A heavily armed black dragon descended from the sky and stirred up a huge column of water on the Whitewater River - such a thing was also startled by the citizens of Cecil, who often saw strange things on a daily basis, so soon the patrol officers of the river and the embankment reported the situation to the government department, and then the news quickly reached Gawain's ears.

Almost as soon as the patrol officers reported the news, Gawain knew what had fallen from the sky - Rebecca had sent an urgent message from the experimental base of the diocese far away, saying that the falling object on the Whitewater River should be Maggie who had encountered a mechanical failure......

Today seems destined to be a lively day.

After a few moments of immersion in the cold whitewater river, Maggie felt the throbbing pain in her body and the dizziness in her head subside a little, she confirmed her injuries, and then braced her limbs vigorously, stepping on the mud and sand at the bottom of the river, and walking in the direction of the riverbank.

Probably the previous fall had severely damaged the mechanical structure of the Steel Wings, and she felt that some of the joints of the steel skeleton fixed to the wings had been stuck, which made her posture somewhat weird, and it took more effort to finally reach the shore, she heard a noisy sound from the shore, and there was a faint sound of a mechanical ship starting, so she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

It seems that the movement when he fell was too big, which had caused a lot of confusion, and there should be a lot of onlookers on the shore, and the sound of the mechanical boat ...... Most of them were already known about the "falling objects" by their superiors, and they were "tugboats" sent by the river management department to help them get ashore......

Maggie thought about it for a while, and felt that at this time, a huge black dragon suddenly ran out of the Baishui River, and there were a lot of hideous-looking "armor" hanging on its body, which would probably cause considerable trouble - although many Cecil people knew that there was a black dragon under His Majesty the Emperor, and even witnessed the scene of the "black dragon falling" at the flight base on the outskirts of the city, but after all, this side of the Baishui River was close to the inner city, so it was still necessary to try to avoid unnecessary chaos.

What's more, you have to take into account the "secrecy" of your own cutting-edge technology.

So she gave up the plan to go ashore directly in this posture, but directly transformed into a human form underwater, and then sensed the crowd on the shore while finding a position with relatively few people to go ashore......

As for the "salvage team" that has already set off...... Let's go back and explain.

Near the riverbank where the crowd gathered, on a relatively unobtrusive bank, the sound of rushing water suddenly sounded, and then a soaking wet figure with black hair and a shawl and a black maid dress walked out of the water.

Maggie's steps were a little vain, and the trauma of the dragon form was reflected in the human body, and she staggered ashore looking embarrassed, but slowly, she laughed.

The more I laughed, the happier I became, and I even laughed out loud.

"Mom! There's a sister over there! It looks like I've just come out of the river, and I'm soaking wet!! ”

Maggie stopped laughing, followed the sound, and saw a child not far away looking at this side with a surprised face, followed by a young woman with the same wide-eyed eyes.

"Don't scream! Offence! The young woman bowed her head and rebuked her child, then looked at Maggie with some nervousness and concern, and called out from a distance, "Miss, do you need help?" ”

Maggie smiled and waved her hand, a burst of heat rising from her body, and quickly steamed her clothes soaked in the river as she walked in the direction of the inner city.

At the same time, she still had some doubts and apprehensions in her heart—when she fell, she seemed to vaguely see some shadow in the river flashing...... But when I came back to my senses, I didn't find any clues around, did I hit something?

I hope it doesn't hurt anyone...... Otherwise, under that kind of speed and strength, it will be difficult for anyone to be safe......

……

In the palace of Cecil, in a room with a large pool, the clear water suddenly stirred up and condensed into a female form in mid-air.

Betty, who was grabbing a large wooden ladle and stirring it in the pool, was startled, and the wooden ladle almost fell into the water, she took a half-step back, and then stared at Tyre who came out of the water.

After a two-second delay, Betty bowed consciously: "Good afternoon, Miss Till!" ”

"Hey, good afternoon......" Tyre replied in a daze, as if he hadn't reacted to what was happening, "strange, I'm not in the Whitewater...... Damn! ”

Some terrifying "end-of-life memories" emerge in Miss Siren's water-filled head.

Betty was startled by Tyr's exclamation, her hands clenched the long handle of the wooden ladle, and she looked at each other with wide eyes, while the latter was full of excitement, her long tail curled up in the water, and she looked at the head royal maid in front of her with a horrified face: "Betty! I was just poked to death by an iron jaw!! ”

Betty: "......? ”

"It's getting more and more dangerous to take a nap these days...... "Tyre continued, no one can understand, "I shouldn't go out, how can I be in the house...... Hey, Betty, isn't the water getting saltier lately? How much salt did you put in it? ”

……

Dozens of minutes later, Maggie, who had returned from the "crash site" on her own, came to Gawain.

"I've heard," Gawain casually set aside the papers he was flipping through and looked at Miss Dragonborn standing in front of him with a strange expression, "you're testing Rebecca's 'Wings of Steel'...... Failed the test? ”

"I had a mechanical failure in the air, but I don't think it was a complete failure," Maggie replied immediately, "The liftoff went well, and the first half of the flight was about an hour long, and I think the Steel Wings themselves are viable, but there are some design flaws that need to be adjusted......"

"Failure is a must in the process of technology development, I understand," Gawain interrupted Maggie, and glanced the other up and down, "but you...... What is the injury? ”

"Thank you for your concern, it's no big deal, I managed to slow down in the last half, and after entering the water, I only had some strains and vertigo," Maggie replied earnestly, "The Dragonborn is very resilient, and it's not a serious injury per se. ”

"Then let's go back and see Pitman, and recuperate a little by the way," Gawain looked at Maggie, a hint of curiosity, "and ...... What about the 'Wings of Steel'? Are you left at the bottom of the river? ”

Maggie shook her head, "It's still on me, on my dragon form - if you want to take it down and check it, you'll need to find an open place for me to change form." ”

"I'm not in a hurry...... Gao Wen said casually, the curiosity that suddenly surged in his heart became stronger and stronger, he stood up from behind the desk, and couldn't help but look Maggie up and down again, "Actually, I've always cared about it...... What is the principle of your dragon's 'transformation'? In the process of changing forms, where did the items you carried with you go? It's just a personal item in human form, but can even a device as large as the Steel Wings be hidden with the transformation of form? ”

Maggie opened her mouth, inevitably a little confused by Gawain's series of questions, but she soon remembered that His Majesty the Emperor Cecil had a strong curiosity about technology, and even in a sense, the legendary pioneer himself was the earliest technician in the land, one of the founders of magic technology, Rebecca and her technicians usually kept coming up with the "style" of "why", I am afraid that they simply learned from this legendary pioneer.

She was a little secretly admired, but also a little overwhelmed, and barely managed to squeeze out a smile that was not so stiff before she said with some embarrassment: "This involves a very complex process of material transformation, in fact, even the Dragonborn themselves can't figure it out...... It's a dragon's talent, but the Dragonborn can't be considered a complete 'dragon......

"Some scholars have put forward the hypothesis that the dragon's transformation spell is actually a kind of spatial displacement, and that we temporarily store another of our bodies in a space that cannot be opened by a third party, so as to explain the huge volume and mass changes in our transformation process, but we do not agree with this speculation......

"Another explanation is 'elemental border', which holds that dragons' transfiguration spells are 'elemental remodeling' of the matter that makes them up, like shaping a pile of sand into different forms, and we record the 'code' of each combination of sand grains, and we are able to extract additional grains of sand from the 'sand' of the elemental realm to shape the body...... In fact, this theory is more difficult to apply than the theory of 'spatial displacement', and there are too many links that need to be explained, and most of them cannot be verified by technical means......

"But it seems to me that I prefer to believe the second explanation."

Speaking of this, Maggie couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook her head: "Maybe the dragons of Talrond know better, they have higher technology and more knowledge...... But they never share this knowledge with outsiders, including the mortal races of Loren and us exiled Dragonborn. ”

The mysterious and inextricable connection between dragons and dragonborns has always been a concern for Gawain, but at the moment his attention is still more focused on unknown knowledge - the many transformation spells in this world have always been the things he is most confused and curious about, and they are also the fields that rune logic has not been able to fully explain so far, and as the source of transformation spells, the form transformation of dragons seems to contain the biggest contradictions and secrets of the "material boundary" of this world-

What is the "substance" of this world? Why does the operation of magic cause such strange changes in matter? Behemoths weighing several tons can transform into light humans, with massive masses that seem to "disappear into thin air...... How exactly does this process happen?

Attribution to the elements? Returning to space-time displacement?

Whatever the reason, it seems to be inseparable from the operation of magic, which brings us to the most essential question: what is magic?

How does this very likely "wave" affect the nature of everything in the world......

Gawain frowned, today's conversation with Maggie seemed to have suddenly touched some intuition in his heart, and once again made him pay attention to the strange connection and "boundary" between the material and the magical power of this world.

For a long time, he was busy paying attention to the operation of the empire and the complex situation on the continent, and at this moment, this conversation about "Transfiguration" suddenly drew his attention back to the border of "unknown", and in the midst of his thoughts, he couldn't help but think of the demon tide again.

Under the influence of the powerful magic of chaos, a terrible catastrophe that affects the whole world and turns everything upside down.

Gawain's thoughts couldn't help but spread wantonly for a while, and all kinds of ideas were constantly reorganized and connected by inspiration, and in his thoughts, he even came up with a somewhat absurd and weird idea:

The world has been turned upside down...... Isn't the Demon Tide a "Transfiguration" that affects the entire planet......

"Your Majesty?"

Maggie watched Gawain suddenly fall silent as she spoke, her expression became more and more serious, and her initial helplessness quickly turned into nervousness, and she screamed quietly, which made Gawain wake up from her cranky thoughts at once.

Gao Wen quickly sorted out the thoughts and conjectures just now, and then slowly sorted them out after preparation, and at the same time looked at Maggie with a slight apology: "Sorry, I was a little distracted thinking about some things just now." Where are we? ”

"We're talking about the principles behind Transfiguration," Maggie replied, though confused, without asking, just bowing her head, "I mentioned that Tallund may have more knowledge about it, but the Dragons never share their knowledge and technology with outsiders. ”

"Talrond ......," Gawain muttered softly, "My little pony's hometown...... It's really curious. ”