The sun is high

"Nice to meet you, Professor Weka."

"me too."

Compared with half a month ago, the old Weka is obviously older now, but his energy looks extremely strong, and his eyes are shining with bright and sharp light, which makes him look a little different from those A mage and scholar, more like an officer or politician from Votel or Delan.

After simply saying hello to everyone present, Old Weka sat down in the seat reserved for him: "I'm sorry, I finally have the opportunity to meet you now. This is my dereliction of duty, and it's also Negligence on the part of Merlin and the Office of Emergency Services."

He looked directly at Meyer in front of him, and did not hide his guilt and apology at all: "I also ask everyone from the Dawn Society to understand that the more critical the situation is, the more strategic we will adopt in handling the matter. Extreme, and more likely to have obvious tilts, but fortunately, we woke up from the quagmire in time."

"Professor Weka, we can completely understand the situations you mentioned."

Meyer nodded sincerely: "But I think you can have more confidence in us and Dawn Society. We are a group of people whose fundamental goal is to 'do hard work', and Dawn Society is an organization that takes this as its own creed." , those simple interest entanglements and the so-called status are not what we are pursuing."

"Yes, I understand."

Old Weka nodded: "Mr. Ernst has reiterated this to me many times before, as well as to many 'big people' at the top of Barron's Master Tower, and now, he has also used practical actions to prove that his words and deeds are consistent." ... Please rest assured that the proposal put forward in the previous meeting is already being implemented, and a piece of land adjacent to the Principality of Imop is being divided, and they will soon be handed over to the Dawn Society."

"Dawn Society thanks you for your support and dedication, Professor."

Meyer nodded his thanks to Old Weka, but then he suppressed his smile and said seriously: "However, what we really want to talk about with you and Merlin Lehe is not about this matter."

"Well, I know...we have already read the plan submitted by Dawn Society."

Old Weka nodded slowly, his expression became serious, and his voice sounded a little gloomy: "Regarding this 'peace talks with the ocean' plan, we have already had very serious differences internally. Those headed by Hain Countries bordering the sea also have different opinions on this."

Professor Weka paused for a moment, and then he sighed: "This is too risky. Compared with the confrontation with the Black Sun Society and the plans to confront the Black Sun, these opinions put forward by the Dawn Society are more like... This is a bold assumption without any basis, and until now we have had no way of assessing the risks behind such an action."

After hearing this, Meyer nodded to Daswell, who stood up slowly and said to old Weka: "If all you need is evidence of whether the community can communicate, Then Dawn Society can provide more practical cases and research records."

As Dasweil spoke, he tidied his messy hair with his hands: "But if what prevents you from making a decision is the fear of risks, then I'm sorry that Dawn Society can't do anything about it, because in our opinion Come on, this kind of worry is basically... well, seeking your own death."

"Your Excellency must be Mr. Daswell, right?"

Old Weka was not annoyed by Daswell's sharp words. He looked at the other party with interest and asked: "Many people have mentioned you in Merlinle and inside. They think, Within the entire Dawn Society, Mr. Daswell is the person most similar to those politicians and officials..."

Well, let me take these statements as a compliment. "

Daswell shrugged indifferently, and said slowly: "Professor Weka, if you can, I hope you can pass on the words we said during today's discussion to those who are still stranded in Meilinler and The 'important people' who discuss various matters."

"Now, every move and every decision we make in Van En is actually taking risks, because what we are facing is no longer the affairs that were 'still under control' in the past. The so-called black sun and ocean communities are now Or the Black Sun Society, which is closely associated with those ancient powers, which are abnormal and difficult to fathom.”

Daswell spoke very slowly, but his words were extremely powerful, sounding as loud as a hammer striking metal: "Of course we can choose to delay or avoid, but this behavior is actually the same as hugging. Walking next to ferocious beasts with a sense of luck is no different."

"Perhaps initially, we were indeed able to walk safely past these beasts, but this so-called safety is neither stable nor long-lasting, because we have almost no understanding of these terrible beasts. They did not pounce on us, probably just because They are not hungry yet, or they do not think we are prey worth killing... However, hidden dangers are hidden dangers, they are always there, and they will not disappear just because we forget them for a moment."

"What Mr. Daswell means is that we should take the initiative to understand and contact them before they cause greater impact and losses?"

"exactly."

Meyer took over the topic at the right time, and he said to old Weka: "Now, the real war between us and the Black Sun Society has not yet begun. In this important preparation stage, we should do everything we can to recognize or Eliminate those potential risks and focus our efforts as much as possible on those issues that matter most."

As he spoke, he took out a magic picture from his pocket and handed it to old Weka on the other side.

Professor Weka reached out and took it. In this new magic picture, he saw the raging waves, the ferocious artillery fire that was being vented from the shore and the ship, and also saw the shadowy deformities in the waves. Sea beasts, of course, also include a figure that no one will forget once they have seen it.

The figure was covered with fine scales and had many different characteristics of marine life, but it still maintained a human form.

Old Weka stared at this weird figure for a few seconds, then he took a breath and nodded heavily: "I have already seen it in the materials you submitted before... It's a pity that the picture at that time was still a little bit... Blur is not a magical image, otherwise there would definitely be more people convinced like me."

"When it appeared on the sea, everyone who saw it was shocked, including me."

Meyer said: "Before that, like everyone else, I regarded these ancient beings from the ocean as dangerous monsters and absolute enemies, but when it appeared, my intuition told me that we were not at odds with them. There may be some subtle similarities between them.”

"What do they have in common?"

"Yes, or it's a similarity."

Meyer nodded and said: "For some reasons that are temporarily undeterminable, they are indeed full of hostility towards us terrestrial creatures, but at the same time, they are also full of curiosity and confusion towards us, and will even be interested in things they have never come into contact with. Those emotions that exist create fear... I think the experiences of the Windless Fleet at sea should also be able to prove this."

Old Weka whispered: "Yes, but what happened to the Windless One and the villages along the coast of the Sea Kingdom also made many people unwilling to engage in any form of 'peace talks' with these monsters. They believed that from the beginning , our two sides have now taken a hostile stance, and the themes of our interactions are destined to be dominated by killing and confrontation."

"Professor Weka, I am not denying this."

Meyer responded: "On the contrary, I agree with those who hold these views. Race, form, existence and various problems make us doomed to have no way to truly coexist with those deep sea creatures. We What we are seeking is not cooperation with them.”

"Here, I want to confirm one thing for you, Professor - after the influence of the Black Sun is further strengthened, are there any marine communities attacking coastal towns or villages in Van En?"

"Based on the current situation, a similar situation has indeed not happened again, but this is not enough to be strong evidence."

A wry smile appeared on Old Weka's face: "After those two incidents, various places have imposed considerable restrictions on fishermen and ocean catchers who go to sea. The frequency of their going to sea has been greatly reduced. As for those Cargo ships heading to the ocean must now hire armed ships to protect them... We don’t know what happened to the sea monsters, but those armed pirates in the past have almost disappeared.”

When Old Weka finished speaking, he lost his voice.

What Meyer and others want to express is very clear. After the obvious changes in the black sun, the dangerous communities lurking in the ocean did not start activities more frequently. Instead, they showed extremely restrained behavior. Although people did not I don’t know the specific reason why they stopped operating, but this is definitely a very obvious and representative phenomenon. No matter how the opponents view this matter, they must not ignore this change.

After thinking carefully for a few minutes, Professor Weka said: "Even if Merlinlehe can really facilitate a meeting with these communities, we will also need voluntary meeting leaders and several meeting participants... "

"I can guarantee that there will definitely be me or Daswell, or even both of us at the same time."

Meyer said without hesitation: "In addition, Professor Weka can try to ask our newly established Van En Magic Society, especially those scholars who have been on the Windless One before. I think that in There will definitely be many brave volunteers among them, and the Legal Committee may even need to expand quotas for them."

…

Xiuge, who was in the Yanhu Mine, slowly opened his eyes.

For him today, sleep has gradually lost its original meaning. Now he turns every short sleep into a visit to the dream sanctuary.

However, until now, the owner of the Dream Sanctuary has still not appeared.

Ever since the dark dome that enveloped Watch City was torn apart by a force that was like the legendary "divine punishment", Theseus has never appeared again.

Everything is as usual in the dream shelter. Although the fog protecting the shelter looks a little thin, they are always operating stably. Every time Xiuge enters the dream, he can see outside the fog and see attempts to collide and destroy. The twisted figures - these are some weird creations from the dark abyss. They are obviously full of malicious intentions and have completely locked the specific location of the shelter.

However, they alone are obviously not enough to compete with the "God of All-Changing Faces".

However, Theseus' mysterious disappearance this time also brought considerable pressure to Xiuge.

He really didn't know whether Theseus' temporary departure was due to some special changes, or whether he was brewing some "interesting" plans...

Generally speaking, Shuge's own guess would be closer to the former, because after his inspection, the computer that was always used by Theseus even ran a certain strategy game, and this guy had even forgotten about it. Archive, it was clear that he was very, very hasty when he left.

Xiuge climbed up from the bed. The skylight outside was still dim, but in the distant sky, he could still see the remnants of power left after the dark dome collapsed. Although these remnants of power were disordered, they were also extremely rich. Even though Xiuge was still quite far away from Watch City, he could still feel the violent disturbance caused by the residual power.

The rituals performed before the Black Sun Society were far more complicated and terrifying than he imagined.

Even if there are only some remaining traces, they still contain extremely rich dark abyss magic power. Coupled with these memories taken from Baron Ferlando, Shuge even suspected that the darkness that enveloped the important town of St. Steele The domes themselves are fragments from the distant dark abyss, and only in this way can they have such a direct and rapid impact on all residents in the town.

After successfully controlling the Kingdom of St. Steele, the Black Sun Society has made rapid progress in all aspects.

With the support of abundant resources and manpower, the experience and strength they accumulated in the past began to burst out. Now, turning this northern land into a gathering place for believers of those ancient gods is only the first step of their plan. When they come down, they will definitely draw more power from the Dark Abyss to Van En through their connection with the black sun.

What they really want to do is to turn the entire Van En into a "colony" of the black sun.