Chapter 218: "The Leader"
The process of gaining control of the Tricolor Brotherhood is outrageously simple.
In the face of this rabble, Shug did not even need to make any speeches, nor did he need to make any kind of promises, relying on Birva's introduction and assurance, and the horrific demonstration he had made after he stepped into the venue, he had succeeded in intimidating the mob with all kinds of weapons.
In fact, when the Brotherhood members discovered that Shug and Birva were in fact two mages above the Stream, they completely dismissed the idea of opposing them.
Whatever his past identity, he is now a terrifying, murderous spellcaster.
And the magic he uses perfectly fits the most evil and terrifying fantasies of ordinary people about magic.
In fact, Shug even considered summoning a rat tide to strengthen his control over the members of the Tricolor Brotherhood, but considering that the legend of rats eating people had appeared in Seren before, in order to avoid unnecessary speculation on the part of Berva and other members of the association, Xiug finally chose to refrain from it.
When Berva solemnly prepared a clean and tidy solemn conference room and invited Shuge and the other members of the Black Sun Society to enter it, Shuge even wanted to laugh a little.
The scene in front of me is just too absurd.
Even if Herbert, Kzlov and others scratched their brains, they would never have imagined that an enemy who had openly opposed the Black Sun Association and even killed several important members with his own hands would become the leader of the temporary association in this Seren city through a series of operations.
Yes, this is the name that Berva and other members of the association, after careful consideration, temporarily gave to Shuge.
They felt that it was no longer appropriate to continue to address him by his original name, which in the eyes of these loyal believers was tantamount to a violation of the authority and miracles of the ancient gods, and when they heard from Birva's mouth about the purpose of Shug's visit, they showed extraordinary enthusiasm. Z.br>
In their eyes, this young man, who has transcended the mortal and possessed the gifts of the true gods, is the only leader who can lead him to the truth, to the faith he has always dreamed of.
Although the fanatical behavior of these members of the association made Shuge extremely uncomfortable, he still accepted their "support" and "following" for the sake of his next goal.
And from the hands of these people, Xiuge finally got the "medicine" that the previous iris guard was taking.
However, it is a bit reluctant to call this thing a "drug".
Because it looks like a "black mud ball" the size of three fingers, in the light, they take on a texture very similar to that of the Descendants of the Abyss, except that they are not living parts taken from the Descendants of the Abyss, because Xiuge has no way to feel the breath of life from the inside of these "medicines".
And after Xiuge tried to remove the layer of magic wrapped around the outside world of this medicine, he clearly felt a power fluctuation closely related to the Abyss Court from it.
It's just that the mirror messengers and court hounds, who are members of the Abyss court clan and members, are not too interested in this, they only pay attention to it for two seconds, and then they retract their gaze, obviously in their eyes, the actual value of this thing is not as good as a mass of descendants of the Abyss who can directly draw power.
The members of the association watched in apprehension as they watched Shog's movements, and then Bölva asked, "Leader, is it ...... Questions?"
"To be exact, it's a big problem."
Shug tossed the pitch-black orb back to the table, leaned back in his chair, and said to the members of the Society in front of him, "The main purpose of the Society in making them is to prevent too much omission in the previous sacrificial rituals, and if that happens, they become an important remedy......
With his own memories and some half-truths and half-truths, Xiuge once again "fooled" these guys who seemed to have absolute trust in him: "It's a pity that based on the prophecy and the previous research, the Society still knows too much about the Children of the Abyss
It's limited."
He pointed to the black ball swirling on the table, and his gaze swept over everyone present: "Although taking it can make you turn into incomplete children of the abyss while maintaining your original memories and wisdom, it does not mean that you can become the sole will to control that huge group...... The Society used to take the Children of the Abyss too simply, which is a dereliction of duty on the part of the Abyss Historical Society."
Xiuge said it very seriously, and it could even be said that it was already very unkind to the Black Sun Society and the Abyss Historical Society, but the more this was the case, the more convinced Berva and the others were.
In their eyes, even if Shug Ernst has not yet become the complete only son of the abyss in the prophecy, it is not far behind, at least he is now back here, and he has also been "recognized" by the association, for them who are now unable to communicate with the outside world at all, Shug's speech and judgment is a manifestation of self-confidence and authority.
"So...... What should we do?"
Shuge frowned and said, "Give them to me, maybe I can find some way to improve them...... Of course, I don't want to use them, and as I said before, I don't want extra sacrifices, which I don't think are necessary or meaningful."
Shuge underestimated the lethality of these words to the members of the Black Sun Society.
In fact, no matter how much they despise the civilizations, kingdoms, and creatures that rule over Vann, and how they claim to be followers of the ancient gods, they are human beings after all, and therefore possess the emotions, desires, and fears that humans have.
And these words of Xiuge accurately hit these weaknesses of theirs.
With great expectations and a high level of trust in Xiuge, these words, which had some minor loopholes, became a magic potion that gave them motivation and encouragement, and the mist of the messenger in the mirror that flashed from Xiuge's body and eye sockets at the right time made them believe that the young leader in front of them was not only an envoy of the association, but also a spokesperson sent by the Abyss Court to the present-day Van Grace.
Even an old fox with a strong mind, like Birva, was convinced of this.
After all, from beginning to end, Xiuge's performance was extremely perfect and natural, even if there was a omission in his words, but the kind of magical aura and power that belonged to the Abyss Court was impossible to fake, and Berva didn't believe that there were people other than the Black Sun Society who could understand and control this power.
So, everything falls into place.
Immediately after receiving Shog's permission, Berva showed his thunderous tactics, and in just a few hours, the vicious and already established considerable prestige within the Tricolor Brotherhood easily "dealt with" the tricolor Brotherhood's president, and directly "liquidated" those who remained loyal to the former president in front of the rest of the Brotherhood members, and carried out these processes without Schug intervening.
But through the slight smell of blood wafting down the corridors of this building, Xiuge also knew that the scene must not be too pretty.
Hugg's attitude towards the Tricolor Brotherhood and its members is very clear.
If in the past in the city of Seren, there were still some Teresan youths with hot-blooded ideas like Putrin, as well as thieves and stalkers who adhered to the Rogue Creed and strictly adhered to the bottom line, then the current Tricolor Brotherhood ......
It's neither a "tricolor" nor a lot of "brothers", it's just a ***.
A bandit whose survival-based goal, by plundering other survivors, and by disrupting the remaining order in the city of Selen*** is the invisible goal.
For such a group of people, Xiuge did not have the slightest pity at all, he was not in the mood to understand everyone's past and thoughts, and he did not want to waste too much time and thought in this regard, in his eyes, those large number of armed bandits were the same as the members of the Black Sun Society who were responsible for leading them, and they were a group of unstable factors that would need to be dealt with sooner or later.
Shug sat alone in the previous room, the mage's hand that shimmered with a dark mist held up one of the black round "pills" for him, and the thick mist of the messenger in the mirror gradually flowed from between the fingers of the mage's hand
came, and turned into countless tiny tentacles and pierced into the orb that emitted a strange luster.
At this moment, the sphere seems to be "activated".
At the moment when Xiuge's active magic power was injected into it, this sphere shaped like the remains of the Descendants of the Abyss was actually given vitality, as if it had only been in a complete sleep before, and in just an instant, the black sphere began to writhe, but it was never able to break through the blockade of Xiuge's power, and could only reluctantly change its form under the grip of the mage's hand.
As this writhing progressed, some faint green light began to appear on its inside, which looked exactly like the Descendants of the Abyss.
"What is this? The mutilated embryo of the Descendants of the Abyss? Defective products?"
Xiuge frowned, he was really a little unsure of the essence of this thing.
But considering that the Black Sun Society did indeed master the method of summoning and creating the Descendants of the Abyss, this possibility still exists.
And at this moment, an extremely strange magic power fluctuation came.
Xiuge's eyes widened in surprise, and he clearly felt that as he continued to maintain the input of the abyss's magic, the pitch-black ball grasped by the mage's hand became more active, and then, a magical connection similar to that between the caster and the summon slowly formed between him and the black ball.
In the next moment, a subtle fluctuation slowly passed along the magical connection between the two, which was not a language, nor a particularly specific message, but a simple "emotional" transmission.
Stimulated by the magic of Xiuge, the mutilated embryo was successfully rejuvenated.
It was born, and faintly, it seemed to see Shuge as its own creator, or source of power.
Feeling the strange magic connection that seemed to be absent, Shuge boldly withdrew the mage's hand and instead used his palm to catch the writhing black ball.
The connection between the two sides became even closer, and the details of this abyssal embryo finally appeared in Xiuge's spiritual world.
He clearly sensed that this mass of embryos was more primitive than those of the Abyssal Offspring, they were very weak, and they did not have any instinct to devour and learn, and even those shapeshifters were more dangerous than them.
Hug looked at the black shadows that seemed to see himself as a "subject" or "parent" and tried to crawl slowly in his palm to express intimacy, and thought seriously.
"Maybe that's why the association distributes them to members as medicine...... Because they are simply pure powers, they do not have the strong instincts and basic desires of the children of the Abyss, so they are able to transform the human body while retaining their original wisdom and memories."
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Instead of hiding what he was doing, he said it in passing, and Berva pushed the door in, and at a glance he saw the abyss embryo crawling slowly in the palm of Shug's hand, which startled him, after all, according to his experience, this kind of thing always treats his prey equally, and it is indeed the first time he has seen such a scene of "close contact" with them.
But this strange sight seems very reasonable to Xiuge.
Being able to make these dangerous existences so submissive, and even actively approaching, is what can reveal Xiuge's true identity.
"Leader...... The Brotherhood has taken care of things, and as you instructed, they will be going out less frequently to get supplies in the near future, and they won't be bothering the rest of the people in Salem."
"That's good, Birva."
Shuge nodded approvingly, "Don't let those children of the abyss who are addicted to primitive desires continue to devour, they have already devoured too many fools, and have accumulated too many wrong knowledge and thoughts...... It would be no good for our plans to go on like this, for what we desire is a messenger who can welcome the Black Sun, not a beast that will only be devoured."
"You're right."
Berva nodded convincingly, "We've never thought of anything like this before
If you hadn't made it back to Salem in time, I'm afraid we'd just be wrong again and again."
"As I said, there's no need to be ashamed of it, you've done a great job...... Instead of wasting time on this, you should prepare for what comes next."
Shuge smiled, and then he asked, "I told you before, I'm going to pay a visit to those Dharma Council mages next...... Birva, you left the branch office of the Law Council not long ago, tell me what was going on there before you left."