The sun is high

"Messenger of the Black Sun, why...are you here?"

Gentle words are like a pebble thrown into stagnant water. When they fall into the spiritual world of the messenger in the mirror, they cause waves of fluctuations and ripples.

The dazed mist figure trembled slightly, and it "looked" blankly at the human woman in front of it. The mist that formed the face shook gently, as if it was thinking and understanding the meaning of the other person's words.

The woman was very patient. She stood quietly in front of the cage, waiting for the other party's response.

It was during this process that the consciousness named Shuge Ernst began to gradually wake up. Then Shuge realized that he had obviously fallen into a deep sleep or coma, and it was in this situation that he once again Touched the previous dream of the messenger in the mirror.

As the substitute for the "protagonist" of the dream, Xiuge couldn't really do anything, but he could clearly feel the state of the messenger in the mirror.

Its spiritual world is empty, with neither memory nor knowledge. These important "fillers" seem to have been completely destroyed and erased for some reason. Although it can understand the information transmitted by the human woman in front of it through magic. message, but there is no way to respond accordingly.

Now it looks like a pure white paper.

In other words, it is a child who is learning and understanding everything around him.

When Shuge was trying to understand what was happening, the human woman in front of him seemed to realize this through her own power. She looked a little surprised, as if she didn't quite understand why such a strange case occurred.

After a moment of thinking, she raised her hand again. As complex magic lines began to appear, a light blue light and shadow like running water entangled towards the messenger in the mirror.

Facing this strange power in front of him, the messenger in the mirror felt extremely curious. He even raised his hand with an uncertain outline and gently touched the soft color.

However, following the movement of the messenger in the mirror, the water flow formed by the magic power naturally wrapped around its arms and fingers, and began to seep rapidly into its body. In just a few seconds, this The color has completely submerged into the body of the messenger in the mirror.

At this moment, the empty spiritual world of the messenger in the mirror actually had a different color.

Like blue stars emerging from the dark night.

Although it is weak, it is extremely dazzling.

The messenger in the mirror stood there blankly, all its attention was attracted by the light given by the other party, and when it tried to explore this special gift in its own spiritual world, the blue But the starlight suddenly burst out, spreading more brilliance into the deep and dark corners.

At this moment, countless tiny sounds, patterns and lines spread out in this empty world of nothingness.

These are things that the Mirror Messenger has never been exposed to before.

It was addicted to it, and its body made of pitch-black mist began to change violently as its thoughts surged.

The surface of its body began to show more colors, and its face changed with the scattered memories and knowledge...

Seeing the envoy in the mirror accepting her "gift", the mysterious woman let out a sweet chuckle, and then she gently shook her fingers, and a faint luster appeared on the surface of the thick stone slabs that made up the closed basement, and then She stopped staying, turned around, walked out, and closed the basement door.

At this time, Xiuge was also able to "see" or "read" these wonderful memories that had been instilled.

First he heard many voices.

First, there are the rich sounds in nature, and then there are the sounds made by various groups during their activities.

Raising bonfires, hunting wild beasts, cutting and building, fighting and fighting...

Then, there is language.

These languages ​​​​are completely different from the common language that Shuge knows and the dialects in some areas, and they obviously come from different races. Shuge can easily identify the cumbersome big tongue syllables of the ogres, and the elves. Unique tongue flicking habit.

After the sound, words and images began to appear.

Xiuge first saw the cold sun hanging over the earth. He saw the oceans and land changing due to various strange forces. He saw the boundless huge woods moving forward slowly under special will. He also saw Countless ethnic groups were born or died in the disputes, including those ferocious and twisted sea beasts, but also the rats that Xiuge had seen before.

Finally, many familiar figures appeared in the picture.

Races such as humans, elves, goblins, etc. that were labeled as "inferior tribes" or "lower ethnic groups" began to appear frequently. At first, like other ethnic groups, they also fought for food, territory or other resources. Fierce battles and conflicts.

They also attach themselves to those powerful beings in order to survive. They will serve them like servants, and they will also sacrifice their own people for their power...

These images from ancient times made Xiuge a little obsessed. However, just when he wanted to follow the messenger in the mirror for further reading, a sudden noise interrupted his thoughts.

The sound was crisp, rapid, and noisy.

When it reached Shuge's ears, the stable dream was seriously disturbed. The originally clear ancient pictures began to become blurred, and the connection between Shuge and the messenger in the mirror was also forcibly severed.

Finally, the dream disappeared, and Xiuge opened his eyes angrily.

He was very, very familiar with the sound that disturbed his dreams. It was the high-frequency tapping sound of a keyboard, or even a blue-axis keyboard.

It's absolutely crazy.

He turned around and looked around, and found that he was indeed in the dream sanctuary, so he immediately stood up from the office chair where he was lying down, and looked towards the source of the keyboard tapping sound not far away.

Then he saw a figure sitting upright behind the familiar computer.

She has a slender figure and long hair.

"You finally woke up. I thought you were going to continue sleeping."

What penetrated the ears was the unique voice of Theseus. Although it sounded more feminine, it was still made up of countless different voices.

Shuge frowned and came to Theseus' side. He pulled out a chair. Before he could sit down, he suddenly caught something strange out of the corner of his eye.

He turned his head and looked towards the end of this area, only to find that the deep fog that had been isolated at the end like a wall had now become much thinner. Even though he was standing far away, he could still see through the fog. See the scene further away.

After discovering this, Xiuge immediately came to the window, but the world outside the window was still dark and nothing could be seen.

After observing for a while, Shuge returned to Theseus and asked, "What's going on?"

Theseus tapped the keyboard gently. This time, he, or she, was not playing games that seemed to have special meanings, but was editing a document. But when Xiuge wanted to see clearly the content of the document , only to find that the words inside had turned into weird lines, making it impossible to distinguish them.

Hearing Shuge's question, Theseus gently clicked the save button of the document, then she turned around and replied: "I said before, this shelter is a special place I use to preserve the remnants of those long-ago eras. Existence... part of its power is inherently related to the Dark Abyss Palace."

"The black sun has reappeared. Although it is still very weak now and it will take a lot of time to be completely stable, it is enough to have an impact here."

A strange smile appeared on Theseus's face. She pointed at the black mist at the end of the corridor and said in a provocative and seductive tone: "You're curious, right? Do you want to go and have a look?" I support you."

Xiuge's eyebrows twitched and he asked, "What's going to be in there?"

"Although power itself is basically invisible, it can also serve as a channel and carrier."

Theseus said slowly: "In order to maintain the existence of the sanctuary, I slightly...well, borrowed a little bit of the power from the Dark Abyss Palace, really only a little bit. After all, this can make the sanctuary more beautiful." Stability will also make this place more comfortable. It is not easy to feed such a large group of survivors, right?"

"..."

After hearing this, Xiuge fell into a brief silence, and then he said: "You mean, if I enter these once-isolated areas, it is very likely that I will step into the influence of the Dark Abyss Palace?"

"That's not the case."

Theseus quickly shook his head: "Don't think so seriously. After all, I said, the authority I borrowed is only a little bit..."

Xiuge looked at the other party expressionlessly: "What you just said was clearly power, not authority."

"That's what I said wrong."

Theseus spread his hands very "frankly", and a "sweaty soybean" appeared on his face that made Xiuge's blood pressure rise: "Anyway, if you want to sneak into the Dark Abyss Palace through a place like this, then it's probably There's no chance...but if you wander around, you might have a chance to meet some, uh, aborigines from the Dark Abyss Palace?"

"Aborigines?"

"Yes, the aborigines... are cute, interesting and friendly. You will have many opportunities in the future. Don't you have a hound yourself now? If you walk more inside, you can easily see more."

Upon hearing this, Shuge immediately gave up the idea of ​​exploring those areas.

He remembered very clearly that when he had just obtained the Fang of the Hound, a strange motto popped up in the depths of his mind.

"The hounds of the palace travel through the courtyard, the pursuit never stops, the hunt never ends... This is your boundless hunting ground, praise the great invisible wolf!"

He didn't want to be the target of a group of strange hounds, let alone attract the so-called "invisible wolf" behind them.

After talking about this, Shuge dragged a chair and sat down. He looked at Theseus and said: "If you hadn't woken me up just now, I should be able to get more useful information from that dream... You are on purpose?"

"Don't think so."

Theseus's voice became lazy, and her body leaned completely on the chair, crossing her legs, and assuming a posture that would easily make people think about it under normal conditions: "You wake up just because The content of the dream ends here... When the time is right, you will naturally know what happens next."

Shuge glanced at Theseus, and then said: "This messenger in the mirror who carries the dream seems to be a little special. It seems to have experienced some kind of accident. All traces related to the Palace of the Dark Abyss have been erased. In the mirror, Would this happen to a being like the Messenger?"

"This is normal."

Theseus explained: "Although the forms and ways of existence of the Familia are different, in order to maintain contact with their gods, they all have their own spirits and wills...and since they have spirits and wills, when encountering certain In some more extreme circumstances, it may become an 'empty shell'."

"extreme case?"

"Well, for example, for example, forcibly crossing the gap between the Dark Abyss Palace and the physical world. In this case, the non-physical dependents can easily be seriously damaged by the 'storm' sweeping through the gap."

Speaking of this, Theseus suddenly paused, and then she suddenly let out a long, extremely human sigh, and her voice became softer: "Probably for this reason, she didn't get rid of me at that time. ...After all, the 'Messenger of the Black Sun' will only represent a new round of disasters and sacrifices in front of any ethnic group."

Hearing these words, Xiuge couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Although Xiuge had guessed it countless times before, he was still extremely shocked and surprised when Theseus admitted it himself.

"So, this is Mel... no, this is the first meeting between the leader and you?"

Shuge almost said the title "Goddess Mel", but he changed his words in time.

Theseus was quite satisfied with Shuge's reaction. She nodded: "Yes, that's what happened when we met. To be honest, I really don't want you to see these things. To describe it using your concepts , this kind of content should belong to my privacy."

Xiuge stared at the other party: "So... why?"

"Because it's important, or I think it's important."

Theseus straightened up. Although there were no clear changes or expressions on his face, Xiuge could clearly feel the other person's gaze and the tremendous pressure that followed.

He felt like he was back in the moment when he first talked to Theseus.

"The efforts you made before the black sun rose... were pretty good. Although they didn't completely jump out of my expectations, from now on, I won't look at you as an 'actor' anymore."

For some reason, Shuge suddenly felt that Theseus's voice seemed somewhat similar to Mel in the dream.

He heard Theseus smile and say: "There are still many things that require your participation next, so work hard."