The Silver Empress had no intention of speaking it, but Gawain had a heart on the sidelines, and his heart moved slightly, and he felt that this topic seemed to be weird - let the former gods of nature personally talk to those devout disciples who did not want to forget the past? That's it...... It may have been a whimsical idea to the Silver Empress, but it seemed physically feasible to Gawain......

The "god" is still watching "TV" in his backyard, and the surveillance team reports that he spends at least 20 hours a day on the Internet......

But then again, what can Amonen say to those persistent believers? How can we safely and securely get a group of elves who have been obsessed for 3,000 years to give up their obsession? Let that god of nature perform on the spot and die again......

Gawain shook his head slightly, quickly shaking off the strange idea that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, he knew that this idea was just a casual thought, no matter what, he didn't dare to casually let Ammon reconnect with the mortals in the outside world - even if it was just to say a word to them and show a deed, the risk behind this matter was too great, and it was very likely that Ammon, who had left the divine position, would reconnect with the divine power, and the benefits of doing so were unpredictable.

He couldn't casually spend the fruits of the fall of the White Star for three thousand years on such a joking act.

But...... If you take it another way...... Think differently......

Gawain involuntarily fell into thought, but his thoughts were soon interrupted by the Silver Empress, and Belsetia cast a somewhat curious look: "What are you thinking?" ”

“…… It's nothing, it's just a few trifles," Gawain awoke from his thoughts, he glanced at Belsetia, and some plans came to mind, but soon he suppressed these unformed thoughts for a while, he raised his head and looked at a mechanical clock not far away, and saw that the hands on it were gradually reaching the highest level, "It's almost time to rest...... Let's get back to the meeting first. ”

In the Stone Ring of Oath, the representatives of all parties have also returned to their positions one after another - in fact, most of the representatives have not even left the scope of the Stone Ring, and during the limited thirty-minute break, they seize the time to contact with other representatives, grasp the situation as much as possible, in order to be able to grasp the situation a little more, even the people who leave the scene are communicating with their own teams, seeking advice from think tanks and intelligence help - no one will really empty their brains in this short time, Because everyone knows that this meeting has come to an end, the best way to truly relax is to save it until the stone ring is open again.

After confirming that all the delegates had returned to their positions and that the staff outside the stone ring were ready, Belsetia stood up from her position, she quietly glanced at the audience, and then raised her right hand slightly: "Then, according to the meeting process, the oath stone ring is now blocked, and except for life-threatening situations, the lockdown state will continue until the end of this closed-door meeting." ”

The Silver Empress's voice fell, and a low buzz had already sounded from the edge of the venue, and then layers of magical brilliance suddenly appeared on the surface of the magnificent stone pillars, and countless ancient and profound runes emerged from the stone wall, and unfolded like flower petals, connecting with each other in the air to form a pale green rune curtain wall, and then the light swam, and the light and shadow between those runes quickly filled with diffuse light and shadow—just a few seconds later, a luxuriant, boundless dense forest rose outside the entire stone ring of oathsThe original wasteland scene and the distant townscape have all been replaced by this sudden dense forest, and there is no trace to be seen.

Outside the Stone Ring of Oath, the various teams waiting in the rest area did not see the "dense forest", they just watched as the huge ancient ritual field was shrouded in a ray of light, and the next second it disappeared into the wilderness - many people had a little commotion because of this, but after seeing that the elven affairs officers and the working teams of Typhon and Cecil were still resting quietly next to the venue, the commotion quickly quieted down.

Inside the Stone Ring of Oaths, the Silver Empress ended her "reversal" of the ceremonial altar, and after she sat down again, Gawain stood up: "Then let's begin this meeting. After so many days of meetings, many people must have realized that we have always deliberately avoided the topic, so now...... It's time to face this biggest trouble of all: about the gods of our world. ”

In the venue, which had become much deserted due to the reduction of the number of people, many delegates moved their seats slightly, some people's faces changed slightly, some people subconsciously fell into thinking, and some people clenched their fists and knocked on their foreheads, but no one exclaimed in front of this topic. As Gawain had said, after so many days of meetings, seeing the images left behind on the battlefield of Typhon-Cecil, and learning of the catastrophe that had taken place in Talrond, it would be time for any wise person to guess the contents of this closed-door meeting.

"At this point, I don't think anyone will question the authenticity of the information we saw earlier at the opening of the meeting," Gawain continued, after a brief pause, "and I would say that it is far from all—

"Cecil's side had access to this part of the truth years ago, and Typhon had been confronted with the 'dark side of the gods' even before Cecil. Even back in ancient Gondor times, some of the prophets were confronted with this dark reality, known as the 'disobedients', who spent their lives searching for a way to fight against fate......

"That's what I'm going to say: this is not a crisis that suddenly exposes mortals, in fact this crisis has been with our civilization for thousands of years, thousands of years, and many people have faced and tried to fight it for a long time, this is a 'dark river' in the development of our civilization, the vast majority of people do not know that it exists, but it has always flowed in the depths of our history."

"That sounds too general," said the leader of the Commonwealth of Northern City-States, standing up, "is there any more detailed information that will help us get to grips with the situation quickly?" ”

"Yes, the materials are placed in the secret compartment under your desk," Gawain nodded, "You can read it yourself." We explain the situation in as concise and clear a format as possible, and if you still have doubts during the reading, you can always speak. ”

Under the banner of the Oguray Clan, Vinna Bai Zhi quickly found the information Gawain had said in the lattice under the stone table—to her surprise, it was not a high-quality manuscript paper that had been widely used in the previous agenda, but a parchment scroll with a faint gloss on the surface that was clearly elven-style, and the moment she opened the scroll, she saw several shiny runes flash through the edge of the paper, a distinctive feature that made her instantly realize what it was:

A magical secret contract, the most important function of this secret contract is that it cannot be copied in any form, cannot be overwritten or tampered with in any form after it is made, cannot be taken out of a specific area, and can only be opened once.

Gawain's voice came from not far away: "In order to ensure the security of the information, we have to distribute the information in the form of a magic secret contract, this is not to doubt anyone present, but it is a matter of the gods, and the security of the process must be taken seriously." ”

The chiefs or plenipotentiaries from various countries had no doubts, they lowered their heads and began to carefully read the information stored in the magical secret contract, and with the blessing of the speed reading spell, the huge amount of information was transformed into their minds with great efficiency, and as those ancient and terrible truths and the results of recent research were revealed one by one, a solemn and solemn aura began to take shape in the stone ring of the oath.

The expressions on everyone's faces became serious, and some had even begun to gently wipe the fine sweat from their foreheads.

After a while, a female leader with long fiery red hair was the first to stand up: "Isn't there any accurate measurement of the 'countdown' mentioned here?" We don't have any way to measure it? ”

"Unfortunately, this is beyond our current knowledge," Gawain shook his head slightly, "The gods are different, and the observation of the gods itself can lead to a powerful reverse contamination - those who try to measure the countdown will mutate and die from the divine contamination before they can say anything, as was confirmed by many pioneers who died for it a thousand years ago in the time of Gondor.

"Of course, now that our technology has developed to a certain extent, Cecil is trying various means that can effectively resist divine pollution, and has achieved initial results, if our protection technology is advanced enough, maybe one day we can directly observe the kingdom of the gods, and even directly monitor the state of a god - but I don't know when this day will come."

“…… Monitoring the kingdom of God and the gods sounds like a terrible plan," another representative whispered, "but ......"

"But we have to do it," Rosetta broke the silence, and the ruler of Typhon looked at the representative with a deep and solemn gaze, "Typhon has proved with his own blood the consequences of the gods getting out of control - this countdown is real, and as long as mortal civilization is developing, it will never stop, even if we only slightly increase the average life expectancy of the people and increase the population by some people, we are increasing the change of thought and increasing the risk of the gods getting out of control." ”

"To stop the countdown, we need to stop all development, even considering that the empirical knowledge of the intelligent race itself is passively accumulated, we must consciously exterminate the population, destroy the knowledge, ban the technology, and return to the ancestral life," Beersettia said suddenly, her voice soft, but with a certain penetrating power that echoed throughout the Ring of Oath, "Who wants to accept this price?" ”

There was an instant silence in the room, and the delegates looked at each other, apparently no one willing to accept such a terrible outcome.

Not to mention...... Even if it really used such an extreme way to stop the crazy countdown of the gods, but there is more than one crisis in this world, what should the demon tide do? What about dangerous natural environments? What about the crisis in the surrounding area after the decline of national strength? No one is stupid to sit here, and no one would choose to break their limbs in order to avoid falling.

What the Silver Empress had proposed was clearly an unacceptable choice from the start.

"Then we have the most basic consensus," Gawain broke the silence at this moment, his voice calm and powerful, "The development and progress of civilization is necessary for survival, and we cannot stagnate, let alone accept regression—the change in ideology caused by this is also an inevitability." Problems don't disappear in a vacuum, they can only be solved, which is the premise of everything. ”

No one objected to this, because everything was obvious, but after a short silence, a leader from the southwest of the continent couldn't help but stand up: "So, do we have to regard the gods as enemies?" ”

"This is the first thing we are going to do in this meeting—to define the gods," Gawain glanced at the delegate quietly, then retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice, "Faith has been an important part of the life of the Loren people for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and in any case, we must recognize its positive role in the development of civilization, and this positive role is still in effect today. On the other hand, there is no real 'kingdom of the faithless' among the member states of the Alliance, all of us have their own papal forces, and religious activities are closely related to our people, and it is a fact that we cannot violently and directly separate religion from our social activities.

"Under the above two premises, are the 'gods' really our enemies?

"It was true that the rebels of a thousand years ago were defined as the enemies of civilization by believing that the gods were indeed enemies of civilization, and if they were not now, sooner or later—pioneers are respectable, but unfortunately, as our understanding progresses, we have to question what pioneers saw in the first place.

"There is growing evidence that the gods have had no subjective ill will towards civilization from the beginning to the end, and in fact their goodwill towards civilization is the mainstream due to the influence of ideology; Secondly, the madness of the gods is not the subjective will of any party, it is the result of the operation of the laws of nature, and unfortunately, no god can be responsible for this law;

"We can't go into too much detail about the 'self-help act' at this time, but I can assure you that Cecil has observed enough evidence to prove that there are signs of the gods actively breaking free from the shackles."

At this point, Gawain paused for a moment before continuing: "Therefore, I don't think we should see gods as enemies or potential enemies - they, like us, are also victims of the natural law of 'shackles of thought', and even if there is an extreme situation such as the Battle of the Hunting Gods of Winterhold, even if one day in the future a god will stand on the opposite side of civilization, we must have a clear understanding and characterization of this. ”

After finishing speaking, Gawain finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had let go of a part of the burden in his heart.

After so many twists and turns, so much information, and so many arguments, he finally completed the characterization of the relationship between God and man in the cold and unforgiving "laws" of this world—a matter that was no less significant to him than the formation of a community alliance for himself.

Only when everything is fixed can there be a clear direction.

While breathing a sigh of relief, he also noticed the change in the expressions on the faces of each representative under the stone pillars.

Nearly a third of the delegates were visibly relieved, their expressions were still serious, but their faces were no longer so tense, and there was even some kind of inexplicable brilliance shining from their eyes......

Gawain sighed softly in his heart.

In this world, it is impossible for too many people to truly "give up" their gods after all, even if it is a royal power that is naturally opposed to theocracy, they are only opposed to the secular priestly power, not the gods who protect the world.