Of course, the corpses in the lake were deliberately manipulated in this way.

Xiuge even felt that the person who did this was deliberately showing something to the latecomers, because the arrangement of these corpses seemed to be messy, but in fact they maintained a general symmetry, especially in the center of the members of the Hunter Regiment Observation Station, not only the soldiers themselves were "placed" very neatly, but even the other corpses around them also posed as a posture of guarding the central area.

It's as if someone is loudly reminding the witnesses that the people and things you are looking for are here!

If this distorted scene can be regarded as an alternative kind of "art", then the concentration of this art has already taken hell.

In particular, the Council mage in charge of manipulating the monitoring ritual - not only had his mouth forcibly torn apart by some force, but even his limbs were abnormally twisted, and Shug could even see white bone stubble sticking out of his joints.

And the most disgusting and uncomfortable part is that no matter what the posture of these deceased people is, their faces are very calm.

Even smiling.

It was as if he had ended his life in beautiful dreams and hallucinations and drowned in the pursuit of the most beautiful things, including the mage who had died in a terrible state and the soldiers who had been suspended upright in the lake.

There was peace in their brows and eyes, as if they had just fallen asleep.

Out of an abundance of caution, Xiuge didn't touch the corpses, he withdrew his consciousness from his mirror messenger substitute, only to see Wei Lin giving him an inquiring gaze - as a lake-level mage, she could easily see Xiuge's state just now, and knew that Xiuge was manipulating magic summons before.

"It's miserable, isn't it?"

"It's not only miserable, it's weird......

Xiuge sighed heavily, and then said, "This lake should have been used very high in the past, and if there is a foreign object in the lake, there is no reason to hide it for so long...... And the corpses are all very 'fresh, and look like they've only been put in recently.'"

The face of the squad officer next to him became a little ugly.

He had thought that it might be the remnants of the Black Forest Infantry Regiment that was operating in the area, but according to the description of Shug and the mage, there were Deran soldiers and civilians among the dead!

In other words, the whole thing has defied the usual military logic and entered a realm that only mages can discuss.

Facing Wei Lin's gaze, Xiuge lowered his voice and said, "Our previous speculation about the identity of the infiltrator is probably biased, this is obviously not something that the Delanders or the infiltrators of the Law Council can do, even the most perverted sword-wielding hermits will definitely not spend so much effort to create such a tragedy of unknown significance."

The meaning of Shuge is already clear.

Since the identities of the deceased include soldiers, civilians, and mages from both sides, it means that the person who did the act of this is in conflict with the two sides of the war in terms of position and identity, and the other side does not seem to intend to hide their tracks completely.

….

The whole tragedy itself was full of demonstrative and ostentatious nature, not to mention that the scene in the lake was almost like some kind of strange sacrificial ritual.

Everything is pointing to an "old friend" that Xiuge is already very familiar with-the Black Sun Society.

"These guys are really haunted...... But what are they going to do this time?"

After giving his own judgment, Shuge speculated in his mind: "Like in the city of Selen, to perform some kind of ritual with a specific meaning? Or is it that the Fifth Chasseur's operations in the Black Forest have turned out more than they expected, so the Black Sun Society has decided to find a way to intervene?"

"Or...... They're just going crazy and planning to do some anti-human performance art here?"

Shuge thought about it carefully, and only felt that these conjectures seemed to be possible, after all, for the Black Sun Society, it had plunged the human nations in the Vann into the quagmire of war

It should be their most important goal at the moment, and they will probably be involved in anything that could lead to a breakthrough or completely change the situation of the war.

The situation wasn't easy to deal with at the moment - the Black Sun Society was a straightforward statement of its existence, and the Fifth Chasseur had no way of deducing their next move, or being sure if the gang would exert more influence on the battle that would most likely take place tomorrow during the day.

After a short period of thought, Wei Lin gave her judgment very calmly: "It is no longer possible to inform the hunting regiment to abandon its position and transfer, multiple support forces and logistics teams are marching towards the Black Forest area, once the hunting regiment suddenly changes its strategy and withdraws, it will undoubtedly put other armies in a difficult situation."

"It shouldn't be too late to notify the Council at this time, right?"

"The position is magically silent, and the use of the ritual will reveal the position and invite artillery bombardment, and even then, we may not be able to wait for Boldon's answer."

As the team's top decision-maker, Wei Lin asked seriously, "So what is your suggestion?"

"Raise the warning signal and leave the matter here to our troops, and we should trust Major Alfred and Mr. Clown to make the best judgment and choice...... And if you send a warning signal here, even if you leave traces of magic, it won't reveal the location of the position."

After listening to Shuge's suggestion, Wei Lin fell silent, she thought seriously for a moment, and then nodded.

"I agree, send the signal......

Wei Lin said to one of the military mages, "Use the silver signal, three times in a row, five times."

Hearing this, everyone nearby showed a look of surprise, including Xiuge.

The concept of the "Silver Signal" was first proposed by Merinlehe at the end of the war two hundred years ago, and was subsequently endorsed by the Van's Grace Kingdoms and almost all of the Abyssal Mage Towers and Societies.

This is one of the few concrete bills put forward by Merlinler and the Law Commission that can implement the concept of "neutrality".

It is for this reason that the silver signal has become the most special kind of magical warning signal used by all countries, as an "unlimited" signal that simply issues serious warnings, and almost all countries will not use it easily.

….

Silver signals are often used to inform everyone in the surrounding area of potential magical disasters indiscriminately, and in the past, once such a signal was issued, the Commission personnel would immediately intervene in a neutral capacity and coordinate the handling.

But now...... The Legislative Council itself is already at war.

Even after the raid on Black Forest Town, a mage from the Ernst family, who did not want to be named, learned that he had successfully killed the head of the Black Forest Fort Law Council branch in the battle, which made his accumulated exploits even more shining.

Therefore, the Wattle soldiers present all showed a little embarrassment on their faces after hearing Wei Lin's words.

However, Wei Lin's attitude towards this decision was extremely resolute, and so, under her repeated orders, the mages in the team finally sent a silver warning signal.

In the rules of the Silver Alert, "three consecutive shots" is used to indicate that there may be a magical disaster caused by the "Wild Mage Society" here, and five cycles means that the current situation is close to the highest level, and whoever sends a signal of this level needs to be directly responsible.

But apparently, the moment Wei Lin made her decision, she had already accepted all the consequences that this move might bring to herself.

……

After sending out the alarm, the team continued in the direction of the Black Forest Fort according to the predetermined plan, which was after all the former stronghold of the Judicial Council Branch, and had a magical secret instrument that could transmit important information in the area.

What's more, the crystalline cannons stored in the armory of Fort Black Forest had to be successfully transported to the rear of the line before daylight.

With artillery support, the Fifth Chasseur Regiment is more likely

Persist in the ensuing tough defensive battles.

However, on the way to Fort Black Forest, more and more bad situations appeared.

According to the careful investigation of the mages accompanying the army, it appears that all of the observation posts and checkpoints set up by the Fifth Chasseur on this road have been attacked, similar to the situation in the first observation post, all personnel in these locations are missing, the stations and outposts are very neat, and it is clear that none of the well-trained soldiers have been able to actually engage the enemy.

What is even more worrying is that after the silver warning signal was issued, there was no response signal under the night sky.

The silence of the positions of the hunting regiment is expected, after all, the coverage of the positions is very good, and the Deland army has not yet figured out the details of the positions of the hunting regiments, but other places, including Fort Black Forest, have remained silent, which is very telling.

"The Laws and the Deresans don't seem to want to bother with what is going on here, as for the Black Forest Fort......

Shug fixed his gaze on the shadow of the fortress perched on top of the hill, the Black Forest Fort was the only place in the area where magic did not need to be kept silent, after all, everyone knew the importance of its location, and they knew that the other party would definitely deploy military in this fortress.

In this case, the garrisons of the Black Forest Fort still chose to remain silent.

….

Unless the officers stationed at Fort Black Forest had some special ideas, it would most likely mean that something bad was already going on inside the fort.

The team heading to Fort Black Forest consisted of two regular Wattle infantry companies, all armed with the latest revolver rifles, and four accompanying mages in addition to Shog and Verin, which was logically enough to deal with most sudden situations, but the anomalies along the way made everyone in the team feel uneasy.

The power of Snikki, the Rat of Run, has been completely "borrowed" by Xiuge, so all the rats in a sizable area of the vicinity, whether ordinary rats or special beings with the blood of magical creatures, are now forcibly awakened by the power inherited from the Mother Earth Goddess of the Running Rat.

At the call of the power that was almost engraved into their blood and instinct, these tiny animals left their nests one after another, and they followed the will of Xiuge and searched through this vast area, and if anyone could observe the fields and plains in the distance with a telescope, they would surely find that there were black shadows constantly moving everywhere in the snow.

Still on horseback, his fingers nimbly spinning a Dragon's Tooth card, one of the classic decks of the Lowe Plateau, featuring a giant wolf roaring in the moonlight, a fable of the mountain elves of the Waterl Frontier region.

The mountain elves generally believed in the goddess of March, and this giant wolf was regarded by the elves as a magical beast with wisdom under the favor of the goddess, so they would carry the dragon tooth card as a pendant for protection, in order to seek the protection of the goddess of March.

It's a pity that this is something that Shuge picked up from the table when he passed by a checkpoint, and its owner is supposed to be a mountain elf, because this dragon's tooth card has holes in it, a rope is hung, and the surface is smeared with wax to protect the cards.

However, the soldier who carried it with him before has disappeared, and the murder is more than lucky.

There were so many people who prayed to their gods in this war that Shuge guessed that the gods were probably too busy to bring their mercy and favor to everyone.

At this time, under the manipulation of Xiuge, the front swarm of rats had begun to approach the hill where the Black Forest Fort was located, but something strange happened, these animals, which had been completely subject to Xiuge's will, actually showed a strong willingness to resist at this moment.

It's as if Shog's order was not to let them climb the hills, but to send them to their deaths!

As a last resort, he had to make some moves, he let the ordinary rats retreat, and tried to make the Ernst rat colony, with its human intelligence, go up the hill path.

As has long been dead

Once the soul, these family will rat swarms can be said to be fearless of unknown dangers, and after receiving Xiuge's order, these magic rat swarms immediately began to advance towards the fortress on the hill at an extremely fast speed.

Everything seems to be normal.

Shug kept a close eye on the situation of the magic rat herd, he could even hear the conversation between the wills of the family, and the old general Bernhardt was at the forefront, even if he had become a rat, he still had enough enthusiasm for carrying out military operations.

He even had time to taunt Jacob and the rest of the "young men" for not being able to catch up with his old man.

Hearing his words, Xiuge shook his head helplessly, but just as he was about to remind these old guys to pay attention to safety, a feeling of palpitations for no reason suddenly came, and then, the words and sounds that were originally transmitted back along the magic connection suddenly disappeared.

The connection between him and the magical rat swarm seems to have been forcibly severed by something.

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