The sun is high

The size of the banquet hall is limited, but this short journey seems to completely burn out one's energy.

Fortunately, as the representative of the Dawn Society, Shuge, who was at the front of the team, showed a completely different energy than usual at this moment. He dealt with almost everyone here skillfully and appropriately, and successfully led the rest of the team. The members of Dawn Society came to their own dining table.

The slightly stagnant atmosphere quickly relaxed at this moment, and as everyone in Dawn Club took their seats, the waiter who had been waiting nearby came forward and began to do his work.

The welcome dinner on the night when the cruise ship sets sail is actually nothing special, and the captain and others will not really participate in the banquet.

They just showed up briefly, drank two drinks, had something to eat, and spoke a few words to the passengers on behalf of the Legal Committee, and then left, leaving the banquet time to the passengers. Own.

This is a very important time for Shuge.

When he took the initiative to walk towards the passengers who came to greet them, the Ernst family's magic rat pack that had been scattered throughout the Windless Cruiser also began to take action, and the passenger cabins naturally became the primary target. .

Although most of these cabins are now guarded by attendants and bodyguards, or are protected by various protective magics, the magic rats that have become part of the ancient power are not very restricted by the inherent magic system, or in other words, These rats controlled by high intelligence can easily bypass the protective measures set up and sneak in quietly through the loopholes.

Shuge does not need these rats to help him steal any property. They have only one goal, and that is all things, clues and information related to the Black Sun Society and the ancient gods.

He did not think that he could find the hidden members of the Black Sun Society on the Windless Man through this crude and simple method, but such a move could also give him a deeper understanding of the current political and academic situation. .

In fact, Xiuge can use this to further explore the specific attitudes and views of these elites in Fanen towards the next development of events.

This has important guidance and reference significance for himself and the entire Dawn Society's future decisions.

During the in-depth exchanges with these passengers, Shuge deliberately left the scholars to Wei Lin, and this was exactly the field she was good at. When Shuge was skillfully talking to the officials of the big and small principalities, , Weilin also cautiously started to contact these magic scholars.

If those officials always act based on interests, then the primary driving force that affects the actions of these scholars is curiosity.

Whether it's the weird black sun, the magic changes in the entire Van En, or the secrets about the terrifying cracks in the rugged land...questions like these are plaguing these clever spellcasters.

As a mage who had deeply witnessed the destruction of Salem City and was very close to the Plateau Council, Wei Lin could satisfy their thirst for knowledge.

As for the other members of the Dawn Society, they were also scattered. They either looked for targets and had simple contacts and conversations, or they followed Xiuge and the two to help them record and act as their assistants...

While everyone in the Dawn Society continued to try to obtain information and intelligence, those shrewd interlocutors were also testing again and again. Their hearts were full of curiosity and wariness about this new large-scale association, just like before Shuge. As mentioned in the discussion by Meyer and others - in the eyes of a considerable number of people, the nature of the Dawn Society is not clear, and they may even mistakenly think that it is a mage who rose up after the Legal Committee and the Council. Association.

It is not easy to explain these things to such a group of people.

Although they are extremely shrewd, their thinking is very susceptible to the influence of the inherent framework. In their eyes, the Dawn Society can be an association of wild mages that is being integrated, it can be a branch established secretly by Merlin Le and others, or it can be It could be an organization supported by some big powers... but they have no way of understanding it, and they are not willing to believe that the Dawn Society is a large group that is purely for the purpose of confronting the Black Sun Society.

Of course, Xiuge didn't want to waste any time on this.

He knew very well that although these guys in front of him were now extremely cautious, restrained and polite, and they always made witty remarks when talking to him, in their hearts, they had a way to measure the weight of things. of balance.

At the current stage, instead of trying to explain the Dawn Society's program, goals and ideals to these people, it is better to maintain a certain degree of mystery of the Dawn Society and increase its presence and deterrence.

After all, sometimes, successful conversation does not rely on words and etiquette.

Body shape and fist size are also one of the judging criteria.

In this way, after Shuge had dealt with most of the politicians, the rats who conducted the first rough search and inspection of the passenger compartment had basically completed their tasks, and a large amount of information had been successfully collected.

After many previous hunts for the heirs of An Abyss, Xiuge already had enough experience in facing this situation. He remained calm on the surface, but his mental tide was surging in an orderly manner. With the rotation of the metal disc and the dispersion of magic power, these messy messages were quickly and simply categorized and sorted, and neatly "stacked" in a clean corner, waiting for Xiuge to read at any time.

At the same time, the magic rats responsible for monitoring and observing the sailors on the ship have also made preliminary conclusions.

General Bernhardt and others with rich military experience said that the soldiers on the ship were quite well-behaved and all their actions followed the norms of professional soldiers. The vast majority of people inside were qualified and While you are doing your job diligently, some actions such as dazing, taking a nap, or simply chatting are all within reasonable limits.

As for the captain and other important personnel, they behaved extremely normally. After leaving the banquet hall, they returned to their original posts. Now the entire Windless One is moving steadily along the established route under the escort of other warships.

In Shuge's conjecture, even if the Black Sun Society has plans for this cruise ship, there is a high probability that they will not take action soon after the cruise ship leaves the port. The Windless One has a long voyage, and they have enough Time to make various adjustments.

Xiuge's eyes quickly swept across the banquet hall.

At this time, the passengers here have also ended the tedious communication. Most of them have got the information they want to know. Except for a group of mages who are still having rigorous academic exchanges, the rest have begun For dinner.

The waiters on the ship finally officially started their work. They diligently shuttled around the tables and delivered the prepared food to each table.

Wei Lin finally ended her conversation. Seeing that she seemed a little tired, Xiuge brought an iced dessert to her: "What? The conversation didn't go well?"

"Not really."

Wei Lin shook her head and picked up the small spoon next to the dessert: "It's just that everyone... has some disputes over some issues. It's not easy to convince them."

After saying that, her eyes lowered and focused on the dessert, which was sprinkled with some icing sugar and decorated with a cream iris flower.

After entering this state, Wei Lin obviously didn't want to continue talking.

So Shuge stopped asking questions and began to concentrate on eating. The same was true for the rest of the Dawn Club members, but they were more reserved when it came to dining - not everyone has magic power, and not everyone has magic power. Everyone has been on a large ship.

For a considerable number of people, seasickness is still a very big problem. Although the Windless One is traveling very smoothly now, no one knows what the weather and sea conditions will be like next... They are just ordinary people, neither He has the ability to use magic to directly respond to physiological reactions, and he does not have the basic physical conditions to take those magic potions.

In this way, this simple welcome dinner came to an end.

Although the passengers were still eager to get more useful secrets and information from the young "legendary" Sugar Ernst, they also understood that this kind of thing could not be rushed. The Winder will sail for more than ten days, and they have plenty of time.

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After dinner, the Windless One, which had been sailing smoothly, finally began to experience some bumps.

After all, the so-called "Windless One" is just a name for a ship that means blessings and prayers. It cannot really stop the arrival of wind and waves. As the turbulence intensifies, those who had eaten and drank unscrupulously at the dinner also Everyone paid a price for this.

Fortunately, Xiuge had already anticipated this kind of thing, so he specifically asked everyone in his team to rest early, including Wei Lin.

In this regard, Weilin did not have much persistence, so she returned to her cabin early. After washing, she took the prepared alchemy potion and started to rest directly. As for tasks such as vigilance, The Shuge group of rats will be solely responsible for this.

"Damn it, not only are these Pingyuan people edible, but they are also very exaggerated to spit out! Oh, they taste really bad."

The will of an Ernst family with obvious prejudice against the plains residents retched twice in Shuge's mind.

It is not difficult to guess from his description that he must have just witnessed a duchy official or noble being seasick.

Xiuge ignored the voices gathered in the mouse hole. After all, the content of their daily conversations was really not nutritious and would not be liked by any audience except the running rats.

Xiuge quickly isolated these useless sounds. After quickly doing protective work, he quickly took out a new kettle from his luggage and unscrewed the bottle cap.

Almost instantly, a soft and clear shadow sprang out from the inside of the brand new kettle and fell on the table nearby.

"Justina" quickly changed her figure, and then she had a rounded outline.

The next second, at the top of the translucent sphere, two small triangles "popped" out hard, forming two ears that had no actual meaning.

This makes it look like a translucent ball with cat ears.

Xiuge looked at it and found it interesting. Just when he was about to reach out and touch it, a series of emotions representing complaints, dissatisfaction, grievances and boredom came over. At the same time, "Justina" on the table began to shake gently. His own body, and made some kind of extremely weak high-pitched sound.

This makes it look more like some kind of weird pet.

However, Shuge can understand "Justina's" emotions. She has already woken up after boarding the ship. Judging from its current state, the "Color of Life" that Shuge fed it before has been Being completely digested by it, as a creature with rich emotions and sufficient wisdom, being trapped in a small kettle all the time will indeed be very uncomfortable and frustrating.

As an incompetent "father", Shuge decided to make up for his absence a little, so he sat down in front of "Justina" and extended his hand again.

After venting its dissatisfaction, the soft shadow returned to its well-behaved appearance. It actively puffed up its body and pushed its head upwards, so that Xiuge could relax more. touching myself.

After caressing "Justina's" head a few times, Shuge took the magic crystals he carried with him, picked out a few pieces and placed them gently on the table.

"Justina" was obviously hungry again, so she immediately protruded a few tiny and soft limbs from its round and transparent body, quickly "gathered" the crystals to her side, and stuffed them in in one's own body.

Then Xiuge saw that the magic power in the crystals that had just been taken out began to flow away at an alarming speed. This speed was so fast that the color and luster of the first two crystals changed within ten seconds. Became dim and gray.

After a few more minutes, "Justina's" body trembled slightly, and then it took the initiative to take out the crystal that had been completely "sucked dry" and placed it squarely on the table.

This process was repeated twice, until it began to absorb the magic power in the third crystal and slowed down.

The benefits brought by the magic power of these two high-purity magic crystals were also extremely obvious. Xiuge saw that "Justina"'s body began to slowly change color. Different from the gray and black before, it was now moving toward cleanliness. azure transition.

And when the color was basically finalized, its body began to tremble again, and then Xiuge heard a high-pitched, weak but extremely clear voice.

It was only one word, but he managed to capture it.

"Hungry!"