As soon as the nameless woman next to Veronica appeared, Gawain realized that the situation was not right - he had been active in this world as a human for several months, and he had been observing the earth in the form of satellite spirits for many years, so it can be said that at least he had seen all kinds of strange people on this continent, but he had never seen anyone look like this: with a human facial features on his head, wearing human clothes, but in fact, his whole body was covered with translucent light, and this form was more like some elemental creature than a person......

But elemental creatures don't look like this!

Gawain's first reaction was to see a rare creature, maybe it was still an SSR, but then he found that the people around him were all calm, as if he didn't notice the strange appearance of the short-haired woman at all, if a magician like Hetty was calm because he had seen strange magical phenomena, but even Amber, a guy who could happily find someone to talk about for a long time when he saw a big circle of eggs, turned out to be calm, and even had the time to analyze other people's aesthetic problems...... That's a big problem.

The only explanation is that the short-haired woman is normal in everyone's eyes except him.

Therefore, Gawain decided to temporarily suppress the huge shock and curiosity in his heart, he forcibly suppressed his expression, and shifted his attention to Veronica's appearance - not to mention, except for the facial paralysis next to her that was glowing and holographic, Veronica was indeed the most attention-grabbing presence on the scene, although she was not much better than Herty in terms of beauty alone, but that kind of almost inhuman temperament was not shared by everyone.

According to rumors, this "Holy Princess" has shown amazing talent since she was a child, in addition to surpassing ordinary people in magic and martial arts, she also has an incredible, light-inclined spiritual talent, when she first entered the Holy Light Cathedral, even the bronze bell on the main bell tower was struck by the Holy Light and rang three times, which is one of the reasons why she finally gave up the right to inherit the throne and converted to the Holy Light Church.

Although 90% of this is probably rumor, Gawain believes that even if it is rumored, there is a reason.

The two parties exchanged brief greetings on the dock, and the content was nothing more than "The Duke has worked hard to open up the wasteland", "Remember the heroic spirit", "How is the king's body", "Long admiration and disrespect", "When to start eating" and other non-nutritious content (the last one is what Amber said), and in the process of mutual greetings, the two parties also made a brief introduction.

Gawain learned the name of the priest woman beside her from Veronica: the name is very ordinary, Sandy, but her identity is not ordinary, she is the high-ranking goddess of the Holy Light Church, and she is the same level as Veronica in terms of rank, but because she has not received any positions in the sect and the promotion time is short, she temporarily accompanies Veronica in the team in the name of assisting Veronica.

The man in clerical attire and the insignia of the Royal Knights was the deputy head of the First Knights of the Royal Family, directly under Francis II, named Cohen Loren, with the title of Earl. As can be heard from his surname, he has a close relationship with Silas Loren, Duke of the East, and in fact the deputy head of the Order is indeed a member of the Loren family, he is a distant cousin of Silas Loren, but many years ago he voluntarily renounced his position in the family and accepted the special canonization of Francis II in favor of becoming one of the nobles of the royal court.

On this trip, the deputy head of the Order was tasked with keeping Veronica safe.

After the greetings, Gawain asked Hetty to arrange for the hundred technical talents who were disembarking from the ship to rest, while he took Amber and Rebecca and accompanied Veronica to the central tent, and the two knights guarded the left and right.

The soldiers who had disembarked from the ship followed, but Veronica quickly stopped and ordered the middle-aged man beside her, "Mr. Cohen, please let the soldiers rest." ”

The middle-aged man hesitated slightly, and Veronica shook his head slightly: "In the territory of the Founding Grand Duke, I don't think I have to worry about my own safety - and don't you think it's rude to follow Duke Cecil with so many soldiers?" ”

The middle-aged man nodded and waved his hand to dismiss the soldiers who followed, but he himself still followed the princess.

Keeping Veronica safe, a task given to him by Francis II when he set out.

On the way, Gawain briefly talked about the situation in the camp, and then, sure enough, Veronica took the initiative to ask about the bloody bones on the south bank of the Whitewater River.

"Those huge skeletons...... Is that what you mentioned, the aberrations that only appear in the Demon Tide? Veronica looked into Gawain's eyes and asked in a serious tone.

"Yes, it is the product of the great catastrophe of seven hundred years ago, and I went to the royal capital a few months ago to warn you," replied Gawain, "and they came again the other day, but this time we stopped them. I'm going to say that this time the monsters roamed out of the Gondor wasteland - and on those monsters, we found fragments of Gondor's standard weapons. ”

Veronica's footsteps paused slightly, and her tone changed slightly: "Gondor Wasteland?!" Are you sure? ”

"Absolutely sure."

"It can't be!" The deputy head of the Royal Knights, Cohen immediately frowned and exclaimed in a low voice, "From the Gondor wasteland to here, you need to pass through a ribbon of plains and dark mountains, and before that, there is a magnificent wall to block it, how are those monsters ...... Could it be that something is wrong with the Great Wall!? ”

As he spoke, he involuntarily looked in the direction of the dark mountain range, as if he couldn't hold back at the moment, and wanted to go to the other side of the mountain to confirm, Gao Wen shook his head when he saw this: "Now the wall is still there, you can still see it when you climb over the mountain, but I am sure that the wall has begun to decline...... It's aging faster than we expected back then. ”

Cohen's breathing became heavier, and the situation was once again more serious than he could have imagined, and he took two deep breaths to calm his mood: "The sentinel nodes on the Great Wall have always been monitored by the Silver Empire, and the elves have never spoken about the weakening of the wall in hundreds of years......"

"Elves...... Elves are a trustworthy race, at least the ones we worked with back then," Gawain said as he quickly glanced at Amber from the outside world, and quickly removed the shame of this elf in his mind, "It's only seven hundred years now, and for the elves, it's not enough to replace a generation of people, so I'm sure they won't deceive the continent countries on this issue." But there's one thing we need to know...... This is the northern end of the continent, and the Silver Empire is at the southernmost point of the continent, separated by a vast Gondor wasteland, even with the power of the Silver Empire, there will be a serious information delay if you want to monitor the Sentinel Tower here. ”

Cohen frowned, of course he knew this fact, but the elves of the Silver Empire had full control over the entire magnificent wall, and it was a matter of no choice: after the collapse of the Gondor Empire, only the ancestral magic mastered by the elves could build this miraculous protective barrier, and other countries and races could provide some materials and labor if they died, so the "high-magic technology part" of the entire magnificent wall was completely based on the ancient magic system of the elves, and this magic technology ...... Only elves can master.

It's not that the Silver Empire has a technological monopoly, but that the brain structure of other races except the elves is simply not able to handle the elven spell model, and those with pointed ears are born with special perception and thinking abilities, and their spell casting process is complex and sophisticated, and the magic used by humans is more like some kind of low-cost copycat than elven spells......

Of course, human spells also have benefits, that is, they are large and full: they are low cost, they are powerful, and they are not bad in all respects, except for the occasional odd thing like Hetty who can't hit and Rebecca who only has a big fireball.

All in all, due to the infrastructure limitations of the Great Wall, all the Sentinel Towers have been monitored by the Silver Empire for the past seven hundred years, and the limitation mentioned by Gawain is unavoidable: the elves in the south of the continent will have a hard time knowing what is wrong with the northernmost Sentinel Tower.

"Although I have taken refuge in the Light and no longer bother with Kingdom affairs, the teachings of the Light teach us to have mercy and love," Veronica broke her silence abruptly, "I will report the situation here to my father when I return, and advise him to send an emissary to contact the Elves immediately." ”

Then she looked around with some concern: "If the Great Wall is really extinguished, this place must bear the brunt, how can these weak people survive...... Duke Cecil, I don't question your courage, but for the sake of the people here, do you think about changing places......"

"Thanks for worrying, but I don't have that idea yet," Gawain smiled and glanced at Veronica, "I've confirmed the situation of the Great Wall, it won't go wrong again anytime soon, and the risk of a total collapse is almost zero. Besides, if the Great Wall really came down...... So what difference does it make if you hide in this continent? ”

"I'm curious how you managed to stop those monsters," Cohen couldn't help but ask curiously, "I can sense how powerful they used to be from the breath that remained on those skeletons, and the force of this territory ......"

Gao Wen smiled: "Most of it is luck, these monsters unfortunately encountered a landslide, and they were discovered by our people several days before they approached the camp, we were prepared for this, and the rest of the reasons ...... Think of you as the wisdom and strength of the elderly. ”

Veronica and Cohen: "......"

Amber and Rebecca, who were following behind Gawain, muttered, "Look, I'll just say that your ancestors can be angry when they open their mouths." ”

Rebecca looked innocent: "To be honest, it's wrong?" ”

Amber: "...... This shameless style must be your family tradition. ”

Rebecca: "You're rude! ”

Gao Wen listened to the small movement behind him a little embarrassed - the two girls thought that they had suppressed their voices just right, but in fact, everyone present could hear the movements of the two, to say that Rebecca was upright and had low emotional intelligence and was easy to be teased......

Fortunately, Veronica didn't seem to care about the muttering of the two young girls beside her, and when she heard Gawain's decision to stay here, she only showed an expression that she had anticipated, and said quietly: "I respect your decision, but I also want you to know one thing - if the situation on the southern side deteriorates again, the kingdom may not have much spare to provide support." ”

Although Gawain knew from the beginning that with the current system of the Ansu Kingdom, he would probably not get much support from the royal family, and this was exactly in line with his own wishes, but from Veronica's tone, he heard another meaning, so he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

"The Eastern Frontier," Cohen, the deputy head of the Knights, said in a low tone, "we and the Typhon Empire...... I'm afraid there is no room for relaxation. ”