Alice's purpose is certainly not as simple as she says, and the reason why she chose a character like Siegel as the bridge between Alice and Drake is also for her own benefit.

Whether it's Alice or Drake, they can't talk to someone like Siegel in terms of personality, let alone the emergence of a unified and powerful Scandinavian empire, which will make it difficult for them to sleep, and they will definitely not be friends, only enemies.

The phrase Alice once heard, "Sleep on the side of the couch" is not just the nonsense of an insecure victim-phobia, when Siegel truly unified Scandinavia, under normal circumstances, he would not choose to take the initiative to attack Atila, even if Atila is now mired in a tug-of-war with the rebels, he does not want to anger the woman who can kill Beowulf.

As a careerist, there are never permanent friends, only eternal interests, and he doesn't care about Jutland and Celtic's kindness in helping Scandinavia against the invasion of Artela, and he doesn't care whether Alice and Drake are friends with the Scandinavians.

At that time, based on the character of Siegel and the current situation in the north, there were only two choices left for Alice and Drake, war or surrender, the former did not have a high chance of winning, after all, the sphere of influence was there, and the empire that integrated the entire Scandinavian power could not reverse the situation with one or two partial victories.

Such a powerful empire has enough foundation and strength to bear the consequences of failure, even if it fails once or twice, it will not be able to reach the level of breaking the bones, but compared to Alice's Jutland and Drake's North Sea, as long as they fail once, they will face annihilation, and their territory determines that they have no room for failure.

As for the other option, it has never been considered by Alice and Drake, and perhaps Siegel will not be able to restrain them to such a powerful state, but the others will become part of that vast empire, whether it is the pirates who once roamed the North Sea, or the centaurs who galloped on the plains of Schleswig, they will become Scandinavians under the erosion of time.

They will lose their language and writing, they will lose the traditions they have adhered to and accustomed for thousands of years, and they will lose their faith, at least Alice will not believe that in Jutland under Scandinavia her faith can continue to spread, which will block her path to becoming a god.

"And what? just against those smugglers, right? just against that guy Siegel? Anything else?"

Such a thing usually only requires a letter, there is no need for Alice to come here in person and consult with her, Drake knows Alice, if it is not something important, there is no need, she will never make this trip.

"Truly my friend, Drake. ”

Hearing the word friend in Alice's mouth, Drake's eyebrows couldn't help but pick, even after such a long time, she and Alice have become essentially friends, but being easily signed by the other party with that magic contract, so easy to be deceived by the other party, still makes her feel shameless.

This became one of the few black histories that Francis Drake didn't want to mention, and even after that, she no longer believed in the magic contracts she received from others, especially the magic contract documents with special patterns!

"I want to get something into the hands of Siegel's enemies through your pathway. ”

"Siegel's enemies? Siegel has a lot of enemies, besides you and me, that Attila guy is also one of them, why don't you have to provide some material for that guy? I remember a rumor that you ruined her a few times. ”

Francis Drake, who had been crisscrossing the North Sea for many years, was certainly not only a place to sell stolen goods and buy material goods in Jutland, but also had very deep connections in the vast Scandinavian Peninsula, and the tribes who lived by the sea often traded with Drake in order to survive during the unbearable cold winters.

They traded the wood and fur from the forest for food and weapons for Drake to survive the winter and deal with the beasts that were also hungry from the cold, especially the winter wolves in hordes, which caused a lot of damage to the Scandinavians every winter.

Every year, this kind of trade can bring Drake a very considerable profit, and at the same time, it also makes Drake's pirates appear as berserkers, and these berserkers are the warriors that Drake is allowed to recruit after gaining the friendship of those tribes.

Although these berserkers have no talent for long-range shooting, nor are they able to handle the catapults and crossbows placed on their ships well, and they are not very good at water, barely being able to swim, but in broadside combat, each berserker will become a nightmare for the enemy.

With the power of these tough guys, Drake has defeated many strong enemies, and it can be said that Drake can become a real overlord and defeat all competitors, and these berserkers have played an important role in this.

"Drake, don't be kidding, don't you know how scary that Attila guy is? I'm not going to mess with those centaurs and frost giants at this time, and if she were to be freed, she would be in much more trouble than Siegel would be for me or you. ”

Alice smiled helplessly, not surprised that Drake knew about the mismatch between her and Attila, whether it was the second Scandinavian defensive battle or the sniper battle in Karelia, Alice's figure was watched by many people.

"Really, the Alice I know isn't so old-fashioned, not an old antique that can't afford to joke at all. ”

Wiping the beer foam from the corner of her mouth, Drake said with a bored look on her face, she put away the rude table and tidied up her crumpled clothes a little, which made the older girl look a little more serious.

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry I'm an antique. ”

Alice smiled helplessly again, it was the first time that others called an old antique on her body, but an otaku with the attributes of a literary girl, the title of old antique was used on her body and she didn't feel inconsistent...... Well, if you don't count her occasional girlish behavior, her kind of otaku life of studying all day long can indeed be described as an antique.

"Barusenger, Drake, as the overlord of the North Sea, you shouldn't be unfamiliar with this name, right?"

Her gaze became as sharp as a blade, and Alice looked at Drake sitting in front of her without blinking, hoping to see something in her eyes to confirm her inner suspicions.

"Barusenga? is indeed a familiar name, Barushinger's Barushinger, who originally had the strength to compete with Siegel's Gothic Chamber after Beowulf's death, but because of the stupid Barushinger, the whole city fell apart, and even his daughter became the wife of the enemy. ”

Drake is no stranger to Barusenga, although because the city blessed by the trees is located in the interior of Scandinavia, she has rarely been to that place, but from the Scandinavians she has come into contact with, she has heard a lot of rumors about the city, the powerful family with Odin blood, the rare druid gathering place, no matter which of the two, can make Drake look at each other.

"Drake, that's wrong, it's in reverse order. ”

"It was Barusenge who first married his daughter Sigoone to Siegel the feuding Goth, which led to the death of Barushinger and his sons, and the destruction of Barushinger's city blessed by the trees. ”

The destruction of Barusenger was the biggest event that had happened in the entire North in this time, and even the battle that spread throughout the Baltic Sea and caused the death of tens of millions of lives could not be compared to the impact of this incident.

No one could have imagined that the Odin bloodline would die out like this, and no one could have predicted the destruction of the city where so many druids were gathered, and where so many dryads and dryads lived.

By the time others discovered that the city of Barusenga had been left with only a burning ruin, weeks had passed, and the traces left in place had been washed away by the spring rains, and the bodies soaked in the water had been corroded to the point that there was no way to get any useful information from them.

The destruction came so suddenly, so quickly, that no one even knew what was going on, and what a force could have caused such a mighty city to die without a word.

"It is said that it was Barushinger who angered the gods in Gothic, and his bloodline, along with the whole city, was angered by the gods, and only Princess Barushinger, who was married to Siegel, was pardoned by the gods. ”

"Of course, it's okay to deceive the stupid pigs below with these words, it's still too naïve to try to fool us, such a lie is not even a half-finished product. ”

People who have reached Drake's level, but they know the existence of the pact of the gods, she doesn't believe that at this time, the gods still have the power to interfere with the main plane, and they can destroy the entire Barushinger so easily.

"The wrath of the gods, the Barusinga are the descendants of Odin, and no matter how outrageous the mistakes they have made, for Odin's sake, they will be forgiven. ”

Alice nodded, as a witness to everything, of course she knew the truth about the destruction of Barusinge, and of course she knew who had angered the gods and would be punished by them.

"It's Siegel, it's Siegel who destroyed the Barushinger clan, right?"

With that, Drake said the name she had guessed as the culprit who destroyed Barusenga, and that was the only person who had the power to destroy a city with many legends and the attention of the gods in such a short period of time.

However, in Alice's opinion, this is not a problem that is difficult to guess, and it is Siegel who has benefited the most from the destruction of Barushinger, and it is really without the existence of Barushinger that he can truly complete the great cause of establishing the Scandinavian Empire.

This is also one of the reasons why Alice appeared in front of Drake, she didn't know what Sigourney and Sigmund thought, after Siegmund was rescued from the predicament, she didn't directly stand up to reveal the truth and fight against Siegel clearly, but she didn't know that she was hidden in that ravine, and even Alice lost his trace.

Alice even speculated whether it was the gods who intervened and disposed of Siegmund in order to make him, a guy with force, power, and fame, not hinder Siegel's great cause of unifying the entire Scandinavian Peninsula and establishing the Scandinavian Empire, in order to let the glory of the Aesirs once again shine on the north of the entire main plane after the Frost Giants Rebellion.

Regardless of whether Alice's guess is accurate or not, in the final analysis, Sigmund's disappearance and inaction have put Alice in a passive position, because if Siegmund does not appear as a pawn, then the rest of the guys will be a game of scattered sand, and the Goths, who have lost Barushinger's counterbalance, will unify the whole of Scandinavia without hindrance.

"It's him, yes, so you see? That Siegel is no longer the Siegel you used to be, don't continue to look at him with the same eyes as before, whether it's a conspiracy or a trajectory, he can destroy Barusengue in a short time, and also made up such a lie that most people believe, he is an enemy worth taking seriously. ”

Alice had to raise Siegel's threat once more, so that the always grinning goofy girl could face the Gothic king, who was now not far from the imperial throne.

"Sniping at his maritime trade is only the first step, we need to support those in Scandinavia who dare to fight Siegel, whether it's food or weapons, slaves or magic items, if we can provide it, we must provide it. ”

Compared to the bad news of Sigal's unification of Scandinavia and the establishment of an empire, food, weapons, slaves, and magic items are all things that can be paid, of course, due to the fact that Jutland is now relatively poor (Jutland and Schleswig, which are developing rapidly, and Rice, who has only begun to build, have caused Alice's small coffers to shrink day by day), so the bulk of these things will be produced by Drake.

"Don't I believe those guys can stand up to Siegel, with that trash?"

Drake muttered, although she hated Siegel, but she also had to admit that if it was just a simple comparison of ability, neither the former Beowulf and Barushinger, nor the current tribal leaders who were barely united against him, would be his opponent.