The sun is high

Shuge has always believed that no matter what Votel, Delan or the Legal Committee are planning, humans must be the specific implementers of these plans. After all, the human race has been the absolute subject of Van En for a long time. Races such as forest elves, dwarves, goblins and sea people, although they also have their own history, cultural customs and spheres of influence, as long as we talk about the total number, any race seems so small in front of humans.

Until the last moment, he felt that these giant-eared goblins in the Golden Boot Caravan might just be part of the plan. They seemed to have been treated as victims of a struggle and plan-such a case was actually in Luo It is a common sight on the Victoria Plateau.

Many nobles and businessmen in the Kingdom of Walter will "raise" a group of giant-eared goblins as their white gloves.

Once something happens, just push it out and take the blame.

This behavior made the giant-eared goblins extremely angry at first, but as the cases continued to occur and time changed, a considerable number of the giant-eared goblins accepted this fact and no longer had to follow the caravan. If you run west, you don’t have to worry about being caught as a slave by some unscrupulous mines, nor will you be caught and sold to the Eastern world by some slave ships... With status and money like a wealthy human businessman, you can live in the most luxurious place. You can spend a long time in the city, and if you are lucky, you can even spend a lifetime!

With such treatment, it doesn't matter even if he will be executed one day.

It is precisely based on this that even Shuge, who has another kind of soul, has a lack of good impressions of the giant-eared goblins. But now, the corpse in the secret room seems to reveal a completely different possibility to him. .

After quickly checking the corpse of the giant-eared goblin who committed suicide, as well as the many documents, books and files placed on the desk, the two of them came to a common conclusion - this was a long-term A geological detective working for the Law Commission branch of the Kingdom of Votel.

Of course, you can also call him a goblin mage.

Although the Legal Committee's style of work puts the human race first in everything, this does not mean that there are only human members in the Legal Committee. In some multi-racial mixed cities and areas, there are also many There are many alien spellcasters, but compared to human mages, these alien members often suffer unfair treatment within the Legal Committee because of their own race.

"The beacon has been found, here it is."

Wei Lin took out a somewhat weird pocket device from the corner of the bookshelf. It looked somewhat similar to the Magic Pendulum, or it was simply modified from the Magic Pendulum. Until the moment Wei Lin took it out, this The strange device was still shaking slightly, but the magic power emitted from it was extremely weak.

"It's a good idea. Based on the characteristics of the magic pendulum, an additional reverse magic circuit is added. He changes the pendulum's original function of searching for traces of magic, so that it continues to emit specific magic waves while shaking. , in order to continuously guide the changelings."

Shuge didn't know much about this kind of professional magic knowledge. He took all the documents and books stored on the deceased's desk to the outside room, and then quickly looked through them.

Somehow, he had a premonition.

As long as the reason why the goblin mage committed suicide and the documents he left behind are figured out, the Kingdom of Walter's plan in Salem City will be completely revealed in front of him.

As Xiuge read these documents, everything about this goblin spellcaster and the Golden Boots caravan gradually appeared in his mind.

This goblin spellcaster hidden in the Golden Boots Caravan is named Marcel, and he has been doing this job for nearly twenty years.

In the past twenty years, he was unable to wear a badge and wear a uniform and robes like any real mage walking on the streets. For most of the time, he was just an ordinary goblin businessman.

Monitor the commercial development trend and the flow of important goods in Salem City, evaluate the influence of Votel and Delan on Salem City, and sort out people's opinions on steam creations and pure magic creations...

This is what the goblin mage Marcel has been doing for the past twenty years.

Among these entries, Shuge was even more surprised that Marcel seemed to be taking advantage of his status as a member of the Legal Committee to monitor the many instructions sent from Merlin Lehe, the headquarters of the Legal Committee, and The objects of his return were the Kingdom of Votel, the Law Commission's branch in Votel, and the largest magic academy in Votel.

"Since twenty years ago, or even earlier, there has been a split within the Legal Committee... At least judging from these documents, a considerable part of the instructions are directly issued by the kingdom's spies and Walter's mages. The academy is responsible for sorting out and analyzing the collected intelligence, and using it to provide reliable advice to the kingdom it is loyal to."

Shuge carefully looked through the memories about the Magic Academy that remained in his body. He suddenly realized that when Shuge Ernst was still working as a handyman and apprentice in the Magic Academy, he had already come into contact with many people. New magical equipment.

In other words, it is equipment mainly based on steam and machinery, supplemented by magic. These things often do not receive official approval from the Legal Committee. He was once surprised why it has always maintained an absolute monopoly and interpretation power over all magic items. The Legal Committee of the People's Republic of China was able to turn a blind eye to this phenomenon. Now it seems that the fundamental reason is that the magicians in the Kingdom of Walter and even the entire plateau area have already completely turned to the local government. Royal Family and Government.

"We're in big trouble..."

Shuge murmured, putting aside the past documents in his hands, and then picked up a very old notebook.

It can be seen that this notebook has been carefully maintained by its owner, but time still leaves irresistible traces on it.

On the first page, there is a very neat line of words.

"I hereby swear an oath to the Sinar Sea. I will firmly believe in the coming of the Black Sun, and I will pay all the price to drive away the ignorance and hypocrisy of the corrupting Brahma."

The moment he saw these words, Xiuge felt like his head had been hit hard.

He finally saw the exact traces of the Black Sun Society's activities in this world.

If the Black Sun Society has nothing to do with Theseus and the Dream Sanctuary, Shuge will never believe it. He remembers clearly that there is indeed a door in the Dream Sanctuary, and that door is blocked The condition proposed by the black mist is exactly the "Crown of the Black Sun".

Although Shuge cannot confirm what the so-called Crown of the Black Sun is, what is certain is that it is definitely closely related to the Black Sun Society and the prophecy of the Black Sun.

"well……"

He sighed softly: "It feels like after being tortured for days and nights, I finally left the novice tutorial and saw the main plot."

The notebook records basically some of the personal thoughts and opinions of the goblin mage Marcel over the years. It seems that the nature of this notebook is somewhat similar to that of a diary, but perhaps Marcel never thought of giving his diary to Others read it, so the words in it are quite intense, and from time to time you can see some curse words and foul language.

Moreover, judging from Marcel's suicide in such a secret room, he really did not want his thoughts to be known to outsiders.

But Xiuge still felt that something was wrong, because if he really had that idea, the mage could have chosen a more thorough approach, such as directly destroying these important documents and notes instead of leaving them behind...

He thumbed through it quickly.

"On the 15th of Qi Peng Month, 2694, everything is approaching, and the air is filled with the damn smell of war! From now on, I not only need to monitor and record the flow of goods in Salem City, but also need to further track the people behind those stores. Operator... I need more manpower, these few people now are simply not enough!"

"On the 26th of the end of the farming month in 2694, the negotiation with the Delan people failed. These guys are rigid and conservative. They are more disgusting than the socks of a goblin woman. They talk nonsense and are long and smelly. They are a bunch of idiots! Holding Merlin Le and Let your trouser legs cry slowly!"

"It's the winter festival of 2694. It's rare to take a break and take a look at the children."

"2695..."

"In the month of Branch, 2695, the association rejected the decision to further promote prophecies and recruit new members in Salem and surrounding areas. The Legal Committee has been very active in the area recently. The association lost three members. Until they were executed, the Legal Committee Everyone thought they had caught just an ordinary wild mage."

Marcel's records are intermittent. It seems that he does not record every day, but depends entirely on his mood and what is happening. Sometimes his records are meaningless and are just long-term insults about certain things. , for a spy with a complex identity and a member of the Black Sun Society, this seems to be a rare outlet for him.

Xiuge speeded up his reading. After omitting a large part of the detailed records, he finally found what he really wanted to see at the end of the notes.

"In the Oxen Month of 2699, the final stage is about to begin. The prophecies of the association have become clearer, and part of them have been fulfilled...I feel so excited and excited for the first time, but there is also some fear. I don't quite understand why the newly presented The prophecy will describe the city of Salem as a 'grand sacrificial pit'. Since it is a 'sacrificial pit', there must be sacrifices, but who will be the sacrifices? The residents here? The entire city? I don't understand."

"In the end of the farming month of 2699, another order arrived. I asked the children to leave the city. Hannah will take them to the countryside of Hain. My mother will be very happy. She has written to complain many times before, saying that she is very Want to stay with the juniors... The purges in the Legal Committee branch have been completed, and all the die-hards still loyal to Merlin Leho have been completely removed. They are ready... The Delans are also on the move, informants told I, the royal family of Delan, have written a blank check for the independent government of Salem, and as long as they can fully cooperate, Delan is willing to pay any price."

"In the Gin and Wine Moon of 2699, new prophecies continue to appear, 'The war will be preceded by the black sun, and the only son of the abyss will be born in the sacrifice pit.' I don't understand the second half of the sentence. I know that the mission of the association must be completed, but I'm a little uneasy."

After that, there were several blank pages.

Xiuge was a little anxious. He turned over two more pages, but he took out a thin piece of magic letter from the notebook. When he spread the letter, a series of cold and chilling facts entered him. vision.

The source of the letter was an informant of the Black Sun Society buried in the royal family of Delan. His signature was "Alain Morel". Shuge's intuition told him that the guy who wrote the letter was the guy he had met at the Peace Newspaper Agency. That nobleman of Teresa.

The innovations brought about by steam, metal and complex machinery have given plateau countries unprecedented opportunities - less magic crystallization costs, more efficient use of magic power, and the possibility of mass production of ordnance and equipment... There is no doubt that , for Van En, these discoveries are extremely important, and for many secular kingdoms that have always been suppressed by the Legal Committee at the magical level, this trend allows them to see a possibility.

A possibility that completely breaks the Law Council's monopoly on magic and miracles.

Just as Shuge had expected and guessed before, a battle surrounding magic resources and new productivity has completely begun within the scope of Van En. In this battle and contradiction, the countries of the Luowei Plateau and the countries of the Goddess Plain are all doing their best. Made your own choice.

The Royal Family of Deland hopes to continue to mediate and gain more benefits and time from it, but the Plateau Alliance headed by the Kingdom of Votel does not.

Perhaps they had a glimpse of the importance of this opportunity, or they were aware of the fragility of traditional magic and the army in the face of new weapons. They resolutely chose to speed up - using the secret agents and spies buried in the royal family of Delan to completely disrupt the situation. The situation in Salem City was on the occasion of the armistice celebrations. They publicly signed an alliance and directly started military exercises. This series of actions brought the situation in Salem City and surrounding areas to the edge of explosion.

However, in this powder keg that is about to explode, there are traces of another force mixed in.

The Black Sun Society is not loyal to any party. They just want to take advantage of the upcoming conflict to achieve their own goals.

"I feel confused, regretful and scared...the association's plan is more amazing than I imagined. They hope to completely replace the princes of the two countries with changelings and replace all important figures in the independent government. They may even have set up a message Mark... But is this really the right thing to do? The prophecy has also gone awry. Why is Salem City called the 'Sacrifice Pit', and who is the only son of the Abyss?"

"How could all of this be more vicious and terrifying than the things we rejected in the past?"

"what do I do?"

At the end of the note, Shuge saw deep confusion and despair.