The sun is high

"To St. Steele? At a time like this?"

Before Shuge could answer Daswell, Weilin on the side took the lead in expressing her doubts. She stared at Daswell and asked: "Mr. Daswell, you know very well that your hometown is probably among Van En. Ranked among the most dangerous places.”

"Yes I know very well."

Faced with Wei Lin's doubts, Dasvir looked unusually calm, and there was no trace of shame or hesitation on his face.

Seeing Daswell's appearance, Wei Lin's eyes also darkened, and she said very seriously: "The two of us have long been on the Black Sun Society's attention list, and Mr. Sugar is even more on the Black Sun Society's attention list. One of his important goals, once he appears in public, the Black Sun Society will definitely try every means to catch him."

"Well, I know these things too."

Seeing that Daswell still had this attitude, Wei Lin's eyebrows rose.

Xiuge was very familiar with this change. He knew that this was a sign that Weilin was getting angry and was ready to seriously argue with others, so he quickly raised his hand, pressed on Weilin's forearm, and then grabbed it. After talking, he asked: "Since Mr. Daswell understands these situations, I think what you want us to do is not a simple job, right?"

Dasvir nodded slightly.

He picked up a pen from the table and tapped a few times on the map quickly: "Since the appearance of the Black Sun, the activities of the Black Sun Society have become extremely frequent. They have their own method of quickly removing people. Become your own believer and expand the influence of those weird beliefs step by step.”

Dasvir sighed: "There is no doubt that Van En is in the midst of a drastic change. The rise of the Black Sun is only the beginning of this drastic change. If we allow the Black Sun Society to develop believers wantonly at this stage, , then when the subsequent cruel test begins, how many people will continue to choose to fight?"

Shuge raised his head and looked at the map, then narrowed his eyes: "In other words, Mr. Daswell hopes to cut off the spread of this belief as soon as possible?"

"Yes, even if we cannot completely cut off the spread of those weird beliefs, we must at least understand the laws behind these behaviors and their possible consequences... If we really know nothing, what about Salem City? Tragedies will continue to unfold without end."

"I can understand what you said."

Shuge turned his attention to Daswell's face that was not handsome and even slightly ugly: "But I still want to ask, why does this task fall on me and Miss Wei Lin?"

"You have to ask Merlin Lehe's mages."

"Legal Committee?"

After hearing this, the expression on Wei Lin's face finally changed, and she asked in surprise: "What does this have to do with the Legal Committee?"

"Just in the early hours of the morning, we received a secret communication from Merinlehe... This letter was sent by Master Weka from the Public Affairs Department. On behalf of the entire Legal Committee, he invited you two to go to Merinlehe to participate in a Important rally.”

As he spoke, Daswell took out a brand new letter from the side and handed it to Shuge: "It seems that the Legal Committee has made some progress and breakthroughs in the disasters of the black sun and the rugged hills. We have drawn some judgments and conclusions, and believe that you are the key to solving some difficult problems."

"This letter is an invitation, and I will pass it on to you here. However, we still have a lot of room to discuss the matter of going to Merlinle and St. Steele..."

…

After the meeting, Shuge finally got some precious rest time.

And he finally had the opportunity to take a good look at Van En under the black sun.

The shadow above his head was still growing at a slow and steady rate, and when Xiuge tried to raise his head and look directly at it, he could clearly feel the sluggishness of his thinking and the turmoil coming from the magic power in his body.

He originally wanted to observe the sky further, but Wei Lin on the side stopped him directly.

"I know you're special, but you'd better be cautious in this regard."

Xiuge followed Wei Lin's advice, so his eyes naturally fell on the face of the female mage next to him.

After not seeing each other for a while, my "teacher" became a little thinner, probably because she finally relaxed after a long period of fatigue. Her eyebrows became a little lazy, and the coldness that always lingered on her face The taste has also faded a lot.

It makes her seem real.

For a moment, Shuge thought of the warm and soft embrace he touched after escaping from Salem City. He somewhat suspected that it was his hallucination. Unfortunately, now he did not have the courage to make further confirmation. .

So Xiuge smiled and said: "Fortunately, this time I finally didn't sleep for another seven days."

"I've been sleeping for three and a half days, and I'm making progress."

As Weilin walked away, she did not forget to look at the magic letter from Merlin Lehe in her hand: "But it makes no difference to me. You were like this last time, like a corpse."

"cough."

Shuge coughed lightly.

The two of them have now left the port and arrived at a nearby town.

There is actually no obvious difference between this seaside town in the Principality of Bult and other port towns. There are always smells unique to seaports such as seafood and oil floating in the air. Weilin is not used to this smell, so She cleverly used magic to isolate her sense of smell.

Xiuge adapted quickly to this environment.

He was even able to find fragments related to this place from his "massive" memory, so soon, Xiuge found a small shop selling dried fish, and skillfully selected several kinds of spices and seasonings from the shop owner. Dried fish fillets that have been marinated and packaged into two portions in paper bags.

In this way, the two of them walked slowly towards the center of the town.

Shuge noticed that although Weilin didn't seem to like the smell of the seaport town, she was willing to accept snacks such as dried fish. One of the small silver fish sprinkled with some crushed sugar was particularly popular with her. , every time the mage's hand flashes, a small fish will disappear from her mouth.

This posture reminded Shuge of a cat, but Weilin was obviously more elegant than a cat. She didn't even let the dried fish crumbs get on her lips and fingers.

Xiuge found it quite interesting, so he found another opportunity to stuff the paper bag in his hand. Not long after, both portions of dried fish disappeared completely.

Dried fish was just a snack after all, so the two of them finally walked into a tavern that looked clean and tidy. The bartender in charge of entertaining the guests was a girl with some freckles on her face. The two Shuge's status as mages meant that She was a little nervous. After placing the order for the two of them, the girl hid in a distance timidly - the aura of the young female mage made her feel quite intimidated.

Shuge unfolded a newspaper he bought on the road and said with a smile: "You seem to have frightened that girl."

"But I didn't do anything."

Wei Lin carefully looked at the water glass in front of her, and after confirming that there were no impurities in it, she slowly picked it up: "And it's not me she's afraid of, but the clothes on my body."

In fact, this is not the first time the two have been alone.

Long before the war broke out, when the two were still in Bolden, they had gone out to eat together many times, and they had also stayed in the study until late at night to study and discuss certain issues.

The topics between the two always revolved around magic, the Black Sun Society, and the lost gods.

But this time, the situation seemed to be different. After chatting for a few words, Weilin fell into silence. She stared at the water glass for a long time before finally speaking: "Your progress in magic... It seems Very quickly."

Wei Lin raised her head, and her eyes behind the lenses of her glasses fell directly on Xiuge's face: "Your magic power level should have exceeded the original limit, right?"

"um, yes."

Xiuge did not choose to conceal this. He slowly raised his palm, and the magic power in his body was mobilized, so a small but extremely solid magic light appeared on his fingertips: "I am in Salem. When I was entangled with those monsters in the city, I was already close to this state, and when I finally tried to escape from Salem City, they changed further..."

Wei Lin tilted her head. She stared at the leaf-like emerald green light between Shuge's fingers seriously for two seconds. Then she suddenly reached out her hand and gently pinched Shuge's index finger.

She looked at this light carefully as if she was observing something new.

This behavior continued until the waiter in the tavern brought their meals to the table.

At the timid little bartender's slight inquiry, Weilin quickly let go of her hand and moved her body backward to make room on the table.

The steaming ordinary dishes and chilled drinks were put down steadily, and then the girl looked at the two strange mages curiously, and then escaped easily again.

Weilin picked up the ice drink in front of her and took two sips hastily. It probably had a special taste, so she couldn't help but frown.

After putting down the cup, she looked at the "student" in front of her, with a rare smile on her face: "Good news, although you have not gone through the procedures that should be done, judging from the results, you have indeed completed it. He has completely jumped out of the category of a stream-level mage."

"This means that starting from today, you can officially become a lake level or river valley level mage."

Xiuge was not very surprised by Wei Lin's congratulations. He had already noticed the changes in his spiritual world when he left the dream and woke up.

Perhaps it was because in the last few days in Salem City, he obtained a sufficient amount of Dark Abyss Essence through unrestricted hunting, or perhaps because the final flames that burned the city kept his magic power at its limit for a long time. …

In short, at the end of that ordeal, his magical state finally completely achieved a breakthrough.

The original dark green crystal, after turning into the "magic heart" of the walking forest, was completely shattered in that extreme state, so now, there is no longer any inlaid in the center of Shuge's metal disc. , but above it, there is always a dense emerald green magic cloud floating.

Countless magic lines extend from the inside of this dense cloud toward various areas of the disk. Under its influence, all the metal lines and detailed patterns on the disk are displayed in the most perfect and detailed manner.

Unfortunately, Xiuge has not yet had time to further examine the specific benefits that this breakthrough has brought to him.

So Xiuge also smiled. He picked up his cup and raised it towards Weilin: "Without Miss Weilin, a competent teacher like you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have made the progress I have made now. It's even possible that I have become a sacrifice and tool for those guys even earlier... As a student, I also want to thank you."

Wei Lin was stunned for a moment, her face seemed a little red, but she finally raised the cup and touched it gently forward.

Then she said: "Next, you should further clarify the direction of your magic power development. Generally speaking, after the magic power accumulation of mages successfully crosses the boundary of the stream level, they need to make a decision as soon as possible, because of the difficulty of casting and learning. Habits will have a profound long-term impact on the mage's own magic state."

"In other words, I have to make a choice between magic power accumulation and spell-casting skills?"

Xiuge frowned slightly: "Can't the two directions go in parallel?"

Wei Lin had obviously expected that Xiuge would ask this question, so she answered: "The fundamental reason why the magic levels of spell casters are named after concepts such as streams, lakes, and oceans is that regardless of the spell casters, No matter what stage they are at, their ultimate goal is the same.”

As she spoke, Weilin gently tapped the water glass in front of her, and some water floated out under the influence of magic power and fell to the table. Under her guidance, the water began to flow slowly on the table, and They form a stream of water and a puddle respectively.

"The deep sea is the ultimate goal of all spellcasters, and the name 'ocean' can simply be understood as the magic power accumulated in our bodies and all the magic knowledge we possess."

"River Valley-level mage can continuously improve his spell-casting skills, learn more ways to use magic, and advance in the magic field step by step... just like a river rushing forward and reaching the sea."

"Lake-level scholars are different. They will be better at accumulating knowledge and magic. As more and more water flows into the lake, it will one day grow into a new ocean."

Following Wei Lin's words, the two pools of clear water on the table came together: "Once they successfully reach the deep sea level, the casters will complete themselves based on their past choices and tendencies... 2 They take different paths and reach the same destination."