Just like the "stereotype" left by other things in the dream shelter, the black mask derived from the messenger in the mirror seems to have the same characteristics of risk and benefit.

Now, although Xiuge was able to continuously gain the instincts, memories, and knowledge that originally belonged to other beings by devouring and absorbing the power of the children of the Abyss, as he further used the black mask, some unsettling phenomena began to appear.

Even though he had now taken off his mask and regained his original appearance and form, the habits and tendencies of thought that belonged to Berva were still in effect.

This caused Shoge to develop a serious sense of confusion.

He gently tightened his palm, "pinching" the black mask in his palm into a broken mist, Shuge stood up and came to the window, he slowly lifted the dusty curtains, looked out at the ruined street, and then he opened the window again, letting the cold air blow in the room.

This will make him more sober.

Birva's personality, thoughts, and habits are far more extreme than the Black Sun Society mage he has changed and imitated before, and his firmness in the Black Sun Society and the belief in the ancient gods is far beyond Xiu Ge's imagination, he is simply a fanatical believer, and he is deeply convinced of the miracles displayed by the Black Sun Society and the traces left by the ancient gods.

And this tendency of thinking and belief, which is almost perverted, eventually turns into a serious hostility and resistance to everything in Brahman.

Through the imitation of Birva, Shuge can be sure that this creature has long been indifferent to everything that is happening in front of him, and in Birva's mind, there is only such a goal left as soon as possible to throw himself into the arms of the ancient gods or the court of the Abyss.

Unfortunately, in the remaining emotions of Birva, Shug found that when Bölva was "stabbed in the back" by himself and devoured by the heirs of the Abyss, his desire to throw himself into the arms of the Abyss did not seem to have been realized.

Obviously, there is still a gap between the tragic reality and the vision in Belva's heart, and as a remnant of the Abyssal Court, the heirs scattered throughout the city of Salem do not deliberately distinguish whether the food they are eyeing is the followers of the Abyss.

"You're a little too extreme......"

Xiuge looked at the familiar reflection in the glass window in front of him, and said half-jokingly.

However, in any case, the imitation of Berva must be maintained.

Although "Hug Ernst" is now the real manipulator behind the large rabble such as the Tricolor Brotherhood, all orders on the surface must still be issued by the identity of "Birva", which is determined by Birva's identity, experience, and the basis of his position within the Tricolor Brotherhood.

In order to avoid unnecessary disputes and changes as much as possible, Xiuge also deliberately reduced his time to appear, and only maintained contact and contact with those deity believers who were loyal to the Black Sun Society.

Now, the survivors of the entire city of Salem have been mobilized.

Iris Street has reached a cooperative relationship with the members of the Law Committee, the former needs to provide cover for the latter, and help the Law Committee scholars advance research on the children of the Abyss, while the latter has joined the management and recruitment of Iris Street, and after receiving this group of fresh blood, Iris Street's activities have immediately become more frequent.

Although General Butz had very obvious misgivings about Xiuge, under the pressure of many aspects, he still kept the original agreement, restrained his previous racial and ethnic tendencies, and began to widely gather and recruit survivors near the southern side of the city.

As for the perilous north, it is now the domain of bandits and raiders.

A strange and orderly ecology that took shape in just a few days.

The bandits and thieves of the Tricolor Brotherhood were sensitive to their surroundings and were soon aware of the changes in the city, but under the deliberate guidance of Shuge, the scattered bandit groups scattered in the city quickly took over the status of the original survivors and became the priority targets of the Tricolor Brotherhood.

Although the conflict is still going on, in general, the survivors in the city of Salem have begun to concentrate by now.

And this is the first step in the strategy used in the Xiuge Project to deal with the growth of the Abyssal Descendants.

He believes that neither bandits nor ordinary survivors should continue to be food for the children of the Abyss for now, and that the death toll in the city must be controlled until there are new advances in the research led by the Laws Council scholar Justina, and those who know about the changes and arrangements in the city must not be captured by the children of the abyss.

"Avoid all unnecessary losses, and cut off all possibilities for those monsters to gain access to our plans and intentions...... Shrink our line of defense, consolidate existing security areas, and plan for the long term based on material stocks...... Re-establish a stronghold at the south gate and maintain communication with the outside legal committee member, Venerable Valery......"

Plans such as these are quietly underway.

The entire city of Salem seems to have turned into a giant chessboard, and with the mobilization of Xiuge, this game that determines the fate of the survivors and the heirs of the abyss has finally officially begun.

……

In the afternoon, Shug appeared in the form of Birva to the members of the Tricolor Brotherhood, and after a series of orders, rewards and punishments, the ugly mage who feared all the bandits returned to his laboratory.

It is only natural that "Birva" is favored and reused by the leaders.

And it seems that the experiments he is carrying out are indeed very important, so although the rest of the members of the Black Sun Society are envious and jealous of "Birva", they do not dare to say anything, after all, it is an order given by their leader himself.

Using the cover of the laboratory, Xiuge, who had reverted back to his original form, was led by a member of the Brotherhood to the basement door of the Tricolor Brotherhood's residence in a harsh, cold and dayless environment, using a cane and a member of the Society.

There was a suffocating smell in the air.

Through Birva's memories, it was revealed that the Tricolor Brotherhood had executed many survivors in this massive basement...... And most of them were extremely brutal, and some of them even became experiments in Belva's magic, which he had become somewhat unscrupulous in these matters after being completely freed from being a member of the Legislature.

Xiuge sighed silently, but a cold smile appeared on his face, and then he said to the member of the Black Sun Society who had led the way, "Let me meet the people you caught today...... I remember you said that there were members of the Mutual Aid Society of Seren? ”

"Yes, yes."

After the "Berva" confirmed the liquidation of the Dharma's premises, the members of the association had already raised Xiuge to a higher position than Herbert, the head of the association, so that in front of Xiuge, they all unconsciously reduced their status to servants, and even every word that Xiuge said to them was regarded by them as a "gift from the leader".

He glanced at Xiuge feverishly and said, "There are quite a few of them, nearly fifty of them...... They had occupied two apartment buildings, and they had all of them, and even the old man and the children, oh yes, and several 'nightingales'. ”

"There are so many people?"

"They're out of luck!"

The members of the association said with a smile: "I have already asked, these guys received a recruitment notice from Iris Street, and were about to set off with people, but they ran into us...... Their weapons are pitifully few, and there is simply no way to resist. ”

Xiuge nodded: "Has a similar situation happened before?" ”

The members of the association recalled for a moment, and then replied lightly, "Uh...... There were early days, but there were less than twenty of them at that time, and they refused to join the Brotherhood, so they were all disposed of by Master Birva. ”

"yes, I see."

So, the locked basement door slowly opened, and behind a magical fence, Hug saw many pairs of eyes that glittered with fear, hatred, and anger in the dim light.

Shuge stood silently in front of the "captives", and the moment he appeared, he heard two female whispers—apparently, someone had recognized him.

Xiuge didn't need to think about it to know that he must have recognized himself as a nightingale or a bard who had been active in Splash Street and Ladies Street, after all, his thunderous classic nicknames were the first to spread from there.

This is normal, after all, those "literary works" of Xiuge have indeed brought more customers and fame to these two special streets and the nightingales in them.

However, Xiuge's expression was extremely indifferent, and his eyes full of thick shadows quickly swept over the faces of these survivors, and the sense of oppression and intimidation that filled them immediately made these ordinary people look away.

"Close the door for me, I'm going to ask them something......"

The members of the association bent down flatteringly: "You asked personally? ”

"Yes, I love the process."

So the members of the association immediately beckoned, took away several members of the Tricolor Brotherhood, and covered the basement door for Xiuge, and the next moment, Xiuge paused lightly with the Black Sun Scepter in his hand, and a soundproofing ritual that had been prepared immediately took shape on the spot.

Immediately after, a ball of magical light slowly floated up from Xiuge's side, and the bright light allowed Xiuge to better look at the people in front of him who were shrouded in fear and despair.

Standing quietly in the light, Shuge asked, "Do any of you know me?" ”

As Siug had expected, no one answered him.

His gaze flickered, and in a few seconds he had succeeded in finding his target, two emaciated figures hiding at the edge of the basement, who had felt Xiuge's gaze and tried to hide behind the others, while a somewhat gauntlet old woman took a difficult step forward and blocked it with her own thin body.

Shug had no intention of bothering the two nightingales, he sighed and said, "I'm Shug Ernst, and I used to live in Ernst's old mansion in the city of Selen, so it should be enough to introduce myself...... I've heard people say, here are the members of the Mutual Aid Society of Seren? Who is it? Please stand up for yourself. ”

Still no one responded.

Obviously, the previous obedience of the Tricolor Brotherhood members in front of Shug had caused the survivors to see Shuge and the villains of the Tricolor Brotherhood as the same kind of people.

Then Shug paused his staff again, and the ball of magic light suspended above his head immediately began to deform, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a sharp arrow that shimmered with dazzling light, and the arrow was aimed at the crowd behind the magic fence, and the crowd immediately stirred.

Shug's voice became even colder than this winter: "I don't want to waste too much time, five seconds. ”

"Five, Four, Three......"

"It's me!"

Before the countdown was over, a figure standing in the first row had already stepped out to meet the magical light.

It was a broad, but somewhat staggering man, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old.

He wore glasses, the lenses of the right frame were wrapped in strips of cloth, and his left leg was injured, and his trouser leg was very thick, and Xiuge guessed that there were probably two bandages in it.

Shug looked at the man for two seconds, then asked, "Name." ”

The man's lips trembled slightly, but he finally stared at Sugg and announced his name: "Rudolph." ”

After receiving a positive response, the sharp arrow that was suspended above Xiuge's head and was transformed from the magic ball of light immediately changed back to its original shape, and Xiuge stepped forward, he stared at the Mutual Aid member in front of him, and asked, "Okay, Rudolph...... You guys got caught just as you were heading to Iris Street? ”

Rudolph did not reply, but nodded silently.

Xiuge laughed: "What, do you think Iris Street will be a good place to go?" I've heard that these people you're not very welcome there...... Oh, old man, woman...... There are even children? ”

He put on a look of surprise: "Looks like you're using Iris Street as your Mutual Aid Society's almshouse?" ”

Rudolph's face twitched twice, and the slightly cowardly-looking man plucked up his courage and gritted his teeth and said, "Iris Street said when it was announced, they welcome everyone!" We don't have a better choice. ”

However, before the words fell, someone suddenly squeezed out of the crowd, and it was a tall and thin figure.

He ran straight into Rudolph, threw himself on the magic fence, and shouted at Shogue, "Sir! Mr...... It's me! It was I who informed my friends in the Brotherhood, please let me out! ”

(End of chapter)