Shug has always thought that no matter what Waterl, Dedra, or the Law Council are planning, human beings must be the concrete implementers of these plans, after all, for a long time, the human race has been the absolute subject of Van Grace, similar to the forest elves, dwarves, goblins and sea people, although they also have their own history, cultural customs and spheres of influence, but as long as you talk about the total, any race in front of the human race, it seems so small.

Until a moment ago, he had felt that the big-eared goblins in the Golden Boot Caravan might just be part of a plan, and they all seemed to be the victims of a struggle and a plan - such cases were actually common on the Rowe Plateau.

Many nobles and merchants in the Kingdom of Waterl would "raise" a group of big-eared goblins as their white gloves.

Once something happens, push it out and take the blame and it's over.

This kind of behavior used to make the big-eared goblins feel extremely angry at the beginning, but with the continuous occurrence of cases and the change of time, a considerable number of big-eared goblins also accepted the fact that they did not have to run around with the caravan, and they did not have to worry about being captured as mining slaves by some black-hearted mines, nor would they be caught by some slave ships and sold to the Eastern world...... With the status and money of a wealthy human merchant, you can spend a long time in the most luxurious city, and even spend your life if you are lucky!

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

It was based on this that even Xiuge, who had another kind of soul, lacked a good impression of the Giant-Eared Goblins, but now, the corpse in the secret room seemed to reveal a completely different possibility to him.

After a quick examination of the body of the big-eared goblin who had committed suicide, as well as the many documents, books, and archives placed on the desk, the two of them came to a common conclusion that this was a geo-secret agent who had been working for the branch of the Judicial Council of the Kingdom of Wattel for a long time.

Of course, he can also be called a goblin mage.

Although there is a certain nature of the Legislature that the human race is the priority of the Legislature, this does not mean that there are only human members within the Legislature Commission, and in some multi-racial cities and regions, there are also many alien spellcasters, but compared to human mages, these alien members often suffer some injustice within the Legislature because of their own racial problems.

"The beacon has been found, here."

Wei Lin took out a strange pocket device from the corner of the bookshelf, it looked a little similar to the magic pendulum, or simply modified from the magic pendulum, until the moment Wei Lin took it out, this strange device was still shaking slightly, but the magic emitted in it was extremely weak.

"Nice idea, adding a reverse magic circuit to the characteristics of the Magic Pendulum, he changed the pendulum's original function to search for traces of magic, so that it continues to emit specific magic fluctuations during the shake, so as to continuously guide the shapelings."

Ignorant of this kind of professional magical knowledge, Shuge took all the papers and books that remained on the deceased's desk to the outside room, and then quickly flipped through them and examined them.

In the dark, he had a premonition.

As long as the reason for the goblin mage's suicide and the documents he left behind will be clarified, and the plans of the Waters Kingdom in the city of Salem will be fully revealed.

As Xiuge read the documents, everything about the goblin spellcaster and the Golden Boot caravan began to appear in his mind.

The goblin caster hidden in the Golden Boot caravan is named Marcel, and he has been doing this job for nearly twenty years.

For the past twenty years, he has not been able to walk the streets in uniform and robes like any real mage, and for the vast majority of the time, he has been just an ordinary goblin merchant.

Monitor the development of commerce and the flow of important goods in the city, assess the influence of Wattle and Delan on the theory of the city, and organize opinions on the creation of steam and pure magic......

That's what Goblin Mage Marcel has been doing for the past twenty years.

Among these entries, Shuge was even more surprised by the fact that Marcel also seemed to be using his position as a member of the Law Council to monitor many orders from the Law Committee's headquarters, Merlin Lehe, and his return was to the Kingdom of Waterl, the Law Committee's branch in Waterl, and Waterl's largest magic academy.

"Twenty years ago, or even earlier, there was a split within the Legislative Council...... Judging from these documents, at least, a considerable part of the orders were given directly by the kingdom's agents and the mages of Waterl. The Academy, on the other hand, is responsible for collating and analyzing the information gathered and using it to provide reliable advice for the kingdom to which it is loyal. ”

Shug carefully flipped through the memories of the magic academy in his body, and he suddenly realized that he had indeed been exposed to many new magical devices when he was still working as a handyman and apprentice in the magic academy.

In other words, it is mainly steam, machinery, and magic as a supplement, these things often have not been officially approved by the Law Committee, he was once surprised, why the Law Committee, which has always maintained an absolute monopoly and interpretation of all magic items, can turn a blind eye to this phenomenon, and now it seems that the fundamental reason is that the mages of the Wattel Kingdom and even the entire plateau region have already completely fallen to the local royal family and regime.

"It's a big problem......

Hug muttered, setting aside the past papers in his hand, and then picked up a very old notebook.

It is evident that this notebook has been carefully maintained by its owner, but time has still left an irresistible mark on it.

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

"I hereby make a vow to Sinalhai that I will believe in the coming of the Black Sun, and that I will pay whatever price is to expel the ignorance and hypocrisy that corrupt Van'n."

The moment he saw this, Xiuge felt his head be smashed hard.

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

To say that the Black Sun Society has nothing to do with Theseus and the Dream Shelter, Hug would never believe it, he remembers clearly that there is indeed a gate in the Dream Shelter, and the condition proposed by the black mist blocking that door is the "Black Sun Crown".

Although Shuge is not sure what the so-called Black Sun Corona is, it is certain that it is definitely related to the Black Sun Society and the prophecy of the Black Sun.

"Alas......"

He sighed softly: "There is a feeling that after being tortured for a few days and nights, I finally left the beginner tutorial and saw the main plot. ”

The notebook basically records some of the personal thoughts and opinions of the goblin mage Marcel over the years, and it seems that the nature of this notebook is somewhat similar to that of a diary, but perhaps Marcel never wanted to show his diary to others, so the wording in it is quite intense, and some swear words and foul language can be seen from time to time.

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

But Shuge still felt that something was not right, because if he really had that idea, the mage could have chosen to go more thoroughly, such as destroying these important documents and notes directly, rather than leaving them behind......

He flipped through it quickly.

"On the 15th of the month of the beginning of ploughing in 2694, everything was approaching, and the air was filled with the damn stench of war! From now on, I need to monitor and record not only the flow of goods in the city, but also the people behind those shops...... I need more people, and there aren't enough of them right now! ”

"On the 26th of the month of 2694, negotiations with the Derans were a failure, these guys were rigid and conservative, more disgusting than the goblin mother's socks, and they stinked and long, a bunch of stupid X! Hold Merlin Lehe's trouser leg and cry slowly! ”

"Winter Festival 2694, rare rest, look at the children."

"...... 2695"

"In the month of the twig in 2695, the Society rejected the decision to further prophecy and recruit new members in and around Seren, and the Legislature had recently made a big move in the vicinity, and the Legislature had lost three members, until it was executed, and the Legislature thought it was only an ordinary wild mage it had captured."

Marcel's records are intermittent, and it seems that he does not record every day, but is entirely based on his mood and what happens, and sometimes his records are meaningless, just a large amount of abuse of certain things, which seems to be a rare outlet for a complex agent and a member of the Black Sun Society.

Huge sped up his reading, and after omitting a large part of the fragmented notes, he finally found what he really wanted to read at the end of the note.

"In the month of the cattle in 2699, the final phase is about to begin, and the prophecies of the association become clearer, and part of them has been fulfilled...... For the first time, I felt so excited and excited, but I was also a little scared, I didn't quite understand why the newly presented prophecy described the city of Salem as a 'magnificent sacrificial pit', and since it was a 'sacrificial pit', there would have been sacrifices, but who would be the sacrifices? The inhabitants of here? The whole city? I don't understand. ”

"In the month of 2699, another order arrived, and I sent the children out of town, and Hannah would take them to the countryside of Hain, and my mother must have been very happy, and she had written many times to complain that she wanted to be with the juniors...... The purge in the Legislature's branch has been completed, and all the diehards who remain loyal to Merlin Lehe have been completely removed, and they are ready...... The Teresa were also on the move, and informants told me that the Teresa royal family had written a blank check for the independent government of Selen, and that the Teresa was willing to pay whatever it took to ensure that they could fully cooperate in the future. ”

"In the month of Gin 2699, new prophecies continue to appear, 'War will precursor the Black Sun, and the only son of the Abyss will be born in the sacrificial pit', I don't understand the second half of the sentence, I know that the task of the association must be completed, but I am a little uneasy."

After that, there are several blank pages.

Hurge was a little anxious, he flipped through two more pages, but he shook out a thin magical letterhead from his notebook, and when he spread it out, a series of cold and chilling facts came into his view.

The source of the letterhead was an informant buried in the royal family of the Black Sun Society, signed "Alain Morel", and Huge's intuition told him that the guy who wrote the letter was the Teresan nobleman he had met at the Peace newspaper office earlier.

Innovations in steam, metal, and complex machinery have opened up unprecedented opportunities for the Highlands to see less magic crystallization, more efficient use of magic, and the possibility of mass production of ordnance and equipment...... There was no doubt that these discoveries were extremely important to Vann, and for the many secular realms that had always been suppressed by the Legislature on the magical plane, such a trend opened their eyes to a possibility.

A possibility to completely break the Legislative Council's monopoly on magic and miracles.

As Xiuge had predicted and guessed, a battle over magical resources and new productive forces had been completely unfolded within the scope of Van Grace, and in this struggle and contradictions, the countries of the Lowe Plateau and the Goddess Plains had made their own choices.

The royal family of Deresa would prefer to continue to mediate and gain more benefits and time from it, but the Plateau Alliance, led by the Kingdom of Water, was not.

Perhaps because they saw the importance of this moment, or because they realized the fragility of traditional magic and the military in front of the new weapons, they resolutely chose to speed up - using the spies and spies buried in the royal family of Teresa, completely disrupting the situation in the city of Seren, openly signing the covenant on the occasion of the armistice celebration and directly starting military exercises, this series of actions brought the situation in the city of Salem and the surrounding area to the brink of explosion.

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

The Black Sun Society is not loyal to either side, they only want to use the imminent conflict to achieve their own ends.

"I felt dazed, regretful, and afraid...... The Society's plan was even more amazing than I had imagined, they wanted the changelings to completely replace the princes of the two countries, and all the important people in the independent governments, and they might even have set up beacons...... But is it really the right thing to do? The prophecy has also been skewed, why is the city of Salem called the 'sacrificial pit', and who is the only son of the abyss? ”

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

"What should I do?"

At the end of the note, Xiuge saw a deep sense of confusion and despair.