The sun is high

Shuge has always been extremely cautious about these ancient powers that the Black Sun Society has mastered through various methods in high school.

Although fundamentally speaking, the power he controls can definitely crush the vast majority of people in the Black Sun Society in terms of "purity", but after several previous contacts, Xiuge can basically confirm that the Black Sun Society has indeed passed Various methods have been used to obtain a large number of strange powers that originate from ancient times and are directly related to those ancient gods.

After entering the territory of St. Steele, Shuge had seen signs of danger more than once.

There are a large number of 'Dark Dogs' who are directly commanded by members of the Black Sun Society and have the characteristics of many different ancient creations.

Soaring in the sky, the strange giant bird "Asharu" is huge and its body is obviously wrapped with the aura of the dark abyss.

Coupled with the dark domes that still hang over the important town of St. Steele and these obviously changed sculptures of the Mystery of the Black Sun...

Signs such as these indicate that with the rise of the black sun, the followers of these ancient gods have also ushered in new opportunities for development. The distance between them and the objects of their faith has been significantly shortened. Saint Stephen These strange changes in your territory are the most tangible proof!

And now, as Xiuge took the initiative to touch the Black Sun Mystery in front of him, the magic power accumulated in his body was quickly aroused. At the same time, a cold feeling that Xiuge was extremely familiar with and disgusted with gradually crept in. his spiritual world.

It is a wanton prying into the spirit and thinking, and it is a kind of interference and violation of consciousness.

Compared with the method of detecting thoughts used by powerful spellcasters such as Wizard Edmund, the interference caused by the Black Sun Mystery in the spiritual realm is obviously more cruel and domineering. Those tentacles are twisted by cold magic. This reminded Xiuge directly of his painful experience of almost being possessed by An Yuan's descendants.

However, compared to what he was back then, he was completely different now, and the power he faced now was even more powerful and dangerous.

The metal disc that serves as the spiritual barrier of Xiuge has begun to rotate again, but unlike before, its current operating state is extremely secretive - under the cover of Xiuge's spiritual ocean, the entire metal disc is hidden. It rotates silently, and its soft yet tough walls are perfectly integrated with the surging spiritual ocean.

Under Shuge's deliberate guidance, all the memories belonging to Baron Ferlando were roughly piled up in the places most easily searched and touched, and these locations naturally became the first targets of those cold tentacles.

As for the deeper, important secrets belonging to Xiuge himself, they were completely protected.

In this process, even if that force really wants to further explore the "loyal believers" in front of it in more detail, whenever those tentacles with malicious intentions approach the turbulent spiritual ocean, they will be immediately attacked. "Mild" and "moderate" interference.

Those almost completely homologous magic powers made them somewhat confused about the situation.

Xiuge will naturally not give them the time and opportunity to figure out the situation.

As long as he completes the "necessary" disguise, he will actively end contact with the Black Sun Mystery in accordance with the established procedures like all members of the Black Sun Society, and those who try to stay in his spiritual world to find the secret The remaining power will be overwhelmed by the sudden spiritual wave in an instant. What awaits them next is the ruthless crushing of the metal disc.

Thanks to the special modification of the secret ritual by the Black Sun Society, the residents in the disc have been "eating" very well recently.

Among them, predators with particularly large appetites such as the palace hounds have set their sights on the dark dogs and the Asaru giant birds that seem to have some connection with them.

Shuge could even feel its hunger and desire to chase new prey.

Even the sculpture of the Mystery of the Black Sun in front of it seems to want to open its mouth and take a bite.

Shuge quickly comforted the residents in the disk, and fed out the power of the secret ritual that had been crushed into a ball of paste. Then he removed his hands from the secret ritual sculpture and followed Baron Ferlando's instructions. Those memories started a chant.

Unlike the miners who had just witnessed the "miracle" and were about to start believing in the ancient gods, the chants uttered by Shuge were obviously mixed with real power.

The overseers and soldiers who had also joined the Black Sun Society saw that as the baron continued to pray, the dark light and shadow surrounding his body became purer, and eventually turned into a long black cloak.

This black cloak extends all the way back from the baron's back. It hangs to the ground, but it is not stained by the sand and dirt on the ground and road. In the baron's extremely pious singing, this The cloak seems to have become the purest and most transparent black gemstone in the entire Van En.

Those who did not master magic watched all this in amazement, which naturally included some workers responsible for transporting crystallized ore from the mine.

They didn't know exactly what Baron Ferlando was doing, but they knew that this must be another "amazing miracle" as one of the associations said.

In just a few minutes, the black cloak completely covered the entire open space behind him. At the same time, a faint, incense-like mist spread from the clear darkness. , these mist gradually filled the nearby space, and actually gave the originally dusty Yanhu Mine a rare sacred meaning.

However, as the process continued, the Baron himself seemed to become painful.

His face turned pale, his facial muscles began to twist, his brows furrowed, and his body began to tremble violently. It seemed that he might faint at any time due to loss of strength.

Xiuge's "performance" can be said to be very realistic.

Because in fact, now he is indeed experiencing the pain caused by a failed ceremony - of course this is intentional. In order to make his performance as real as possible, Shuge deliberately drew from the memory of Baron Orlando. Among them, he chose a ritual that was simply impossible to achieve with his current ability.

That was a special favor bestowed by the god "Monster Hill" that Baron Ferlando followed and believed in.

What surprised Shuge was that this so-called grace ceremony actually had many similarities with the huge secret ritual that was once set up under the Ernst family manor. Or it could be said that this so-called "monstrous hill" The power of the gods seems to be inextricably linked to the Mother Goddess of the Earth.

It is precisely because of this that Xiuge boldly "changed" the content of this ritual. He followed the basic process of this ritual, but tampered with its final result.

Under this kind of tampering, Xiuge implemented the principle of "don't let the good water flow to outsiders" to the extreme. All the magic power flowing into this ceremony will eventually be attributed to the true dependents of the Mother Goddess of the Earth, that is, the running rats.

As Xiuge has verified before, although the Black Sun Mystery is far more complex than other magical mysteries in Van En, the dark abyss magic flowing in it cannot make a magic sculpture a real living thing. It is still mechanical and can only operate according to a prepared set of processes.

This process naturally also includes "support" for those devout believers.

The so-called support means that when the members of the Black Sun Society communicate with each other and perform certain rituals within the coverage of its power, the Mystery can deliver magic power to these members in a timely manner and help them achieve their goals. Target.

And this is the fundamental reason why Xiuge deliberately put himself in trouble.

It was only after he entered the territory of St. Steele that he realized that his courage was indeed getting bigger and bigger. From the beginning, he used all means to avoid the Black Sun Society, and now he actively comes into contact with the society's secrets. , and use the loopholes to gain power and achieve their true goals.

This behavior is of course very dangerous.

Xiuge must ensure that he can perfectly hide from the detection of the Black Sun Mystery, and complete a set of ritual procedures for believers in ancient gods under its surveillance, and thereby obtain its power support.

Once successful, the magic power in the Black Sun Mystery will be immediately attracted to Shuge's "empty" body and begin to supply Shuge's ongoing rituals, which will make it less effective in blocking and monitoring the surrounding areas. to the lowest.

And this is the important window time for secret agents and spies to start transmitting magical messages to the outside world.

Just like dancing on a sharp tightrope, Xiuge constantly affects the magic power around him. At this time, he has completely removed all conventional magic protection from his body, and completely exposed himself to the dark sun. The power of the secret ritual is wrapped in it.

In order to achieve the best effect of his "performance", Shuge not only achieved the most perfect simulation on the level of magic, but also recited all the ancient mantras that Baron Ferlando had never completed in the past. The sense of ritual can be described as Raised to the extreme.

However, these weird tones coming out of his mouth actually have no effect at all. All the magic power transmitted by the Black Sun Mystery seems to have been invested in this "ritual", but in fact it has flowed into the big body of the Running Rat. Mouth.

Of course, Xiuge would not let the help provided by the Secret of the Black Sun be "in vain". Under his meticulous control, the black "cloak" that had almost collapsed before was restored to integrity, and more magical mist spread. Come, and in the darkness that is as clear as gems, many tiny shadows emerge.

"squeak!"

The running rat let out a happy neigh. It was almost "full", so naturally it was time to start working.

As a dependent who has received the gift of the Mother Earth, although it has no knowledge of the so-called "huge hills", it can easily mobilize the flowing magic power.

The next moment, the ordinary people surrounding him heard a gentle hum at the same time. Then, the black "cloak" covering the ground began to shake, and the black shadows that had previously walked through it were like It started crawling around as if it had been given life.

In the continuous chanting of Baron Orlando in front, they heard many small words related to "huge hills", "messengers", "boundless rats", etc. In the increasingly "solemn" atmosphere , those people who had just joined the Black Sun Society had almost lost the ability to control themselves. They knelt down on the edge of the "black cloak" and quietly waited for the next development.

Under the "eyes of all the people", the miracle finally began to appear.

In the distant house, Wei Lin, disguised as the head maid, silently observed the outside world through the gaps in the curtains. At this time, she saw that the huge "black cloak" behind Xiuge had begun to split, and the shadows became more concrete, and gradually took on a rat-like appearance.

This scene should have been very permeating, but those people who had fully integrated into the atmosphere of the ceremony did not know what fear was at all. They watched the black shadows like mice crawling around them, but their expressions became... More serious and solemn.

Wei Lin didn't know much about Shuge's plan, but as someone who knew something about the Ernst family rat pack, she recognized the true nature of this so-called ritual at a glance.

In her opinion, this was simply taking advantage of the Black Sun Association.

"Tsk...it's so noisy."

Wei Lin chuckled lightly and looked in the direction of the Black Sun Mystery Sculpture. After confirming that the magic light and shadow on the surface of the sculpture had completely disappeared, she immediately turned around and gestured to the spies waiting behind her: "He succeeded. Come on, hurry up, hurry up!"

As this order was issued, everyone in the room immediately began a new round of busy work. Several stream-level mage spies disguised as servants cooperated as quickly as possible. Under the cover of Wei Lin's protective magic, , they launched a complete renovation of several rooms with great fanfare.

The magic that was previously used to build trenches and fortifications on the battlefield came into use at this time. With the continuous weaving of magic threads, solid earth walls quickly rose and solidified indoors.

At the same time, several mage hands flew up. They held expensive alchemy knives and quickly sketched on the newly formed earth walls. In just a few minutes, extremely strong and permanent Magic circuits were successfully imprinted in these walls.

With precise calculations, the basement, room mezzanine, and special item warehouse were quickly opened up. Immediately afterwards, the members in charge of communications immediately moved in with the assembled communication secret instrument. Soon after, the mages in the room They all noticed an extremely slight fluctuation, which meant that the magic message had been successfully sent.

Everyone also stopped their movements at this time. The spellcasters who were working together to build a stronghold a second ago began to do simple cleaning work. As the magic power continued to sweep through the room, those who appeared due to the building renovation The dust was swept away, and the mounds of soil that could not be transported away were perfectly covered by magic in an inconspicuous corner.

Next, this will be their base camp.