Amber was not the only one who felt that way. To every explorer who had just returned from the Sentinel Mother Ports, this feeling of relief was unavoidable. Even though the God of War's Divine Kingdom was still considered a dangerous place for mortals, there was a difference between "existential danger" and "indescribable danger".
"Anyway, the Divine Kingdom of War is still a place where we can control the situation." Even Victoria, who had always been cold and distant, could not help but speak up after hearing Amber's words. "The things left behind by the Sentinels give me a feeling that they are completely uncontrollable and unpredictable … I can only say that we still know very little about the things left behind by the Voyager."
Madam Windsor Mappel and Solider Knight who were there to greet them had also come up to them. Windsor was the first to come up to Daniel with a smile on her face. "I'm so relieved to see that you have returned safely. Did the trip go well?"
"There were many discoveries." Daniel nodded with an indifferent expression. "We have seen other divine kingdoms, but more importantly, we have uncovered the secret of the Sentinels. I will tell you in detail when we get back."
The white dragon, Noretta, also greeted her best friend who had just transformed into her human form. The two fledglings, on the other hand, rushed into their mother's arms faster than her. The little ones were shouting excitedly and bumping their heads against Melita's arms and stomach. Melita had to use both her hands and legs to cope with the overly enthusiastic 'greeting'. "Alright, alright, stop fooling around... Do you miss your mother? Did you listen to Mommy at home? "
"What you said sounds strange. Logically speaking, it is true." White Dragon Noretta came up to her friend with a smile. "Looking at your expression … the results of this trip are not simple."
"It's more than that." Melita pressed on the heads of the two Young Dragon and looked at Gwen not far away. Her expression was complicated as she said, "I kind of remember the time when I blew up two hearts at once. My blood pressure hasn't dropped since this trip …"
"We need to return to Cecil City as soon as possible, Knight Solider," Gwen said quickly as he came before the white Knight while looking up at Victoria. Beside the Ice Duchess, an invisible magic was holding up a frozen ice cube. Vines and two inconspicuous pinkish-white flowers could be seen in the crystal clear cube. Under the confinement of the magic ice, the plants remained frozen. "We need to send something back immediately."
"Yes, Your Majesty," the high-ranking combat monk Solider replied in a low voice. A deep and heavy voice came from the white Knight's helmet. Solider then said, "Also, there's an emergency report."
Gwen was about to hand over the information about the sentries and propose the follow-up exploration plan. But he heard the unusual seriousness in the voice of the heavy-armored priest in front of him. He immediately raised his eyebrows and asked, "Emergency?"
"News from the Kingdom of the Sirens. Our deep-sea allies have found an anomaly in the Deep Blue Net in the water element field. They have 'salvaged' some man-made object of unknown purpose and principle from the flow of magic veins. They suspect that it may be related to the cultists of the End of All Things cult in the wasteland," Knight Solider said in an unusually serious tone. "Now they have shared the structure and preliminary analysis of the object with Cecil City. But both Lady Jenny and Her Highness Rebecca have encountered … technical obstacles."
"The Deep Blue Net … The sirens have 'salvaged' something from the Deep Blue Net?" Gwen was stunned. First, he was shocked by the shocking action of the sirens. Then, he focused on the second half of Solider Knight Solider's words. "You're saying that Jenny and Rebecca can't understand what the sirens have salvaged? What about the other scholars of the empire? "
Although Jenny and Rebecca were the absolute authorities in the field of modern runes and magical engineering, they were still lacking in experience and accumulation. In the field of 'erudition', they might not necessarily be better than the traditional mages and scholars. Facing the mysterious object that the sirens had 'salvaged', perhaps the knowledgeable scholars of the old era would be able to see something.
However, Solider Knight Solider just shook his head and said, "No progress. Madam Heti has even gathered the academic community of Saint Sunil, but no one has seen that thing … or even heard of it."
Gwen frowned. He could not help but think of the discussion he had with Kamel and the others at the Sentinel Mother Port not long ago about the 'Elven Twins' in the wasteland possibly using the power of the cultists to do something in the Deep Blue Net. He did not expect a suspicious clue to surface so quickly. He turned his head and looked at Windsor Mappel and the scholars of Typhon next to him. He then turned back and frowned as he asked the heavy-armor priest in front of him, "Have you sent the relevant information to Typhon and the Silver Empire?"
"Yes, according to the alliance's joint defense agreement against major world-class disasters, we have sent this information to the leaders of the two countries." Solider Knight Solider nodded and said, "But …"
"But we have no clue," Madam Windsor Mappel said worriedly. "The feedback from the Silver Empire is the same. It is something completely unknown to mortals today, using incomprehensible technology and design ideas. Although the cultists in the wasteland are most likely to be the cultists, we don't understand how a group of cultists who have sealed themselves in the Gondor wasteland could create such a thing, and they have even mastered the technology to open the Deep Blue Net and insert material into it … "
"It seems that the situation is as we have speculated …" Facing Madam Windsor's confusion, Gwen just sighed and turned to Kamel and said, "The sentinels have begun to move."
"Sentinels?" Lady Windsor was confused. She knew about the word 'sentinel'. In the confidential documents circulating within the Alliance, the words' beware of sentinels' had appeared frequently. However, she did not know why this worrisome word had anything to do with the wastelands of Gondor. "What does this have to do with the wastelands …"
"This is the biggest discovery I have just mentioned to you," Daniel said in a low and slightly gloomy voice. "Do you remember the warning 'beware of the sentinels'? Now we finally know what this sentence means … an ancient watcher left behind by the Voyager has gone out of control. It infiltrated our world a thousand years ago, and after a long period of dormancy, it has now begun to move. The 'Elven Twins' hiding in the Gondor wasteland … are impersonated by this watcher called the 'sentinel'! Now the cultists in the wasteland have become the pawns of the sentinels, and in their hands … they have the technology of the Voyager! "
Windsor Mappel's breathing suddenly quickened a little. A moment later, she clenched the staff in her hand tightly, and her face was very serious. "This must be reported to Oldenheim immediately!"
"I have to go back as well," Gwen said. The news brought by Knight Solider made him feel even more urgent. "Victoria, you return to the North to take care of things. We need a stable domestic situation more than ever. Amber and I will return to Cecil City. As for Kamel …"
He looked at the ancient sorcerer who was floating on standby. After a moment of thought, he nodded. "You stay here and continue to preside over the exploration of the divine kingdom. We need more clues and information, and related research activities must not be interrupted."
Kamel bowed in the air. "Yes, Your Majesty."
"Noretta and I will also return to Tarlonde." Melita came from the side, carrying two young Dragon Kings who were trying to hug their mother like koalas. "What happened in the 'mother port' must be known to the two leaders, Andal and Helagol, as soon as possible. And … we also have to be prepared for changes in the situation."
Gwen nodded slowly. "You all go after a little rest and preparation. Agundor should also be waiting for your news."
…
After returning from the Divine Kingdom of the God of War, everyone went their own way. Gwen and Amber took the dragoon flying machine back to Cecil City. By the time they arrived, night had begun to envelop the city at the foot of the Gloom Mountains. In the grand study of the Cecil Palace, Heti had been waiting for a long time.
The light emitted by the magic crystals dispelled the early darkness of the winter. Outside the French windows, the street scene flowed with lights and the distant sound of carriages and horses. Gawain sat back in the chair he was most familiar with. Heidi stood in front of him. The face of this "chief steward of the empire" had a serious and solemn expression, and the dark circles under her eyes were quite serious.
Gwen's eyes could not help but stay on Heti's dark circles for a few seconds.
"The dark circles are real this time, Ancestor." Heti sighed helplessly and rubbed her forehead tiredly. "I haven't rested much for the past two days. Half of the time, I have been communicating with Typhon and the technical officials of the Silver Empire about the Deep Blue Network. And I believe they are as anxious as we are."
"So what kind of thing did the sirens fish up?" Gwen forcibly diverted his attention from Heti's dark circles and asked solemnly. "I heard that it is a very complicated rune device …"
"Yes, a very complicated rune device. It looks like a two-meter-long black cube. The material consists of magic conductive crystals, highly purified black stone, and several kinds of alloys. There are layers of precise structures inside." Heti nodded and said. At the same time, she put a few drawings on Gwen's desk. "This is the information sent by the sirens. The team led by Jenny and Rebecca has extracted and separately marked the structure as much as possible. You can take a look."
Gwen took the documents and glanced at the dense structure drawings and the text labels around the drawings. He knew that he was no match for the real experts in the field of runes, so he did not waste time trying to analyze and calculate the relationship between the runic knots and magic conductive elements. Instead, he directly tried to determine the secrets of this thing from the internal structure of the 'cube.'
While he was reading the documents, Heti's voice continued. "At present, we guess that the construction of these runestones is done 'layer by layer.' First, the core is created, and then the rune structure is inlaid and drawn on the layers of the 'shell.' At the same time, the different 'layers' are connected by precisely placed crystal bolts. There is a shadow of the technology of the Gondor era, but it is limited to the craftsmanship. Other than the craftsmanship, these runestones are full of technology that we cannot understand."
"The technology of the Voyagers." Gwen looked up and looked into Heti's eyes.
"The Voyagers … I have heard from Amber about what you have seen in the 'deep sea,'" Heti said in a serious tone. "If the 'Elven Twins' hiding in the wasteland are sentinels, and these runestones are indeed the cultists' hands, then the mysterious technology behind these devices can indeed be explained."
"… It is said that the sirens have 'salvaged' more than one of these cubes from the Deep Blue Mesh?" Gwen asked curiously.
"Yes, as of yesterday afternoon, they have found five of these devices from the Deep Blue Mesh." Heti nodded. "And these are only the ones that they have successfully captured. Those that have not been captured, or even discovered, I am afraid that there are more of them."
"Did the sirens find anything about these devices?"
"They did not have any useful clues," Heti said, shaking her head. "The sirens' knowledge in the field of magic is relatively shallow, and they do not know much about the Deep Blue Mesh, but …"
"But?"
"The Queen of the Sirens, Petia, mentioned something. Recently, the water elementals in the Boundless Sea have consciously stayed away from the Deep Blue Vein Current that passes through the Boundless Sea. Although the elemental creatures do not like the magic aura in the Deep Blue Mesh, their recent reaction is particularly obvious and … nervous. The Elemental Lord and the Elemental Lords have not explained this, but it seems that they are not deliberately hiding anything, but they themselves do not know the situation. "
Gwen was deep in thought and did not respond to Heti for a while. After about half a minute of contemplation, he suddenly looked up. "Has Mirmina read these materials? She used to be in charge of the Magical Domain. Maybe she can see something. "
"Not yet," Heti shook her head. "Madam Mirmina has been studying the secrets behind the magic wave attribute since she returned from the Divine Kingdom of the God of War. She has also specially submitted a 'do not disturb' statement to the Theocratic Council. But I think if you go … the two senior consultants should not refuse to cooperate."
"Studying the mystery of magic …" Gwen whispered softly, but he could not help but think of the 'Divine Kingdom of Magic' that he saw on the cruising spaceship. For a moment, he was filled with emotions. "Now she can finally freely pursue the real knowledge … But I still have to disturb her. After all, I have to send something to Amoun."
Heti nodded immediately. "Okay, I'll arrange it and go with you."
Gwen looked at his' descendant 'who had been following him wholeheartedly for years and could not help but smile. "No, as usual, I'll bring Amber there. You'd better go and have a good sleep."
Heti suddenly opened her mouth and wanted to say something. "Ancestor, I —"
"Go and rest, Heti." Gwen interrupted her directly. "I'm back."
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