The development of events was so unexpected that Gawain didn't react for half a minute.

He stared at Noretta's open box, the strangely shaped shield roughly the size of a medium-sized one-handed shield lying quietly between the cushioning material made of an unknown substance, and a series of memories of the shield came to him - of course he recognized what it was, although he had long since given up on finding it, but this shield was the personal equipment of his body after all, and the impression in his mind was deep and clear.

He didn't expect this thing to appear in front of him in this form at this time.

Norretta's voice woke Gawain from his brief distraction, "It's yours, right?" ”

"Ah, that's right," Gawain blinked and nodded, "Ansu Kingdom Guardian Shield, I thought I wouldn't see it in my life." Is it in the hands of the Mithril Vault? ”

"If that were the case, we'd have already returned it to you," Melita shook her head, "We also recently accidentally discovered its whereabouts - the Mithril Treasury has always been honest and we are an important customer, so we returned it to its rightful owner as soon as possible." ”

There was no need for the dragon to lie about this, Gawain knew this very well, so he quickly believed Melita's statement, and then he frowned and looked at the two agents curiously, "Where did you find it?" ”

"In the elemental world, in the realm of the fire element," Melita said, "an elemental lord secretly hid it, even taking it as part of his own elemental inner shell, and if it weren't for the fact that the elemental lord happened to owe a sum of money to the Mithril Treasury, I'm afraid no one would have been able to find it for centuries." ”

Gawain was taken aback on the spot: "Elemental World?!" How did it end up there? ”

Melita spread out her hands: "It's hard to say - we didn't expect that the elemental lord secretly hid it would be your lost property, so we didn't prepare to ask in advance, and when we found out about this thing and wanted to ask again, the elemental lord who owed the debt was already unable to answer the question because of a little regrettable force majeure......"

Gawain could figure out what Melita's elegant words meant with his biceps, and he immediately glanced at the agent with admiration: "In terms of language arts, you dragons are still powerful." ”

Melita accepted the compliment, and even wore an elegant and reserved smile behind her veil: "Although we haven't investigated the details, we can still roughly surmise that this shield should have been stolen from the battlefield by that elemental lord - in the civil war of your humans a hundred years ago. Maybe it was a crappy wizard on the battlefield who opened a rift in the elemental world, or maybe the elemental lord had premeditated a certain elemental mage and secretly stretched out his 'hand' - your shield has great power, and it will naturally attract those creatures who love magic. ”

Gawain couldn't help but sigh, "This doesn't happen in the Gondor era...... Elemental creatures also have to be disciplined. ”

Melita shook her head: "But the Gondor Empire that can make the elemental world feel awe-inspiring is gone, and the current elemental inhabitants don't have much respect for the scattered humans. ”

“…… Anyway, thank you very much for sending it here," Gawain sighed and nodded his head to the two senior agents rather seriously - although a shield for charging was not as important to him as it was then, the loss of the legendary equipment that Gawain Cecil enjoyed was an exciting event, especially since it was the two dragons who recovered this treasure, and if it was properly publicized, it could not only boost the morale of the whole country, It can even increase the prestige and influence of the Cecil Empire in the world, so his gratitude is also from the bottom of his heart, "I won't let you go home empty-handed—but I wonder what kind of reward the Mithril Treasury wants?" ”

"You say that you create distance," Melita shook her head immediately, "There is no reward for returning the lost property, but in exchange, we hope to ask you a few questions before handing over the shield." ”

Gawain was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this group of dragons who couldn't even account for a copper plate to be so generous this time, so after hearing Melita's "several questions", he immediately concentrated - the free ones are the most expensive, and these questions in the Mithril Treasury are afraid that there will be a pit in them......

Of course, the two agents didn't know what magic train was running in Gawain's head, and they looked at each other, and Noretta was the first to speak: "First question - we want to know the specific origin of this shield. ”

"Origin?" Gawain frowned, immediately realizing something from this first question, and before answering, he cautiously rhetorically asked, "Why are you interested in this?" ”

“…… Considering you've traded with us with Godmetal, I can warn you," Melita gestured to the Guardian's Shield, "Didn't you notice that there was something special about the main material of this shield?" ”

"Material?" Gawain was stunned, and then some of the details that he had overlooked in those inherited memories suddenly flashed through his mind, and he immediately bent down to pick up the Guardian's Shield, and between the rusted metal parts and the cladding material, he saw the most primitive material of this shield, which was a silvery-white metal, but the surface was flowing with very fine, star-like points of light, and when his hand touched it, he could feel a strange warmth—it was completely different from any conventional metal in the world," This thing ......."

He doesn't recognize this material, but some of the characteristics of this material are somewhat similar to another material he knows, or they all have the same "advancedness", which is like standing in the world of the girl's manga and suddenly seeing two Hong Kong manga macho men, the former and the latter are not the same person, but Gawain can still judge that they are of the same origin - the painting style is different from the background of the whole world......

The main material of the Guardian's Shield reminded him of God's Metal, the advanced ancient alloy known as the Tablet of Eternity, and the remains of the weapons and vehicles that held the Gods of Nature imprisoned in the Shadow Fortress.

He frowned slightly—the inherited memories were not his own after all, and this impression of detail was subconsciously ignored by him.

If he was the genuine Gawain Cecil, he would have thought of his shield after coming into contact with the Eternal Slab Shard, but he wasn't, and the memories he inherited could only lie quietly in the deepest part of the world in an approximate archival manner, so that many details were "missed" by him.

"Looks like you've got you in mind," Noretta broke the silence as she watched Gawain's expression change, "the main material of this shield is connected to the metal of the gods known as the 'Eternal Tablet'—it's the same civilization that made them. ”

Gawain gave Noretta a deep look.

For some unknown purpose, the dragon of Talrond has been collecting "God's Metal", and the "true identity" of God's Metal is the fragment left in this world by the "God-Slayer Fleet" back then.

The dragons seem to know some of the secrets of the god-killing wars of ancient times, and even know the origin of the god-killing fleet.

However, it was clear that they did not intend to and could not tell these secrets—he had asked Meletta about this, and had confirmed it intently after nearly killing Miss Agent on the spot.

Considering that all dragons should be more or less the same, and the question that can make Melita die violently should also make Noretta die violently, so he didn't ask anything about the "God's Metal" and the "God-killing Fleet", but exhaled slightly, and answered Noretta's question while sorting out the memories in his mind: "I got this shield when the Northern Expeditionary Force crossed the magic scorch - its main material was found when we searched a supply warehouse at the Viplanton Observatory. ”

Norretta showed a hint of curiosity: "The Vipranton Observatory? ”

"The largest center for astronomical observation and astronomy in the northern part of the Gondor Empire," Gawain said, "there was the famous Vipranton meteorite shower, and then the Gondor people built research facilities there to study the outer space material that had fallen to the surface, and a few years later added observatories, astrological galleries, and giant gravitational analysis stations called 'star axes'—all of which were destroyed by the Tide, of course, Our northern forces were only looking for some supplies in those remaining underground warehouses. ”

As he spoke, Gawain couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

The former Gondor Empire...... The technology is even much more advanced than the earth in his previous life, although due to the focus of the technology tree, the former Gondor people have not yet tried to step into the universe, but the scholars at that time still have a certain degree of understanding of planets, stars, and space, but unfortunately, all these brilliant achievements have disappeared with a magic tide, not only the technical talents and technical data in the hinterland of the empire have been wiped out, but even some research facilities set up in remote areas have not survived.

Today, the Gondor Empire's understanding of the stars has reduced to superficial concepts such as "we live on a planet" and "there are other planets beyond the planet" among ordinary people, and these common sense concepts are rapidly disappearing, disappearing, and gradually merging with those vague legends.

Fortunately, the resurgence of civilization brought about by magic technology is curbing this decline, and the scholars who have been re-concentrated and inspired have begun to share the knowledge that has been sealed in the various mage towers, and have begun to re-establish modern astronomical observation or research facilities in suitable areas.

Norreta didn't know what Gawain was feeling, but she immediately noticed the background of the establishment of the "Viplanton Observatory": "In other words, the observatory was originally used to study meteorites - what you found in the ruins of the warehouse is most likely to fall from the sky with the meteorite." ”

Although Gawain was answering Norretta's questions, he himself gradually realized the clues behind these questions and answers, and many things that he had not noticed or were kept in the depths of his memory slowly emerged, and concatenated into a complete speculation - the god-killing fleet, the Vipranton meteorite shower, and the metal ...... of unknown origin

All of this was being connected into a huge truth, which he never imagined would be hidden next to Gawain Cecil, in the deepest part of his own memory.

"You mean, the piece of metal we found in the ruins of Vipranton was part of the 'meteorite rain' back then," Gawain looked at the Guardian's Shield in his hand, and couldn't help but think of how the shield was created (or processed), "It fell from the sky...... No wonder ......"

"I'm a little curious," Melita said suddenly, "all you found back then was a metal plate of unknown origin - how did it end up being the Guardian's Shield?" ”

Gawain thought for a moment and said calmly: "None of us knew about this thing - most of the people in the expeditionary force were of very low origin at that time, and the only scholars, mages, and priests knew nothing about the Vipranton Observatory, but we found that this piece of metal was extremely strong, and almost completely resistant to any magical attacks, and there was no sign of erosion in the demon tide environment, plus it was the right size, so Charlie suggested that it be put in a ......"

Melita: "......"

Noretta: "......"

Gawain looked at the two wide-eyed agent ladies, and spread his hands helplessly: "You can't expect the human expeditionary force, which was in a critical supply shortage and lacked high-level technical personnel at that time, to perform better in the face of an unknown piece of metal, we can't form a team of experts to slowly study what it is, and at that time, the expeditionary force urgently needed more powerful combat power - a shield that was invincible at the time could allow a powerful knight to protect more people through the polluted area, and a heavy piece of metal could only drag down the journey." Of course, I admit that 'Settle Up' seems a bit sloppy and rude...... However, there is no bigger brain hole in the expeditionary force than Charlie, and everyone has no better ideas, Charlie's plan is more or less an option. ”

"We're just surprised that you would dare to make an unknown piece of metal into a carry-on without knowing if it's harmful," Melita said solemnly, looking at Gawain solemnly, "As a Gondor, you should always have a concept of elemental erosion and energy radiation, right?" ”

Gawain glanced at Melita and suddenly laughed, "Is it more elemental erosion and energy radiation than the Gondor wasteland itself?" ”

“…… Quite right. ”

Melita reluctantly admitted that behind Gawain's seemingly rude and ignorant approach back then was actually that there was no choice after thinking, while Gawain looked at the Guardian Shield in his hand, and his thoughts became more and more solemn-

When he used this shield as a keyword to search for Gawain Cecil's memories in his mind, he also found a fault!