Gawain stared at the horizon for a long time, and for the first few minutes, the conflict of cognition was so great that he couldn't even guess what he was seeing—whatever it was, it was far from the sun he was looking at.

The wide, majestic arc continued to rise, and at the beginning it rose much faster than the sun, so that it was not long before Gawain saw a small part of its arc, which was indeed glowing, with hazy colors and invisible, cloud-like structures at the edges, and the light and heat of the world should be provided by this thing, but its light was not as dazzling as the sun and could not be seen directly—in fact, on the contrary, Gawain could not only look directly at the arc, You can even see some subtle lines on the curved surface.

After roughly judging the arc of the thing, Gawain realized that it was something dozens or even hundreds of times larger than the sun in visual diameter - of course, its true size should be smaller than a normal star, but it was too close to the earth.

At this distance, if it rises, it may obscure about one-fifth of the sky...... Of course, this was only a rough sense of Gawain, because he was so touched that what his intuition judged would inevitably be very different.

The feeling of oppression caused by watching a giant celestial body rise in front of your eyes is hard to describe.

Quickly retrieved Gawain Cecil's memory, and sure enough, in that memory, he found the same spectacular "sunrise" countless times, and the thing in the sky was not an anomalous celestial phenomenon, but the most normal landscape in this world.

So what about the explanation?

Gawain quickly made many interpretations based on his knowledge, perhaps because the physical rules of this world are completely different from the universe in his homeland, so the light and heat efficiency of the stars are quite low, and the planet under his feet is very close to the stars, so he can see such a huge sun, and at the same time the earth is not scorched; Or maybe it's not the sun at all, but a hole that emits light and heat radiation, or something that isn't scientific at all but is magical......

But it is more likely that the planet beneath his feet is not orbiting the sun, but around a gas giant, which is not a planet at all, but a satellite of the latter, rising from the sky......

It is the home star of this satellite.

At this moment, the feeling of "another world" felt by Gawain was stronger than ever.

"Ancestor? Ancestor? Hetty's voice came from the side, and Gawain finally woke up from a sluggish and contemplative state.

"Ah...... Yes? Gawain suddenly woke up and looked at N's great-granddaughter beside him with a little disbelief.

The beautiful lady left the dark and dangerous underground tunnel, and at this time she regained a little of her former demeanor, and she bowed slightly to Gao Wen: "Ancestor, you were in a daze just now, but we have to leave here first." ”

Gao Wen hesitated twice, and then noticed that the exit of the tunnel was an unobstructed hillside, and it was indeed not a wise move to stand here stupidly when the surrounding situation was unknown, so he nodded: "Go to the high place first and confirm the nearby situation." What I know is the terrain of 700 years ago, and it may not work well today. ”

So the group headed towards the hillside not far away under Gawain's instructions, and on the way, Gawain couldn't help but look up at the huge "sun" several times.

"Ancestor, have you been watching the sun?" Rebecca, who was walking behind Gawain, couldn't help but ask with a little concern, "Is there any problem?" ”

Amber next to him said casually: "Your ancestors have slept for seven hundred years and have not seen the light of day, and they must look at the sun twice when they finally see the sun." ”

Gawain ignored Amber and glanced at the N+1 great-granddaughter, shaking his head slightly, confirming in his heart what the locals of this world called the thing in the sky - it was indeed called the sun.

In other words, no matter how the word is pronounced, in the minds of people in this world, the thing that the word refers to is the sun and nothing else.

Gawain retrieved the memories of the body's original owner again, and after trying several keywords and vague information, he finally raised his head with a sense of emotion and looked at the slightly dim sky on the other side.

In the sky, which was not yet fully brightened and there were still many stars remaining, he found a "star" about the size of a grain of rice, brighter than all the stars.

The humans of this world call that particular star "Ao" and have endowed it with many symbolic meanings in religious and magical ceremonies.

The previous two speculations may be overturned, and only the third one is reliable.

Ao is the star of this galaxy, impossibly distant, its brilliance shining on the ground at Gawain's feet, almost as cold as any other starlight.

And in the cool breeze of the early morning, Gawain climbed to the top of the hillside.

A land that had been burned by the flames of war and was in a strange festering state appeared in the distance.

The earth was rotting like strong acid on the flesh, large swaths of rock and earth turned gray-black, cracks were spreading everywhere, the vegetation on the land had long since been corrupted, the remaining tree trunks were twisted into a demonic state like the devil's claws, and farther away, you could see the collapsed walls, charred houses, and the ancient castle of the Cecil family shrouded in smoke and dust.

Giant-like aberrations roam the wasteland.

The fields and crops had long since been annihilated in the tide of demons raised by the monsters, and it was completely impossible to distinguish them.

"The family's territory ......" Rebecca lay on the hillside, gritting her teeth, her eyes were a little red, and tears of anger or sadness swirled in her eyes, this girl who had just inherited the family business and had not even adapted to the status of a lord seemed to have lost everything at this moment.

"That's what the land corrupted by the demon tide looks like," Gawain sighed, "The Gondor Empire was corrupted from the inside out, and I guess it still lives in the wasteland of the old empire to this day—and new corruption is now in the realm of civilization." ”

Amber broke out in a cold sweat: "The god of shadows is above...... We've been surrounded by these things all the time? ”

Hetty pondered the possibility of the family's recovery: "Is there still salvation?" ”

"It's hopeless," Gawain shook his head, "you didn't stop the attacks of the aberrations, they have formed a group resonance, and the elemental infestation caused by the demon tide caused by them is irreversible. Even if all the monsters are eliminated, the pollution that entrenches in this land will continue for quite some time. ”

"How long will it last?" Herty still looked a little unwilling.

"Is human civilization now back on the lands of the Gondor Empire?" Gawain asked a seemingly unrelated question.

“…… It was still a forbidden area for life, and no one dared to set foot on the land on the other side of the grand barrier. ”

Gawain shrugged: "Then it seems that the corruption of Cecil's territory will last for at least seven hundred years." ”

Rebecca and Hetty looked at the ancestor with some amazement, unable to understand how the great man who had started the Cecil family could be so calm in the face of the destruction of the last of the family's domains by monsters—there was neither anger nor sorrow, as if he were looking at something that had nothing to do with them, and this attitude even frightened them.

However, Gawain quickly noticed the eyes of the two and took the initiative to ask, "Is there any problem?" ”

"Ancestor, you don't ...... Angry? Rebecca asked cautiously, "This is the last fiefdom of the Cecil family......

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that he still failed to fully substitute for the role, which revealed a flaw, so he quickly put on a straight face and held back all his acting skills: "Indulging in these things will not help." Gawain Cecil is a pioneer, every inch of the family's land and wealth was built from scratch, and if there is no territory, there will be no land, and it is a big deal to find a new place to pioneer - what is my mother-in-law doing? ”

Hetty and Rebecca hurriedly nodded again and again, nodding while throwing themselves to the five bodies that the ancestor admired in their hearts, and said in their hearts that he really deserved to be a legendary-level ancestor, this vision and mind are really different - I just don't know where the ancestors plan to go in this era when all the land has been divided by the existing aristocratic system and the borderless land is basically a forbidden area......

"There's nothing to see here, let's plan our trip next, the next step is to find the town, and then find a way to meet the group of people who broke through at the beginning," while he pretended to be X, Gawain hurriedly changed the topic, "I remember that a knight named Philip broke through with people?" Did you discuss the meeting point? ”

Rebecca hurriedly replied: "It was agreed that the town of Tanzania in the north would be agreed, and if Tanzania was also attacked by monsters, continue north along the Kingdom Road." ”

Gawain nodded, and was about to leave, when a strange feeling suddenly stopped him.

After being stunned for a moment, he and the Byron knight next to him shouted almost at the same time: "Get down!" Hide! ”

Although they don't know why, Rebecca and Hetty immediately followed the Byron knight to hide under a nearby boulder, and Amber had already escaped into the shadows and burrowed into the unknown horn the moment Gawain spoke. Gawain hid behind Rebecca, but suddenly saw that Betty, the little maid who looked a little stupid, was still holding the pan and standing in place with a blank expression, so he rushed out and dragged the other party back—and almost the next moment, a sense of oppression that made everyone's hearts tremble fell from the sky.

In the rising glow of the "giant sun", an elegant and massive creature slowly flew through the sky.

It was a giant dragon with a body length of tens of meters.

In her panic, Hetty subconsciously cast a third-order spell called "Curved Light Position" to hide everyone's figures, but she was completely unsure if this shallow spell could hide the eyes of a legendary creature.

But the dragon hadn't noticed the people on the ground—or probably didn't bother to pay attention to it at all. He or she simply flapped his wings slowly, flying gracefully and majestically across the sky, his huge eyes reflecting the land of Cecil's territory destroyed by the demon tide.

Then it took a sip of salt soda...... Oh, the breath burned the place.