While the highlands were purging from within, the Plains states, especially the kingdoms of Teresa and the principalities further south, were taking slightly different strategies.

In order to show that they are not "accomplices" of the Black and Japanese Society, they have indeed carried out a series of operations such as property clearance, house arrest, and investigation of past correspondence and contact records, but these actions are too mild compared to the bloody "purge".

Through the information collected by the magic rat group, Xiuge found that these southern principalities were too ambiguous in their attitude towards the Black Sun Association, and they were more gentle in dealing with related affairs than the relatively mild kingdom of Deresa.

In two letters related to the Black Sun Society, Shuge was even able to see descriptions of the arrested Black Sun Society members being exempted from punishment by paying a large fine.

Obviously, in the eyes of some officials and nobles of the Southern Duchy, the Black Sun Society and the Black Sun were not a crisis, but an extremely precious opportunity to accumulate wealth.

"The Plainsmen are like that, they are too comfortable, so it is difficult to have a sense of crisis."

General Bernhardt gave his opinion on this: "These problems arose in most of the principalities south of Teresa, who probably felt that the war between the plateau and the plain had ceased now, and that they were far enough away from Saint-Steele to have enough time and space to operate...... Hehe, a bunch of idiots. ”

"It may seem silly, but it doesn't bode well for us."

Xiuge stopped reading the information, he sighed inwardly, and said, "We need to pass these messages to Meyer as soon as possible, and if conditions permit, maybe we can also notify the family and the legal committee...... Although the influence of these southern principalities is small, if they show too obvious a bias towards the Black Sun Society, then they must find a way to deal with it in advance. ”

"Right thing to do, kid."

"Most of these southern principalities are in a very good economic situation, and although their military strength seems limited, the money always allows them to replace the best and most advanced military supplies in a very short time, and if the situation changes in a new way, a few legions that start operating from the hinterland are enough to be deadly." ”

Speaking of this, General Bernhardt paused slightly, and then he reluctantly added: "These judgments of mine are still based on the cumbersome and slow methods of combat in the past, and if you take these terrible weapons today as a reference, then the threat posed by these potential 'betrayers' will be even greater!" ”

Xiuge smiled silently, it was obvious that the many things he had seen and heard during this time had almost destroyed the cognition of these souls of the old era, but fortunately, these wills had been the elites of the family and the government in the past, and they were naturally good at learning, plus they now had plenty of time, so they could also find ways to reverse their cognition and absorb more new knowledge.

As for the decision to send a notice to the Ernst family, Schug also made it after careful consideration.

Although he has no intention of returning to his family and serving the Waters Kingdom, in the current turbulent situation, both he and the Dawn Society need more solid support.

There is no doubt that the Kingdom of Wattle is already one of the most suitable collaborators for the time being, in addition to the Legislative Committee.

Thinking of this, Xiuge changed his clothes and walked out of the cabin.

The members of the Dawn Society woke up early, and with the exception of two of them, who were still resting due to excessive seasickness, the rest of them had already started their work, gathering in a large cabin, and under the cover of protective magic, they began to comb through what they had seen and heard from the past day and the conversations they had at the welcome dinner.

The young man who had previously been involved in the capture of the Black Sun Mage was also among them.

It was only after that that that he learned his name.

The young man named Rich, Waterl, became a number one admirer of Shüg after witnessing his violent aesthetic of dealing with powerful enemies, and Felix sent him to Merlinle to study with him because of the qualities he had previously displayed.

Richard showed an astonishing zeal and enthusiasm in all matters related to the Sword of Dawn, and the moment he saw Siug, he smiled enthusiastically and took the initiative to ask if there was a new task to be sent to them.

"Don't be too anxious, there's a lot more to do in the future."

Shuge gave Richard two gentle pats on the shoulder, and then he turned his head to look at the stream-level mage in charge of the communication ritual inside the Sword of Dawn, "How's the progress of the ritual building?" I have some letters that I would like to send out immediately. ”

"Sir, it's done."

The mage nodded, "It's just that the current magic stability is very poor, and the Windless is far away from the shore, so the information from the communication secret instrument we set up ourselves is very likely to be interfered with...... So the messages need to be as short as possible! ”

"How's the secrecy?"

"Ms. Verin had already come here earlier, and she helped us stabilize the ritual and set up additional protective rituals, so secrecy was not an issue."

Hearing this, Xiuge nodded in satisfaction.

Soon a short magical letter signed "Ghost" was successfully sent, which was to be sent directly to the Dawn Society's residence, and it was up to Meyer and the others to decide whether or not to relay the information further to Merlinle and the Ernst family.

After all, even if the Dawn Society was ready to strengthen its cooperative relationship with the other two parties to fix the current situation, there was no way to participate in person.

After the letter was sent, Shuge focused on the subtle information gathered by the members of the Sword of Dawn, which could be complemented and confirmed by the search of the Magic Rats, and its importance was needless to say.

Among them, the list of passengers in charge of Richard and two other members of the team caught Xiuge's eye.

This is a basic working method derived from Water's agents and spies, that is, after entering an unfamiliar environment, as soon as possible, make a list of people who are stable in the environment or place, and on this basis, conduct repeated investigations and screenings, and finally determine the real targets worthy of attention.

Richard and the others had apparently been working on the list last night, so Sugg could now see a number of dense markings on it, some of which were boxed, some of which were prominently marked with red magic ink, the former representing "less important" figures, the latter representing "important attention", and others assigned to those who were unidentified or awaiting investigation.

"Sir, the names of the people marked in red are important objects for us to observe after the first round of discussion and investigation, and most of them are important officials and nobles in the Duchy of the Plains, and of course there are a small number of scholars and mages."

Richard tapped the markings on the form with the ink pen in his hand: "The main reason these names are marked is that we think that they are the easiest to abandon their original positions and choose to betray their faith and country in the process of contact with the Black Sun Society. ”

"On what basis?"

"Some information collected in advance."

Richard turned around and took a heavy notebook from the other person, he handed it to Xiuge, and explained: "Before the Dawn Society was officially established, there was always a special person to sort out this information, although it was a little messy, but it covered a very wide area...... We mobilized manpower before we set off, and we excerpted quite a few of the contents that may be relevant to this trip. ”

At this moment, the door was opened, and Wei Lin, dressed in a plain scholar's robe, walked in, and she did not interrupt Xiuge's "lecture", but quietly stepped aside and raised her hand to signal Xiuge to continue.

Hearing this, Xiuge nodded slowly: "Very good, but you need to be clear that there is still no way to use this list as a completely accurate basis for judgment, all the creatures that can gain a foothold in today's Van En are humans, elves, and dwarves...... There are even ogres, everyone is not stupid, and when we observe each other, it is better to put aside past preconceptions and not be distracted by past impressions. ”

Xiuge lowered his head and tapped his finger on the list a few times: "You see, these names obviously belong to the Great-Eared Goblins, and they are all marked with important points, I know that everyone has a bad impression of the Big-Eared Goblins, especially the merchants among them, but there will always be exceptions to everything. We need to stay as sober as possible until we have in-depth contact and conclusive evidence. ”

A member of the Dawn Society from Waterl, who was clearly not very fond of the Great-Eared Goblin, frowned and asked, "By exception, you mean ......"

Xiug looked at him, and then said slowly, "When Miss Vilin and I first escaped from the city of Selen, we once found a hidden member of the Black Sun Society in the residence of a goblin merchant group, it was a big-eared goblin, and it was through some records he left behind that we had the most preliminary understanding of the Black Sun Society. ”

"In many people's perception, big-eared goblins are always timid, cowardly and shrewd, once danger comes, they will always choose to flee and avoid to protect their safety, and when money and wealth appear in front of them, they will pursue it desperately."

Shuge tapped his finger twice on the table: "By the time we found the goblin member of the Society, he had already committed suicide and died in the secret mezzanine of the Merchant Regiment's residence...... The goblin had been a member of the Black Sun Society for a long time and had been lurking for the city of Salem for a long time. ”

"However, what supports it to do so is not profit, not money, not even the safety of oneself, relatives and family members, but some kind of ideas and ideas that are difficult for ordinary people to understand."

"Who knew that in the disappearance of Salem City and the series of disasters it caused, an ordinary big-eared goblin who might be ridiculed by children on the streets played such an important role? ”

For a moment, there was no sound in the room, and the member of the Dawn Society who asked the question before also restrained his expression.

"Alright, that's it...... We've just started our work, so let's go and do our own thing. ”

Xiuge waved his hand, dispelling the somewhat solemn atmosphere in the room: "Richard, come and go through this form for us, and tell us which ones you think are the most special goals." ”

Hearing this, Wei Lin, who had been staying quietly beside her, came over.

Wei Lin had obviously woken up very early, and on her plain scholar's robes, Xiuge had a slight smell of alchemical potion, not pungent, but the smell was very new, and it was obvious that she should have been busy mixing alchemical potions or some kind of potion before.

Richard was a little nervous because of the presence of the two of them, but he quickly recovered and began to explain the list in front of him in an orderly manner.

"There are a few people on this list that we consider extremely special"

Richard quickly pointed to the names with a fountain pen: "First of all, this one, Frans Ye Shenlin, this is a lake-level scholar among the Plains Elves, he used to be a professor in the magic academy of the Kingdom of Teresa, but in the past few years, he has been transferred very frequently, first as an advisor in the Duchy of Black River, and then to the rest of the Duchy in the south......"

Wei Lin wondered, "Is it possible that it is an academic visit?" ”

"We were skeptical at first, but in fact, the orders that this elven mage received on the surface were not related to academics, but more to the internal affairs of the army...... However, as far as we know, he is not a brilliant scholar of war magic, but rather a scholar of magical theory...... After the outbreak of the war, he did not receive any special assignments, but remained in the Duchy of Boult. ”

After introducing the elven scholar, Richard moved his pen to another place on the list.

"Legel?"

Shug read his name out, and the image of a forty-year-old male scholar with a goatee immediately came to his mind, and he said, "I remember him, a magical biologist from Deresa, right?" At the welcome dinner, he and I had a brief chat. ”

Richard nodded: "The two of you may not know that this Legel scholar has a bad reputation in the territory of the Kingdom of Teresa, because as a professor in the academy, he has made some appalling remarks in public many times, and has also written some articles that are difficult to verify. ”

"These were nearly a decade ago, and his remarks and articles were related to the study of magical creatures, but these studies and discoveries were ultimately dismissed as 'absurd conjectures that cannot be verified.'"

Hearing this, Wei Lin's eyebrows raised: "Well, I remembered...... I had seen his writings when I was in Merlin, and it was very absurd indeed, at least the mages of Merlin and Le would not approve of these things. ”

"yes, that's what we find weird."

Richard said seriously: "This conference is very important, so the people who accept the invitation are basically very representative and influential figures, why do special people like Legel scholars appear in the passenger list?" ”

(End of chapter)