Facing Solderlin's slightly awkward greeting, Sonia only nodded slightly. Frost Leaf just nodded lightly. "At least he's still healthy."
The people around Gwen were stunned. They rarely dealt with Elves, so they did not expect that this Elven lady, who looked only a few years older than Rebecca, was Solderlin's mother. But out of politeness, everyone hid their surprise. Only Rebecca's "Wow!" was the only surprise.
Gwen saw Sonia? Frost Leaf had expected such a situation. He was very indifferent and casually said, "It's been many years since we last met. Why are you so cold?"
Solderlin shrugged helplessly. Sonia glanced at Gwen and said, "He hasn't been home for seven centuries."
Gwen was speechless.
There was nothing he could say about this.
"We have arranged accommodation for you. I hope you can get used to living in the human's room," Heidi said, trying to ease the delicate atmosphere. As she spoke, she looked at the huge raptors in the square and asked, "Can these giant eagles... live in the gryphon nest?"
Although Cecil had begun to promote communication through the magic network, and the Griffin's function as a messenger was declining. But in order to deliver important letters and undertake some investigation work, Cecil City still maintained a basic Griffin Squad and the Griffin's Nest.
"Yes, the Giant Eagles are not picky." Sonia nodded. "The Auland Ranger will tell you how to settle these Giant Eagles. In addition, please settle down those Griffins whose nests have been occupied and appease … their emotions. "
A male Elf in green leather armor stood up. He should be the 'Auland Ranger' that Sonia mentioned.
The staff in charge of the Griffin's Nest began to hand over the work to the Ranger, while Sonia and the other Elves followed Gwen to the Autumn Palace.
The Giant Eagles in the square seemed to be uneasy about this unfamiliar city. One of them raised its head and cried loudly in Sonia's direction, "Coo coo! Coo coo!! "
Sonia stopped in her tracks helplessly. She turned around and yelled at the humongous raptor, "Show some courage! You're a Giant Eagle!! "
She turned back and continued walking. Gwen was shocked when the Giant Eagle opened its mouth. He looked at Sonia in surprise and asked, "What's wrong with this Giant Eagle?"
"It's called Coo coo. I hatched it 40 years ago." Sonia rubbed her temples and shook her head. "Damn it, I shouldn't have asked Master Thorny Heart to take care of it. The Moon Valley is full of pigeons!"
Gwen was speechless.
Fortunately, this brief interlude didn't affect the welcoming process. According to the plan, the Autumn Palace prepared a sumptuous welcome banquet for the emissaries and a resting environment that suited the Elves' aesthetic. After a delightful banquet, in the reception hall of the Autumn Palace, Sonia Mandela sat down. Frost Leaf handed over the two prepared letters to Gawain.
One of the letters was sealed in a hollow wooden cylinder, decorated with pale green vines and leaves. The seal had the symbol of the Elven Palace on it. The other letter was sealed in a pale golden metal cylinder, with the sword and shield symbol of the Ansu royal family on the seal.
Obviously, one was from the Elven Queen, and the other was from the Silver Castle.
Of course, the second letter should be 'jointly signed and sent by the Silver Castle and the Eastern Region'.
Gwen glanced at Sonia and did not open the two letters. Instead, he said casually, "Now, you're both the emissary of the Silver Empire and the emissary of Saint Sunil."
"Strictly speaking, I'm just delivering this letter to you on behalf of the Silver Castle. The elves can't represent either side of the humans. I'm just a messenger," Sonia said. "The emissary from Saint Sunil City and the emissary team from the Eastern Region are still in preparation, but they should have left by now. They'll be here in half a month."
"Not only do they want face, but they also want benefits. They don't give in to each other, and they're afraid of each other. At the same time, time waits for no one … In the end, it became such a ridiculous situation. A letter with the seal of the royal family has to be delivered by an elven messenger." Gwen sneered and shook his head. "Let's not talk about those unfilial descendants anymore. Let's get down to business. I know the general situation, and I know why you came to the human kingdom. How bad is the barrier now?"
"All the Sentry Towers have different degrees of damage. The effective power of the entire barrier has dropped to seventy percent. It's stable for now, but the system's self-repair function is half-shut down. If the next impact overloads, it won't be able to survive." Sonia did not hide anything. In front of this human hero who had personally experienced the Demon Wave, she directly told him the truth that would cause mass panic outside. "We no longer have the ability to produce the core components of the Sentry Towers. The current situation is that there are no parts, no replacements, and no complete repair plan."
After a short pause, she continued. "I've talked to Victoria Wilde. She mentioned that you had issued several warnings to the Captical. I've also seen the warning messages you wrote. If my judgment is correct, the initial overload should have started in the northern part of the wasteland. But at that time, you … the Ansu's monitoring of the Great Wall was just a facade. No one noticed the signs. When the Aberrations invaded the Ansu, which was the time when the Aberrations destroyed the old Cecil, the signs had become substantial damage. "
Gawain frowned. "After that incident, I've already organized people to monitor the Great Wall from afar again. We haven't seen anything strange for a long time."
"The self-repair system covered up the fault node. When you re-monitored the barrier, it was already 'working normally'. But unfortunately, it was only normal on the surface," Sonia said solemnly. "In fact, the fault has been spreading from one Sentry Tower to another. Until today, it has spread throughout the entire barrier."
Heti could not help but ask, "Didn't your monitoring system notice it? Shouldn't there be an early warning system when the fault keeps spreading? "
This was also what Gwen wanted to ask. But Sonia shook her head slightly. "This is what we've been investigating recently. The Sentry Towers should have sent out an alarm. Even if the self-repair system has temporarily fixed the faulty tower, there should at least be a fault record sent back to the highest control center in the Stellaris Sanctum. But in fact, none of the systems could find these records. In the past few years, all the data sent back by the Sentry Towers was normal."
Gwen and Heti could not help but look at each other.
"Is it a deeper fault? Or is someone tampering with it? "Gwen asked with a serious face.
"We are investigating the early warning system. At the same time, we are also sending mages to check every Sentry Tower along the barrier," Sonia said slowly. "But so far, we have not found anything wrong. The entire Great Wall is under constant surveillance. There is nothing suspicious in the system. In addition to the monitoring system, we have also set up a large number of surveillance outposts on the periphery of the wasteland. The outposts are monitoring the barrier twenty-four hours a day. Anything close to the Sentry Towers, even a mouse, will be discovered. No one has the chance to destroy those towers. We really don't know what went wrong. "
Listening to Sonia's words, Gwen sighed softly. "Anyway, according to what you said, we have actually missed a chance to repair the Great Wall."
"And it was the best opportunity." Sonia sighed. "When the initial malfunction occurred, the sentry tower had not suffered any substantial damage. We had a chance to completely repair it … But it's useless to talk about this. When the initial malfunction occurred, not to mention the other Ansu people, even you, should still be lying in …"
Sonia was a little embarrassed. Gwen, on the other hand, was very calm. "I was still lying in a coffin. When I woke up, I saw the Mutants everywhere. According to what you said, the final repair time had passed."
When he died in battle, he was fighting the Mutants. When he woke up seven hundred years later, he was still fighting the Mutants. As the saying went, the last version was a waste of effort. This was the situation that Gwen was in.
"Let's not talk about things that can't be remedied. Let's talk about the current situation." Gawain ended the regrettable and slightly awkward topic and got back on track. "You just mentioned that there is no complete repair plan. What other plans do you have?"
"Build an amplification device outside the Great Wall. This is an incomplete repair and reinforcement plan. We have the information —" Sonia said as she took a silver-white cylindrical device from another messenger. The device looked like a scroll, but when Sonia infused it with magic, a clear holographic image suddenly appeared at the end of the 'scroll'. In the projection created by the illusion magic, a huge tower, a large number of intricate runes, and magic circles were constantly switching between images.
Sonia placed the 'scroll' vertically on the table. While maintaining the holographic projection, she continued. "This plan is to build a 'sub-tower' outside some of the Sentry Towers to provide additional energy for the Sentry Towers and bear part of the pressure of the barrier. At the same time, a series of 'pressure relief points' will be built between the Sentry Towers and the sub-towers. The chaotic magic energy accumulated near the Sentry Towers will be gradually released outside the barrier in a safer way and purified near the pressure relief points."
Gwen immediately grasped the key point in her words. "You have found a way to purify the Mana Tide?"
"Seven hundred years. We have not done nothing." Sonia smiled, but there was a hint of reluctance in her smile. "This device cannot purify the entire wasteland, nor can it purify the Mana Tide. Now it can only extract a part of the chaotic magic energy from the barrier and purify it with limited efficiency. The main purpose is to reduce the load on the Sentry Towers and reduce the pressure on the repair system. The effect is limited, but it's better than nothing. "
Gwen looked at the complicated rune arrays and the breakdown of the device in the illusion magic. His eyes were solemn and focused.
This was the technology of the elves. It was different from the form of human magic, but the essence and law were still in line with the description of runic logic. It seemed to be able to resist the pollution of the Mana Tide. Although it was only a little effective, it was indeed effective.
The Silver Empire was indeed declining, but it still had a heritage that the human countries could not reach. Before this heritage was exhausted, they could still come up with such amazing technological achievements.
After a few seconds of thinking, Gwen looked up, looked into Sonia's eyes, and said, "Then let's not waste time. Which area do we need to fix? How many sub-towers and pressure relief points do we need to build? How much manpower and resources do we need? When do we start? How much time do we have left? "
Sonia could not help but facepalm. "Oh my god. If the human nobles of the Saint Sunil had half your awareness and efficiency, we would have probably set off to fix the barrier by now!"
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