, Dawn Sword

Under the guidance of Veronica's guidance signal, the Dragoon finally landed on a small platform at the bottom of the "Crystal Peak".

Gao Wen and Amber walked down from the aircraft. The latter raised their heads hard and looked at the cone-shaped structure like a hill made of a large number of crystal prisms. The pure magic power gushing out of the deep blue well was released from the top of the cone-shaped structure, forming a bright stream of flames in the air and finally gathered on the top of the thick shield, which looked particularly spectacular.

Amber stared at her for a long time, and the thoughts in her heart finally formed a sigh: "...Is this thing never enough to spray?"

"I thought you were going to sigh," Gao Wen shook his lips and looked at the shadow assault goose with a squinted thought. "According to Tallond's research records, this rift has existed since the beginning of the planet's birth. It is part of the magic cycle of this planet. There is no concept of "spraying" unless there is a problem with the magic cycle of the entire planet. As for the little energy collected by the Gondor people from here back then... Compared with the entire Deep Blue Network, I'm afraid it can only be considered a small wave of water."

"...There is endless magic, the cleanliness is not even required to be purified twice, and the difficulty of utilization is almost zero," Amber sighed, "No wonder the Gondor Empire was so powerful back then..."

Gao Wen didn't say anything, and at this moment, he suddenly heard a slight buzzing sound coming from not far away. Looking along the sound, he saw a flowing grid of light suddenly appear on the surface of the crystal "wall" at the end of the platform. In the flash of light, the outer wall of the originally integrated crystal had undergone dazzling changes and reorganizations, and in the blink of an eye, a towering door opened.

The sound of footsteps came from the gate, and two particularly tall figures stepped out. Under the light and shadow of the afterglow of the sunset and the blue magic flames, these two figures that emerged from the depths of the ancient fortress even gave Gao Wen a feeling of coming from a historical scroll. When he approached, Gao Wen saw that these were two "female soldiers". They were wearing the uniforms of the combat magicians of the ancient Gondor Empire, and they did not hold weapons in their hands. They only had magic power amplification components that seemed to be directly connected to their bodies in their arms, shoulders, etc. One of the "magic soldiers" seemed to have been damaged in the previous battle and had not had time to repair it. A wound was cut near her neck. Below the bionic skin was a bright silver alloy inner armor and connecting structure.

Amber next to him immediately reacted: These were two iron warriors, like the "maid" of the Tifeng Empire, they were powerful artificial weapons made by ancient humans.

Her thinking couldn't help but float away a little. If the "maid" named Diana came with her this time, she would definitely think that she had been waiting for hundreds of years for her replacement and maintenance...

While thinking about it, the iron soldier who looked relatively intact, spoke, and her voice sounded a little mechanically and cold: "Welcome, visitors, you have been authorized to visit A. His Highness Ophelia ordered us to guide you to the control center."

"We can just go in, and the others are on standby outside," Gao Wen nodded, turned his head to the entourage who served as "guards", "You are waiting here."

"We're the two of us going in?" Amber pointed at himself, looking at his expression, as if he was a little questioning, "You..."

"This is our first meeting with the last heir of the Gondor Empire," Gao Wen whispered, "I'm not sure what's underneath, so it's better to have a private first meeting."

Amber shrugged and said there was no doubt. Then he followed Gao Wen's footsteps. The two followed the Iron Man soldier and walked towards the "Crystal Gate" that looked colorful not far away.

After passing through the gate, they stepped into a passage formed entirely of thick crystals and walked forward in a slope that sloping downwards. Everything at the sight was that beautiful, blue crystal like ice crystals. There was no lighting equipment in the whole passage, but a steady stream of light could be seen in the depths of the crystals on both sides, which allowed the passage to keep the light and illuminated bright and clean crystal corridor, which made people completely unexpected that there was a piece of desolate wasteland outside.

Gao Wen felt as if he was walking in a whole clear iceberg, and the wonderful flow of light permeated and refracted in the ice crystals, bringing a dreamlike feeling.

The two iron soldiers who led the way were obviously pure military models. They did not have the habit of chatting and were very silent all the way, which made this incredible journey quite dull.

However, Amber, who was accompanying her, was a character that could not be quiet. From the moment she came in, she kept looking at the shining crystals around her. Her amber eyes shone as brightly as the crystals around her. She couldn't hold it in halfway through: "Hey, these crystals around her are so beautiful... What material are they? Are they really crystals? Natural crystals?"

Hearing the visitor's voluntary inquiries, the iron soldier who led the way finally broke the silence: "It's not a natural crystal."

When Amber heard this, she lost interest: "Oh, what I said..."

"It is the crystallization of steady-state arcane," continued the Iron Man Bing, "and it was deposited from the pure magic that has been gushing in the deep blue well for thousands of years and the magic-guiding components in the environment."

The next second, Gao Wen saw a flash of black shadow in front of him. Amber jumped up on the spot and tried to jump to the wall closest to him. If Gao Wen hadn't known the shame of the alliance and had reacted very quickly, Amber would have slapped the crystal as usual, and he could not even hold it off.

Just this amber was still struggling in Gao Wen's hand, and his beloved little dagger had already been taken out: "Let me pick a piece and try it! I'll test the ingredients! Steady-state arcane crystal! Pure arcane crystal that can transmit light! On the previous black market, Luke could make those mages beat the dog's brain. There is a mountain here! A whole mountain ahhhh!"

"Don't embarrass you here," Gao Wen grabbed the amber under his armpit, looking at the guy who was still dancing with a headache, "Do you know what occasion this is?"

"Isn't this private?" Amber was trying to break free from the constraints while striking, "Apart from the Iron Man Corps who obeyed orders, Veronica Veronica is not an outsider. Alas, you just asked the entourage to be on standby outside. Hey, I said, it turns out that there is such a consideration... It's you, you are just far-sighted, and you are preparing a coffin for the full moon wine..."

Gao Wen: "…"

He now regrets that he usually teaches this guy so many sluts...

The only thing that is thankful is that the iron soldiers leading the way do not understand these at all. They did not even look back at the amber that was being held under the armpit by Gao Wen. After answering the visitor's questions and confirming that the visitors did not have further exchanges, the two ancient machine girls began to lead the way silently. Under their leadership, Gao Wen took the amber through this crystal clear "crystal ramp" and finally saw the artificial facilities made by steel.

A lift leading to the depths of the ground is completely different from the contemporary "Ancient Gondor style".

Amber finally looked back at the crystal clear passage reluctantly, and was dragged into the elevator by Gao Wen. Then, accompanied by a slight mechanical friction sound, the elevator's guardrail closed and they began to sink quickly into the ground.

The elevator is surrounded by an open structure where the external scene can be directly seen, and the surrounding vertical shafts have openings that can be observed outside every section. Gao Wen and Amber can intuitively understand what the "view" underground of this ancient fortress is like. They pass through this deep vertical shaft, and at any distance they will pass through a thick protective dome made of tough metal and concrete. This thick "protective shell" is seven layers in a row. Then they see internal facilities like factories, excavation stations, and warehouses. Between each facility, there are separate armor and shields to isolate it layer by layer.

The amber, who was just making a fuss about picking a piece of crystal, was completely quiet at this time. She stared at the scene passing by the elevator in a daze, and finally muttered softly: "Such a tight defense..."

"Surviving in the center of the wasteland is not easy," Amber's voice suddenly rang in the elevator. The sound came from a small sounding device. Although it was a little different from the voice I usually heard, Amber and Gaowen immediately realized that this was Veronica's talking. "In the first two centuries, the situation in the central area of ​​the wasteland was much more severe than what you saw when you first arrived here: deadly pollution penetrated into the ground, and the distortions were not just wandering on the surface of the old imperial capital. The monsters invaded the depths of the underground through these facilities...

“So all I could do in the first two hundred years was to dig downwards, I dug for two centuries, moved the fortress as a whole to a place twice as deep as before, and at the same time blowing up all subway tunnels and drainage networks close to underground bunkers, and in the process built the layers after layers of ‘shell’ you just saw to protect yourself.

"A hundred years later, the situation improved slightly. I settled down under the stable structure and completely restored the operation efficiency of the Iron Man Corps maintenance array. I sent soldiers to clear out the wandering monsters that still occupy the subway passage, restarted some of the lines, and based on this, began to further restore control of the areas around the old imperial capital..."

With Veronica's narration, the elevator continued to descend in the shaft, and during this seemingly endless descent, Gao Wen spoke: "Before that, you project your 'thinking' to the outside of the wasteland in some way, just like using the 'carrier' of 'Veronica', observing our world?"

"Yes," Veronica, or Ophelia replied softly, "so in a sense, I've been 'opening my eyes' outside the wasteland even earlier than my surface activities here. In the first few hundred years, I had difficulty judging the surface deep underground, so I had to rely on remote control of the carriers in the 'Survivor Kingdom' to understand the changes in the wasteland indirectly... One of my carriers is still very famous, I don't know if you have heard of it."

"Oh?" Gao Wen suddenly became interested, "Tell me about it in detail?"

Ophelia's voice was soft and steady: "Griffina, sword dancer Griffina."

Gao Wen had obviously never heard of this name, but Amber reacted instantly: "Ah, it's the 'crazy sword witch'. I've heard of this name. Her story is very popular among country minstrels, and it has lasted for hundreds of years..."

Notice the confused expression on Gao Wen next to him, Amber immediately showed a proud look. After all, she usually has few opportunities to show off her knowledge in front of Gao Wen: "Hey, you didn't have this character when you were lying on the board back then. This story is more common in rural unofficial history, so it's normal for you not to understand it.

"Grifina was a figure about six hundred years ago. It is said that she was just an ordinary mercenary who was active on the border between Tifeng and Ansu. Her level and ability were limited to make a living by merchants. However, once the caravan she served as the guard was destroyed by robbers. She herself fell into the mountain stream during the battle. It is said that she died on the spot. However, it is said that she was resurrected three days later. Since then, her strength has increased sharply but her temperament has changed drastically. She has become a well-known "crazy witch". She is famous for her lightning chains that are not distinguished from the enemy and me during the battle. She specializes in the most dangerous commissions on the edge of the wasteland. Even after all countries gradually reduce or even cut off their exploration of the wasteland, she still wanders between the gradually abandoned border villages and towns..."

"What's the last?" Gao Wen noticed Amber paused and asked in time.

"In the end? No one has seen her. It is said that some people swear to see the "crazy sword witch" rushing into the depths of the wasteland with their own eyes. Some people say that she made a deal with the devil to be resurrected. In the end, she lost her soul at the cost of her soul. Some people say that she suddenly had a fight with a passing young knight, and then they got married. The specific version depends on which genre of the story is made up. Usually, five places below five copper plates tend to run to the wasteland and commit suicide."

Amber said this and thought about it, and added: "Of course, it is said that there is an exotic adventure dragon quilt and then a lengthened version of the lily with the princess of a certain country, but that one game costs eight copper plates. I think it's too expensive, it's really boring, so I didn't listen..."

Gao Wen: "…"

"Basically, this is the truth," Ophelia's voice came faintly, "except for the final part."

"...I have only dealt with 'Veronica', and it's really hard to imagine how you were when you were active in history in another way," Gao Wen's expression was strange, "and it's still like this... So, did you occupy the body of that mercenary back then? It sounds like she was just an ordinary person at the beginning..."

"I occupied her body after she fell off the cliff and died," Ophelia replied. "I will not occupy the body of an ordinary person, nor will I destroy the lives of others. This is my principle, unless the other person's life has ended or has never begun."

"..." Gao Wen did not comment on this. He was just a little curious. "Then the 'crazy witch' changed his temperament after the resurrection... was your bad taste? Because in my impression, your personality seems to be quite peaceful..."

"...That body broke the brain and it was difficult to repair," Ophelia's voice was a little strange, as if she had thought of some embarrassing memories, "It's really difficult to control it."
Chapter completed!