"Wait, no, Semiramis, you don't think I'm in love with a man, do you?"

Alice's words spread through the air, echoing through the wide hall.

Semiramis's smile froze on her face, her body motionless as if it had turned grayish, and she tugged at the corners of her mouth, pulling out an extremely embarrassed smile with difficulty.

It wasn't just Semiramis who was embarrassed, but Alice too, waving her hands at a loss, shaking her head constantly, looking like a white little girl.

If the appearance of the two of them is seen by people outside at this time, they will definitely drop their jaws, a god who is believed, and an empress of the empire, revealing such a twisted appearance that only a girl in love can appear.

"Ahem, ahem. ”

It was only a few seconds before Alice feigned a cough, breaking the embarrassment.

"I'm going to call Alia here, and it just so happens that Semiramis you tell her what you think. ”

After saying quickly, Alice didn't give Semiramis a chance to react, she waved her hand, and she disappeared from the hall, leaving only the girl's voice still echoing.

Semiramis shook her head with a smile, she took out a towel from her pocket, wiped her face, carefully arranged her hair, smoothed out the wrinkles on her face, and summoned a mirror with her magic, and when she saw that she was no longer in the mirror as she had just lost her appearance, she nodded with satisfaction.

It just so happened that at this time, Alice also brought Alia here, to this temple hidden in the middle of the city under the sea.

This was the first time Aria had come to this place, and she felt the magic that filled the air with a very dense intensity, her heart beat at a slower rate, and even her breathing was a little stagnant.

"Your Majesty Semiramis. ”

When she came to Semiramis, Alia performed the ritual of a servant to her master, and her face was very natural, as if such an action had been completed a thousand times, and it had been deeply engraved in her bones.

Alice and Semiramis looked as usual, and there was nothing unaccustomed to Alia's actions, after all, to be precise, Alia's vampires who were released out, their job was still as Alice's vampire maid, and those caravan leaders, lords and the like were more like part-time jobs for them.

Alice then assigned Alia the task of contacting Sigmund and asking her to arrange for someone to hand over to Sigmund and deliver the supplies to Upland City.

Semiramis added a lot of things on the side, although Alice seemed to have some secret weapon on the surface, waiting to give everyone a huge surprise, but the safe Semiramis still gave instructions with all his heart, so that Alia could pay attention to possible accidents.

"Well, that's all. ”

Alice opened her mouth and found that everything that could be said had been explained, and there was no way to do the rest of the accidents if they really happened, after all, Alia's strength was there, and she could deal with the general situation, but there was not much way above the legend.

There are only so many legends in the empire, all of them have their own tasks that cannot be transferred at will, and this time the task of transporting supplies to Sigmund Alika can only use the power in her caravan before, and there is no more.

"We don't have to ask the specifics, Alia, you may also take this as a test for you, the level of support should be moderate, and Zigmund should not be allowed to use this opportunity to consume too much of our supplies, nor should the Attila army simply break through the city of Uppland and destroy the elite of the Scandinavians. ”

Listening to Semiramis's words, Alia had a complicated look of fear and surprise on her face, she was afraid that she would not be able to complete such a task, but she was surprised that among so many vampire maids, two adults actually chose her.

"Yes, I see, Your Highness Alice, Your Majesty Semiramis. ”

When it was over, Alia saluted again and left the hall the same way she came.

"Well, I've said what I should say, and I've told what I should have commanded, Semiramis, and you're waiting for my good news. ”

Soon after Alia left, Alice also said goodbye to Semiramis, and she needed to go to the Novgorod region of the Rus' steppe to contact Rurik, and then use the power of the Novgorodians to search for traces of death.

After all, when looking for a snow druid before, it had been proved that with Alice's strength alone, even if it was the endless means of legendary spellcasters, it would take a certain amount of time to find a person's place in the vast land.

The so-called magic convenience is just a relative statement, even those prophecy spells that claim to be the most mysterious and accurate are not 100% accurate, more often than not, they only define a general range.

Once again, Alice felt a different feeling from before, if Alice had stepped on a lifeless, cemetery-like land, now it was a dead world, a little bit of green.

Although Alice still didn't see any signs of animals along the way, and there were no birds flying in the sky, but under the snow, in the tree holes, and on the back of the leaves, those hidden insect eggs began to exude a vibrant atmosphere.

Things have gotten worse for the druids

Alice easily came to the conclusion that if it weren't for the druid's bad situation, the grassland wouldn't have seen such a recovery.

This forced Alice to hurry up and walk towards the camp where the Novgorodians were, fearing that she would be delayed too long and that the druids would not find her dead.

The deeper she went, the more vibrant the grassland became, and about twenty kilometers from the sea, Alice saw a rare sight of a steppe wolf foraging for food.

It should be a lone wolf, from his lean body and the scars on his face, it can be concluded that this is the only one who can survive outside in such a winter, but the only one who has been expelled from the group because of his old body.

The lone wolf saw Alice's figure from a distance, no matter how she looked at it, she was an ordinary human girl, and she didn't emit any noteworthy smell from her body.

However, the instinct from the beast stopped the lone wolf's movements, obviously the harsh environment around him had not eaten a full meal for a long time, and the bursts of hunger from his stomach kept hitting its brain, but looking at the girl who didn't seem to be threatening, he could make it eat enough food and hold on until the spring when everything recovered, he subconsciously put away his paws, closed his mouth, and quickly chose to stay away from here.

Glancing at the lone wolf who was far away, Alice stopped paying attention, it was just an episode that was not worth mentioning, and she would not be curious to study the lone wolf.

Rather than spending days tracking down the lone wolf, looking for traces of druids who didn't know they still existed, it would be better to find the Novgorodians and look for their help.

Alice believes that the Novgorodians are still willing to help her, not only because of the friendly exchanges between Alice and the Novgorodian leader Rurik, but also because of the mutual interest between the two sides in the matter of death.

Alice believes that the ambitions of Rurik, and the Novgorodians represented by Rurik to be precise, have been activated in the last time they got along, and when death appears in this land, for various reasons, there will be conflicts between them.

Conflicts are conflicts, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, and if there is no external force to promote, these conflicts and dissatisfaction will only be suppressed in the bottom of the heart, and will continue to be suppressed.

If it weren't for a sinful girl who came to this land and started a war for her own interests, this land would still be able to maintain its prosperity.

Arriving at the place where she had been a few weeks ago, Alice was presented with no buildings, no life, and some abandoned garbage on the flat ground that could not be taken away.

Alice crouched down and examined it carefully, making sure that the Novgorodians who lived here had been gone for a long time, presumably after the war with the druids.

It's migration, not war, and there is no blood, no corpses, no traces of the flames burning, and even the things left behind are still a little neat in the chaos.

Because of that battle, he was forced by the druids to emigrate

Or because of the order of death, the migration was carried out under the suppression of absolute strength

Which of these two reasons is unknown, but it is now certain that without the help of these Novgorodians, Alice's difficulty in finding death would have increased in vain.

Suddenly, Alice's eyes lit up, as if she had thought of something, and she found herself in a misunderstanding that only with the help of the Novgorodians could she find a trace of death.

But now, the Novgorodians have left this place, but the traces left behind can still be found with effort and time, and it is clear that no matter what the reason, the migration and death of the Novgorodians are inextricably linked, and if you find the Novgorodian, even if you can't see death, you can find clues to him.

As soon as she thought about it, Alice immediately began to collect the litter on the ground that had been discarded everywhere, hoping to find some props from these things that could help her in the final process.

Many magics can find targets based on smells, and even in such a blizzard, it is no longer possible to find traces of smells, but relying on prophetic magic, it can also achieve the goal.

"North? Strange, how can it be north?"

The information fed back by the magic made Alice feel very strange, the north is getting colder and colder now, not the best choice, if you migrate normally, the location should choose a place with a better environment.

This side also verifies Alice's previous guess that Novgorod's migration has little to do with her own will, but more because of the situation or environment.

Following the trail she found, Alice found that the environment had changed back to the one she had experienced before, as silent as a dead world, with no animals, no birds, no insects, no life in sight except plants.

Recently, a snow-capped druid has appeared here and recruited animals, birds, and insects here, perhaps to make them attack a tribe's gathering place, or to besiege death as cannon fodder.

Either way, it's good news for Alice, the latter allows her to join the battle to face the death of a knight who has been consumed by the battle for a while, and the former means that she can find those druids and use them to attract death.

Rather than searching for death all over the world, Alice feels that it is much easier to find the druids, and to make some arrangements before death comes, to gain environmental support, and to create a home advantage.

But in the end, Alice did not change her route to find the snowy mountain druids, but continued to pursue the Novgorodians who were migrating according to the information she already had.

Mountains, forests, snowfields, meadows

Alice followed these tracks for half a day before she found the traces of the Novgorodians, at the foot of a snow-capped mountain, in a small leeward valley.

In the two directions of the valley exits, there are warriors who are good at concealment, in addition, under the thick snow, several snow monsters are buried inside, as a secret sentinel, ordinary people use visual observation to observe, and it is impossible to find their traces.

Inside, some stones and the most important obstacles are placed and arranged, and even if the enemy appears here and makes a surprise attack, they will be stopped by these obstacles.

The reason why they were so cautious was that the Novgorodians were having dinner, and they were cooking simple meals with charcoal, and they were eating quickly in groups of three or five with rice bowls and plates.

It was getting dark, and the Novgorodians had packed up their things after dinner, and after completing their rotation of sentry, they began to rest, and it was evident from the fact that they had to put their weapons next to their pillows when they slept, and they had been attacked at night during this time.

It's normal to think about it, in such an unexplored mountainous area, at night is the time when the beasts and monsters are most active, and in the face of so much food hanging in front of them, they don't know what rejection is, and they don't know what politeness is.