Sword of Daybreaker

The surging power of the magic engine drives the mechanical device. The black armored engineering vehicle drove away on the temporarily hardened road. After crossing the invisible "boundary", the wind and snow once again flooded the vision outside the car window, and Fendier, who was sitting in the back row of soldiers in shifts, turned his head and looked at the car subconsciously. He saw that the mysterious mansion standing on the hill was being shrouded in wind and snow, gradually in a chaotic sky. It becomes fuzzy.

However, the feeling of being watched didn't gradually disappear until they left the mansion far away. The pressure brought by the sight took a long time before it dissipated completely.

"That's the coercion of the legendary powerhouse..." An accompanying technical soldier couldn't help but whispered, "This is the first time in my life that I have faced a legendary mage...Sure enough, as everyone said, deep Unfathomable, unfathomable..."

"I'm so scared to death!" the soldier driving in front murmured with lingering fear, "I said before that the lady might be ugly...fortunately she didn't hear..."

"She may have heard it a long time ago. Do you think that a few kilometers away can hide the perception of that kind of character?" The soldier beside Fendier curled his lips. "Ms. Mina just didn't care about you. She must be a mind. Broad people..."

"You said... how old is the Ms. Mina actually?" The soldier who drove held back for a few seconds, and couldn't help but said, "I feel like she looks about the same age as my sister, and just like my sister. She is a very kind person...but she gave me the feeling that I can see everything through, and that feeling is like a very knowledgeable elder..."

"Who knows, maybe what we see is an illusion from beginning to end, and I heard that legendary strong men can live for two to three hundred years casually, and they can use magic to maintain their appearance for a long time before aging. Maybe Ms. Mina is already..."

"Ahem," Fendi couldn't help it when he arrived here. He coughed slightly and interrupted the conversation between the two big soldiers. "It is impolite to talk about a lady behind the scenes, not to mention that the lady is still alive. A respectable scholar on the front line alone in charge of a research facility, you two will almost forget it."

"Ah, good sir, sorry sir," the soldier driving in front nodded hurriedly, and then couldn't help but look at Fendier more and asked curiously, "sir, what do you think? I feel your expression is very serious..."

"...Nothing," Fendier was silent for two seconds, shook his head and said, "Drive your car well, we haven't passed through this wilderness area yet, pay attention to the movement on the side of the road and I need to take a rest."

The two soldiers calmed down, Fendier sighed, and closed his eyes slightly, leaning on the seat and closing his eyes to calm his mind. He couldn't tell the soldiers that he accidentally remembered when they were talking about "the coercion of the legendary strong man". The fear of being dominated by my aunt when I was young...

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At the northern foot of the Dark Mountains, in the Cecil Palace, Gawain is sitting behind his large desk. The afternoon sun is leaning into the room through the window next to it, letting some of the furnishings on the desk drop on the desk. The long shadow also added a sense of tranquility to the room. Gao Wenzheng lowered his head to examine a document that arrived at noon today. After a long time of concentration, he put down the document in his hand and exhaled for a long time. The tight nerves relaxed slightly.

Amber's voice came from the side at the right time: "What's the situation, it feels like your expression has been very scary just now. What's wrong with the supply of wartime supplies?"

"It was sent from Byron. His fleet has crossed the southern coastline of the Dwarf Kingdom and successfully restored communications from the Dwarf Kingdom to the central and southern coastal areas of Ogure, plus the temporary set up by Rebecca. Sky Communication Network, our communication problem on the Western Front has finally been solved mostly..." Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "Now the Imperial Fleet is approaching the entrance of the'Holy River'."

"Just arrived at the estuary of the holy river?" Amber couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this. "Why is it so much slower than planned? Even if it is to restore communication and communicate with coastal countries along the way, they should be in the first two. The sky is over there..."

"That's why my expression was so serious just now," Gawain said in a low voice, "Byron mentioned in the report that after the fleet crossed the coast of Forge City, the sea conditions began to be a little strange, with frequent occurrences of thick fog and dangerous'crossing waves. ', even in the coastal areas close to the land, this kind of severe weather has occurred. Although the Bitter Winter and other naval capital ships have been specifically strengthened to resist the open sea environment, the bad sea conditions have greatly delayed the speed of the fleet, and... The siren and naga navigators who followed the fleet also frequently sensed the abnormal energy surges around the Loren continent, and they advised Byron to sail carefully."

"The abnormal energy around the Loren continent? The scale is a bit scary..." Amber suddenly stunned, "Could it be related to the energy fluctuations released from the wasteland? That thing has begun to affect the sea?"

"...It’s still not certain, we know too little about the wasteland, and it is only now that Milmina established the first real “wasteland laboratory”. No one can tell that the piece of dark blue magic is infiltrated. How many incredible powers have been sealed in the seven-hundred-year-old land?" Gao Wen shook his head slightly, then raised his head and glanced at Amber. "Let's talk about this for now. How are things handled on your side?"

"...Seriously, the lower limit of some people can always break your cognition. Even at this kind of moments where the life and death of a race is concerned, there will be people who are driven by huge interests to take risks," Amber sighed, "The clues are already It was confirmed that we caught a group of guys who reselled military supplies during the war, and no one interceded for them, but I suspect that we can't catch them all..."

"Of course you can't finish it. The complexity of mortals is that the most brilliant and the most despicable individuals tend to exist at the same time and will always exist. This kind of opposition is endless, and those who have luck always think that they steal a little bit. "Benefits' will not affect the overall situation, so at this time you need your people to give them a little help," Gawain said indifferently, "Prepare some beautiful flagpoles for them, and some strong ropes, ropes. The money for the flagpole and the flagpole are all paid by them. To make things sensational, and to guide the public opinion well. We need to deter the rest of the people, but it can't hit the people's trust in the imperial order."

"Don't worry... I'm familiar with this process," Amber nodded, but his expression was still a little unacceptable. "But I can't figure it out. What do those'people' think, even if it's a war between nations Understandable, but this time we are faced with a natural disaster that can exterminate civilization. Why do some people still take risks for the sake of gold... The most despicable scumbag I have ever seen in the slums can't do such a thing at this time, but Are those people untouched by the **** battle on the front lines of the empire?"

"You are wrong. They are the people who trust the soldiers on the front lines of the empire the most. They trust the refuge provided by the empire so much that they take it for granted, and they have forgotten how the refuge came. Their lives are closely related to it. They are the people who dig bricks from the walls, and they firmly believe that there will always be another group of'fools' who will fill up the bricks indefinitely...but they don’t understand that they themselves are the next batch of bricks. Source of materials," Gao Wen shook his head, "From the very beginning, I knew that these people would appear sooner or later, so that's why your anti-counterfeiting specialists are always staring at the market for material flows and underground transactions."

Amber looked at Gawain for a long time before murmured softly with a thoughtful expression: "Is this what you often say? The power of the imperial order is not that there is no darkness under our laws. It’s that our order will never recognize this darkness..."

Gao Wen nodded slightly, but before he could say something, the Mowang terminal next to the desk suddenly heard a low buzzing sound, and a projection mark labeled "Special Confidential Line" Then it appeared above the focused crystal, and at the corner of the mark, a small emblem formed by the outline of the tower and the eyes could also be seen.

Amber noticed the small inconspicuous emblem at a glance, and immediately turned to lock the door of the study and activated the barrier system in the room. At the same time, he said casually: "Oh, you just mentioned our wasteland laboratory. Here comes news."

"It seems that the communication system over there is already working," Gao Wen said casually, raising his hand to activate the Mowang terminal. "Our Lady'Tower' is really efficient."

Before he finished his voice, a series of jumping light spots appeared in the sky above the Monet terminal. It seemed that there was a powerful source of interference on the opposite side of the communication device that was affecting the stability of the communication line, but soon these interferences dissipated on their own, Milmi Na's clear projection also appeared in front of Gawain and Amber. It was not the "mythical body" shrouded in thick fog, but the "incarnation" form with a clear face and a palace dress.

"Can you hear it? Can you see it? I should have made this right... This device seems to be different from what I usually use..." Milmina's voice came from the other end of the holographic projection, "Oh, It seems to have come out, there is nothing difficult about it."

"Very clear, Ms. Milmina," Gawain greeted the lady opposite the communication with a smile, "It looks like your side has settled down?"

While talking, he took a look at the state of the opposite lady. Behind her is an open indoor space. Not far from the furnishings, there are many running experimental platforms and arcane servants coming and going. Obviously It should be the main working area of ​​the "frontline laboratory", and Milmina in the center of the communication screen is standing on a separate platform. Judging by the proportions of some furnishings on the platform, the avatar used by this lady at the moment should still be Has a fairly tall body.

But at least it should be in the category that humans can accept.

At this moment, Milmina should be called Milmina.zip.

A slightly weird association flashed in his mind, Gawain’s expression remained as usual with a calm smile, and Milmina, who was on the opposite side of the communication, didn’t even know that she had already added a zip in Gawain’s mind. The suffix, I just looked back at the laboratory I just set up and replied happily: "Yes, the main experimental area is almost set up, and the rest are small problems. Fortunately, I am the only one here. There is no need to consider the life needs of ordinary people, and my incarnation does not need to eat or sleep."

"How is the avatar you are using now?" Gao Wen asked, "I mean it went well when I got in touch with other people?"

"If you mean the young people who came to help install the network today, I think it went well," Milmina.zip said with a smile happily. "They were a little surprised at my laboratory, but they were just a little bit surprised. Surprised, my identity in front of them is a'legendary witch who has lived in seclusion for a long time and has only recently accepted the recruitment of Emperor Gawain to serve for the empire'. It seems that they believe in this identity.

"By the way, I met the young man named Fendier, who is said to be Victoria's nephew? He looks good, he is more mature and stable than I thought, and he seems to have fully adapted to his position. You were before It seems that he is still worried about whether he will be a pampered "noble boy". I think you can rest assured that pampered people can't walk through the wilderness on the front line in a blizzard like him."

"How well is the anti-divine barrier and safety limiter working?" Gao Wen asked again, although he had approved Mirmina to set up a frontline laboratory, after all, the other side's avatar will be active in the world for a long time in the future. But the time for Milmina herself to leave the position of God is short, and some necessary caution is still indispensable.

"Everything is normal," Milmina.zip nodded and said, "I integrated those safety devices with this'laboratory', and also set up a set of'filters' on the main body side, and now there is no The danger of divine pollution leaks. Today those young people who helped install the network came over and stayed there for a short time without any response. But then again, I think they were a little nervous all the way...Is my smile not friendly enough?"

"This...I think you think too much," Gawain said while subconsciously glanced at the opposite Mirmina.zip, "Not everyone is like me or Amber...has excellent receptive ability, big It is the most normal reaction for some people to be nervous when they step into your'laboratory'."

As soon as he finished speaking, Amber, who had been wandering for a long time next to him, suddenly regained his senses: "If you have a nerve, you have a nerve. Why do you say so tactfully... Oh, including me? That's all right."

Gawain glanced at the half-elf, and did not respond to each other. Instead, he confirmed something about the frontline laboratory to Milmina, and then brought the topic on the right track: "Now, talk about that piece of wasteland. Now you The incarnation of is already located inside the wasteland. It should be possible to see the situation of that piece of land more clearly than before. Is there any discovery?"

"I don't have anything that can be called a'discovery' in such a short period of time," Milmina.zip said, shaking her head slightly, "but... after placing the avatar in this contaminated area, I did see some A'scenery' that you can't see outside.

"Just like I guessed before, this wasteland is shrouded in a magical field with a huge scope and rapid changes. The environment inside has been alienated, and this alienation directly leads to the material world and the non-material world. The blurring of boundaries between the worlds.

"I think I can start to plan the direction of the first ‘waste soil blocking wall’. The laboratory I set up is the initial starting point..."