While various places in Vann were having extremely heated discussions surrounding the Fire News, Salem City and the Kingdom of St. Steele, everything in Salem City was proceeding in an orderly manner.
Invisibly, Sugar Ernst has quietly established his position as the ruler of this city of death.
In fact, this is a development direction that Xiuge has never thought of before.
All joking aside, in his past perception, "managing" and "commanding" others was something he was very resistant to doing.
However, now, Xiuge has successfully built his own status in this closed city by relying on his hard power that is enough to crush other people in Salem City. Later, he also relies on many "professional consultants" in his spiritual world.
"The suggestions provided by them, as well as the specific memories and knowledge from different groups of people, forcibly unified the multiple forces in Salem City into one place.
Under this circumstance, even General Boots, who obviously had many other ideas, had to keep the operation of Iris Street in the direction planned by Shuge.
However, although the situation in the city seemed to be "all going well" at the moment, Xiuge began to become a little anxious.
The sources of anxiety are not within the city, they come from the world outside Salem.
Through exchanges with Master Valery of the Legal Committee every five days, Xiuge finally succeeded in obtaining the "Xinhuo Bao" that had caused an uproar among Fan En.
The sword-wielding hermit Jeant and others who were traveling with Shuge were greatly encouraged by Valery's narrative and the words in this newspaper. They finally knew that Shuge had not deceived them, and many forces have now begun formal discussions.
There is a problem in Salem City. The temporary cessation of artillery fire in the surrounding area is the best proof of this trend.
However, Shuge himself began to worry about those people hiding behind this newspaper.
The information Valery could obtain was relatively limited. He did not know the specific movements of Frey Meyer at the moment. However, relying on his connections in the Plateau Mage Council, he got a message that made Xiuge very anxious.
New news - within a few days after the "Xinhuo News" began to spread widely, magic scholars were already under investigation by the Plateau Mage Council. According to rumors, the person under investigation was a young lake-level person.
scholar.
Valery is also unclear about more specific circumstances.
But such a news has a very clear direction in Xiuge's ears.
He knew very well that there was probably only one person who could be involved in this matter and fit the identity described.
In Shuge's understanding, Vereen Ernst is actually a person who looks a bit complicated, but is actually very simple, even a simple person.
She has always had her own views and opinions on the development of things, the surrounding environment, and some principles and bottom-line issues.
And all Weilin's actions are often based on this set of her own principles.
It seems rational, but it is also extremely emotional...but because it is not good at expressing in these aspects, it seems a bit rigid and rigid.
This is a common problem among many academic scholars.
Shuge can fully imagine the possible reaction of her teacher after hearing the request from Meyer. She may question Meyer's words, she may inquire about the current whereabouts of her students, or she may
Concerned about the consequences of this decision...
But she will eventually make a choice.
Just like how she insisted on sending out a silver warning to the outside world.
On a certain level, she has many similarities with those mages who persisted in fighting in Salem City and eventually died on the road.
Shuge could even imagine that when the mages of the Council found Weilin, she might have packed her bags and prepared to conduct research on her own academic project while being detained and investigated.
"I hope that for the sake of the Ernst family, the Council will not do anything excessive..."
However, as a member of the group who was still trapped in Salem City, Xiuge could only pray silently in his heart at this moment.
What's funny is that Xiuge searched around in his mind, but couldn't find anyone who could accept his prayers.
Compared to Wei Lin who was imprisoned and investigated, and Meyer who was missing, there was a more serious matter before Shuge.
It was a monitoring log brought by Master Valery about the large crack at the junction of the rugged hills and plains.
In the past ten days, some extremely disturbing new discoveries have been made at the Legal Commission's outpost monitoring station.
The first group of volunteers consisted of mages, soldiers and a sword-wielding hermit from the Legal Committee. They had entered the huge crack in the ground five days ago. In the scheduled plan, they would use special crafts
Under the protection of traction ropes made of different materials and many different magics and rituals, it continues to advance towards the unknown darkness underground at a steady rate. Every time it descends to a certain depth, someone will stop and set up a temporary tent on the rock wall.
Rest and mystery sites to facilitate subsequent exploration.
"Well... this is a very standard operating procedure, I'm very familiar with it."
In the Legal Committee's residence, Hermit Jeante said while reading the log that Master Valery reproduced through his own memory: "Under normal circumstances, contact is made with the monitoring station every fifteen minutes.
Confirm the status before moving forward... If there is an abnormal situation such as attrition, the contact frequency must be increased to once every five to ten minutes..."
Hermit Jeant relied on his own experience to supplement the details omitted in this diary, but as the reading progressed, Hermit Jeant's brows gradually wrinkled.
He raised his head and looked at Xiuge who was sitting opposite him: "If there is no error in this log, then this crack must be very abnormal...it is too deep."
Jeant raised a finger and quickly scanned the log report. Shuge stepped forward, only to see that where Jeant's finger had passed, there were a long list of "contact records" and related records.
matching time point.
Jeant was right. These volunteers who entered the large crack did indeed abide by the regulations. They communicated and reported with the monitoring station personnel above every fifteen minutes. They were very regular, and the content of their reports and contacts was also very regular.
Briefly and roughly summarized, it is to describe the surrounding environment and tell the residents at the monitoring station which people in the team are left to establish new resting points, which personnel are injured and need to return, etc.
However……
Xiuge's eyes quickly slid down the diary, and finally landed on a piece of text marked in red by Valery.
The text shows that on the thirty-second hour after the first batch of volunteer teams entered the underground fissure, that is, one and a half days after they entered the underground fissure, the normal communication that had been maintained was suddenly interrupted. Those warriors who went deep underground
, disappeared without a trace in just fifteen minutes.
The monitoring station immediately sent a warning message to all personnel who were still staying at the temporary resting station in the crack, and then began to pull back the magic ropes that hung down into the dark abyss at a constant speed.
In the end, the mages in the monitoring site got a result that frightened them extremely.
Except for the fifteen mages who were responsible for setting up a temporary secret site on the steep rock wall, all the other volunteers, whether they were mages, soldiers or sword-wielding hermits, took the initiative to solve the mystery at an unknown point in time.
They opened the ropes used to protect themselves and lifted all the protective rituals imposed on them.
They all disappeared into the depths of this fissure.
…
Around one o'clock in the afternoon.
The Legal Committee monitoring station set up on the edge of the "Great Rift" is busy operating.
However, it is different from what most people imagine. There are not only the Law Council mages wearing Merlin and uniforms who are active here, but also members of the Council wearing the emblem of the Plateau mages.
Not only that, the latest steam-carrying vehicles arriving here also have the magical eagle emblem of the Kingdom of Walter hanging on them.
This is the change that was brought about after the secret talks between the Plateau Mage Council and the senior officials of Merlin Lehe.
Regarding this astonishing crack that is close to the rugged hilly land and poses a threat to the plateau countries, the two sides finally reached a secret cooperation agreement. In the agreement, the Legal Committee needs to cooperate with the Plateau Master Council and share information about this crack.
According to the research and exploration results, the Council will coordinate with the military of the Kingdom of Votel to expand the scale of this important monitoring station, provide more manpower, and help them transport important materials.
Now, the latest batch of transferred magical mystic equipment is finally in place. This new type of mysticism was transformed by the scholars of Merlin Lehe on the basis of the Eye of Mel. It can timely communicate with those who have been set up in advance.
The secret ritual node completed the magical connection. Relying on the secret ritual station set up in the crack by the first batch of volunteer teams, the mages of the Legal Committee finally succeeded in achieving a predetermined goal.
Their secret ritual has been able to monitor closer to the source of the "magic tremor".
Of course, they must now share these results with Walter's soldiers and the mages on the plateau.
"Damn, I hate these guys."
A young mage from the Legal Committee looked at the Ymir Legion soldiers who were wearing dark military uniforms and carrying new firearms, who looked like silent sculptures, and curled his lips dissatisfied: "I don't want to work under the surveillance of these guys.
You’ll have nightmares at night!”
"enough!"
The young man's teacher gave him a dissatisfied look: "Think of those of us who disappeared into the cracks, they should be the source of your nightmares... I wish there were more of these soldiers, so that we would be safer!
"
While he was talking, a Walter vehicle with the Magic Eagle logo stopped not far away, and then, a tall and thin figure walked down.
This is a mountain elf, and he has three kinds of emblems on his coat.
They respectively symbolize the Augustinian royal family of Walter, the Alliance of Plateau Countries and the Plateau Mage Council.
Seeing this person, the River Valley-level mage who had been teaching his students immediately put his students aside. He took the initiative to greet him and stretched out his hand to the mountain elf: "Mr. Finn, we are waiting for you.
For a long time."
As the royal magic advisor and butler, Finn stretched out his hand to shake hands with the other party politely: "Princess Sophia thinks this cooperation is very important, so she specially asked me to come to check the situation."
As he said that, he looked at the busy crowd around him: "It doesn't look very optimistic here?"
The mage of the Law Committee sighed: "Forty people went down in the first group, but only fifteen came back in the end. We even lost a lake-level scholar and a sword-wielding hermit. Everyone's morale is a bit low.
.”
"Understandable."
Finn nodded: "We will try our best to help you fill the vacancies in manpower and material resources, but before that, we need to know what new discoveries you have made."
The two of them were talking and moving forward, and soon they came to the huge crack.
The moment he saw this huge crack with his own eyes, Butler Fenn couldn't help but squint his eyes. As a spellcaster whose magic level has been infinitely close to the deep sea level, his sensitivity to magic has already reached an amazing level.
It was to the point of making a fuss, but now, he clearly noticed something strange.
It was clear that he was still some distance away from the dangerous cliff, but Finn always felt as if he had stepped on some kind of terrifying abyss, which made his heart beat a little faster.
"The magic is trembling?"
"Yes, sir, our people have made calculations based on the latest feedback from the secret instrument... Compared to before, the frequency of magic tremors here has increased by at least 30%, and the intensity is greater than before, but we still don't know how much greater it is.
Precise comparisons and calculations are required.”
After hearing this, Finn frowned slightly: "During the magic tremor, won't the operation of rituals and magic be affected?"
"Not at the moment."
The River Valley-level mage of the Law Committee shook his head: "We have tested it many times, probably because the tremor intensity is weak. So far, any of our spellcasting behaviors around the cracks will not be disturbed, and the operation of the ritual will not be disturbed.
Everything is normal, and even the secret ritual stations that the first team set up deep in the cracks are now functioning correctly."
After hearing this, Butler Fenn's eyebrows suddenly twitched slightly: "You have set up a station deep in the crack?"
"Yes, five stations in total."
The River Valley-level mage nodded and replied: "This is a plan proposed by the senior scholars of Merlin Lehe. It extends the detection range and accuracy of the Eye of Mel by setting up temporary secret sites, just like the ones we set up during the war.
Like those sentries, they can continue the transmission of messages and intelligence to a considerable extent."
As he said that, he pointed to the huge magic mystery base erected in the distance, and added: "The installation of the mystery was completed at noon the day before, and it will be in operation for a full day in two hours. By then we will
You should be able to get a more complete magic feedback report."