Chapter 853： progress

Govin finally knew the truth about the curse of the Augustus family.

This is more tortuous than he expected.

As a person familiar with the relevant events, Megur III believed that the escaped "Eye of God" had fallen into a personality after entering the bloodstream of the Augustus family. After being diluted and deteriorated by the blood of mortal generations, it has essentially become There is no divine spiritual pollution-but Gao Wen dare not be so optimistic.

After all, he knew the ancient God war, knew that the gods had changed their face and returned to the world again and again, and he knew that the power of the gods was actually a projection of the collective will of mortals, and after mastering so much information, he did not think that he would be integrated into Augustus. The "eye of god" in family blood will disappear so easily.

It ’s just that he ca n’t verify anything now, even if a member of the Augustus family is standing here, with the current technical conditions, Gao Wen does n’t know how to confirm the state of the “eye of God”, so Just think about it.

Meghal III did not hear Gao Wen's last soft whisper to himself, remembering that the Orlandale incident two hundred years ago made this non-human dream pope into a sigh. After a half-minute silence, His voice came again in the undulating starlight polymer: "Your Majesty, this is what I know about the curse of the Augustus family."

Gao Wen also woke up from his thoughts. He looked at the former pope in front of him, and nodded softly: "It's all important information and valuable."

Then he paused, and then said, "It's a miracle that you can survive from Orandale."

"Everyone underestimates the solidity of those ancient ruins. Some incredible ancient technology makes its core and bottom layer almost indestructible, and the collapse of the upper area just completely hides the fact that the interior is intact." There was a trace of emotion, "At that time, Tifeng was in chaos due to the collapse of the emperor capital and a large number of casualties of the upper nobles. They could only use most of their energy to rebuild order and relocate the capital ... not to mention, given the technical conditions at the time, they There was no way to confirm what was happening at the bottom of Orlandale.

"As for us, we have an alternate passageway that can be evacuated from the exit outside Orangedale, but we know that there was only a dead end to going out at the time-we dormant in the underground palace, relying on the reserves and the upper city ruins The small amount of food collected by China spent the first few months, and then slowly began to send some people to investigate the situation. After many years, we restored the middle of the underground palace within the solid framework of ancient facilities. The lower level, and a new dome underneath the collapsed area ... it's really not easy. "

"I can imagine," Gao Wen nodded, and then asked, "I'm thinking about one thing. At that time, you used the word" evil **** "to talk to Emperor Tifeng, and convinced him that the gods below Orandale were not gods. But the evil spirit, the other party believed, but the Augustus family will certainly not let this thing go past-even if they are investigating the curse they suddenly encountered, they will find a way to understand Oran The truth in the Dell incident. Do you think they finally knew what was really underneath Orlandale? "

Megal was silent for a few seconds before slowly saying, "I think they should have found out a part of the truth. They probably knew that the curse they suffered was actually from the gods.

"The reason is very simple. Not all the sleeper priests have been staying in the earth palace at the time of the Orlando incident. Some priests were active outside. Some of them will inevitably fall into the hands of the Augustus family in the future. When teaching When the core and high-level of the regiment were buried under Orlandale, these priests did not know that we were still alive and lost their psychological support. Many of them would account for everything in order to survive. "

Gao Wen's brows frowned, and Shen Sheng said, "That is to say, the Augustus family knew that the gods had brought them a curse, even to a certain extent-they, like you, knew that the gods were gradually going crazy and knew the nature of the gods. Actually, it is the end of the countdown. "

"Those arrested priests should tell this part of the truth, but the Augustus family chose not to believe how much they believed," replied Mergol III. "They may regard this as nonsense of cultists. And, of course, given the evidence of the curse's real existence and the evidence of the Orlandale incident, they may also have limited faith in the words of those priests. "

"The main religion of the Tifeng empire is the God of War faith. In addition, there are also small-scale activities of the Church of the God of Commerce, the Blood God, and the Death God," said Amber at the same time. These churches did not have any form of support or closeness. "

Gao Wen couldn't help looking at Amber-he hadn't asked anything, but her answer was exactly what he needed.

After a moment of thought, he asked, "Are there members of the Augustus family who are open religions or have received any form of baptism?"

"No," Amber shook his head. "At least none of the intelligence that can be collected-but the existence of secret baptisms is not ruled out, although the probability is very low."

Gavin thought and asked, "Is there a religious believer in the Augustus family before the Orlando incident?"

"I don't know," Amber shook his head. "The MIA has not specifically investigated this. But this part of the information is not confidential. You should be able to find clues from the official information of Tifeng ..."

"I can answer," Mergol III interjected suddenly, "Yes, and there is more than one-before the Orlando incident, there were members of the Augustus family who were baptized by the God of War. There were not many, many times It is a symbol of the exchange of royal and church interests, but there are indeed baptized people. "

Gao Wen exhaled softly.

"Then we can assume that the Augustus family will no longer allow members of the family to become believers after the Orlando incident," he said softly. "As for the fact that they have not cracked down on the church in the country ... This is not surprising, it may be It takes into account social needs and national interests.

"After all, even Cecil today has a Church of Light as the main faith and several other small churches."

Gao Wen's last sentence was just a casual remark. However, Meghal III thought of the "war priests" of the Cecil Empire who were loyal to the emperor, and the starlight and clouds of the whole body could not help but shrink.

But Gao Wen couldn't see the face of Megal III from a cloud of twinkling stars. He just thought and hit his armrest with his fingers subconsciously, as if whispering to himself: "The situation is getting interesting ..."

...

After continuing to exchange some sporadic questions, Meghal III left.

In the spacious study room, there were only Gao Wen sitting at his desk and amber standing in front of Gao Wen.

"It's been a big secret tonight," Amber immediately stretched a long lazy waist without any scruples when no one was on the scene, and whispered, "In this way, the Augustus family and never sleep They are really ... entangled. "

"Reality is always so bizarre, it's more than you and I imagine than the bard's story," Gao Wenran said, "So, at this moment, Rosetta Augustus has accepted the domestic eternal sleepers on a large scale ... This thing is even more dramatic. "

"After all, the Orlando incident was two hundred years ago," Amber blinked. "For most ordinary humans, it is already" ancient "-an ancient story buried deep in the dossier. Right The modern Emperor Tifeng and the sleeper priest can only be a story. "

"You're talking more and more like me now." Gao Wen couldn't help but look at Amber with a smile.

Amber gnawed his teeth immediately, but did not bb a lot of nonsense instantly as usual, but after a short thought, he thoughtfully said: "Speaking ... according to what Meghal III brought Intelligence, the relationship between the anti-tide empire and the gods of ancient times may be more complicated than we first imagined. "

"Able to build advanced devices capable of accommodating and controlling the power of the gods, but use this technology to build altars to meet the gods ..." Gavin had a slightly serious expression, "Merita Penia once said that she did not break through the gods But the shackles had mastered the super high technology in advance, and the only disaster brought by it, I have been thinking about the profound meaning of her words, the ruins under Orandale ... seem to answer some of my questions. "

"It's a pity that the ruins are really gone this time," Amber muttered with regret. "The eternal sleeper blew it up from the inside before evacuating, and those secrets are no longer known."

"Maybe one day we will have other ways to dig out those secrets," Gao Wen shook his head. "Now, at least those who are sleepless bring a lot of information, there will always be something valuable."

...

After a night of rest and a final trade-off all morning, Sir Goros and his advisory group came to Gawain Cecil again.

Gao Wen sat on the high-back chair he loved, watching the dragon descendants sit opposite, the clerk and assistant assistant were ready, with a calm expression.

Last night, the information uttered by Mergol III brought him a lot of thoughts and deductions about the future, but the thing he was concerned about was not just an "eye" of a **** of riches and dreams. Now he let himself His mind calmed down, and he was ready to continue yesterday's unfinished negotiations with these powerful dragon descendants from the extremely northern mountains.

Sir Goros first gave a courtesy to Gao Wen, then cleared his throat, and said frankly and politely, "Sir, first of all, thank you for your hospitality again.

"We have carefully considered the many projects you proposed yesterday and your vision for the future. In terms of conclusions ... please forgive me for being rude, I personally prefer the straightforward way of speaking-

"The Principality of Saint Dragons is not ready for full commercial contact with Cecil for the time being, especially with regard to mine development, joint venture colleges, and infrastructure construction. Dragons have no intention."

Gao Wen's eyebrows were raised slightly to the extent that no one else could detect.

Sir Goros said frankly and honestly, but in fact he was already quite euphemistic-just the euphemistic language could not change the meaning of his words.

Everyone at the scene heard it very clearly: Dragonborns rejected more than 70 percent of the many projects proposed by Gao Wen yesterday.

And it seems that their attitude is very firm. This is the result of their deliberations. It may even be a decision made after contacting the Grand Duke of Dragon Blood through some method. It cannot be changed or reversed in a few words.

But driven by curiosity, Gao Wen couldn't help asking: "I want to hear the specific reason."

Sir Goros looked at Asha Lena next to her, then turned her head and greeted Gao Wen's gaze earnestly and frankly: "His Majesty, the Dragonborn has a sincere and candid attitude towards this exchange, and I believe You do the same.

"We are all looking for new friends in this vast world, for a common and bright future for both parties.

"One word from the Holy Dragon: The lone climber has the courage, and the companion climber has the courage and the wisdom-the dragons are not as exclusive as the outside world thinks. In fact we are happy to make friends, but we make Those who can climb the peak together go forward and retreat together.

"Your Majesty, in the past thousand years, the dragon descendants have rarely stepped out of the northern mountains, because everything that happened on this continent failed to arouse our interest, and now we have opened the door. We opened it on our own initiative-we opened the door to find an ally, and the dragons hope that all of this can be based on equality, respect, mutual benefit, and frankness. "

Gao Wen quietly looked into Sir Gorosh's eyes, and two seconds later he suddenly laughed.

"Of course," he said happily and easily. "Then let's discuss a solution again."

His attitude was calm, as if everything had been expected.