Richard's language was already very gentle.

In fact, the use of words like "special people" to describe this Legel scholar is definitely a kind of preferential treatment.

After Richard gave these descriptions, Verin, who had a deep understanding of the scholarly community, made a considerable amount of addition.

From Verin's mouth, Hugg learned that the "bad deeds" of the Leger scholars are not only public propaganda of all kinds of strange theories that cannot be proven, but also include publishing false academic articles, suspected plagiarism and plagiarism, and even trying to hire people to steal some specimen collections for their own "academic research".

But then, Verin added: "But most of the things I am talking about were done by the Legel scholars five to ten years ago, and they are recorded in the official archives of the Law Commission, and he himself has been ......warned many times by Merlin for these acts."

After that, he became honest and abandoned his original research direction in favor of a field with relatively little academic competition.

With that, Wei Lin raised her hand and pointed out the window.

"You mean, the ocean?"

"Yes, the magical creatures of the ocean, to be exact."

Wei Lin nodded lightly: "Due to various conditions, there are relatively few scholars who specialize in this field, and because of the ...... For some reason, there are very few spellcasters who really dare to go deep into the ocean and conduct research, so the Legel scholars have really made a lot of achievements in this area very quickly by virtue of their personal relationships and the accumulation of various aspects. ”

Hearing this, Xiuge smiled silently.

Although Wei Lin didn't say it explicitly, Xiuge could probably guess that the so-called "certain reasons" should refer to the belief in the goddess of magic, Mel.

The goddess Mel, the sea, the magic, and the so-called "Sinar Sea" that connects all the spirits of Vann......

Concepts such as these are easily linked together, and over time, the concepts and meanings they represent begin to merge and confuse each other, eventually forming a large, awe-inspiring, untouchable whole.

Similar cases have happened countless times in the time and space where Xiuge used to live.

Although these cases have very different backgrounds and soils, they all lead to very similar situations, perhaps this is an ineffable commonality that exists in civilizations?

These thoughts were only in the back of Hugh's mind, and instead of throwing them out and discussing them, he asked more about the Legel scholar.

"I don't know much about what the Legel scholars did later."

Verin has never been in the habit of exaggerating, and her answer to Shoge's question was conservative and rigorous: "After receiving the last warning from Merlin Lehe and being blacklisted by the Office of Magical Biology Research, Scholar Legel has become quite restricted...... This makes him look no different from other normal people. ”

"This kind of thing is not uncommon in the magical academic world, and every new discovery or problem arises that triggers a similar situation, and although the Leger scholar's style of doing things is tiresome, similar cases have happened many times in the past. ”

"So when he disappeared, everyone was just, and it was just another 'clown' who withdrew?"

"Yes, that's an accurate one."

Wei Lin nodded: "For those scholars and mages who don't care about the subject of magical creatures, this kind of thing just means less jokes, and no one will pay attention to the whereabouts of a 'harlequin'...... I don't know what happened in the future. ”

Richard, who was on the sidelines, added to the topic: "The Leger scholar began to regain his activity two years ago, he resettled in the Duchy of Boult, and took advantage of this place to advance his own project...... However, his research topics seem to have left the purely academic field. ”

As he spoke, Richard flipped through the thick handwriting, and finally settled on the pages of "Leger".

Here, Hugg saw a newspaper clipping sandwiched between the pages of the book, the magical photograph in the newspaper had ceased to move for a long time, but through the freeze-frame image, he could still see the Leger scholar shaking hands with a big-eared goblin merchant standing on a high platform.

Such a picture is really a bit bizarre.

However, after a brief moment of surprise, Schug found some additional clues in the photo, reaching out to the shop sign in the background of this group photo and asking, "This is Cyanobacteria Harbor?" ”

"Yes sir, it's Cyanobacteria Harbor...... This news story is about the success of the Legel scholars in validating their subject and preparing to cooperate with the local business community in Port Cyanobacteria. ”

"Scholars working with goblin merchants? Hehe, it's really rare. ”

Hearing this, Xiuge pulled the corners of his mouth noncommittally.

With Richard's help, the two quickly went through the other "key figures" on the list, but in the end, the focus of Shogg's attention fell on the strange scholar as a matter of course.

"Don't rush to contact Legel just yet."

Shug said to all the members of the Sword of Dawn in the cabin, "If there is something wrong with this man, he will definitely make certain moves, and we will monitor him in a safe and secure way, and do not act rashly until I inform you, lest our potential enemies seize the opportunity." ”

"As for the goblin merchants on those ships, you can try to get in touch with them...... But you need to try to find a public place as much as possible. ”

Shuge raised his hand and quickly tapped around, the two members of the Dawn Society he had pointed out had been in the trade group in the past, and they would be more professional in how to deal with the Giant-Eared Goblin Traders.

"Be careful, don't contact them in my name, but in the name of the Dawn Society. The Dawn Society is at a critical stage in its development, and this is completely public news, and the businessmen and politicians alike know it, so you can proceed with these matters as normal. ”

Speaking of this, Xiuge paused lightly for the Black Sun Scepter he was carrying: "If anyone wants to interview me during this process, you don't have to refuse, but accept it for me first, and try to make an appointment for the meeting, and I will personally handle the specific situation at that time." ”

……

While the Dawn Society was busy collecting, sorting, and analyzing all kinds of important information, the Windless One was also steadily continuing its voyage north along the expected course.

Entering the open sea, the name of the Windless seemed to bring good weather, and although the black sun in the sky was always exuding an oppressive haze, except for the wind and waves on the night of sailing, the Windless sailed remarkably smoothly for the next two days.

In this seemingly peaceful environment, time seems to pass a lot faster.

Xiuge's routine became regular again, and although he had to deal with all kinds of complicated things every day, he was always able to cope with them all with the rich experience and extraordinary energy stored in his body.

A day earlier, he had finally found an opportunity to send the magic dagger he had brought out of the dream shelter.

The name is a return gift for Wei Lin's gifts of various magic materials and utensils.

Although Verin didn't seem to be very happy with Shuge's words, she eventually happily accepted the strange style of the magic weapon, of course, she didn't ask about the origin of the weapon, but expressed her amazement at its rather peculiar magical workmanship.

As for the special potion recipe, Xiuge gave it to Verin.

After Wei Lin got the recipe that Xiu Ge used to exchange for the "blood of the sea snake", she immediately discovered the abnormality of many drugs and material ratios in this formula, and what surprised her even more was the text used to write this formula.

As one of the most in-depth magicians in all of Vanne, she was almost certain that the text on old paper had many similarities to the Poetry of the Night.

Realizing that the paper was most likely related to the lost ancient beings, Wei Lin turned around and plunged into her cabin as if she had obtained an expensive treasure, which she had transformed into a qualified spellcaster's study, and although she was limited by various conditions, she could not carry out too precise and complex experiments on a cruise ship that fluctuated from time to time, but some basic research could be carried out reluctantly.

Having accepted the two gifts, Verin suddenly returned to her original state.

After discovering that Xiuge was more than capable of dealing with the difficult scholars who wanted to find out the news of the Dawn Society, Wei Lin simply pushed this part of the matter to him.

In this way, the Windless ushered in the early morning of the fourth day after setting sail.

According to the plan, the Windless will be stranded in this area for a short time this morning to facilitate the routine maintenance and inspection of the entire fleet.

The morning was unusually relaxed and laid-back for the passengers of the Windless, and the Windless became extremely stable after anchoring, allowing even seasick people to walk freely on board, and none of them were the dwarves.

Dwarves are known to have as much fear of the sea and ships as they do for alcohol and forging.

For the past two days, he had been looking for an opportunity to talk to these potential master craftsmen, but they were always in a state of drowsiness, either drinking, seasickness, or sleeping......

Not only that, but the seafood served on the ship was also not to the dwarves' liking, so they didn't even want to show up in the dining room, just asking the waiters on the ship to bring some of the cooked food to the cabin.

Hug came to the deck of the cruise ship, and in the blowing sea breeze he saw the small, stocky figures gathered on one side of the deck.

As the most faithful followers of the Sun among the Van Grace, they had just finished praying to the gods, but the black shadows in the sky were clearly not the object of their prayers, so the dwarves were generally depressed, which made their attitude towards others even worse.

Dwarves are like this in any public setting, they like to huddle, and they are always hostile to other races, and almost all of the races ranked in Van are on the dwarves' "discrimination list", and this rather extreme attitude is almost engraved into their bones, so that even if a dwarf is very polite on the surface, people are not sure if he is abusive in his heart.

A council mage was laboriously communicating with the dwarves.

The members of the Sword of Dawn have figured out in the past two days, and the biggest reason why these dwarves were invited to Merlin Le He is that in order to further strengthen the confrontation with the Black Sun Society and St. Steele, Merlin Le and He are ready to officially "embrace" those new steam devices.

However, there are still a significant number of mages who believe that magic and magical rituals can still play a sufficient role in this process, at least to ensure that machinery and magic are in an equal and complementary position, rather than allowing the former to dominate.

For this kind of thinking, Xiuge is not good to evaluate.

But he can be sure that when they state their demands on stubborn dwarves, it will be difficult to get a positive response.

Sure enough, the stream-level mage who tried to communicate with the dwarves didn't last long, and his level and ability weren't enough for the dwarves to show enough respect, so it didn't take long for Xiuge to see the mage walk away with a red face, obviously the dwarves hadn't said anything good just now.

Shug shook his head, and then he walked slowly, and before he could get closer, the eyes of the dwarves moved to them, both men and women, their eyes as sharp as razors.

"In the name of the sun...... Good morning, Master Bardosa. ”

Shug stood still in front of the leader of the dwarf, and he did not bow down or deliberately lower his body, because such an act could well be seen as a contempt and insult in the eyes of the dwarves, and sensitive dwarves sometimes thought that bowing and the like was actually a mockery of their height.

Badosa was a little surprised by Shuge's greeting that was in line with the habits and etiquette of the dwarves, so he also responded: "In the name of the sun, you are also good, young people of the Dawn Society. ”

Shugg smiled, and then he followed the etiquette memories related to dwarves in his mind, took out a palm-sized flask directly from his pocket, and handed it directly forward: "Master Badosa...... Oriental spirits from the plateau, mixed with a small amount of potions, can effectively curb seasickness, this is my personal gift to you. ”

(End of chapter)