In Sally's mind, the so-called "meeting" is a word that is very, very far away from herself.

In the past, when she was a barmaid in a tavern, she could often hear the words from the mouths of the guests who liked to talk about the current affairs, sometimes it was a meeting of the officials of the city, sometimes it was a meeting of Merlinle's scholars, and sometimes it was a meeting of the royal family and high-ranking officials of a certain country.

Therefore, she instinctively thought that this activity had nothing to do with her in any way.

As for the kind of conversations she occasionally participated in at school and in the military, which were initiated by a few or a dozen people, they were more like general discussions, different from the meetings she knew.

But now, a rough but large venue appeared in front of her, and the participants in the venue surprised her even more.

Officials and mages existed, of course, but they were only a small part of them, and in addition to this, Sally also saw scholars dressed like her teachers, goblins dressed as merchants, and elves dressed as nobles of the plains.

Then there are fishermen with pipes in their hands, tall, strong farmers with tanned skin, and workshopmen wearing the badges of certain associations.

"Ah......h

There were too many people, which made Sally feel a little nervous, she secretly looked around, and then found that in a corner of the room, there was a group of participants of her own age, dressed as college students, and their costumes showed that these young student participants were from different colleges in different countries, and next to them, there was a group of college teachers who were also communicating and discussing.

Sally was a little confused.

After all, judging from her own cognition and experience, the so-called "meeting" should have little to do with a certain part of the people in this venue, especially the fishermen, farmers, and those workshop workers with rolled sleeves and plain clothes, and crystalline miners who washed themselves very cleanly, but still gave people a feeling of dust......

However, Sally thought about it carefully, and it seemed that she was not included in the scope of traditional "meetings", so she quickly calmed down, and although her eyes were still full of curiosity, she did not express any opinions, but quietly followed her teacher's side, and walked in a certain direction of the venue.

Mayer is low-key, and his appearance is not too special, walking in these various crowds like an ordinary individual, but Sally is different, she seems to be born with a striking brilliance, and the moment she stepped into the venue, she has already attracted the attention of many people, so soon, someone shouted.

"Frey Meyer! Meyer! Please come here! ”

At this moment, Professor Mayer could not continue to keep a low profile, he squinted at the students who were following him, and saw that Sally seemed to blush a little, so he smiled helplessly, and then Mayer raised his hand and beckoned twice in the direction of calling his name.

The two of them soon came to the place where the shouting was coming from, close to the podium, two of which had long been vacated, and the man who had just shouted was sitting next to the two empty chairs.

This is a man with unilateral glasses, somewhat messy hair, and an age about the same age as Meyer, who at first glance seems to be very serious, but with a warm smile on his face, rigorous and arrogant, enthusiastic and restrained...... These seemingly contradictory words were able to achieve a perfect fusion in him.

The man stood up, and Meyer took off his hat and gave each other a hard hug.

Sally looked at the strange man, her gaze naturally caught the other party's attention, so the man immediately looked over after ending the hug with Meyer, and the moment she made contact with the other person's gaze, Sally's body couldn't help but tremble.

She felt that the other party's gaze was like two sharp and cold knives, which were hidden under that enthusiastic face, and people couldn't help but retreat.

But in the next moment, the man retracted his gaze, he took a step back, invited Mayer and Sally to sit down, and then asked with a smile, "Your student?" ”

"Ha, yes, my student!"

Mayer turned her head to look at Sally, and then laughed happily, "She is a smart and kind girl, and she is very strong, she is one of the very few people who has escaped from the city of Selen. ”

"Amazing!"

The man sitting next to Meyer nodded seriously, then he put his palm on his chest and introduced himself to Sally: "My name is Lesville, I am a friend of your teacher Meyer, we have known each other since we were in Saint-Stiel, we had some different opinions at that time, but now, we have become comrades after all." ”

Sally was still a little nervous, and she asked puzzledly, "You said comrade-in-arms?" ”

"Yes, comrade-in-arms......"

The man who called himself "Lesville" smiled again, he scanned the entire venue with his eager gaze, and said seriously: "All those who have come here, and many more who have not been here, will all be our comrades-in-arms. ”

After speaking, he looked at Meyer: "It seems that you haven't introduced the specific situation to your students yet?" ”

"You're in a hurry, Lesville."

Meyer smiled and shook her head: "She's still young, just like the other young people who believe in us and join us...... So I think what she needs now is not the opinions and explanations I give, but to observe with her own eyes and draw her own opinions and conclusions. ”

Lesville was obviously a little helpless, he shook his head and smiled, "Okay, okay, you're still the same as before." ”

"But it's important, isn't it?"

With his hat on his lap, Meyer looked at the people in the makeshift room with the same eagerness, and then said: "We have proven in the past that they are capable of understanding all this, and only by truly understanding the predicament we are facing, and understanding the looming threat and the identity of the enemy, can people really make up their minds to fight the threat, that is the foundation." ”

"Yes, I agree."

Lesville nodded slightly, and then he sighed: "It's a pity, Markham is entangled, he can't come here, if he sees that his efforts over the years have brought such great results, he will definitely smile from ear to ear." ”

"Ha, not necessarily."

Mayer joked: "From what I know about Markham, he probably claps his hands happily when the Torch was collected and burned by the angry royal family of St. Steele, and that's exactly what he wants, these guys are scared!" ”

With that, the two people, who had obviously not seen each other for a long time, laughed at the same time, and their voices blended into the warm atmosphere of the venue, making it all more harmonious.

At this moment, the elf dressed in the noble costume of the plains, whom Sally had previously watched, walked to the podium, and he stood still in the middle of the podium and clapped his hands gently.

The elf was clearly a spellcaster, and although his clapping movements were slight, the sound he made was extremely loud, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The crowd immediately fell silent.

Seeing that there was no one around to speak, the elven mage coughed lightly twice, and then he slightly adjusted the magic amplifier erected on the podium, and after confirming that there was no problem, he nodded in the direction of Mayer and Lesville.

So Lesville got up slightly, and at the same time whispered to Meyer, "I'm going up." ”

"Go Lesville, it's been a long time since I've heard you speak."

Mayer laughed and slapped his old friend twice on the back, so Lesville immediately tidied up his clothes, and then walked towards the podium with a burst of applause, and when he stood in the middle of the podium, the whole room was once again enveloped in a warm atmosphere, and Lethville was like a straight lamp pole, he stood in the light, standing in the middle of the podium, his knife-sharp gaze swept over the audience, and then he raised his hand and made a "quiet" gesture.

Then, the man with a unique temperament said to the people in the room: "Although the situation is extremely grim at the moment, I am very happy to see you here. ”

Lesville didn't say much about the scene, and he immediately got into the important topic of the meeting.

"As you all know, our world is on the verge of extreme danger, like a blindfolded and ear-plugged man walking on the edge of a cliff, although we have removed the earplugs from the man's ears through a series of efforts, so that he can hear the sound of the waves below the cliff, he still can't find his way, and he may still step into death."

"And that's why we're here today."

Lesville's voice was sonorous, and he was clearly a skilled speaker who knew how to stir the emotions of the audience, and as his words fell, the people spontaneously began to applaud again, so Lesville raised his hand again and pressed the applause down.

He continued: "Our conference is different from any of the academics, organizations and national events that are in the spotlight of newspapers and journalists, and it is there to solve real problems, I mean, not only the problems we are facing, but also our own problems. ”

"How exactly do we define ourselves, what are we going to do, what should we do, and the question that is probably of the most concern to you – what kind of enemies are we facing!"

Lesville's opening remarks ended quickly, and he continued: "I've seen many faces that I'm very familiar with, people have known me for many years, when we were still working for the miners of Saint-Steele, and as time went on and the environment changed, so did our goals and ideals...... Now we finally realize what a terrible shadow lies behind the pain and suffering. ”

"Black Sun Society!"

Someone in the room shouted, and Sally looked over in surprise, only to see that it was a rugged-looking man, judging by his accent, he must be a Saint-Steele.

Lesville nodded at the man, and then he continued, "That's right, Black Sun Society...... But is the Black Sun Society all there is to the threat we face? I don't think so, if you only look at the appearance, they are actually no different from the careerists in the past who tried to control one or more countries and interfere in the political situation of the world, but if we go to the essence, it will reveal a fact that almost everyone does not want to face. ”

"What they are looking for is an ancient power that will completely subvert our perceptions, a lost deity that will completely destroy the rules of the world and society, and an era of terror that will completely destroy all civilizations in Van Grace."

"I know that all of you here will not believe the things we have stated in the Torch so easily, but there are signs that the old prophecy that the Black Sun Society has always believed in is coming true."

With that, the elven mage standing next to him snapped his fingers slightly, and behind Lesville, a huge magic curtain fell, and then an image based on magic power was projected onto the screen.

Later, Sally saw a number of images from different locations in it.

She first saw the sea outside the verdant harbor, and this magical image recorded a very strange-looking wave, in the absence of wind and clear weather, there was an inexplicable amazing wave, and under the drive of this huge wave, many fish jumped out of the water in panic, and a fishing boat that seemed to be relatively solid capsized in an instant.

"This is a strange wave that appeared outside the green harbor fifteen days ago, and it even destroyed the monitoring secret set up by the Council in the coastal area."

After Lesville's explanation, the picture changed rapidly, and Sally couldn't help but clench her fists, because she saw the city of Salem that she was very familiar with, and if she could, she would have liked to ask the person who recorded the magic to look closer, so that she could further confirm the situation of the lonely city, but the visual center of the picture was always above the sky.

Just when Sally was a little confused, a brightly colored magic warning suddenly rose from the city, but strangely, when this magical light rose into the air, it suddenly shook twice as if it had suffered some kind of violent impact, and then it exploded in the air, and the floating magic smoke was completely torn into irregular fragments as if it had been slapped twice by an invisible palm.

(End of chapter)