Helagor quickly noticed Gawain's gaze, but his good self-control prevented the dragon priest from showing any displeasure on his face. He just took a half-step to the side and asked curiously: " What? Is there something inappropriate about me?"
Gawain quickly recovered from the shock. He suppressed the shock and speculation in his heart and just smiled slightly apologetically: " Sorry, you may be similar to someone I once knew - but I must have made a mistake."
"Really?" Herago nodded, "There are thousands of people in the world, even from afar. It is understandable that similar faces appear on the two continents of Tallond and Loren. If I have the chance, I would like to meet someone with a similar face to mine."
While saying. , the dragon priest made an invitation gesture and turned around to lead the way, while Gawain followed and said casually: "I'm afraid that can't be realized - due to some personal reasons, most of the people I know have been dead for centuries. "
This unveiling of a character is really useful sometimes, especially when you want to tell a lie related to life span, time and acquaintances - Gawain couldn't help but sigh, and at the same time. I began to silently calculate how many virtual friends I had made after my "resurrection from the dead" who appeared for plot needs and then died in the long river of time...
"...Really, that's really annoying It's a pity." Heragor obviously did not doubt his presence. The leader of the priests just nodded slightly and said while leading Gawain deeper into the corridor, "I never left Tallond, so I am extremely sad. Have less contact with people outside Tallond. Please forgive me if I offend you in conversation due to racial or cultural differences."
"But your common language is very good, Hera. Mr. Gore," Veronica said suddenly, "on the way here, we heard Tallond's real 'dragon language'. At that time, I had already discovered that human beings' imagination of dragons was wrong in many aspects. It's outrageous, and I haven't even thought about the details that the two races should actually have a language barrier - for dragons with a long history, the language used by those short-lived civilizations on the Loren continent should not be something worthy of extensive learning, right? "< /p>
"It is true - but with the help of Omega, it is not troublesome to master a new language," Heragore replied in a very calm tone, "Compared to learning a language, it is more difficult. It is more difficult to understand the way of thinking of a foreign race."
"You said you never left Tallond?" Gawain looked at the dragon priest walking in front of him and decided to gather some information around the corner. -Although he could not rule out the possibility of "similar faces" and was not sure whether the face he saw in the space-time gap of the eternal storm was the dragon priest in front of him, his intuition still told him that all of this might be the same. Isn't it a coincidence, "Never left even once?"
"Is this strange?" Herago's footsteps seemed to pause slightly, but he quickly continued walking forward, "Many This is true of all dragons - to us, Tallond is aA home that is rich enough, there is no need to leave. ”
He did not answer himself directly!
Gawain instantly realized this, but he did not pursue the question any further because he had many doubts about the chaotic time and space at the center of the eternal storm. He was even more worried about someone tampering with that experience after leaving the storm. Before he figured out the truth behind it all, he decided not to continue rashly.
Gawain stopped asking questions, Veroni. The card itself was very quiet, and Amber was rare in this strange environment without being blind. Therefore, the next section of the journey seemed particularly silent, even to the point of being a bit embarrassing. But fortunately, this silence did not last too long. After a long time - after passing through a corridor and an elevator that could be described as a "hall" in Gawain's opinion, they finally arrived at the destination of their trip
It was located on the top floor of the jury headquarters. Sanctuary, the upper temple, the palace of the gods.
After walking out of the lifting platform, Gawain and his party first arrived at a long open-air bridge, which they could almost see from this location. The entire temple, and the scenery that came to them shocked everyone almost instantly - they saw the bright stars shining on a gorgeous building with a dome and hundreds of columns, and the temple was quiet in the night sky While standing in the holy place, they saw the sacred light pouring out from the temple, intersecting with the starlight in the Arctic region. They also heard some vague and indistinguishable singing and hymns, which quietly reached their ears. , it actually gave Amber, a carefree person, a feeling of cleansing the soul.
"It's so beautiful..." Amber couldn't help but admire, her eyes reflected the brilliance emanating from the temple. , a smile overflowed on his face, "It's like... it's like stepping into the starry sky... The person who designed this building must like stars very much, right?" "
Gawain noticed that when Amber said these words, Heragor, who had been standing silently, shook his body for an instant, and then the high-ranking priest broke the silence: "Chacha On the contrary, He does not like the stars. "
"Huh? real? Amber didn't seem to notice the word "He" in the other person's mouth for a moment. She just blinked in surprise, "But I think this building is specially designed to watch the stars... Look at those terraces and windows, even if It was not originally designed to look at the stars, and it must be very suitable for looking at the stars..."
"Okay," Gawain interrupted her, "It has nothing to do with your experience in the field of architecture. Professionally. We are just guests, not judging other people's homes. "
"But...ah, okay," Amber glanced at Gawain and shrugged, "You have the final say. "
"Forgive me, she just likes this place," Gawain turned to Herago, "Please lead the way, Mr. Herago. "
The Dragon Priest nodded expressionlessly: "Please follow me. ”
Under the leadership of the high-ranking priest, Gawain and others crossed the long bridge and stepped intoSeeing the golden hall with domes and gorgeous columns, a soft, bright, non-dazzling light filled the inside and outside of the building. They crossed the gate and the small connecting bridge decorated with flowing water, and finally arrived in a rotunda. Stopped.
In the extremely wide hall, there is only one Holy Seat standing high in the center, as if it is receiving endless glory and glory. In front of the Holy Seat, a figure with long golden hair hanging down to the ground is standing quietly. Stand there quietly.
Dragon God, Enya.
A god stranded in the mortal world.
Veronica had already heightened her vigilance the moment she entered the hall and was fully prepared to deal with the mental pollution of the gods. However, until she faced the dragon god, the expected mental pollution did not appear. When she arrived, she couldn't help but be surprised, and subconsciously took another look at the god - He was dignified and elegant, and his appearance was almost as perfect as the limit of mortal imagination. He was wearing something that seemed to be made of silk, but The light gold dress is much smoother and smoother than satin. There are not many decorations on the dress, but it cannot conceal the brilliance that the "goddess" should have. In a short eye contact, even as the leader of the rebels, Veronica also suddenly came up with an idea -
It is indeed...perfect as a god.
At the same time that Veronica's eyes fell on the Dragon God, the latter also fell on Veronica. The "god" seemed to show a smile, and even He nodded slightly to Veronica, but soon his eyes shifted away and fell on Gawain.
"You are finally here," the god took the initiative to break the silence, his voice was unexpectedly soft, "You are a mortal who has been invited twice by me... This alone, the surprise you brought to me is already It exceeds the total amount of surprises that human civilization has brought to me this season."
"Is this considered an attack on the enemy?" Gawain laughed, even though he tensed up when he entered the hall. It did not affect his superficial indifferent attitude - Dragon God Enya did not cause any intuitive warning, which was probably a good sign.
"No, you can think of it as appreciation - for me, unexpected things are rarer than having everything under control." The dragon god showed a smile, and then said to Hera In Gore's surprised sight, He stepped forward and walked slowly down the platform where the Holy Seat was located, and the Holy Seat disappeared into the air inch by inch as He left. When He arrived When Gawain was in front of him, the entire high platform and the holy throne on the platform had completely disappeared.
"I think this face-to-face conversation will make the atmosphere better - and also make your nerves less tense," Dragon God said, while making a gesture that everyone thought was very exciting. An unexpected action - He actually stretched out his hand and looked at Gawain with a smile, "Shake hands - this should be the latest etiquette in the mortal world?"
The surrounding atmosphere was a bit weird for a moment, there was probably no one around. Thinking that the god who was stranded in the world would have such a kind attitude, Gawain looked at the hand reaching out to him and hesitated.But the hesitation was short-lived. After two seconds, he composed himself and stretched out his hand.
He touched the fingertips of Dragon God Enya - it was softer and warmer than expected, even almost human.
And in the next moment, a strange feeling suddenly came to his heart. Gawain subconsciously raised his head, and he saw that the dome of the rotunda suddenly became transparent and illusory, and a layer of filth The chaotic, twisted clouds were quickly gathering and blocking the stars in the sky. In the dirty and chaotic clouds, he once again saw the indescribable things he had seen above Tallond before:
Countless crazy and chaotic limbs are combined in a nightmare-like posture. Squirming flesh and blood, crystals that emit strange light, and pale bones are criss-crossed in the sky. Countless pairs of eyes are embedded among the chaotic flesh and blood. Looking at the land of Tallond with indifferent eyes, there are stars that seem to be polluted wandering among the chaotic limbs, and illusory flames continue to burn the sky!
Under this scene, Gawain felt that his heartbeat stopped for half a beat, and the next second, he suddenly discovered a huge, terrifying, and nightmare-shaped structure in the sky. Details that he had never noticed when he was looking over the sea outside Tallond before——
He saw those messy and twisted body structures intertwined, but they vaguely pieced together some kind of outline. Scanning from one end of Tallond's sky to the other, under such a huge span and from the perspective directly below, he finally saw...those things were vaguely "stitched" into the shape of a giant dragon. .
A dragon that is bigger than the continent of Tallond, ferocious, twisted, full of terror but seems to be full of pain. He is crawling on this ancient and prosperous continent, with his wings covering the sky. The sun-shielding ground covers the entire earth, like a cage and a barrier. Countless, hair-like black chains extend from His body, hanging densely like a forest to the ground and reaching into the sky.
If an ordinary person saw this scene - they would immediately fall into madness.
Even Gawain, who witnessed this scene from this perspective and distance, immediately felt that his spiritual world was in turmoil - it was not even "indescribable mental pollution" or "godly pollution". "Contaminated knowledge", just the simple visual impact and mental pressure made him feel as if he was suffocating.
But fortunately, this was just a visual impact and mental pressure. A wandering soul from a foreign land who had been hanging alone in the sky for millions of years and whose spirit had already mutated could still resist it all.
Gawain struggled to resist the psychological pressure. He finally succeeded in retracting his gaze from the terrifying scene and looked at the Dragon God standing in front of him.
The Dragon God still stood there, with a calm and gentle face. He held Gawain's hand, and countless dark chains spread out from behind. Those chains were entangled in the air, spreading upwards, and finally became that " A part of the "Dragon of Chaos and Madness".
These chains lock the Dragon God,But the Dragon God is also chained, the chains are a part of Him, and He is a part of the chains.
All of this is a whole.
As if the knowledge suddenly poured into his mind, Gawain felt that he understood everything, and in the next second, he felt that warm and soft hand loosen.
All the visions disappeared.
"Hey, are you okay? Why are you so stunned all of a sudden?" Amber's voice suddenly came from the side. For some reason, Gawain suddenly felt relieved after hearing her voice-- The last trace of pressure and suffocation in his heart finally receded, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath to calm his racing heart.
"I'm fine." Gawain replied in a low voice, with a hint of exhaustion in his tone.
"You saw it." The voice of Dragon God Enya sounded. He looked at Gawain, his tone was still gentle, but his eyes were deep and terrifying. Those pale golden eyes seemed to contain thousands of truths. , but when Gawain looked carefully, he only saw emptiness.
He nodded and said calmly: "I saw it."
"I'm surprised that you can resist all this so easily - just take a few breaths ," Dragon God said lightly, "I have already made a lot of emergency preparations."
"Fortunately, my spirit is still strong and my heart is still good, so I won't be afraid after seeing something scary. Just kill people," Gawain said, surprised that he still had the energy to joke, "Then...what exactly did I see?"
"It's me - it's obvious, Isn't it?" Dragon God Enya suddenly smiled, and the slightly depressed and tense atmosphere in the entire hall instantly disappeared. Then he turned slightly sideways, raised his arms and waved gently.
A silver-white round table with countless hollow decorations, several gorgeous seats inlaid with gems appeared out of thin air, and exquisite refreshments were placed on the table.
"Now we can sit down and talk, everyone relax," the "god" invited, "Today, it's just small talk."