Sky Curtain: The Darwin Incident at the outset, the Declaration of the People's League

Living is just a basic requirement.

With the help of Gao Wen's friends and family, he developed magical techniques.

Smoke billowed from the workshop's chimney, and the machines ran day and night.

The magical train sped along the tracks, transporting ore from the mining area to the factory, and goods from the factory to various places.

Ordinary blacksmiths use magical tools, ordinary peasant women use magical water pumps, and ordinary soldiers carry magical ray guns.

[Items that were previously only available to mages can now be used by ordinary people in Cecil territory.]

Meanwhile, an early warning system was also established to cope with the demonic tide.

Warning towers lined up along the border. When the demonic tide struck, alarms sounded immediately, and the people evacuated to shelters in an orderly fashion.

Previously, a single demonic tide would halve the population of a territory. Now, the casualties are negligible.

[Another, and more importantly, education has become widespread.]

Gawain deeply understood the importance of education and followed the same path as the Typhon Empire—breaking the monopoly on knowledge and freeing social classes from stagnation.

Although he has not yet figured out the truth behind the fall of those gods, cracked the essence of the demonic tide, or found a way to completely free civilization from the cycle of reincarnation.

But in a very short time, he had completely transformed his territory!

Almost the same road...

Its path is, if not entirely similar to Typhon's, at least ninety percent similar.

Typhon, the royal palace.

From the appearance of the Cecil family crest to the chilling war report of the fallen gods, and then to Gawain Cecil, with his mortal body, promoting industrialization, popularizing magical technology, establishing early warning systems, and expanding education in the Southern Reach...

Rosetta remained silent throughout.

Only the knuckles slowly clenched their fists inside the sleeves, making a barely audible sound.

From breaking the monopoly of knowledge to using mortal power to fight against gods and demons, from consolidating the foundation of people's livelihood to propelling the entire civilization forward...

It doesn't seem like a ghost returning from seven hundred years ago.

It's more like another Typhon, quietly taking root on the other side of the continent of Loren.

very funny.

Great.

On the mainland, a second person has appeared who is exactly like him.

“Gawain Cecil…”

"The souls of those who perished seven hundred years ago..."

Are you my ally, or my adversary?

Chapter 66 An Ordinary Person

Perhaps it is precisely because the paths to success are the same that the two men act in such similar ways.

However, Gawain is different.

Yes, brother, he's different.

Because he's not human!

Gawain: "?"

Is this thing insulting me from across the room?

Gawain is Gawain, and Gawain Cecil is Gawain Cecil; they are two different people.

Gawain Cecil was an ordinary man born on the continent of Loren. He was a pioneer in the eyes of the people, a friend of King Charles of Ansu, and a legend of mankind.

[And Gawain... is also an ordinary person, but one who has had some extraordinary encounters.]

What do you mean?

The information provided by SkyCover this time is somewhat puzzling.

On the continent of Loren, isn't there only one Gawain Cecil?

The answer was revealed the next moment.

Two figures appeared in a slightly dark space.

One was somewhat ethereal, while the other was very solid, a living person.

The faint light illuminated their faces.

The people of Cecil's territory were stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at their lord.

The same goes for the amber beside Gawain.

"You've learned the art of creating clones?"

"Stop fooling around, watch quietly."

…………

On the sky, the phantom spoke first.

"Hello, I am Gawain Cecil."

“I’m Gawain… This isn’t our first meeting, is it?”

“I don’t know how much time has passed, but this is certainly not the first time we’ve met.”

Gawain Cecil laughed and said, “When I first learned of your existence, you were just a voice. At that time, I thought you were some kind of prophetic spirit. When I first met you face to face, you were a machine, cold and powerful, communicating with me through steel.”

"And now, I am glad to see a real person with flesh and blood... You have kept your promise to me, stranger."

Gao Wen frowned.

"But I don't remember the specifics of our agreement."

“I have lost some of my memories, but I think I have kept my promise—if our promise was that I would take over your body several years after your death, rise from the grave and continue to lead and surround the people.”

"This is indeed part of the agreement, at least part of it."

…………

Emerging from a grave?!

So, this is the Gawain we're talking about now?!

The moment the words left his mouth, the entire Cecil territory fell into a deathly silence.

The civilians who were building wooden houses and moving stones froze on the spot, their tools clattering to the ground, but no one dared to pick them up.

Everyone's eyes were filled with disbelief and horror, their lips trembling, but they couldn't utter a sound.

They stared intently at the sky, their faces pale. Their original reverence for their lord's resurrection was now completely shrouded in an eerie mist.

Who am I really following?!

Beside Gawain, the ease on Amber's face vanished instantly.

She suddenly opened her eyes wide, her previous nonchalant expression vanished, and her gaze darted back and forth between Gawain's profile and the sky, her voice trembling slightly.

"Hey...is this...is what this says true? You...you're not the original Gawain Cecil? You...you've returned in a different body?"

She subconsciously took a small step back, then immediately forced herself to stay still.

She suddenly realized that this had nothing to do with her.

Anyway, the only person she knows is Gawain now.

It doesn't matter as long as he doesn't perform any evil rituals or anything like that on himself.

In the distance, Rebecca ran over, her face pale, her little hands tightly gripping the hem of her skirt, her knuckles white.

“Great-great-grandfather…is what Tianmu said true? You, you really are…from somewhere else? That, that original you…”

She was incoherent, both afraid to accept the fact and unable to question the scene unfolding in the sky, and was completely lost in confusion and turmoil.

Not far away, the knights and servants of the territory, including Gerf, stood frozen in place. The soldiers' hands, gripping their weapons, trembled incessantly, and their gazes toward Gawain were filled with shock, awe, and a hint of barely perceptible unease.

Gao Wen glanced around, looking at the panicked faces all around, and helplessly rubbed his temples.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't know the specifics either."

"But, but..."

There are no "buts".

Someone whispered, "Anyway, Lord Gawain is treating us quite well these days."

“That’s right, Lord Gawain has always been protecting us and building our territory.”

Surprisingly, the people in the territory accepted all of this with remarkable speed.

On the one hand, for the common people struggling to survive, it doesn't matter who the lord is; what matters is that the lord genuinely treats them well.

On the other hand, the sky had already clearly revealed everything—this Gawain was the one who could lead them toward hope.

You can't go wrong following a lord like this.

"And Tianmu will probably explain the specifics later, right?"

…………

“You just said that you were only a voice when you first learned of my existence. Was that after you obtained that piece of space station debris? Uh, I mean that ‘extraterrestrial object’ that was made into a shield.”

Gawain Cecil nodded in agreement.

"Yes, after that, I initially thought I was possessed by an evil spirit, but then the voice gradually became clearer. It was willing to talk to me, and that voice was you."

"At first, you told me about the changes on the earth with your voice. Later, as our connection strengthened, you began to project images into my mind, letting me know about things thousands of miles away. I called you a prophet, but you said you were just an ordinary person."

…………

It matches up!

Many scholars who are knowledgeable in history realized this.

The Shield of the Kingdom Guardians!