The sun is high

The hounds of the Dark Abyss Palace are not killing machines without intelligence and self-will. Although they maintain absolute obedience to the Dark Abyss Palace, they will do their best to carry out their orders in accordance with the chaotic will originating from the palace.

However, now, the power connection between them and the Dark Abyss Palace has been forcibly severed.

Although the mages of the Legal Committee are unable to understand the nature of these strange ancient creations in such a short period of time, nor are they able to fully understand how their power operates, as the richest magical resource in the entire Van En Monopolies and owners, they have the ability to use the most brutal methods to solve current problems.

Just like those mages who are addicted to flame-killing magic, when faced with difficult problems, the members of the Law Committee will also firmly believe in a simple principle, that is, at critical moments, quantitative accumulation can often directly lead to qualitative changes. Change.

Of course, the "quantitative change" perceived by the Legal Committee is very different from what ordinary people perceive.

In order to imprison these weird and ferocious monsters, the Legal Committee set up a large number of protective rituals at the river valley level and lake level in a short period of time. Not only that, they also misappropriated many extremely expensive secret rituals from other places. , even the secret ritual used by the Emergency Affairs Office itself was directly moved over.

Three layers of these isolating magic barriers wrap and cover this special cell, and the manpower and material resources required to maintain these rituals have long exceeded ordinary people's imagination.

However, isolation is one thing, and specific processing is another.

The mages and scholars of the Legal Committee did not have much to do against these extremely dangerous hounds. Although they were severely injured, they did not appear weak because of it. The seemingly incorporeal bodies also left the mages helpless.

However, the arrival of Xiuge changed this stalemate.

The moment he stepped into this place, the restlessness of the hounds calmed down on the spot. They recognized the man who had severely injured them the night before, and they also felt the oppressive aura on Shuge's body.

As a result, these hounds that were divided into different cages immediately stopped their previous actions. They all looked in the direction of Xiuge. The red pupils on both sides of their long and narrow heads flashed at a slow frequency, as if they wanted to Take another serious look at and observe this terrible enemy.

It was not only the hounds that attracted attention, but also a group of busy mages.

The leaders among the mages are two senior members of the Legal Committee - not only do they wear certificates and badges representing the identity of the mages, but they also have an additional miniature "Eye of Mel" emblem hanging on their chests.

This is a status symbol for Legal Committee officials. Often only those who need to frequently attend important occasions or stay in the Legal Committee office for a long time need to wear this kind of logo.

The appearance of these two officials is that they are forty or fifty years old, which is consistent with the "Eye of Mel" coat of arms they wear.

"Mr. Ernst?"

An official with a relatively steady face and slightly thinning hair came forward. He simply said hello to Xiuge, and then went straight to the point: "I am the second person in charge of the Emergency Affairs Office. You can call me I’m Joan.”

"Professor Joan."

Shuge maintained due courtesy. These senior officials all had experience teaching in magic schools, so the title "professor" was very widely used and basically unmistakable.

Professor Qiao An nodded, and then walked forward with Xiuge: "These monsters... I'm sorry, we are not sure what to call them yet. Now we can only use magic rituals to seal them here for the time being. Fortunately, This kind of cage with a special structure can indeed effectively imprison them."

"We made some attempts before, trying to change the shape of the cage and transfer these monsters. However, the magic lines we constructed just became active as soon as they broke away from their original arc state."

He pointed to a hound at the front and said: "We have collected the process and details of the scene and other attacks, and it is almost certain that these monsters can attack in a way that we simply cannot understand and cannot imagine...their The form is somewhere between solidity and magic, and can use special methods to shuttle through buildings and the ground. Any corners, depressions, or things with obvious edges and corners seem to be able to become their paths."

Having said this, Professor Qiao An sighed heavily. He handed a compiled experimental document to Shuge and said at the same time: "Mr. Ernst, in the Legal Committee, I have worked with many people. Everyone does not agree with the large-scale academic activities focusing on 'wicked magic' and those ancient lost knowledge... But this is just my personal opinion and does not represent my attitude when dealing with the matters at hand."

Seeing Shuge staring at him, Qiao An continued: "I know, Mr. Ernst, you must have some information related to these monsters, and maybe it may involve some of your personal secrets, but I still hope, 伱To be able to reveal a little bit more to us...that's important."

Xiuge quickly flipped through the documents in his hand, and then handed the documents back to Qiao An. He took two steps towards the magic cages in front of him with his cane. He poked the ground hard twice with his cane. So the hounds that had just shown some signs of restlessness stopped again.

Xiuge turned around and said to Qiao An and others: "Don't worry, at this time, I don't have to cover up or hide the information I know, but I also have my own requirements... At this stage, for It is very important to the Legal Committee and Van En, so I hope that the Legal Committee can put some restrictions on the people involved in related matters, at least confidentiality restrictions."

Xiuge's words were very direct, so Qiao An and others immediately understood what he meant. As a member of the emergency affairs office, Qiao An was no stranger to such things. With the issuance of two simple orders, a group of The relatively marginalized mages and apprentices immediately withdrew under the supervision of several sword-wielding hermits, while the other group of obviously more professional mages and scholars stayed in place in silence.

After the Legal Committee completed its personnel arrangements, Shuge turned to look at Qiao An and said, "The Emergency Affairs Office should have heard that I was recruited by the Black Sun Society before, right?"

"Yes, we know that Mr. Ernst you have been to their rallies, and you have caused a lot of damage to those lunatics."

"We can discuss the size of the loss later when we have time."

Shuge smiled: "At that gathering, I learned a lot of very unfamiliar secrets and information... Within the Black Sun Society, those members will join different groups based on the ancient gods they believe in and follow. Among them, the society that caused the massacre in Salem City is called the 'Dark Abyss History Society'."

Professor Qiao An frowned and looked at each other with his colleagues: "Dark Abyss?"

"Yes, Dark Abyss...a very ancient but real world, and it is most likely hidden behind the black sun."

Xiuge slowed down his speech as much as possible: "In other words, the shadow in the sky is actually a passage connecting another dark world..."

This is the first time that Xiuge has officially revealed the essence of the Black Sun and the Dark Abyss to others. Even though Qiao An and others are well-informed and experienced, they were momentarily shocked and speechless by these slightly shocking words. Come.

After finally convincing himself to believe Xiuge's words in his mind, Professor Qiao An pointed at the shadows running rampant in the magic cage and said: "So, these monsters actually come from the 'dark abyss' you call them? "

"According to their existence method, appearance and habits... I suggest that you call them hounds, or 'dark abyss hounds'."

Xiuge did not directly reveal the concept of "Dark Abyss Palace". After all, now, even he himself has no way to explain clearly what this existence with a weird name is about. Speaking out may not only be unable to enhance credibility. , and may even have negative impacts.

He pointed at the hounds in the cage and said: "My understanding of the 'Dark Abyss' is also limited, but from some opinions within the Black Sun Society, I can see that this is a world full of hostility to Van En... In a distant era that few people know about, these terrifying monsters in the dark abyss have already started hunting round after round."

"What happened last night was hunting?"

Another official of the Legal Committee looked a little ugly. He didn’t quite agree with Shouge’s statement. As a devout believer in the goddess Mel, he resisted from the bottom of his heart Shouge’s words to put the residents of Van’en free. In a position like "prey".

"Kind of ugly, isn't it?"

Xiuge glanced at him, but his expression didn't change much. He tilted his head in the direction of the hounds behind him: "But that's the fact. I think everyone should know that, except for Merlin Lehe, Fan Other places in En were also attacked by them, and the casualties were much heavier... For the residents of those places, they do not have the variety of means to deal with these threats like Merlin Lehe."

Shuge stared at the official: "When facing these hounds, all they can do is to accept a tragic death after exhausting all means of survival... Excuse me, what is this if it's not prey?"

In front of Xiuge's words, the official's expression changed, but he did not argue with Xiuge after all. Instead, he controlled his emotions and lowered his gaze.

"As far as I know, there isn't much news about hounds. Generally speaking, one is good and the other is bad."

"The good news is that although you have not officially started researching them, you have roughly grasped the most important information for us at the moment... Although their patterns of action are strange, they are not unpredictable, and The magic and weapons we have can also limit and damage them to a certain extent, and these hounds are destined to become a batch of important experiments for us to understand the Dark Abyss."

"What about the bad news?"

"The bad news is... these guys are not a large force. The real 'hunting' has not yet begun. What we are in contact with now is just a group of the weakest and most impatient hounds."

As he spoke, Xiuge raised his hand and pointed toward the sky: "I don't know when the 'hunting' really started, but I think it must be related to the changes in the black sun. Maybe when the shadow becomes enough The disaster will officially break out when it is big and scary enough."

Xiuge's words echoed in the sealed underground laboratory. People were silent. Only a few mages responsible for recording still controlled the mages' hands and hurriedly copied all the contents and details of the conversation on paper. .

At this moment, the official who had previously questioned raised his head again. He looked at Xiuge and asked, "What about you?"

"What?"

"Mr. Ernst, what I want to ask is why you were able to injure these 'hounds' with such efficiency, and what methods did you use?"

Professor Qiao An, who was supposed to lead the conversation, turned his head the moment he heard these words. He glared at his colleague fiercely. He was about to turn around to explain to Xiuge, but he heard Xiuge laugh twice. .

So, people saw the figure standing in front of countless magic cages slowly raising his hand, and saw him snap his fingers gently in the air, and then a cold and slightly chaotic magic power immediately spread out towards the surroundings, and then As if they had received some kind of instructions or been stimulated, the imprisoned black shadows suddenly became active. They began to violently collide with the magic cage in front of them, and let out waves of frightening roars.

Just when everyone was ready to fight, Shuge snapped his fingers again, and all the restlessness was calmed down again.

The young man who caused this chaos and commotion looked at the livid-faced Legal Committee official: "Sir, I admire your sense of responsibility and courage very much. At this time, people like you are really needed to take charge of the situation. development direction, but..."

He walked forward with his cane and stood in front of the official: "You should also know that everyone has their own secrets, and I am no exception, and I may have more secrets." ...Of course, for Van En’s sake, I actually don’t mind revealing these secrets.”

"However, this has a prerequisite."

Xiuge stared at the other party, and the rolling darkness in the depths of his eyes was like two sharp swords that were about to pierce out at any time: "First of all, I need to be guaranteed that these secrets must actually work, and secondly..."

"The audience must at least be qualified, right?"