Ferdinand left the room, and Rosetta stood there for a moment before breaking the silence as if talking to herself: "Everything is exactly as you say. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an invisible wind suddenly blew in the empty study, and the murmur of several voices seemed to be superimposed in the wind, "Of course—perhaps we haven't been so happy all these years, but you must admit that when it comes to the realm of the gods, the knowledge I have given you has never deviated...... As long as a cooperative relationship is established, I will always be sincere. ”

Rosetta narrowed his eyes slightly, others may not be able to see anything, but in his vision, he could already see that there were sporadic starlight eroding the surrounding walls and floors, and countless sights seemed to be hidden in the purple-black shadows, and the floor-to-ceiling windows beside him were shining into the twilight light, and the glow was projected on the ground, mixed with cloud-like shadows.

In this chaotic superposition of light and shadow, an abstract eye entwined by curved lines slowly opened in front of him, and the empty pupils were staring at this side without the slightest humanity.

If an ordinary person saw this scene, even a careless glance would be driven crazy by this eye and the endless knowledge it contained - but for Rosetta and the members of the Augustan family, this eye was already their "old friend".

"Sincerity...... Rosetta said softly, the corners of her mouth seemed to turn up slightly, "Actually, you should know very well that I have never really trusted your sincerity...... It would be too costly for a mortal to trust a 'thing' like you. ”

“…… Again," the eye was silent for a moment, but reined in the tone that always carried a hint of demagogy, and agreed quite earnestly, "I must admit that I have not been very happy with you for many years...... I know how much your family has paid to accommodate me, but whether you believe it or not, it wasn't my intention. ”

Rosetta didn't speak, just quietly listened to the "eye" talking to herself.

“…… I have been like this since the beginning of my birth, and so have the other gods since the beginning of their birth, we have no ill will towards you mortals, yet our very existence is a threat to you - just as those who come near the flames will be burned, but it is not the fault of the flames. Son of Augustus, if you forsake prejudice, you should know that what I say is true.

"So, I don't expect you to 'trust' me much, because even I don't believe that I can do you any harm in the rest of my activities...... Humans should not believe in the benevolence of nature, and you should not trust a fragment of a god parasitic on your family......

"But on this premise, we still have a common goal...... Descendants of Augustus, we share a common goal. ”

Rosetta Augustus finally broke the silence and whispered, "End this. ”

"Yes, to end this, to end this torturous relationship for both of us," said the eye calmly, floating in mid-air, the myriad curves that made up its outline and the scattered starlight around it slowly wriggled with a gentle tremor in it, "Relax, this curse is finally coming to an end...... It's better to think more about a better future now. You and your family can finally be freed from the nightmare, and I'll be free—don't be afraid or resist it, I can promise you that I'll be on your side and your empire...... Aren't you going to lose the patron saint you've always had? Then I will take this place, and the power of dreams will be your new backing......"

Rosetta was silent for a few seconds, as if seriously thinking about the feasibility of this matter, and nodded slightly after a long time: "When everything settles, I will seriously consider it." ”

"Of course, of course, you have to be so cautious, otherwise I wouldn't approve of you so much - think carefully, the decision is yours, and whatever answer you give at that time, our cooperation will be effective......"

The sound of the eye faded away, and the light and shadow floating in the room gradually returned to normal, and as the starlight and twilight faded, Rosetta's eyes returned to the room she was familiar with.

He stared calmly at the empty air, and did not look away for the next ten minutes, as if the eye was still floating there......

……

"The above is the information that General Philip just sent back," Hetty stood in front of Gawain and reported the situation on the front line with an unusually serious expression, "In this battle, the earthly Monty Python has completely lost its combat effectiveness, and the recovered wreckage is basically of no repair value, another armored train is seriously damaged, and the repair work may continue until spring, and the damage on the dragoon side is still being counted - the snowstorm has caused a considerable number of people to go missing, and the relevant search and rescue work has been launched." ”

Gawain sat behind his desk, listening to Hetty's report word for word, this sudden battle report from the front broke the stalemate and balance that had lasted for many days on the front line, and also broke the rhythm of some of Gawain's plans, and he also smelled something strange from the sudden large-scale operation of the Typhonians.

That is to say...... The Typhonians used a massive 'miracle'," and only after Hetty's report was finished did he break his silence, "Is it a celestial-level disturbance or something else, and this thing has bypassed our detection technology?" ”

"Yes, until the sudden appearance of the extraordinary phenomenon in the blizzard, there was no reaction from the magic detection devices on the armored train and the dragoons - and then the said detection devices were completely disrupted, and the enemy launched a full-scale attack," Hetty nodded, his expression serious, "General Philip's analysis should be caused by the special nature of 'miracles' on the one hand, the miracles in the form of celestial phenomena should have the effect of evading detection in themselves, and on the other hand, it may be that the Typhonians have carried out some kind of ...... on our detection technology Countermeasures, considering that their accumulation in the field of magic is far more advanced than ours, it is very possible that some kind of counterspell will appear. ”

"There is still room for improvement in the existing detection technology," Gawain said in a deep voice, "Send the battlefield data and the wreckage of all kinds of equipment carried by the Typhonians collected at the scene to the research institutes of Changfeng and Thorin, and find out what means the enemy used to create this surprise attack...... Also, What about the damage on the Dragonborn's side? ”

Hetilio recalled: "Two of the Dragonborn mercenaries were killed, sixteen were seriously wounded, and the rest were lightly wounded...... The casualties in this regard have been sorted out and sent to the person in charge of the Holy Dragon Principality. ”

Gawain was stunned for a moment, "...... All Dragonborn wounded? ”

War will inevitably kill people, even if the Dragonborn are strong in combat, it is impossible to face the overwhelming Typhon Air Force without casualties, this point has been considered by Gawain as early as when recruiting the Dragonborn mercenaries, but he didn't expect that this powerful air force would be injured when it first entered the battlefield, which made him a little surprised for a while - not even a single one retreated? Are the Typhonians so powerful?

"According to General Philip, it seems to be because the Dragonborns have an exceptionally ...... fighting style Rough," Hettie, apparently guessing that Gawain would have a question, immediately explained, "Their way of fighting is undisciplined but ferocious, completely disregarding damage, and the state they are in in a completely different state than they were in training, our army cannot provide effective cover, and many of the Dragonborns choose hand-to-hand combat in the final stages of the battle because of the destruction of their weapons, and they grab the enemy's griffin knights to ram the mountain peaks...... It's impossible not to hurt. ”

Gawain: "......"

Hetty cautiously asked, "Ancestor?" ”

"I already understand," Gawain sighed softly and waved his hand, "Anyway, the 'Dragonborn' card in our hands should have been exposed to the eyes of the Typhonians, and the Dragonborn troops don't have to hide it after that, the aerial confrontation between us and Typhon may continue to escalate, and the Dragonborn and Dragoon troops will become an important weight on the battlefield." ”

After this, Gawain was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Let's talk about the other side - what is the assessment of Typhon's damage?" ”

"There is no very accurate assessment yet - mainly the very strange successive 'resurrections' of the enemy in that blizzard, and the extremely bad weather conditions have seriously affected the judgment of the fall, but one thing is certain - in terms of casualties, the Typhons definitely outnumbered us," Hetty said immediately, "According to the reports of air observers after the battle, the gorges along the entire ridge line were littered with scorching wreckage and the corpses of people and griffins. At least two thousand to three thousand griffon knights were deployed against our air forces, and when the Dragonborn entered, they were wiped out......"

Speaking of this, Hetty couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "It's a pity that we have also suffered the biggest loss since the start of the war...... The Mortal Monty Python is currently the most offensive armored train, and the void left by its destruction is not so easy to fill. Zero is to remain around Winterwolf Castle for defensive missions, and the War Citizen's weapon system still has some problems and cannot be used for frontal attacks for the time being......"

"It's just a temporary loss, Maryland has saved all the experienced technicians and officers, as long as the next train goes off the production line, the combat power of the Earthly Monty Python can be restored immediately - what the Typhonians have lost is the elite that they may not be able to train for more than ten years," Gawain was very open, but he was a little helpless when he saw it, "The only headache is that most of the Typhon people can afford to die......"

As he spoke, he leaned back on the back of his chair with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Miracles" at the level of celestial phenomena...... This was something he hadn't considered before, or rather, he had thought that the Typhonians would use some kind of large-scale strategic spell power to influence the outcome of the battle, but he never expected it to be such a "miracle". According to the information coming from the front, this miracle clearly had traces of the power of the gods, which gave him the feeling that ...... It's not good.

"Ancestor?" Hetty noticed that Gawain's face was gradually becoming serious, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you think of anything?" ”

"Since the beginning of the war, have the Typhonians ever used the God of War on such a large scale?" Gawain asked.

"Mass use of the God of War Divine Technique......" Hetty immediately began to recall, and shook his head after a few seconds, "No. The God of War Priest has only appeared on a small area of the battlefield, and most of them are small-scale 'death squads' who carry out suicide missions...... This was the first time that such a large-scale miracle had been performed, and it might require the participation of hundreds or even more high-ranking priests. ”

"Yes, it may require the participation of hundreds of high-ranking priests, and it must be a very formal, very grand sacred ceremony," Gawain said slowly, with a solemn expression on his face, "Hetty, this is not right. ”

"Something is wrong?" Hetty was stunned for a moment, but the next second she reacted, "You mean...... Such a reckless use of the power of the god of war ......"

"Yes, without scruples," Gawain nodded, "We all know the truth about this war, and Rosetta knows it - if it was a normal engagement, then it would be normal to use the power of the god of war on the battlefield, but now this is a catastrophe, and it has become a very dangerous act to use the power of the gods on such a large scale." Since the beginning of the war, the Typhonians have been consciously circumventing this by splitting the tainted fanatical priests into small groups, denying them the opportunity to use large-scale divine magic, and allowing them to constantly attrition in a war of attrition...... This is all to prevent those priests from introducing too much of the power of the god of war into this world, but in this operation...... But they did such a large-scale 'miracle' ......"

"Could this be an unauthorized action by a front-line commander?" Hetty said subconsciously, but soon she shook her head herself, "No, it's unlikely ......"

"Of course this can't be, if the front-line commanders of the Typhonians can be so stupid, if the front-line army is out of control to such an extent, then Rosetta Augustus would have been ousted from power long before the war began," Gawain shook his head, "This kind of action must have been approved by Rosetta, and even ...... It was his command. ”

Hetty's eyes widened slightly, and for a moment she couldn't understand what the ruler of Typhon was planning: "Why did he do this?" ”

Gawain didn't answer for a moment, he just stared at the map in front of him, his mind racing - from the recent changes in the control areas of the two sides on the front line, to the forces invested by the warring sides so far, to the military movements of Typhon, and the information transmitted back by Thorderlin and his Iron Rangers in the enemy-controlled area...... All kinds of clues converged in his mind, as if they turned into invisible lines, and finally, he vaguely realized that he had realized the key!

This terrifying discovery even made him break out in a cold sweat!

"Ancestor?" Hetty suddenly showed a hint of concern, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"I guessed what Rosetta was trying to do," Gawain couldn't help but stand up from behind the desk, "...... That's a ......."

Hetty cast a stunned and confused look: "What does Rosetta want to do?" What do you mean? ”

"This war has an ultimate goal, not to maintain the status quo, not to simply exterminate a church that is out of control, all of us have considered only the mildest options, and yet Rosetta ...... He's going to do something more thorough," Gawain said, taking a deep breath, "he's going to pull the God of War into this world." ”

"Pull the God of War into this world?!" Hetty was taken aback, "He's crazy?!" Is he going to let an out-of-control god destroy everything?! ”

"No......" Gawain shook his head slowly, "From what I know, he may intend to ...... Kill Him. ”