Chapter 801: A Record of Exploration in the Far Sea
What a feeling of desperation?
Gawain didn't speak for a while.
But he can probably understand Selena's meaning, and can understand the mentality of those priests who survived the great impact seven hundred years ago, struggled in the shadow of madness and mutation, completely collapsed their spiritual pillars, and could not even return to the civilized world.
Just like the last moment before he crossed, when the plane gradually disintegrated; It's like when he came to this world and was trapped in the sky for countless years from the perspective of a satellite. In that case, any person who gives him any faint hope, even without any promise and evidence, will involuntarily move his heart, just like a drowning person will subconsciously grasp the straw floating around him.
What's more, those priests and disciples back then were still suffering from the pollution and torture of both spirit and soul, and their judgment and willpower themselves had been reduced to the lowest point.
Gawain Cecil, who returned from the Ancestral Peak, claiming to have found a way out and was willing to help, was the last straw for them.
The emotion in his heart fluctuated, and finally it only turned into an unspoken sigh, Gawain nodded: "I can understand your choice at that time. ”
At the same time, he also guessed the truth that Selena had brought up, and that Gawain Cecil had suddenly shown some kind of "insight" ability seven hundred years ago-
That's obviously related to surveillance satellites in the sky!
In this way, even if he didn't know what Gawain Cecil had found on the Ancestral Peak, he could roughly surmise that the discovery must be related to the satellite array in the sky.
In thought, Gawain looked into Selena Gelfen's eyes: "You went to sea with Gawain Cecil?" ”
"From a certain point of view...... That's right," Selena nodded, "As a soul, I couldn't really follow them on my journey at the time, but I left a spiritual imprint on the Storm Priests in the team at that time, which protected their minds from the pollution of the gods, and also allowed me to 'see' them, so that although I couldn't act independently as a 'human', I was also a member of the exploration team." ”
Selena also participated in the follow-up exploration action!
Gawain felt his heart beat half a beat faster, and he maintained his apparent composure, and asked in a deep voice, "What did you find in the Endless Sea?" ”
Selena was silent for a moment, sorting out the words in her memories, and then slowly spoke:
"At first, it was just a normal voyage, and after moving away from land, we entered the oceans dominated by the magic of storm and chaos, but the Storm Priests used their remaining strength and deep knowledge of the ocean to plan a safe course, and we bypassed the storm gathering area and the magical turbulence and made our way deeper into the eastern seas.
"In the process, we also passed by several islands colonized by the Typhonians - at a time when the Church of the Storm had collapsed, and only a few powerful priests serving the military were barely able to keep their senses, and the normal sea access was about to be cut off, and the Typhonians were hurrying to evacuate......
"As we were about to cross the most marginal island of the Typhonians, Earl Dyson, who ruled that island, sent a clipper to try to dissuade us, saying that the storm was getting bigger and bigger in the far seas, and the sky was becoming extremely abnormal, and that it would be tantamount to suicide to challenge the far seas at this moment, but we ignored it......
"We've entered the far seas unvisited by humans, into a completely uncharted sea, where the Storm Priests can no longer navigate their routes, and can only use their perception of storms and magic to help their team avoid danger. Gawain Cecil instructed us to continue eastward, and after passing a sea full of cyclones and magical whirlpools, we turned south—it was his first time at sea, but he seemed to have known where our destination was, and the clarity of his goal greatly alleviated the uneasiness of the group.
But on the thirty-second day of the voyage, an accident happened.
"First of all, the storm priests on the ship suddenly fell into a nightmare, and in the chaos and trance, people continued to have terrible mutations, and even jumped into the sea and were swallowed by the waves, half of the priests died, and the remaining priests who barely kept their senses became hysterical, and several of the more determined storm priests said that we were 'sailing above the nightmare of the gods', and that 'the terrible forces of the deep sea had sensed the arrival of the blasphemer, and will devour everyone', they advised the ship to leave the current sea at once, but when the sailors were about to do so, they found that the ocean had 'imprisoned' the entire ship in place, and waves with mysterious powers were surging in layers, preventing the ship from leaving. ”
Sail above God's nightmare......
Gawain repeated the words mentioned by Selena in his heart, and vaguely guessed where the exploration team had arrived at the beginning-
Above the Storm Lord's Divine Corpse!
"I'm afraid that was the closest the Storm Cultists came to their gods......" Gawain shook his head with a subtle expression, "what happened after that?" ”
Selena vaguely sensed from Gawain's attitude that the other party might know some god-level secrets, but she didn't ask, but continued: "We were attacked by the forces of the sea, and the ship was badly damaged in the wind and waves, but at the most critical time, unexpected help appeared. ”
Gawain raised his eyelids: "It's a kraken?" ”
"It's the Siren," Selena gave Gawain a deep look and nodded slightly, "They suddenly emerged from the waves and calmed the entire sea area with some force that we can't comprehend......"
Gawain instantly reacted to why the other party would look at him meaningfully when he mentioned the Kraken - because in Cecil City, there is a Kraken!
The existence of Tyr is not a secret, and it has been made public long before the Eternal Sleeper forces were expelled from the empire on a large scale, Selena obviously knew that there was an "alliance" between Cecil and the Kraken, and the basis of this alliance could completely fall on the head of the "Extraterritorial Wanderer", 700 years ago Gawain Cecil and others went to sea and encountered danger, and it was the Kraken who helped at that time, and the purpose of Gawain Cecil at that time seemed to be to make a deal with the "Extraterritorial Wanderer......
This comes and goes, and it seems that many clues can be corresponded.
But only Gawain knew that there was really no connection between this - the krakens did it spontaneously, God knows what they thought back then, the kraken in the territory simply swam back home and got lost, and it had nothing to do with any ancient covenants......
But these things were also troublesome to explain, so he didn't interrupt Selena's narration, and listened to the other party continue:
"The Kraken Exploration Team defused the crisis and healed some of the crew, and they said some very strange things, saying that we disturbed their food and disturbed their food......
Despite what seemed to be some kind of communication barrier, Gawain Cecil negotiated with the Sirens, detailing the purpose of the expedition, conveying a desire for peace, and describing some kind of ...... to the Sirens Peculiar ancient ruins.
He described a tower that was so huge that it seemed to connect the sky and the earth, and that had stood in the world since ancient times.
The crew were incredulous and couldn't imagine anything like that in the world, but the Sirens were a little thrilled when they heard Gawain Cecil's description—they knew about the tower, and seemed to have dealt with it, and had some fear of it.
"After some negotiations, a few daring Krakens finally agreed to Gawain Cecil's request to be the guide of the expedition, saying that they could not take the team under the tower, but they could take us to the vicinity and in the right direction.
"Our ship was refurbished for some time, and then we continued to sail in a southeasterly direction under the guidance of our Kraken guide.
"Thanks to the Kraken's help, the waves began to help us, and we sailed fast and arrived at a ...... soon after. Continental margin. ”
Gao Wen was originally just listening quietly, but at this time, his eyes suddenly widened: "Mainland? You just said 'continent'?! ”
"Yes, a continent, not an island, and I'm pretty sure we saw a very long coastline, and exotic birds flying in from the direction of land."
A new continent! A land Gawain has never heard of! Located in the southeast of the Loren Continent, in the depths of the Endless Sea!
Gawain couldn't help but sketch out the land and sea distribution of this planet that he could speculate so far, and the information he had so far gradually converged into a picture with a rough outline, counting the information he had just received from Selena, he sketched four landmasses in his mind-
The continent of Loren, inhabited by humans and many other intelligent races, is located in the north of the equator;
Tallrond, probably located directly north of the continent of Loren and ruled by dragons;
According to Tyr, the continent of Io, which is directly east of the Loren continent and is ruled by the Kraken;
In addition, Selena just mentioned, you need to sail from the east and then sail south to arrive, located in the depths of the Endless Sea, in the new world southeast of the Loren continent.
He once again realized how narrow and closed the land where humans lived, and once again arose a strong desire to explore the ocean.
Only now known, there are already three landmasses on the planet that have not been visited by humans, and he is really curious if there are more areas in this world that humans do not know......
Curious about the New World, Gawain controlled his excitement and continued to ask, "You explored the New World?" What's on that continent? ”
Selena's answer poured cold water on him: "I don't know, only Gawain Cecil went deep into the land - all the other sailors and priests remained on the coast." ”
Gawain frowned: "Why?" ”
"There are guards on land, guards that have existed since ancient times, and they are still in operation today," Selena said slowly, "In fact, there are guards in the sea around the land, but those guards are quite easy to deal with, as long as they don't take the initiative to provoke, they won't be attacked, but those on land...... Extraordinarily hostile.
"The crew and priests of the exploration team are already the elite of the mortal world, and there is no shortage of high-level transcendents, but in front of those guards, the strength of mortals still seems too weak, not to mention, the number of those guards seems to far exceed our team - the entire New World is under their control, their origin is unknown, and it seems to be endless, and the exploration team cannot penetrate deep into the land at all.
"Strangely enough, those guards don't attack Gawain Cecil."
Gawain frowned: "Won't attack Gawain Cecil?" ”
After calling himself "Gawain Cecil" himself for a long time, he always felt a little awkward when he talked to Selena today......
Selena reaffirmed her claim: "Yes, this is something that was confirmed after the first contact with the guards on that continent.
"Those guards will actively attack anyone who comes into their range, except Gawain Cecil.
At that time, a member of the exploration team asked about this, but he said that he did not know the specific reason.
"So, in the end, Gawain Cecil was the only one who went deep into the New World, and judging from the results, he should have found what he was looking for......" Gawain frowned slightly, and said thoughtfully, "interesting...... It turned out that these vital memories had been erased......"
As he spoke, he looked at Selena Gerfen.
"If I'm not mistaken, you don't know exactly what happened to him after he left the team and went to the depths of the continent alone, because these contents are also 'dangerous'."
"Someone in the team asked, but he didn't say anything," Selena replied, confirming Gawain's statement, "I can only tell you what I know:
"Before he departed, he told the others to wait in the safe zone of the coast for half a month, and if he did not return after half a month, everyone should not wait any longer, but leave the continent immediately;
He returned on the twenty-first day, tired and excited, and apparently having achieved his purpose.
"He told everyone that he had made a soul trade that could be exchanged for a 'chance,' but he didn't give anyone more details about the deal at the time."
Gawain looked at Selena: "But you know more about the inside story, you know the existence of me, the 'Extraterritorial Wanderer'. ”
"Yes, because he told me part of it alone."