The sudden turn of events left Gawain dumbfounded.
The vast and lively scenery had stabilized in his vision. The temporary dizziness and absent-mindedness had faded away. All of his senses and ability to think had returned to normal. The view of the sea at dusk, the low hanging sky in the distance, and the clouds above his head were slowly moving along with Melita's flight. Suddenly, the Giant Dragon lowered its altitude again, and the sound of flapping wings rang from both sides, waking Gwen from his stupor.
He turned his head abruptly and saw Amber's pair of Amber eyes sparkling under the dusk sky. She was looking excitedly at the sky and sea in the distance, her face full of joy, as if she had not experienced the previous shock at all.
Veronica was also sitting quietly not far away. She seemed to be resting with her eyes closed, as if she had been in the same posture since the beginning and had never changed.
Gwen looked up and followed the direction of Melita's tail. He saw the magnificent cloud wall — the barrier of the Eternal Storm had been left behind by the Giant Dragon. Although it was still spectacular from this distance, it was no longer as suffocating as when it was coming at them. It was slowly moving away from Gwen's sight, and many details of the cloud wall's appearance were gradually blurred under the dusk sky.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly silent? " Amber's voice suddenly sounded from the side, her tone full of confusion. "Are you still looking at the storm? Didn't we just come out from there? "
Gwen looked into Amber's eyes, trying to find even the slightest hint of discomfort in her face, but he found nothing. Before the confusion on Amber's face became more obvious, he looked away and asked casually, "Did we pass through the storm … Seems like it went well?"
"Of course it went well." Amber nodded. "Although it was scary when we first rushed in, Melita flew quite steadily. After getting used to it, it felt quite interesting …"
Gwen furrowed his brows. Before he continued to ask, Veronica, who was sitting beside him, suddenly opened her eyes. "Is there anything unusual?"
"Do you still remember how we passed through the storm?" Gwen looked at Veronica and asked as he pinched his thigh. Even though pinching himself might not prove that he was dreaming or hallucinating in this world where all kinds of supernatural powers existed, he was still slightly relieved when he felt the pain.
Veronica did not seem to notice Gwen's little trick. She just thought for a moment and then nodded. "After breaking through the cloud wall, we were flying in a dark cyclone full of discharge clouds. The environment outside was very bad, but Melita was not affected much. Amber was very excited all the way, and you were carefully observing the lightning and the various phenomena in the depths of the cyclone. There were no twists and turns in the whole process. After that, Melita bypassed the central region from the eye of the storm and passed through the cloud wall on the other side, and we came out safely. "
"That's it?" Gwen could not help but confirm. After seeing Veronica's serious expression, he thought for a moment and asked, "Then after we passed through the center of the storm, did I say or do anything else?"
"You continued to observe the various phenomena in the cyclone, Amber was talking a lot of nonsense, I was resting, and Melita was seriously flying."
Veronica said slowly without any expression on her face. Then she looked into Gwen's eyes and said in a serious tone, "So, what's the problem?"
Gawain didn't answer for a moment. He just quietly scanned the surroundings. His gaze swept across a dragon scale nearby, which looked smooth and flat without any scratches.
He still remembered that he had once left his handwriting on this scale, but that handwriting seemed to have disappeared.
"What happened in my memory is not quite the same as what you said …" He said casually, and then his eyes fell on a large magic network terminal not far away.
He recalled what happened in the cyclone, and the scene when Melita suddenly lost her balance and Amber's first reaction was to save the data. After a moment of thought, he strode to the magic network terminal and bent down to open a metal cover at the base. A palm-sized crystal plate that was emitting a faint blue light appeared before his eyes.
The memory crystal plate was still plugged into the machine, and it did not seem to have been removed by anyone.
Even with her thick nerves, Amber could now sense that something was not right. She came up from behind and looked curiously at Gwen's actions. "Hey, what did you find?"
"… If only we had audio and video recording … Our preparations in this aspect are not comprehensive enough … In the end, our technology is limited." Gwen mumbled a little regretfully, and what he said was a little baffling to Amber.
The magic network terminal had the ability to record images. After Melita took off, the device installed on the dragon's back did not only collect weather and magical data in the ocean, but also continued to collect images for a period of time. However, modern magical technology was not advanced enough, and after approaching the Eternal Storm, the various devices on Melita's back lost their function due to powerful interference. The only magic network terminal that could record audio and video was naturally no exception.
So Gwen now had no way to trace back what had happened from the data recorded by the device. And to be honest, based on the strange situation before him, he suspected that even if there was a recording device here that recorded the entire process of Melita passing through the storm, the recording might not be reliable …
Some mysterious power had erased what had happened, and the only clue left seemed to be his own memory.
Until now, he even doubted his own memory. Perhaps … it was really like what Amber and Veronica said, that nothing had happened? What was left in his memory was just an illusion? Some kind of dream?
Gwen sighed and closed the metal plate on the base of the device. But when his finger brushed the edge of the metal plate, he suddenly felt a small bump, and his movements subconsciously stopped.
He took his finger away and saw a very inconspicuous small mark on the edge of the plate. It looked like it had been pried by something sharp and hard, and was definitely not the shape it was designed to have.
That was the scar left behind when the dagger forcibly pried it open in an emergency.
At this moment, Amber's voice came from the side again. "Hey hey, what's wrong? Why do you look so serious all of a sudden? "
Gwen looked up at Amber, and then at Veronica who was looking at him curiously not far away. After a short silence and thought, he suddenly smiled and shook his head. "Don't worry about it, nothing happened."
Amber did not understand the situation for a moment. "Huh?"
Gwen did not explain anything, but suddenly reached out and patted the short winter melon's head with some gratification and praise. "You did well."
When something happened to Melita, Amber's first reaction was to disregard her life and run to save the data. If this had happened to her a few years ago, it would have been absolutely unimaginable. Even now, Gwen still could not believe that Amber would react that way, but she did it — even if she did not seem to remember it.
Amber felt the touch on her head in a daze. She looked at Gawain, who suddenly smiled like a gratified old father. Her first reaction was to wonder if flying at high altitudes for a long time would have any adverse effects on the mental state of the elderly. But she did not say the disrespectful words in her mind out loud. Instead, she accepted the compliment calmly. Although she did not understand what was going on, Miss Amber had always been one to take advantage of a free gift.
Veronica, on the other hand, had been quietly watching all this from the side. Her thoughts were obviously much more profound than Amber's. She also vaguely realized that during the process of passing through the storm, something that only Gwen could detect might have happened, but she did not take the initiative to ask about it. Instead, she sent a hint of inquiry through her eyes.
Gwen just shook his head slightly.
Veronica withdrew her gaze and sat back to her resting place. She closed her eyes and continued to rest.
The dragon continued to fly north. As a guide and a means of transportation, Melita became the most clueless "person" at the scene, and it seemed that she was not much interested in what was happening on her back. She could already feel the cold wind of her hometown, and could already feel Tarlonde's breath from the changes in the magnetic field and magic environment nearby. Under the attraction of the warm dragon nest and the mission allowance, the blue dragon let out a happy growl and sped up a little.
Night had fallen, and the starlight was scattered over the endless icy ocean. In the dry and cloudy north pole, the stars in the sky were obviously more dazzling than in the continent.
Gwen could clearly feel that the speed and way of nightfall was different from the continent. They did not clearly see which direction the sun set from, nor did they see the complete changes of the sunset. The night did not rise from the horizon, but more like … they were sitting on the dragon's back and flying into the night.
The polar night in the north pole — this phenomenon was mentioned in Modir's travels and various writings of scholars.
Under the night sky, Gwen suddenly seemed to have a sense of "reality" again. He exhaled slightly and looked at the sea in the distance. Under the night sky, there was a hazy light on the sea in that direction, as if a large number of artificial lights had lit up the sea in the polar night. And in the depths of the hazy light, there was already a faint outline of the land and a slightly raised arc that looked like some kind of shield device.
"We're almost there!" Melita's slightly excited voice came from the front. "That's Tarlonde!
"I'm going to continue to descend. Are you ready?"
Then, with the Giant Dragon's thunderous roar, Gwen felt a slight tremor under his feet, and the scene in his field of vision tilted. Melita began to adjust her flying posture. She began to descend in the night and reached the perfect speed balance by means of a short dive. In this rapid flight, the outline of Tarlonde became clearer.
Amber was the first to run forward. She stood in front of Melita's shoulder blade and stretched her neck to look at the continent in the distance. She let out an exaggerated exclamation. "Wow — I see it! I see it! A continent! Tarlonde, that's Tarlonde! "
"The lights are brighter and denser than the Cecil Empire. It's even brighter than the imperial capital during the Gondor period." Veronica could not help but stand up. She looked into the distance and sighed to Gwen. "Do you see that dome-like thing? That … seems to be a gigantic shield that covers the entire continent?! "
"… The technological strength of the Dragons is obviously superior to any country on the Lolun Continent," Gwen said in a low voice. What he saw was not beyond his previous judgment of the Dragons. "It's reasonable. After all, they have existed in this world for so many years. The several civilizational breakdowns on the Lolun Continent did not affect the Dragons. Naturally, they are more advanced than us."
"Tarlonde will definitely open your eyes!" Melita said happily. There was obvious pride in her tone. On this trip home, the Giant Dragon seemed to have finally put aside her elegant and steady persona as a senior agent of the Mithril Vault. She seemed to be more talkative and lively. "I will show you where I live, and also our city and temple. Of course, we have to listen to the arrangements of the gods first. But don't worry, there won't be too much trouble. After all, you are all guests of Tarlonde. "
Gwen responded casually. His attention was completely focused on the continent in the distance. He did not pay much attention to what Melita said.
He opened his eyes wide and looked at the ancient land bathed in starlight and artificial lights. A sense of anticipation and excitement of being about to visit the unknown inevitably filled his heart. He looked at the shimmering dome that was most likely some kind of super-advanced shield. He looked at the city lights on the land and the flowing lights that flashed by at low altitude. He looked at the bright starlight of the North Pole reflected on the sea near Tarlonde. He looked at the white glaciers and the undulating waves in the sea glowing faintly in the night. He looked at some kind of giant tentacle-like flesh and blood that suddenly appeared above Tarlonde and licked the entire Giant Dragon Kingdom. He looked at countless pairs of eyes vaguely appearing above the sea and looking at the entire continent with cold eyes …
A huge, twisted thing made of countless tentacles, limbs, eyes, and other chaotic things appeared in Gwen's sight. It covered the sky above Tarlonde like some kind of stitched monster beyond the limit of human intelligence. It wore a "cape" made of starlight and flowing fire. Arms holding swords, limbs of giant animals, chaotic flames, and flashing crystals emerged from the flesh and blood. It shrouded the entire sea in front of it like a curtain. Countless chain-like structures extended from its surface and connected to the land of Tarlonde. One of the chains also extended out from the darkness and extended to Melita.
Melita was unaware of this chain and flew forward with the joy of returning home.
Gawain suddenly sucked in a breath of cold air.
He blinked again, and the indescribable illusion had disappeared.
The bright starlight shone on Tarlonde. In the quiet night, there was only a prosperous and ancient country. In the bright lights, it was the hometown of the Giant Dragon.
"We are here!" Melita said happily. "I'm going to slow down for the last time!"
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