In the medical center owned by the Tallond Council.
Melita was lying on the circular platform, some medical machinery was buzzing near her, and several scanning probes were slowly scanning her torso from above, while she herself Squinting his eyes slightly, he allowed these machines controlled by Omega to be busy near him.
"This is the last inspection," Noretta's voice came from the side, with a hint of relaxation in her tone, "You can leave this place after the inspection is over."
p>"Actually, I'm not in a hurry to leave now..." Melita's lazy voice sounded on the platform, "Let me tell you, after knowing that all the expenses here are paid by the jury, I I even want to set up a tent here..."
Noretta glanced at her friend with disdain: "You can try - I guarantee that the team at the medical center will let you lie here. It's enough for a century, and you won't be able to leave by then."
As he spoke, the last group of medical machines busy around the platform suddenly let out a low buzz, followed by all the scans. The probes were retracted into the machine slot above the platform, and Omega's announcement that the medical examination was completed rang out in the room. Melita immediately shook her head and muttered as she stood up: "Forget it, I don't want to be dismantled into parts and then be diagnosed with minor medical injuries..."
Before she finished speaking, a light curtain enveloped Melita's whole body. As the light curtain slowly expanded, contracted and squirmed, the huge blue dragon figure disappeared little by little, and the human body gradually took shape in it. In less than a moment, Miss Blue Dragon switched to her usual human form. She moved her joints slightly, checked her balance, and then stepped towards the edge of the platform.
Noretta stepped forward: "How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"
"Basically recovered - there is some residual weakness and lack of coordination, but I'll be fine soon after the parts in my body adapt to each other," Melita said, exhaling softly, "Sigh... What I regret most now is that I shouldn't have listened to your propaganda. A third auxiliary heart was replaced - it was scrapped not long after it was used. It turns out that those light rings have no effect at all..."
"Don't say that, I read your examination report, at least It was the last one to explode." Noretta showed a smile. "The improvement brought by the light ring is closely related to the mind. You must first believe..."
Melita did not wait for the other party. After saying that, he waved his hand and interrupted: "Stop, stop, stop, I don't want to hear you continue to promote the theory about lighting effect equals performance - and I have other things to do."
"But also It's business..." After hearing her friend's last words, Noretta's original idea of making a few more jokes to cheer her up was suddenly replaced by solemnity. Her brows wrinkled a little and her steps slowed down, " You...are going to meet our gods now?"
Melita smiled: "He saidI can go to Him anytime I get back...that's an extraordinary privilege. "
"Yes...it's an honor," Noretta repeated softly with a somewhat complicated expression, then raised her head and stared into her friend's eyes, "You haven't said yet why you took the initiative to go to the audience. God didn't tell you his own experience. What on earth did you encounter? You really can't tell me? "
"Perhaps, but I dare not say it now," Melita responded to the other party's gaze and shook her head slightly after a two-second pause. "There are some things that have to wait for me to learn from the gods. Only after getting the answer there can we determine whether we can speak out. But you don't have to worry - I'm fine, at least for now. "
After saying that, she did not give Noretta a chance to continue asking. Instead, she turned around and strode toward the exit of the room, leaving only one sentence: "I want to go to the upper church. I'll treat you to dinner when I get back. "
...
In the upper area of the mountain where Agundore is located, there is a special architectural structure standing between the high walls and towers. It is covered with gorgeous gold. With its solemn and heavy dome and the exterior walls covered with reliefs, the sacred and lofty atmosphere seems to be eternally shrouded in the sky above the dome, while the never-ending singing and chanting are lingering around the building as if they have become symbiotic with the air. /p>
This is the sanctuary of the Dragon God, an important facility in every city in Tallond, and every dragon clan is familiar with it - in Tallond society, religious activities are Implants and boosters are generally an important part of a dragon's life, and whether they like it or not, these three things will be with them for life after they emerge from the shell.
In Weather Control. Under the influence of the instrument, the clouds near the top of the mountain were condensed at the foot of the church. Melita walked step by step through the ramp in front of the church, passed through the layer of clouds and mist, and arrived in front of the splendid dome building - the door was already facing She opened her door and walked directly into it without anyone telling her.
The interior of the huge and solemn sanctuary was bright, and the light from unknown sources illuminated this large building and the rotunda. There is nothing inside, except for a high platform placed in the center of the hall, and there are balconies in eight directions of the hall extending to the sea of clouds outside. A dusk-like light curtain hangs at the connection between each balcony and the hall. There seemed to be many pairs of eyes hidden in the curtain. The moment she walked into the sanctuary, Melita felt a vague sense of peeping.
She didn't care about this normal sense of peeping and walked in casually. Arriving in front of the high platform, he bowed his head respectfully: "My lord, I'm here. ”
Before she finished speaking, a sacred and majestic aura suddenly appeared out of thin air. A beautiful woman with blond hair, grace and splendor appeared on the high platform in front of Melita, and looked down quietly. Look down.
“Melita, raise your head,” Dragon God Enya said lightly, “Today is not a day of worship, you can relax a little. "
"Yes, my lord," Melita then raised her head and boldly looked at the stage.The god glanced at him - the latter just looked at it calmly, and there was even a little gentleness on that flawless face, and this gentleness did make her feel slightly relaxed, "I... I came here to think about some questions. Ask you..."
"I know," the woman on the high platform said, "You want to ask about that incident six hundred years ago - the mortal who was taken to Monitoring Tower No. 1 by you, that The encounters of mortals, and your disappearing memories.”
“Yes…yes,” Melita nodded immediately, “Six hundred years ago, I really…really took a mortal. Was I taken to the No. 1 Monitoring Tower?"
"Yes, you were contaminated, maybe because of a flight that accidentally deviated from the route, or maybe because of the secrets of that tower Take the initiative. In short, the 'against the tide' affected your cognition at the time, allowing you to temporarily forget your taboos and bring a mortal to the tower. Fortunately, the pollution you suffered has not reached an irreversible level, and The mortal's contact with the tower was shorter, and everything could be saved in time - it just needed my personal intervention."
"So, it was you who erased my memory of those days?" Melita glared. His eyes widened, "Are you trying to... remove the pollution I received?"
"Does this cause trouble to you?" Dragon God looked at her calmly and asked.
"No...of course not, I am only grateful that you...saved me," Melita lowered her head again, but her tone was a bit complicated, "It turns out that I almost got into a big disaster back then... "
Dragon God was noncommittal, neither criticizing nor responding. He just asked casually after a brief silence: "So, you just want to confirm these things with me? Don't you have any more questions? ?"
"Is there really no way we can completely destroy the tower or destroy the 'countertide' inside?" Melita hesitated several times, but finally took the courage to do so. Asked, "With your power, can't you destroy it?"
"The power of God is ineffective against that tower, and the power of dragon is ineffective against God. Melita, you know - -From the day when 'Counter Tide' was born, Tallond has been unable to destroy that tower and the things inside it. And since the Counter Tide Empire, this planet has never been able to give birth to a sufficiently powerful civilization - "Powerful enough to destroy the legacy left by the Sailors," the Dragon God looked into Melita's eyes. This god who was supposed to be aloof was explaining patiently at this moment, as if the answer to the people's questions was her relationship with life. Their inherent responsibilities are ordinary, "Probably only the sailors themselves can do this - but they may never come back."
"The sailors..." Melita repeated subconsciously After hearing this word again, I could only shake my head helplessly.
She said she had no more questions.
"If there are no more problems, go back," Dragon God stood on the high platform and said calmly, "Recuperate well. After you recover, I still have things to give you. Do."
"You...have something to do.Leave it to me? Melita raised her head in surprise, "What is it?" "
Then she heard the god's voice coming from above: "Invite the mortal named Gawain Cecil to Tallond again as a guest - specifically, after you recover. Bar. "
Melita's face showed a mixture of surprise and confusion. However, as soon as she opened her mouth to ask something more, she felt a change of light and shadow in front of her eyes. After her vision gradually calmed down, she She found that she had returned to her lair near the mountainside - obviously, the god had no intention of answering her anymore
...
In the temple, the Dragon God Enya. Still standing quietly on the high platform, a figure wearing a priest's robe gradually condensed in the air beside her.
Dragon Priest Herago paid tribute to his god and was cautious. He asked: "Are you going to invite again that human being who rejected you once? ”
“Have any questions? "
"No, of course not, it's just...do you think he will still refuse? "
"If he is really curious about something, then he will definitely come," the Dragon God said indifferently. His sight crossed the emptiness in the hall and passed a building. On the balcony of the sea of clouds, beyond the distant distance outside, she seemed to be able to see through everything, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, "This world... It seems that it is really going to be a little turbulent. "
"Unrest..." Heragore subconsciously repeated the words spoken by the god. As a dragon priest who had witnessed the ups and downs of several civilizations on this planet, he deeply understood a god. What does "some turmoil" mean?
It seems that a certain god has reached the "critical point"...
Being sent back. After leaving the lair, Melita did not stay at home for too long. She quickly set off to the jury headquarters and obtained permission to meet with Supreme Chancellor Andal.
After confirming that everything was normal in her current state. , after the gods took action to help her remove the pollution, she finally dared to tell some things.
On a round platform surrounded by a large number of mechanical devices, pipes, and cables, the old and majestic dragon Andal stood. After listening carefully to Melita's report, the horrifying incident that had been buried made this well-informed old dragon couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "...I never expected that six hundred years ago, something happened This kind of thing happened... If it weren't for God's personal protection, you would probably be a sunken skeleton in the sea around Monitoring Tower No. 1. ”
“I still feel scared,” Melita said honestly. “What I’m afraid of is not being polluted by the reverse tide, but that all this happened so quietly, even to this day.” , I realized that I had been wandering on the edge of the abyss. "
"'Counter Tide' has never stopped trying to penetrate the outside world...Although 'He' is irrational, he has the instinct to break through the blockade," Speaker Andal's old voice sounded in the rotunda. echoHe said, "You are lucky to be protected by gods - He will protect every dragon after all."
"But I didn't expect that He would also protect the adventurer named Modir. ..." Melita frowned in confusion, "I didn't dare to ask further at that time - but why would he protect a mortal other than the dragon clan?"
President Andal 1 Time fell silent, and his mechanical prosthetic eye seemed to expand and contract unconsciously, and the dark red photosensitive crystal danced with subtle light streams.
It wasn't until a few minutes later that the old dragon, who had witnessed the entire history of the dragon clan since the "failure of rebellion", let out a sigh.
"Maybe... our Lord still has expectations for the mortal races in the world until today."
"Repay the expectations?" Young Melita asked Speaker Andal But he was a little confused.
Andal shook his head and did not answer anything.
There are some things that even the well-informed dragon clan cannot say a word to their compatriots.
Faith is like a lock, with mortals at one end and gods at the other.
An unsuccessful struggle suddenly tightened the chain, blocking all possibilities, so that even the parties involved who knew it well could not say it out loud, but could only rely on it. Their respective tacit understandings are used to speculate and confirm——
The gods have been looking forward to which mortal civilization can develop, and it will develop extremely powerfully and extremely arrogantly.
Then... help the dragons complete the rebellious plan that they failed to complete millions of years ago.
Now, let’s see how the mortal civilization will develop this season.