"I'm sorry, Miss Verin...... I'll keep it quiet. ”

Faced with Wei Lin's words of complaint or advice, Xiuge had to try to control his emotions.

He didn't know what was going on, as if he had been filled with impulses of one kind or another since he began to use the magic he had obtained from his dream shelter frequently, and the most obvious of these emotions was the desire to destroy.

"I can't stand it, I want to blow up Salem City with one tentacle!"

"I can't stand it anymore, I want the rats to gnaw through the whole of Fann!"

This is perhaps the best description of his current mood.

The young mage smiled and shook her head, she seemed to see the state of Shug at this time, so she did not rush back to her room, but stood still by the door, while leaning lightly against the door frame.

"It doesn't feel good to use magic to kill your own kind, does it?"

Xiuge was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood that although the other party did not go out, he could also use some methods to obtain news from the outside world.

Thinking like this, he saw the black cat that had been summoned by Wei Lin walking with graceful steps, and rubbed her leg lightly twice, so the female mage put down the water glass, turned around and picked up the cat, she skillfully groomed the hair of the magical creature she had summoned, and said, "Don't get me wrong, I just let it go out for a walk during the break from studying the problem, and I didn't expect to hear the merchants outside discussing the latest horror stories in the city." ”

The female mage teased, "After Mr. Xiuge leaves the city of Selen, you don't have to continue writing the old things, maybe horror literature is also suitable for you...... At least you're going to do these things in a much better way than the shoddy and boring plots of those novels. ”

Xiuge felt that it was too early to discuss the future now, so he asked, "I haven't had time to ask before, Miss Vilin, have you made progress on your side?" ”

"Well, if I push harder...... I'll be able to get the final result by midnight tonight, but it will take me another day or so to complete the magic emblem, which is already my limit, which means that we will most likely leave late at night the day before the ceremony, or early in the morning on the day of the ceremony. ”

After talking about herself, Wei Lin opened her mouth and asked, "So, what about you, Mr. Xiuge?" ”

"I have enough funds, and the editor-in-chief of the Peace Newspaper may be able to support dozens of people with the funds withheld by Rick on weekdays, not to mention that I also got a check from him...... But I don't dare to use this thing for the time being, after all, it is very likely that the Black Sun Association gave it to him. ”

As he spoke, Xiuge pointed to the table of things he had bought: "Secondly, weapons, potions that can replace alchemy bombs, and some things that may be needed to travel through the sewers......"

Before she finished speaking, Wei Lin laughed: "You still don't ...... directly. What I'm asking, Mr. Shugg, is that you plan to take anyone else with you besides the girl we saw that day? ”

I don't know why, it's clear that Weilin is not much older than Sally in terms of age, but she can always talk old-fashioned.

"At most, old Schubert will be added."

"Who's that?"

Wei Lin frowned, but then she reacted, "Oh, the owner of the beer hall?" The girl's elders? ”

"Although there are a lot of problems, they can be regarded as taking good care of me."

"Where's your friend? He was the one who spoke in the square. ”

At the mention of Putrin, Xiuge could only shake his head: "There is no turning back for him, and I am not going to persuade him, that would put us at risk...... The so-called letting go of the helping complex and respecting the fate of others is like this. ”

"What a strange thing."

With a strange expression, Verin let go of the cat in her arms, picked up the water glass, and walked back to her room, where she soon heard the door closing.

In order to ensure that Mansion 37 is not disturbed by the outside world, Shuge forcibly extinguishes all the lights in Mansion 37, and at the same time warns Old Sergei and his companions not to leave the mansion under any circumstances, and not to make noise and light.

Only then did he return to his room and take back the pamphlet that Wei Lin had left behind.

"Well, I'm finally able to start systematic magic learning with the recognition of an orthodox mage?"

Xiuge flipped through the booklet full of neat handwriting, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "But does it have to be at this time?" There is simply no way to be quiet...... And there shouldn't be any such thing as a breakthrough in this world, right? ”

Spit is spit and spit out, irritability is irritability.

In this increasingly urgent and uneasy night, Xiuge could only force himself to start reading and studying seriously, he did not intend to continue to go out on this night, after all, whether to take further action, he still had to observe the reaction of the independent government and the legal committee of the city of Salem to the events of the day.

……

While the Peace Newspaper closed its doors, the shock caused by the tragic death in the city of Salem finally spread in all directions.

Although the scene of the crime was immediately cordoned off by the Salem City Police Department and the enforcement of the Law Commission, the description of the scene was circulated through some special channels.

The day after the massacre, and two days before the important armistice celebrations, the news had even reached Bolden, the capital of Waterl, and Alice, the capital of the Kingdom of Teresa.

As Wei Lin had previously teased, the cruel and treacherous methods used by the wild mage who caused death have sparked heated discussions, especially when it is heard that after killing the editor-in-chief of the Peace Newspaper, the murderer also left a sentence of unknown meaning on the wall in his office with frenzied brushstrokes and blood as ink.

"Someone will remember what you've done."

In normal times, the meaning of this phrase would be somewhat vague, and it can be seen as both encouraging and threatening...... But when such a sentence is written on top of the tragic white bones, the meaning it wants to convey is very clear.

In the eyes of those in the know, this is some kind of warning from the murderer to himself.

The casters with supernatural powers and the officials who can be protected by the casters don't feel much about this, and they are more concerned about the possible impact of such a thing and the interference with the established arrangements than they are worried that the murderer will do it to themselves, but for ordinary people who are involved in it and do not have sufficient self-protection ability, the deterrent effect of this case is a bit greater.

According to eyewitness accounts, it is very likely that the dead editor-in-chief of the Peace Newspaper was eaten alive by a swarm of rats summoned by magic while unable to move.

It was for this reason that the enforcers of the Judicial Commission could not even find effective evidence in that room and on the bones, after all, everything in the room was completely destroyed by the rats, and the few magical imprints left on the corpses were extremely disordered, and there was no way to track them.

Ms. Haya, the official in charge of coordinating the festival and many other matters in the city, went crazy.

Her servants were alarmed by the terrible screams of Ms. Haya during her nap, and when they hurried to Ms. Haya's room, they found the female official sitting on the bed in a daze, her body and bed covered with rats, these dark "demons" left many small wounds on her body, but they did not kill her, they stood there silently, stared at everyone, and scattered as the servants approached......

On the basis of the previous tragedy, the meaning of this incident is clearer.

But even so, the independent government of the city of Salem did not cancel the armistice celebrations that had arrived.

They replaced an official in charge of the specific process, and issued an urgent notice with the assistance of the Law Council Branch, they believed that there were bloodthirsty and extremely cruel wild mages in the city of Seren, and in this case, the upcoming visit to Seren, Walter and Prince Teresa would face a certain threat, so the route of the armistice celebration would be simplified and adjusted, and at the same time, the Law Committee would also give this celebration maximum protection.

In addition, the commotion that had been indulged before was beginning to be brought under control, and although the oppressive and hostile atmosphere in the city still existed, at least it would not be as alarming as it was on the first day, at least when the Waters walked the streets, they did not have to worry about an angry Declan rushing up and banging themselves on the head with bricks.

This is already the limit of what Xiuge can do in the current situation.

He knew very well that it should be impossible for him to use similar methods to create chaos in the future, and in order to prevent similar things from continuing to happen, the Law Committee had already arranged mages above the stream level in many important places, and the central axis of Selen, which was set as the route of the two princes, had entered a state of extreme vigilance.

As for the role that the Black Sun Society will play in these transfers, and how their own plans will change...... That's not something that Shuge can know.

He didn't have the guts and ability to provoke the Teresan nobleman Morel hiding in Iris Street, and God knows if there would be a whole team of iris guards or spellcasters around this guy to protect him, and in front of them, his magic and the summoned rat swarm were probably completely useless.

On this day, Wei Lin had barely left the secret room, according to her, the caster who created this magic emblem was already a master in the field, and although she herself had advanced to the lake level, there were still many skills and knowledge to learn, and it was her limit to be able to rely on her theoretical knowledge in such a short period of time.

For this kind of technical work beyond his own knowledge, Shuge could not help at all, all he could do was to spend the last two days as much as possible to perfect the escape plan and route arrangement, according to the results of the investigation of the running rat "Snikki" in the vicinity, three entrances to the sewer system of Salem City have been discovered.

The first was in an alley near the northern wall, and the entrance was abandoned, with heavy stone slabs and magical rituals attached to it, making it a lot of effort to get through, and might even alert the wall guards and patrolling soldiers.

The second, on the edge of Lowe Square, is an entrance reserved for workers who specialize in maintaining and inspecting the sewer system, and although it remains open, it is guarded on weekdays.

The third one is more interesting.

It was a disguised incense shop.

The reason why it is said to be camouflaged is because the real business of this shop is not to sell incense, but to make some ...... An indescribable, but very popular commodity in high society.

To put it simply, it is to concoct some alchemical drugs that can make people drunk and dream.

Despite the numerous misdeeds of the Legislative Commission, there is one thing that they agree with in their rules, that is, such behavior and related "goods" are absolutely prohibited, but it is clear that the rules of the Legislative Commission are not so applicable in many areas.

In short, with Snicky's astonishing sense of smell, Schug managed to find a secret entrance hidden in the store's warehouse, which was used extremely frequently, and was clearly an important channel for the transfer of raw materials and finished products.

The sewer system in Salem itself wasn't as complicated as Xiuge had imagined, and to his surprise, the smugglers seemed to be well aware of the need to maintain their own access roads, and Snicky's exploration revealed that these creatures even took the time to plank out some of the sewer paths, and even hung some low-quality magic crystals on the walls.

These crystals are the waste products produced by processing and use, and there is little magic left inside them, and their only function is to act as a lighting tool, in the dim environment, they can emit a faint light with the last shred of their magic, they are not enough to illuminate the road, but they are excellent road signs.

That's enough.

Everything seemed to be ready, and time began to pass quickly in a long, anxious wait.

At night, Xiuge, who was using magic crystals to replenish his magic power while studying the basics of magic, suddenly received a message from Snick, who was waiting on the nearby street—two figures with bags came to the "Earring Path" not far from House 37, it was a young girl and a thin, rickety old man, who were standing on the side of the path off the beaten track, looking around nervously.

After using the Rat to confirm that there was no stalker behind the two guests, Hug put on a trench coat and went downstairs with a pre-prepared self-defense weapon.