But the target of resurrection is not him, but an alien visitor in a lonely universe.

But how did Gawain Cecil, an ordinary human, contact the satellites far away in space?

Those crystals... those crystals of unknown origin that he handed over to the Mithril treasury for safekeeping seemed to speak for themselves.

When Gawain came into contact with those crystals, he successfully re-established contact with the satellites in space, which showed that the functions of those crystals were similar to some kind of "communication medium".

Seven hundred years ago, Gawain Cecil should have found those crystals during his voyage, perhaps in the so-called "Eternal Dark Sea", and those crystals made him contact Gawain in space. In the exchanges where the traces were deliberately erased,

The souls of the two worlds made a deal.

As for how this deal was reached, and what motives Gawain Cecil had at the time, it is unknown.

But Gao Wen vaguely had a conjecture. If all of his assumptions were true, then what he was doing now might be the content of the deal that year.

He exhaled slowly.

A series of exciting assumptions, but assumptions are assumptions after all. As long as there is insufficient evidence, he cannot completely take his assumptions seriously. These are just possibilities.

"Outlanders are also trapped by memory problems... This is indeed beyond my expectation," Bertila snorted. "It seems that your race is not without flaws in terms of mind."

Looking at Bertiera's appearance, I don't know how many non-existent features the Eternal Sleepers have made up on the race card "Outer Territory Rogue"... I'm afraid there is a special "Outer Territory Rogue" in the Eternal Sleeper. Behavioural characteristics (brain tonic) research laboratory".

If there is a chance, let Daniel investigate, if there is, see if we can put some more "art processing" in it...

The most effective way to deal with cultists is to outshine them—this is the biggest experience Gawain got after successfully fooling the Eternal Sleeper for the first time.

"Of course we have flaws, and mortals have flaws," Gawain said lightly, "and I want to remind you - at least at this stage, you can regard me as the real Gawain Cecil , either from my inherited memory or from his own reputation."

Bertila stared at Gawain for a long time, as if she was facing a difficult choice, and finally she suddenly laughed: "The real Gawain Cecil... You know if the real brother Gawain stands What will he do here?"

"The first reaction was to chop you." Gawain said lightly.

The expression on Bertila's face was stunned.

"Remember what you said in the dream? You have made trouble, a big disaster," Gawain continued with a blank expression, "You have taken a wrong path, but you have to let the Holy Spirit Plain, and even Quan Ansu's People have come to bear the price for you, of course, the end of all things has already accepted the punishment with its own end, and you have become like this, but Gawain Cecil will still draw his sword."

Bertiera lowered her eyelids slightly: "...It seems that you have indeed inherited almost all of his memories..."

"But I haven't finished yet - his second reaction is to slash the sword on the ground next to him."

"why?"

"Because you are Bertiera, and also because of the way you are now... There is really no need to cut another sword," Gawain said quietly, "Do you think you are still alive now?"

Bertila was startled.

Her perception is spreading, and her spirit is spreading in this twisted body.

She could feel the dark and deep earth, and the cold autumn air, she could feel the water rushing through her roots, she could feel the birds falling on the branches, and the daring animals had begun to Those tree branches, bushes, grass pits settled down, preparing for a new home.

The wind blew through the sky of Solimburg, the leaves of the giant tree slapped and shook, and the huge canopy stretched in the sunlight, covering the scorched earth at a high place.

She took root here, and here is her new home and her eternal prison.

In the meeting room of the dark underground palace, Bertila - or a part of Bertila's mimetic communication individuals bowed their heads to Gawain: "Then, as an outsider, what do you think of me?"

"I want to confirm first," Gawain thought for a while, then looked down at the pioneer sword in his hand, "If I slash you here with one sword, will you die?"

"...I'm afraid not," Bertila shook her head, "you will only cut off one of my roots. The correct way is to completely destroy the whole tree... This whole tree is my body. Your powerful explosive props, with your magical flames that can burn everything, completely burn the entire tree, including the underground structure, in order to kill me.

"It's not easy. In terms of pure survivability, my life has achieved a 'great evolution', but I know it's not difficult for your army, you can do it.

"And burning at the stake... is indeed suitable for cultists."

Gawain glanced at the long sword in his hand lightly, and sighed slightly.

"We've set enough fires here, this land doesn't have to burn a second time," he said as if to himself, "and you... just put your roots here quietly, your roots , perhaps for the people of the Plains of the Holy Spirit."

Bertila lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking. It wasn't until a few seconds later that Gawain heard her voice: "I understand, Gawain... brother."

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows.

It's a deal.

He nodded and brought the topic back on track: "What else is in this palace? What is the lower level?"

"There is nothing worth exploring in the lower layer. When the body of the false god broke free from the bondage, it destroyed the support structure of the lowest layer. In order to temporarily imprison him, the remaining priests finally blew up the main passage area and the rock bottom area. "Beltira shook her head." If you don't believe me, you can go down the corridor on the east side and have a look. I can perceive there is a gap there. You should be able to see the collapsed passage and the stacked rock formations. In fact If the rock formations on both sides of the underground rift were not squeezed to the middle to form new supports, and if my roots maintained the structure of the underground palace, this place would inevitably collapse with the bottom."

Gawain frowned, this is a regrettable situation - he was also looking forward to being able to dig out more secrets and even lost technologies from this ancient underground ruins, but now it seems that with the man-made god The ravages of the world and the resistance of the priests who perished in the end, all the ancient secrets here have been buried in the ground with the big collapse...

"There's no need to be too sorry," but Bertila continued, "there isn't much in the bottom floor itself - this ancient palace was not built by us, it was built by an ancient civilization that has been lost for innumerable epochs. , its deep layer is entrenched in a force that is difficult for us to resist, so for hundreds of years, our main activity areas are basically in the middle and upper floors - most of the rooms and corridors on the lower floor are completely sealed off. Nothing but rotten air and hollow echoes.

"The only valuable areas in the lower level are the room of the grand master and the rift area where the body of the false god was created, but the body of the false god no longer exists, and the most valuable in the room of the great master..."

As Bertiera said that, she raised her hand and handed the large book that she had been holding on her chest to the front.

"It's it."

Gawain's attention shifted to the book following Bertila's movements.

The moment he saw it, he had an unspeakable feeling——

He vaguely sensed something familiar from this book. This feeling was slightly similar to the "spiritual resonance" he had when he contacted the satellite, but there was a significant difference, as if it was... a kind of fake, although Try to imitate, but after all, it is not the real thing.

Or to put it another way, he can feel a clear mental vibration when he resonates with the satellite, but he can also feel a similar resonance when facing this book, but it is much more blurred and confused.

"What is this?" Gawain asked curiously.

"The Book of the Ultimate, the only thing we've found in the lowest level of this dungeon that is safe and can be controlled by mortals," Bertila said. "It has belonged to our Grand Master for hundreds of years."

"The Book of Ultimate... It sounds very extraordinary." Gawain said, carefully looking at the big black book - he knew that curiosity is one of the driving forces of human progress, and excessive curiosity But it will also bring danger. Although he did not feel threatened from this book, the origin of this thing is unknown, and it exudes a strange atmosphere, which is really alarming.

...do you want to touch it?

"The Grand Master gave it to me before it merged with the body of the false god, hoping that I would lead the All-Death Association," Bertila continued, "but as you can see - the All-Death Association has disappeared, I've... become like this. This book is useless to me, Outlander, if you want it, take it."

Gawain thought for a while, and finally took the book and carefully opened its cover.

In the next second, a voice came from his mind:

"Illegal media login system detected."