When he came out of the hatchery, the sunlight shining through the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the hallway had turned orange, and Gawain came to a window to see that the sky light was gradually filling the streets and alleys of the city near dusk, and the towering magic broadcasting tower in the distance was bathed in the skylight, the magic obelisk on the spire floated and rotated under the effect of the anti-gravity device, and the surface of the precisely cut crystals continued to reflect the magnificent sunset, and beneath the tower, the city was still thriving and becoming more prosperous every day.

This is the city he built with his own hands, and the city built by thousands of builders, standing proudly at the foot of the Dark Mountains, solid and stable brick and stone, carrying all the hopes and lives of the people who live here.

But in a sense, the city is actually just standing in people's "observation world", it can be touched, it can be reached, it has its own colors, textures and even smells, but all these are just a layer of "reflection" covering the real universe...... And the real universe under this reflection is still untouchable to mortals in this world.

Gawain exhaled softly, slowly dissipating the meaningless sense of illusion and alienation that had permeated his heart, and shook his head with a slightly self-deprecating smile.

This kind of question that is almost philosophical realm...... Thinking too much will really make people feel psychological.

The familiar breath appeared in perception, Gawain turned his head to look in the direction where the breath came from, and in the interplay of light and shadow beside the floor-to-ceiling window, he saw a petite figure jumping out of the air lightly, and at the same time looking himself up and down with his eyes while landing on the ground.

"As soon as I came over, I saw you thinking about life in the hallway?" Amber looked at Gawain's eyes full of suspicion, and skillfully used the strange words Gawain had taught her, "What's the matter?" After talking with the dragon god for a long time, I feel as if your entire three views have been reorganized...... It's the first time I've seen you look like that. ”

Gawain recalled the things he had heard from Enya's mouth, and a complicated and inexplicable smile appeared on his face: "Is the three views reorganized...... That's right. ”

“…… Wow," Amber exclaimed exaggeratedly, wide-eyed, "this...... Can it make you feel the reorganization of the three views?! Then it seems that the dragon god is really not an ordinary egg, I have been with you for so long, and it is the first time I have seen someone who can defeat you in the three views. ”

"Is that a compliment?" Gawain glanced at the elf's shame out of the corner of his eye, "And it's not an ordinary egg, what is the way to describe it...... Why don't you try to say that in front of Enya? ”

Amber thought about it seriously, measuring the combat power between herself and an egg, and her face showed a little eager expression, but fortunately, in the end, reason still prevailed over her ability to act - she doubted that the dragon egg that used to be a god could shoot itself in various places through "indescribable divine power" even if it could only be pestled on the ground, so she had to wave her hand stupidly: "Don't care about these details...... What the hell are you talking about? Can you show such an expression? ”

Gao Wen's slightly playful expression became serious and deep again, he looked at the "half-elf" girl in front of him, the other party's big amber eyes were full of curiosity and a little worry, after a few seconds of silence, he sighed softly, and looked up at the glorious giant sun that was gradually falling to the horizon in the distance.

(Hurry up, happy birthday to me!) ）

"Do you see the sun?" He casually asked, "What does it look like now?" ”

"The sun?" Amber was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't understand why Gawain suddenly asked such a question, "What else can it look like...... A big orange fireball? Or a big balloon that glows with clouds and mist? That's what the scholars say anyway...... By the way, does this question have anything to do with what you discussed with Ryujin today? ”

Gawain didn't answer Amber's question, but whispered as if talking to himself, "yes, the big orange fireball...... But perhaps, at some point, in the eyes of some individuals, it will no longer be what it is......"

"I don't understand what you're talking about," Amber scratched her hair, "but I've heard something similar about it when I heard Santis give a lecture, and he said that many birds have different eye structures than human or elven eyes, and they see things of different colors, and they can even see many things that humans can't see with the naked eye—the sun may be green or purple in their eyes, and the clear and empty sky in our eyes may be full of swirls of magic in their eyes, Some birds will even be bewildered by the whirlpool due to a nervous disorder, and they will continue to hover in the empty sky until they die of exhaustion......"

"Oh?" Gawain raised his eyebrows with interest, "Is that so?" ”

"Of course," said Amber, spreading her hands, "not only that, but there are some of the more superstitious hunters who call this mad bird that hovers in the sky to death a 'bad luck bird', and they regard it as a bad omen, and if they see a bird of bad luck before entering the mountain, they will even give up the day's hunting, in case they are like those birds, 'being bewitched by invisible spirits and trapped in the mountains', but now many people know that it is only because the birds in the sky see things that humans cannot see......

Amber was interested in recounting the new knowledge she had learned, but Gawain's mind was inexplicably calmed in the half-elf babbling narration, and he smiled and shook his head slightly—in essence, the "Doom Bird" and the "Macrocosmic Observer of Confusion" phenomenon revealed by Enya were not the same thing, but there were subtle similarities between the two, which made him feel a touch of wonder and coincidence.

It wasn't until Amber finally chattered that Gawain broke the silence with a voice: "Did you come to me for something?" ”

"Ah, just patronizing and gossiping, I forgot about business!" Amber snapped her head and quickly came back to her senses, "We have received a communication from the North Harbor that Tallund will send a permanent ambassador and a number of diplomats to stay in Cecil, and the list and corresponding application letter have been sent - the ambassador is an old acquaintance of ours, that Miss Melita Pernia. ”

"Permanent Ambassador...... It seems that Talrond's side is finally getting on the right track," Gawain was not surprised at all when he heard the news brought by Amber, but just whispered thoughtfully, "Melita?" It was about the same as I expected. ”

"According to the information from the 'Trajectory' intelligence line, Typhon has also received an official letter from Talrond for the establishment of diplomatic relations, and another group of permanent ambassadors will also arrive in Aldnan in the near future, but later than us," Amber continued, "In addition, there is news from our intelligence agents sent to the north of the continent that the authorities of the Holy Dragon Duchy are taking a series of public opinion guidance involving Tallund, and the domestic wind is gradually changing, and the Dragonborns are re-examining their relationship with the pure-blood dragons. The banishment' narrative is gradually being diluted by the authorities. Judging by my side, this should be a 'preparation' for the normalization of relations between Tallund and the Duchy of the Holy Dragon. ”

As he spoke, the maturing intelligence leader couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, the last time I saw Maggie, I saw her in a daze in the garden, and it seems that the Dragonborn's feelings for Tarrond are indeed quite complicated......"

Listening to Amber's emotion, Gawain's mind drifted in another direction, and he couldn't help but think of the words that Enya said to himself:

"Do you think that the current 'Holy Dragon Principality' is the first Holy Dragon Principality?"

He sighed softly, gathered his thoughts, and interrupted Amber in a loud voice: "Don't forget to inform Hetty that she will prepare for the Resident Ambassador—not only the ambassador of Tallund, but we will soon have envoys from many more countries, and it seems that the Embassy Street will need to be expanded again soon."

"Also, go and inform Rebecca that we are going to gather master scholars in the field of demon tides and gods, we have a meeting, and I have something to announce."

Amber sensed something in his tone, she looked up, her gaze meeting Gawain's gaze in searching, and after two seconds she solemnly lowered her head, "I see." ”

"I thought you'd be chasing after you," Gawain couldn't help but glance at the half-elf, "It's not like your usual style of doing things. ”

Amber suddenly rolled her eyes, and at the same time, the figure had gradually faded in the air, and only an increasingly ethereal voice came into Gawain's ears: "I'm going to grow up too......"

……

As the Flame Seat rose to the highest point in the sky, the chill finally receded from all corners of the continent, and even at the top of the mountains in the far north, the ice-covered area shrank to its smallest stage of the year - Dragon's Castle still stood proudly on the highest mountain, but the snow around the fortress had receded to the highest point of the mountain, and from the high terrace of the castle, the surface of the mountain covered with rock and earth was glowing green, extending down the mountain, and the greenery became more and more intense, all the way to the distant city. Countryside and wilderness.

The Dragon's Blood Grand Duke Baloger turned away from the terrace, and after passing through the small corridors and stone arches that connected the terrace to the main castle, and past the blazing magic braziers and the quaint and solemn dragon seal stone pillars, he came to the deepest part of the Dragon's Castle, the hall where the throne was housed.

His most trusted courtiers, Gorosh Hickel and Eugene Natosh, stood on either side of the throne, and with the exception of these two trusted courtiers, the entire throne hall was now empty, and the guards and servants who were supposed to be waiting here had been retired.

"Your Majesty," said Eugene Nato, who had a white beard and was dressed in a twill robe, stepping forward - despite Baloger's name as "Grand Duke of Dragonblood", his title was "Your Majesty" in the principality he ruled, "The path to the lower levels has been activated, and the Dragon-Blood Council is waiting for your visit." ”

"Got it," Baloger nodded slightly, then swept his gaze over the two courtiers, "this time, you guys come with me." ”

"Your Majesty?" Gorosh Hickel's eyes widened with some surprise, "But today is not ......"

"I'm going to the Nameless Dragon Tomb to see my old friends there," Baloger said softly, "come with me. ”

The two courtiers subconsciously glanced at each other, then their eyes calmed down and they nodded slowly.

Baloger said no more, but walked to the back of the throne - behind this huge chair, which seemed to be made of monoliths, very simple and majestic, stood a large statue of the dragon's head, which was the most solemn and imposing "ornament" in the hall, and in the open space between the dragon's head and the throne, a round stone floor protruded slightly, and its edges were decorated with pale gold lines.

In silence, the Dragon-Blood Grand Duke and the two courtiers stood in the center of the circular ground, and after a moment of waiting, a voice came from the dragon head statue behind: "Elevator...... Down, Destination, Dragon's Blood Council. ”

A slight tremor came from beneath his feet, and the round ground decorated with pale gold trim shook and began to sink steadily.

Balogel couldn't help but feel a little emotional: after Omega's departure, too many advanced automatic systems have been turned into scrap metal due to network outages, and only these "old things" are extremely reliable because of the use of outdated technology.

Gorosh Hickel and Eugene Natosh, the two dragonborn courtiers, were not so emotional, they just descended with the platform in silence with solemn expressions. The entire elevator sank into an extremely deep shaft, and it soon crossed the main building, the first floor and even the foundation below, but the whole descent did not stop, but continued to move towards the depths of this ancient mountain.

In the shaft, auto-sensing lights come on one by one, illuminating the old, untold structures on the circular inner walls that have undergone countless renovations and maintenances. The top layer of the shaft is still made of stone-like texture, but as the height is reduced, the wall has begun to show a distinct alloy structure, and the guide grooves, energy pipes, and steel cables and bearings that are integrated with the wall are flashing in the light, and a humming sound from the depths of the underground gradually becomes obvious in the mechanical friction of the elevator.

Finally, with a shaking and a click of the locking device activating, the elevator stopped on one floor, and the stiff synthesized sound reached the ears of the three passengers: "Elevator...... Stopped, arrived, Dragon's Blood Council. ”

After a few clicks of mechanical locks, an opening opened in the side wall of the shaft, and a dim light came into the eyes of Grand Duke Baloger.

He was the first to step out of the elevator, and beyond the shaft was another hall.

A hall located deep in the mountain, which looks almost identical to the "throne hall" on the surface, is a replica of the surface hall, and even the lines on every column, every wall and dome are exactly the same, except that instead of the huge stone throne and dragon head, there is a circular high platform connected to the ground by a steep stone staircase.

The "mirror hall", which was almost exactly the same as the throne hall on the surface, was dimly lit, but as Baloger ascended the circular platform, the lighting installed there immediately activated itself, and the bright lights extended along the central axis of the hall all the way to the end, and the huge shadows on both sides of the hall became clear in the bright light that fell sharply.

It was twenty-two dragon heads made of machinery, pipes, artificial nerve bundles and a small amount of biological tissue, a large number of mechanical arms and pipe cables hanging from the dome fixed them in mid-air about a meter above the ground, and under each dragon head there was a circular platform, the outer wall of the platform was some kind of metal from ancient times, and its top surface was a transparent crystal, and there was a viscous liquid like blood flowing slowly inside the platform, and in the depths of that viscous liquid, only a complex mechanical pump and piping system could be faintly seen— It beats like a heart.

(Hurry up, happy birthday to me!) ）

(End of chapter)