Inside the medical center under the name of the Tallund Jury.

Melita was honestly lying on the circular platform, some medical machines buzzing around her, several scanning probes slowly sweeping over her torso from above, while she herself squinted slightly, letting the Omega-controlled machines hustle and about near her.

"This is the last check," Noretta's voice came from the side, with a hint of relaxation in her tone, "and you'll be able to leave this place when the check is over." ”

"Actually, I'm not in a hurry to leave now......" Melita's lazy voice sounded on the platform, "I tell you, after knowing that everything here is paid for by the jury, I even want to pitch a tent on it......"

Norreta gave her friend a disdainful look, "You can try—I promise the medical center team will keep you here for a century, and then you won't be able to leave." ”

As he spoke, the last group of medical machines busy around the platform suddenly let out a low hum in unison, followed by all the scanning probes retracting into the slot above the platform, and the room resounded with the sound of Omega's announcement that the medical examination had been completed. Melita immediately shook her head, and muttered as she got up, "Forget it, I don't plan to be dismantled into parts and then be identified as a minor medical injury......

Before the words fell, a light curtain enveloped Melita's whole body, and in the light curtain slowly expanding and shrinking, the behemoth blue dragon figure disappeared little by little, and the human body gradually took shape in it, and in less than a moment, Miss Blue Dragon switched to the usual human form, she moved the joints on her body slightly, and after confirming her sense of balance, she walked to the edge of the platform.

Noretta stepped forward: "How do you feel?" Is it better? ”

"It's basically recovered—there are some residual feelings of weakness and incongruity, but I'll be fine soon after the parts in my body have finished fitting into each other," Melita said, exhaling softly, "Ugh...... What I regret most now is that I shouldn't have listened to your propaganda and replaced it with a third auxiliary heart - it didn't take long for it to be scrapped, and it turns out that those light rings didn't work at all......"

"Don't say that, I read your inspection report, at least it's the last one to blow up," Noretta smiled, "The boost brought by the light ring is closely related to the mind, you have to believe ...... first"

Melita interrupted with a wave of her hand before waiting for the other party to finish, "Stop, I don't want to hear you continue to spread the theory that lighting equals performance right now—and I still have business to do." ”

"There's still business......" Hearing her friend's last words, Noretta's original idea of making a few more jokes to help the other party cheer up was suddenly replaced by solemnity, her brows furrowed a little, and her steps slowed down, "You...... Now to meet our gods? ”

Melita smiled, "He said I could always go to Him when I got back...... That's an extraordinary honor. ”

"yes...... It's an honor," Noretta repeated softly with a somewhat complicated expression, and then looked up into her friend's eyes, "You still haven't said why you took the initiative to meet the gods, or your own experience, you...... What exactly did you encounter? Can't you really tell me? ”

"Perhaps, but I don't dare say it now," Melita shook her head gently after a two-second pause in response to the gaze, "There are some things that I can't be sure if I can say until I get an answer from the gods." But you don't have to worry – I'm fine, at least for now. ”

After saying that, she didn't give Noretta a chance to continue asking, but turned her head and strode in the direction of the exit of the room, leaving only one sentence: "I'm going to the upper sanctuary, and I'll invite you to dinner when I get back." ”

……

On the upper part of the mountain where Agendor is located, there is a special architectural structure that rises between the high walls and towers, it is covered in magnificent gold, with a solemn and thick dome and a façade full of reliefs, the air of the sacred and lofty seems to be eternally enveloped in the sky above the dome, and the never-ending songs and chants seem to have coexisted with the air around the building.

It's the sanctuary of the dragon gods, an important facility in every city in Tallrond, and every dragon is familiar with it - in Tallrond's society, religious activities are as much an important part of dragons' lives as implants and synergists, and all three things will stay with them for the rest of their lives, whether they want to or not.

With the help of the weather controller, the clouds near the top of the hill were condensed at the foot of the Sanctuary, and Melita walked through the ramp in front of the Sanctuary and through the clouds to the golden dome—the door was already open to her, and she walked straight into it without anyone notifying.

The inside of the large and solemn sanctuary was clear, and the light of unknown origin illuminated the large building, and the rotunda was empty, except for a high platform in the center of the hall, and in the eight directions of the hall there were balconies extending to the sea of clouds outside, and at the junction of each balcony and the hall hung a curtain of light like dusk, which seemed to hide many pairs of eyes, and the moment she entered the sanctuary, Melita felt a peeping into nothing.

She didn't care about this normal sense of peeping, walked to the high platform, and bowed her head respectfully: "My lord, I'm here." ”

Before the words fell, a divine and vast aura suddenly appeared out of thin air, and a beautiful woman with blonde venting and graceful grace had appeared on the high platform in front of Melita, and quietly looked down.

"Melita, keep your head up," Ryujin Enya said lightly, "Today is not the day of worship, you can relax." ”

"Yes, my lord," Melita looked up, and glanced boldly at the god on the stage, who was just calmly watching, and there was even a slight mildness on her immaculate countenance, which did relax her mood a little, "I...... I'm here to ask you some questions......"

"I know," said the woman on the high platform, "you want to ask about that incident six hundred years ago—the mortal you brought to Surveillance Tower One, what happened to that mortal, and your vanishing memories. ”

"Yes...... Yes," Melita nodded immediately, "Six hundred years ago, I really ...... Really brought a mortal to Tower One? Am I being ......?"

"Yes, you were polluted, maybe it was because of a flight that accidentally deviated from the course, or maybe it was the tower's hidden initiative, in short, the 'reverse tide' affected your cognition at that time, made you forget the taboo for a while, and brought a mortal to that tower, fortunately you have not been polluted to the point of irreversibility, and the mortal has a shorter contact with the tower, and everything has time to be redeemed - it just needs me to take action personally."

"So, you erased my memories of those days?" Melita's eyes widened, "You're here for...... Remove my contamination? ”

"Is this bothering you?" Ryujin asked as he looked at her calmly.

"No...... Of course not, I have nothing but gratitude, you...... Saved me," Melita lowered her head again, but her tone was a little complicated, "It turns out that I almost got into a catastrophe back then......"

Ryujin was noncommittal, neither criticizing nor responding, but after a brief silence, he casually asked, "So, you just want to confirm these things with me?" Don't have any more questions? ”

"Is there really no way we can completely destroy that tower or destroy the 'Tide' in there?" Melita hesitated several times, but finally plucked up her courage and boldly asked, "With your strength, you can't destroy it?" ”

"The power of the gods is not against the tower, the power of the dragon is not against the gods, Melita, you know - from the day 'Against the Tide' was born, it was impossible for Tarlund to destroy the tower and its contents, and since the Tide Empire, the planet has not been able to give birth to a civilization strong enough—strong enough to destroy the legacy left by the Voyager," the dragon god looked into Melita's eyes, and the god who was supposed to be high up explained patiently at this moment, As if it was her innate duty to answer her people's questions, "Probably only the one who set sail can do it themselves—but they may never return." ”

"Voyager......" Melita subconsciously repeated the word, and could only shake her head helplessly.

She said she had no more questions.

"If there are no more problems, let's go back," Ryujin said in a calm tone, standing on the high platform, "Recuperate, and when you recover, I have something to do for you." ”

"You...... Something for me? Melita looked up in some surprise, "What's the matter?" ”

Then she heard the god's voice come from above, "Invite that mortal named Gawain Cecil to Talrond again—specifically, when you're all restored." ”

Melita had a look of surprise and confusion on her face, but as soon as she opened her mouth to ask something more, she felt a change of light and shadow in front of her, and when her gaze calmed down, she found herself back in her lair near the mountainside—apparently the gods were no longer going to answer her.

……

Inside the sanctuary, the dragon god Enya still stood quietly on the high platform, and a figure in priestly robes gradually condensed in the air beside her.

The dragon priest Hragore saluted his god and asked cautiously, "You want to invite the human who rejected you once again?" ”

"Do you have any questions?"

"No, of course not, it's just ...... Do you think he would refuse? ”

"If he's really curious about something, he'll come," the dragon god said in an indifferent tone, his gaze crossed the empty space in the hall, over a balcony reaching out to the sea of clouds, and beyond the distant distance outside, as if she could see through everything, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, "This world...... It looks like it's going to be a bit of a turmoil. ”

"Turbulent ......" Hagere subconsciously repeated the words from the god's mouth, as a dragon priest who had witnessed the ups and downs of civilization on this planet several times, he deeply understood what it meant to say "some turmoil" in the mouth of a god.

It looks like a god has reached the "tipping point".

……

After being sent back to the lair, Melita did not stay at home for long, and soon left for the headquarters of the Council, where she obtained permission to meet with the Supreme Councillor Andal.

After confirming that everything was normal at the moment, and that the gods had helped her remove the pollution, she finally dared to say something.

On the round platform, surrounded by a large number of mechanical devices, pipes, and cables, the old and majestic dragon Andal listened carefully to Melita's report, and the terrible event that had been buried made the well-informed old dragon couldn't help but raise a frown: "...... I really didn't expect this to happen 600 years ago...... If it weren't for the gods themselves, you'd probably be a sunken skeleton in the waters around Tower 1. ”

"I still feel scared," Melita said honestly, "not because I was polluted against the tide, but because it happened so quietly that I didn't even know that I was on the edge of the abyss." ”

"The 'Counter Tide' has never stopped trying to penetrate outward...... Even though 'he' has no reason, he has the instinct to break through the blockade," Elder Andal's voice echoed through the rotunda, "It's your luck to be protected by the gods—he is there to protect every dragon." ”

"But I didn't expect him to protect that adventurer named Mordir......" Melita frowned a little puzzled, "I didn't dare to ask any more at the time—but why would he protect a mortal outside of the dragons?" ”

Speaker Andal fell silent for a moment, his mechanical prosthetic eye seemed to expand and contract unconsciously, and subtle streams of light jumped in the dark red light-sensitive crystal.

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 disobedience", let out a sigh.

"Perhaps...... To this day, our Lord looks forward to the mortal race of the world. ”

"Expectation?" Young Melita was a little puzzled by Speaker Andal's words.

Andal shook his head and didn't answer anything.

There are some things that even the knowing dragons can't say half a word to their compatriots.

Faith is like a lock, mortals are on one side, and gods are on the other.

An unsuccessful struggle made this chain tighten suddenly, locking all possibilities, so that even the parties who knew it could not say something, but could only speculate and confirm it by their own tacit understanding-

The gods have been looking forward to which mortal civilization can develop, develop incomparably powerful, and develop incomparably arrogant.

And then...... Help the dragons accomplish the disobedient plan that was not completed millions of years ago.

Now, it's up to the mortal civilizations of this season to develop.