Chapter 207: "The Right to Choose"
"General Butz, do you mind if I solve some of the hidden dangers hiding around you for you?"
At the moment when Xiuge said this, the iris guard who had been lurking beside General Butz had already taken action, and he directly pulled out the Demon Strangling Silver Blade that he was carrying, and his body suddenly moved forward, and he actually stabbed directly at General Butz who was sitting in the soft chair.
This change happened so suddenly that neither the other Iris guard nor the mage advisor standing next to General Boots could react immediately, but Shug was ready to deal with it the moment he used the Black Sun Scepter to reveal the other party's identity.
With the rapid construction of the magic pattern, a solid magic barrier was formed in an instant, separating the iris guard who had already joined the Black Sun Association from Butz on the spot, only to hear a buzzing sound, and the sword made of the choking silver collided with the magic barrier, and the characteristics of the choking silver itself began to take effect, and the magic barrier made a sizzling sound under its slash.
But it was this brief barrier that succeeded in buying time for Butz, and the Iris Street manager showed his determination as a soldier by throwing himself forward, leaving his soft chair, and when he rolled over, he was already holding the crystalline gun he was carrying with him.
"Hold off."
Shuge's voice came from the side, and at the same time, an extremely unsettling and terrifying aura erupted in the reception room, and countless tentacles covered with hard black skin suddenly rolled out of the void, and they swarmed up, blocking the space around the iris guard in an instant, and cutting off all his retreats.
In the kingdom of Deresa, although the Iris guards are extremely strong swordsmen and veterans, there is still a huge difference between them and the sword-wielding hermits of Merlin Le and Merlin after all, in the face of ordinary mages, they can indeed rely on their own equipment and skills to achieve a certain advantage, and even kill each other through rapid attacks.
However, Shuge is not a "traditional" mage.
Whether it was the lethal means he used, or the combat experience he mastered, it was no longer comparable to ordinary spellcasters.
The Sword of Demon Strangling Silver swung in the hands of the Iris guard, and he tried to split or repel the black tentacles that were approaching him, but now the Touch of Calon was no longer what it was when they were first acquired by Xiuge, and the black skin covering their surface already possessed amazing toughness and hardness, and the characteristics of the Silver Strangler alone could not successfully break through this layer of protection.
Looking at the figure that was staggered in the encirclement of Charon's Touch, Shug shook his head silently.
He still remembered how embarrassed he had been in the city of Salem when he was being pursued by the search party......
As a member of the Black Sun Society, the Iris guard had apparently "witnessed" some so-called "miracles" with his own eyes, so he had fallen into deep despair the moment Calon's Touch was summoned by Shuge.
Under Xiuge's manipulation, a tentacle successfully broke through the defense line constructed by the Iris guard's long and short swords, and the sharp arthrop stabbed forward, but was successfully blocked by a translucent arcane barrier that emerged at the moment when it was about to hit his body.
It seems that this is some of the means that the Black Sun Association has given its members some protection.
The member's face began to shake violently, and he seemed to have made some kind of big decision in an instant, and then Shug saw the creature suddenly raise his hand and stuff something into his mouth under the protection of the magic barrier that was about to crumble.
"Huh?"
Xiuge's brow furrowed, because at this moment, he suddenly felt something extremely similar to the heirs of the Abyss.
In the next moment, the protective secret instrument had been shattered by the continuous impact of the Claron Touch, and immediately after, several black tentacles with sharp arthropods quickly moved forward under Xiuge's ruthless command, piercing and provoking the target's body on the spot with an extremely ferocious attitude.
It stands to reason that this sudden battle should have ended here, because one of the tentacles had completely pierced the body's chest, but Shuge did not relax, although he remained seated, he was confused by the messenger in the mirror
The fog had already covered his eyes.
In Xiuge's magical vision, the iris guard, who just didn't know what he had swallowed, was in an extremely strange change.
General Butz, who had escaped, was about to speak, but saw that the human form that had been successfully impaled by the touch of Calon suddenly began to change violently, and everyone present saw that the human body that was originally dripping blood began to "melt" at an alarming speed, and his skin and flesh were already crawling with a disgusting black color in the blink of an eye, and a strange smell of suffocation began to spread in the room.
After two short breaths, the iris guard's body had completely dissolved into a disgusting dark "mud", and it fell from the pierced garment and slammed into the floor of the reception room.
In the next moment, this lump of mud began to "reshape" at a strange speed, and in the blink of an eye, a terrifying pitch-black figure appeared in front of Xiuge and the others, it looked extremely similar to the iris guard who had just been "killed" by Xiuge, both in shape and silhouette!
In this case, General Butz once again showed his precise judgment, and he silently moved behind Shuge, using the young mage as his "barrier".
Although the kind of magic that Xiuge had displayed before was equally terrifying, it at least showed that he had the ability to deal with and deal with the sudden situation at hand.
The Iris Guard, who had undergone some kind of transformation, apparently still possessed the human mind, and the twisting mud figure looked down at its body, as if it was extremely shocked and distressed by the change, and a piercing scream immediately came from within its body.
The sound was extremely harsh and ugly, even enough to have an impact on people's spirits and magic, and the other iris guard standing at the door of the reception room was affected by this strange scream, and the whole person fell into a short trance, so the mud immediately surged and rushed in the direction of his former comrades.
Unfortunately, whatever it wants to do, it is doomed to fail.
Because the moment this human form completes the transformation, Xiuge has already confirmed its essence through his own magical perception, although Xiuge does not know what kind of "medicine" the Black Sun Society distributes to its members is, but it can indeed transform a living person into an existence similar to the Descendants of the Abyss in a very short period of time, and unlike those who pursue eating and hunting, this transformed monster still seems to still have its own original wisdom and consciousness.
Destined to let this special and precious "sample" escape from his hands, the mist from the Abyssal Court immediately poured out from under Xiuge's feet, and before the monster could touch its target, the black wave came to its side and quickly climbed its flowing body.
Once again, the restraint of the power of the messenger in the mirror was perfectly displayed for these magical creations, the flow of magic was forced to stop, and the circuit in operation was forcibly cut off, and the touch of Calron, who was on standby, flew forward, and in the trembling gaze of General Butz, the human form that had begun to collapse was chopped and divided on the spot.
Immediately afterward, the Mirror Messenger Mist worked quickly, collecting all the power and memories of this newly born weak heir.
As the fog cleared, leaving only a few dark fragments on the ground that were still slowly wriggling, Xiug raised his eyes and glanced at the mage advisor who was standing by in a daze, who shuddered, and he smelled the breath of death that he could never fight against from the magic he had just cast, so he immediately summoned a cloud of magical flames in obedience and threw it at the residue.
In the flickering light of the fire, General Butz asked in his somewhat hoarse voice, "What the hell is this...... What is it?"
Shuge waved his hand, dissolving his monstrous magical abilities.
Then he slowly got up and looked at Boots on the side, "If you're asking about the monster I killed, then I'm sure it's a close relative of the 'Silt' in the city of Seren...... Transformed by taking a special drug, although weak, it has a wisdom far beyond that of ordinary monsters
Hui, you can even see it as a man with the skin of a monster."
He paused, then continued, "And if you're asking about the previous guard, then my answer is that he's one of the 'spies' arranged here by the Black Sun Society...... The name of the Black Sun Society, General Butz probably doesn't need me to explain much, right? After all, you should have been in contact with them before the armistice celebrations."
"To be precise, it should be cooperation...... I have given shelter to individual members of the Society within the city of Seren, and they are willing to help me transfer some things and promote the city of Salem to the kingdom of Teresa."
Butz didn't deny this, he was blunt about his past relationship with the Black Sun Society, and then he said with a dark face, "But I never knew that the influence of this Wild Mage Society could be so great!"
Speaking of this, the mage of the Law Council whispered, "I've also heard of the name Black Sun Society, but I remember that it was just the most common kind of wild mage society on the wanted list of Merlin Lehe."
"That's in the past."
Xiuge sighed, "The current tragic situation in Salem City, as well as the ongoing war outside, are all the handiwork of the so-called "Wild Mage Society" in your mouth...... The royal families and political circles of various countries, including the Legislative Commission, have long been infiltrated by the Black Sun Association, and this is also an important reason why the Black Japan Association has not been noticed by people."
What had just happened and Shogue's words had quite a shock to Boots and the others.
Now, even if they no longer trust Xiuge, they have to accept these facts in front of them.
The situation in Iris Street and Salem City was really worse and more complicated than they thought, and the young mage in front of him did have magical abilities far beyond ordinary spellcasters.
As for the relaxed posture shown by Shuge when he used his magic and killed the monster, it instilled in Butz and the others the idea that in this closed city of Selen, there was probably no one better at dealing with this situation than him.
Shuge took out his pocket watch, glanced at the time, and then returned to his original calm and nonchalant appearance.
"Alright, General Butz...... I showed what you wanted to see, and I answered what you wanted to hear."
He shook his cane, "Now, it's up to you to give me a reply."
"Do you want to be the savior of the survivors of Salem, or the "rice bowl manager" of the monsters...... Do you have an answer?"
When he said this, Xiuge didn't control the magic mist that flickered in his eyes at all, and although his posture was relaxed, it seemed to others to be full of strong aggression and threat.
Butz looked at the eyes in front of him that flashed with a strange black mist, and only felt a chill down his spine, he finally realized that the biggest mistake he had made today was to take a few people to meet this young man in such a closed environment.
Butz's face trembled violently twice, and then he spoke with difficulty, "Why, did Your Excellency give me a chance to refuse?"
Shug grinned, "Ha, General, of course you can refuse...... After all, the decision is always in your own hands." Z.br>
Yes, the choice is indeed in the hands of Butz.
But he must also pay the price for the choices he makes, which is a simple truth.
His instincts told Boots that if he made the wrong choice at this moment and gave an answer that Hug Ernst did not want to hear, then he would most likely follow in the footsteps of the monster, after all, judging by the magic used by the young man, there seemed to be a force within him that was even more ruthless, bloody, and brutal than those monsters.
"Don't worry, General, you're still able to rule Iris Street, and you're still the steward and protector of the survivors here...... I only give advice, I don't interfere with your specific decisions, after all, I am only one person, and you don't have to worry too much and be afraid."
As he spoke, Xiuge snapped his pocket watch and put it in his pocket: "In my opinion, Iris Street's plan to expand its territory is the same
The action can be stopped, you are not very efficient at cleaning up those monsters, and the expansion of your territory will increase the burden of your defenses and patrols...... Shrink the line as much as possible, consolidate the neighborhood that is now under control, and don't disturb the monsters, let alone cause unnecessary death and sacrifice."
He stared at Boots and said slowly, "Also, please don't let those kids and old people be bait, they're messing with me, you know?"