"To Saint-Steele? At a time like this? ”

Before Shug could answer Darthwell, Verin on the side was the first to express her doubts, she stared at Dustwell and asked, "Mr. Dustville, you know very well that your hometown is probably the most dangerous place among Van En right now. ”

"Yes, I know that."

In the face of Verin's questioning, Darswell appeared unusually calm, and there was not even any shame or hesitation on his face.

Seeing Dustville's appearance, Wei Lin's gaze also sank, and she said very seriously: "The two of us have already been on the attention list of the Black Sun Society, and Mr. Shug is one of the important targets of the Black Sun Society, once he appears publicly, the Black Sun Society will definitely try every means to catch him." ”

"Well, I know these things, too."

Seeing that Darthwell was still in this way, Verin's eyebrows rose.

Schug was very familiar with this change, and he knew that it was a sign that Verin was starting to get angry and ready to argue with others, so he hurriedly raised his hand, pressed it on Verin's forearm, and then grabbed the conversation and asked, "Since Mr. Dustville is aware of this, I think it is probably not an easy task that you want us to do, right?" ”

Darswell nodded slightly.

He picked up a pen from the table and tapped it quickly on the map: "Since the appearance of the Black Sun, the activities of the Black Sun Society have become extremely frequent, and they have their own methods that can quickly turn people into their own believers, and gradually expand the influence of those strange beliefs. ”

Darswell sighed: "There is no doubt that Van is in the midst of an upheaval, the rise of the Black Sun is only the beginning of this upheaval, if we allow the Black Sun Society to develop believers at this stage, then how many people will continue to choose to fight when the subsequent cruel trials begin?" ”

Shug looked up at the map, and then he narrowed his eyes, "In other words, Mr. Darswell wants to stop this trend of faith as soon as possible?" ”

"Yes, even if we can't completely cut off the spread of these strange beliefs, we must at least understand the patterns behind these behaviors and the possible consequences of them...... If we really didn't know anything, the tragedy of the city of Salem would be endless. ”

"I can understand what you're saying."

Shug turned his gaze to Darthwell's unhandsome, even slightly ugly face, "But I still want to ask, why did this task fall on me and Miss Verin?" ”

"That's for the mages of Merlin Lehe."

"The Legislative Commission?"

Hearing this, the expression on Wei Lin's face finally changed, and she was surprised: "What does this have to do with the Law Committee?" ”

"In the wee hours of the morning, we received a communication from Merlin Lehe...... This letter was sent by Gen Weka of the Public Affairs Office, who, on behalf of the entire Law Committee, invited the two of you to Merlinle and participate in an important assembly. ”

As he spoke, Darthwell pulled out a brand new letter from the side and handed it to Hug: "It seems that the Law Council has made some progress and breakthroughs in the Black Sun and the disaster in the jagged hills, from which they have drawn some judgments and conclusions, and believe that you are the key to solving certain problems. ”

"This letter is an invitation, and I will pass it on to you here, but we have a lot of room to discuss the trip to Merlin-le-le and to Saint-Steele......"

……

At the end of the meeting, Shug finally got a precious break.

And he finally had a chance to take a good look at Vann under the black sun.

The shadow above his head was still growing at a slow and steady rate, and when Hug tried to look up at it, he could clearly feel the sluggishness of his mind and the commotion of the magic power within him.

He wanted to observe the sky further, but Wei Lin on the side stopped him directly.

"I know you're special, but you'd better be cautious in this regard."

Shug listened to Wei Lin's advice, and his gaze naturally fell on the face of the female mage beside him.

I haven't seen her for a while, but her "teacher" has become thinner, probably after a long period of fatigue, she has finally relaxed, her eyebrows and eyes have become a little lazy, and the cold smell that has always wrapped around her face has faded a lot.

It makes her seem real.

For a moment, Shuge remembered the warm, soft embrace he had touched after escaping the city of Selen, and he had a slight suspicion that it was his hallucination, but unfortunately, he didn't have the courage to confirm it any further now.

So Xiuge opened his mouth and smiled: "Fortunately, this time I finally didn't sleep for another seven days." ”

"I've slept for three and a half days, and I've made progress."

Wei Lin walked as she spoke, and at the same time did not forget to look at the magic letter from Merlin Lehe in her hand: "But it doesn't make a difference to me, you were like this last time, like a corpse. ”

"Ahem."

Shuge coughed softly.

The two of them had now left the harbor and were in a nearby town.

The seaside towns of the Duchy of Boult were not too different from other port towns, and the air was always filled with the smell of seafood, oil, and other harbors, which Vilene was not used to, so she cleverly used magic to isolate her sense of smell.

Xiuge adapted quickly to this environment.

He was even able to find fragments of the place from his "voluminous" memory, so soon he found a small shop selling dried fish, and skillfully selected several dried fish fillets marinated in spices and spices from the owner, and divided them into two portions in paper packets.

With that, the two of them walked slowly towards the center of the town.

Shugg noticed that while Viline didn't seem to like the taste of the harbor town, she was a fan of dried fish, one of which was a small silver fish sprinkled with a little crushed sugar, and a small fish would disappear into her mouth every time the mage's hand flashed.

This gesture reminds Shug of a cat, but Verin is clearly more elegant than a cat, and she doesn't even let the dried fish crumbs get on her lips and fingers.

Shuge thought it was funny, so he found another opportunity to stuff the paper bag in his hand, and before long, both dried fish were completely gone.

Dried fish was just a snack after all, so the two of them eventually walked into a tavern that looked clean and tidy, and the bartender in charge of serving the guests was a girl with a few freckles on her face, and she was a little nervous about the mage status of the two of them, and after placing an order for the two of them, the girl cowered and hid in the distance - the aura of the young female mage made her feel quite intimidated.

Shuge unfolded a newspaper he had bought on the road, and said with a smile, "You seem to have frightened the girl. ”

"But I didn't do anything."

Wei Lin looked at the water glass in front of her seriously, and after confirming that there were no impurities in it, she slowly picked it up: "And it's not me that she's afraid of, but the clothes on my body." ”

In fact, this is not the first time the two have been alone.

Even before the outbreak of war, when the two were still in Bolden, they had gone out to eat together many times, and had also stayed late at night in the study to study and discuss certain issues.

And the conversation between the two always revolves around magic, the Black Sun Society, and the lost gods.

But this time, things seemed to be different, and after a few small talks, Wei Lin fell silent, staring at the glass for a long time before finally speaking, "Your progress in magic...... It seems to be very fast. ”

Wei Lin raised her head, and her gaze fell directly on Xiuge's face behind the lenses of her glasses: "Your magic level should have broken through the original boundary, right?" ”

"Well, yes."

In this regard, Xiuge did not choose to hide it, he slowly raised his palm, and the magic power in his body was mobilized, so a small but extremely condensed magic light appeared on his fingertips: "I was already close to this state when I was entangled with those monsters in Seren City, and when I finally tried to escape from Seren City, they changed even further......"

Verin tilted her head, staring earnestly at the leaf-like emerald green light between Shoge's fingers for two seconds, then suddenly reached out and gently pinched Shoge's index finger.

As if she were observing something new, she carefully examined the light.

This continued until the waiter in the tavern brought the meal for two to the table.

At the faint inquiring voice of the timid bartender, Wei Lin quickly let go of her hand and leaned back, giving up space on the table.

The steaming ordinary dishes and chilled drinks were set down steadily, and the girl looked curiously at the two strange mages before deftly escaping once more.

Wei Lin picked up the iced drink in front of her and took two small sips in a hurry, probably because the taste was more special, and she couldn't help frowning.

After putting down the cup, she looked at the "student" in front of her, and a rare smile appeared on her face: "Good news, although you haven't gone through the process that you should have, judging from the results, you have indeed completely jumped out of the category of a stream-level mage." ”

"This means that from today onwards, you can officially become a lake-level or valley-level mage."

Shug was not very surprised by Wei Lin's congratulations, he had already noticed the changes in his spiritual world from the time he left the dream and woke up.

Maybe it's because in the last few days in Salem, he's gained enough Abyss Essence through unlimited hunting, or maybe it's because the last Burning City Flame has kept his magic at its limit for a long time......

In short, at the end of that ordeal, his magical state finally broke through completely.

The original dark green crystal, after turning into the "magic heart" of the Walking Forest, was completely shattered in that extreme state, so now, there was no longer any inlay in the center of Xiuge's metal disc, but above it, there was always a rich emerald green magic cloud floating.

Countless magical lines stretched out from within this thick cloud towards the various areas of the disk, and under its influence, all the metal lines and details on the disk were revealed in the most perfect and detailed way.

Unfortunately, Xiuge has not yet had time to examine the concrete benefits of such a breakthrough.

So Shuge smiled as well, he picked up his cup and raised it to Wei Lin: "If it weren't for Miss Wei Lin, a competent teacher, I'm afraid I wouldn't have gotten where I am now, and I might have become the sacrifice and tool of those guys earlier...... As a student, I want to thank you as well. ”

Wei Lin was stunned for a moment, her face seemed to be a little red, but she finally raised her glass and touched it gently.

Then she said: "Next, it's time for you to further clarify the direction of your mana development, generally speaking, after the mage's mana accumulation successfully crosses the boundary of the stream level, you need to make a decision as soon as possible, because the habit of casting spells and learning will have a very deep long-term impact on the mage's own mana state." ”

"In other words, I have to choose between the accumulation of mana and the skill of spellcasting?"

Xiuge frowned slightly: "Can't you go in two directions?" ”

Clearly, Verin had expected Shuge to ask this question, so she replied, "The fundamental reason why the casters' magic levels are named after concepts such as streams, lakes, oceans, etc., is that no matter what stage the casters are in, their ultimate goal is the same. ”

As she spoke, Wei Lin gently tapped the water glass in front of her, and a little clear water floated out under the effect of magic and fell on the table, and under her guidance, the clear water began to flow slowly on the table, forming a stream of water and a puddle of water.

"The deep sea is the ultimate goal of all spellcasters, and the term 'ocean' can be simply understood as the magic that has accumulated in our bodies and all the magical knowledge we possess."

"A river valley-level mage can make himself progress in the magic field step by step by constantly refining his spell-casting skills and learning more ways to use magic...... It's like a river rushing forward and reaching the sea. ”

"Lake-level scholars, on the other hand, are more adept at accumulating knowledge and magic, and as more and more water flows into the lake, it will one day grow into a new ocean."

With Wei Lin's words, the two pools of clear water on the table converged: "And once they successfully reach the Deep Sea level, the casters will make up for themselves based on their past choices and preferences...... The two have the same goal. ”

(End of chapter)