In ancient elven language, the murloc of the storm is called "Deborah", meaning the soul in the depths of the ocean.

In ancient times, residents of the southern coast believed that murlocs were a type of undead, transformed from people buried on the bottom of the sea. Legend has it that they would summon the living people into the vortex and use magic to pull the living people into the bottom of the sea.

With the development of magic and nautical technology, people later learned that murlocs are not dead, and they fabricated another fictional marine humanoid race: sirens. The sirens became the protagonists of various romantic ocean legends and took over "Using black magic to pull living people into the bottom of the sea" mission.

In the official Quintilia Island Chronicles, there are very few murders caused by murlocs, which are less frequent than shark attacks. This is related to the habits of murlocs. Under normal circumstances, they live in remote oceans and deep seas. Only when there is an abnormal coincidence of ocean currents, climate, celestial phenomena and other factors, they will occasionally come to hunt near Kuntilia.

Although there are few murlocs, they will cause great danger once they appear, so coastal residents cannot relax their vigilance. More than one hundred and sixty years ago, a human mage systematically studied the behavior patterns of the murlocs, summed up a set of coping experiences, and invented an inducer against murlocs.

The mage's name is Finnnett, a researcher who specializes in alien studies and toxicology. He originally studied in the Five Pagoda Peninsula, but was expelled from the school because of his private involvement in the illegal school. In the past, alienology, toxicology and necromology were as notorious.

Finnnet came to Quintilia, settled on Suhi Island, and forged a deep friendship with the island elves. He helped the elves redesign their ships to improve navigation safety; he taught Grey Mountain a simple method of identifying plant toxicity, which greatly reduced the accidental death rate of this race; he also designed the shark-proof limit for the human barbarians on Pilot Island to avoid them He was attacked while snorkeling... and what he is most proud of, and most persistent, is a series of in-depth studies on the murloc. No mage has ever been involved in this field in the past.

He designed an early warning system that can track the murloc's tracks based on ocean activities and celestial phenomena. The inducer he developed can bring the murloc back to the deep sea without harming other creatures in the sea... With his help, Kun The residents of Tilia have escaped a lot of danger, and the Tower of Sea Abyss stands on the fertile and beautiful Suxi Island, like a lighthouse that illuminates the entire Quintilia.

Human life is very short. Finney Knight passed away peacefully at the age of seventy-three. He left his life's hard work to the only apprentice Movia, and Movia did not disappoint his mentor. The elves continued to protect Quintilia and gradually grew into a famous master.

One hundred years ago, Morvia first discovered the abnormal behavior of murlocs and speculated that they might invade the coastal waters. This is an unprecedented situation in history, and neither elves nor humans believed it very much. Later, the danger really happened. Thanks to Morvia's advance preparation, the disaster loss was minimized.

Due to pedigree issues, many elves don't trust Morvia, and they seem to be more able to accept humans who are completely different from themselves than hybrids. After the battle to expel the murlocs subsided, the elves changed their views on Morvia. They began to call him a master willingly and believed that he was indeed a qualified heir to the tower of the sea.

Over the past year, there have been more and more trade routes between Quintilia and the Confederacy of Ten Nations, the exchanges between elves and humans have become more frequent, and alien studies, toxicology, and necrology are no longer capital crimes and taboos.

Some elderly elves pointed out that the climate of Suhi Island seems to have changed in the past 100 years. There are always sporadic days of low temperatures that are out of season each year. It is difficult to see murlocs once in the past two or three years. Appeared several times.

Morvia explained that precisely because of the subtle changes in the climate, the frequency of murlocs has been much higher in recent years than before.

The abnormally low temperature does not last long every time, and basically does not affect the crop harvest. Although murlocs frequented, under the guardianship of Master Morvia, the elves of Suhi Island were very safe.

As long as there is the Tower of the Abyss and Morvia is there, the elves don't need to worry about it.

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"But Grey Mountain spirits, humans, and halflings are not treated as well, right?"

As he said, Burris put down the thick information in his hand, and the Elf Speaker silently accepted the information and continued to read it.

Every year, fishermen are killed by murlocs. Some victims can leave some wreckage, and some just disappear into the vast sea forever.

The victims included Grey Mountain Spirits, the human barbarians of Pilot Island, the local halflings of Quintiliya, and fishermen or merchants from Harbour City. The elves believe that this is because other races cannot get the warning in the first time, and they have certain communication barriers with the elves, so the elves are safer and other races are more vulnerable.

but it is not the truth.

Burris Gelshaw said that his apprentice Kreve personally encountered the murlocs. After preliminary judgment, the murlocs generally behaved abnormally and showed a state of excitement after drug addiction. So Kreve secretly told his mentor of his doubts, and under the guidance of his mentor, he decided to continue to investigate other doubts on Suhi Island.

During this period, Black Cliff Fort and Harbour City were suddenly attacked by a large number of murlocs. A Sago royal emissary is performing official duties in Blackcliff Fort. He and the Blackcliff Fort Knights are fighting to protect the people, and he has contacted the Tower of the Abyss to inform Suxi Island of the situation and ask for help.

This messenger came from the Tower of Truth in the capital city, and was a master of learning. He conducted some checks on the dead murloc, and was shocked to find a large amount of magic potion remaining.

During his inspection, the mage Burris Gershaw happened to arrive at Suhi Island. With the assistance of his apprentice, he discovered the secret that had been concealed for a hundred years in the Tower of the Abyss-the chief culprit who led the murlocs closer to the sea. It is Master Morvia.

There are high concentrations of inducers in the seawater near Quintilia. The inducer has been modified, and there are several magic potions in it, and the murloc will be lured to the corresponding waters, and become excited, hungry, and aggressive. Among all the residents of Quintilia, only Morvia has the ability to make and use inducers.

Not only that, but a protection spell continues to operate on the Tower of the Abyss. The spell range covers Suxi Island and the nearby sea. Once the murlocs enter the range, they will become sluggish and easy to kill; once they leave the spell range, they will be dominated by the inducer again and return to a bloodthirsty crazy state.

This protection spell has many shortcomings. One of them is that it will cause the nearby temperature to drop significantly during its existence, and consume a lot of rare magic materials, which is really expensive.

Finnnett was unable to make ends meet and accepted donations from many island residents. Now Morvia won't open it for a long time, he only evokes spells when he releases the inducer.

All the principles of casting spells, spell effects, medicine ingredients... are clearly written in the notes. This is the note of the mage Finnnett. The initial version of the inducer was developed by him, and the protection spell covering the island was also set up by him.

In the notes, he said that he hoped that Morvia could continue the research, such as removing the side effects of cooling, and finding ways to reduce maintenance costs. It would be better to make the spell range wide so that it covers the entire sea area, not just protecting it. Suhi Island...

"You can't do everything Finnnett expects." Burris closed the parchment book in his hand. This is also one of Finnnett's spell books. "For so many years, you seem to have only I did three things. The first is to improve the inducer, and the second is to let the murlocs appear or disappear according to your wishes. These two things consume a lot of your energy and cause your other spells to be completely messed up."

As he walked up the tower one after another, Burris personally learned those "wholesome" spells. In the Pagoda of the Abyss, almost all the excellent magic is left by Finnnett, and Morvia's personal research is simply blank.

"You also did the third thing. This one is also the most amazing one." Burris continued, "A hundred years ago, you led the Stormtroopers to the sea on a large scale, allowing them to attack elves, humans and other Race, after the battle lasted for a while, you brought the murlocs back to the ocean again, which logically won the respect of everyone. Master Morvia, if you want to ask me any evidence, the evidence is in your tower. You Every time you purchase materials, cast spells, dispense medicines, activate magical tools... these actions will leave corresponding traces, and your spell notes will also fully record what you have done all the time. Maybe you have long understood that those things will become evidence, even if You know, you can't destroy them, because destroying the spell notes will increase your inconvenience. So, you use some protection and curses to protect them... It's a pity that your ability to cast spells is too bad. At best, you can only hide from apprentices and laymen, but you can't prevent a cunning human like me."

Movia didn't speak. He sat down at the table, clenched his hands, without any expression on his face.

The members of the elven council kept whispering to each other. The speaker stared at Movia for a while and urged: "Master Movia, please respond."

Morvia still did not answer. The speaker had a few words with Burris, and Esther of Menswear also joined the discussion as a third party.

Burris offered to not rely on the accusations made by him alone. The elves can contact the Austrian Federation of Laws. They will send an inspection team to further investigate the facts. All investigations and evidence collection will be conducted under the supervision of the Elf Council. If necessary, "The blonde truth tower mage" can also guarantee justice on behalf of Sargo.

The speaker frowned and nodded frequently. Finally, Movia sighed: "I really don't understand... why are you doing this?"

The chamber was quiet, and people looked at him, not understanding what he was referring to.

"You seem to like humans more than half-breeds." Morvia smiled, "It's so strange, why? Is this the cultural tradition of island elves? Compared to mixed-breeds, humans are more credible?"

"Movia," the speaker reminded him, "control your words. Also, trust is not determined by blood. Master Finnnett and Master Gershaw are trustworthy. Movia, I don't understand... ...Why are you doing such a thing?"

Morvia raised his head, tears in his eyes: "What do you think? Ask yourself... You will never respect me, and no one will truly trust me..."

The speaker looked at him coldly: "How many lives have fallen because of you? Maybe those people will trust you until they die."

"I have been protecting Suhi Island!" Movia pushed the edge of the table and stood up with a sharp and trembling voice, "I have been trying my best to reduce the casualties of the elves, and try not to let my compatriots be involved! In recent years, no one The elves died because of the murlocs! As for the gray mountain spirits or halflings...these races were too far away from us, and the spells of my mentor could not protect them. When the murlocs appeared, their experience could remind us, let The elves are aware of the danger and raise their vigilance in time. As for human beings... After so many years, have we not cooperated with humans better and better? We are not unhappy, and we are more and more united because of the murlocs! "

Hearing this, Esther couldn't help asking: "Cooperate with humans? You estimate the date of the red moon. In the next few days, you will induce a large number of murlocs to besiege Black Cliff Castle. When we ask for help, you will Actively send people to assist... Is this cooperation and unity in your eyes?"

Morvia replied: "But after all, we provided assistance in time to clean up the murlocs in the offshore. I don't really want to hurt you."

"Okay, shut up." The speaker interrupted him, lowering his head and squeezing his eyebrows.

Morvia wiped a tear, and raised her hand to the Speaker and Burris beside him: "I don't understand... What position does Burris Gelshaw have to investigate me? You ignore my painstaking efforts and condemn what I did. Everything, but treat him as a guest? He walked out of the white tower of the icefield, he is the apprentice of the necromancer Illil! Even if he left there, he has always been a necromancer, he has used it all his life How many disgusting spells, how much blood is stained on his robe, I am afraid that he can't even remember it? Such a shameful person has the right to accuse me in front of the Suxi Island Council?"

The speaker's face was very ugly, and Burris remained unmoved, but looked at Morvia quietly.

The elf choked for a while, and continued: "We all know what Yrel did. He tried to connect to the plane of Purgatory, wanted to dominate the devil, and wanted unprecedented power... and his apprentice Burris? Master Burris has already Those ambitions have been realized! Not long ago, he used unknown means to connect the different planes and freed the skeleton prince who had been imprisoned by the gods for thousands of years! You might as well look through religious books to see how dangerous it is. biological!"

Movia turned his gaze to the strange Sago messenger, and then stared at the Bone Maharaja behind him.

"If the Tower of the Abyss is to be investigated by the Austrian Federation, then... Burris Gelshaw, shouldn't you, your apprentice, and your evil allies also be investigated?"