Chapter 1262： Behind the curtain

Hidden in the cracks of the real world, the truth cannot be observed with the naked eye.

Gawain’s first reaction when he saw those pulsating shadows did not actually think so deeply. He only thought that it was a kind of optical obscuration effect, a kind of illusion covering some real situations in the tower, but this The simple thought lasted less than a tenth of a second, and he suddenly realized one thing—

The three people at the scene are themselves a legendary knight, Modil is a legendary mage, and the last Amber is not strong in combat, but it is a suspected choice of shadows, one who has the ability to steal power from the kingdom of Lady Night. "Shadow Master"-this level of exploration team configuration, what degree of optical obscuration or illusion spell can be hidden from their eyes at the same time? !

This is not an optical illusion, at least there is a power in the realm of miracles! Some of the research results of the Theological Council and the knowledge he obtained from several retired gods quickly appeared in Gawain’s mind, and then he judged that something that could almost interfere with reality was hiding in the tower. reality.

Amber reacted in an instant, and suddenly raised her head to look up at the sky. Her eyes did not penetrate the hidden curtains like the protagonist of the bard's story. Intuition still rose from the bottom of her heart, and with the rapid thinking in her mind, she subconsciously raised her hands, hesitating whether to summon the power that might be directed at the gods.

This is the Tower of Upheaval, and rashly using power beyond the realm of mortals may attract unexpected changes.

But isn't the current situation itself an unexpected change?

Amber quickly moved his heart, two hands raised high, and an invisible gust of wind swept across the center of the hall in an instant. In the gray-white swift air current, shadows and dust appeared out of thin air, and were engulfed by the gust of wind and spread wantonly throughout the hall.

Gawain looked at the shadows and dust that suddenly appeared and expanded rapidly, and he looked at Humber in astonishment: "When did your ability become so powerful?"

"I...I don't know..." Amber also looked a little blinded, and said quickly while hurriedly controlling the flying shadows and dust in the sky, "I just want to summon a dust to send to it, and see the dust. Can the'infestation' nature break through to see something invisible... I don't know why it suddenly came out so much!"

While speaking, Amber had quickly closed the "channel" for summoning the shadows and dust, but the dust that had flowed out still formed a huge gray-white "dust storm" above the hall, and she did her best to control the flow of that dust. Guiding them to hover in the upper part of the hall, Gawain's eyes widened at the same time, watching the gray sand currents rampant high in the sky-the next second, he and Modil took a breath of cold air at the same time.

Grey-white sand swept across the roof of the hall, shredding the hidden "curtains" like a storm of rough and unreasonable sharp blades, and the roof and surrounding areas that seemed to be all normal quickly revealed their true appearance, and large swaths of it were covered. Severe corrosion, pollution, and even the scars left by some kind of parasitic structure were exposed in front of the three people. The black scars spread from the highest wall to the center of the roof, and there were many dead animals that had withered and died. It is still the plant structure that is entangled and adsorbed on the top of the transportation channel, and the traces of corruption are shocking, but what is even more shocking is another thing:

A huge crack pierced the roof of the entire hall.

The crack is not printed on the wall or roof of the hall, but floating abruptly in the air, as if the space itself has opened a wound; its two ends penetrate the outer wall of the tower without destroying the structure of the outer wall. It penetrated like a phantom, the top of it touched the roof of the hall, and the bottom of it showed a crooked, jagged, hideous shape!

And in the depths of this huge fissure, you can see the blue brilliance that is surging slowly like water waves. Although you can't feel any power escape, you can only see the bright and pure brilliance, Gao Wen It seems to be able to feel how pure and powerful magical energy is in the "world" on the other side of the fissure.

The shadows and dust began to recede gradually, and the invisible wind in the hall gradually subsided. However, the destroyed "veil" was not regenerated as a result, and the disturbing real scene presented on the roof of the hall was still clearly presented. In everyone's eyes, the traces of erosion and the huge crevices that lie above occupy almost one-third of the height of the entire hall, but below them... the rest of the hall still maintains a normal state.

Obviously, near the roof is where "something" once occupies.

Amber raised his head, his eyes slowly widened. After a daze for some time, the shadow assault goose that reacted slowly for a long time finally squeezed out an exclamation from his throat: "Oh mom... Maye, this is a big deal. what!"

"What is that?!" Modil's gaze fell on the fissure filled with blue light. He had never seen anything similar to it, but his instinct as a mage made him feel it. What happened, "That rift..."

"...Dark Blue Netway, probably," Gawain's unusually serious voice sounded from the side, "I've seen it for the first time, but I think there is nothing wrong with it."

"Dark Blue Nets?" Another layer of confusion appeared on Modil's face, "What is that again?"

"It’s very complicated to explain. You can think of it as the internal energy circulation system of this planet. It overlaps with the material world like a projection of the planet, and runs through all the planes of our world. "Yongyuan" in the real world, you should be familiar with this Yongyuan... its former name was Deep Blue Well," Gao Wen said slowly, his voice low and serious, he sighed slightly at the end, "It looks like we have Trouble..."

As if to prove the "trouble" in Gao Wen's mouth, as soon as his voice fell, the magic net terminal carried by Amber's waist suddenly made a series of rapid buzzing sounds. As soon as the communication was connected, Gao Wen listened. Byron's voice rang from across the terminal: "Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with you?"

"People are safe, but we found something disturbing," Gawain said in a deep voice, and then frowned. "How do you know? What happened to you?"

While speaking, he faintly heard some noisy movements on the opposite side of the communication device, mixed with the sounds of Merita and Noreta, and the noise of the young dragons. Many people seemed to be in a hurry.

"The two young dragons suddenly started making a fuss." Before Byron from the communicator spoke, Ashalena's voice came in abruptly. "They yelled in the direction of the tower like crazy, and thumped vigorously. As if we wanted to fly over, we took a lot of effort to stop them reluctantly, but they still kept arguing..."

Suddenly the young dragon makes a big noise?

Gawain frowned, and then he heard another voice coming from the opposite side of the communication device. Melita and Noreta seemed to be nearby, and their rapid conversation came through the magic net terminal: "...Noreta Ta, they look very anxious and don't listen to me at all!" "Nor don't listen to me! Norey bit me just now!" "Would you like to use spiritual soothing spells, but they are still young, which has a side effect on magic. Resistance..." "Don't worry, don't worry, their health is okay, I will comfort them." "Wait, Noretta... I suddenly thought of a possibility... You said, will they be able to see What we can't see?!"

…

"Could it be that they can see what we can't?"

On the edge of the deck of the Bitter Winter, two young dragons were still screaming restlessly. The two novice mothers and the accompanying dragon compatriots were trying to reassure these two little guys who were anxious for some reason. Melita turned her head and looked around. Noretta said, her eyes widened.

"Something we can't see?" Noretta was putting her hand on top of one of the whelps, while trying to make the obviously anxious little guy feel more secure, she slowly opened her eyes, "You are Say…"

"I guess—the dark blue scars didn’t just affect the color of their scales, do you remember? Speaker Andal and Ms. Enya both said that the scars might also affect their nervous system and affect their perception. …"

"Quah!" "Quah, quack!" The two young dragons yelled again one after another. They suddenly broke free of Noleta's hand and rushed into the air, hovering anxiously above the deck while looking backwards. In the direction of the Tower of Tide, the still immature roar was mixed with obvious anxiety and a certain...excitement.

Noretta reacted, she glanced at Merita, and the two raised their fingers at the two young dragons hovering in the night sky at the same time. The invisible magic force dragged the two young guys back to the deck, and the young dragons struggled subconsciously. Get up, but before that, Melita and Noretta had already put their hands on their heads.

"Hey, don't be afraid," Melita used one arm to control the extremely powerful young dragon's neck, and the other hand pressed the little guy's head. She leaned close to the latter's ear and whispered in a gentle voice. , "Did you see something terrible? Mom knows it, don't be afraid, relax... Let mom see what you see..."

The little guy calmed down a bit, and taking advantage of this moment of effort, Merita suddenly floated layers of blue rune circles on her hand, and her eyes also turned into dark golden vertical pupils while breathing. Under the curtain of night, these magic-filled eyes directly connected to the young dragon's vision, and then she controlled the young dragon in her arms and slowly turned her gaze to the direction of the tall tower.

A shocking... a huge crack that can even make the dragon feel trembling filled her vision!

The fissure is suspended in the sky, and the interior is filled with eye-catching blue light. Like a solidified lightning, it penetrates the clouds in the night and tilts towards the sea below. It penetrates the bottom of the tower of the reverse tide. Half of it, but the crack did not destroy the tower's body, but passed through the outer wall of the tower like a phantom, and passed over the island of steel—then the crack continued to extend towards the west coast of Tarrond. , Meandering all the way, crossing the sea with broken ice and fragmented coast, and sinking into the depths of the earth all the way.

It was like a wound, tearing through the sky and the earth-but apart from the two young dragons, no one could see all this before.

"Oh my God…"

Noretta’s exclamation sounded from the side, causing Melita to wake up suddenly, and as the magical connection between her and the young dragon was interrupted, the crack that ran across the sky and pierced the tower followed. It disappeared from the field of vision, as if it had never existed before.

Melita and Noreta looked at each other, and they saw the same consternation and...uneasy in each other's eyes.

In the next second, Melita suddenly got up and rushed to Byron, who was holding the communicator not far away: "Gavin! We may be in trouble!"

…

Gao Wen's face was gloomy. He looked up at the roof of the hall while listening to the contents of Melita's report. The thrilling crack was still floating in the sky, and the erosion and corruption around the crack was shocking.

When did the crack appear? When did the traces of pollution and corruption appear? When Modil Wilde came here six hundred years ago... were they there?

Gawain couldn't help but have such a chilling scene in his mind-an ignorant adventurer stepped into the tower, but he couldn't see the real scene in the tower. He explored, recorded, and studied in the hall. However, just above his head, the indescribable corruption is hidden deep in the invisible curtain, countless eyes watching him, countless mouthpieces whispering to him...

He suddenly realized what the words and sentences mentioned in Modil's speech confusion just now meant—though the great adventurer could not see the "truth" in this hall, some influences still directly interfered with him. His mind made him "remember" everything in his subconscious mind.

"What are we going to do now?" Amber's voice came from the side. The half-elf's face was full of nervousness. However, at such a critical time, she actually showed no signs of running away, just like a big enemy. Looking at the terrible scene above the hall, while waiting for Gawain's next instructions.

Gao Wen did not respond to Amber at the first time, but first took out a small magic metal amulet from his arms. In addition to the distinctive deep-sea rune inscribed on the amulet, another set of the core area can be seen. Precision Rune Array—It is roughly hexagonal, and the whole is covered by a transparent crystal-like substance. You can also see that there are finely divided crystals embedded in each node.

This is a "detection device" used to perceive divine power. It is the brainchild of the think tanks and technical monks of the Theological Council. Its principle is not complicated. Its core mechanism is actually a universal inverter array. If there is divine power, the inverter array will react, and its internal energy balance will shift, and the crystal structure of the device will also generate heat and flash signals.

At least in all the tests so far, this detection device can react sensitively to any known divine power. For this reason, it has become the "contact-level" and "confrontation-level" cadres of the Theocracy Council. Standard items in daily tasks.

Looking at the metal talisman in a silent state, Gao Wen's face sank.

At first, this amulet did not respond, he only thought that the "adversity" was too special, so he failed to trigger the amulet's alarm.

But now... he has a worse answer.

"The leak has already happened," Gao Wen slowly raised his head and glanced across the roof. "We are late. I don't know how many years are late."