Chapter 9 Incineration

Gao Wen looked at the direction of the horizon for a long time. In the first few minutes, the huge conflict in cognition made him unable to even guess what he was seeing—no matter what it was, it was the same as the sun he only saw. far cry.

That broad and magnificent arc continued to rise, and at the initial stage it was much faster than the rising of the sun, so after a while, Gawain saw a small part of its arc, and that arc was indeed in Glowing, with hazy colors on the edges and an unrealistic, cloud-like structure, the light and heat of this world should be provided by this thing, but its light is not so dazzling as the sun that it cannot be seen directly - the truth On the contrary, Gawain could not only look directly at the curved surface, but could even see some subtle patterns on the curved surface.

After roughly judging the arc of the thing, Gawain realized that it was a thing with an apparent diameter of dozens or even hundreds of times larger than the sun—of course, its real size should be smaller than a normal star, just It is too close to the earth.

At this distance, if it rises, it may cover about one-fifth of the sky... Of course, this is only Gawain's rough senses, because the touch he has received is really great, and what he intuitively judges will inevitably be very different. big deviation.

Seeing a giant celestial body rising in front of you, the sense of oppression it brings is hard to describe.

Quickly searched Gawain Cecil's memory, and sure enough, he found countless times of equally spectacular "sunrises" in that memory. That thing in the sky was not an abnormal astronomical phenomenon, but the most normal landscape in this world.

So what about the explanation?

Gawain quickly made a lot of interpretations based on the knowledge he had. Perhaps because the physical rules of this world are completely different from the universe in his hometown, the light and thermal efficiency of stars are quite low, and the planet under his feet is very far from the stars. so close that you can see such a huge sun, and at the same time the earth is not scorched; it is also possible that it is not a sun at all, but a hole that emits light and heat, or nothing else at all. Scientific but magical stuff...

But it is more likely that the planet under his feet is not orbiting the sun, but a gas giant planet, which is not a planet at all, but a satellite of the latter, rising from the sky...

is the parent star of this satellite.

At this moment, the sense of "another place" that Gawain felt was stronger than ever.

"Ancestor? Lord Ancestor?" Heidi's voice came from the side, finally awakening Gawain who had fallen into a sluggish and contemplative state.

"Ah... ah?" Gawain suddenly woke up and looked at N's great-granddaughter beside him with a bit of surprise.

The beautiful lady left the dark, cramped and dangerous underground tunnel. At this time, she regained a little of her former style, she bowed slightly to Gawain: "Ancestor, you were in a daze just now, but we have to leave here first. "

Gawain faltered twice, and then he noticed that the exit of the tunnel was an unobstructed hillside. It was really not a wise move to stand here when the surrounding situation was unknown, so he nodded: "Let's go to the heights and check the nearby situation. What I know is the terrain of 700 years ago, and it may not be easy to use today."

So the group headed towards the hillside not far away under Gawain's instructions, and on the way, Gawain couldn't help but look up at the huge "sun" several times.

"Master Ancestor, have you been looking at the sun?" Rebecca, who was walking behind Gawain, couldn't help but asked with concern, "Is there a problem?"

Amber next to him said casually: "Your ancestors have slept for seven hundred years without seeing the sun. When you finally see the sun, you must look more."

Gawain ignored Amber, glanced at the great-granddaughter on the N+1 floor, shook his head slightly, and confirmed in his heart what the locals in this world call that thing in the sky - it is indeed called the sun.

In other words, no matter how the word is pronounced, in the minds of people in this world, the thing that the word refers to is the sun and nothing else.

Gawain retrieved the memory of the original owner of this body again, and after trying keywords and vague information several times, he finally raised his head with a feeling and looked at the slightly dim sky on the other side.

In the sky that had not yet fully brightened and still had a lot of stars left, he found a "star" about the size of a grain of rice that was brighter than all the stars.

Humans in this world call that special star "Ao" and endow it with many religious and magical ceremonies symbolic meanings.

The two previous guesses may be overturned, and only the third guess is reliable.

"Ao" was the star of this galaxy, incredibly far away, its brilliance sprinkled on the ground beneath Gawain's feet, almost as cold as other starlight.

In the cool breeze in the early morning, Gao Wen climbed to the top of the hillside.

A piece of land that was destroyed by the fire of war, showing a strange state of festering, appeared in the distance.

It was as if strong acid was poured on the flesh, the earth was rotting badly, large tracts of rocks and soil turned gray-black, cracks could be seen spreading everywhere, the vegetation on the land had long since been decomposed, and the remaining tree trunks had been twisted into pieces. In a demonized state like the claws of the devil, further away, you can see the collapsed walls, charred houses, and the Cecil family castle shrouded in smoke.

Giant-like aberrations roamed the wasteland.

The fields and crops have long been annihilated in the magic tide rolled up by the monsters, and they are completely indistinguishable.

"The family's territory..." Rebecca was lying on the hillside, gritted her teeth, her eyes were a little red, and tears of anger or sadness were rolling in her eyes. The girl who has adapted to the status of the lord seems to have lost everything at this moment.

"This is what the corrupted land looks like," Gawain sighed, "Back then, the Gondor Empire was corrupted from the inside out to look like this. I guess that corruption is still entrenched in the old empire to this day. On the wasteland - and new corruption has emerged in the realm of civilization."

Amber broke out in a cold sweat: "The god of shadows is above... We have been surrounded by these things before?"

Heidi thought about the possibility of the family's recovery: "Is there any help?"

"No way," Gawain shook his head, "you didn't stop the aberrations from attacking, they have formed a group resonance, and the elemental infestation caused by the magic tide is irreversible. Even if all the monsters are eliminated, entrenched in this land The contamination will also continue for quite a long time.”

"How long will it last?" Heidi looked a little unwilling to give up.

"Has human civilization returned to the Gondor Empire now?" Gawain asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"...There is still a forbidden area for life, and the land on the other side of the magnificent barrier is untouchable."

Gawain shrugged: "Then it seems that the corruption of Cecil's territory will last at least seven hundred years."

Rebecca and Heidi looked at this ancestor with some surprise. They couldn't understand why the great man who founded the Cecil family was so calm when facing the scene of the family's last territory being destroyed by monsters—— There is neither anger nor sadness, it is as if they are looking at things that have nothing to do with them, and this attitude even makes them a little scared.

However, Gawain quickly noticed the eyes of the two and asked, "Is there a problem?"

"Master Ancestor, aren't you... angry?" Rebecca asked cautiously, "This is the last territory of the Cecil family..."

Gawain was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that he was still not fully in the role, which revealed a flaw, so he quickly put his face up to hold back all his acting skills: "It's useless to indulge in these things. Gawain Sethi Er is a pioneer. I built every inch of the family’s land and wealth from scratch. If there is no territory, it will be gone. It’s a big deal to find another place to pioneer—what are you doing?”

Heidi and Rebecca nodded quickly, and while nodding, they were deeply impressed by the ancestor's admiration. It has been divided up by the existing aristocratic system, and the borderless land is basically a restricted area. Where did the ancestors plan to open up the wasteland...

"There's nothing to see here. We have to plan our itinerary next. The next step is to find the town first, and then find a way to join the group of people who broke out of the encirclement," Gao Wen hurriedly changed the subject while he pretended that Yu Wei was still there. , "I remember that a knight named Philip led someone to break through? Did you discuss the meeting point?"

Rebecca quickly replied: "It is agreed that the town of Tanzania in the north, if Tanzania is also attacked by monsters, continue north along the Kingdom Avenue."

Gawain nodded and was about to leave when a strange feeling suddenly stopped him.

After being stunned for a moment, he and Byron Knight next to him shouted almost at the same time: "Get down! Hide!"

Although it was unclear why, Rebecca and Hetty immediately followed Knight Byron to hide under a nearby boulder, and Amber had already escaped into the shadow the moment Gawain opened his mouth and drilled into an unknown corner. Gawain hid behind Rebecca, but suddenly saw that the little maid Betty, who looked a little silly, was still holding the frying pan and stood there blankly, so he rushed out and dragged the other party. Back - and almost at the next moment, a sense of oppression that made everyone tremble fell from the sky.

In the brilliance of the rising "giant sun", an elegant and huge creature slowly flew across the sky.

It was a giant dragon with a body length of tens of meters.

In panic, Heidi subconsciously cast a third-order spell "curved light stand" to hide everyone's figures, but she was completely unsure whether this superficial spell could hide the eyes of a legendary creature.

But the dragon really didn't notice the people on the ground—or maybe it didn't bother to pay attention to it at all. He or she just flapped his wings slowly and flew through the sky with grace and majesty, and the land of Cecil's territory destroyed by the magic tide was reflected in those huge eyes.

Then it took a sip of the soda... oh, the breath burned the place.