The Krakens are a race full of mysteries, not only because they live in the deep sea far from the land, and they are physically separated from the creatures on the surface, but also because they seem to have a different way of thinking and worldview, which leads to a big difference between the things they describe and the things you really know - for example, when humans classify the monsters in the deep sea according to their magic level and attack attributes, the Krakens come up with a chewy ranking, This TM is completely impossible to communicate.

So Gawain wasn't sure what the "big squid" that the Krakens dug up in the deep sea was, and he could only make a bold guess that it was something related to the gods based on the characteristics that Tyr had said, but was it ...... That would have to wait until he saw it with his own eyes.

Unfortunately, there is no chance of going to the deep sea at all.

After dinner, Tyr stretched out a big stretch, this deep-water creature that was always ready to hibernate didn't seem to have the concept of walking a hundred steps after dinner, and answering Gawain's bunch of questions during the dinner had already made her yawn, Miss Kraken untied her coiled tail, waved her hand and said that she wanted to go back and collapse, and then crawled out of the dining room one by one.

The crawling posture is really so embarrassing......

Betty got up to clean up the dishes, Rebecca went back to her room with a large pile of rune substrates and scrolls to continue the calculations, and Amber had just eaten and drunk enough to roll into the shadows and didn't know what to do, and soon only Gawain and Herty were left in the dining room.

Gawain could see that Hetty had something on his mind, so he took the initiative to ask, "What are you thinking?" ”

"Ancestor, do you believe what the Kraken said?"

Gao Wen asked the other party rhetorically: "What do you mean?" ”

"Legend has it that everything from the depths of the sea has demagogic and seductive properties, and sailors have it that whenever the ship leaves the shore, the song of the Siren will be heard on a windless night," Hetty said of his knowledge from the books, "and the song will lure ships into whirlpools and reefs, and even drag people into nightmares, leaving only hollow and dilapidated ghost ships drifting on the sea." ”

"But you obviously don't believe in these legends," Gawain glanced at Hetty with a smile, "and the superstitions of those sailors are even more ridiculous—how many ships have actually been to the far seas and come back alive in seven hundred years?" Where did those sailors get a whole bunch of 'see and hear' with their own eyes. ”

Hetty shook her head slightly: "The legend is indeed absurd, but what Tyr said is indeed sensational and shocking. ”

"You mean the part about the 'real Devil'," Gawain knew what Hetty meant, "and to be honest, I'd rather believe it's true." ”

Hetty frowned, "Is it because of those minerals that were recently discovered in the Dark Mountains?" ”

"The Holm Rough Stone was formed in the Tide of Demons - and we don't know for sure what matter would disappear during the Tide," Gawain said quietly, "The mutations in the Dark Mountains are visible to all, and they were in the wasteland of Gondor...... We have also seen countless things that have been affected by the tide and changed their nature. A large number of new magic materials may be a fortune, but if this phenomenon happens all over the world, it will be a disaster for mortal civilization, can you imagine what would happen if those universal magic materials that humans know suddenly change their properties or even disappear out of thin air overnight? ”

"Even the Elven Star Sanctuary will fall," Hetty shook her head with a wry smile, but then continued, "but there are still iron ore in the Dark Mountains, and there are still building stones, and Giant Wood is still Giant Wood, and Quartz Sand is still Quartz Sand......"

"This is the last trace of kindness left by the world to mortals, not 100% of matter will change in the Demon Tide, and now it seems that those most basic and less magically sensitive substances are the least susceptible to the influence of the Demon Tide, and even the affected Demonic Channeling Materials are not 100% converted - but no one can say whether this will still be the case when the 'True Demon Tide' erupts. And even if only ten percent of the matter affected by the magic tide is enough, it is enough to destroy the foundation of mortal civilization: those magic arrays in operation, magic wells around the world, mage towers, and those magic guide materials that have been installed in magic devices, once they are affected by the magic tide during operation......"

Gawain didn't say the last sentence, but Hetty and he understood what it would be like: mortal civilization really exploded in an instant, spiraling into the sky......

It is not for nothing that the mighty and incomparable Gondor Empire lasted only a month in the Demon Tide before it was wiped out.

This is a desperate future, if the true power of the demon tide is really as described by Tyr and imagined by Gawain, then the mortal civilization at this stage will not be able to think of any way to save itself, even if Gawain has two lives before and after and millions of years of satellite experience, he can't imagine how to use the current human civilization to fight against the demon tide - the foundation of the material world will be shaken, and this world is so "changeable", who would have thought?

But...... Is there really no way?

Somehow, Gawain suddenly thought of the sentence he had seen in the laboratory of the ruins in the mountains:

Mankind will live forever, even if it disobeys the gods.

Could it be that the Magisters of Gondor were not studying the method of immortality, but trying to find a way to fight the tide by studying the power of the gods? A thousand years ago, during the Starfire Age, the Gondor Magus already knew that the Demon Tide was coming?

That's why they say that "mankind will live forever", not "XX will live forever" - the latter is the immortality of individuals, but the former may refer to the survival of an entire race, an entire civilization!

However, in the Demon Tide seven hundred years ago (in Tyr's mouth, it was just a "small Demon Tide"), the Gondor Empire only lasted a month.

Their research failed in the Spark Age? Gave up? Going the wrong way? Or...... The situation is not at all what I imagined, and the research project of the ruins in the mountains actually has nothing to do with the demon tide?

The thought in Gawain's mind turned sharply, and he thought of the "big squid" that the Kraken had dug at the bottom of the sea.

According to the information revealed by Tyr, the giant squid died at the bottom of the sea before the emergence of the Siren civilization, which means that the thing that is suspected to be a relic of the gods has experienced several magic tides in the deep sea, but it never seems to be affected......

The Krakens are also unaffected, or limited, by the tide - although their civilization seems to have taken some shocks, at least they have survived......

"Ancestor?" Seeing that Gao Wen hadn't spoken for a long time, Hetty couldn't help but break the silence, "What are you thinking?" ”

"I'm wondering if there is a way for mortals to survive in the face of the demon tide," Gawain said slowly, "Although there is no clear evidence, I think there is a way out, either in the gods or in the path of the elements. ”

"Priests and elemental mages?"

"No, you're just talking about the two spell-casting classes, they are users of power, but I think the way out should be in the nature of power, or rather...... The essence of our material world. ”

Seeing that Hetty fell into thought with this sentence, Gawain couldn't help but laugh: "It's too early to think about this, with our current strength, or even with the current level of the entire mortal world, we are not qualified to think about these issues, instead of thinking about these, let's go back and rest for a while, and then think about how to organize the personnel selection in two days." ”

Yes, now is not the time to think about that, at least not for Hetty to think about it.

Gawain comforted Hetty and told her to go back to her room to rest, while at the same time, he was also concentrating in his mind, calling for the surveillance satellite in space.

The "Magic Imaging Top View" appeared in his mind like a thermal imaging map, centered on his current location, the magic distribution map and topographic map of the surrounding area of hundreds of kilometers were combined in an overlay way, and the dense magic breath floated and changed on the top view, and the monitoring information of the recent giant planets jumped into his mind:

"The energy level of the giant planet has dropped and it has moved into a state of low alert.

"The energy level of the giant planet has dropped to a low level, confirming that the giant planet has entered a calm period and the alert has been lifted.

"Each system goes into low-power self-test mode."

At the very least, there is no sign of the Demon Tide breaking out for the time being.

And at the same time, the western border of the Ansu Kingdom, the border of the Duchy of Franklin, and the junction of the Moss Forest.

The Oguray tribal state adjacent to Ansu is a loosely structured alliance kingdom, seven hundred years ago, the human westward development force chose to coexist peacefully with the local forces after entering this land covered by lofty mountains and dense forests, and gained a firm foothold in the western part of the continent by concluding a contract and pulling alliances, after seven hundred years of integration and evolution, many races in this land have been combined into a new force, there are more than a dozen intelligent races living here, and the spirit race, gray elves, goblins, Orcs and humans are the most powerful and vocal races of all, and their original hereditary habitat is their respective home cities, and they govern this vast land together through a ruling structure called the "Council of the Five Kings".

Unlike Typhon, who is now at odds with Ansu, the Auguray tribe has maintained good diplomatic relations with Ansu for seven hundred years, thanks to which the Franklins of the western border of Ansu have been indispensable: this calculating, business-savvy family has always been willing to deal with the races of the mountains and forests, and has a long history of trade with the Grey Elves, and on the border of the "Mossy Forest", the main settlement of the Grey Elves, the Franklin family has also established a large trading market town and several specialized settlements to facilitate business travel- Although they used various means to amass wealth in the process, and even made a "decree" that forced merchants to exchange one-third of their wealth for Franklin silver coins, and that they had to settle in Franklin silver coins before they could walk in the territory, the Franklins were already rare wise compared to the nobles in other regions who dug pits directly on the road to rob merchants and hired robbers to directly rob the market.

But today, the wise Duke of Franklin is in trouble.

The trading town "Golden Forest" on the edge of the mossy forest.

Blazing torches lit up the night, and hordes of soldiers blocked all the main roads around the market town and surrounded the town's largest merchant house.