The voyage of about ten days is not long, but it is not short.

With no further surprises and no bad weather, the journey can even be described as peaceful and relaxing.

After some manoeuvres and arrangements before setting sail, Shug had even succeeded in placing the Ernst rat colony on the military ships tasked with protecting the Windless.

For these things, Xiuge didn't need to pay too much attention to these things, because the family wills who could always maintain their vigorous energy as long as they had enough magic power had already set their eyes on these large ships that surpassed their previous eras, and performing search and patrol missions on them would not make them feel tired and bored at all, just a few large crystalline naval guns mounted on armored ships were enough for them to study and play.

The continued operation of these rat colonies also made Xiuge completely relieved of the situation of the fleet, and compared to the Windless One itself, the military ships composed of professional soldiers and legal committee mages as crew members were very clean and pure, and the rat colonies even discovered some new rituals on these military ships.

It seems that in the face of the threat of infiltration by the Black Sun Society, the Laws Committee has made as many changes as possible, and these magical rituals that can test and probe the mind and mind to a certain extent should be one of the temporary methods they have developed.

With security ensured, Xiuge's attention naturally shifted to other matters.

Under the management and mobilization of Xiuge, the members of the Dawn Sword on the Windless resumed their original work rhythm, and they began to pass on the important information and information they had collected and sorted out in batches, which would become an important reference for communication with other organizations and principalities within the Dawn Society.

The Windlesser's temporary laboratory had been completely handed over to Legel and other scholars, and several mages, including Wei Lin, were also involved in the research and analysis of the sea beast samples.

Scholars agree that the true nature of these creatures must begin with their extraordinary magical powers, and that they need the support of a professional mage like Verin in this process.

In these things, Verin has always been the one who comes.

Whenever faced with these issues related to lost creations and magic, she decisively puts aside all her arrogance and persistence, and treats every step and detail with the rigor of a true apprentice.

In this process, Xiuge gradually revealed his understanding and judgment of the power of the "Color of Life" to these scholars at a steady and slow pace, using different methods such as suggestion and guidance, and he believed that as long as he found the right direction, these elites in the Van Grace should soon be able to make new breakthroughs.

In addition to these busy daily tasks, those quiet hours in the middle of the night were all taken out by Xiuge and left for the work that he had not named for a long time.

The constant activity of his mind and the ability to concentrate for long periods of time under the influence of magic gave Xiuge an astonishing efficiency, and without any outside interference, the work that seemed to be set in the world of Van En but had many different things quickly made great progress.

Shuge made some adjustments and modifications to his experiences in Waterl's army and what he had seen on the battlefield, and then reproduced them in his own words.

As a result, the young driver, who had an intimate relationship with a businesswoman, and later went to the front for various reasons, was caught up in the brutal millstone of war, and the faces that he had managed to remember were torn apart in the explosions after explosions, and those familiar and unfamiliar names were finally reduced to cold numbers in war reports and army records......

At the beginning of the story, the lover who had spent many days and months with the young protagonist gradually disappeared from his memory.

The longing for a lover, the need for material things, the reluctance to give up on one's homeland, the resentment of one's enemies, the endless artillery fire and the chilling mud, and so on, will inevitably end up covered with a thick layer of blood scabs.

The bright colors at the beginning of the story have now been completely submerged in this cruel scene......

Thus, by the time the story came to an end, the Windless had successfully sailed along the shores of the Principality of the Black River, the second group of important passengers bound for Merlinle and the meeting had boarded, and a female mage who had managed to take a break from sample research and considered herself a mentor of magic in Shuge was the first reader of the new content.

On this night, Vicion sat down at Huge's desk with curiosity and anticipation, and opened the notebook in front of her.

Even though Shug always deliberately ignores certain subtle details and expressions on a daily basis, he must admit that when Verin is completely immersed in books and words, she exudes a particularly appealing charm.

Perhaps because she wasn't reading a magic book that required rigorous calculations, or a document report that needed to refine the key points on her own, her expression was extraordinarily relaxed, her eyes were rarely soothed, and at some moments, Shuge could even see a smile on her face.

However, the mages' perceptions were always keen, and it didn't take long for Wei Lin's eyebrows to raise slightly, and her gaze turned slightly, falling on Xiuge's face: "What are you looking at?" ”

Shuge shrugged, and in an instant he found the right answer in his mind: "In the past, except for the editors of the newspaper, I rarely showed people unfinished works...... What's more, it's still in person, and this situation makes me a little nervous, or rather, embarrassing? ”

Hearing this, Wei Lin let out a meaningless chuckle.

The mage's hand flew up, reorienting the crystal lamp on the table for her, and then she turned slightly to the side, barely avoiding Xiuge's gaze, and then plunged headlong into the words with smudges and alterations.

It was a long, long time before Verin raised her eyes again.

She seemed a little unsatisfied, and her eyes flashed with a little dissatisfaction and longing for the rest of the story, but then, she put the notebook back on the table, turned to Xiuge and said, "I have two questions for this story you wrote...... You wrote this story, but I have a question for you. ”

Xiuge raised his hand, signaling that Wei Lin could ask questions at will.

So the latter gathered his thoughts and asked, "Is it the story of 'Vann' or not?" ”

As if worried that Hug wouldn't be able to understand her question, Vilyn immediately added, "I mean, while I can see a lot of déjà vu in it, I don't feel like the story itself is exactly the same as what's going on right now?" ”

She paused, then continued, "At least so far, I have no way of telling which country of Van En your protagonist you portray, and you did it on purpose?" ”

Shug nodded, and then he replied, "Indeed, when I wrote this story, I didn't have any country in mind, so the main character, he can be a Waterl, a Desa, and of course he can be seen as from Saint-Steele or the Duchy of the Black River......"

"I just hope that the feelings of people who read this story, no matter where they come from, will be relatively close...... Therefore, the protagonist can be a national of any country, and so can the reader. ”

Shug's answer made Wei Lin's brow furrow, and she thought in silence for a few moments, then replied, "Well, I've decided to read the second half of the story before discussing it, otherwise you'll have to throw out a long paragraph." ”

"Anytime."

With a sigh of relief, Willow waved her finger slightly, and the mage's hand appeared, and brought her a clean water cup, which was already stocked with her usual drinking jugs and cups for the sake of "visiting the door" all day.

After expertly pouring herself a hot drink, she held the cup and asked, "May I wonder what the next story will be?" Now it seems a little heavy after all, and I think your readers in the past may only want to read the first bit, right? ”

"There's no way around it, at least so far, I can't find a suitable solution...... However, there is nothing wrong with writing snippets once in a while as an addition. ”

Xiuge smiled a little indifferently: "If it's really necessary one day, or if there are important people who want to see it, I'll write about that kind of thing, it's not too difficult anyway......"

"Hush."

Wei Lin let out a mixed chuckle, but she didn't comment on Xiuge's words just now, but instead said, "So the subsequent plot development, I'm afraid it will have to wait until you arrive in Merlin Lehe?" ”

"Not necessarily."

As he spoke, Shug's gaze turned to a newspaper on the table.

It was the latest newspaper to arrive at the Windless during its brief pause in the port of the Principality of Black River, and on its front page was a magical photograph of a restless crowd of soldiers, dressed in almost identical attire, who seemed to be divided into two distinct factions, facing off and arguing.

The fact that the magic photograph is black and white and uncolored, suggests that it is most likely from the front, or at least a camp close to it, and the heavy clothing of the soldiers arguing with each other indicates their nationality.

Only then did Verine notice the news in front of her, she picked up the newspaper, and said in surprise: "St. Steele's army...... Civil strife? ”

"It's not that far, but right now, their army is not in a good position, and there is a possibility of a split or mutiny at any time."

As he spoke, Shug gently rested his palm on the window of the cabin, and now he could easily feel the cold temperature coming from the sea outside the cabin.

At this time, the farmers in the southern region were already apprehensive about the first planting under the black sun, but the area north of the Principality of Heihe was still shrouded in the icy winter cold, and a new cloud seemed to be brewing in this chill that did not know when it would melt.

……

"The information is accurate, the army of the Saint-Stills is now completely stagnant, and it has been a full six days since they last launched an artillery bombardment on the front line."

In an elegantly decorated office in the Judicial Council headquarters, a lake-level mage is making a report: "We have confirmed with magic and balloons that the supply line that had been interrupted by long-range artillery bombardment has been restored, but the St. Stills have not launched a new offensive. ”

With the report of the military mage, a precision magic golem shaped like a tall and thin humanoid with extraordinarily slender arms took action, and it quickly made a corresponding mark on the magic sand table next to it.

Immediately afterward, the military mage added: "So far, it seems that those attempts we have made have paid great results, and many of the soldiers of St. Steele have no idea what is happening behind them, and the fact that their military has deliberately cut off the soldiers' communications with their families has made the soldiers very unhappy." ”

"As far as we know, the people of the Wattel Kingdom are doing something similar, and they are indeed better at this than the Derans, and our people have even been helped by Wattle's spies when spreading the news."

Speaking of this, the accompanying mage changed his words: "However, according to our reliable information, some of the mages of the Black Sun Society and some of the royal family of St. Steele have arrived at the front line, and I am afraid that the army riots we have caused will soon be forcibly suppressed by them...... And now, it's hard to move our eyeliner, and they're going to get caught out of it. ”

In the office, several senior officials of the Legislative Committee who were being reported looked at each other twice, and then one of them sighed: "Who would have thought that the highlanders who had the most fierce attitude towards us in the past are now more willing to cooperate with us, but some plain principalities......"

He didn't go on, but everyone in the room knew what it meant.

The attitude of the small principalities that were closer to Saint-Steele was now extremely shaken, and some of the insatiable nobles had even started the idea of "eating both ends", and the kingdom of Desa, which was supposed to be in full control of them, was now a little too busy.

Deland's army is still constantly moving, and at this time their main response target has been adjusted to the north, but with the change of seasons, the difficulty of logistics supply and transportation has begun to skyrocket, coupled with the ambiguous attitude of individual principalities and organizations, the transfer speed of Deland's army has been further slowed down, and the frontline area with the Duchy of Heihe as the main pillar is also in a tight state.

The atmosphere in the office was a little depressing, so a relatively young official spoke: "Fortunately, the Windless One is about to arrive, at least the attitude of these people is very clear, it depends on whether everyone can reach more cooperation in the future...... Let's hope everything goes well. ”

(End of chapter)