Two men with hypocritical smiles parted at the door of the Peace newspaper office.

Editor-in-chief Philip, who had won another piece of capital for his bright future, moved his fat body towards his office, he still had a lot to deal with today, and there was no need to waste too much time on a short-sighted aristocratic bastard.

When Philip reached the door of his office, he heard a slight movement, like a rat running on the floor of the room, but when he pushed the door open, he found that the office was still very calm.

"Maybe I should get them some rat poison."

Thinking so, Philip returned to his place.

Outside the newspaper office, Xiuge, who had received a small manuscript fee, did not rush to leave immediately, he asked a newspaper clerk who was familiar with him for a cigarette and a magic cigarette lighter, and then leaned against the wall outside the peace newspaper office, and somewhat rustily lit the cigarette and put it in his mouth.

If one had been observing Hug at this moment, he would have noticed that the illegitimate son of the Ernst family was far more pale and frail than usual, and he leaned his body completely against the wall behind him on which the armistice celebration posters were attached, and the smoke of paper cigarettes wafted and made his expression look a little uncertain.

The cigarette didn't take too long to develop, so the cigarette didn't taste very good, but luckily, Schug was a person who didn't know much about smoking, and he simply liked the scene when he lit the cigarette and watched it turn into smoke little by little.

Very few people would bother a smoker at such a moment.

So Shuge narrowed his eyes openly, and he focused his attention entirely on the three-tailed rat who was leaving along the mezzanine of the pipe, and when the magic was about to be exhausted, he finally accomplished his goal - under his maneuver, the three-tailed rat managed to get out of the paper warehouse behind the Peace newspaper office with the metal box issued by the Legal Committee, and it successfully bypassed the two workers who were carrying magazines and newspapers, and then dissipated into a hidden corner.

Shuge smiled, snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, and then walked down the side alley to the back of the Peace office, and a moment later his figure reappeared in the southern square, like the young men in a hurry, with his hands in his trench coat, his head bowed and silent.

……

Time is flowing again.

The inhabitants of Salem do not stop their lives because of the city's blockade before the armistice celebrations, and most of them still have many, many things to do.

With the exception of the crystalline miners, who get a vacation from the mines, the vast majority of people still have to travel for their own livelihoods, and the shops, pubs, and entertainment venues in the city are always in need of more people at this time of year.

Transporting goods, decorating buildings, pickling food and drink, maintaining law and order, keeping streets clean, and repairing and maintaining many of the magical equipment that has been put into use......

Every year before the armistice celebrations begin, even the city's laziest idlers are able to get themselves a short, decent job.

No one will panic about the lockdown of the city, and no one will be curious about the world outside of Seren, because everyone knows that if they wait a few more days, everything will return to the way it was, and the armistice celebrations will bring prosperity and tourists to the city, as they have done every time in the past.

In such a mood and habit, almost no one noticed the changes in the Legislative Committee.

As the only organization in the world that has the right to interpret spellcasters and magic, the Law Council was unusually silent before this year's armistice celebrations, and they did not carry out the screening of "wild mages" in residential areas before major festivals, nor did they issue any reminder announcements for the residents of Salem.

However, the people of Salem didn't care.

Few people will like these feared spellcasters, their supernatural power and terrifying power from the Law Council are enough to suffocate ordinary people, so for ordinary people, the Law Committee that does not show up at will is a good Law Committee.

However, for the few people who are observing the situation in the city of Seren, this anomaly reveals more possibilities.

In fact, the rigorous scholars of magic are already among the most rational and intelligent people in the world.

As a young generation of talents with certain achievements in the academic field of the Legislative Committee, although Verine Ernst does not consider herself a rigid person who abides by dogma, she always adheres to the "magic law" proposed by the Legislative Committee thousands of years ago when looking at everything.

The so-called law of magic actually refers to the views and opinions of the practitioners of the Dharma Commission on the universal things and phenomena in the world.

The Law of Magic holds that everything in Vann is interconnected, and that they exert a greater or lesser influence on everything around them at all times, and that this influence brings about continuous development and change in the world as a whole.

This is true of magic, of the Council of Laws that drives the development of magic, and even more so of the kingdoms and kingdoms with which they are inextricably linked.

Magicians who revere the laws of magic believe that the so-called Van En is actually a sea of great spiritual projections.

Just like the legend about Mel, the goddess of magic, all the spiritual forces in the world are like water bodies that disperse and converge at the same time.

They are alienated from each other, and this force can exist in all corners of the world. Every human being, every object, and even every grain of dust that drifts in the air can become its carrier.

But at the same time, it is the same and one.

Based on the law of magic, everything in Vann can always influence each other, just as human beings can never exist without the influence of their own kind, and spiritual forces are always acting on each other, so when living beings gather, they and all the forces contained in them will converge into one, and eventually form an invisible ocean of magic that connects all living beings in Vann - the Sea of Sinar.

And now, every time Verine closes her eyes, she can feel the turmoil that faintly emanates from the Sea of Sinar.

In fact, only those spellcasters who have successfully reached the lake and river valley level can vaguely feel the existence of this legendary magical ocean, and the connection between everyone and the Sinar Sea is unstable, and Wei Lin is very clear that the so-called turmoil she feels is only a very, very vague feeling, and it cannot be used as any actual evidence to deduce what is about to happen in reality.

Anxious and apprehensive about the future, Verine Ernst stepped out of the carriage, straightened her robes, pushed her glasses, and walked to the south gate of the city of Salem.

At this moment, the south gate, like the other gates, is completely closed, and some boring city guards are waiting here, and these guards do not have much specific work to do during the annual armistice celebrations, so they all choose to gather around at this time to play a folk card game called "Dragon Tooth Cards".

"Aha, I knew it...... You're going to be tempted to attack. ”

A soldier pinched the colorful card hand in his hand and danced: "It just so happens that I have a 'female mage who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to learn' here, and those three cards of yours can be turned over!" ”

The card-playing soldier who was at a disadvantage on the opposite side scolded with a cigarette in his mouth: "Damn, the cards of the Law Committee series are always so disgusting, more disgusting than in life!" ”

A thin soldier let out a strange laugh of unknown meaning: "Be quiet, be careful that there is a 'female mage who does not learn and has no skills' inviting you to go to the Dharma's residence for afternoon tea." ”

"Huh! I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it! ”

The soldier with the cigarette in his mouth saw that the game was irretrievable, so he decisively chose to admit defeat, he took out a few coins and slapped them on the table, while laughing and scolding: "If there is really that kind of opportunity, then I will definitely go, hehe......"

"Aren't you afraid that someone will give you a psychic question?"

"The premise is that it has to look like the pattern on this card, haha, and it has to be the kind that doesn't know how to learn...... Come, look at this painting for yourself, tsk, aren't you tempted? ”

He took a puff of smoke with his cigarette in his hand, and the expression on his face became more and more obscene: "Everyone is a city gate mixed salary, and they know the roots, and they can't live without these pieces of paper and the novels of the 'happy master' every night, and they dare to pose in front of me...... What are you looking at me for? Hurry up, let's do another round! ”

However, the soldiers sitting across from him remained silent, and the soldier who was using the Law Council deck raised his hand, sneered and gently picked up a few ironic cards on the table, and tilted his gaze to the side.

The middle-aged man with a cigarette in his mouth finally reacted, he slowly turned his head, but saw a figure much more beautiful than the portrait on the card, and at some point he was already standing behind him, and the gaze behind the lenses of his glasses was already colder and sharper than ice blades.

“……”

The man was speechless, he threw down the cigarette in his hand in a panic, got up from the board with a snap, and gave a standard military salute to the cold-tempered female mage in front of him.

In the process, his gaze stealthily swept over the spellbook in the other's hand, and he saw a badge that was enough to make people collapse.

"It's over!"

The corners of the soldier's mouth twitched, and his expression almost collapsed.

What could be more terrible than "slandering the Legislature in front of a mage" for a low-level gate guard like him?

Actually, there were, and he did.

He didn't dare to imagine that he had said so much foul language in front of a lake-level female mage from the Law Committee.

According to his understanding of the Law Committee, in this case, the other party has every reason and power to cut off his head with magic in front of everyone, and this practice will not even arouse anyone's doubts.

Wei Lin looked at the soldiers in front of her, she did not make any bloody and cruel revenge, but calmly raised her finger and tapped it twice on the magic book, and then she opened her mouth to say her request: "I have an urgent matter and need to leave the city of Salem temporarily. ”

Hearing this, the soldiers looked at each other, and finally, the middle-aged soldier who was nervous to death just now stood up, he saluted the female mage in front of him again, and then said in his own somewhat trembling voice: "Your Excellency Mage, according to the order of the independent government of Salem City...... Until the armistice celebrations begin, no non-listed personnel are allowed to enter or leave the city. ”

He swallowed nervously: "It's customary, I hope you understand." ”

As expected, the violence from the female mage had not come, and Vicene glanced around, and then her eyes fell on the iron gate that led to the inside of the fortress.

The cold magic immediately swept around Wei Lin's body, and the invisible barrier gently slammed into the soldiers' bodies, forcing them to retreat to the side, and then Wei Lin walked straight to the iron door, and the blue mage's hand appeared at the right time, pushing the iron door open for her.

"Your Excellency, Mage!"

The soldiers were unprepared for what was happening, and although most of them were wearing weapons that could resist magic to some extent as the guards of the city gates, in fact, none of them dared to use a knife or gun against a lake-level council advisor.

The soldiers managed to get up from the oppression of the invisible magical barrier, and then they dispersed, the two of them preparing to warn the inside of the fortress, while the rest took up their weapons and chased in the direction of Vireen while shivering.

However, the female mage did not make any further drastic moves.

After entering the city wall, she slowed down her pace, accompanied by the mage's hand, and walked along the inner corridor, her demeanor was very in place, her steps were smooth and steady, the temperament of a magic advisor emanated, and the mage logo on the magic book in her hand was also glowing slightly, which made the soldiers stationed inside the city wall look surprised - at this time, Wei Lin looked like the members of the law committee who launched a surprise inspection of a specific stronghold.

And Vicin did exactly that.

After those nervous soldiers caught up, they were surprised to find that the female mage was actually carefully inspecting the various protective facilities within the city wall, and her demeanor was so serious that the soldiers in front of them who were forcibly broken through by Wei Lin were stupid at the moment, and did not dare to move forward easily.

A moment later, the gate guard who was in charge of guarding the southern gate of Salem arrived in a hurry, glared at his useless subordinates, and then forced a smile and walked towards the strange female mage.