Chapter 908 The Price of Knowledge

The changes in this city... are really dazzlingly fast.

Melita Pernia walked out of her temporary residence, and the bustling "Pioneer Avenue" came to her face like a bizarre drama.

Respectable citizens of Cecil and business travelers traveling from north to south came and went on this wide street that could accommodate twelve horse-drawn carriages. They stood in front of the shops along the street to solicit customers. employees, the sound of music coming from nowhere, all kinds of human voices, the crisp ringing of two-wheeled bicycles, all kinds of sounds are mixed together, and the lights behind the large display windows are bright, and all kinds of popular products this year seem to be Indifferent witnesses of this prosperous new world line those shelves, watching this prosperous human world.

It is almost dusk, the setting sun is shining from the direction of the western mountains and forests, and the city is covered with a faint golden glow.

In the past, for cities in the human world, dusk was the point when cities gradually became deserted. However, here, everything has long been completely different - this is the time for workers to take turns to rest after a hard day's work. Students leave school, the shops in the night market prepare to open their doors, and citizens begin their most leisure time of the day. Only then will comprehensive commercial streets like "Pioneer Avenue" become completely lively.

“I don’t know what’s going on...” Melita stretched out gracefully under the sunset and murmured softly, “I hope this exchange will not be harmful to your health. There is too much harm..."

She walked towards the city center, walking through the bustling human world.

A few young people walking together came towards me. These young people were wearing obviously foreign clothes. They were talking and laughing along the way, but when they passed by Melita, they... They slowed down in unison, and they looked in the direction of the agent with some confusion. They seemed to have noticed someone here, but saw nothing, and couldn't help but become a little nervous.

Melita laughed softly, walked past these suspicious young people, and whispered to herself: "Dragonborn... still retains a certain degree of respect for his fellow humans?" In any case, it is a good thing to get out of the mountains. The time when this world becomes prosperous is always precious..."

A few young dragon-born foreign students on the street hesitated and discussed. They felt that the aura that suddenly appeared and disappeared suddenly was very strange. One of the young people looked up at the street intersection, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately walked quickly over there: "Mr. Sheriff! Mr. Sheriff! We suspect Someone illegally used invisibility spells!"

Melita, who had just walked out, quickly quickened her pace: "Hey...the first thing you learn when studying abroad is to report..."

The Cecil Palace stands majestically in the center of the "Royal Quarter" in the city center. In fact, this building is no longer the tallest and largest house in the city, but the imperial flag flying high above the building always has an "aura" that awes the Cecil people."field".

The heavily armed soldiers stood proudly at the sentry post at the door. Melita released her concealment effect and calmly walked towards the soldiers. The latter immediately carefully adjusted their standing position. Gesture - But before the soldiers could ask, the door not far away opened first, and a young girl wearing a black and white maid uniform with the dark gold emblem of a senior female officer on the chest and cuffs walked out. < /p>

“Let her in,” the senior female officer greeted the soldiers, “She is His Majesty’s guest~”

“Miss Betty? "The soldier looked back at Betty doubtfully, then turned to look at Melita, "Okay, I understand. But registration is still required. "

"Of course," Melita nodded, "Melita Pernia, senior agent of the Mithril Treasure House, special advisor and friend of His Majesty Gawain Cecil - so registered Just fine. "

After passing the checkpoint at the door, Melita followed Betty into this "palace" that was expanded and transformed from the lord's palace. She asked casually: "What's the door?" Are the soldiers new here? The soldiers who were on guard before must have remembered me. I also registered carefully during my last visit. "

Betty thought for a while and shook her head confidently: "I don't know! ”

Looking at the still energetic head maid (she was no longer a “little maid”), Melita was startled for a moment, but soon she smiled slightly and her mood changed. It became more and more lively.

She was originally here to perform a short- to medium-term observation mission...but unknowingly, these people and things she observed seemed to have become quite a part of her life. This is the interesting and important part.

She came to Gawain's study in a light and good mood. In the study room covered with velvet carpets and world maps, she sat across from him at the desk. The late ruler of the empire bowed slightly and said with a smile the opening words that he had said many times: "Good afternoon, Your Majesty, Melita Pernia, the senior agent of the Mithril Treasury, is pleased to serve you. "

Gawain raised his head from a pile of documents and books, glanced at the agent in front of him, and after indicating to Betty that she could leave, he asked casually: "I am mainly looking for you today for consultation. First of all, let me ask, is there an ancient metal tower near Tallond? Probably in the west or northwest..."

Then Melita almost fell over with a smile on her face.

"What's wrong? Gawain immediately noticed the agent's expression was different, "Is it difficult to answer my question?" "

Then he discovered another strange thing, and couldn't help but curiously asked: "Huh? You're not wearing a veil today? "

Melita tried hard to maintain a calm smile, and answered while adjusting her breathing: "I... am also a woman after all, and I also want to change my outfit occasionally. ”

Then she took a deep breath and feltWith a wry smile, he said: "Your question... is not to the level of violating a taboo, but it is close. Rather than asking such a scary thing at the beginning, can you... first start with some common topics to transition it? ?"

"Oh," Gawain nodded clearly and changed the question, "Have you eaten?"

Melita did not respond to this inexplicable greeting. What does it mean, but he still subconsciously replied: "...eat."

"That's good," Gawain said casually, "It seems that there is indeed a giant metal tower to the west of Tallond?" "

Melita adjusted her breathing, with curiosity on her face: "...Can I ask first? How did you know about the existence of this tower? "

"I got a travel diary, which mentioned a lot of interesting things." Gawain pointed to the "Model Travel Diary" on the table. "A great adventurer once approached the dragon kingdom by chance - he circled around After the big storm, he came to the Arctic region. In his travel notes, he not only mentioned the giant metal tower, but also mentioned more surprising clues. Do you want to know?"

Melita? Immediately sensing something from Gawain's expression, she became cautious in every word she said next: "A human who has entered near the kingdom of dragons? How can this be...what else was mentioned in the travel notes?" < /p>

"Your name was mentioned," Gawain looked into the other person's eyes, "It is clearly recorded that a dragon accidentally destroyed the adventurer's ship and brought him there to remedy the mistake. On the 'Island of Steel' where the tower is located, the dragon calls himself Melita Pernia - a member of the Talrond Council..."

Every time Gawain said a word, Mei Rita's eyes seemed to widen even more. In the end, the dragon lady couldn't help but interrupt him: "Wait a minute! Did you mention my name? You mean, the adventurer who left his travel notes?" Said he knew me? He saw me in the Arctic?"

Gawain nodded: "It seems that you have no impression of this, right?"

"I... have no impression," Melita said with a confused look. She never expected that one day, as a senior agent who was always responsible for providing consulting services, she would become a party full of confusion and needing answers. "I have never been there before. We have encountered no human adventurers near Tallond, let alone bringing people near that tower... This is against the taboo, do you know? The taboo..."

"Okay. , I roughly understand it, we will talk about it in detail later," Gawain noticed that the mental pressure of the agent seemed to be rising sharply, and he was experienced in the field of "inducing people to die violently" (only for Melita) He immediately suspended the topic and guided the conversation to the follow-up, "This travel book also mentioned another concept, an unfamiliar term... Do you know what 'Seaguer' means?"

For the first time since becoming a senior agent, Meili Tower tried to block or refuse to answer these questions from the customer, but Gawain's words seemed to possess some kind of magic and directly penetrated the safety protocol she had set for herself - it turned out that this human being was really weird, Melita discovered She couldn't even shut down part of her nervous system in an emergency, couldn't stop thinking about related questions and "responding impulse". She instinctively began to think about the answers, and when the answers emerged, her mind folded in the gap between the elements and the real world. An overwhelmed detection signal immediately came from the "body"——

The agent stumbled on the spot, her face instantly became extremely ugly, and something abnormal, like a dragon's wing, appeared behind her. like shadow.

Gawain was immediately startled by this unexpected strong reaction, and immediately stood up from behind the desk: "Are you okay?"

Melita was in pain. She waved her hand and reluctantly walked two steps to the desk. She supported the desk and regained her balance. Then she looked a little lost and muttered to herself: "It exploded... the one with 38,000 exploded..."

"What exploded? What thirty-eight thousand?" Although Gawain heard the other party's words clearly, he didn't understand what they meant at all, "Sorry, it seems to be my fault..."

"No...you didn't mean it, and this may be reimbursed..." Melita waved her hand again, smiled bitterly and whispered, "Okay, I have to do my duty, your question...I just I can answer part of it. The so-called Sailors are an ancient civilization that has left this world, and their legacy is the root cause of the 'Rebellion Against the Tide' in the past. Yes, the 'Ultimate Book' you found. '...I said it was used to steal knowledge. What the Counter Tide Empire used to steal was the legacy left by the Voyager. Those legacies must not be leaked, let alone be mastered by lower-level mortal civilizations. I can. That’s all I can tell you.”

The ancient civilization that has left this world...the root cause of the rebellion...a legacy that cannot fall into the hands of low-level civilization...

Melita said she could only answer part of it, but the few key points she answered were enough to answer most of Gawain's questions!

In fact, as early as when he saw Modier's travel notes, he had already vaguely guessed the meaning of the so-called "Sailor" and what those legacies and giant towers were referring to, and Mei Rita's answer completely confirmed his suspicion: the "Sailor" in the Dragon Clan's mouth refers to the mysterious "God-killing Fleet", the ancient civilization that left a lot of satellites and orbital facilities in space. !

And the "anti-tide empire" in ancient times"After coming into contact with the legacy (knowledge) of the "God-killing Fleet", a huge crisis was triggered, which eventually led to chaos against the tide. Gawain had also received many clues about this matter before, but this time it was the first time he learned from it. Melita received positive and accurate information about the "God-killing Fleet".

In general, Melita's answer only confirmed what Gawain had already speculated or had circumstantial evidence. He went through it again and connected some originally independent clues into a whole. For Gawain, this was actually just the beginning of a series of questions for him, but for Melita...it seemed that these "small problems" brought about Unexpected trouble.

This made Gawain feel a little guilty.

"Sorry, my question was reckless," he immediately apologized to Melita - he didn't care. "The ruler's airs," not to mention that the other party is his first dragon friend, and a sincere apology is a necessary condition for maintaining friendship. "If you think it is necessary, we can stop here. "

"It doesn't matter," Melita immediately shook her head. She adjusted her breathing again and became the elegant and calm senior agent of the Mithril Treasure House again. "My professional ethics does not allow me to Do this - keep consulting, I'm doing okay. "

"Okay, I will pay attention to my next questions and try not to involve 'dangerous areas'," Gawain said, while sorting out the questions he had prepared in his mind, "I It shouldn't be a problem to ask you for a name, right? It could be someone you know. "

Melita immediately breathed a sigh of relief and even showed a relaxed smile again: "Of course, of course, that's no problem. "

Gawain nodded: "Do you know a dragon named Enya? "

Melita's expression suddenly changed.

The one with 42,000 also exploded.