The two beams of light over Treaty Castle still shine brightly in the sky - as the giant sun sets below the horizon and night gradually falls, these two beams of light appear particularly eye-catching in the dark night sky, like two handles piercing the darkness. Like a sharp sword, it can be clearly seen for several kilometers around Fort Treaty.
The two beams of light may indeed represent two swords-the swords of Anzu and Typhon, and now, these two swords are negotiating for peace.
The face-to-face secret conversation between the king and the emperor has ended, and the general tone has been set in the confrontation between the two rulers. No one knows what they said in the secret conversation, but since nightfall The subsequent formal negotiations were held as scheduled, which means that everything went according to plan.
After the formal negotiations began, Duke Silas Laurent, as the highest guardian of the eastern border of the kingdom and the first executor of the border, entered the treaty fortress with his eldest son Belk Laurent. In the long hall, he sat at the side and rear of the king. From this position, he could see Andesa Wendell sitting across from the long table, and he could also see the legendary Typhonian ruler Rose. Tower Emperor.
Rosetta Augustus wore a black coat with gold trim. This dress could almost be described as simple, but it did not affect the impressive momentum of the Typhon Emperor at all. He Sitting directly opposite Francis II, with a limited smile on his slightly gloomy and thin face, he gave Duke Silas Loren the feeling of being a predator accompanied by shadows. This predator Even though he came under the light, he still had a lingering darkness. He smiled in the light, but it seemed that there was another face hidden in the darkness at all times.
In contrast, Francis II always had a calm smile. There seemed to be no pressure in the old king's eyes, but they never left Rosetta the Great. His steady and powerful voice reached Duke Laurent's ears: "Seven hundred years have passed since the ancestors of human nations crossed the wasteland and established a new kingdom on the border of the continent. We have enjoyed seven hundred years of Peace, but each of us is very clear - the wasteland has not receded at all in these seven hundred years. As many scholars have warned, although we are peaceful now, there is still a gap between our peace and the disaster of annihilation. It's just a wall."
"This wall was made by elves, but it is not as permanent and reliable as we thought," Rosetta Augustus spoke. Nodding slightly, he acknowledged what Francis II said, "There is clear evidence now that the monsters in the wasteland have the ability to pass through the barrier-this is a common threat."
"So we Come here, just like the ancestors seven hundred years ago, unite to find a way to fight this threat," Francis II solemnly said, raising his hand to the sky, "The ancestors are watching in the kingdom of the gods. With us, under the gaze and witness of our ancestors, it is time to let go of those unnecessary greed and contentions.Let’s work together to pursue the path of peace. ”
In the night sky, within the range illuminated by two bright beams of light, a swift and small bird passed through the light beam, making a crisp chirp while flying to a higher place.< /p>
It flew higher and higher, and flew higher and higher. In just a few breaths, it had already risen into the clouds and flown to a place beyond the reach of the human eye - regardless of the speed of flight or the length of stay. At this height, this little bird has exceeded the concept of an ordinary "small bird". However, at this height, it is still in the night, and it is impossible for the sentries on the surface looking up at the sky to see this scene that goes against common sense.
The bird turned over in the air, and the magical airflow that suddenly rolled up quickly enveloped its entire body and tore the surrounding clouds into pieces, filling it with a light cyan shimmer. In the magical airflow, a huge body quickly emerged from the air, and gradually condensed into an entity - hard blue scales, a slender and elegant neck, and huge wings that covered the sky, as these things emerged. , the former "bird" has transformed into a giant dragon.
The dragon flexibly adjusts its flying posture in the air, with the radiance of magic floating on its wings, using magic instead of aerodynamics. His heavy body was bent at a sharp angle in the sky, and the two huge golden vertical pupils still reflected the two beams of light coming from the Treaty Fort on the surface.
The dragon looked at it for the last time. It glanced at Fort Treaty, then suddenly flapped its wings and continued to rapidly increase its height, until it reached a height that no mortal creature could reach, and then it began to glide at the edge of the atmosphere.
At this height. , you can almost see the faint arc of the earth.
After gliding for a moment, a light golden light appeared in front of the dragon's eyes, and quickly expanded into a crystal-like curved screen. There were complex curves and constantly refreshing runes jumping on it. After those jumping curves gradually stabilized, the dragon spoke. It was a majestic and deep female voice: "We have reached the signal transmission height and began to report the observation results.
"The two human kingdoms Anzu and Typhon have begun peace negotiations. The negotiation location is the treaty fortress on the border between the two countries. It has now entered the substantive stage...
"Within the continent No abnormal surge of magic power has been found. Since the last time the mutants invaded the two countries, no more mutants have been found in the northern region.
"The magic environment at the top of the atmosphere is still stable...temporarily stable."
The lines and runes on the curved screen shook, and a responding voice came from it after a moment, although the surroundings The air roared, but the voice was still clearly audible: "Don't forget the code and don't get involved in the affairs of the mortal realm - unless they show enough variability or have come into contact with the legacy of the sailor, the dragons cannot enter the world."
"Don't worry, I've learned the lesson of 'Against the Tide', and I got perfect marks in history class," the giant dragon with blue scales responded to the screen in a brisk tone.The voice on the other side said, "If I can be sent out as an observer, the jury must trust me."
"...They actually regretted sending you out on the third day. You You actually went to burn human land." The voice on the other side of the screen suddenly became a little crazy, "And I don't understand - do the people on the jury really don't know that you have a problem with your eyesight? How did you get the qualification of an observer in the first place? !”
“It’s not necessary for observers to see it with the naked eye,” the blue dragon snorted unsatisfactoryly, “I am more familiar with the human world than any dragon in the country. If I can, just for this reason, the jury will have to let me out——"
While saying this, the blue dragon suddenly turned its neck awkwardly, and "she" kept gliding. , but tried to raise his head and took a look at the densely packed bright stars in the night sky high in the sky.
The voice on the other side of the screen began to complain again, but the blue dragon interrupted the companion on the other side: "Speaking of which, I don't know if it was an illusion, but I felt like someone was there from the beginning. Look at yourself..."
"Is someone watching?" The voice on the other side of the screen was full of surprise, "Where are you now?"
"At the signal transmission height, the top of the atmosphere," the blue dragon looked up awkwardly again, and kept changing the direction of its glide, as if trying to avoid a shadowy sight, "I don't know how What's going on - the line of sight seems to be coming from above."
"Above? You... don't talk nonsense, the Voyager has been away for millions of years! Are you sure someone is watching you from above? ”
Listening to the voice from his companion, the blue dragon tried his best to look up at the sky again. However, in the clear night sky studded with stars, the sailor could not be seen. The figure has neither the legendary engine flash that looks like falling stars, nor the charming halo when the star gate opens, nor can we see the brilliant flash of the starry skyway cutting through the night sky. The stars just hang quietly in the night, still As it has been since time immemorial.
"It must be my imagination," the blue dragon muttered, "How could the sailor come back."
"...You scared me so much that my scales changed color. !" The voice on the other side of the screen seemed to be relieved, but with a hint of complaint, "Okay, the communication is about to end, you continue to perform your task."
The communication ends. , the floating projection in front of the blue dragon disappeared, but the feeling as if someone was watching from high altitude... still lingered on the giant dragon.
"...Who is so wicked? Does the mage's eyes open in the stratosphere?!" After a moment, the dragon finally became angry, and then she suddenly flapped her huge wings, and in a burst of violent magic Driven by the wind, her huge body began to turn violently in the air, "I can't stun you with a spin maneuver... Hey... Hey... Hey, mom is cramping... cramping... cramping..."
stuffXir led Gawain to end the connection with the satellite in a moment of astonishment.
He was observing Fort Treaty - after his first surveillance at noon, he took a break in the afternoon and resumed this work after dinner.
Although after regaining the permission to adjust the satellite's perspective, he found that the clarity of the surveillance picture had dropped a lot and was no longer as high-definition as when it was in its "satellite-savvy" state, but a real-time surveillance perspective was still It allowed him to observe the general situation of the border peace talks at the first time, so after he estimated that the negotiations would begin, he would keep an eye on the movements of the Treaty Fort as long as he had time.
Until just now, a giant dragon suddenly broke into his field of vision...
He was 100% sure that it was a giant dragon, and judging from the color of its scales and its general outline, he I feel that the giant dragon is very similar to the giant dragon I saw in the old Cecil territory when I just uncovered the coffin - but I am not sure whether it is really the same one. After all, no one knows the appearance of the dragon. Are they all the same?
After the giant dragon suddenly burst into view, all of Gawain's attention was attracted to it. This was the second time he observed the appearance of a giant dragon after his "resurrection". The huge dragon His curiosity even made him temporarily forget about the ongoing peace talks in the Treaty Fort - he immediately began to track the movements of the giant dragon, temporarily putting aside the matters in the Treaty Fort.
But this has no effect. After all, the Treaty Fort is still blocked by a roof. The current satellite perspective does not have a perspective function, so even if he continues to stare at the peace talks scene, he is just studying other people's roofs.
He followed the dragon for more than ten minutes. In the second half of the tracking, Gawain was surprised to find something: the dragon actually felt his sight!
The dragon raised its head frequently and changed its flight path, which was obviously because it realized that someone was spying on it.
But what makes Gawain fortunate is that the giant dragon seems to have no way to deal with the satellite in the sky, and the behemoth has never been able to escape his sight...
Until the end, that end The giant dragon got rid of the surveillance in a way that stunned Gawain - it was a thrilling ultra-high-speed continuous maneuver, accompanied by a spiral and tilted dive straight towards the earth.
Faced with such a completely unexpected and highly technical maneuver, Gawain's speed in adjusting the angle of view and focus was finally half a beat slower, and he lost track of the giant dragon...