The atmosphere in Overwatch and its surroundings has become more serious and oppressive.

Although there are no dark domes hanging over the rest of St. Steele's towns in the area, the constant influx of St. Steele's army and the rapidly growing number of members of the Black Sun Society still put an exaggerated pressure on the inhabitants of the area.

In addition to them, the inhabitants of the area must also face the black sun that always hangs over their heads, as well as the strange creations that occasionally appear in the gloomy light.

Yes, as the Black Sun Society continues to erect new secret rituals on this land, those strange figures that once existed only in ancient times have gradually reappeared in today's Van Grace, and at this time, people know that the dark dogs with narrow rat tails and the strange giant bird Ashru soaring in the sky are just the beginning.

In a village next to a river, the villagers came across a huge lizard that roamed the river, covered in fine dark red scales and much larger than the boats the villagers usually use.

The villagers found that the lizard's body seemed to have an incomprehensible and terrible heat, and when it crawled on the river beach, the surrounding mud would be dried and the dry grass would be ignited, and when they stepped into the water, a large amount of foam and steam would appear in the river near their body, and if several lizards were moving in the water at the same time, the entire river would start to boil.

At the junction of Wattle and St. Steele, many of the Waters soldiers who were on duty at night spotted a strange shadow in the night sky, not the kind of giant bird that the members of the Black Sun Society usually ride.

The soldiers described to their commanders what they saw was a huge eagle rising from the valley, several times larger than the large steel chariots, and when its wings were fully extended, it was even as large as the giant airships over Bolden, the capital of Waterl.

In front of it, the giant eagle of the plateau, which has always been regarded as a spiritual totem by the inhabitants of the plateau, looks dwarfed.

Almost everyone who saw it thought they had caught a glimpse of the origin and ancestors of all the highland eagles in the legend of Waterl, the god of the eagles who once ruled the plateau with their wings.

Not only in these places, but with the continuous expansion and spread of those ancient powers, even the Isa River valley has seen many strange phenomena that are difficult for ordinary people to understand.

The local inhabitants were horrified to find that at night, there always seemed to be some black human form accompanied by strange beasts, they would always appear inexplicably and leave quietly, and all those who encountered them head-on would completely disappear from this world, whether civilians, soldiers, or mages, without exception.

In Merlinle, the mages and scholars who had fallen into madness from observing the anomaly of the black sun and studying sorcery and magic had also developed new symptoms in the past few days.

Although they never left their hospital room, they instinctively wanted to go in the direction of St. Steele's kingdom as if they could sense something, and anyone who tried to stop them would be chased and bitten.

In the coastal areas of Merlin-le-Le and Saint-Steele, a large number of residents, fishermen, and sea hunters have said that they have seen anomalous rainbow colors on the surface of the sea, and they say that those colors are like life and consciousness, and when they try to drive the boat closer, they will drift away or dissipate at great speed, and some say that in these strange rainbow currents, they have seen many large exaggerated fish.

However, compared to other strange phenomena with obvious dangers, these strange sea beasts that appear with psychedelic colors do not attack any people or ships, and they behave like other timid and cautious sea creatures, always doing their best to stay away from all land life.

It is worth mentioning that Merlinle and the Law Council, as well as other representatives of various countries, passed an ad hoc resolution in which they temporarily banned the fishing and hunting activities of all coastal residents in Merlinler and the vicinity of the bay, and ordered all people not to approach those waters occupied by psychedelic colors.

Only a very, very small number of people know that this is a prelude to an extremely special meeting.

The appearance of this strange color means that the vast community hidden in the deep sea has accepted its invitation, and the representatives of the Vann Magic Society, the Dawn Society, and the Sea Clan will come into direct contact with these strange and intelligent special beings.

In order to ensure that the unprecedented talks could take place normally, the Commission renovated a very special large venue at the docks of the second largest port in Merlinle and the Gulf – half of which was erected on the pier and the other half was connected to the sea, and the two areas were isolated from each other by extremely strong alchemical glass and magical ceremonies, which allowed the two parties to meet face-to-face without physical contact.

Time passes little by little in this delicate atmosphere.

Finally, on the seventh day after the sea community had accepted the invitation to talk, dazzling and brilliant colors emerged from the deepest part of the bay, and they swept directly over the sea during the day, completely covering the entire sea outside the pier, and under the cover of these colors all sorts of strange shadows of different sizes gathered, they managed to touch the edge of the special venue, and entered the interior of the room through the wide reserved waterway.

At the other end, separated by heavy alchemical glass and multiple magical rituals, a number of delegates in solemn dresses waited in silence for this momentous moment.

The members of the Vann Magical Society, led by Scholar Legel, stared at the front, each of them summoned their own mage hand, ready to start recording at any time, and Legel himself looked very excited now, his nose was already red, and now it was even more red, and with his extremely solemn face, it looked quite funny.

Next to them, Meyer, the representative of the Dawn Society, was sitting upright in his place, and beside him were two relatively young members of the Sword of Dawn, who were much more nervous than Meyer himself, and their eyes would involuntarily sweep over the huge glass in front of them, even though they knew that this transparent barrier that had been processed by many mages was even enough to resist the powerful shelling head-on, they still felt unstable.

"Ah...... I guess you two can't swim just like Darthwell? ”

Meyer was always able to accurately grasp the emotional points of the young man next to him, so he smiled and said, "It was supposed to be Darthville, but because of this, it was replaced by me, haha...... When I was in Saint-Steele, I used to go swimming even in the winter, but now I don't think it's good. ”

In the face of such a joke, the two young members of the Sword of Dawn stiffened their faces, and they really couldn't laugh.

Even more unsmilable were the two representatives of the Sea Clan on the other side of the venue.

The previous meeting in Merlin Lehe and this special trip had a very serious impact on their cognition and thinking, and for these Hai people who had always adhered to the philosophy of escapism, the current world was too strange and cruel, and as the "elite" who were selected to participate in the conference on behalf of their people, they had to take on more responsibilities on their own initiative.

And as one of the closest people to the ocean today, they are now under unprecedented pressure.

Through the research of the Vann Magic Society during this time, the two representatives of the Sea Clan have learned that what is about to appear in front of them is most likely a special being who once completely dominated the boundless ocean in the ancient era.

The two Sea Tribesmen stared intently at the transparent barrier in front of them, and the waters in the middle of the venue were extremely mysterious under the illumination of the crystalline lamps that had been installed in advance—the waters that were supposed to be clear and clear, but now, the very special colors were seeping in, little by little.

"They've arrived!"

A Dharma Master walked into the venue and delivered this important notice to everyone.

Before the words fell, everyone in the hall saw a somewhat vague shadow in the water in front of them.

In a matter of seconds, the shadow was in front of everyone - it was a large school of fish, which at first glance did not seem to be a big deal, but when they approached the glass, it was revealed that they were actually a group of strange beings who had been transformed by the power of "life".

Infused with a colossal life force, these fish have a large number of characteristics that do not belong to them, such as heads of different sizes, exaggerated sharp teeth, or body structures from other sea creatures...... Visions like these are intricately stacked on top of each other, forming a spectacular and distorted picture of an astonishing picture.

As if to officially announce their arrival, the school of fish swept past the glass wall and quickly moved away, followed by a large shadow slowly emerging further into the water.

It was an extraordinarily large shark, and unlike other fish affected by the power of Life Color, its body was not overly distorted or distorted, but it had grown significantly, its large head and slender body made it full of explosive power, and on its back, it rode a humanoid covered in scales.

The moment they saw the shark and the humanoid form, the two Sea Clan representatives couldn't help but tremble, and under the influence of strong emotions, they couldn't help but stand up from their seats—they were surprised to find that the shadow that was approaching them overlapped with the image of the Sea Clan's long-standing legend of the "Seagod Messenger".

Mayer also stood up, but the reason why he got up was because the figure in front of him now overlapped with the "humanoid monster" that had left a deep impression on countless people on the night of the attack on the Dawn Society's premises.

Legel and other scholars were also excited.

As pure researchers, they have recently come up with a large number of strange conclusions based on existing information and samples that even they dare not believe, and what is happening now is adding the most powerful touch to their speculations and conjectures.

As the "representatives" of the ocean community approached, the surface of the ritual arena and many secret ritual equipment that had been erected in advance showed a faint magical glow, and among the extremely expensive and sophisticated magic patterns, a reassuring magical light began to flow, and some of the magic power came to the side of the glass barrier along these patterns, and stimulated the special magic buried in it.

At this moment, the voices at both ends of the room were fully circulated, and the strange humanoid riding the giant shark visibly froze for a moment, but then it returned to normal and continued to drive its mount closer.

Finally, it came to the focal point of the light and showed itself in its entirety to everyone.

The slightly bulging eyeballs turned, and the cold, intelligent gaze pierced through the transparent barrier and landed on the many attendees.

The "emissary" was clearly more concerned about the three of them than the other scholars, first taking a serious look at the two representatives of the Sea Clan who were in a state of agitation, and then turning his gaze to Meyer on the other side, and making a long eye with him.

Eventually, the scholars couldn't help themselves, but just as they were about to speak, the scaly figure suddenly raised his arm and pressed his webbed palm against the glass wall.

The psychedelic color of life suddenly appeared behind it, and the diffusion of these strange powers seriously interfered with the operation of the secret rituals in the venue, and many crystalline lamps and lanterns installed in the water were also quickly extinguished under its influence, not only that, but people were also horrified to find that these strange colors actually "flowed" into the interior of the glass wall, and quickly extended along the original magic lines.

In a matter of seconds, it managed to break through the barrier and snag its way towards the crowd as if it were a physical tentacle.

Just as everyone looked at each other, one of the representatives of the Sea Clan seemed to be invisibly inspired.

He suddenly took two steps forward, then quickened his pace, and came to the front of the glass wall in a daze.

So, the tentacles of the color of life gently reached forward and rested gently on the Sea Clan representative's body, and the next moment, psychedelic colors crept up the sea clan representative's pupils and filled the gaps in the fine scales of his cheeks.

The Sea Folk turned slowly, ignoring his own people, and the wary scholars and mages, and instead looked straight at Mayer, who was under the protection of the two members of the Sword of Dawn.

"I remember you...... Last time, you had the traitor standing next to you, and now, where is he? ”

(End of chapter)