Vast glaciers, heavy snowfall.

After the rescue plan was successful, Charlotte and Claire immediately led their men to flee the Wailing Basin, and when leaving, Charlotte ordered Wycliffe to wreak havoc on the prison, and although the rampaging Wycliffe caused great casualties to the banshees and prisoners, many lucky ones escaped from the Crying Basin.

Charlotte did not accept the prisoners, for he knew full well that even with the strength of the prisoners, they were still nowhere near as powerful as Malthus. In this way, it is more advantageous for them to have prisoners as targets to attract fire.

Is it cruel? Of course it's cruel. However, as the king and now the head of the Secret Rite, Charlotte must be responsible for her subordinates.

They traveled north along the glacier, and on the way Charlotte cast another spell to disrupt the perception of the Prophecy Legend. At this time, the scattered prisoners played a great role, and Malthus and his allies had to expand the encirclement, because they did not dare to bet on whether the prisoners would hide Charlotte and Claire and others.

While the number of people who have actually been rescued is small (the rest have either been killed or surrendered), most of them are elite forces among the Lich and Bloodline. They quickly withdrew from the battlefield, fleeing the Wailing Basin before Malthus could return to help. Although they encountered several attacks along the way, they all relied on their absolute superiority in strength to achieve complete victories and maintain the team's latent nature well.

The team, which had expanded to hundreds of men, eventually returned to the site where the Ice Fountain erupted that day, and crossed most of the Far North as if it were fighting a guerrilla war.

By this time, the area of the Ice Ridge Fountain had been restored, and the thick ice covered the vast sea, and the cold wind howled and the snow rolled in. Aside from the disappearance of a few icebergs around it, it is impossible to tell that it was an ocean not so long ago.

Soon after, Ramsey returned to the team, looking a little embarrassed but in good spirits. Charlotte breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Are you alright?"

"Thank you for your concern, everything is fine, it's just that I'm worried that someone is tracking me, so it's been a lot of delay. ”

"That's good. ”

Charlotte motioned for Vivien to bring Ramsey a bowl of hot soup, and the latter didn't put any stand on Vivien's side, and took it with both hands with a smile. They found the leeward side of a nearby Xiaoice mountain, where they rested and confirmed their next steps.

The Bloods and Lich take turns guarding the perimeter, and although they are undead, they inevitably fall into a weakened state in prison and need some time to recover.

After Ramsey had drunk the hot soup, Claire spoke, "We've just been discussing the next step of action, just waiting for you to come back and take a look at it." ”

Ramsey took a look at it, and in addition to Charlotte's apprentice, Claire's apprentice and Willett, there was also a master-level lich here, plus himself a total of eight people, it seemed that this was the core discussion circle of the three forces.

The rest is not surprising, Ramsey only glanced at Vivien and Lolita in a slightly surprised way, and understood that Charlotte had made up her mind to gradually expose the two daughters to some of the real core secrets.

"So what do you think? First of all, I'm the only one who looks to the chief horse. Ramsey put down the bowl and said with a smile.

"I need not only your faithfulness, but also your wisdom and experience. Ramsay, there is no need to say that again. ”

"Yes! Ramsey nodded yes, then looked at Claire inquiringly.

The latter cleared his throat and said, "Although this operation has achieved the set goal, it has also put us in an even more disadvantageous situation. I discussed it with Charlotte, thinking that his illusions and the escaped prisoners would be able to distract Malthus for a short time, but it would not be too long. The bloat of the squad no longer allowed us to deftly avoid Malthus's gaze, in other words, we had to turn things around in this period of time, or we would only fall into a more passive situation. ”

Ramsey nodded, agreeing with Claire's opinion. No matter how strong Charlotte is, it is impossible for a team of hundreds of people to disappear under the nose of the Soul Seat. This is the headquarters of the Soul Seat, which is vast and sparsely populated, and the strong are like clouds, not the other three continents where hundreds of people are thrown into the flow of people and can't make waves at all.

"What about the strength comparison? I haven't been to the Soul Seat for a long time, so what do you think of the strength of our two sides?"

"It's terrible!" replied Willett, who was more familiar with the situation this time, "the vast majority of Claire's subordinates and I have surrendered to Malthus, so there is not much to say about the situation of forces, Malthus and his allies can easily come up with a hundred thousand elite undead warriors, and if you are reckless, the number is even more terrifying." And in terms of high-end power, Lich Greid, it's up to you to explain. ”

Ramsey looked at the lich, his shriveled skin glowing like rotting wood, his eyes flickering with a fire of soul, and Grede replied in a dry voice, "Malthus, Simon, and the legendary prophetic mage predicted by His Highness Charlotte, the Banshee King Mont Lisa, the Abomination Ragnad, the Plague Dragon Sergei, the Apocalypse Knight Nowell, and the Bone King Marley. This is the current legendary power of the Constellation of Souls, and although the latter three do not know if they will fully support Malthus, at least they will not become our allies. In terms of legendary power, we are still at an absolute disadvantage. ”

Although she had heard it once, Charlotte was still terrified by the power of the Soul Seat.

Such a force has completely surpassed the half-dead Eye of Time and the Forest of Illusions, and if you think about it carefully, if it weren't for the internal turmoil within the Throne of Souls, then with the fallen Gloria and the other two Chosen Ones of Death, the top power of the Throne of Souls would have surpassed Icewind Castle in an all-round way.

It's no wonder that the attitude of the Soul Seat towards Sylvia for so many years has been to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement, and it is no wonder that Dema and Dinah do not agree to go to war with the Soul Seat, and the strong background gives them the confidence to act, if it weren't for the mountain of Sylvia on their heads, the Soul Seat would have let go of itself long ago, and the Lich as a conservative would have long been unable to maintain the situation of the Soul Seat.

Ramsey wasn't surprised, he nodded, "It seems that as I expected, there is no chance of winning a head-to-head confrontation at all. There are only a few things we can do to find a way to distract Malthus and Simon and create a king-on-king situation. ”

"That's what we're talking about, but it's also difficult, no, it's fair to say that there's almost no hope of victory. So there was just an offer. Charlotte replied, "That's to take Jacob Quake, and if we can win him, then we can win the Knight of the Apocalypse Nowell." Once the power is close, Sergei, the plague dragon, and Marre, the king of bones, must consider the risk of becoming an enemy of us, so that there is still a glimmer of hope. ”

"But the stakes are just as great, and it's possible that Jacob will turn back, and that will put us in a desperate situation. Claire added, "We're hesitant about it right now, so we'd like to hear your opinion." ”

Ramsey knows where the risk comes from.

If Jacob is not accepted, there may be little hope of victory, but at least there is still hope of returning to Icewind Castle. But if Jacob turns against the water after acceptance, he may even cut off the way out.

Even though he has a lot of life experience, Ramsay can't help but feel a headache about this dilemma.