While there was a heated discussion going on around the Torch, the city of Salem, and the kingdom of St. Steele, everything was going on in order in the city.

Invisibly, Shog Ernst has silently established himself as the ruler of the city of the dead.

In fact, this is a direction of development that Xiuge never thought of in the past.

No joke, in his past cognition, "managing" and "directing" others was the kind of thing he resisted doing very much.

However, now, with his hard power enough to crush the others in Seren City, Xiuge has successfully built the foundation of his position in this closed city, and then, with the advice provided by many "professional advisors" in his spiritual world, as well as the specific memories and knowledge from different people, he has forcibly united the various forces in Seren City into one place.

In this case, even General Butz, who apparently had many other ideas, had to keep Iris Street in the direction that Xiug had predetermined.

However, while the situation in the city seemed to be "all the best" at the moment, Shuge was starting to get a little anxious.

The source of anxiety is not inside the city, it comes from the world outside of Selen.

Through the exchange with the Dharma Council Master Valery once every five days, Xiuge finally succeeded in obtaining the "Torch Report" that had already caused an uproar in the Van Grace.

Encouraged by Valery's account and the words in the newspaper, the sword-wielding hermit Jeant and others who were traveling with Hug finally knew that Hug had not deceived himself, and that the various forces had now begun to formally discuss the issue of the city of Seren, as evidenced by the temporary cessation of artillery fire around him.

Shug himself, however, began to worry about those who were hiding behind the paper.

Valery had relatively limited information available, and he didn't know exactly what was going on with Frey Meyer, however, with his connections within the Highland Mage Council, he received a new piece of news that made Xiuge very anxious - within a few days of the "Torch News" began to spread widely, a magician had already been investigated by the Highland Mage Council, and it was rumored that it was a young scholar at the lake level.

Valery is equally unclear about the specifics.

But such a message has a very clear direction in Xiuge's ears.

He knew very well that there was probably only one person who could be involved in this matter and fit the identity described in it.

In Shuge's perception, Verine Ernst is actually a person who looks a little complicated, but is actually very simple, even simple.

She has always had a set of opinions and opinions on the development of things, the surrounding environment, and some principles and bottom line issues.

And all of Verin's actions are often based on her own set of principles.

It seems rational, but it is extremely emotional...... But because I'm not good at expressing myself in these aspects, it's a bit stiff and rigid.

This is a common problem among many academics.

Schug could have imagined the reaction of her teacher to hear Meyer's request, questioning Meyer's words, asking about her student's current whereabouts, or worrying about the outcome of such a decision......

But she will definitely make a choice in the end.

Just like she had insisted on sending a silver warning signal to the outside world.

In a way, she bears a lot in common with the mages who fought in the city of Salem and eventually died in the process.

Shuge could even imagine that by the time the council mages approached Verin, she might have packed her bags and was ready to conduct her own academic research while she was imprisoned and investigated.

"I hope the Council will not do anything excessive for the sake of the Ernst family......"

However, as one of the people still trapped in the city of Selen, Xiuge could only pray silently in his heart at the moment.

Funnily enough, Hug searched around his mind, but couldn't find anyone who could accept his prayers.

Compared to the imprisoned and investigated Verin and the nowhere to be found Meyer, there is a more serious matter in front of Xiuge.

It was a monitoring log brought by Master Valery about the great fissure at the junction of the jagged hills and plains.

In the past 10 days or so, there have been some extremely disturbing new discoveries at the LC outposts.

The first group of volunteers, consisting of the Legislature's mages, soldiers, and a sword-wielding hermit, had entered the massive crack in the surface five days earlier, and were scheduled to move at a steady rate towards the unknown darkness of the ground under the protection of a towing rope made of special techniques and materials, as well as a variety of different spells and rituals.

"Hmm...... It's a pretty standard set of procedures, and I'm familiar with it. ”

At the Dharma's premises, Hermit Genet read the journal that Master Valery had reproduced from his own memory, and said, "Under normal circumstances, contact the monitoring station every fifteen minutes to confirm the status before moving on...... If there is an anomaly such as attrition, the frequency of contact must be increased to every five to ten minutes......"

The Hermit of Genest used his experience to add to the details omitted from this journal, but as the reading progressed, the hermit's brow gradually twisted.

He looked up at Xiuge, who was sitting across from him, "If there is nothing wrong with this log, then this crack must be abnormal...... It's too deep. ”

Geente raised a finger and quickly swiped over the journal report, and Xiug stepped forward, only to see that the places where Geent's finger had swiped were a long list of "contact records" and the time points that matched them.

Gene was not wrong, these volunteers who entered the big crack did abide by the norms, and communicated and reported with the monitoring station personnel above every fifteen minutes, very regularly, and the content of their reports and contacts was also very brief, roughly summed up, it was to describe their surrounding environment, and tell the guards in the monitoring station which people in the team were left to establish new rest points, which people were injured and needed to return, and so on.

However......

Shug's gaze quickly slid down the journal, eventually landing on a piece of text marked in red by Valery.

The text shows that thirty-two hours after the first group of volunteers entered the underground fissure, that is, a day and a half after they entered the underground fissure, the normal communication that had been maintaining normal operation was suddenly interrupted, and the warriors who had gone deep into the ground disappeared without a trace in just fifteen minutes.

The station immediately sent a warning message to all personnel who remained in the temporary resting site in the rift, and then began to pull back the magic ropes that had been drooping down into the dark abyss at a constant speed.

In the end, the mages at the monitoring site received a result that was terrifying.

With the exception of the fifteen mages who were tasked with setting up a makeshift ritual site on the steep rock face, all the other volunteers, whether mages, soldiers, or sword-wielding hermits, took the initiative to untie the ropes used to protect themselves at some unknown time, and unleashed all protective rituals imposed on them.

They all disappeared into the depths of this chasm.

……

Around one o'clock in the afternoon.

The Commission's monitoring site, set up on the edge of the "Great Fissure", is busy operating.

However, contrary to what most people imagine, it is not only the Dharma Council mages who are wearing Merlin Le and uniform who are active here, but also the council members who wear the insignia of the highland mages.

Not only that, but the latest steam carriers to arrive here also have the magical eagle emblem of the Wattle Kingdom hanging on them.

This is the change that has been brought about by the secret meeting between the Council of the Plateau Mages and the higher-ups of Merlin Lehe.

The two sides finally reached a secret cooperation agreement on this astonishing fissure near the rugged hills that threatened the countries of the plateau, in which the Legislative Council would cooperate with the Plateau Mage Council and share the results of research and exploration on this crack, and in turn, the Council would coordinate with the military of the Wattle Kingdom to expand the size of this important monitoring station, provide more manpower, and help them transport vital supplies.

Now, the latest magical ritual equipment that has been transferred is finally in place, this new type of ritual has been modified by the scholars of Merlin Le and the Eye of Mel, it can complete the magic connection with the pre-established secret ritual nodes in time, and with the first batch of volunteers set up in the chasm site in the crack, the mages of the Law Council have finally succeeded in achieving a predetermined goal.

Their secret rituals were already able to monitor closer to the source of the "Magical Tremor".

Of course, they must now share these gains with the soldiers of Waterl and the mages on the plateau.

"Damn, I hate these guys."

A young mage from the Judicial Council looked at the Ymir legionnaires in pitch-black uniforms and carrying new guns on their backs, like statues of silence, and pouted in dissatisfaction: "I don't want to work under the watchful eye of these guys, I will have nightmares at night!" ”

"Enough!"

The young man's teacher gave him a disgruntled look: "Think of those of us who have disappeared into the cracks, they should be the source of your nightmares...... I wish there were more of these soldiers so we could be safe! ”

As he spoke, a Vottel vehicle with the logo of the Magic Giant Eagle stopped not far away, and immediately after, a tall and thin figure stepped down.

This is a mountain elf, and on his coat, he bears three insignia at once.

They symbolize the Augustinian royal family of Waterl, the Alliance of the Highlands, and the Highland Mage's Council.

Seeing this person, the river valley-level mage who was still teaching his students before immediately threw his student away, he took the initiative to greet him, and stretched out his hand to the mountain elf: "Mr. Finn, we have been waiting for you for a long time. ”

Finn, who is the royal family's magical advisor and butler, politely reached out and shook the other party's hand: "Princess Sophia thinks that this cooperation is very important, so she specially asked me to come and check on the situation. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the busy crowd around him: "It doesn't seem to be optimistic here?" ”

The mage of the Dharma Council sighed, "The first team went down to forty people, and in the end only fifteen came back, and we even lost a lake-level scholar and a sword-wielding hermit, and everyone's morale was a little low. ”

"Understandable."

Finn nodded: "We will do our best to help you fill the gaps in human and material resources, but before that, we need to know what new discoveries you have." ”

The two of them spoke as they moved forward, and soon they came to the vicinity of the massive chasm.

The moment he saw this huge crack with his own eyes, Butler Finn couldn't help but squint his eyes, as a spellcaster whose magic level was infinitely close to the deep sea level, his sensitivity to magic had already reached an outrageous level, and now, he was clearly aware of something unusual.

There was still some distance from the dangerous cliff, but Finn always felt as if he had stepped on some terrible abyss, which made his heart beat a little faster.

"Magic trembling?"

"Yes sir, our people have calculated based on the latest feedback from the secret ceremony...... Compared with before, the frequency of the magic tremor here has increased by at least thirty percent, and the intensity is greater than before, but we still need to accurately compare and calculate how much larger. ”

Hearing this, Finn frowned slightly: "During the Magic Tremor, won't the operation of rituals and magic be affected?" ”

"Not at the moment."

The Dharma's Valley-level mage shook his head: "We've tested it many times, probably because of the weak tremor intensity, so far any spell casting we've done around the rift has not been disturbed, the rituals are working normally, and even the secret ritual sites that the first teams set up in the depths of the rift are now working correctly." ”

Hearing this, Butler Finn's eyebrows suddenly twitched slightly: "You have set up a site in the depths of the rift?" ”

"Yes, five sites in total."

The valley-level mage nodded and replied, "This is a plan proposed by the senior scholars of Merlin Lehe, by setting up a temporary secret ritual site to extend the detection range and accuracy of the 'Eye of Mel', just like those sentry posts we set up in the war, it can continue the transmission of information and intelligence to a considerable extent." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the huge pedestal of the Magic Ritual that had been erected in the distance, and added, "The installation of the Ritual was completed at noon the day before, and in two more hours it will be in operation for a full day, and we should be able to get a more complete report on the magic feedback by then." ”

(End of chapter)