As the highest core of the Disobedient Fortress, the fortress was built in an alternate dimension. Its energy source was just as Gwen had guessed. With the help of the Divine Power Reversal Array, the fortress drew energy directly from the corpse of the God of Nature, Amoun the Giant Deer. It was because of the endless energy provided by the god's corpse that the fortress was able to operate in isolation to this day.
But this was also what Gwen regretted. The fortress's extremely unique energy system and its unique environment meant that the technology inside was not universal and could be used for reference. At least in the short term, the fortress would not be of any use to his territory.
It was very advanced, but too special. It was very meaningful, but too dangerous. With the current technology and production level of his territory, he could neither develop it nor study it.
The same was true for the god's corpse and the Godslayer weapon floating in the alternate dimension. They were treasures that were beyond the current digestive capacity of Cecil's territory, and beyond the psychological endurance of the people of Cecil's territory. The only way Gwen could think of to deal with them was to temporarily seal them here and wait for the territory to develop in the future before carrying out large-scale research and excavation.
To him, compared to this fortress that he had no idea where to start, Kamal himself was the most valuable reward.
Gawain stood in front of the barrier and looked at the giant white deer from afar. The giant white deer was the only thing that gave people a warm and bright feeling in this dark and chaotic space. Under the protection of the barrier, mortals could not feel the horror of the giant deer. They could only feel the shock and awe from its shocking corpse. It was so holy and elegant that even though it had fallen and was incomplete, it was still breathtakingly beautiful. Every line of its body, every piece of fur, and every ray of holy light had a beauty that mortals could not imagine.
It was a real mythical creature, a creature that only existed in the most beautiful imagination and the most perfect dreams of mankind. It reminded Gwen of the Eternal Dreamland created by the believers of the Eternal Dreamland. But unlike the Eternal Dreamland, Amoun the Giant Deer was real. It was really lying here, proving the existence of the age of the gods.
"Can the barrier be opened?" Gwen turned to Kamel. "I want to go closer and take a look."
"Absolutely not!" Kamel was shocked by Gwen's words. "Don't be fooled by the appearance. Without the protection of the barrier, mortals will go crazy and die almost immediately after coming into close contact with the gods! There are no longer any protective devices in the fortress that can be used. "
"You may not believe it, but the pressure of the gods has no effect on me." Gwen looked at Kamel with a smile, and then raised his finger to point at Tyre beside him. "It has no effect on her."
Kamel was in great shock. To be honest, ever since he transformed into a life form and endured such a long period of loneliness, he rarely had strong emotional fluctuations. But today, he had experienced more emotional fluctuations than he had in the past hundreds of years. His arcane body trembled, and it took him a while to organize his words. "Are you serious?"
"Who would joke about such things?" Gwen looked at Kamel very seriously. "I have come into contact with the flesh of the gods, and Tyre … has come into close contact with them many times. We are very confident in this aspect."
The arcane light on Kamel's body flickered as if he was conflicted. Then he floated up and said with a determined tone, "I can open an exit, but I have to go with you."
"You?" Gwen raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you say that there are no protective devices that can be used here?"
"I don't need any protective devices," Kamel said. "After the transformation, I have lost many of my mortal weaknesses, including the weakness of being affected by the will of the gods … I can go with you."
The ancient man's attitude was very firm, and Gwen understood his thoughts. Kamel had waited so long for the hope of leaving this place, and naturally did not want to see his only hope die. So he nodded. "Very well, you come with us. Tyre, you come with me too. I see you have been drooling for a long time. "
"Nonsense!" Tyre wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and followed Gwen without hesitation. "I'm very reserved. You see, I even brought a knife and fork …"
Gwen was shocked. Why would this seafood bring a knife and fork with him?! Where did she magically come from?!
Heti knew that Gwen was special, but she still reminded him out of concern. "Ancestor, please be careful. This place is too strange."
"Don't worry, I will be careful." Gwen comforted his granddaughter. "You and the warriors wait here. I will be back soon."
Kamel came to an ancient console next to the wall. After a series of operations, Gwen noticed that the layer of energy barrier outside the wall trembled slightly, and the magical light flowing on the surface condensed into a hazy shadow. That was obviously the exit.
"Follow me." Kamel took the lead and walked to the exit. As he floated forward, he reminded them. "Stay close. I don't know if you can really resist the influence of the will of the gods, but as long as you don't go too far away from me, even if something happens, I can bring you to a safe place in time."
After passing through the translucent protective barrier, Gwen was surprised to find that the environment outside was almost the same as inside the barrier.
After seeing the broken world, he was first worried about whether there was breathable air outside the barrier because the environment was really like space where life was forbidden. But after leaving the barrier, he found that not only could he breathe freely outside, but also … there was gravity.
Even though the ground in his line of sight was filled with countless floating boulders, and even though many of the material fragments seemed to have lost their weight and were floating in mid-air, as long as he stepped on the larger floating boulders, he would feel the same gravity as the outside world.
Kamel also reminded him. "Don't leave these boulders. Once you go too far away, you will lose gravity. After floating away, you will never come back unless you find a new foothold."
Gwen nodded as various conjectures emerged in his mind.
All these facts seemed to indicate that this alien space was still a reflection of the real world. Just like the Shadowy Realm, it had strange but corresponding physical laws. He looked up at the chaotic deep space and the floating boulders and debris. Suddenly, he remembered what Kamel said before.
"Is this really the Shadowy Realm?"
Kamel heard Gwen's words and nodded. "We have used more than a decade to confirm this matter and finally confirmed this point. The scholars' conjecture about the hierarchical structure of the world is correct. There is a more disordered and chaotic place under the Shadowy Realm. The land here is in a broken state, and the gravitational environment is also in disarray because of the shattering of the earth. It is a chaotic reflection of the real world into the deeper level. If there is some corresponding outline of the real world in the Shadowy Realm, then the image of the real world has been distorted to the extent that it is completely unrecognizable. "
"I found a big hole in the Gloom Mountains of the Shadowy Realm," Gwen said. "The big hole is located next to the magic gate. Is it related to the Shadowy Realm?"
"That is the passage from the Shadowy Realm to the Shadowy Realm," Kamel confirmed Gwen's conjecture. "We don't know what caused this phenomenon, but we occasionally find such a horrible hole in the Shadowy Realm. With proper guidance, we can use the hole to enter the deeper level of the Shadowy Realm. In fact, this is the only way to enter the Shadowy Realm. It is relatively easy to enter the Shadowy Realm. You only need a strong shadow talent, appropriate ritualistic magic, and some casting materials to open the door to the Shadowy Realm. But to enter the Shadowy Realm, you have to find the big hole. "
Gwen could not help but mutter, "It feels like someone has chiseled those holes in the Shadowy Realm."
"What did you say?"
"No, nothing." Gwen shook his head. "Have you found any other holes in the Shadowy Realm?"
"Yes, we have, but we only succeeded in building a magic gate," Kamel replied frankly. "This process requires a lot of energy and some kind of 'guidance.' First, we found the corresponding coordinates of White Star's fall in the present world through divine spells and divination. Then, we built the Disobedient Fortress on the surface at these coordinates. Then, we opened the space crack at the bottom of the fortress. With the help of the divine power of Amoun, we pushed the space crack to the edge of the big hole in the Shadowy Realm. Finally, we opened the only door to the Shadowy Realm. This kind of success is almost impossible to replicate, unless we can find another fallen god on the other side of the big hole in the Shadowy Realm. "
There were indeed other big holes in the Shadowy Realm, and these big holes were the passages to the Shadowy Realm. The power of the gods could open these passages.
All kinds of clues came together in Gwen's mind. A moment later, he looked up and looked at the body of the God of Nature.
It was already in front of him. The body was so huge that it now stood like a small hill a hundred meters away. The body of the huge white deer was covered in a faint white light with a kind of gentle breath. Just by getting close, Gwen felt a vigorous vitality coming to him.
It was a strange thing to sense this kind of vitality in a corpse.
At the same time that he sensed the life force, he could also clearly sense that something remaining in this corpse was afraid of him.
Was that the remnant consciousness of the god? Was it a fragment of the soul? Or was it just the residual conditioned reflex of those strong tissue cells that could not die? Gwen could not explain this subtle feeling, but he could clearly feel that part of the energy response in the corpse was rapidly declining as he got closer, as if it was trying to hide itself.
Even Kamel noticed this change. His life form was transformed by the power of the gods, so he was particularly sensitive to the changes in the energy in Amoun the Giant Deer. He looked at Gwen in horror, but the next second, he was even more horrified to see the half-snake creature named Tyre rushing to the body of the God of Nature and raising the knife and fork high.
"Delicious!"
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