Time flies by as the earth warms up, and the day that will attract the attention of all the countries of Loren Continent is finally coming.

On the northeastern border of the Gondor Wasteland, Elven Stronghold No. 112 stands proudly between two mountain ranges - this ancient elven colony was established more than 700 years ago, and has served as the Far Eastern Outpost of the Silver Empire since its completion, protected by mountains on both sides, overlooking the vast and treacherous Gondor Wasteland to the southwest, and connected to the human realm to the northeast. But he almost never interacts with local humans.

However, this peace was shattered in the spring of Cecil's 3rd year: a world-renowned meeting and a series of negotiations would be held in this stronghold, and the dignitaries, ambassadors, and retinues of various countries gathered here to participate in the meeting were even more numerous than the elves who had settled here, and in order to ensure order during the meeting, the Silver Empire began to dispatch personnel a month ago, and the elven wanderers operating around Stronghold 112 were gathered, which ensured that the next meeting was fully staffed, But it also made the originally spacious 112 stronghold more and more crowded.

On the 20th of the month of recovery, a variety of flags had appeared in the elven stronghold—the delegates of various countries were arranged to live in hostels in the south and north districts, and the emblems of their respective countries brought by them became the "new decoration" of the outpost that had not been seen for hundreds of years. In addition to the chaos, he seized the time to observe the situation in the camp, talked with the representatives of other countries that he was more familiar with, and discerned possible partners and competitors in the future.

On a wide street in the stronghold town, Rebecca, who finally had a chance to run out and get a few breaths of fresh air, widened her eyes and looked at everything in her sight with a look of surprise and excitement.

She looked to the end of the street, in the middle of the largest square in the town, a large building with a very different style from the human world, which could be described as elegant and beautiful, towered in the sun, with a superstructure that was cascading like petals, and three light alloy beams like veins extending from its streamlined roof, which flew through the air and connected to a nearby white tower, under which several paths extended to connect the nearby white houses.

On both sides of the main road in front of the hall, two rows of tall flagpoles stood neatly, the banners of the Silver Empire fluttered in the wind, and the magical power contained in the silk threads scattered patches of light dust from time to time, as charming as a dream.

"That is the Hall of the Courier?" Rebecca's attention was clearly not on the imposing banners and beautiful architecture, and almost all of her interest was drawn to the intricate conduction structure above the hall and the teleportation tower not far away, "I've only seen it in the materials before...... This is the first time I've seen a real thing. ”

"That's right, the Courier Hall," Gawain stood beside Rebecca, who also looked into the distance with a hint of a smile on his face, "The highest crystallization of the elven communication technology - the reason why our magic network communication can be realized is that in addition to the accumulation of the technology of the eternal sleeper and the human being's own communication spell model, we have actually learned a lot of experience from the related technology of the elves...... You and Jenny did this together, and you should be very impressed. ”

"yes, so I've always wanted to see with my own eyes what their telecommunications facilities look like, and today I finally got my wish," Rebecca said as she nodded, then rolled her eyes and muttered to Gawain, "Hey, Lord Ancestor, can I sneak ...... when there is no one?"

Gawain didn't wait for the girl to finish speaking, then curled his finger and tapped on the door of her head: "Can't-put away your bold ideas, you really want to study them, go back and seriously draw up a proposal for technical exchange to talk to the elves, don't make a diplomatic dispute." ”

Rebecca suddenly covered her head with an angry expression: "Where did you take me?" I didn't say I'm going to go in and dismantle something, I just want to go in and have a look, use their equipment or something...... After all, I haven't touched ...... before."

Gawain was stunned for a moment, realizing that he had mistaken the girl, but before he could say anything to reassure, a slightly magnetic female voice came from the side: "This is perfectly fine, little princess—and you don't have to wait for anyone to wait." ”

Gawain and Rebecca turned their heads to see a petite blonde elf lady standing behind them, it was none other than Lady Sonia Frostleaf, a high-ranking messenger from the Silver Empire and Thorderlin's mother. This high-ranking messenger stayed in the north of the continent as an exchange agent after the repair of the Great Wall, and she was active in the Cecil Empire for half of the time, and the rest of the time between the Cecil Empire and the elven outposts in the border area, and she was considered the "host" of the Silver Empire in this meeting, so she came here to act as a guide for Gawain and others in the 112th stronghold.

"Ah, Lady Sonia!" Rebecca greeted each other happily when she saw them, and then asked impatiently, "Did you say I could go to that messenger's hall?" ”

Sonia smiled: "Yes, at any time - in fact, few people know this, although the messenger hall set up by the silver elves around the wasteland is only open to elves, it is also allowed to be used by aliens in special circumstances, such as the need to send an urgent message, or the request of an ambassador-level personnel, you obviously meet the second criterion here." Of course, this is only a theoretical rule, after all...... Our teleportation device needs to be activated with elven spells, and except for a few druids who can use special methods and devices to generate sense, the others are basically unable to operate it......"

Listening to Sonya's story, Rebecca thought about it very seriously, and then shook her head sincerely: "That sounds like the magic network terminal is a little easier to use, at least anyone can use it......"

"Indeed," Sonia thought for a moment and frankly admitted, "'Available to all' is the unique superiority of the magic device, which even our great star magician, His Excellency Vilania, appreciates, and the rune logic system that can transcend the barrier between elven and human spells and take effect under any spellcasting system is even more amazing, and now that our star magicians have begun to study the mysteries behind the rune logic, and perhaps one day, you will also see the magic products created by the Silver Empire." ”

Rebecca nodded as she listened, and finally returned her gaze to the courier's hall in the distance, "I'd like to go over and see if it doesn't work—I can't use it, but I can see how your teleportation device works." Your teleportation towers are said to be able to send signals hundreds of kilometers away without relaying, a distance far beyond our magic web hubs...... I'm curious how you do it. ”

"Of course," Sonia nodded immediately, "I've been authorized to open up the technical details of the teleportation facility to you - this is part of the technical exchange between the Silver Empire and the Cecil Empire. If you are interested, I can send other messengers to show you around that hall right now. ”

When Rebecca heard this, she immediately became excited: "Okay, good! Then go now, go now, go now! ”

Sonia laughed, and before she knew when she said hello, two young elven messengers came from not far away, saluting this way, and Sonia nodded slightly to them: "Take Her Royal Highness the princess down to the teleportation facilities - except for the part connected to the arsenal, you can show her." ”

The two elves said in unison: "Yes, Your Excellency the High Courier!" ”

Rebecca happily followed the messengers away, and Gawain looked at Sonia curiously, "Why is the teleportation device connected to the arsenal?" ”

"Because our teleportation system is also the monitoring system of the Sentinel Tower, although there is a security diversion inside the channel, the infrastructure is connected," Sonia explained, "Each monitoring station or border guard has an arsenal with a large number of Colossus Puppets and Arcane Orbs pointing at the Great Wall at any time, so that if something goes wrong with the Great Wall, the Outpost will be able to send back the alarm as soon as possible and organize the first wave of counterattacks - even if the situation is completely out of control, The high-intensity radiation in the wasteland instantly killed all the elves in the outpost, and as long as the outpost's communication system was still running, the headquarters in the Star Sanctuary in the rear could also remotely activate those armaments, and the self-running Colossus puppet could also buy some time in the rear. ”

Gao Wen quietly listened to Sonya's story, and sighed for a long time: "Seven hundred years have passed, and the elves are still so vigilant about that wasteland. ”

"Because the collapse of the Gondor Empire has only happened to us in a generation, and the problems with the Great Wall in the previous two years make it all the more important for us not to be vigilant."

"That's right...... Seven hundred years, and you'll need almost six hundred years from infancy to adulthood," Gawain shook his head with a smile, "but then again, I don't remember anything about the arsenal...... These things must have been built during the years when I was 'sleeping', right? ”

"Yes, this system was built at the behest of Her Majesty the Silver Empress Belsetia - Her Majesty believes that the radiation intensity in the wasteland has not decreased for a long time, and the number of wandering distortions has not decreased significantly, which means that the Gondor Wasteland will not purify itself over time, as some scholars believed, and she ordered it to be built to strengthen her precautions, and that was about three centuries ago."

"Bellsetia...... Gawain repeated the name in a low voice, then suddenly smiled, "You came here suddenly, you must be speaking for your Empress, right?" ”

“…… It doesn't seem to be able to hide your eyes," Sonia exhaled, bending slightly, "To Your Majesty Gawain Cecil, the Silver Empress Belsetia Morningstar would like to invite you to an afternoon of refreshments, in the small garden of the Oak Hall—I wonder if you would like to go?" ”

"Of course, it's idle anyway, and I'm curious to see what Belsetia has grown up like over the years," Gawain knew that the Silver Empress had arrived a few days early before he arrived at Stronghold 112, and he nodded happily in anticipation of today's invitation, "Please lead the way—I'm not very familiar with this outpost." ”

……

Led by Sonia, Gawain left the main road in the middle of the town, and they walked through the city already occupied by the envoys of the nations, through the town's powerhouse, and finally to a secluded and neat longhouse, which was already located in the deepest part of the town, and was nothing special except for the taller house, but the royal guards standing in the doorway, covered in enchanted armor, reminded those who had strayed into the place that a man of great honor was temporarily living in the longhouse.

Gawain recalled the memories he had inherited—the words and deeds of Gawain Cecil, the detailed impressions of Belsetia, and he was sure that everything was in place, and then ordered the attendants and guards to wait outside, and he followed Sonia into the longhouse.

After passing through the main hall and a small cloister, he came to a small garden behind the house, where the power of magic permeated the courtyard, which made the plants flourish in all seasons, and the exotic flowers and lush tropical trees filled the field of vision, and among these luxuriant plants, a clear space was set with delicate round tables and chairs, and a beautiful woman with long blond hair and a beautiful white gold ring on her head was sitting quietly at the table, behind which two elven maids were standing.

Gawain blinked—although he had seen Belsetia's current appearance on the audio-visual materials transmitted from the south of the continent before, after seeing it in reality, he still found that the other party's temperament was very different from his impression.

It is completely different from the hairy girl who dragged her snot and soaked around in several camps and could get into eight disasters a day.

He paused for a moment at the entrance to the garden—a very normal reaction—and then smiled and walked towards the Silver Empress, who was famous all over the continent: "Belsetia, long time no see. ”

"Seven hundred and thirty years, Uncle Gawain Cecil," the beautiful empress laughed suddenly, and the majesty and solitude that had been lingering on her body loosened a lot, and she seemed to come alive at once, and rose up to make a gesture of greeting, "It is hard to imagine that we can meet again in this form. ”

"Uncle......" Gao Wen was stunned, with a subtle expression on his face, "I haven't heard it for a long time—you're already so old, do you still call me that?" ”

His words somewhat made Sonia who was following behind him feel a little strange - what a revered status the Silver Empress was, and even more so the Silver Empress of this generation, her wrist and the growing strength of the Silver Empire under her rule were famous throughout the continent, and many people were in awe of her, but here, there was a human who could say to her so naturally, "You are already so old...... But this sentence is still logical.

"It's a private occasion," Belsetia laughed, apparently believing that Gawain's words were normal from beginning to end, "if I had to be empress when I was talking, I would have lost a moment of relaxation." ”

Gawain looked at the other party, and after a moment, smiled slightly: "That's fine." ”