Regarding the existence of "Justina", Xiuge still chooses to adopt a secrecy strategy for the time being.

He did not want such a particular case to enter the field of vision of others, let alone attract the attention of the Law Council, the Council, or the Black Sun Society, which of course did not need to be mentioned, and these orthodox mages who believed in the goddess Mel were destined not to allow such extreme cases to be carried out publicly, and would be obsessed with treating them as important experimental samples.

As for the members of the Black Sun Society, all of their actions revolve around the blessings of the ancient gods, and in their eyes, "Justina" is destined to have great value and significance.

For Xiuge himself, the feeling of "feeding" such a special life is also very subtle.

"Justina" is very different from the ancient creations he has acquired in the dream shelter, and the relationship between the two has gone far beyond the ordinary "master-slave" relationship due to the interference of Shug.

Looking at the shadow in front of him that was constantly drawing magic from the magic crystal, Xiuge shook his head helplessly.

For a few moments, he would even feel like he was feeding an ordinary magical pet.

Xiuge stretched out his finger and poked lightly at the slowly trembling shadow: "Tsk, can you change your appearance a little?" If you can turn into a cat, a mouse, or something, maybe I can actually take you out for a walk? ”

Hearing these words, "Justina" stopped eating, and it writhed slightly, a slight mood swing that flowed through the magical connection between the two of them—it was not satisfied that Hugo regarded herself as an ordinary "pet".

Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction.

After a brief moment of complaining, Hug saw the translucent shadow in front of him begin to slowly change, its otherwise soft amorphous outline began to twist at a slow rate, and the overflowing abyssal mist contracted inward, gradually forming a clear and clear border.

As if exerting force, "Justina" began to tremble violently, and then Xiuge was surprised to see that the top of this round translucent liquid mass actually "jumped" out of two small triangles.

It looks like a poor imitation of a cat's ears.

For today's "Justina", such a clear change is obviously still too draining, it did not last long, the two small triangles used to imitate the cat's ears finally failed to adjust in place, as its energy was exhausted, the original bulging liquid mass also collapsed again, and the triangle that was finally supported also returned to the body on its stomach.

Such a picture made Xiuge couldn't help but laugh out loud.

If it weren't for the fact that he had seen "Justina" in the city of Celem confront the huge group of Abyssal Descendants head-on with her own strength, he would definitely not believe that this weak and interesting magical creation in front of him would be a terrifying existence with no upper limit to growth.

Slight mood swings returned.

Apparently unhappy with Shog's laughter, "Justina" twisted its body to envelop the two magic crystals, and then slowly crawled towards the kettle, which would be its temporary home until it was fully restored.

Xiuge smiled and watched the small shadow burrow into the kettle, and then he took out two smaller magic crystals and stuffed them into the kettle, these four crystals were enough for "Justina" to digest for several days, and now it was too fragile, not to mention normal growth and eating, any violent magic fluctuation could completely erase it from this world.

In today's Vann, I am afraid that only a few people, including Xiuge, know that in the disaster in the city of Seren, there was also a one-armed female scholar who played a great role.

But fortunately, the will named Justina doesn't take this kind of thing very seriously now.

Or is she struggling to adjust to her new state and identity, and is curious about the new era that will come after the Black Sun?

Shug put the kettle back in place, and then applied several layers of protective rituals on it, and that's not all, he specially summoned a cluster of fateful roots, and completely protected the kettle with a miniature magical illusion.

With his current state of magical power, Xiuge was fully confident that he would use these illusions to hide from a true deep-sea level magic master.

After dealing with these things, Xiuge wanted to go back to his desk and continue to deal with his own business, but at this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the cabin, so he hurriedly walked over and opened the cabin door.

Standing at the door was Wei Lin, who had only been separated for a long time, and she had changed her clothes again, probably because she had just taken a shower, and her hair was still slightly wet.

A gentle breeze blew in his face, sending a rather refreshing aromatic scent to Xiugue's nose.

"The professor said you were busy before?"

Shuge retracted his attention and gaze and responded, "Well, there are some letters from those refugees, and I have replied to some briefly. ”

Wei Lin nodded, and then she took a step to the side: "If it's okay now, just come with me, the sailors on the dock have just made some new discoveries and need us to check them out." ”

"What discovery?"

"It is said that some of the baits set up along the coast are passive, and the movement is not small, and the soldiers dare not act rashly, so they can only come to the mage."

Hearing this, Shug hurried back to the room, he quickly put on a trench coat, grabbed his cane and revolver, and then hurried with Verin in the direction of the docks.

Wei Lin's gaze swept over Xiuge's waist, and then she wrinkled her nose, "Don't you have a magic book?" ”

"I haven't had time to engrave the magic yet, the pages are all blank, and it's useless to bring them."

Xiuge shook his head: "This time, I am going to imprint some river valley-level practical magic in it, and it is estimated that it will take a lot of time. ”

"Well, if you encounter a problem that can't be solved, remember to find me."

Verin replied very naturally, probably because her hair was not dry, and she shook her head and tied up her hair, which had grown back during this time.

Because of the discovery of the two of them during the day, the personnel management inside the dock has been rearranged, and the number of sentry posts and patrol teams responsible for monitoring has increased visibly, and in some of the more subtle locations, the Dawn Society has even arranged some heavy firepower - the new weapon imitated from Walter's Calfan heavy machine gun, which is slightly different in structure and slightly rough in workmanship, but it is enough to use in the short term.

"Good evening, Mr. Writer!"

"Good evening, Ms. Ernst!"

The soldiers of the Dawn Society are very friendly to Xiuge and the two, but their attitudes towards the two are still different.

They are often not too serious in front of him, and even wink at him or say hello in a funny way, which does not mean that the soldiers disrespect him, but because in their hearts, a certain layer of his identity is too impressive, and this makes them think that the young writer is closer to themselves.

Verin, on the other hand, is the complete opposite.

Although she is also a young and beautiful girl at heart, everyone knows that this Miss Verin and Sally, who always learns from Professor Mayer, are simply two extremes, and although their relationship is very close, no one dares to talk to Sally in the same way as a conversation.

Shuge nodded in response to the Dawn Society soldiers, then he looked at Wei Lin curiously and asked, "They seem to be quite afraid of you, did you do anything before?" ”

Wei Lin frowned, she thought seriously for a moment, and then said with some uncertainty: "I don't have the impression that I have never had any conflicts with members and soldiers of the Dawn Society...... After arriving at the port, the only time he cast a spell in public was to help restore the statue of Goddess Mel. ”

"Well, probably just because they're afraid of mages and magic?"

"Perhaps."

Verin never cared much about this kind of thing, her attention was always on the things she was about to deal with, and as soon as she ended the conversation, she took out a treated bird skull from her pocket.

Unlike the raven skull that Wei Lin had used before, the bird skull she had taken out this time was more narrow, and its beak was sharper—it was the skull of a seagull.

As she tossed the skull into the air, the ice-blue magical light and shadow immediately began to weave.

In an instant, a "sharp-billed white gull" that was common along the coast of the Duchy of Boult appeared in the air, its size was obviously larger than the average sharp-billed white gull, and its body was more muscular, and when it flapped its wings, Shuge could see a little bit of magic radiating from between its feathers.

The bird had just appeared, and immediately began to soar and patrol the sea near the harbor.

The two of them hurried to the other end of the dock, where the Dawn Society sailors had discovered the anomaly.

This area was originally divided into the local fishing association, which was dedicated to mooring large fishing boats for pelagic crab fishing, but due to the previous naval battle between the Duchy of Boult and the Kingdom of Hain, these fishing boats have all been moved to other ports, so this area is now under the disposal of the Dawn Society.

And with a gust of sea breeze blowing, Xiuge immediately smelled a pungent smell.

It wasn't the smell of alchemical potions or ship paint, but an unpleasant smell similar to the rotting of animal corpses.

As the two approached their target, they also saw the crowd gathered next to the small pier.

There were not many people who gathered, most of them were sailors who were resting after their shifts, and many of them were Dawn Society craftsmen and local fishermen who worked near the docks.

"It stinks, it stinks...... Damn, what the hell is this netting on? ”

"I've been struggling for so long, how can I still have so much strength? Do you want me to bring you a harpoon, or do you just ask him to eat a spear? ”

"Recently, there have been fewer and fewer fish, maybe it has something to do with this thing, maybe it's some rare magic monster...... I look at this movement, it must be not small, I don't know what it is! ”

Before he could get close to the crowd, Shug had already heard a lot of scattered discussions, and the arrival of him and Wei Lin naturally attracted the attention of some people, so soon shouts could be heard from the edge of the crowd.

"The mages are here, everyone give way! The mage is coming! ”

Thanks to the instinctive respect for the caster in the hearts of the people, the crowd that had been gathered soon dispersed, and at the signal of Xiuge, the soldiers who had been paying attention to the situation on the dock also returned to their posts, separating the crowd from the crowd and making them retreat a certain distance.

On the small wooden pier, several sturdy Dawn sailors were wrestling with a huge fishing net.

It was no ordinary fishing net, but a large net specially designed to hunt some aquatic behemoths, which were woven from special materials and soaked for a long time with special alchemical potions, not to mention large fish, and even the magical beasts that hid in the swamp could not easily destroy them.

At this moment, Shug saw that the end of the large net was sinking into the water, and it was evident that it was trapped by something, and that thing was constantly struggling, trying to escape deeper into the water.

The sharp-billed white gull summoned by Willin also came to the top of the pier at this time, and it began to glide in circles on the surface of the water, while constantly screaming alarmingly.

The things below seemed to be sensitive to the call of the sharp-billed gull, and as it approached the surface, its struggle intensified, and the sailors on the pier could not help but curse angrily, and the sailor in charge of fixing the nets warned him that the pins used to hold the nets were about to break.

But at this moment, the force of pulling the fishing net suddenly became much smaller, but before the sailors could smile, a shadow suddenly broke through the water near the pier, and under the illumination of the light, people exclaimed.

They saw a "fish" with an extremely strange silhouette leap out of the water, and in terms of length alone, it was enough to compare with the "big fish" that the fishermen boasted about, but there was obviously something different about the body of the big fish.

Shuge had already arrived on the dock at this time, and the moment the water surface broke, a thick abyssal mist had already overflowed from his eye sockets.

Then he clearly saw that there were not many scales left on the behemoth's body, and instead there were many lumps and tissues that had grown from its body, and some of the lumps had obviously developed towards limbs and organs.

(End of chapter)