The bodies of mages have basically undergone the influence and transformation of magical powers, so their physiques are often better than ordinary people.

So, nourished by many healing magics, Mage Justina, who had been in a coma for a long time, finally slowly woke up, and in order to ensure that her eyes could adapt to the light, Shuge left only the dimest crystal lamp, and opened the closed door of the ward.

Although Xiuge did have some things and questions that he wanted to confirm with Master Giustina, he also knew that a person who had just woken up from a long coma might not be able to think very clearly, and now Giustina needed to rest sufficiently, so Xiuge decisively handed over the follow-up matters to Genet and other members of the legal committee.

As for the promises and promises made before, the sword-wielding hermit Jeant decisively fulfilled them.

After confirming that Justina's hidden danger was gone, he returned to the previous hall with Shug and announced the good news of Justina's imminent awakening to the other waiting mages.

When the mages heard Genet's words, a little uplifted finally appeared on their sad, nervous faces, the only good news they had ever received in the past few days.

It was on this basis that Xiuge put forward some of his own ideas.

"I want to use your Myer's Eye ritual."

Shug said to the mages, "In the city of Salem today, the Eye of Mel is probably the only communication secret that can communicate information to the outside world, right?"

However, the moment they heard Shuge's words, everyone fell silent again, and then a middle-aged mage wearing heavy glasses stepped forward, coughed twice, and said, "It seems that Mr. Ernst's knowledge of the 'Eye of Mel' seems to be relatively limited?"

Shug laughed, "If I really know very well, then you should be scared, right? Please explain it directly, it is very important for my thoughts and plans for the future."

The middle-aged mage nodded, and then he explained, "The 'Eye of Mel' is indeed a large-scale communication ritual, in the past, the Dharma Council branches scattered all over the Van En would set up this kind of secret ritual to maintain close contact with Merlin Lehe, and at the same time, we can also send messages to other Dharma Council locations or other secret rituals under the same system through the 'Mel's Eye'...... In fact, all of the Mystic Rites of Mel's Eyes are one, and they belong to one large and solid magical ritual."

"Understood, that's why Mel's Eye is able to deliver magical messages quickly and accurately? Because all the messages and magic letters are transmitted under the same secret system."

"Exactly."

The middle-aged mage agreed with Xiuge's judgment and sighed, "And that's what makes us feel ...... Helplessly, because the main control of the "Eye of Mel" has been in Merlinle and ......."

When he said this, the middle-aged mage's mood obviously fluctuated violently, and his voice trembled slightly, as if he was reluctant to say the following words.

As a temporary director, Jeant continued: "Since the day of the peace celebration, we have been trying to communicate with the outside world and have continued to convey messages to Merinlehe, and we were able to receive a response from Merinlehe at the beginning...... As required, we need to hold our garrison, gather the refugees, receive supplies from outside the city on time, and find the weaknesses of those monsters."

Shuge noticed that a mocking smile appeared on Genent's scarred face: "Unfortunately, except for the first request, we were unable to do the rest, and later, the supply was cut off, and we did not receive any more instructions from Merlin Lehe, and after inspection, we found that the presiding officer of the Mystic Ritual of the Eye of Mel had suspended a considerable part of the authority of the Mystic Rite in the city of Seren......

Genet's tone and voice were very steady, like a pool of stagnant water.

However, Xiuge felt the turbulent undercurrent under this stagnant water, and it was clear that the decisions made by Merlinle and the Law Committee had seriously hurt the spellcasters, even the right of Jeant

The most loyal sword-wielding hermits in the Judicial Council are now also resentful and angry.

Those who stay here and persist in the fight are brave.

However, active dedication and sacrifice and passive acceptance of betrayal and renunciation are two different things.

Even the sword-wielding hermit was incomprehensible, angry, and disappointed when he learned that Merlin had unilaterally severed their access to the Mystic Ritual of the Eye of Mel, which was completely contrary to the dogma of the Goddess of Magic.

After hearing these "bad news", Xiuge's state was still calm, he looked at the middle-aged mage who was in charge of maintaining the secret ritual, and asked slowly, "So, the 'Eye of Mel' here has completely failed?"

"No, to be precise, we can still get messages out to the outside world, but the first-hand recipients of those messages must be Merlinle and ...... If they don't want our message to get out there, they can just dismiss it."

The middle-aged mage said sadly, "And before that, we had already sent messages to Merlin Lehe countless times, and they didn't respond to any of them at all, as if they had completely abandoned us."

Hearing this, Xiuge grinned, "In other words, they can actually receive the message here, right?"

"Theoretically...... That's right."

"That's enough."

At three o'clock in the morning, Xiuge, who was resting in the Dharma's residence, was notified that Master Justina, who had been in a coma for a long time, finally woke up, and the magician asked to meet with Xiuge as soon as he figured out a series of events that had happened before.

In this regard, Xiuge is naturally willing.

So he temporarily interrupted the process of "digesting" Birva's memories, and quickly categorized and sorted out the huge memories from Birva.

In these memories, Shuge focused on the contents related to the Black Sun Society, including the distribution of the Black Sun Society throughout the city of Selen, as well as some of the special rituals and magic they may use.

Among them is the method of "plotting" against Mage Giustina by Belva and others.

It was a kind of lost magic that was delved into by the mages of the Abyss History Society, and they engraved these spells in the magic book in advance, and let Berva and others carry them with them when they entered the city of Seren, so their understanding of the principle is quite limited.

"Judging from the use of this magic and the process of taking effect, it is indeed in line with the style of the Abyss Court...... Using the artificially created Abyss Descendants as a medium for casting spells, the power in it is injected into the human body, causing a series of changes......

After a brief review, Shug shook his head, "With crippled magic and crippled spellcasting mediums, it's no wonder that Justina has been able to hold on for so long......

He put on his coat, took the Black Sun Scepter, and followed the female mage who had come to inform him to Justina's hospital room.

When Shug pushed the door open, Master Justina was slowly eating.

There was nothing special about what she ate, just demonic water and bread, which tasted terrible, but they were extremely helpful to the newly awakened spellcaster, and Xiuge himself had been treated this way since he had fled the city of Selen.

As a good friend of Justina, the female mage was very considerate to tie up the scattered hair for her friend, which could make Justina a little more refreshing and comfortable, but this hairstyle made the scholar who had been in a coma for a long time look thinner.

The mage, who had lost an arm, smiled mildly at the sight of Shog, and when Hurge sat down in the chair beside her bed, Justina sat up straight and bowed to Shog with difficulty, "Thank you for your help, Mr. Ernst."

Shug accepted Justina's thanks, and he summoned the mage's hand and gently dragged Justina's shoulder.

He was not in the habit of having a patient salute him.

"Ma'am, you should know that I am not helping you for your thanks, nor for the promises made by the hermit of Geent

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Shug brought his cane to his side, and he asked, "I think you already know the general situation, right?"

Justina was not surprised by Scug's direct attitude, she nodded slightly, leaned her glass of water against the pillow, and said, "Yes, it's just that I didn't expect things to deteriorate so quickly, maybe everything could have changed if I had completed the research earlier and informed others of the results?"

"It's not too late."

Shug smiled, "Since Lady Justina is in such a hurry to find me, there must be some important ideas that need to be discussed with me?"

The one-armed mage nodded earnestly, then turned to look at her friend, who immediately pulled out of the room and closed the door.

There was a few seconds of silence in the room, and then Justina shifted her gaze to Shug's face, where she took a serious look at the young face before she spoke, "When Merlin was peacemaker, my main research was on magical creatures and summons...... So, as soon as those monsters appeared, I made a request, hoping that they would be able to collect enough samples for me to study."

"These monsters weren't very powerful when they were left alone, they were like some kind of more ferocious and greedy shapeshifters, so I managed to get my first samples very quickly."

As a professional scholar, Giustina had a very clear mind, and although she had only just woken up, she was able to succinctly explain what had happened before.

She recalled, "At first, I thought it was likely that these monsters were special magical beasts that were artificially summoned and created through some kind of large-scale ritual or sorcery, but I soon found out...... They're really different."

"I got four different samples, the first ones just swallowed some animals and insects, so they were able to imitate the corresponding characteristics, and the second and third batches were ......

Giustina's eyes flickered twice: "I'm sure it's not simple imitation at all, they're learning, they're growing...... These beings, whom we call sludge and monsters, have intelligence, and even show emotions akin to anger and agitation when I hurt one sample in front of another."

"I realized that these beings are capable of emotions, and as they continue to digest their prey and understand the instincts and memories that come from it, they themselves are constantly changing, they are ...... They're perfecting themselves."

Justina took a sip of water, she breathed two breaths, and continued, "I've always believed that different magical creatures should be dealt with in different ways, and now that they have become intelligent and thinking similar to ours, we can no longer fight them in the same way as we fight beasts." z.br>

Hearing this, Xiuge nodded slightly, "You announced this idea to the other mages in the residency at the time, right?"

Justina sighed, "Yes, but that's just a preliminary idea, I was doing more experiments at the time, and the results were ...... I didn't expect those madmen to be lurking inside us."

"At least that means you're on the right track."

Shuge was relieved, and then he asked, "I'm curious, ma'am, what exactly is the experiment you are doing at that time?" You're going to get these guys to give up their lurks and expose their identities to attack you?"

"I've noticed that these monsters don't really distinguish between groups and individuals, and that there is actually some subtle and tenacious connection between them, which can be magic, or something that we can't understand...... This allows them to share strength, knowledge and memories with each other."

Speaking of her research results, Giustina's expression became serious: "I think that when these monsters come together, they are equivalent to an innocent child who has a lot of knowledge and memories, but he can't tell what is right or wrong, and he doesn't know how to use it."

"Ignorant children's minds are always simple, as long as they ...... As long as we can find the right way to guide it, or

Does "indoctrination" of certain ideas that are beneficial to us and make them universally acceptable means that we can ...... directly?"

Justina looked directly at Hug, and in a faint voice she uttered her bold ideas, "Control them?"