Bertilla Augustus walked into the hall.
But she did not look like the one in Bard's memory.
In Bard's memory, this female immortal always wore a dress with all the religious symbols erased. Her face was cold and distant, and her eyes seemed to be forever entrenched in a layer of darkness. Her lower body was always entangled with roots and vines, and the rustling sound was her signature footsteps.
But this "Bertilla" who walked in was completely different. She wore a green and white Druil dress, and on her chest was the emblem of the Holy Spirit Sect's Druil. Her face looked younger, and there was no sense of coldness or darkness. She walked into the hall unhurriedly, revealing a pair of normal legs wearing long boots.
Their appearance was the same, but the difference was very obvious.
Only Gwen, who had inherited the memories of the original owner of this body, could not help but feel a sense of familiarity after seeing this "Bertilla".
Bertilla also noticed the uninvited guests in the hall. As a person in the Dream World, she actually noticed Gwen and Bard, who were theoretically out of the Dream World's structure.
She raised her head with a somewhat muddle-headed look. First, she glanced at Bard as if looking at a stranger, then her eyes fell on Gwen. After looking at him seriously for a long time, she asked curiously and hesitantly, "Brother … Gwen?"
Gwen frowned.
Seven hundred years ago, Bertilla, who had not yet become a Dark Druil and was still the beloved "Princess" of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, called Gwen Cecil that time.
They were not siblings, but they had a good relationship. Even though Gwen was later ordered to guard the Southern Territory and could not move around freely, the two still exchanged many letters. In fact, in Gwen's inherited memories, "he" learned that Bertilla had gone to the Ancestral Peak because he received a letter from her. That was also the last letter that Bertilla sent back.
After that, the All Things End was born.
This seemingly harmless Bertilla in front of him was what she looked like after falling into the Dream World? Or … was it a trick?
Noticing that Gwen did not respond, Bertilla hesitantly opened her mouth again. This time, there was even a bit of nervousness and worry in her voice, "Brother Gwen? Where is this place? And … why do you look so much older all of a sudden? "
Seven hundred years ago, when Bertilla fell into the darkness, Gwen Cecil was not even thirty years old. In the years after that, Bertilla did not appear again. It was obvious that the "Bertilla" in the Dream World still retained her early memories. In her mind, Gwen Cecil should still be that young and valiant older brother.
Bertilla stood blankly in the hall. When she looked at the black-robed people around her, she was obviously a little wary and confused. She then looked at Gwen, appearing helpless and harmless. Anyone who looked at her could not help but let down their guard. Especially if an acquaintance was standing here, there was a high chance that he would be emotionally affected.
But unfortunately, Gwen was not Gwen Cecil.
He had already sensed that the key to this Dream World should be "Bertilla".
Besides, at the end of the day, a Dream World was just a Dream World. That harmless little princess Typhon … had long gone with the wind.
Gwen raised his hand, and a huge wave of data was released. Suddenly, endless fragments of light and shadow appeared in the Dream World. The vast amount of information almost destroyed this unstable false world in the blink of an eye. The preachers who were holding a meeting turned into phantoms one by one, and the whole hall shook and quickly collapsed.
Bard felt dizzy. The boundary between reality and Dream World was unprecedentedly clear. He felt that he was quickly waking up, and before he completely left the Dream World, he heard Gwen calmly instruct him, "After you wake up, immediately stay on standby. Other than staying awake, don't do anything else. Wait for us to come to your rescue."
The meeting hall began to collapse. The debris of earth and stone turned into illusory particles and lines and dissipated into nothingness. Standing in the middle of the hall, Bertilla looked at all this blankly. Suddenly, there was a trace of clarity in her eyes, and her expression instantly became lively.
It was as if she had just woken up from a dream, but also as if she was only half-awake. With a half-awake expression, she looked at Gwen, who was about to completely disappear, and opened her mouth slightly.
On the surface, Gwen slowly opened his eyes. The various senses of the real world quickly returned to his body, and the connection from the spiritual plane gradually calmed down. He was not surprised to see Amber's big face in front of him again, so he reached out and pushed him away. The latter did not mind. He waved his arms to maintain his balance while retreating and said loudly, "You're awake?"
Gwen nodded and gently shook his head to dispel the last bit of discomfort. The last remnants of the Dream World faintly appeared and quickly dissipated with his movements. "… Brother, I'm in trouble …"
He frowned with a strange expression, but the next second, his expression returned to normal. However, Amber, who had just been pushed away, came over and said noisily, "Hey, what's wrong with you? You looked so serious just now …"
Gwen had to push the shame of all things away again.
How did this guy, who usually did not know what to do, become so sensitive when it was not necessary …
"Nothing, just a little dizzy. I'm fine now," he said casually, ignoring the "special medicine for middle-aged and elderly dizziness and headaches" that Pitman had recommended to him. He began to instruct the next step. "Action team, come over. Bard's exploration mission below has reached the expected goal. We'll go down to provide support."
"You want to go down in person?" The female Knight, Marguarita, was shocked. She was already surprised when she saw Gwen coming to the entrance of the root system of the giant tree. She did not expect the "Emperor" to go down in person. She immediately felt that something was wrong. "I'm afraid it's very dangerous down there. You —"
"I've been down there once. The risk of a mental wander is no less than that of a personal exploration." Gwen smiled and waved his hand to interrupt the female Knight. "I've destroyed the dream 'trap' below. It's a special method. If the trap was manually cast, the caster must be dead. If it was cast by some kind of magic device, the device must have been completely scrapped and there's no more danger. As for whether there's a physical threat outside the dream trap … Didn't everyone see the images that Bard sent back along the way? "
Marguarita seemed to want to say something more, but Gwen interrupted her again. "Speaking of which, your character is a bit like Philip's. You're both very serious."
Marguarita immediately straightened her chest and said with a serious face, "Seriousness and prudence are the essential qualities of a Knight."
"Yes, yes, that's what I'm talking about."
Marguarita was speechless.
The female Knight could not keep up with Gwen's topic again. In the blink of an eye, His Majesty had walked past her and stepped into the entrance not far away.
Amber came up to Marguarita who had just recovered from her daze. She opened her mouth and said, "Hey, to be honest, I've always felt that something is going to happen between you and Philip … Do you need my help? I know a lot of people! "
Marguarita's face suddenly turned stiff. She was about to righteously reject the other party's statement that did not care about the Knight's code of conduct, but Amber had already jumped and followed Gwen into the entrance not far away. As she ran, she shouted, "Hey! Wait for me! Don't you have to bring a Shadow Master with you to such a dark place? I'm the Chosen One, you know? I've been the Chosen One for decades … "
…
Bard opened his eyes and finally saw the real scene around him.
He did not enter any meeting room at all. He walked into a magic secret room that he had never seen before.
This was a mysterious room full of runes. The ceiling, walls, and floor were densely engraved with complex magic symbols. Other than that, there were only two black stone pillars on the ground that were also engraved with magic runes. There were no other furnishings in the room.
At this moment, all the runes had already been extinguished.
Bard did not know when this room appeared. He only knew that this thing was not here when he left the base. It was also possible that he did not have enough authority, so he did not know about the existence of this secret room.
He guessed that it was because some of the rooms and corridors were dislocated due to the underground collapse, coupled with the crisscrossing roots that affected his spatial judgment, causing him to accidentally walk into this secret room and be affected by the magic device here.
But in any case, it seemed that with the end of the dream, the device here had stopped operating.
He remembered Gwen's order. Although the runes here made him a little uneasy, considering that he was close to the deeper level, the hidden dangers of walking around were much greater than the runes that had already been extinguished. He obediently stayed in the room, found a place with a wide view and a corner, and quietly waited for the arrival of the rescue team.
He waited for a very long time.
The passage of time would cause a normal person to accumulate pressure, and the dark and strange environment was even more unsettling. But Bard, who had experienced more terrifying challenges and trials, had a heart of steel. Compared to the indescribable scenes he had seen before, the darkness here could almost be described as gentle. He quietly stood in the corner, keeping his mind and body in the best state, counting the number of beats of his artificial heart to estimate the time until some flickering lights appeared outside the room.
Gwen followed the signs that Bard left behind along the way and came to the depths of the lair.
The scale of this underground palace was astonishing. It did not conform to the architectural style of any human kingdom, which made him a little confused and suspicious. Although the palace was severely damaged in the collapse, and the cult of the All End had destroyed or changed most of the original features in the hundreds of years of reconstruction and addition, he could still tell from the sturdy wall material and the ancient runes buried in the floor and roof that this palace was not built by the Ansu people.
It was not even built by the Gondor people.
But now was not the time to explore the detailed origin of this palace. He had already seen Bard Wendell, who was on standby in the room, and the densely packed magic runes and two magic devices that looked like stone pillars in the room.
As a sly old fox who had devoured the knowledge and memories of the Eternal, who could move freely in the Eternal's mental network, and who had personally participated in the construction of the Eternal's unsafe system, the online laboratory, and the mental network vulnerability cluster, he was very familiar with these things.
"It's the technology of the Eternal." Gwen stepped forward to check the two rune pillars that had been extinguished. "… It should be an auxiliary device that projects the user's mind outwards. Don't worry, it's completely scrapped. All the core runes have melted and can't be repaired. "
Bard finally breathed a sigh of relief. He then asked subconsciously, "You … know the technology of the Eternal?"
Gawain smiled. "Just a little, just a little."
Bard was stunned for a moment. He quickly adjusted his expression and cautiously reduced his presence.
He had come into contact with "His Majesty's little secret" again.
But Gwen did not care about this because as Daniel had thoroughly mastered the security structure of the Eternal's mental network, and as the various backdoors, backdoors, and springboards he had set up in the mental network gradually developed into a huge and complex "shadow network", he was no longer as worried as before that the Eternal would detect the intrusion.
He had a lot of ways to reconnect to the network, a lot of ways to disguise himself and Daniel, and even a lot of ways to create illusions, to create the illusion that the network was safe, to create the illusion that the intrusion had been eliminated, to create the illusion that the intrusion had never happened …
He had even set "Gwen Cecil", "extraterrestrial wanderer", and "Ansu pioneer" as hidden keywords. As long as someone in the entire mental network mentioned these keywords, he would immediately know and determine whether he had been exposed before the information was sent out. From there, he would take further action.
Of course, if possible, Gwen still hoped that the Eternal would never detect his intrusion. But he could not infer the connection between Gwen and the Eternal's mental network based on the "little secret" that Bard had come into contact with. What's more … even if Bard got out alive today, he would definitely be closely monitored for a long time.
In the current situation where the followers of the Eternal in the Southern Region were basically completely wiped out, the secrets hidden in the heart … would always be secrets.
Gwen turned his head and looked at the exit of the room.
"Now, let's continue the search."
The device of the Eternal could magnify and project people's dreams, but the device itself could not dream.
In this dark and deep place, there were … people who could dream.
Judging from the scene Bard saw in the dream, the state of these dreamers was probably not very good. Most of them had even lost the ability to control their minds and bodies.
This was easier to deal with.
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