Chapter 732: Stealing Knowledge
While Tyre herself often came across as unreliable, at least this time, the advice she gave was quite reliable in Gawain's eyes.
Even if the "Ultimate Book" is a relic of an ancient civilization that has long since been completely lost, the dragons who made their fortunes by keeping their belongings for others and waiting for the death of their clients probably know its origins - maybe they could still get a copy out of the warehouse without breaking it......
To be honest, Gawain was quite upset that he had accidentally broken the Ultimate Book.
Upon returning to Cecil Palace, he immediately contacted the High Agent Lady through the Mithril Ring.
Then, as expected, it took less than thirty minutes for the Blue Dragon Lady to appear in front of him—as always with a quick response.
"The Mithril Treasury is glad to serve you," Melita Pernia stood in front of Gawain, her face obscured by a lilac veil, and only a smile appeared in her slightly curved eyes, "Do you need to access items this time, or do you need to consult business, or ...... Still Express? ”
"Don't talk about that yet," Gawain waved his hand, and couldn't help but ask a question he had wanted to ask for a long time, "why do you come so quickly every time—as if you've been living around me all the time?" Now that there are no major historical events for you to observe, don't you have anything else to do? ”
Melita's professional smile seemed to stiffen for a moment, but when she looked at it again, it was only an illusion, and her smile was still as warm as a spring breeze: "You're a key customer of the Mithril Vault, so of course you're getting extra attention - but it's a real coincidence that I'm near you this time." Don't worry, my work won't be delayed, and everyone at Mithril Vault is dedicated to their duties. ”
Looking at Melita's trusty calm eyes, Gawain could only believe what the other party said, but he couldn't help but look the other party up and down a few times, and asked, "I still have a question - maybe a little offensive, but do you only have this one dress?" ”
Even on this cold winter day, Melita still wore the iconic, slightly bewitching purple gauze dress, which Gawain didn't pay much attention to in the past, but today there were icicles hanging on the street lamps in the city, and almost everyone she saw was wearing winter clothes—except for Carmel and Nicholas Egg—so when I saw the agent in front of me again, the sense of disobedience was particularly obvious.
Melita probably didn't expect Gawain's questions to be so sharp today, and she was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then smiled a little stiffly: "...... You should know that I am a dragon, and for me, the current human form is only for the convenience of human society, I ...... Not very keen on grooming one's human posture. ”
"I see," Gawain nodded, "Sorry for the faux pas." ”
"It's okay, it's just a casual conversation between friends, I don't care," Melita smiled and shook her head, "So why did you come to me today?" ”
"It's kind of a consultation, we recently got something, but no one knows where it came from, but I think if it's a long-established dragon...... Maybe we can help. ”
"Thank you for your trust, but I would like to warn you in advance, dragons may know more, but they don't know everything, and they can't tell you everything," Melita said, her eyes showing curiosity at the same time, "So...... What exactly is it? ”
"A book, but it's not here, you're going to come with me," Gawain stood up and motioned for Melita to follow, "I'll tell you how we got it on the way......"
With a retinue of his entourage, Gawain led Melita all the way out of the Royal Quarter, and soon came to the vicinity of the Magical Technique Institute, where he gave them a general introduction to the origin of the Ultimate Book, and also told them about what happened near Thollin Fort - Miss Dragon was obviously interested in the latter, and after hearing that Bertila had transformed into the Thorin Tree, she couldn't help but shake her head and let out a sigh: "Alas...... I saw that giant tree when I was flying through the sky, and it was really incredible, and it amazed the dragons...... But I didn't expect that tree to come this way. ”
"The end of all things will pay the price with their own lives and flesh, but what remains in the wasteland is still disturbing, a group of mutated druids who can survive in the demon tide environment, I really don't know what they are brewing at the moment," Gawain said with a frown, "With your ability, there is no way to fly over the magnificent wall to investigate the situation inside?" ”
Gawain wanted to use the power of the dragon Melita to explore the Gondor wasteland, after all, that wasteland was entrenched in a powerful interference energy field, and even his satellite monitoring could not see its internal situation, but he also knew that he and the Mithril Treasury only had a "friend relationship", and he could neither give orders to Melita, nor could he issue such a "beyond the scope of service" to the Mithril Treasury, so at this time, he just said it casually, and did not have much expectations.
Melita thought seriously for two seconds after hearing Gawain's words, nodded and said, "Actually, I can fly over that barrier - my extreme flight altitude is not a problem to cross the barrier." ”
Gao Wen suddenly raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and couldn't help but raise a trace of anticipation: "That ......"
"But fly in and die." Melita continued.
Gawain: "......"
So what else is there to say about this! Humans can do it too - connect with the control center on the elves' side, open a temporary entrance to the barrier, Gawain can walk with a squad of infantry swaggering and walk into the barrier, but what does that work - it's dead......
"Actually, it's not necessarily dead," Melita seemed to feel that her answer was not professional enough, and then added, "It's just that the danger is very, very high, the chaotic magical energy environment is also very harmful to the dragons, and the thunderstorm environment in the wasteland clouds is the biggest threat to entering the wasteland from the air, and there are countless distortions and energy hurricanes on the ground, according to our estimates, even the combat training of young dragons is close to ninety percent of the twenty-four hour mortality rate after entering the central region of the Gondor wasteland......
Gawain thought about it, and felt that what Melita said was no different from what she had just said - she was still dead.
"Forget it," he said, waving his hand, "I'm just going to mention it casually, and I don't have to take it to heart." ”
As they spoke, they had arrived at the door of the laboratory where the Book of Ultimate was kept.
The accompanying guards and attendants took over the defense of the entrance to the laboratory, and the staff in charge of guarding the facility opened the door to the laboratory, and Gawain led Melita into the tightly guarded room, where the Book of Ultimate was still lying quietly on a round platform in the center of the room, protected by a fence and a shield.
Gawain pointed to the big black book on the round platform: "That's it, you ......"
As he spoke, he looked at Melita beside him, but the rest of his sentence was stuck in his throat.
Melita was staring at the Book of Ultimate on the round platform, the calm and light that the dragon lady had always maintained had dissipated at some point, she barely concealed the solemnity and vigilance in her sight, and that serious look made Gawain realize one thing in an instant-
Melita knows the secret of the "Ultimate Book"!
"Judging by the way you look, you probably know the origin of the Ultimate Book," Gawain quickly reined in his surprise and regained Melita's attention, "It seems that I really found the right person this time." ”
Melita instantly woke up from her trance, she turned her head sharply to stare at Gawain, her eyes burning, and her tone was extremely serious: "You just said that this book was found in the lair of the Society of the End of All Things?" The Society of the End of Everything has been using this book for hundreds of years to develop itself, to develop various plans that can affect the situation on the continent? ”
Gawain looked at Melita solemnly, deliberately silent for two seconds before slowly nodding and asking in a deep voice, "What is the origin of this book?" Why are you so nervous? ”
At this moment, Melita seemed to be in a state of hesitation and entanglement, and after half a minute of thought and silence, she shook her head gently: "...... I don't know if I should say this to you...... But I tell you, it's very dangerous, very, very dangerous for the progress of civilization, and you should stay away from it as much as possible, and those who are doomers...... Fortunately, their thinking is distorted and their behavior lacks logic, and perhaps it is because of this that they have not been able to fully play the role of this book, otherwise this continent will ...... It's a lot of trouble! ”
The agent of the Mithril Treasury was clearly so nervous that she had forgotten to add the professional "you" when she spoke to Gawain now.
Gawain didn't care about the slight change in Melita's title, he just reminded Miss Dragon, who seemed a little too nervous, "It's scrapped." ”
"Anyway, you'd better not keep touching......" Melita said subconsciously, but reacted halfway through, "Huh? You say it's scrapped? ”
"Yes, I don't know why, but it's completely unusable," Gao Wen said without changing his face, "If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself." ”
As he spoke, he lifted the safety barrier of the test bench, and after the steel railing and energy shield were closed, he reached for the large black book, but before he could hand it to Melita, his movements suddenly stopped: "Let me make sure - you shouldn't destroy the book as soon as you get it, do you?" ”
Judging from Melita's nervous and vigilant reaction, Gawain was genuinely worried about this.
"I swear by the glory of the dragon and by my name," Melita said in a grave manner at once, "I will not do such a thing without permission—I will only confirm its status." ”
Gawain decided to trust the other party.
On the one hand, Melita's oath does sound quite serious, on the other hand, the dragon lady does not seem to be such a reckless person, and of course, the more important reason is the confidence in her own strength - to destroy an ancient artifact before a legendary powerhouse reacts, even if the dragon strikes is not so easy to succeed.
Melita got hold of the big black book, her breathing quickened slightly, and her expression was as serious and nervous as if she were holding a half-ton bomb in her hand—and the bomb had been uninsured.
When she opened the book, she saw a full eye of messages indicating a disconnection, red warning characters filling her vision.
Gawain felt that this feeling was probably the same as a full eye on 404......
“…… It's really unusable," Melita finally breathed a sigh of relief after quickly flipping it several times, and said in a brisker tone, "but you got one thing wrong, it's not broken, at least not physically, but...... The end result is pretty much the same, it's unusable, and no one can theoretically restore it to its previous state unless ...... No, nothing. ”
Although Gawain was very curious about the content behind the other party's "unless", he was more concerned about what this ultimate book was at the moment: "Then now you can tell me, what is the origin of this book?" ”
Melita pondered for two seconds, and through the thin veil, Gawain vaguely saw that she should have bitten her lip - after this obvious hesitation, the senior agent exhaled softly: "You should know that there was a war between the dragons and a certain civilization on the continent of Loren in ancient times......"
"The battle against the tide?" Gawain reacted immediately.
"Yes, I mentioned it to you......," Melita said in a deep voice, "and I also told you that in the history of the dragons, that war was called 'Rebellion', and the reason why it is called 'chaos' is because it is far from being a war, it is due to the fact that a certain reckless race has taken the wrong course of development, and brought about a crisis that almost destroyed the whole world, and the book you found ......"
Melita gently lifted the large black book in her hand and shook it in mid-air.
"It was made by the Tide Empire."
Gawain's eyes widened.
This ancient secret, which had made him curious for a long time, and was suspected to be related to the black trap, was unveiled in this way at this moment!
"Can I ask more?" He looked Melita in the eye, "Why do you say this book is very dangerous - what did the Rebel Empire make this book for?" ”
"Stealing knowledge," Melita said calmly, "stealing knowledge beyond their control, and this knowledge beyond their control will end up destroying the future of the entire world." ”
Steal knowledge!!
This simple word struck Gawain's mind like lightning, causing a storm in his heart.
If it were anyone else, he probably wouldn't have thought of anything from Melita's simple words, but he knew what the data source linked to by the Ultimate Book was—
It's an array of satellites in space!
(Push a new book, fantasy classification, "Uncover the Coffin and Drive", yes, someone must have found out, this author's last book is gone...... But it was supposed to be stable, no problem, and the creativity was good, so it's worth a look.
In addition, the audio chapter said that it was open! If you have more than 500 followers, you can send a voice! )