Sparse dark clouds streaked across the ink-splashed sky, and the moon floated in the night, drifting along with the breeze.

The royal capital was covered with a thick curtain of black depth.

The dappled lights and candles lit from the silence, and the red and yellow dots seemed to spread the stars upside down on the earth.

On the deserted street, a horse-drawn carriage ran over the bluestone road, and the sound of gurgling stretched ahead.

Under the lights, the huge carriage flashed across the yellow road and gradually stopped in front of the door of Du Chloe's mansion.

The carriage looked a little strange at night, perhaps because it was driving out of thin air, which was a little surprising.

The doors of Chloe's mansion slowly opened, and the servants on either side stood up very respectfully to greet the guests.

The door opened, and Victor slowly stepped out of the carriage and shook off his trench coat.

When he stepped down, the door was not closed, and Hernie followed Victor out of the carriage.

Hernie stood in front of the gate of the mansion and couldn't help but look left and right curiously.

When she first came to the Duke's house, she was amazed at the scenery around her.

The courtyard behind the gate is extremely spacious, and dense street lamps are nailed to the sides of the road.

The dim lights come together, and the whole courtyard is particularly bright.

In the center of the courtyard stood a fountain, shining with stars.

The light from nowhere reflected the family flag on the walls of the mansion was particularly magnificent.

Led by the servants, Victor and Hernie entered the mansion.

The two were ushered into a huge conference room.

Hernie and Victor sat on a row of couches, surveying the environment.

The spacious room is covered with a thick carpet, and the soft touch is able to spread even through the soles of the shoes throughout the body.

Incense wood burned in the fireplace, and an elegant and easy-going smell filled the nostrils of the two.

There were no magic lights in the room, just a simple candle flame and fireplace lighting up the dimly lit room.

The servant bowed slightly to the two of them, and said very elegantly:

"Wait a minute, the duke will come down immediately."

Victor nodded, and the servant stepped back.

Only a minute or so later, Duke Levi entered the conference room and greeted Victor with a smile:

"Welcome, Councilor Victor."

The Duke invited Victor privately at night, and changed his tone in a completely different tone from that of the day.

He addressed Victor as a member of parliament and deliberately withheld Victor's title.

Victor nodded as well, his expression still calm.

Levi sat directly in front of Victor and looked curiously at Hernie beside Victor, with some confusion in his eyes:

"Familiar, who is this?"

"My former teaching assistant is now an associate professor at the college."

"You can understand it as my assistant."

It dawned on Levi that he remembered the identity of the girl in front of him.

In that demon battle, at the end, Viktor carried the girl and left the pit that had been blown up.

Levi remembers that Victor, the teaching assistant, was extremely knowledgeable.

The demon used her knowledge to construct a huge barrier large enough to envelop the entire academy, enveloping countless people in it.

There are so many lecturers and professors in the academy that they can't crack it.

It can be seen that Hernie's ability is possible.

Seeing Rivi, Hernie quickly stood up, bowed to Rivi and said:

"Hello, Lord Duke."

She wasn't timid, she wasn't as old as she had ever been.

Hernie kept reminding herself.

Outside, she must behave calmly and decently.

Professor Victor must not be disgraced.

Levi smiled and nodded to Hernie.

I just wanted to say something polite, but when I looked at Heni, my eyes froze slightly.

He felt a strong magic power from Herni's body.

'Second Order Mage? ’

Levi was very puzzled, because he remembered that when he saw Hernie before, the other party was obviously just an ordinary person with no magic power.

And now......

How long has it been?

If it weren't for Hernie's deliberate concealment of her magic, then she must have encountered some very special event that awakened the magic in her body.

Levi glanced at Victor on the side.

For Herney's speculation, he prefers the latter.

At this point, Victor spoke:

"Lord Duke, I don't know what Erica is doing?"

"Hernie had also taught her lessons for a few days, so I'd love to see her now."

Levi understood the meaning of Victor's words, and then beckoned the servant as well:

"Take this young lady to Erica's room, where she should study now."

When the servant heard this, he bowed to Hernie and held out his hand to let Hernie follow him.

Afterwards, Hernie ascended to the second floor with the maid.

In the entire conference room, only Rivey and Victor were left, and a one-eyed crow.

With no one else around, Levi asked:

"I don't remember I invited someone else, so I ......"

You should give me a reason.

The crow on his shoulder pecked at his wings, and Victor stroked the bird's head and explained to Levi;

"She's a key part of me."

Levi frowned, a little confused.

Although he was surprised that the ordinary person he had seen before had become a second-order mage, Hernie was still an ordinary second-order mage.

How a second-order mage can help.

Victor didn't answer the question, but continued:

"Your [Blessing of Water] was given by Dozar, right?"

Hearing Dozar's name, Rivi suddenly became serious.

This shows that he was right.

Most people don't know about the existence of calamity, let alone its name.

But Victor was well aware.

This can only show that he has long been eyeing the calamity.

"How much more do you know?"

Victor looked at Rivi and said lightly.

"People of the Sea."

Outside the empire, there is a very special group of people.

They live above the sea and call themselves the 'people of the sea'.

Through offerings, they were blessed by the sea.

This blessing gave these deep-sea dwellers the ability to breathe underwater and a strong affinity for the water element.

This allows them to live not only on the surface, but also to go deeper to the bottom of the sea.

However, Victor was well aware.

What they believe in is not a simple and primitive ocean, but a terrifying existence that inhabits the deep seas of the world.

Dozar –

Scourge of water.

Unlike other calamities, Dozar is the only one that has been enshrined.

Unlike other calamities, it eats and drinks well and lives forever.

For the people of the sea need the blessing of Dozar.

With the blessing of Dozar, the people of the sea also lived freely under the sea.

The vast ocean is full of "treasures", and just a little occupancy of a part is enough to make them live well.

Therefore, the people of the sea are also the most special group of human beings.

Because they are the only people who have come into contact with the calamity and have been empowered through it.

But......

"The people of the sea are xenophobic after all."

Hearing Victor say this, Levi was a little surprised.

He was already a little surprised when he heard Victor say the words "People of the Sea".

Unexpectedly, Victor even knew about this kind of thing.

It's like ..... He'd been there himself.

Levi was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Indeed, as you say, the people of the sea are very xenophobic."

They hated strangers from outside, because they were not of their kind.

But they don't exclude all outsiders.

Those who have mastered the magic of the water element, the attitude of the people of the sea has changed a little.

In their consciousness, water is the end of the world.

As long as they have mastered the water element, no matter how much, they will consider it as evidence of goodwill.

Levi left for two months, just because he went there.

Through an extremely tempting trade, he received the blessing of water from the people of the sea.

And got a place for his daughter.

Plus he'd been to the Temple of the Sea before.

The people of the sea were reluctantly accommodating.

But neither the blessing of water nor the inheritance of the temple can compare to the true source of calamity.

But if you want to defeat Dozar, it is naturally not a simple matter to take the origin from it.

So many people of the sea will definitely not agree.

Victor smiled and said:

"I'm not going to negotiate terms with them."

He remembered what the people of the sea worshipped.

The things that the people of the sea worshipped were actually not needed by Dozar.

"But, at first, after all, I had to get close to them."

So this time, Victor is going to take Hernie with him.

As long as it is a creature with intelligence, it is difficult to resist Hernie's charm.

Including those of the sea who are still human.

Levi listened to Victor's plan, understood a little, leaned back on the couch, and asked:

"I see, what do I need to do?"

"Just take your daughter with you."

Victor said lightly:

"She is the key to attracting calamity."

Levi's eyes narrowed.

"Of course, I'll keep her safe."

Hearing Victor say this, Levi picked up his teacup:

"It seems that I don't need to do anything other than this."

"The influence of an imperial duke, you are still very necessary."

Victor also picked up the teacup in front of him:

"So, a pleasure to work with?"

"It's a pleasure to work with."

……

Upstairs, Erica is studying in her room.

A sense of crisis fueled her desire to learn.

She had this feeling when she saw Aurelian practicing at the Academy.

Aurelian's progress is too fast,

She didn't know why she was so anxious, but she just didn't want to lose to Aurelian.

"Let me see, this magic ......"

The jerky language in the book made her feel complicated and difficult to understand.

So she didn't notice, and at some point, the door was opened.

Footsteps sounded softly behind her, a slender pink finger on the page.

"Here, the runes need to be reversed."

"If you use the Rune directly, the entire formation will become extremely unstable, making it impossible for the elements to coordinate."

Hearing a familiar voice, Erica looked up.

and those glowing yellow eyes, looking at each other.

Hernie looked at her and smiled.

"Long time no see, Erica-san."