Gawain stared at the direction of the horizon for a long time. In the first few minutes, the huge cognitive conflict made him even unable to guess what he was seeing - no matter what it was, it was different from what he saw. Only the sun is far away.
The broad and magnificent arc continued to rise, and in the initial stage it rose much faster than the sun, so after a while Gawain saw a small part of its arc. , that arc is indeed shining, with hazy colors and an unreal, cloud-like structure on the edge. This thing should be providing the light and heat in this world, but its light is not as dazzling as the sun. To the point where he couldn't look directly - in fact, it was just the opposite. Not only could Gawain look directly at the curved surface, he could even see some subtle lines on the curved surface.
After roughly judging the curvature of the thing, Gawain realized that it was an object with a visual diameter dozens or even hundreds of times larger than the sun - of course, its true size should be larger than a star. A normal star is smaller, but it is too close to the earth.
At this distance, if it rises, it may cover about one-fifth of the sky... Of course, this is just Gawain's rough sense, because the touch he received was really great, and he intuitively judged What comes out will inevitably be very different.
The oppressive feeling caused by watching a giant celestial body rise before your eyes is hard to describe.
Quickly searched Gawain Cecil's memory, and sure enough, he found countless equally spectacular "sunrises" in that memory. The thing in the sky was not an abnormal celestial phenomenon, but the world. The most normal sight.
What’s the explanation?
Gawain quickly made many interpretations based on the knowledge he had. Perhaps it was because the physical rules of this world were completely different from those of his home universe, so the light and thermal efficiency of stars were quite low, and The planet under my feet is very close to the star, so I can see such a huge sun, and at the same time the earth is not scorched; it is also possible that it is not a sun at all, but a hole that emits photothermal radiation, or It is something else that is not scientific at all but very magical...
But it is more likely that the planet under your feet is not orbiting the sun, but is orbiting a gaseous planet. A giant planet is not a planet at all, but a satellite of the latter. What rises in the sky...
is the parent star of this satellite.
At this moment, Gawain felt the feeling of "a foreign country" stronger than ever.
"Ancestor? Lord Ancestor?" Hetty's voice came from the side, finally waking up Gawain who had fallen into a state of sluggishness and contemplation.
"Ah...ah?" Gawain suddenly woke up and looked at N's great-granddaughter next to him with some surprise.
The beautiful lady left the dark, cramped and dangerous underground tunnel. At this time, she regained a little bit of her former style. She bowed slightly to Gawain: "Ancestor, you were in a daze just now, butWe have to get out of here first. ”
Gawain hesitated twice and then noticed that the exit of the tunnel was an unobstructed hillside. It was really not wise to stand here with the surrounding situation unknown. So he nodded: "Go to a higher place to check the situation nearby. What I know is that the terrain of seven hundred years ago may not be useful today. ”
So the group of people headed towards the hillside not far away under Gawain’s instructions, and on the way, Gawain couldn’t help but look up at the huge “sun” several times.< /p>
"Ancestor, have you been looking at the sun? Rebecca, who was walking behind Gawain, couldn't help but asked with a little concern, "Is there any problem?"
Hu Bo said casually: "Your ancestors slept for seven hundred years without seeing the sun. You must look at the sun more often when you finally see it." "
Gawain ignored Amber and glanced at the N+1 great-granddaughter. He shook his head slightly and confirmed in his heart the name of the thing in the sky that the locals in this world called - it was indeed called the sun.
In other words, no matter how the word is pronounced, in the minds of people in this world, the thing it refers to is the sun and nothing else.
High. Wen once again searched the memory of the original owner of this body. After trying several keywords and vague information, he finally raised his head with a feeling and looked at the slightly dim sky on the other side.
In the sky that was not yet fully bright and still had many stars left, he found a "star" that was about the size of a grain of rice and brighter than all the stars.
Human beings in this world will see that. This special star is called "Ao", and it is given a lot of symbolic meanings in religion and magic rituals.
The two previous guesses may be overturned, but only the third guess is. Reliable.
"Ao" is the star of this galaxy, so far away that it shines on the ground at Gawain's feet, almost as cold as other stars.
In the cool breeze of the morning, Gawain climbed to the top of the hillside.
The land that had been burned by the war appeared in a strange and festering state.
It looked like strong acid had been poured on it. Just like on the skin, the earth has rotted away. Large swaths of rocks and soil have turned gray-black. Tortoise cracks can be seen everywhere. The vegetation on the land has long been corrupted, and the remaining tree trunks have been twisted into shapes that look like devils. In a claw-like demonic state, further away, you can see collapsed walls, charred houses, and the Cecil family castle shrouded in smoke
Like a giant. The same aberrant monster is wandering in that wasteland.
The fields and crops have long been annihilated in the demonic tide rolled up by the monster, and they are completely indistinguishable.
" The family's territory..." Rebecca lay on the hillside, gritting her teeth tightly, her eyes were a little red, and she didn't know whether they were tears of anger or sadness.Turning around in her eyes, this girl who had just inherited the family business and had not even adapted to the status of a lord seemed to have lost everything at this moment.
“This is what the land corrupted by the demonic tide looks like,” Gawain sighed. “Back then, the Gondor Empire was corrupted from the inside out to look like this. I guess those corruptions to this day have become like this. It should still be entrenched in the wasteland of the old empire - but new corruption has appeared in the realm of civilization."
Amber broke out in a cold sweat: "The God of Shadows... we are here. Have you been surrounded by these things before?"
Hetty thought about the possibility of the family recovering: "Is there any hope?"
"No chance," Gawain shook his head. , "You have not blocked the attack of the aberrations. They have formed a group resonance, and the elemental infection caused by the demon tide is irreversible. Even if all the monsters are eliminated, the pollution entrenched in this land will continue for a long time. "How long will it last?" Hetty seemed a little unwilling to give up.
"Has human civilization returned to the land of the Gondor Empire now?" Gawain asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
"...There is still a restricted area of life, and no one dares to set foot on the land on the other side of the magnificent barrier."
Gawain shrugged: "Then it seems that Sisi The corruption of Erling will last for at least seven hundred years."
Rebecca and Hetty looked at this ancestor with some surprise. They could not understand this great man who founded the Cecil family. How could they be so calm when faced with the last piece of their family's territory being destroyed by monsters? There was no anger or sadness, it was as if they were watching something that had nothing to do with them. This attitude even made them a little scared.
However, Gawain soon noticed the look in their eyes and asked proactively: "Is there any problem?"
"My ancestor, aren't you... angry?" "Rebecca asked cautiously, "This is the last territory of the Cecil family..."
Gawain was stunned and immediately realized that he still could not fully assume the role, which revealed Seeing the flaw, he quickly put on a straight face and suppressed all his acting skills: "Indulging in these things will not help. Gawain Cecil is a pioneer. Every inch of the land and wealth of this family was created by me from scratch." If the territory is not built, it will be gone. The worst is to find another place to open up the land - what will mother-in-law and mother do?"
Hetty and Rebecca nodded quickly, admiring their ancestors in their hearts while nodding. I fell to the ground and thought that I was indeed a legendary ancestor. This vision and mind were really different - I just didn't know that in this era when all the land has been divided up by the existing aristocratic system, and all the unclaimed lands are basically restricted areas, Where do you plan to go to open up wasteland...
"There is nothing to see here. We have to plan our trip. The next step is to find the town first, and then find a way to join the group of people who broke out. ," while you are pretendingX's remaining power was still there, so Gawain quickly changed the subject, "I remember that a knight named Philip led a group of people to break through? Did you discuss the meeting place?"
Rebecca quickly replied: "The agreement is for Tanzanian Town in the north. If Tanzanian is also attacked by monsters, we can continue north along the Kingdom Avenue."
Gawain nodded and was about to leave when a strange feeling The feeling suddenly stopped him in his tracks.
After being stunned for a moment, he and the Byron knight next to him shouted almost simultaneously: "Get down! Hide!"
Although they didn't understand why, Rebecca and Hetty He immediately followed Knight Byron and hid under a nearby boulder. Amber had already escaped into the shadows and burrowed into an unknown corner the moment Gawain opened his mouth. Gawain followed Rebecca and hid, but suddenly he saw the little maid Betty, who looked a little stupid and silly, still holding the pan and standing there with a blank look on her face, so he rushed out and dragged her away. Back - and almost at the next moment, a sense of oppression that made everyone shudder fell from the sky.
In the rising light of the "giant sun", an elegant and huge creature slowly flew across the sky.
It was a giant dragon dozens of meters long.
In panic, Hetty subconsciously cast a third-level spell "Light Stance" to hide everyone's figure, but she was not sure whether this crude spell could be concealed. The eyes of a legendary creature.
But the giant dragon really didn't notice the people on the ground - or maybe it didn't even bother to pay attention. He or she just flaps their wings slowly, flying gracefully and majestically through the sky, with those huge eyes reflecting the land of Cecil Territory that was destroyed by the demonic tide.
Then it took a sip of salt soda...oh, and the breath burned the place.