Tides: Years of Dawn

Later, Crewe thought back that he and Gawain had indeed had a happy time.That kind of emotion is different from Geraint's. Although it's not as pure as Fa Xiao, it does belong to the mutual attraction between Gawain and him.

And he believes that sharing the secret of Debi's handwritten book with Gao Wen is the most important move for him to change his life in the future.

In fact, the young Crewe didn't realize how important this decision was. There was no one around him, Geraint left, and Andre stayed at the jellyfish's house all the time.Debbie's handwritten book was written in ancient sea script, and it was impossible for Crewe to ask Saru or anyone else in the family for advice.

The only one he could ask for help was Gao Wen.

Crewe confessed to Gawain the origin of the book, and carefully observed Gawain's expression during the elaboration.If Gao Wen showed the slightest resistance, he would immediately rein in the precipice and terminate the sharing of secrets.

But after what happened with the hybrid monster, it seems that Gao Wen's thoughts have changed a little.He just listened carefully to what Crewe said, nodding slightly from time to time to indicate that he had received the message.

Gao Wen is trustworthy, the most important point is that he does not lie.

Everyone in the sea monster family seems to be like this. They can hide their secrets and keep silent, but they are absolutely unwilling to cover up the truth with lies.

The people in the Octopus family are just the opposite. They are full of lies, so that even relatives can't tell which of the other's words is true and which is false.

Because of this, the octopus family and the sea snake family who are good at sophistry have always been friends.

This is a very distorted friendship, like knowing that the other party is using you, but you are willing to get caught up in it and try to use the other party.

Debbie uses Barrow's love for her to satisfy her ambition, and Barrow also uses Debbie's cleverness to establish his authority.The two families have been entangled for so many years, and no one would have thought that one day, a lying octopus would become the assistant of an upright sea monster.

But Gao Wen seemed willing to accept this change.He could see Crewe's clear position in the whole contradiction—Crewe was not actually helping the monster, but he regarded the monster as a friend, so he helped his friend.

This kind of generosity is exactly what Gao Wen appreciates.

During the days before the start of school, Crewe ran to Gao Wen's residence almost every day.They secretly studied the mysterious book, satisfying the young people's inner desire for novelty.

In fact, Gao Wen could not decipher much content. In the last year of school, he studied Gu Haiwen for half a school year.But it's just a taste, to meet the exam.

After all, one only needs to know how to chant mantras in ancient sea script. The historical origin behind it and how to communicate normally in ancient sea text will not be delved into. Now no one uses this obsolete language or writing anymore.

But Debbie seems to be researching the reasons behind it—that is to say, the content of her research is the reason for the formation of each spell-guiding word.

Strangely enough, Debbie wrote two versions of each spell.One is common to them, and the other is very foreign.

The two versions are separated by a line that divides a page into two sides.

Gawain tried to use the unconventional spells recorded by Debbie to run simple wind spells and rain spells, but the strange thing was that the general spells worked, but another unfamiliar spell had no effect at all.

"Maybe it's the environment." Gao Wen said, he turned the whole book to the back, and saw an oval door with strange patterns drawn on it.

On the left side of the door were still written the Universal Charms, but on the right side were those Debbie's new inventions.

Below the door are recorded six years, the remaining four are the years that they or their ancestors have passed, and the other two are in the future-one in July after three years, and one in ten years after five years. February.

"Perhaps what Debbie means is... the effect will be reversed near this door." Gawain speculated.

Crewe agreed with Gawain's deduction. After all, he had researched for a long time, but he still couldn't find any connection between the two spells that performed the same spell.

At least when translated into modern Haiwen, the meanings are not connected.

The exploration of the two ended a week after school started.

Gao Wen's first trial is approaching, he must step up his training.

During that time, he and Leyle had very few meetings. After the trial, there were still many aftermaths that had to be dealt with by the Garrison Turtle.In addition, the secret of the hybrid monster was exposed in the high-level, and more or less rumors spread to the people.Haimin began to have doubts about many practices of the turtle family, and rumors spread everywhere.

Rael was anxious, having grown up seeing the Turtles' prominent presence in the Rift Rocks.Whether it is Pei Di or his father, as long as they speak out, basically no one in the nine-member council will refute in person.

After all, they and the jellyfish family share the military power equally.And those who hold military power always have weight in their words.

However, due to their private handling of mixed-blood monsters and their unauthorized assassination of land witches without discussion, they brought subsequent disasters to the Split Rock Islands. Recently, the Nine-member Council has been discussing whether to take away their military power and replace it with Another, more suitable family takes charge.

Pei Di couldn't accept this.

He lost his temper in the High Council and solemnly stated that everything they did was to prevent problems before they happened.If they hadn't assassinated the Sand Leopard's family, a whole mixed-blood legion had already launched an attack on the archipelago, and even many mixed-blood bastards who could transform into sea dwellers at will had entered their world, stealing all kinds of information.

He even asserted that all the families that voted to keep those monsters and a human alive had ulterior motives. Maybe those families had already been infiltrated by Lu Wu to make such a stupid decision.

Pei Di was impulsive, and his words offended several elders.

His original intention was never to hand over the military power, but now because of what he said in a fit of anger, the military power is even more unstable.

"My father means to let Pei Di take leave and let my uncle temporarily take over the post of warden."

Leier and Gawain met in a tavern, and he seemed to have not slept for several days, his eyeballs were bloodshot, "But I think...the elders will not agree, after all, my uncle is also a turtle family people."

"No one knows Garrison Island better than you, not even jellyfish." Gawain tried to comfort.

"Yes, but if this continues, we are likely to become monopolies who are unwilling to hand over the power in our hands," Leyle smiled and shook his head, "Our family has indeed been in this position for too long, and people from other families want to It's normal to exchange blood."

"The jellyfish family also has half of the military power, and they also—"

"But they have three sages, don't speak, don't listen, and don't look at them. You know, the three sages drank the river of tears after being inspired by the devil. No one would doubt their position, let alone—" Leier sighed Tone, "The jellyfish are still offering sacrifices to Leviathan. They are tied to the interests of the archipelago. They are the most traditional and conservative family. No one can doubt them."

Rael thought of the sacrifices his family had made, half of their children petrified at the bottom of the ocean.When Pei Di was in a hurry, he also said that if he felt that they were monopolists, it would be better to bring all the hundreds of thousands of sea people to the Sea Turtle Mansion to have a look and see who is maintaining the cohesion of the Split Rock Islands.

But he was severely scolded by Master Turtle for his words.

Rael's father said that even if they were really deprived of power, the stone statues should not be known to the world.Otherwise that would mean that the Rift Rocks themselves are divided, meaning they shouldn't be chained together at all.

The Cracked Rock Islands are the base of all sea people. If the people feel that they should be torn apart, there is no need for a large-scale attack. In a few years, they will be enslaved by Lu Wu.

Pei Di didn't refute anymore, maybe even he himself didn't know what kind of emotion was behind so many years of sacrifice.Is he really good for the Split Rock Islands, or does he want to glorify the Sea Turtle family.

Gao Wen suddenly felt very guilty. After all, he also voted to keep those beasts alive.

When he voted, his thinking was very simple, he just considered that they didn't kill the sea people, and they didn't have any malice towards the sea people.He never thought that this would hurt the Turtle family, or even Leier's emotions.

"I'm sorry, I...I'm sorry." Gao Wen didn't know what to say, so he could only apologize.

"It's not your fault," Rael said, he took out a sea cigarette from his pocket, and handed one to Gawain by the way, "Actually, I don't know whose fault it is, this cannot be made by one person The problem."

Since starting work, Rael's addiction to smoking has increased a lot.Although Gao Wen knew that most of the members of the Sea Turtle family were heavy smokers, his friends changed so fast that he couldn't adapt for a while.

"How are you and Crewe?" Rael changed the subject.In fact, not only has his addiction to smoking increased, but his drinking has also increased a lot.Gao Wen had no impression that the other party had been to this tavern, but it seemed that now as long as Leyle snapped his fingers, the boss would know what wine he wanted and how much.

"He... is fine." Gawain was a little embarrassed when he mentioned Crewe.

Rael's attitude was very natural, he took a sip of the wine and smiled, "That's good, at least it will give you peace of mind to prepare for the first trial."

Yes, the first trial is imminent.Although, as mentioned before, the first trial did not put too much pressure on Gao Wen, but after the first trial, he would accompany his father into the Holy Church to handle some affairs within the family and the archipelago.

The sea monster family is in charge of waterway transportation, and Hua De has two civilian shipyards and one military shipyard in the entire Split Rock Islands.The civilian ones are used for large-scale material exchanges between the islands, while the military ones are used to manufacture equipment for the turtle family.

At the same time, they are also in charge of private ferry boats at several docks, monitoring and reviewing materials and personnel going to the island.It just so happened that the hunters didn't go ashore at the pier under their jurisdiction at all this time. Otherwise, there were sea monster guards on duty 24 hours a day at the three piers of Cliff Island, so it would be impossible to find nothing.

Thinking about it this way, it is actually impossible for Hua De to know nothing about the assassination of Lu Wu. Even with the increase in the purchase of military ships, Hua De will guess some secrets.

It's just that according to Hua De's character, he will not ask questions, nor will he intervene.

After being Berel, Gawain walked home slowly alone.He recalled the state of Rael just now, and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

He remembered the feeling when he saw Crewe being bullied, and after a little comparison, he found that the two were different.

When he saw Rael haggard, what he felt was heartache and guilt.He felt that he could not help the other party, and he blamed himself deeply for this.

And when he saw Crewe crying, what he felt was righteous indignation.He hates other people's bullying, and also hates that power allows certain families to disregard justice and law and cover the sky with one hand.

One feeling is soft and the other is strong.

He seems to understand that he has an inexplicable feeling for Rael, which is more like admiration.But it was a pity that Gao Wen didn't allow himself to delve into it at this moment.

He was a little late to react, and he wasn't about to indulge himself.

TBC