Early the next morning, Gwen and Amber went to Agundor's Supreme Council Hall. They had decided to head to the West Coast in advance to confirm the situation of the tower.
The polar night was still in effect, so even if it was theoretically 'daytime', the sun was still hovering below the horizon. Only a dim glow from the horizon diffused from the end of the plain. The light of the magic stone lamp illuminated the corridor. Black dragon girl Koretta walked in front of Gwen and Amber. The footsteps of the three echoed in the slightly empty space. They had come to Helagol's office.
A short, red-haired young female Dragon pushed open the door and came out. She was surprised to see Gwen and others here so early in the morning, and then her eyes fell on Koretta. After a brief greeting, the young female Dragon hurriedly left the corridor.
"That's Belanta, the caretaker in charge of taking care of the Young Dragon …" After the other party left, Koretta showed a somewhat curious expression and whispered softly, "Why would she come to see the leader at this time …"
But then she shook her head and put this matter aside for the time being. She stepped forward and helped Gwen open the door of the office. "Please come in. The leader is already waiting for you two inside."
Gwen and Amber stepped into Helagol's office. Under the bright light, they saw the leader of the Dragons sitting behind the desk. But to their surprise, another familiar figure was also in the room.
Melita Pânia was standing not far from the desk. When Gwen and Amber came in, the blue dragon lady also turned around at the same time. Her eyes met with Gwen's, and both of them looked a little surprised.
But today, Gwen came here to discuss important matters with Helagol, so he just greeted Melita briefly. His eyes then fell on the leader of the Dragons behind the desk. The blond, elegant, former Dragon Priest looked up and smiled at Gwen. Then his expression turned serious. "Is it related to the Tide-Defying Tower?"
Before Gwen could speak, a look of surprise appeared on his face. He raised his eyebrows. "How did you know I was going to talk about this?"
"Looks like I guessed right," Helagol said in a low voice, but his expression became more serious. "Please take a seat. Tell me about the situation on your side. Why did you decide to leave early? Is there a change in the situation of the great adventurer? Is there a new clue pointing to the tower? "
Gwen glanced at Amber beside him and sat down on the chair beside the desk. With a serious expression, he said, "Amber 'treated' Modir. Through her unique talent in the Shadow Realm, we found a way to control the process of Modir's' mutation '. Although the mechanism is unknown, we may have coincidentally activated part of the great adventurer's missing memory. He mentioned the tower, and … he mentioned a' loophole '."
Helagol frowned instantly. "A loophole?"
Gwen nodded and told him what happened to Modir in detail. He did not miss any details, especially the things that Modir mentioned in his muddled state. Although many of the things that the great adventurer mentioned were incomprehensible to Gwen and Amber, Helagol, who had lived for a long time, might be able to pick up some clues from the fragmented descriptions.
"He recalled the tower …" After listening to Gwen's story, Helagol's frown deepened. He slowly said, "And it sounds like he recalled not only the tower, but another place that was closely related to the tower in his memory …"
"Yes, he mentioned another entrance," Gwen said, nodding. "Amber and I didn't understand what he was referring to, and he didn't know either. But according to the information we have now, Modir Werder's journey to Tarlonde was only to the Tower of the Tide-Reversal. Then he was sent back to the Loren Continent by the Dragon God. After that, he did not mention anything about the Tower of the Tide-Reversal in his travels, unless … the 'other entrance' he was referring to was on the Loren Continent, and his journey to the other entrance happened a long time after he left Tarlonde, in a period that was not recorded in his book, Modir's Travels."
"Entrance … hole … The key is what these words mean," Helagol said in a low voice. "He must have seen something in the tower, and what he saw was hidden from the gods."
"This is what I want to confirm in the tower," Gwen said, nodding. "Arrange a trip to the Western Continent for us as soon as possible. According to the previous timetable, the Winter is about to arrive. It will stop directly on the sea between the Tower of the Tide-Reversal and the West Coast to pick us up. I also need you to arrange some powerful Dragons as backup. The Winter can serve as an outpost base for the Giant Dragon in human form, and it can also provide firepower support. If it's a 'contamination' related to the gods, I can try to solve it. If some more conventional 'hostile units' emerge from the tower, we may need the Dragons' cover. "
"You're going to … 'fight' with the legacy left behind by the Voyager?" Helagol looked at Gwen in surprise.
"Just in case. What if some ancient weapon comes out of the tower and goes out of control? Against that kind of thing, the conventional forces should still be able to come in handy. "Gwen shook his head." But if the situation is really out of control, the conventional forces will definitely be no match for it. I have to use some 'ultimate means'. "
Helagol looked deeply at Gwen. He knew what the 'ultimate means' Gwen was talking about.
"I'll arrange it immediately," the leader of the Dragons said in a low voice. "In fact, before you came here, I had already made the arrangements. Melita will go with you, and bring along Agundor's most elite warriors."
Gwen remembered that Helagol had mentioned the Tower of the Tide as soon as he entered the room. He then looked at Melita thoughtfully. "It seems that you have found something here … What happened?"
"Young Dragon." Melita sighed softly with a hint of worry on her face. "Last night, Melly and Nolei seemed to be attracted by some invisible force. They shouted in the direction of the Tower of the Tide for a long time, and then the 'magic marks' on their bodies nearly doubled overnight …"
"Two little ones?!" Gwen was a little nervous. After all, he had watched the two Young Dragon grow up, so he naturally cared about them. "Are they okay?"
"Fortunately, there seems to be no problem with their bodies." Melita nodded. "And their condition has stabilized this morning. But what's disturbing is that … it's not just the two of them."
Amber could not help but interject. "It's not just the two of them?"
"All the Young Dragon with the 'Dark Blue Magic Mark' have the same condition." Helagol's voice came from the side, low and powerful. "At the same time, the same 'symptoms': the scale of the marks on their bodies enlarged, as if they were resonating with some invisible source of power. They were restless in the direction of the Tower of the Tide, and the situation gradually stabilized in the morning. Although there is no problem physically, but … "
The leader of the Dragons put his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly, and looked at Gwen solemnly. "At first, we thought that the magic marks were just 'marks' that appeared on the Young Dragon due to the influence of the magic surging in the Dark Blue Network, but now I have to suspect that … there is a deeper reason for the appearance of that thing."
"When did the Young Dragon's abnormal condition start?" Amber suddenly asked Melita.
"I knew you would ask this." Melita nodded. "It was almost after you completed the 'treatment' of Mr. Modir."
"… Well, then this is' interesting '." Amber's mouth twitched. "Tell me, when are we leaving?"
Melita took a breath and looked at Amber and Gwen. "Now."
…
At the same time, the buffer plain between Typhon and Cecil, the Contracted Castle.
Bright arcane flames gushed out from the top of the three energy towers, and under the effect of a series of restraining devices and channeling devices, they were gathered, focused, and poured into the energy conduits and magical crystals. The massive energy-channeling devices floated slowly in the morning light, and began to rotate with a low humming sound.
Cold and swift winds blew from the northern mountains, but before they could approach the Contract Fortress, they would be deflected and dispersed by the massive energy field that flowed here, turning into a disorderly turbulence that swept wantonly across the wilderness near the fortress. Dust and dried grass were swept into the air, whistling as they circled in the desolate wilderness, and in the face of the sudden change of weather, the birds and beasts that lived in the wilderness had already taken refuge in advance.
Since the Second Pioneer Era, the most powerful and purest energy system ever created by humans was successfully ignited in the depths of the cold plains. Massive energy that the mages of the old era could not imagine was gathered here, and began to be directed to the center of the entire facility according to plan. It was directed to the portal placed in the main hall of the castle, and around the portal were layers and layers of protective barriers and … fuse units.
In the main hall of the castle, all kinds of magical devices had been activated. The massive magical array that covered the entire floor and the entire dome was emitting a constant and gentle radiance. Energy conduits were arranged in an orderly manner on the walls around the hall. Streaks of pure arcane flames flowed endlessly in those energy conduits, and silver-white alloy 'magic-conducting tracks' extended from under the floor, connecting those energy conduits and the buried power center. More than ten control nodes were distributed in various areas of the hall. Those nodes were based on expensive and precise alloys, and above them floated magic crystals or magic-conducting terminals that could be used to monitor the portal.
Nervous and busy technicians were busily moving between those devices that would frighten normal people, and checking all the systems one last time. Kamel was floating right in front of the portal, and beside him was the Legendary mage from Typhon, Windsor Mappel.
Voices of orders came from all over the hall.
"All energy towers successfully ignited! Output power reached standard value — arcane energy conduit readings are stable! "
"Power rail status normal, all energy conduits connected normal, level one conversion normal, level two conversion normal!"
"The Inversion Formation is on standby, ready to withstand the impact of divine power at any time …"
"All defense systems are normal. Mind defense system activated, humanity barrier activated, connected to neural network … Received identification code of the Computing Center of the Cecil Empire, signal feedback normal!"
"Psionic Songster on standby …"
Kamel looked up slightly. Those voices of orders seemed to be fading away. He looked at the portal that had entered the 'preheating' state, and watched as bright blue flames began to jump between its arc-shaped frames, and the alloy ring covered with runes slowly floated to the top of the portal. In the slightly distorted light and shadow in the center of the device, he seemed to see some images that had long been buried in the depths of his memory, and some figures that had long left this world …
"Finally …" Windsor Mappel's voice came from the side, and there was unconcealable excitement and emotion in her voice. "We have finally waited for this day … Two hundred years, Typhon has been silently preparing for this for two hundred years …"
"The rebels have been waiting for this day for a thousand years, my lady." The yellowed images in Kamel's mind gradually dissipated. He turned his head, and two jumping arcane lights were reflected in her eyes. "And if we count those pioneers who had struggled and failed in the past, the 'mortals' have probably waited even longer for this day."
Windsor Mappel nodded slightly. She looked at the strange runes on the ground near the portal, the magical Net terminals in every corner of the hall, and the Cecil soldiers in strange light armor who were on standby not far away. She could not help but ask, "Can these defenses resist the 'contamination' that may occur during the experiment?"
"Theoretically, the divine kingdom of the God of War is already 'harmless' to us mortals of this generation. Even if we face the divine body of the God of War, we will not be contaminated," Kamel said solemnly. "Of course, if you are talking about accidents, we must always be prepared for accidents. These protective runes have been tested for a long time, and your Majesty can confirm their effect. Those magical Net terminals can broadcast the 'psionic song' that reverberates in the neural network to the entire experiment facility. This kind of penetrating psionic vibration has a more active and more powerful purification and protection effect than the protective runes. And those soldiers … they are psionic songsters, a special unit specially trained to fight against divine contamination. On the battlefield of Winter Castle, they have directly confronted the divine power of the God of War. They have been tested in actual combat. "
Windsor Mabel listened to Kamel's explanation and slowly nodded. However, she couldn't help but look at the position of the 'Psionic Songsters'. She looked at the strange floating device behind them that had a diameter of several meters and was tightly wrapped in a layer of metal shell. She couldn't help but frown. "What is that thing? Is it also a part of the defense system? I have not seen any description of it in the previous data … "
"My Lady, this is confidential information. Even if we are working closely together, some things should not be disclosed." Kamel's voice seemed to have a hint of a smile. "I can only tell you that that thing is an important support for the psionic songsters and a good partner of the Cecil people. If the cooperation between our two countries can be closer, and the technological exchange in the future can be further advanced, it may appear on our trade list. By then, you will naturally know what it is."
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