The sun is high

Richard's words were already very mild.

In fact, using words like "special person" to describe this Legere scholar is definitely a kind of preferential treatment.

After Richard gave these descriptions, Weilin, who had a deeper understanding of the scholar community, made a considerable amount of supplements.

From Wei Lin's mouth, Shuge learned that the "misdeeds" of Legere scholars were not only promoting various strange theories that could not be confirmed in public, but also including publishing false academic articles and being suspected of plagiarism and plagiarism. , and even tried to hire someone to steal some specimen collections for his own "academic research."

But then, Weilin added: "But most of the things I said were done by Legere scholars five to ten years ago. They were recorded in the official archives of the Law Commission. He himself also Because of these behaviors, I was warned many times by Merlinle and..."

"After that, he became more honest, gave up his original research direction, and switched to a field with relatively less academic competition."

Having said this, Weilin raised her hand and pointed out the window.

"You mean, the ocean?"

"Yes, to be precise, those magical creatures in the ocean."

Wei Lin nodded lightly: "Limited by various conditions, there are relatively few scholars who specialize in this field, and because... for some reasons, there are very few spellcasters who really dare to go deep into the ocean and conduct research. , Therefore, Scholar Legere actually made a lot of achievements in this area very quickly by relying on his interpersonal relationships and accumulation in various aspects."

Hearing this, Shuge smiled silently.

Although Wei Lin did not say it clearly, Shuge could probably guess that the so-called "certain reasons" should refer to the belief in the magic goddess Mel.

The goddess Mel, the ocean, magic and the so-called "Sinar Sea" that connects all the spirits of Van En...

Concepts such as these are easily linked together, and over time, the concepts and meanings they represent begin to merge and confuse each other, and eventually form a huge, awe-inspiring, and untouchable whole.

Similar cases have happened countless times in the time and space where Xiuge lived in the past.

Although these cases have completely different backgrounds and soils, the situations they ultimately lead to are very similar. Perhaps this is an indescribable commonality that exists among civilizations?

These thoughts only existed in the depths of Shuge's mind. He did not choose to throw them out and discuss them, but asked more things related to this Luger scholar.

"My knowledge of what the Legere scholars did later is very limited."

Weilin has never been in the habit of exaggerating. When faced with Shuge's question, her answer seemed conservative and rigorous: "After receiving the last warning from Merlin Lehe and being on the blacklist of the Office of Magical Creatures Research, , Scholar Legere has become much more restrained... which makes him appear to be no different from other normal people."

Weilin said while recalling: "This kind of thing is not uncommon in the magical academic world. Every new discovery or the emergence of a new problem will lead to similar situations. Although the behavior of Le Geer scholars is annoying, it is similar. This case has happened many times in the past.”

"So when he disappeared, everyone just thought, was it just another 'clown' exiting?"

"Yes, that's an accurate description."

Wei Lin nodded: "For those scholars and mages who don't care about magical creatures, this kind of thing just means less jokes. No one will pay attention to the whereabouts of a 'harlequin'... what happens next , I don’t understand.”

So Richard on the side followed the topic and added: "Scholar Legere became active again two years ago. He resettled in the Principality of Bult and took advantage of the advantages here to advance his research... However, his research The subject seems to have moved beyond the purely academic realm.”

As he spoke, Richard opened the book with thick handwriting, and finally stopped on the page of "Le Geer".

Here, Shuge saw a newspaper clipping sandwiched between the pages of the book. The magic photo in the newspaper had stopped moving due to the passage of time, but through the frozen image, he could still see that the Legere scholar was doing it. Shake hands with a giant-eared goblin merchant standing on a high platform.

This picture is really bizarre.

However, after a brief surprise, Xiuge found some additional clues in the photo. He pointed to the store sign in the background of the photo and asked: "Is this the Blue Algae Port?"

"Yes, sir, it's Blue Algae Port... What this news is about is that Scholar Legere has successfully verified his project and is preparing to cooperate with the local business group of Blue Algae Port."

"A scholar cooperates with a goblin business group? Haha, it is indeed rare."

Hearing this, Xiuge twitched the corners of his mouth in disbelief.

With Richard's help, Shuge and the two quickly went through all the other "key figures" on the list, but in the end, Shuge's focus naturally fell on this strange scholar. .

"Don't rush to contact Le Geer yet."

Xiuge said to all the Sword of Dawn members in the cabin: "If there is a problem with this person, he will definitely do something. We will monitor him through sufficiently reliable and safe methods. Don't act rashly before I inform you." , so as not to allow our potential enemies to seize the opportunity."

"As for the goblin merchants on those ships, you can try to get in touch with them...but you need to try to find a public place."

Xiuge raised his hand and nodded quickly around twice. The two Dawn Society members he pointed out had all been in the business group in the past, and they would be more professional in how to deal with the giant-eared goblin merchants.

"Be careful, don't contact them in my name, but in the name of Dawn Society. Dawn Society is currently at a critical stage of development. This is completely open news. Those businessmen and politicians also know this, so you You can proceed with these matters normally.”

Having said this, Xiuge gently paused the Black Sun Scepter he carried with him: "If anyone wants to interview me during this process, you don't have to refuse, but accept it first for me. And try to make an appointment for a meeting, and I will personally handle the specific situation at that time."

…

While everyone in the Dawn Society was busy collecting, organizing, and analyzing various important information, the Windless One was also steadily continuing to sail north along the predicted route.

After entering the open sea, the name of the Windless One really seemed to bring good weather. Although the black sun in the sky was always exuding an oppressive haze, except for the wind and waves on the night of setting sail, the Windless One was The next two days were smooth sailing.

In this seemingly peaceful environment, time seems to pass much faster.

Xiuge's work and rest became regular again. Although he had to face various complicated matters every day, he could always rely on the rich experience stored in his body and his extraordinary energy to put these things into practice. Everything was dealt with.

One day ago, he finally found an opportunity to send away the magic dagger he brought out from the Dream Sanctuary.

The euphemistic name is a gift in return for Wei Lin's gift of various magic teaching materials and equipment.

Although Wei Lin didn't seem very satisfied with Shuge's remarks, she finally happily accepted the strange-style magic weapon. Of course, she didn't ask about the origin of the weapon in detail, but she was quite fond of it. The special magic craft expresses its own wonder.

As for the special potion formula, Xiuge gave it to Wei Lin.

After Weilin got the formula that Shuge had exchanged for "Xilin Sea Snake Blood", she immediately discovered the abnormality in the ratio of many drugs and materials in the formula, and what surprised her even more was, It is the text used to write this recipe.

As one of the most in-depth magic scholars in the entire Van En who has studied the "Poetry of the Night", she is almost certain that the words written on the old paper have many similarities with the "Poetry of the Night".

After realizing that the paper was most likely related to those lost ancient beings, Weilin turned around and plunged into her cabin as if she had obtained an expensive treasure - she had transformed it into a qualified In the caster's study, although due to various conditions, Wei Lin was unable to conduct overly precise and complex experiments on the cruise ship that occasionally vibrated, but she could still carry out some basic research.

After accepting the two gifts, Weilin suddenly entered her original state again.

After discovering that Shuge was fully capable of dealing with the difficult scholars who wanted to inquire about the Dawn Society, Wei Lin simply passed this part of the affairs on to him.

In this way, the Windless One ushered in the morning of the fourth day after setting sail.

According to the scheduled plan, the Windless One will stay briefly in this area this morning to facilitate routine maintenance and inspection of the entire fleet.

For the passengers on the Windless Man, this morning seemed extremely relaxed and leisurely. After anchoring, the Windless Man became extremely stable, and even those who suffered from seasickness could walk freely on the ship. The happiest thing among them was that None more so than those dwarves.

The dwarves' fear of the sea and ships is as well known as their love of alcohol and forging.

In the past two days, Xiuge wanted to find an opportunity to have a good chat with these potential master craftsmen. However, they were always in a groggy state, either drinking, seasick, or shouting loudly. sleep……

Not only that, the seafood food provided on the ship also did not meet the preferences of the dwarves, so they were not even willing to appear in the restaurant and just asked the waiters on the ship to send some cooked food to the cabin.

Xiuge came to the deck of the cruise ship. In the blowing sea breeze, he saw those short, stocky figures gathered on one side of the deck.

As the most loyal sun believers among Van En, they have just completed their prayers to the gods, but the black shadow in the sky is obviously not the object of their prayers, so the mood of these dwarves is generally low, and this is also It makes their attitude toward other people even worse.

The dwarves look like this in every public place in Vann. They like to stick together and are always hostile to other ethnic groups. Almost all the races ranked in Vann are on the "discrimination list" of the dwarves. Here, this rather extreme attitude is almost engraved into their bones. Therefore, even if a dwarf appears to be very polite, people cannot be sure whether he is cursing in his heart.

A mage from the Legal Committee was struggling to communicate with these dwarves.

The members of the Sword of Dawn have figured out in the past two days that the biggest reason why these dwarves were invited to Merlin Lehe is that in order to further strengthen the confrontation with the Black Sun Society and Saint Steele, Merlin Lehe, Get ready to officially "embrace" those new steam machines.

However, various signs indicate that a considerable number of mages still believe that magic and magic rituals can still play a sufficient role in this process, at least to ensure that machinery and magic are in an equal and complementary position, rather than letting the former take the lead. .

It’s hard to comment on this kind of thinking.

But he was certain that when they stated their demands to the stubborn dwarves, it would be difficult to get a positive response.

As expected, the stream-level Legal Council mage who tried to communicate with the dwarves did not last long. His level and ability were not enough for the dwarves to show enough respect. Therefore, not long after, Xiuge saw the mage blushing. He walked away, obviously the dwarves didn't say anything nice just now.

Xiuge shook his head, and then he walked over slowly. Before he could get closer, the eyes of the dwarves moved over. Both men and women, their eyes were as sharp as razors.

"In the name of the sun...good morning, Master Badosa."

Xiuge stood in front of the dwarf named the leader. He did not bow to salute, nor did he deliberately lower his body, because this behavior was likely to be regarded as a contempt and insult in the eyes of the dwarf. Sensitive Dwarves sometimes believe that actions such as bowing are actually a mockery of their height.

Faced with Xiuge's greeting that was in line with the dwarf's habits and etiquette, Badosa was a little surprised, so he responded: "In the name of the sun, you are welcome, young man of the Dawn Society."

Xiuge smiled after receiving the response. Then he followed the etiquette memories related to the dwarves in his mind and took out a palm-sized wine bottle from his pocket and handed it forward: "Master Badosa... Plateau The oriental spirits produced, mixed with a small amount of magic potion, can effectively control seasickness. This is my personal gift to you."