Sirens are a race full of mysteries. This is not only because they live in the deep sea far away from the land and are physically separated from surface creatures, but also because they seem to have a unique way of thinking and world view, which leads to There may be a huge difference between the things they describe and what you actually know - for example, when humans classify the monsters in the deep sea according to their magic level and attack attributes, the sirens take out But it is a chewy ranking list, which makes it impossible to communicate at all.
So Gawain is not sure at all what the "big squid" dug by the sea monsters in the deep sea is. He can only make a bold guess based on the various characteristics mentioned by Tyr that it is some kind of thing. It was something related to gods, but whether it was specific... that would have to wait until he saw it with his own eyes to know.
Unfortunately, there is no chance to go to the deep sea yet.
After dinner, Tyr stretched a lot. This deep-water creature that was always preparing to hibernate seemed to have no concept of walking a hundred steps after dinner. During the dinner, Tyr answered a lot of Gawain's questions. Already making her yawn endlessly, Miss Siren untied her coiled tail, waved her hands to everyone and said to go back to paralysis, and then crawled out of the restaurant.
The crawling posture is still so embarrassing...
Betty stood up to clear away the tableware, Rebecca returned to her room with a lot of rune base plates and scrolls to continue calculating, and Amber just ate After drinking enough, he rolled into the shadows and didn't know what he was doing. Soon, only Gawain and Hetty were left in the restaurant.
Gawain could see that Hetty was worried, so he took the initiative to ask: "What are you thinking about?"
"Ancestor, do you believe what the sea monster said?"
Gawain first asked the other party: "What do you mean?"
"In legends, things from the deep sea have the characteristics of bewitching people and tempting people to go crazy. Some sailors even said that as long as When ships leave the offshore, they will hear the song of the siren on a windless night," Hetty said about her knowledge from the book. "The song will lure ships into whirlpools and reef areas, and even drag people into them. In the nightmare, only empty and shabby ghost ships are left drifting on the sea."
"But you obviously don't believe these legends," Gawain glanced at Hetty with a smile, "and those sailors are superstitious. The statement is even more ridiculous - in the past seven hundred years, how many ships have actually gone to the high seas and come back alive? How can those sailors have so much 'personal experience'?"
Hetty asked lightly. Shaking his head: "The legend is indeed absurd, but what Tire said is indeed sensational and shakes people's hearts."
"You are referring to the part about the 'real magic tide'," Gawain knew Hetty means, "To be honest, I would rather believe it is true."
Hetty frowned: "Is it because of the minerals recently discovered in the Dark Mountains?"
"Huo The original stone of Mu was formed in the magic tide - and what we can't be sure about is what substances will disappear during the magic tide," Gawain said quietly,"The mutations in the Dark Mountains are visible to everyone, and in the Gondor Wasteland... we also saw countless things that were affected by the magic tide and changed their nature. A large number of new magic materials may be a fortune, but If this phenomenon happened all over the world, it would be a disaster for mortal civilization. Can you imagine what the consequences would be if all the universal magic materials that humans are familiar with suddenly changed their properties overnight or even disappeared out of thin air? "?"
"Even the elves' temple of stars will fall," Hetty shook his head with a wry smile, but then said, "But there are still iron ores and building stones in the Dark Mountains. , Giant wood is still giant wood, quartz sand is still quartz sand..."
"This is the last trace of goodwill left to mortals in the world. Not 100% of materials will change in the demonic tide. Now It seems that the most basic substances with low magic sensitivity are least susceptible to the influence of magic tide, and even the magic-conducting materials that will be affected are not 100% converted - but no one can say for sure. Will this still be the case when the 'real demonic tide' breaks out? And even if only ten percent of the material is affected by the demonic tide, it will be enough to destroy the foundation of mortal civilization: those operating magic circles and magic wells around the world. The wizard tower, those magic-guiding materials that have been installed in the magic devices, once they are affected by the magic tide during their operation..."
Gawain did not say the last sentence, but Hetty and him Everyone knows what it will be like: mortal civilization will explode in an instant, spiraling into the sky...
The unparalleledly powerful Empire of Gondor only lasted a month in the demonic tide before being wiped out. It's not unreasonable.
This is a desperate future. If the true power of the demonic tide is really as described by Tyr and imagined by Gawain, then mortal civilization at this stage cannot think of any way to save itself, even if Gao Wen After two lifetimes and millions of years of satellite experience, he could not imagine how today's human civilization should fight against the demonic tide - the foundation of the material world will be shaken, and this world can be so "changeable" , who would have thought of this?
But...is there really no way?
Somehow, Gawain suddenly thought of the sentence he saw in the laboratory of the ruins in the mountain:
Humanity will survive forever, even if it disobeys the gods.
Could it be that those Gondor magisters were not studying the method of eternal life, but were trying to find a way to fight against the demonic tide by studying the power of gods? In the Age of Spark a thousand years ago, the magisters of Gondor already knew that the demonic tide was coming?
That’s why they say “Humanity will live forever” instead of “XX will live forever” - the latter refers to the immortality of an individual, but the former may refer to the survival of the entire race and civilization. !
But during the demonic tide seven hundred years ago (which was still just a "little demonic tide" in Tyr's words), the Gondor Empire only lasted a month.
Their research in the Spark Era failed?Give up? Going the wrong way? Or... the situation is not what he imagined at all. The research project on the ruins in the mountain actually has nothing to do with the demonic tide?
The thoughts in Gawain's mind were spinning rapidly, and he thought of the "big squid" that the Kraken dug on the bottom of the sea.
According to the information revealed by Tire, the giant squid died on the seabed before the emergence of the Kraken civilization. In other words, the thing suspected to be a relic of the gods has experienced several demonic tides in the deep sea. But it never seems to be affected...
The Sirens are not affected by the demonic tide, or the impact is limited - although their civilization seems to have been affected, at least they still continue. Come down...
"Ancestor?" Seeing that Gawain hadn't spoken for a long time, Hetty couldn't help but break the silence, "What are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking, mortal Is there a way to survive in the face of the demonic tide?" Gawain said slowly, "Although there is no clear evidence, I think there is a way out, either in the gods or in the way of elements."
< p>"Priest and elemental mage?""No, you are just talking about two spellcasting professions. They are users of power, but I think the way out should be in the nature of power, or in other words ...The nature of our material world."
Seeing Hetty sinking into thinking following this sentence, Gawain couldn't help but laugh: "It's too early to think about this now, given our current situation. Even the current level of the entire mortal world is not qualified to think about these issues. Instead of thinking about these, it is better to go back and take a rest and think about how to organize the personnel selection in the next two days.”
Yes, now is not the time to think about this, at least not for Hetty to think about this.
Gawain comforted Hetty and asked her to go back to the room to rest. At the same time, he concentrated in his mind and called the monitoring satellite in space.
A "magic imaging bird's eye view" like a thermal imaging map appeared in his mind. With his current location as the center, the magic distribution map and terrain map covering hundreds of kilometers around him were combined in a superimposed manner. Together, the dense magic aura floats and changes on the overhead view, and the recent monitoring information of the giant planets pops into mind:
"The energy level of the giant planet has dropped, and it has entered a low alert state.
p>“The energy level of the giant planet has dropped to a low level, confirming that the giant planet has entered a quiet period and the alert has been lifted.
"Each system enters low-power self-test mode."
At the very least, there is no sign of the demonic tide breaking out for the time being.
At the same time, the western border of the Kingdom of Anzu, the border of the Duke of Franklin, and the junction of Mossy Wood.
The Ogure Tribal State adjacent to Ansu is a loosely structured alliance kingdom. Seven hundred years ago, the human westward pioneering troops chose this land after entering this land covered with high mountains and dense forests. Peacefully coexisted with the local forces, and established a foothold in the western part of the mainland by concluding contracts and winning alliances.After seven hundred years of integration and evolution, many races originally on this land have combined to form a new force. There are more than a dozen intelligent races living here, while the Eldar, Gray Elves, Goblins, Orcs and Humans They are the most powerful and vocal race among them. The original hereditary habitat of these races is their respective main city. Through a ruling structure called the "Five Kings Council", they jointly govern this vast land.
Unlike Typhon, who is now on a par with Ansu, the Augure tribe has always maintained good diplomatic relations with Ansu for seven hundred years. The Franks on the western border of Ansu The Lin family has contributed a lot to this: this family that is good at calculation and business has always been willing to deal with the races in the mountains and dense forests, and has long-term trade relations with the gray elves. , the Franklin family also established a large trading town and several specialized settlements to facilitate business travel - although they used various means to amass wealth in the process, and even forced merchants to invest one-third A "Government Order" that converts property into Frankling silver coins and must be settled in Frankling silver coins before walking within the territory, but compared with the aristocrats in other areas who directly dig holes on the road to rob vendors and hire bandits to directly rob the market , the Franklin family is already a rare wise person.
But today, the wise Duke Franklin encountered troubles.
The trading market town "Jinlin Town" on the edge of Mossywood Forest.
The blazing torches lit up the night. A large group of soldiers blocked all the traffic arteries around the market town and surrounded the largest business building in the town.