Since the beginning of winter, Aldernan has experienced two significant cooling times in a row. The continuous temperature drop has made the city fade away the colors of autumn. A layer of withered yellow and dark tones cover the streets and alleys, and the fog is just like in previous years. It covers the city on the plain on time from the tower of Obsidian Palace. The rows of roofs and towers far and near have once again become silhouettes and isolated islands that appear in the fog, with an unreal haze.

Rosetta Augustus stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the study, staring at the direction of the church area for a long time, and the religious building with an iron-gray spire was silent.

The emblem of the God of War that once floated over the church has now been replaced by the flag of the Tifeng Empire. Although the church reliefs embedded on the exterior walls of the church are still there, they seem to have lost the mysterious and noble atmosphere. In the "view" that ordinary people cannot detect, the extraordinary and holy atmosphere that was once filled with in the magnificent building has disappeared. Now what it can bring to the world is only pure spiritual comfort and aesthetic value in architecture.

In the square in front of the cathedral, citizens who were visiting were walking through the fog in groups and stepping on the long steps. The Royal Guards stood on both sides of the steps in front of the church, watching silently all the movements around the square. The new-faced "Church Guide" greeted the crowds gathered in front of the main entrance. These smiling people hung decorations from the old God of War Church, and carried signs of "Scenic Area Guide" on their chests, and waved the striking red or yellow flags in their hands. Whenever a group of new visitors visited, they would begin to explain the murals and reliefs on the walls and introduce the candlesticks and sculptures distributed in the prayer hall.

From the religious legends behind these things, to the symbolic meanings they produce in church activities, from the history of the church of the God of War, to the secrets surrounding these things.

Those who can stand up and boycott this "rebellious act" are dead, while ordinary believers do not have the determination and awareness to fight the changes of customs. Most of the remaining people who cannot accept this change can only sigh at the past at home, curse this "beat era" in a tavern, or cry bitterly in the public security and punishment room.

These minor problems no longer need to be cared about by the rulers of the empire. They are some debris left by the times as they advance, and will gradually fade away sooner or later.

Rosetta Augustus retracted his gaze and returned to his desk. Princess Matilda, wearing a black long skirt and golden chains hanging from her hair, stood aside. Seeing her father coming back to her senses, the crown prince continued to report half of what she had just said: "...At present, the remaining church forces of the God of War churches across the country have completely broken down and cleaned up. The churches, land, chambers of commerce and other properties left behind have been nationalized. More than half of the churches have been closed or moved for other purposes. However, according to your instructions, some churches with historical significance or special influence in the local area will be reopened to the public after being transformed and serve as cultural activity facilities for local residents...

"A series of new publicity about the history and unofficial history of the God of War Church, popular materials have been promoted nationwide. They will work together with those reopened churches. The current pilot results in Orlandaill and Tarenkins areas are very satisfactory, but the pilots in Duvosong and Enchhawk counties have encountered great resistance. The local people have a stable belief. It may take some time for the new policy to achieve results..."

"The Tifeng people have been respecting the faith of God of War for hundreds of years. It has become part of the living habits of many people," Rosetta said lightly, "but the fierce confrontation has passed. We cannot regard the people as the enemy's gentle guidance process. There is always some patience. There is no need to worry, Matilda, the all-round influence has begun, and people from the old era will eventually grow up, and their next generation will inevitably grow up in an environment after changing customs. In the minds of the new generation, the 'Cath of God of War' is a historical term for established facts."

He raised his head, his eyes passed through the wide crystal glass window and landed on the spire of the God of War Church again: "After people get used to the half-price tickets to the church and the paid photos in front of the shrine, nothing will be a problem anymore."

"Did the Great say 'desanctification'..." Matilda couldn't help but show a thoughtful look on her face, and there was a hint of admiration in her eyes. "The church is open to enter with tickets, the statues of the shrines take photos, and the assembly square sells special snacks and handicrafts... When it comes to eliminating the influence of the God of War Church, all Hadilon and I thought of demolishing the church and disbanding the priests, but we never thought that things could be done like this..."

"In a sense, Gauven Cecil is our teacher. He personally demonstrated to us how to make a sacred thing secular and in this process, most ordinary people can accept change more easily," Rosetta said calmly. "Not everyone is a crazy believer who is proficient in the sect and obeys dogma. Most ordinary people cannot distinguish the meaning behind the change, and these ordinary people are the subjects of the thoughts."

"Are ordinary people the subject of thoughts..." Matilda said softly with thoughts, and Rosetta in front of her fell into a moment of silence. After a few minutes, the ruler of Tifon suddenly spoke: "There are some new discoveries on the 'gate' plan."

"New Discovery?" Matilda raised her gaze curiously, wondering why her father suddenly brought up this matter in front of her.

Rosetta looked into Matilda's eyes and his voice was low: "They saw the soul of Malm Dunit there."

Matilda's eyes widened for a moment, and the huge shock made her unable to control her emotional expression as she had received on weekdays. But soon, she forcibly controlled the change of her expression, and her shocked expression pressed into her eyes.

Seeing his daughter's expression change, Rosetta nodded slightly before continuing: "He has woken up and now seems to have become part of the God of War God Kingdom. No matter what has happened, he will not return to this world."

Matilda nodded thoughtfully, then asked curiously, "What are Master Windsor and Master Daniel doing now?"

"They are continuing to dig deeper into the secrets of our world."

...

Digging deep into the secrets of this world is the common wish of every scholar walking at the forefront of knowledge. However, to dig out the "truth" behind the complex phenomena, theories, and conjectures, sometimes what is needed is not just hard work, luck and opportunities, but sometimes it has a deeper impact on the turning point in history.

Carmire floated in the center of the extremely wide arena. Seeing the technicians nervously and busy assembling and debugging the equipment needed for the test, many feelings emerged in his heart.

He had been waiting for this opportunity for many years. If we counted the years spent by the pioneers of the Silver Empire who studied the mysteries of magic for this, the mortals had been waiting for this opportunity for even half a century, but no one would have expected that all this would be realized here.

Explore the experiment at the forefront of the field of magic research, one of the most essential mysteries in the world, and its most suitable test site is actually located in the Kingdom of the God of War. To put it in a popular sentence in the imperial capital today, this is simply a "set that even Mr. Philm dares not adopt."

Windsor Mapel stood next to Carmier, staring at the special equipment transported from the Cecils' scientific research camp. She knew that the Cecils had an experimental project to explore the essence of magic, and in recent increasingly in-depth technical exchanges, she also learned the specific content of this experimental project, but witnessing it with her own eyes is a different experience.

She watched the Cecils in white short robes put some precisely cut rectangular box on a stable laboratory bench, and placed silver-white alloy thin plates on the front end of the box. A powerful arcane energy source was set by them at the tail of the box. A complex structure and shielding components could also be seen around the energy source. The "painting style" of these things is completely different from the items she used to do experiments on weekdays, but she could feel the familiar rigor and solemnity from it.

Even if she was not sure about the result of this experiment, she knew that design was bound to be someone worthy of respect for all of this.

"This is the purest arcane energy source we can make at present," Kamair raised his hand and pointed to the cylindrical device at the end of the rectangular box. The runes on the surface of the device are gradually turning from dark to bright. There is another rune drag chain at the end of it. The end of the drag chain is now placed on the laboratory bench and nothing is connected yet. "Input the stable magic power from the tail end, and the energy source will filter and integrate it. The thirty-six-layer ruby ​​lattice will ensure that the arcane jet that is ultimately focused on the crystal column is an arcane jet that does not contain any interference. Its purity can exceed the three energy towers around the Contract Castle, and the output power is approaching the end of the polarized ferrite crystal column.

"The arcane jet will enter the box. There is a blocking plate made of magic suppression material in the box. The blocking plate has precisely cut slits and two lenses made of polarized sapphires. It can ensure that only the directional filtered arcane rays can be shot out from the front of the box. After this layer of processing, the arcane rays no longer react with any substance in the air, so it will become invisible and will not be disturbed by other substances... until it bombards the 'screen board'.

"The silver-white thin plate contains mitril silver, which will leave traces of magic "bombardment". Theoretically, if magic is not a wave, but a special "matter", then ray bombardment on the thin plate will only leave two clear traces, but if magic is a wave, then..."

Before Carmier could finish his speech, Windsor spoke actively: "Like two ripples spreading in the pool water, the two beams of energy emitted from the slit will interfere with each other during the transmission process, and finally appear on the thin plate... they should be streaks formed by interference."

"…Today, we have a lot of indirect evidence and theoretical speculation to support this conjecture," Carmier nodded slightly, "but researchers need not only these conjectures, we need an irrefutable empirical environment that has allowed us to stop in this final ‘verification link’ for many years, until today..."

He raised his head, his eyes filled with arcane glory slowly swept across the huge space. The ancient and magnificent circular arena came to his face. The layers of circular stands extended upwards in his vision. There were empty seats arranged on the stands. A huge throne stood at the end of the arena. The giant phantom in iron-gray armor sat upright on the throne. The empty helmet was slightly lowered, as if there was an illusory gaze staring at the center of the arena, staring at the small group of mortals who were boldly trying to explore the truth.

Carmier seemed to have the illusion of being watched by countless eyes, but this illusion only made him laugh softly.

He turned his head to look at the test bench. A magic net terminal was running quietly there. A holographic projection from afar was projected above the terminal. A tall and mature silver elf was standing in the projection and staring at the scene of the test site.

"I really hope I can be there too," said Vilanya, a great star wise man, with some regret. "It's a pity that I'm far away in the extreme south of the mainland."

"With modern equipment, you can still witness this, Ms. Vilania," Carmier said with a smile, "and the Kingdom of God of War is here, and it won't run away for at least a few decades. We have more guesses to verify in this special test space. What you miss is just the 'first game'."

"...I began to feel more and more regretful," Vilania, opposite the holographic projection, couldn't help but sigh, "Master Carmier, let's start."

Carmire nodded and ordered to the assistant beside him: "Activate the shield."

An assistant immediately stepped forward and activated the shielding device around the platform. Several runes set at the edge of the platform lit up. The crystals embedded around the runes also began to release stable light. This shielding device is of course not to block the magic background interference in the environment (first to use the current technology to prevent the magic power released by the God of War Gods from affecting the accuracy of the observation results.

After the shielding device is activated, the energy source is activated.

Carmire's eyes turned to the platform and looked at the rune drag chain extending from the end of the Arcane Energy Source.

In his original plan, he needed to use a powerful magic storage device to provide magic for this test device, such as the "demon-filling treasure" he is dragging behind him now.

But now they have a better choice…a more powerful and reliable source of magic.

A hand reached over from the side, grabbed the rune drag chain, and curiously fiddled with the metal hinge at the end of it.

Milmina, who was three meters tall, bent over slightly, and smiled while studying the experimental equipment in front of her. As the "goddess who holds the mystery of magic" in the legend of mortals, she is now full of the desire to explore and learn, just like every mortal present.

"Just inject magic into it, right?" She raised her head and looked at Carmier with a smile on her face.

"Yes," Carmier nodded slightly, "but be careful not to burn the device and it can't stand your full strength."

"No need to worry," Milmina grabbed the rune drag chain with one hand and raised her thumb with the other. At this moment, she was no longer like a god, but was closer to the real "mystery of magic" than in the past thousands of years. "No one knows better than me how to control the flow of magic."

As soon as she finished speaking, the surface of the silver-white rune drag chain in her hand had a light blue rune glow.

The device is activated.

A low humming sound came from the arcane energy source, and the original magic power injected into it began to quickly transform into pure experimental energy. At this moment, everyone held their breath and placed their eyes on the alloy sheet at the end of the device.

There is no earth-shaking movement, no splendid light and shadow, no more twists and turns, more thrills and more fog.

Truth unveils its veil in silence.
Chapter completed!