The sun is high

Human beings are really a very strange existence.

Just a heavy rain and the fierce sunshine that emerged after the rain instantly washed away the tense atmosphere that had remained in Salem City the day before. As the heavily armed Law Commission enforcers disappeared from the streets, People started their lives again.

Compared with the taciturn spell casters of the Law Commission, who carry spell books and are accompanied by many armed soldiers, the police officers who are carefree, wearing familiar faces, and holding simple magic circuit pendulums in their hands are not so scary.

What happened yesterday and early in the morning only added new things to talk about for most residents.

In people's eyes, the old Ernst house can only be regarded as a topic and conversation piece. Regardless of whether it remains intact or is burned to ashes by fire, it is always a symbol of ominousness and disaster. As for the news that spread this morning The bizarre magical cases that occurred near the Legal Committee's headquarters have become the most popular horror stories in people's mouths.

Shuge and Weilin had already listened to similar discussions.

As for the death of the sword-wielding hermit from the Legal Committee, the two of them had heard more than four versions.

People always have extraordinary instincts and talents in adding spice to stories. In addition, the people who spread these stories themselves have no good impression of the Legal Affairs Commission, so these versions of the stories become increasingly outrageous and exaggerated.

And when Shuge began to hear the twisted version of the sword-wielding hermit who contracted a quirk due to his overly repressive daily life and had to hug many swamp witches every day to fall asleep, he could no longer remain calm.

As for Wei Lin, her expression went from calm to distorted, and then from distorted to numb.

"Their mouths are more terrible than the evil magic."

Based on what she saw and heard along the way, the female mage made a conclusion that, although very unfounded, could not be easily refuted.

Shuge chose to remain silent.

Because he has also heard many strange rumors about Ernst's old house and his "death".

But this is no longer important to Xiuge. As a person who has relied on making up stories to support his life for a long time, he has long been prepared to become the stories and entertainment told by others.

Along the way, he was thinking seriously about what he heard and saw in his dream.

Although the words Theseus said in the "Dream Sanctuary" sound confusing, after careful analysis, many subtle and important messages can be derived.

After this series of events, Xiuge could no longer completely compare the world he lived in with the "Fan En" written by himself. The two were highly similar in frame, but the content filled in them , but there are essential differences.

When everything moves from paper to reality, deviations will inevitably occur. Xiuge has known this before, but he never thought that the deviations would be so exaggerated.

Through Wei Lin's discussion of sorcery and magic, and through everything that appeared in the "Dream Sanctuary", Shuge was certain that the ancient world of Van En once had some lost beliefs and civilizations, but at a certain stage, Everything in the past was cleared and buried, and only some ancient magic was eventually passed down along with the magic power. Perhaps as Theseus said, the gods who once had the absolute upper hand in this world were eventually replaced by the ones that people believe in today. Many gods replaced him.

"Judging from the series of names Theseus has, he should be one of the 'Lost Gods', or some kind of existence closely related to them... and the so-called Dream Sanctuary is extremely likely to Maybe it’s the traces of power left by the ancient gods.”

Xiuge turned his attention to the metal disc in his spiritual world. Because he had absorbed enough magic power, his entire spiritual world was now filled with a rich magic mist. Under its nourishment, everything seemed In order, the black tentacles are constantly stretching their bodies at the moment, while the running rat is taking a nap lazily...

But now, what Xiuge is particularly concerned about is the dark green magic crystal.

To this day, he still cannot know the true name of the crystal that he exchanged for female jewelry from the Kingdom of Walter. He is embedded in the center of the metal disk and continues to affect everything around him.

For some reason, Xiuge faintly sensed a property that was very similar to Theseus in this dark green crystal.

"The only thing that's certain is that although that guy's behavior is extremely bad and irregular, judging from his attitude, he doesn't seem to want me to die in Salem City like this..."

Shuge glanced sideways at the female mage next to him. He was now not sure whether Weilin Ernst could still carry out the "mission" he accepted under today's high-pressure environment. The relationship between him and her The cooperative relationship between them is not entirely equal.

If this delicate state really breaks down completely at a certain moment, then the impact he will suffer will be destined to be devastating.

"People are cutters, but I can't cook fish."

Xiuge silently made a conclusion in his heart.

At this time, the moving magic van had also slowly stopped, so Xiuge and Wei Lin got out of the car along with the other passengers.

This is the westernmost part of Salem City, which is also the busiest commercial district in the entire city. The number of shops and vendors here is far greater than that of other streets in the city, and it can naturally attract more customers. At the same time, many caravans and business groups have chosen this place as their temporary residence.

Under the influence of many factors, "Rowe Square" located in the western part of Salem City has become an important place that no one can avoid.

However, this has also become one of the main sources of conflict between the Votel people and the Delan people in Salem City.

The residents of the western urban area are mainly the Votel people. Relying on the long-term commercial cooperation between the plateau countries and the giant-eared goblins, the Votel people quickly gained an absolute commercial advantage in Salem City. Although Compared with the buildings of the Delan people, the buildings of Votel appear solemn and cold, but under this layer of disguise, they reveal a coveted wealth and prosperity.

With the recent changes in the situation, some scenes that have never appeared before have also appeared in Rowe Square.

Among the dense crowd of onlookers, impassioned speeches continued to be heard. The onlookers around him were talking a lot, but they could not suppress the high-pitched voice.

"Salem City is definitely not a whole! Although we have a so-called independent government here, all its actions, decrees and even its positions are never independent and fair!"

"Salem City is terrible! We all know that Salem was born due to the truce between Votel and Delan, and it exists because of the agreement and peace between the two. But now the cornerstone supporting all this has disappeared, everyone. Residents! Whether your blood originates from Votel or Delan, whether you belong to the human race or not, you should seriously think about where is this city headed now?"

Even if he didn't see the speaker's appearance, Xiuge couldn't help but frown just by hearing these words.

He hates such inflammatory words, especially at this delicate moment. Such public remarks are very likely to cause a series of troubles. What makes him even more uneasy is that the person responsible for maintaining security in the square The guards were actually standing not far away, but it seemed that they had no intention of stopping what was happening at the moment, and were even talking and laughing with a few young people.

Shuge noticed that although these young men did not wear hoods, they all wore uniform armbands made of three crossed daggers on their arms, which was the logo of the Tricolor Brotherhood.

It seems that this organization, which once mainly consisted of stalkers and thieves, has now begun to widely recruit ordinary young people in the city.

"I know, I know that everyone is preparing for the annual armistice celebration, but do you really know what is happening outside Salem City?"

The speaker paused for a moment, seemed to have made some movement, and then continued: "Come on, Putlin... let me tell you what is happening around Salem City at this time!"

Xiuge was stunned for a moment. He stopped moving forward, then looked around, then climbed onto a huge wooden box stacked next to him, and stood on it like other idle people watching the show, facing the speech. Looking in the direction.

He saw the figure of his friend.

Yes, Putlin... This simple, sincere and passionate young man from Salem is standing on the makeshift "lectern" at the moment. Perhaps for today's speech, he specially changed into He was wearing clean and straight clothes, and his beard and hair were also arranged. At this moment, his face was a little red due to excitement, and his hands were even trembling.

Under Xiuge's complicated eyes, his friend took over a common magic loudspeaker on the market from a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar. Then, Putlin's familiar voice came out in Rowe Square. spread.

"Everyone, everyone! I...I got a new piece of news, a piece of news that the independent government of Salem City will never let you know!"

Putlin was nervous at first, but after he said two sentences, he quickly found the feeling of giving a speech, so he shouted into the magic loudspeaker: "In the past two days, the armies of the plateau countries have We have arrived at the rugged hilly land only two days away from Salem City!"

As these words were spoken, the crowd that was just talking about each other exploded in an instant. For these people who have long been accustomed to the peaceful atmosphere, the military is already a foreign concept, but no matter who they are, they can feel it. The danger and bloody atmosphere of this word.

"Yes, everyone heard it right. Votel, Hain, St. Steele on the Luowei Plateau... and many more kingdom armies affiliated with them have gathered together at this moment, and when the Votel Kingdom After that prince has participated in the armistice celebration, he will go directly to the rugged hilly land to host their so-called 'grand military exercise'!"

The trust and emotion for his friend that remained in this body made Xiuge involuntarily hold the wooden box beside him at this moment. He could hear that there was no hypocrisy in Putlin's words. At this moment, he was better than Everyone needs to be angry.

"This is a provocation! This is a betrayal of the armistice agreement we jointly signed. This is a contempt for Salem City and the lives of all people in the city!"

Shuge couldn't listen anymore. Although Putlin was still chattering about the bombshell news that came from nowhere, Shuge could no longer hold anything more in his head. He jumped from the top of the wooden box. He jumped down and stood next to Wei Lin again.

The female mage's voice rang in her ears: "Mr. Shuge, it seems that your friend has made his own choice..."

"you do not say."

Shuge recalled what he had said when he talked to Putlin before, and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Putlin's real thoughts are more intense than what he showed. Maybe I should have persuaded him to leave." From the Tricolor Brotherhood, but...how is this possible?"

At this time, the speech in Rowe Square had reached its climax.

The middle-aged scholar took the magic loudspeaker from Putlin's hand again, and his inflammatory voice once again echoed over Rowe Square: "The Kingdom of Walter and their followers are... They are preparing to use their troops to make the city of Salem surrender completely. They deliberately provoked disputes during the armistice celebrations. They ignore the sincerity of the Kingdom of Delan and the survival of the city of Salem. They should get out!"

"Get out!!!"

Perhaps there were really convinced people, or perhaps the Tricolor Brotherhood had planted some collaborators in the crowd before. Soon, the shouts to cater to the speech filled the entire square, almost overwhelming those Votels. All the spires of the style houses were knocked down.

Several dissenting members of the Salem Mutual Aid Group walked out of the crowd. They were afraid of the situation around them, but the reason in their bodies still allowed them to insist on shouting out their ideas.

As a result, fierce conflicts broke out immediately.

After quarreling, pushing, and then punching and kicking, Xiuge saw his friend rushing to the front excitedly. Years of struggling at the bottom of society gave him a wealth of fighting experience, so those poor The members of the mutual aid group were knocked to the ground within a few seconds. At this moment, the square guards who had been staying nearby to "watch the show" finally came over. They dispersed the onlookers with slow movements, and then left them unscathed. The Brotherhood members were tied up together with the bruised residents.

Amid the shouts and applause of onlookers, Putlin and his companions were led to the end of the street.