During Herbert Galton's introduction to his "academic team", Hug saw four members of the Black Sun Society standing up in the front seats, two men and two women, all dressed in neat mage robes, looking like the clothes given to their members by the Deresa School of Magic, except that they wore special Black Sun magic badges to show their membership in the Black Sun Society.

All of them were spellcasters above the stream, and with their keen sense, Shuge noticed that the two young female mages were almost identical, and they were wearing special earrings that looked as colorful as a peacock's tail feathers.

"It's the earrings of the Geselle family of the Tereland Kingdom, heh, their taste is still so bad, it's better to stick the bird feathers directly on their ears or heads!"

Countess Alexandra, who was also proficient in women's ornaments, was able to tell the origins of the two female mages by the earrings at a glance, and after routinely mocking the aesthetics of the nobles of the Plains, she added, "Note that the two sisters are eligible to wear the Geselle family's 'feathers', which means that they have become candidates for the heir to the family."

"In other words, the Geselle family is now completely under the control of the Black Sun Society?"

"It can be understood that way."

In Alexandra's explanation, these members of the Black Sun Society, who belonged to the "Earth Society", put their palms on their chests and saluted Shuge at the same time, but Shuge obviously noticed that the twin sisters of the Geselle family looked a little serious, and looked at him with scrutiny and resistance.

"Looks like they're a little upset with me."

Alexandra laughed, "After all, you destroyed the secret ritual beneath our family estate...... Oh, it seems that the secret ritual is still somewhat important, at least not as insignificant as the one on the pulpit said."

Secretly drawing conclusions, Xiuge tugged at the corners of his mouth, and instead of getting up to return the salute, he remained seated, nodding his head in response to the four members of the association with a non-smiling smile.

The other members of the Black Sun Society didn't feel anything wrong, but the four members of the Earth Society were obviously hurt, especially the two twins' faces instantly darkened, but because of the scene, they couldn't say anything, just sat down quietly.

As the host of the Earth Society, Herbert on the podium had no opinion on this, and he continued to introduce himself according to the previous rhythm and tone.

"A member of the Abyss Historical Society, dedicated to exploring and finding the path to the Abyss, and restoring the connection between Van En and the Abyss...... He is also the operator of the grand event of Seren!"

As soon as the words fell, several members of the group who were seated together stood up at the same time and saluted Shuge, including the "lecturer" who brought Shuge here.

Shuge noticed that the members of the so-called "Abyss Historical Society" seemed to be extremely respectful of themselves, and two of them were even extremely fanatical, and if the occasion did not allow it, they would have immediately pounced on them.

"The Abyss Historical Society, the Descendants of the Abyss...... It turns out that the source of the mutation in Seren City is these people?"

Xiuge silently read two sentences in his heart, he also nodded, and maintained the same stiff smile on his face, for this group of madmen who planned the tragedy of Salem City, he had no desire to communicate and communicate at all, he just wanted the hound to give their heads two bites, so that they could feel the "love" of the Abyss Court for themselves.

I follow Mother Earth, I am the son of the Moon Eagle and a believer in the Majestic Hills...... Praise to the Burning Fire and the King of Scales......

"Followers of the Lord of Ten Thousand Scales, who believe that the illusion of this age of hypocrisy will eventually be consumed by the fire of truth."

Two more people got up, and Shug saw that they were all wearing the same red pendant, which seemed to be a strange molten dragon, and it seemed that the appearance of those big guys outside the Black Forest Fort was probably closely related to these two people.

"The Poseidon Society, believe in the true Lord of the Sea, Calron, and find the true origin of magic is their goal!"

This time, it was two women and a man who stood up

sex, their costumes have a distinct characteristics of the seaside residents, and the clothes of the two female nobles are a little hot, and the greedy gaze that contains special desires before is also cast by these three people.

Yes, the man dressed as a priest also seemed to have some indescribable thoughts.

This made Shuge feel very uncomfortable.

Immediately afterward, several of the terms that Shug had heard during his interrogation of the officer in Bolden appeared, except that the number of members of the Black Sun Society who had adopted "Moon Eagle", "Colossal Hill", and "Courier of Ten Thousand Faces" as their beliefs was significantly smaller.

The only one of them to follow the Messenger of All Faces was a man with a gloomy face and curly hair, who seemed to have Oriental ancestry across the ocean, and who, in Herbert's introduction, was called the "Prophet".

The introduction soon drew to a close, and in Herbert's words, the last man stood up.

"The presiding officer of the Truth Digging Society, the excavator of several sacred relics, Mr. Pyotr Kzlov."

Kzlov, a man with a thick beard, who must have been over sixty years of age, and who had a very typical St. Steele look, stood up and did not rush to salute or sit down, but stared straight at Hugh.

Kzlov's expression was as gloomy as a vulture, and Shuge noticed that the other party seemed to have a very special status among the members of the Black Sun Society, and the other members of the Society around him maintained a considerable degree of respect for Kzlov.

Even Shuge felt that in this banquet hall, Kzlov's status could be said to be second only to Herbert, the second head of the Society on the podium, and judging from the vocabulary used by Herbert to introduce him, the presiding officer of the "Truth Digging Society" should be leading the archaeological work of the Black Sun Society on the remains of the lost gods.

In other words, it is very likely that this Mr. Kzlov is one of the people who has been in contact with the most "miracles" in the Black Sun Society.

At this moment, Kzlov suddenly spoke, he looked at Shug, and asked in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Mr. Shug Ernst, I heard that one of my students seems to have been with you lately...... Got friends?"

"Student?"

Shug narrowed his eyes, "What did Mr. Kzlov say?"

"Frey Meyer...... When I was teaching at the St. Steele Alchemy College, I valued the students the most."

When he said the name "Frey Meyer", Kzlov's face unabashedly showed a deep disgust and hatred, and he pulled the corners of his mouth and put on a smile with a strong sense of viciousness: "It's a pity that he didn't come with you, otherwise I would have taken this opportunity to have a good chat with him."

"It seems that Mayer has caused a lot of trouble for Mr. Kzlov and the association?"

"Haunted?"

Hearing Shuge say this, Kzlov shook his head instead: "He alone can only cause me a little trouble, and it is not enough to interfere with the decisions and plans of the association...... In the final analysis, this student of mine is nothing more than a fool who has abandoned the truth of association and turned to meaningless and humble arguments."

Speaking of this, Kzlov sighed, "As his former teacher, I regret it...... He could have joined the cause of association, but for some ridiculous reason he stepped into the opposite side of us, and I hope that his nonsense will not affect you, Mr. Schuge."

Hearing Kzlov say this, Shug laughed: "That's not all, I have my own judgment, and I am not so easily persuaded by a person."

"That's good."

Kzlov smiled and sat back in his chair.

At this point, all the members of the Black Sun Society in the banquet hall had been introduced, so Herbert, as the host of this *** meeting, clapped his hands lightly twice, and he smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Schugg, this was supposed to be the first official meeting between the Society and you...... Originally, it was planned that all the important members of the Society should come here to meet you, but now the situation is so volatile that even if we have the guidance of prophecy, we must divide more people

hands to deal with many things."

"Of course, I can feel the enthusiasm of everyone present, but I'm really curious, why is this *** event held?"

Hearing Hugg's question, Herbert's gaze immediately turned: "The connection between us and Mr. Hug has been established since the beginning of the city of Seren, but Mr. Shug has never had the opportunity to truly contact and understand the association, which is an important gap in our plan, and this omission may cause more misunderstandings and bring many unnecessary conflicts and losses."

"Therefore, the Association hopes to have a formal meeting with Mr. Schugg and to take advantage of this opportunity to better understand each other's thoughts and goals."

Speaking of this, Herbert's tone paused slightly, and then the second person in charge of the Black Sun Society lowered his head: "Of course, we hope that Mr. Xiuge can officially become a member of the association this time, and move forward for our common cause and goal."

At the moment when Herbert issued the official invitation, the atmosphere in the entire banquet hall became warm, and all the members of the association who had been introduced before looked at Siug seriously and began to wait quietly for his response.

However, Xiuge's expression was still calm, he rolled his eyes slightly, and his gaze collided with these members of the Black Sun Society, and finally, he and Herbert looked directly at each other: "I want to know, why?"

"What does Mr. Shog mean?"

This time, Xiuge did not feel nervous and cramped by the gaze from all directions, he felt the uniform rotation of the metal disc, and at the same time, he continued to draw the majestic magic from the "Walking Forest", and eliminated the invisible oppression exerted on him.

He stood up from his chair and said to everyone present, "I have seen the influence of the Society in Van En many times before, and I must admit that those events and plans are indeed very staggering, and they are enough to make a difference in the power that the Society has."

"However, the size of the influence and the amount of power can only be used as a reference after all, and since Herbert has just mentioned the 'goal' and 'cause', then presumably this is the real reason why you have been staying in the association and fighting for it."

Schug raised his head slightly, "So, I hope that Mr. Herbert and all of you present will answer me, why did you invite me, and what is the real philosophy and goal of the association?"

At the moment when Xiuge's words fell, Herbert on the podium applauded softly, and the two twin sisters who belonged to the Earth Society and came from the Gesell family of the Kingdom of Delan also restrained their wariness and hostility towards Xiuge.

According to the experience of the Black Sun Society, those who do not hesitate to join the association in the face of the invitation are often difficult to become important members of the association, and there is no way to make a real contribution to the association, they often only pursue a few illusions and miracles, and they are fascinated by it for a long time.

Only those who dare to question and have their own ideas can really bring more energy and change to the association.

"Although my personal views are not representative of all the members of the Society, our ideas, theories, and goals all have similar origins, so I will answer Mr. Schugg's questions...... Do you have any comments?"

Herbert smiled and asked the crowd a question, and everyone in the ballroom nodded in agreement.

However, Hug guessed that there should be no one present who had the courage to refute Herbert.

So Herbert stepped down from the podium, and he came to Hugg, and asked, "Since Mr. Hug has asked about the idea and purpose of the association, we need to discuss here the fundamental question—what is man?"

Hug did not answer him, so Herbert asked himself, "In the eyes of the vast majority of people, human beings are the masters of the present Vain, the rulers and deciders of the Vain, and the beings who should be above other intelligent races and lives, but in our opinion, this is not the case."

Herbert raised his voice and said to everyone in the hall

"In the eyes of the Society, humans are the same as elves, dwarves, ogres, and those who live in swamps, canyons, and oceans, and we are no different from other beings in the Vann."

"We are the lucky ones, the despicable speculators and survivors, and the despicable beings who bear countless culpables and survive under the authority they have stolen."