There was an eerie silence in the hall.

The outer shell of the metal box had been fully opened by the mechanism, and the contents contained within it were revealed to everyone—the thought of "this little pony must be entertaining me" vanished in Gawain's mind with the appearance of the pale golden orb, and if nothing else, he was sure of one thing: it was a dragon egg......

The dragons, the dragons who survived the collapse of Tarrond, the dragons who sent messengers across the northern ice ocean and thousands of mountains and rivers to establish diplomatic relations after the heavy loss, they went to such great lengths to send themselves a dragon egg.

Common sense judged that if Melita's head hadn't been broken in the previous war, she wouldn't have joked with herself about the origin of this egg.

After two full minutes of silence, Gawain finally broke the silence: "...... The goddess you're talking about is Enya, right? ”

Melita's expression was a little complicated, and she whispered with a sigh, "Yes - the god who sheltered and locked up Talrond again, Enya...... Now I can call His name directly. ”

"So what the hell does this egg mean?" For the first time, Gawain felt that his head was a little insufficient, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and it took a lot of effort to keep his tone calm, "Why did your gods leave a will for you to give me this egg?" No, and more importantly - why is there such an egg? ”

As soon as Gawain's words fell, Amber on the side suddenly showed a little strange look, and the half-elf brush turned her head suddenly, her eyes looked directly at Gawain's face, and her face was full of expressions of wanting to speak and stopping - she was undoubtedly brewing a bold speech of about eight hundred words, but the basic sense of crisis and survival consciousness were still in play, so that those bold remarks were temporarily held in her stomach.

No kidding, Amber is still very confident in her own strength, she knows that if she says the bold idea in her head, Gawain can shoot herself to the ceiling with a green onion - she is experienced in this matter.

But not everyone has such a sense of crisis as Amber - Rebecca, who was standing on the side and was concentrating on studying the dragon egg, suddenly turned her head and said casually: "Ancestor! Didn't you say how many times you talked to that dragon god? Could it be that I accidentally left ...... at that time?"

As soon as the stupid roe deer was halfway through her words, Hetty raised her hand and pressed it on her shoulder, and the conditioned reflex from childhood to adulthood took effect instantly, and Rebecca's whole person was obviously excited, and the rest of the words were swallowed back......

Gawain glanced at Rebecca silently, and then looked at Hetty, whose face had darkened, with a gentle smile on his face: "Forget it, there are outsiders present now." ”

Rebecca: "......"

Melita stood aside, curiously watching the scene in front of her, watching Gawain's interactions with her family - it was a strange feeling, because she had never imagined that a person like Gawain, who looked serious and had a lot of aura, would have such a relaxed and fun atmosphere when she was with her family in private, and on the other hand, as a "professional employee" of a biochemical company, she had never experienced what it was like to have a similar family life.

She had never felt anything wrong with the synergists, work schedules, and omega systems that had arranged almost all of her life in the past, but at a certain moment now, she felt a little ...... Envy.

But soon, she got rid of this strange emotion and shook her head: "Ahem, I don't really want to disturb you, but I still have to explain about this dragon egg."

"First of all, I don't really know what this dragon egg is...... Even our leaders have not yet figured this out, and now we can only determine that it is a relic of the departure of our gods, but the mechanism is not yet clear.

"Secondly, the gods also left some words when they left Yu Ling to entrust the dragon eggs to you, these messages are of great significance, I hope you will listen carefully."

Seeing the extremely serious expression on Melita's face, Gawain instantly realized that this matter was not trivial, his attention quickly focused, and he looked at the other party's eyes seriously: "What message?" ”

Melita cleared her throat and said solemnly, "Number one: 'Gods' are a natural phenomenon that will never die in nature......"

She repeated the words that Calador had relayed to herself before leaving, word for word, and as the listener, Gawain's expression changed from the moment he heard the first message, and after that, his tense face never relaxed for a moment, until two seconds after Melita had finished speaking, his eyes rolled, and then his gaze fell on the pale golden dragon egg, which was still standing quietly on the pedestal at the bottom of the metal box, emitting a constant shimmer, There is no response to the gaze around it, and it seems to be sealed with infinite secrets inside.

At this moment, Gawain couldn't help but think of the first thing he had just heard: gods, as a natural phenomenon, will never die in nature......

The dragon god, nominally the patron saint of the dragon race, is also in essence a collection of symbolic divinities, and the dragon has been revered by all the natural phenomena that the mortal race has revered since its birth—fire, frost, thunder, life, death, and even nature itself...... All of this is gathered on the dragon god, and as the dragon successfully breaks through the shackles of adulthood, these "awe" also disappear, so the dragon god as some kind of "aggregate" ...... Will He eventually disintegrate into the most primitive symbolic concepts and return to the "deep sea", or will he leave some kind of remnant of humanity as a result of the gathering of humanity?

"The necessary element of the third story...... Gawain muttered softly, his eyes never taking off the dragon egg, he suddenly became a little curious, and looked at Melita on the side, "Does this necessary element refer to this egg, or the four summary conclusions?" ”

"We don't know either...... God's will is always vague, but it is also possible that we have limited understanding," Melita shook her head, "maybe both?" At the end of the day, we don't know enough about the gods, and in this regard, you seem to have some special gift for easily comprehending many metaphors about the gods. ”

She lifted her eyelids and looked into Gawain's eyes, "So do you know what the gods mean by the 'third story'?" Before leaving, our leader asked me to ask you: Is there really any other choice for mortals? ”

Gawain was silent, thinking quietly in silence, he pondered carefully for a long time before he spoke in a low tone: "Actually, I have been thinking about this since the fall of the God of War...... Gods are born because of the trend of thought, but they also become the catastrophe of mortals because of the change of thought, and the end of the countdown in submission is one way, and it is also one way to seek survival in killing gods, and as for the third way...... I've been thinking about the possibility of 'coexistence'. ”

"It sounds hard." Melita said very bluntly.

"It's hard, but we're not without progress - we've managed to strip gods like the 'High Narrator' of divinity, and we've somehow 'freed' the shackles with the gods of nature and magic, and we're still trying to cut off the gods of light in a subtle way," Gawain said as he thought, knowing that dragons are natural allies in the cause of disobedience, and that they have now managed to break free from their chains. So he didn't have to keep anything to say in front of Melita, "The only problem now is that all these 'success stories' are too harsh, and behind each success there are irreproducible limitations, and there are so many gods that humans have to face......"

"And there will always be new gods born," Melita said, "and you can't be sure that all the gods will be willing to cooperate with your plan of 'coexistence' - mortals are inherently changeable, and changeable mortals bring with them changing currents of thought, which dooms you to treat the gods as some kind of 'mass production model', every god you have to face...... All of them are unique 'cases'. ”

"No matter how unique an individual is, there will be a common logic behind it, at least 'born of thought' is their common logic," Gawain said very seriously, "so I now have a plan based on an alliance of mortal nations, which I will call the 'Theocratic Council.'" ”

Melita was stunned for a moment, quickly understanding the possible meaning behind this word, her eyes gradually widened, and she looked at Gawain in shock: "You want to control the thoughts of mortals?" ”

Then, without waiting for Gawain to answer, she shook her head again: "This is almost equivalent to controlling the minds of all mortals...... Regardless of whether it can be successful or not, this kind of behavior itself may lead to resistance from everyone...... Unless you're going to build an omega system like we do, but the cost of doing so isn't affordable for all races......"

"So what I'm not trying to do is 'control,'" Gawain laughed, "In fact, according to our recent research, it's the overly controlled currents of thought that make the gods extremely powerful and constantly regenerating, so what we're going to do is ...... Not to control all minds, but to liberate all minds. ”

The room was silent for a while, Melita seemed to be frightened by Gawain's overly grandiose and even somewhat daring idea, she thought for a long time, and finally noticed that Hetty, Amber and even Rebecca had very natural expressions on their faces at the scene, which made her think: "It looks like ...... You've been working on this plan for a while. ”

"We have verified the initial results of the transformation of the Church of the Light, and we have verified its theoretical feasibility in the chaotic model of the neural network, and we believe that this can be achieved through a long period of social restructuring, education and change of customs – and even in a short period of time, it can produce quite good results," Gawain said, "The key problem now is that the other countries on the continent will not necessarily accept all this directly, so we need a theocratic council, I hope to reach a basic consensus among the leaders of at least some countries, and then to promote this change through gradual economic and cultural influences and technological developments. ”

Melita looked at Gawain and thought for a long time, then suddenly smiled: "I think I probably understand what you're going to do." Is the universalization of education at the world level, and the use of economic and technological development to force society to change customs...... It's really you, you even call it all 'theocracy'. ”

Gawain raised his eyebrows: "Sounds like you're interested in this?" ”

"Yes, I'm personally interested—but whether the dragons are interested or not depends on when we can see a more detailed plan," Melita said with a smile, "Anyway, you don't even have a plan, do you?" ”

"Of course, there is as much information as you need," Gawain said, but then he suddenly reacted, "But do you really need it?" You have broken free from that shackle by your own efforts...... The dragons are now the only 'free race' in this world besides the Kraken, right? ”

"Why not?" Melita asked rhetorically, and her expression became serious, "It's true that the dragons are now free, but as long as we know a little about the rules of this world, we know that this 'freedom' is actually only temporary. The gods are immortal...... And as long as the tendencies of 'ignorance' and 'blindness' in the minds of mortals remain, sooner or later the shackles will come back. There are only two things that the survivors of Talrond are most concerned about right now, one is how to survive in the wasteland, and the other is how to prevent the gods from coming back in the near future, both of which keep us awake. ”

She raised her head and looked into Gawain's eyes, "So, maybe your 'Theocratic Council' is a good medicine that can cure the problem, even if it can't...... It was at least a successful fumping. ”

"I've been a bit surprised by this assessment," Gawain said earnestly, "then I'll get you all the information as soon as I can—but one thing I want to make sure, can you represent the wishes of all the dragons in Tallrond?" ”

Melita met Gawain's gaze, her expression solemnized, and she said word by word, "This time, I have full authority to represent Talrond. ”

Gawain nodded, and then his expression relaxed, and a smile returned to his face: "Alright, we've talked about enough heavy topics, maybe it's time to discuss something else." ”

As his words fell, the atmosphere of the scene quickly became relaxed, and Rebecca, who was listening carefully with her neck bent, finally had a chance to take a breath, she immediately blinked, reached out and touched the pale golden dragon egg, and broke the silence with a curious expression: "Actually, I wanted to ask from just now...... The egg is said to be given to us, but what are we going to do with it? ”

"Not for you, it's for Gawain Cecil himself—there are some differences," Melita immediately corrected Rebecca, and then showed a somewhat confused expression, "As for what to do with this dragon egg...... Actually, I don't know. When I set off, I only said that I would hand it over, and no one told me what I needed to do next. ”

Amber, who never spoke much, thought for a moment, pinched her chin and said tentatively, "Or...... Let's try to hatch it? ”

(End of chapter)