Chapter 1109: The Next Road
The scenes from the last time he had met Enya began to spin back and forth in Gawain's mind, and they lingered all the time—the lingering images quickly contrasted with the reality in front of him, making the atmosphere in the hatchery even more strange, to the point that Enya fell silent.
In the end, it was Gawain who took the lead in breaking this embarrassment: "So, you don't know why you became this form? So how did you plan it in the first place? ”
"Time was short, and I only had time to finish the rough cut...... The future development is completely unplanned," Enya said very calmly, it seems that after unloading the burden of "gods", even her personality has undergone some subtle changes, the most obvious change is that she now speaks much more bluntly, "In fact, I am not even sure that the part of my humanity can be preserved, and I am not sure if the part of humanity that remains is not the individual 'Enya'." I thought I was going to be in some kind of spirit-like state...... Like the soul of a mortal, or ...... An ordinary dragon. I was surprised by how I looked now. ”
Gawain glanced at the golden dome with a strange expression, and couldn't help but say, "I was quite surprised to hear the words 'no plan' from the mouth of an ancient and forbearant god like you. ”
There seemed to be a hint of a smile in Enya's tone, "I'm not a god anymore—and I remember saying from the beginning that gods are neither omniscient nor omnipotent. ”
Gawain nodded slightly, and then thoughtfully uttered some of his conjectures: "Could this have some kind of symbolic meaning?" Dragon Egg ...... This can be seen as the initial state of life of the dragons, and in the notion of many mortal races in Loren, the infant who has not yet been born or has not yet taken the first breath is the 'purest stage' of mortals, and I think the dragon egg can also correspond in the same way: it symbolizes the first and purest humanity, which is the state you are now. ”
“…… Is the ultimate humanity hidden behind the divinity, this is really an interesting and bold theory, worthy of you," Enya's voice sounded quite pleasant, she seemed to be interested in Gawain's statement, "It seems that your 'research' can be more substantial." ”
Gawain accepted Enya's compliment, but then he felt a little awkward: although the atmosphere of the conversation was good, the more strange it became to see an egg discussing why the other person had become an egg......
"What are you thinking?" Enya's voice broke the silence and woke Gawain from his thoughts, he quickly coughed twice, and then looked at the other party's eggshell curiously: "Then what are your plans for the future?" ”
"I'd like to hear your thoughts," Enya said a little lazily, "I've been thinking and planning for many, many years, and I don't want to plan anything anymore, and you're a ...... 'human' with endless new ideas, and I'd like to hear your opinion." ”
"My opinion?" Gawain was not surprised by this response, but it was a bit difficult to give an answer - the main difficulty was that he had never thought that this egg would have theoretically fallen in the Battle of Talrond, which caused all his previous plans for this egg to have to be overturned, "I don't think I can plan any future for you, I just think...... Now that you have been completely reborn, and Tarlund has ended its mythical age as you say, it is time for all things to start over...... The Dragons will start a new era of their own in the newly formed Alliance, and you should try a new life...... God is born ...... I mean the egg is ......."
Feeling that this topic was getting stranger and stranger the more he talked about it, Gawain had to stop awkwardly, and then looked up and down at the pattern on Enya's eggshell: "I'd better confirm first-you won't be in this form forever, right?" Since it is an egg, there must be a time when it hatches, and the life before and after the shell is definitely different. ”
“…… I'm thinking about this these days, too," Enya's tone became a little serious, "I've been trying to master my state after being surprised to realize that I've turned into an egg, but it's not going well, my strength is much, much weaker than when I was a god...... But I don't think I'll be like this forever. I can feel that my humanity is still coalescing and changing, and as this process continues, I should gradually detach myself from my current state and have the opportunity to guide myself to reinvent myself...... It's just hard to know how long it will take. ”
"It's good to hatch." Gawain smiled and nodded, he was sincerely happy for Enya - no matter how long the process she said would take, it was better to regain a normal form than to maintain the appearance of an egg, after all, not everyone is like Nicholas Egg, the racial identity is born round......
He was smiling, but Enya's tone was a little strange: "But I have something to say: can you remove the runes or something from this room?" This doesn't do anything for my ...... 'hatching'. ”
Gao Wen was a little embarrassed when he heard this expression, he looked up and looked around at the runes that could be seen everywhere in the room, and at the same time heard Enya's voice continue to come: "This is the method that the dragons taught you, but it is difficult for you to bother to arrange this room." ”
"It's true that they taught it, mainly because your situation was unknown at the beginning, and I thought you had to be placed in the energy field," Gao Wen coughed dryly, "Ahem, anyway, I will arrange for someone to restore the room to an ordinary room as soon as possible." Anything else? ”
"Let me think about it," Enya said slowly, thinking about it, "well, I don't need a bed or anything like that right now, but you can bring me a table and some shelves for the newspapers and books that I have put in order, and some chairs that I can sit on when the guests come." In addition, I am actually a little interested in your 'magic web terminal'...... If so, can you install one in this room? Although I can't move, I should be able to control it directly with mana. ”
Standing aside for a long time without speaking, Hetty, who had finally adapted to this strange scene, nodded when he heard this: "The tables, chairs and bookshelves are very well arranged, and they can be delivered today, but the magic net terminal ......"
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Gao Wen and asked for the opinion of her ancestors.
The Magic Net terminal is a special device that is connected to the Magic Net, which in turn carries the neural network...... Although Enya is no longer the "gods" of the dragon clan now, her origin is sensitive after all, can she let such an existence that once had the name of a god access to the magic network terminal, and even give her the opportunity to contact a huge group of mortals through the Internet...... Hetty didn't dare to make a decision on this matter.
Gawain's eyes narrowed slightly, but what he thought of at this moment was the report from the Imperial Computing Center that he received on the way back, as well as the project proposal document jointly sent by Megael III, Yuri, and Wendy...... Well, he really can't tell from the surface of an egg whether the other party is patient or not.
In short, it seems that this matter is just the time to enter the next stage, when it is time to try to get the "gods" to actively contact the neural network and make the anti-god barrier officially operate, since Enya took the initiative to ask, Gawain is happy to accept - in the field involving gods, there is never too little observation sample, let alone an observation sample that is completely different from the situation of the giant deer Ammon, a completely "humanized" god from another race, how much valuable experience can she bring to the Theocratic Council?
"I can arrange that," Gawain said to the Golden Dome after finishing his thoughts, "but you'll need to wait two or three days - your equipment needs to be customized, and we need to consider some 'security issues'. ”
"That's understandable," Enya chuckled softly, "I remember you were a very cautious person...... There is an extra cautious approach. ”
This former dragon god meant something, which reminded Gawain of the "track fall countdown" method that he had to take in order to deter the other party, but these things have become a thing of the past, and now after mentioning it, it can only cause the parties to laugh.
"Hetty, you go and arrange it," Gawain turned to his great-granddaughter on the side, "By the way, send someone to the machine shop again, we need a set of 'custom terminals'." ”
"Yes, Ancestor." Hetty bowed, then took the order to retreat and leave the room.
Hetty left, Betty remained next to Enya and Gawain, the dumbfounded maid listened to the conversation between the host and the guest, and always felt that she had heard something amazing, but when she thought about it, she found that she didn't seem to understand anything, which made her head begin to be confused, until Ms. Enya's voice suddenly sounded from the side, which made her suddenly sober up: "Betty, can you help prepare some refreshments?" I'm going to talk a little more with your master. ”
"Ah, okay!"
Betty trotted all the way out of the room, and Gawain looked at the scene in front of him with some surprise, and after a long time, he couldn't help but say to Enya, "It seems that you have a good relationship...... This is a surprise. ”
"Why is it surprising?"
"It's hard for me to imagine that girl talking to you on a regular basis, she sometimes seems to be dumbfounded, and she is not good at dealing with strangers, and you ...... To be honest, the style gap between you is too big. ”
"Betty is a good person to talk to, maybe even the only suitable person to talk to here besides you," Enya's voice came from the golden eggshell, "Not everyone can greet and talk calmly after seeing an egg speak, Betty does—she has a calm and peaceful mind that ordinary people don't have." ”
"Calm and peaceful...... So that's how you see her," Gawain's expression was a little strange for a moment, but he quickly smiled with relief, "Okay, that's fine, sometimes it's a kind of calmness if you can't react." It's just that I'm a little curious, why didn't the other squires and guards working around here find out after talking to her for so many days? This should not only be the reason why Betty is tight-lipped, but Hetty just has no time to pay attention. ”
Enya was silent for a moment before she said slightly apologetically, "I'm sorry, I admit that I did use a little trick...... I didn't want to be disturbed, I just wanted to rest for a few days, so I slightly affected the judgment of the people around me, but only to divert their attention from the hatchery. And it turns out that the influence I exert didn't work perfectly—someone eventually noticed the anomaly and lured you in, didn't they? ”
Gawain sighed: "Okay, I can understand your desire to rest after such a big turmoil, but it will ...... later"
"Don't worry, it won't be in the future," Enya replied happily without waiting for Gawain to finish, "Since I want to stay with you for the time being, I will still abide by the basic etiquette." ”
It was a bit of a surprise that the former god seemed to rightfully consider himself a long-term tenant here, but Gawain didn't say anything: it was something he was happy to see, and although the process seemed a little weird, the result was not bad.
And after this little episode, before Betty returns from the refreshments, Gawain quickly brings the conversation to something very important.
"There's something I have to talk to you about," he looked at Enya's eggshell, his expression becoming solemn, "Although the mythical age of Tallund is over, and you are no longer their god, there is one thing you should not forget - the tower located in the northwest of the continent of Tallrond, what are you going to do?" ”
"Is there something wrong with that tower?"
There was no expression on the sleek eggshell, and it was difficult for Gawain to judge what kind of emotion Enya was just from the tone of the other party's response, so he could only consider the words as he spoke: "Not yet, but the threat of that tower is obvious." Now that Talrond was almost completely destroyed, the remaining dragons could barely maintain order in the southeastern corner of the continent, unable to maintain the blockade of the tower. Now that there's only one weak observation post over there, and communication between the outpost and the rear is difficult, our biggest concern at the moment is what if an uncontrolled dragon gets close to the tower and becomes contaminated...... It is likely that the polluters will break through the lines of the observation post and spread the power of the tide to the continent of Loren. ”
Enya's voice fell silent for a moment.
It didn't take long for a calm and slightly apologetic voice to come from the Golden Dome again: "I'm sorry, I probably can't help much. ”
Gawain didn't speak.
"I know it's irresponsible, but now it's really out of control...... Lost my control, and lost the control of Tallrond," Enya's voice continued, with a sigh in her tone, "And you know, even in Tallrond's heyday, we couldn't do anything with that tower - dragons can't fight against the divinity of the tide, and dragons can't fight against the legacy of the Voyager, so even then, all we can do is seal off the sea around the tower and keep other intelligent beings from approaching." It was so in its heyday, and now it'......"
Gawain looked at the golden dome and finally sighed: "Well, it's actually an expected answer. There is no need to apologize, and I don't have much hope myself. ”
The room fell silent again, and after another moment, Enya suddenly said, "Perhaps, in the end, it is up to you to have the ability to solve everything." ”
"Me?" Gawain raised an eyebrow, "You're asking me to settle that tower?" ”
"Remember what you used to scare me?" Enya said calmly, "The legacy of the Voyager...... After all, it will be destroyed with equal force, and it should be for the sake of those surviving dragons to use the discarded protocol on that tower. ”
(I can't keep up with the energy of running so far to have a meeting, and I may have to take a leave of absence tomorrow, sorry sorry = .) =)