The sun is high

Regarding the existence of "Justina", Shuge still chooses to adopt a confidentiality strategy.

He doesn't want such a special case to come into other people's vision, and he doesn't want it to attract the attention of the Legal Committee, the Council or the Black Sun Society. Needless to say the first two, these are based on the goddess Mel. Orthodox mages of faith are destined not to allow such extreme cases to be carried out publicly, and will insist on treating them as important experimental samples.

As for the members of the Black Sun Society, all their action logic revolves around the blessing of the ancient gods. In their eyes, "Justina" is destined to have extremely high value and significance.

For Xiuge himself, the feeling of "raising" such a special being is also very subtle.

"Justina" is completely different from the ancient creations he obtained in the Dream Sanctuary. Because Shuge once interfered, the relationship between the two has even gone far beyond the ordinary "master and slave" relation.

Looking at the shadow in front of him that was constantly absorbing magic power from the magic crystals, Xiuge shook his head helplessly.

For a few moments, he even felt like he was feeding an ordinary magical pet.

Xiuge stretched out his finger and poked the slowly trembling shadow: "Tsk, can you change your appearance a little? If you can become a cat, a mouse or something else, maybe I can Can I really take you out for a walk?"

After hearing these words, "Justina" stopped eating. It twisted slightly twice, and slight emotional fluctuations were transmitted along the magic connection between the two parties - it was not satisfied with Xiuge. Think of yourself as an ordinary "pet".

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction.

After a brief complaint, Xiuge saw that the translucent shadow in front of him began to change slowly. Its originally soft and amorphous outline began to twist at a slow rate. The overflowing mist of the dark abyss shrank inward, and gradually A clear and clear boundary is formed.

As if exerting force, "Justina" began to tremble violently, and then Shuge was surprised to see that two small "jumped" out of the top of this round, translucent liquid mass. triangle.

They look like a parody of cat ears.

For today's "Giustina", such a clear change was obviously too labor-intensive, and it did not last long. The two small triangles used to imitate cat ears failed to be adjusted in the end, and then As its energy was exhausted, the originally bulging liquid mass became limp again, and the triangle that was finally supported also returned limply to the body.

Such a scene made Shuge couldn't help laughing.

If he had not seen "Justina" using her own power to confront the huge descendants of the Dark Abyss in the city of Salem, he would certainly not have believed that this weak and interesting magical creation in front of him could be a A terrifying existence with no upper limit to growth.

The slight mood swing came again.

Obviously, "Justina" was very dissatisfied with Shuge's laughter. It twisted its body, wrapped the two magic crystals, and then slowly crawled towards the kettle - after its condition was fully restored Until now, this will be its temporary home.

Shuge smiled as he watched the little shadow get into the kettle. Then he took out two smaller magic crystals and stuffed them into the inside of the kettle. These four crystals were enough for "Justina" It has been digested for several days, and now it is too fragile. Let alone normal growth and eating, any violent magic fluctuation may completely wipe it from this world.

In today's Van En, I am afraid that only a very few people, including Xiuge, know that there was a one-armed female scholar who played a huge role in the disaster in Salem City.

Fortunately, the will named Justina doesn't take this kind of thing so seriously now.

Or maybe she is trying hard to adapt to her new status and identity, and is curious about the new era after the arrival of the black sun?

Xiuge put the kettle back, and then applied several layers of protective rituals on it. This was not the end. He specially summoned a cluster of destiny roots and used a miniature magic illusion to completely protect the kettle. got up.

With his current magic state, Xiuge is fully confident that he can use these illusions to hide from a real deep-sea magic master.

After dealing with these things, Xiuge wanted to go back to his desk and continue to deal with his own affairs, but at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the cabin, so he quickly walked over and opened the door.

Standing at the door was Wei Lin who had just separated not long ago. She had changed her clothes again. Probably because she had just taken a shower, her hair was still slightly wet.

The breeze blew across his face, sending a rather refreshing scent of incense to Xiuge's nose.

"The professor said you were busy before?"

Xiuge restrained his attention and eyes and responded: "Well, there are some letters sent by the refugees. I simply replied to some."

Wei Lin nodded, and then she took a step to the side: "If you have nothing to do now, please come with me. The sailors on the dock have just made some new discoveries that we need to take a look at."

"What discovery?"

"It is said that some of the baits set up along the coast were passive. There was a lot of movement. The soldiers did not dare to act rashly, so they had no choice but to come to the mage."

After hearing this, Xiuge quickly returned indoors. He quickly put on a windbreaker, picked up his cane and revolver, and then followed Weilin towards the dock.

Wei Lin's eyes glanced at Xiuge's waist, and then she wrinkled her nose: "Didn't you bring your magic book?"

"I haven't had time to imprint the magic. The pages are all blank. It's useless to bring them."

Xiuge shook his head: "This time, I plan to imprint some valley-level practical magic into it. It will probably take a lot of time."

"Well, if you encounter problems that can't be solved, remember to come to me."

Wei Lin responded very naturally, probably because her hair was not completely dry. She shook her head and tied up her hair that had grown again during this period.

Because of what Xiuge and his two men discovered during the day, the personnel management within the dock has now been rearranged. The number of sentries and patrol teams responsible for surveillance has increased visibly. In some more subtle locations, the Dawn Society even arranged It added some heavy firepower - a new weapon imitated from Votel's Kalfan heavy machine gun. The structure was slightly different and the workmanship was slightly rough, but it was enough for use in the short term.

"Good evening, Mr. Writer!"

"Ms. Ernst, good evening!"

The soldiers of the Dawn Society were very friendly to Xiuge and the two, but there were still certain differences in their attitudes towards the two.

They tend not to be too serious in front of Xiuge, and will even wink at him or say hello humorously. This does not mean that the soldiers do not respect Xiuge, but because in their hearts, Xiuge A certain aspect of Ge's identity was too impressive, and this made them think that the young writer was closer to them.

Wei Lin is the complete opposite.

Although she is essentially a young and beautiful girl, everyone knows that Miss Vereen and Sally, who always studies with Professor Meyer, are simply two extremes, even though the relationship between them is very special. Intimate, but no one dared to talk to Wei Lin in the same way as Sally.

Xiuge nodded in response to the Dawn Society soldiers. Then he looked at Weilin curiously and asked, "They seem to be quite afraid of you. Did you do something before?"

Wei Lin frowned, she thought seriously, and then said with some uncertainty: "I don't remember that I have never had any conflicts with members and soldiers of the Dawn Society... The only time after I came to the port was The purpose of casting spells in public is just to help repair the statue of the goddess Mel."

"Well, maybe it's just that they're afraid of mages and magic?"

"maybe."

Weilin never cared much about this kind of thing. Her attention was always on the things she was about to deal with. After ending the conversation, she immediately took out a processed coin from her pocket. bird skull.

Different from the raven skull Weilin used before, the bird skull she took out this time was more narrow and elongated, and its beak also appeared sharper - it was the skull of a seagull.

As she threw the skull into the air, ice-blue magical light and shadow immediately began to weave.

An instant later, a "sharp-billed white gull" that is commonly seen along the coast of the Principality of Bult appeared in the sky. It was obviously larger and more muscular than the ordinary sharp-beaked white gull. When it When flapping his wings, Xiuge could see little bits of magic radiance emanating from between his feathers.

The bird had just appeared and immediately began to soar and patrol the sea near the port.

The two of them rushed towards the other end of the pier, where the Dawn Society sailors discovered the abnormality.

This area was originally allocated to the local fishery association and was used specifically to berth large fishing boats for fishing for pelagic crabs. However, due to the previous naval battle between the Principality of Bult and the Kingdom of Hain, these fishing boats have all been moved to other ports. , so now this area is handed over to the Dawn Society for processing.

And as a gust of sea breeze blew, Xiuge immediately smelled a pungent smell.

It was not the smell of alchemical liquid or ship paint, but an unpleasant smell, similar to the smell of rotting animal carcasses.

As the two approached the target location, they also saw the crowd gathered next to the small pier.

There were not many people gathered, and most of them were sailors who had finished their shifts and were taking a rest. Among them were many craftsmen from Dawn Club and local fishermen working near the dock.

"It stinks, it stinks... Damn, what on earth did you catch?"

"You've been struggling for so long, but you still have so much strength? Soldiers, do you want me to bring you a harpoon, or do you just ask it to take the bullet?"

"There have been fewer and fewer fish recently. Maybe it has something to do with this thing. Maybe it's some rare magical monster... I see this movement. It must be quite big. I guess it might be something!"

Before he got close to the crowd, Xiuge had already heard many scattered discussions, and the arrival of him and Wei Lin naturally attracted the attention of some people, and soon shouts came from the edge of the crowd.

"The mages are coming, everyone, give way! The mages are coming!"

Thanks to people's instinctive respect for the spell caster, the crowd that had gathered together quickly dispersed, and under Xiuge's signal, the soldiers who were originally paying attention to the situation on the dock also returned to their own. At their posts, they separated the crowd of spectators and asked them to retreat to a certain distance.

On the small wooden pier, several strong sailors from Dawn Club were struggling hard with a huge fishing net.

That is not an ordinary fishing net, but a large net specially used to hunt certain aquatic giants. This kind of net is woven with special materials and soaked in special alchemy potions for a long time, let alone a large one. Even the magical beasts dormant in the swamp cannot destroy it easily.

At this time, Xiuge saw that the end of the big net was sinking in the water. It had obviously trapped something, and that thing was struggling constantly, trying to escape deeper into the water.

The sharp-billed white gull summoned by Wei Lin also came to the top of the pier at this time. It began to glide in circles on the water while constantly emitting warning screams.

The things under the water seemed to be quite sensitive to the cry of the sharp-billed white gull. As the sharp-billed white gull approached the water, its struggle began to increase further. The sailors on the dock couldn't help but cursed angrily. The sailor responsible for fixing the fishing net issued warnings repeatedly - he noticed that the pins used to fix the fishing net were about to break.

But at this moment, the force pulling the fishing net suddenly became much smaller. But before the sailors could show their smiles, the water surface near the dock was suddenly broken by a shadow. Under the illumination of the light, people screamed one after another. exclaimed.

They saw a "fish" with an extremely weird outline leaping out of the water. In terms of length alone, it was already comparable to those "big fish" that fishermen used to boast about. However, this big fish There is obviously something different about his body.

Xiuge had already arrived at the dock at this time. The moment the water surface broke through, the thick mist of the dark abyss overflowed from his eyes.

So he clearly saw that there were not many scales left on the behemoth's body. Instead, there were many lumps and tissues growing from its body. Some of the lumps had obviously begun to develop towards limbs and organs. .