As the night fell, the endless wind in the wasteland suddenly stopped. Urged by a strange buzzing sound, Gawain suddenly opened his eyes while sleeping.
He saw a piece of undulating and corrupted land extending before his eyes. Weird aurora and starlight sprinkled the land together. The cold and dry air was filled with a rust-like smell, which should have been Lying on the couch at the pinnacle base, I am now standing between this strange and vast world.
There was no one around.
Gawain frowned, first quickly observed the surrounding environment, and then vaguely realized what happened - this may be a dream, or some kind of mental projection effect.
The handwriting of the Eternal Sleeper?
Gawain looked down at himself and found that he had put on a full set of armor at some point, but the familiar pioneer sword was not in his hand. He clenched his empty fist, and with a thought in a familiar way, a long black sword emerged from the air and was placed in his palm.
This is indeed the spiritual world created by the Eternal Sleeper, but it does not seem to be a spiritual network, nor is it somewhere in that "City of Dreams".
Emotions of curiosity and surprise filled the air from the bottom of his heart, but Gawain did not feel panic. This was not the first time he had dealt with the power of the Eternal Sleeper, so he could naturally sense his current situation—— He turned his thoughts and found that his mind was still awake and in a state where he could escape from the dream at any time. However, he did not find any malicious or "sights" paying attention to him within the scope of his mental perception. This seemed to mean that... he Not being pulled in, but "entering by mistake"?
While paying attention to the scenery in his field of vision, he was always alert to the changes in this dream while guessing what might happen. He clearly remembered that he should be sleeping in the room at the Pinnacle Base at the moment, and he had not connected to the spiritual network before falling asleep, so he most likely "accidentally" broke into a spiritual channel belonging to the Eternal Sleeper after falling asleep. : He possesses the spiritual brand of the Eternal Sleeper and masters the other party's secret technique. It is very possible for a similar situation to occur. It's just...this is the wasteland frontline!
Why is there a psychic channel set up by the Eternal Sleeper so close to the Wasteland of Gondor? ! Are those cultists who are immersed in dreams also thinking about the wasteland?
Such an idea flashed through Gawain's mind, and then he began to carefully expand his perception, trying to find the body of the Eternal Sleeper hidden in this space, hoping to capture a mind to torture the situation, but Just when he started to do this, a few sudden breaths made him stop quickly.
The weird aurora and starlight in the sky suddenly condensed together, and shed a few clear rays of light. In this clear light pillar, three figures gradually emerged.
Gawain quickly controlled the power to change the dream, making his figure and breath disappear into the air, but he did notHe didn't think that his hasty disguise could deceive the other party - in the psychic network, he had built a complete backdoor authority system for himself, so he could naturally do whatever he wanted, but this did not mean that his secret skills of the Eternal Sleeper were very powerful. It's amazing. Once he leaves the spiritual network and comes to a new network with invalid authority, he has no confidence that he can defeat the real eternal sleeper in terms of "technology".
He just wanted to temporarily interfere with the other party's judgment, and then wait for an opportunity to take action.
He may not be a match for the real Eternal Sleeper in terms of "skills", but he is very good at "violent cracking".
But what is a little surprising is that the three figures really didn't react at all - they didn't realize that Gawain was lurking not far away and came to this space. Later, they also showed quite uncomfortable symptoms, rubbing their foreheads or mumbling in a low voice.
Just like three crappy newbies.
Seeing this situation, Gawain immediately suppressed the urge to take action and instead carefully observed the situation in front of him.
The three figures are all women. One of them is a human woman wearing a green priest's robe, but all religious symbols have been erased from the clothes. She has an outstanding appearance but is distant and indifferent. The other two are. But they are a pair of elf sisters with almost identical appearances.
Their clothing and temperament are very different from the eternal sleepers that Gawain has seen...
No, they should not be the eternal sleepers at all!
Gawain did not sense any of the mental fluctuations belonging to the Eternal Sleepers from these three people. Instead, he found that their connection with this space was fragile and unstable, as if they did not possess the secrets of dreams at all. The man of knowledge forcibly connected with some kind of magic device... Are these three "visitors"?
Gawain guessed the identities of these three figures, and while he was guessing, the human women among the three figures suddenly spoke: "Why haven't they appeared yet... Are you sure it is this time?" "?"
The moment this voice reached his ears, Gawain's heart suddenly moved - there was an impression in his memory! He seemed to have heard this voice somewhere!
The next second, he realized that the familiarity did not come from himself, but from the memory of Gawain Cecil: the woman who spoke was known to Gawain Cecil people!
However, when he took a closer look at the woman, he only saw an unfamiliar face. In Gawain Cecil’s memory, there was no familiar face that could match it. .
He didn't have time to think about who this woman was, because the pair of elves with almost identical looks spoke in unison: "Wait a minute - they are trekking in the wasteland and cannot arrive on time every time. Book a place."
Trek across the wasteland?
Gawain once again captured a word of concern, and almost at the same time that the words of the elf sisters fell, he suddenly felt that a new breath had entered this "space".
This time, GodThere was no light falling in the sky, but at the edge of the vast open space, a cloud of smoke and dust suddenly rose up. Between the smoke and dust, several skinny figures staggered out.
Gawain looked attentively, and under the starlight and aurora, he saw clearly the appearance of the new figures: they were several "people" wearing black robes, but their appearance was almost They don't look like human beings. Their skin is shriveled and wrinkled, with bark-like lines all over the surface. There are no eyeballs in the sunken eye sockets, but they are inlaid with two dim yellow lights. They also have hands and feet, but when they move, they look like puppets. Ridiculously stiff, they staggered up to the three women. From under their black robes, there was a weird sound like dry wood branches rubbing and breaking.
Gawain stood not far away, staring at those weird figures, and his heart was full of doubts: What "thing" is this? Could it be...that they were the ones trekking in the wasteland? !
He subconsciously lowered his sense of presence again. Although the other party showed no signs of noticing, he was still afraid of ruining this coincidental "witness" due to carelessness - his intuition told him that he What I saw may be part of the truth about the group of cultists who are plotting around the wasteland! !
At this time, the woman who spoke first spoke again: "I thought you couldn't come today."
"We are in the wasteland, and it is difficult to judge time and distance." One of those shriveled "figures" in black robes said, "I hope we're not too late."
"It's not too long, I still have some patience," wearing The woman in the priest's robe said, "How is the situation in the wasteland?"
"The wind in the wasteland remains the same. The only change is that there is a group of outsiders strengthening the barriers on the border... It is not worth caring about. "
"You still have to be cautious. Try not to get close to the border during this period - especially the northern border. There is a very troublesome person who is reinforcing the barrier in the southeast of Ansu."
< p>Gawain thought for a while and felt that the "very troublesome person" the other party mentioned should refer to himself.He felt that he had probably guessed who these people were.
I really didn’t expect... After losing the "Dark Bridge", they were actually using the Eternal Sleeper's mind connection technology to maintain contact with the wasteland... And those shriveled figures in black robes ...Is it the "internal response" that all things will eventually perish in the wasteland? !
Who are they... or what are they actually living inside the magnificent wall? !
Gawain couldn't help but look at the withered men in black robes, and saw one of the leaders said in a hoarse voice: "We will be careful - so what's the progress on your side?"
"The information you provided has been of great help, but the mutagen of God's Evil showed abnormally high activity, causing the mutant's ability to respond to commands and maintain sanity to decrease. We need to confirm that this is a normal phenomenon caused by the environmental differences inside and outside the wasteland , or there is an error in the information you provided.”
"There is nothing wrong with the data we provided," said one of the men in black robes, "but those are original data from the wasteland environment. You should really make adjustments based on the environment outside the wasteland. Regarding this, , we can help."
The woman in the priest's robe nodded solemnly: "This is best - the Grand Priest will remember your contribution, and everyone will not forget that you are there. The efforts and sacrifices made in the wasteland."
The leader of the black-robed man seemed to give a stiff smile, and a hoarse voice came from his withered throat: "This is what a martyr should do. Sacrifice made, Ms. Bertila Augustus."
"I no longer use that last name," the woman frowned immediately, "You should know."
< p>"...Ah, I'm sorry, I forgot. The environment of the wasteland makes it difficult for us to concentrate..."Not far away, Gawain's eyes suddenly widened.
Bertila Augustus! !
He knew the name, he "remembered" the name, and he finally knew why he felt familiar after hearing that woman's voice! !
And at this moment, he also remembered that he had heard the name "Bertira" before when he learned about the Death Society from Pitman - but at that time he only thought it was Duplicate name, because similar names are not uncommon in the northern region or the northwest region of Typhon, but now he suddenly realized... this "Bertila" was the one he knew in his memory.
Bertila Augustus, the sister of Roland Augustus, the founder of Typhon.
And, the saint recognized by the Northern Druid sect seven hundred years ago.
She lives to this day? !
In this intense shock, Gawain finally slightly lost control of his breath. In a brief moment, his carefully hidden breath leaked out.
It was this moment of exposure that alerted the two elf sisters who had never spoken much and seemed to be acting as guards or sentinels. They warned in unison: "There is a problem - terminate contact." ! ”
It can no longer be hidden.
Gawain immediately made a judgment and realized that even if he escaped now, it would have greatly aroused the vigilance of these believers in the death of all things - they knew that their contacts had been eavesdropped, and they knew that they The secret has been exposed.
They must not let them know that their secret was exposed to Gawain Cecil!
At this moment, Gawain made a decision in his heart. He realized that this spiritual space was not created by the Eternal Sleeper, but was just a space created by the "friendship and sponsorship" of some kind of Eternal Sleeper by these believers of the death of all things. device to contact him, so he created a new image for himself without hesitation, then lifted his invisibility and strode forward.
Bertila Augustus watched in amazement as a tall and familiar figure emerged from the air.The figure, even she, exclaimed one word at this moment: "...brother?!"
But then she reacted: "No - who are you?!"