Chapter 800 Beginning

Selena stared at Gawain for a long time, as if she wanted to see through this "extraterritorial wanderer" from an unknown domain in a human shell.

But she couldn't see through anything.

Because she was just a visual illusion projected when Gawain voluntarily released part of his superficial consciousness, she could only see what Gawain wanted her to see, and she could only hear what Gawain wanted her to hear , just like the current predicament of the Eternal Sleeper Order:

There is no choice, and it is subject to others. Even when talking about "conditions" at this moment, at best, it is just showing an attitude.

At this moment, the foreign wanderer promises that he will not take the path of the gods in the future. He promises that if he breaks his trust one day, the covenant will be voided, but Selena herself knows that no one can bear witness to this verbal promise, neither man nor God. .

All she and her compatriots can trust is the credibility of the "people" of the extraterritorial rogues.

Gawain didn't know what Selena was thinking, but he could probably guess one or two. After a moment of silence, he shook his head: "You don't have to be so wary of me, you are all too nervous. I may be from a place you don't know, from a race you don't know, but on this journey, I'm just an ordinary traveler.

"I hope to establish cooperation with you because I feel that the upper narrator is a threat, and your order of the Eternal Sleepers... is more or less worth being pulled.

"So relax, think of this as a human-to-human collaboration, and your nervousness will be a lot better."

Speaking of which, he deliberately paused for a moment, and then said as if he had mentioned it casually: "Besides, you came to see me in person today. Apart from conveying such a message, there should be something else you want to tell me, right?"

Selena's expression didn't seem to change, but her eyes suddenly became deeper when she looked at Gawain. After a brief consideration, she nodded: "I have some questions, I hope you can answer them here."

"Ask, if I know."

"You said that you came to this world to fulfill a promise," Selena asked very seriously. "Is this promise...is it related to Gawain Cecil seven hundred years ago?"

"Yes." Gawain nodded calmly.

"This promise... is to help Gawain Cecil save the kingdom he once built? Is it to help all beings get rid of the shackles of the gods? Is it to lead mortals through the magic tide?"

Gawain met Selena's scrutinizing eyes, he thought about it, and finally shook his head: "I'm not sure."

Selena's eyes widened immediately: "Are you not sure?"

"I'm not sure," On this issue, in front of Selena, Gawain did not make up a lie that would be difficult to make up in the future, but chose to guide the topic on the premise of telling the truth, "I seem to have forgotten some key points. memory, maybe some kind of protection... but I know, I made a deal with Gawain Cecil, and he used his soul to come to this world for me, so here I am—

"After I woke up, I saw that the world was in chaos, ancient lands were sinking into chaos, people were threatened both inside and outside the borders of civilization, the kingdom was terminally ill, and all of this was very detrimental to me enjoying life in peace, so I became myself What I want to do - what I do, is exactly what you describe.

"I'm not sure if these things were what the deal was about back then, but lately I've been getting a feeling that... I'm doing what I promised back then, or... Gawain Cecil is doing the deal. I knew I would do it.”

Selena looked at Gawain fixedly, there was some surprise in those eyes, and there was some inexplicable sense of relaxation, and finally she blinked: "You are more... blunt and honest than I thought."

"Otherwise? What should an outsider wandering in your mind be like?" Gawain smiled, "With some kind of divinity? Hard and cold like steel and stone, lacking in sensibility?"

"Almost," Selena seemed to have a hint of a smile, "So, you have forgotten the details of the 'deal' with Gawain Cecil,

Don't remember why he made that 'deal' with you? "

"I don't remember in general, but some vague fragments have surfaced recently," Gawain said, his eyes falling on Selena, "For example... I know you have something to do with it."

Selena's eyes were calm, and she calmly faced Gawain's gaze.

"You should be able to see that I have inherited the memory of Gawain Cecil, and I have inherited a lot, and in one of the memories, there is his experience of going to sea in the Dragon Fjord. In that special memory, I sense your power.

"So I'm sure that you were involved in that thing, you knew about that transaction, so you should have known about my existence, and today's conversation between us has made me more and more sure of that.

"You said that you had some questions and hoped to get answers from me. Just now, I also have some questions - can you answer them?"

Gawain showed a gentle smile and asked calmly and kindly like an old friend.

The majesty of the "extraterritorial wanderer", he had shown enough at the last meeting, but it was mainly shown to the unknowing Eternal Sleeper believers, and the Selena Geerfen in front of him was half a Insider, in front of her, Gawain decided to show his "humanity" side a little, in order to weaken the "informer"'s vigilance and avoid unexpected troubles.

The starlight and the lights outside the window mingled, and the magic spar lamp behind her exudes a warm and bright radiance. Selena stood beside Gawain, bathed in this radiant light, she seemed to be lost in thought, and she seemed to be remembering, for a long time, She just broke the silence.

"Everything changed at the Ancestor's Peak, where everything began, the beginning of the three sects falling into darkness, and the beginning of that voyage..."

"Ancestral Peak?" Gawain heard the words that surprised him, "You mean, Gawain Cecil's voyage back then was related to the Ancestral Peak?"

Selena nodded slightly: "Since you inherited his memory, you must be very aware of the ceremony that the Church of Dreams, Church of Storms and Holy Spirit Druids held on the Ancestor's Peak, right?"

"I know that it was the attempt to communicate with the gods that led to the contamination of the three churches by the gods, resulting in the birth of the three major dark sects-this conclusion is partly based on the memory I inherited, and partly from me The result of a long-term investigation since awakening."

Selena nodded again, she did not entangle much in the known history of the two, but continued: "That incident destroyed the beliefs of the three righteous gods, and also affected other churches and their unsteady footing at that time. Several human kingdoms have caused a huge impact.

"The three corrupted sects fell apart at that time, and the witnesses at Ancestor's Peak either fell into madness or died on the spot. The only survivors were the priests of other churches who were at a loss and had no faith connection, as well as the priests located in the ancestor's place. Outside the peak, there are no people directly involved in the ceremony. No one can tell the outside world what happened at that time, and no one knows what caused the terrible pollution and collective frenzy.

"After that, in order to calm people's hearts and to explain the phenomenon of divine art being lost and regained, other sects announced the so-called 'oracles', claiming that the gods once again favored mortals and descended new sacred laws, including dreams. The three denominations, including the church, were exiled and plunged into darkness because of their rejection of the oracle, but this is a reassuring statement, and it cannot convince everyone, let alone those who are more familiar with the church’s top management and are familiar with the operation of the denomination. People who know better...

"Many people became curious about what happened on the Ancestral Peak and launched investigation after investigation, including Gawain Cecil."

Having said that, Selena turned her head and looked into Gawain's eyes quietly, while the latter fell into memory, and after retrieving some key memories, Gawain said thoughtfully: "I have the impression that in Shortly after that incident, 'I' went there, but 'I' saw nothing but the abandoned ritual ground, where frenzied priests destroyed everything, leaving no clues..."

He had habitually equated "Gawain Cecil" with himself in his conversations, and would call himself the latter from time to time. Selena obviously noticed this, but she didn't say anything about it, just asked back. He said, "Did you really find nothing? Did you really only see the abandoned ceremony grounds there?"

"I remember..." Gawain flipped the images of inherited memories in his mind, recalling how Gawain Cecil went to the Ancestor's Peak to investigate the truth seven hundred years ago, and slowly, he frowned, " No, I'm not sure, there are some discontinuities."

It was only at this time that Gawain realized that he had a memory loss that he hadn't noticed!

He looked at Selena subconsciously: "Is this memory your hands and feet?"

"...Yes," Selena hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "I followed Gawain Cecil's instructions and helped him clear a lot of memories, but I didn't know the contents of these memories - he said Those memories are very dangerous, if one more person knows it, it will push the whole world one more point toward the abyss of eternal redemption, and in the end they all have to be cleared, so it’s better not to spy on it from the beginning.”

"...I believe you," Gawain said slowly, "then go ahead, Gawain Cecil went to Ancestral Peak to investigate the truth, what might he find, and then? What happened after he returned from Ancestral Peak what?"

"He found us," Selena said.

"He found you?!" Gawain was a little surprised, "How did he find you? Especially you, how did he find you? After all, you already..."

"It seems that you have fully grasped my 'situation', including the fact that I have become a soul body seven hundred years ago," Selena smiled, "Frankly, I still don't understand... After returning from the peak of the ancestors, Gawain Cecil's state was very strange. He seemed to have suddenly acquired some kind of 'insight' ability, or some kind of 'revelation'. And repelled several attacks by the aberrations, and easily found several secret hideouts built by survivors of the Church of the Storm and the Church of Dreams—even if these hideouts were in the deserted mountains and forests, even if Gawain Cecil did not Send any eyeliner, even humans at the time didn't know the existence of those wild mountains and forests... He could find them.

"He first found the storm priests who still maintained their reason, and asked them to prepare a big ship for him to go to sea, and then found the hidden dream priests, hoping to obtain mental protection, and hope that we can help him clear some memories. ...

"As you know, I was... dead, but my soul survived in a special way, I was drawn to Gawain Cecil's plan, and driven by curiosity, I had a dream with him Conversation in..."

"I don't know about this either," Gawain said. "It seems that I am missing a lot of memory. What did you guys talk about?"

"He said he was going to take a risk, to seek an opportunity," Selena said slowly. "He said he knew what we've been through, what horrible things we've seen on Ancestral Peak, and he said he There is a way — not necessarily a success, but at least a glimmer of hope."

Gawain frowned: "What about the specifics? Didn't he explain it to you more clearly?"

"That's all," Selena said, "he can't say it too clearly, because some things... the moment he says it, it means that it will attract the attention of certain beings. You should also be very clear about this. of."

"...Well, I understand your concerns in this regard," Gawain exhaled, "Then because of these vague words, you and the Storm Children decided to take the risk and help Gawain Cecil complete the That voyage?"

"Yes." Selena nodded slowly and said calmly.

Gawain was inevitably a little curious: "Why?"

Selena looked into Gawain's eyes, and then said softly after a long time, "Outside the realm, do you know what it feels like to be cornered?"