Chapter 97 Guests from the Royal Capital
The first time this nameless woman next to Veronica appeared, Gao Wen realized that something was wrong. He had been active in this world for several months. He had been observing the earth in the form of satellite spirits for many years. It can be said that at least he had seen all kinds of strange races on this continent, but he had never seen anyone grow up like this: with a human facial features and wearing human clothes, but in fact he was full of translucent light. This form is more like a certain elemental creature than a person...
But elemental creatures don’t look like this!
Gao Wen's first reaction was that he saw a rare creature, maybe he was still an ssr, but then he found that everyone around him was calm, as if he had not noticed the strange appearance of the short-haired woman. It would be fine if a magician like Hetty was calm because he had seen strange magic phenomena, but even a guy like Amber who could happily find someone to talk to someone for a long time when he saw a big circle of eggs, he was calm, and even had the time to analyze other people's aesthetic problems... Then there would be a big problem.
The only explanation is that except him, the short-haired woman in everyone's eyes is normal.
Therefore, Gao Wen decided to temporarily suppress the huge surprise and curiosity in his heart. He forced himself to tighten his expression and turned his attention to Veronica's appearance. It's true that besides the facial paralysis with a luminous body and a holographic projection beside him, Veronica is indeed the most attractive existence on the scene. Although she is not much better than Hetty in terms of beauty alone, she is not anyone with an almost inhuman temperament.
It is rumored that this "saint princess" has shown amazing talents since she was a child. In addition to being superior to ordinary people in magic and martial arts, she also has an incredible spiritual talent that tends to be holy light. When she first walked into the Holy Light Cathedral, even the bronze bell on the main bell tower was shocked by the Holy Light and automatically rang three times. This is also one of the reasons why she eventually gave up the right to inherit the throne and converted to the Holy Light Church.
Although 90% of this is rumored, Gao Wen believes that even if the rumors are rumored, there is a reason.
The two people exchanged brief greetings on the dock, and the content was nothing more than "The Duke has worked hard to open the land", "Remember the heroic spirit", "How is the king's body?", "I have been revered for a long time and lost respect", "When will I start a meal" and other content without nutrition (the last one is said by Amber). During the greetings, the two parties also gave a brief introduction.
Gao Wen learned the name of the priest woman beside Veronica from Veronica: her name is very ordinary, Sandy, but her identity is not ordinary. She is a high-level goddess of the Holy Light Church. She is on the same level as Veronica, but since she has not received any culmination positions and has a short promotion time, she is temporarily accompanying the team in the name of assisting Veronica.
The man wearing civilized clothing and the emblem of the Royal Knights was directly under Francis II. The deputy commander of the First Knights of the Royal Family was named Cohen Loren, and had the title of Earl. From the surname, it can be seen that he had a close relationship with Silas Loren, Duke of the Eastern Realm. In fact, the deputy commander of the Knights was indeed a member of the Luoren family. He was the distant cousin of Silas Loren, but many years ago he voluntarily gave up his position in the family and accepted the special canonization of Francis II, becoming one of the royal nobles.
This time, the deputy leader of the Knights' Order's duty is to protect Veronica's safety.
After the greetings, Gowen asked Hetty to arrange the 100 technical talents who were coming off the boat to rest. He took Amber and Rebecca and accompanied Veronica to the center tent, while the two knights were guarding each other.
The soldiers who came down from the boat followed, but Veronica quickly stopped and ordered the middle-aged man beside her: "Mr. Cohen, please let the soldiers rest."
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, and Veronica shook her head gently: "In the territory of the founding grand duke, I don't think I have to worry about my own safety - and don't you think it's very rude to bring so many soldiers behind Duke Cecil?"
The middle-aged man nodded and waved his hand to disperse the soldiers who were following him, but he himself was still following the princess.
Protecting Veronica's safety is the task assigned to him by Francis II when he sets off.
On the way, Gao Wen briefly talked about the situation at the camp, and then the consequences were just right. Veronica took the initiative to ask about the bloody bones on the south bank of the Baishui River.
"Are those huge skeletons... the aberrant monsters that only appear in the magic tide?" Veronica looked at Gao Wen's eyes and asked seriously.
"Yes, it is the product of the great disaster seven hundred years ago. I went to the Kings to remind you a few months ago," replied Gowen. "They came again a few days ago, but this time we blocked them. I want to say that this group of monsters wandered from the wasteland of Gondor - in those monsters, we found fragments of the Gondorian weapons."
Veronica paused slightly, her tone changed slightly: "Gondor Wasteland?! Are you sure?"
"Extremely certain."
"This is impossible!" Cohen, deputy commander of the Royal Knights, immediately frowned and exclaimed in a low voice, "From Going to the wasteland of Gondor, you need to pass through a strip plain and dark mountains, and there were magnificent walls before this. Why... Is there something wrong with the magnificent walls??"
As he said that, he couldn't help looking in the direction of the dark mountains, as if he couldn't help but want to go to the other side of the mountain to confirm. Gao Wen shook his head when he saw this: "The wall is still there, and you can still see it when you cross the mountain, but I can be sure that the wall has begun to decline... It ages faster than we expected back then."
Cohen's breathing became heavy, and the seriousness of the situation once again exceeded his imagination. He took two deep breaths to calm down his mood: "The sentry nodes on the magnificent wall have been monitored by the Silver Empire. The elves have never talked about the problem of weak walls in the past few hundred years..."
"Elf... Elf is a trustworthy race. At least the same is true for the group we worked with back then," Gao Wen said as he quickly glanced at Amber, who was wandering around the sky, and quickly gave the shame of this elves in his mind. "It's only seven hundred years now. For elves, it's not enough to change a generation of population, so I believe they won't deceive the countries on this issue. But one thing we need to know... This is the northern end of the continent, and the Silver Empire is at the southernmost end of the continent, with a vast wasteland of Gondor in the middle. Even with the power of the Silver Empire, there will be a serious information delay in monitoring the Sentinel Tower here."
Cohen frowned. Of course he knew this fact, but it was a matter of no choice for the elves of the Silver Empire to monitor the entire Magnificent Wall: after the collapse of the Gondor Empire, only the ancestor magic mastered by the elves could build this miraculous protective barrier. Other countries and races could only provide some materials and labor if they died. Therefore, the "high magic technology part" of the entire Magnificent Wall was completely operated based on the ancient magic system of the elves, and this magic technology...only the elves could master it.
It was not that the Silver Empire had a technology monopoly, but that the brain structures of other races were unable to handle the spell models of the elves at all. Those hangers with pointed ears were born with special perception and thinking abilities. Their casting process was complex and sophisticated. The magic and elf spells used by humans were more like some kind of low-end simple copycat version...
Of course, human spells also have advantages, which is that they are full of quantity and have a lot of energy: low consumption and great power. In addition to the occasional strange things like Hetty who can't hit people and Rebecca who can only be big fireballs, they are pretty good in all aspects.
In short, due to the infrastructure limitations of the magnificent wall, all Sentinel Towers have been monitored by the Silver Empire for the past seven hundred years, and the limitations mentioned by Gao Wen are inevitable: it is difficult for the elves located in the south of the mainland to know in time what is wrong with the Sentinel Tower in the northernmost.
"Although I have converted to the Holy Light and no longer care about the affairs of the Kingdom, the Holy Light teachings teach us to uphold mercy and love," Veronica suddenly broke the silence. "When I go back, I will report the situation here to my father, and suggest that he send an envoy to contact the elves immediately."
Then she looked around with some concern: "If the magnificent wall is really extinguished, here will be the first to be affected. How could these weak people survive... Duke Cecil, I do not question your courage, but for the sake of the people here, do you consider changing places..."
"Thank you for your concern, but I don't have this idea yet," Gao Wen smiled and looked at Veronica. "I have confirmed the situation of the Magnificent Wall. It will not have any problems again in a short period of time, and the risk of a total collapse is almost zero. Besides, if the Magnificent Wall really collapses...what is the difference where to hide on this continent?"
"I'm very curious, how did you block those monsters," Cohen asked curiously, "from the breath remaining on the skeletons, I can sense how powerful they were, and the force of this territory..."
Gao Wen smiled: "Most of it is luck. These monsters unfortunately encountered a landslide, and were discovered by our people several days before approaching the camp. We were prepared for this. The remaining reasons...you should regard it as the wisdom and strength of the elderly."
Veronica and Cohen: “…”
Amber and Rebecca, who were following Gao Wen, muttered: "Look, I'll just say that your ancestors can make people angry."
Rebecca looked simple: "Is there something wrong to be honest?"
Amber: "…This shameless style must be your family tradition."
Rebecca: "You are rude!"
Gao Wen listened to the small movement behind him a little awkwardly. The two girls thought they suppressed their voices just right, but in fact, everyone could hear these movements. It would be fine to say that Rebecca was straightforward and had low emotional intelligence and was easily teased. Amber, a guy with a thief and thief, obviously deliberately asked for a beating, but it seems that it is not appropriate to hang her up and beat her in this situation...
Fortunately, Veronica didn't seem to care about the two young girls' muttering beside her. After hearing Gao Wen's decision to stay here, she just showed an expression that seemed to be expected and said quietly: "I respect your decision, but I hope you know one thing - if the situation in the south deteriorates, the Kingdom may not have much spare time to provide support."
Although Gao Wen knew from the beginning that with the current system of the Ansu Kingdom, he probably wouldn't get much support from the royal family, and this was just in line with his own wishes, but from Veronica's tone, he could not help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Chapter completed!