After the meeting ended, Charlotte, Claire, Kathling, Neham, and Villette formed a group and went to the tavern in Icewind Castle to drink.

Despite the recent treacherous situation, the prosperity of Icewind Castle has not been affected much, and it is better to say that it has been further prosperous thanks to the victory in the Northern War.

Each of the five discussed their recent experiences, unlike the brief reports at the meeting, where they each recounted the dangers and difficulties of winning over allies.

Similar to Charlotte, the Constellation of Souls and the Forest of Illusions have taken a coercive and inducing attitude towards potential allies, which has led to several doubts about the alliance's cooperation.

"So, your Soul Seat problem is solved?" Charlotte asked.

More than a year ago, Claire had reached a truce with the Chosen One of the Thrones of Souls, and the agreement was nothing more than a truce to preserve the strength of the Throne of Souls, and the Chosen ones maintained a fair and non-obstructive mode of competition. At the next meeting of the Soul Seat, Claire decided on the position of the chief.

However, it is worth mentioning that although he became the head of the Soul Seat, he did not have Charlotte's authority over the Secret Ritual and Icewind Castle. This is because there are many soulseat factions that have existed for thousands of years, and no faction can have an absolute advantage.

Malthus might have been able to do it, but in the end he failed.

"It's nonsense to say that you can control it 100 per cent. Claire was very calm, "But at least there is a consensus within the Soul Seat on the matter of rescuing Teacher Sylvia. Teacher Sylvia is our leader after all, and the current seat holders are not all old stubborns, and we who have survived the glory of His Majesty Eagle know very well that the Seat of Souls cannot be immune to this war. ”

"So you don't have to worry about that, if it weren't for the concerted efforts of all of us, we wouldn't have been able to connect so many forces in just one year." ”

"On your side, when are you going to contact Gerald?" Claire asked, "I have a feeling you have a rough plan, why don't you tell us about it?"

Charlotte let the wine swirl in her lips and tongue, and after swallowing slowly, he gave Claire an appreciative look, "That's right." We've only thought about wooing allies so far, but we all know that no matter how we pull them in, we will have to face a problem if we want to succeed - and that is that we are not strong enough to stand up to the gods anyway. Therefore, the best strategy is to destroy the defense mechanics of Erru, the land of the gods, so that the gods can be drawn in. ”

"It's impossible to do it from the outside. Kathling asserted.

"That's right, so we're going to sabotage from within. Charlotte nodded affirmatively.

"So you chose to work with Gerald, and if it was him, there was a good chance that he would support your plan. Claire reflected on Gerald's personality and thought that the king, who feared that the world would not be chaotic, would strongly support Charlotte's actions, "But the question is, how do we invade Erru unnoticed, and even if we succeed, how do we buy time to draw the destructive power of the Black Lord?"

Charlotte's face was gloomy, and seeing his expression, Claire guessed the answer in her heart.

"There's only one way. After a long time, Charlotte replied as if spitting out turbidity, "And once this method is implemented, it has a very high success rate." ”

"yes!" Claire nodded, letting out a long sigh, "but do you think she'll help?"

"Who!?" asked Kathling, puzzled.

Charlotte answered Claire's question first, "I don't know, but I won't be willing if I don't give it a try." ”

"But once you try, if the result is not good, it is equivalent to exposing all our plans to the other party. ”

"Who the hell is it!?" Kethling was a little dissatisfied.

"That being said...... But Claire, you didn't dissuade me in the first place, because you think this plan has a chance of success, don't you?"

"If you consider the relationship between Zoe, the Lord of the Fabric," Claire nodded, "I don't deny the possibility ......of success." ”

"Didn't you think about the friendship between us?" said Charlotte with a wry smile.

"Don't play dumb riddles here!ah! Are you talking about Devany, the princess of the stars!?" Caslin guessed the answer based on the conversation.

At this time, Neham, who had been silent, pushed the frame, "After doing this, do you still have any delusional feelings for her?"

"She guesses she has the heart to kill me......" Charlotte's wry smile was even worse, "but it can't be helped." I can make amends no matter how I want to make amends, but that's all I can do to achieve my goals. ”

"Maybe there's a better way. Claire reassured, "I'm not saying this to escape or comfort. ”

"Maybe, in short, this matter is not in a hurry, let's do the preliminary work first. With that, Charlotte drank the wine from her glass and took out two silver coins from her waist pouch and placed them on the table.

"Are you going to contact Gerald?" asked Willett, "don't you need our help?"

After she finished speaking, the rest of the group also looked at Charlotte with concern.

"How could I possibly contact that dangerous man in the North? I'm going to do something else now, as for contacting Gerald...... Please help find the core followers of the Lord of Darkness in the main material realm. ”

"That's fine, I'll use the Soul Seat's intelligence network to inquire. Claire nodded, "So you're going now?"

"Claire, you've been in Icewind for so long, you've heard a lot of rumors about the Legion of the Sleepless, right?" Charlotte flicked the Destiny Coin into the air with her thumb, then caught it into her sleeve with a snort, "I'm going to solve this puzzle next." ”

The Legion of the Sleepless, the rumored strongest legion formed by Sylvia at the beginning of the founding of Icewind Keep after the War of Annihilation. But whether the legion exists or not, the world is divided.

"Does it really exist? Good luck then. ”

Charlotte waved at Claire and the others without looking back, and after leaving the tavern, she walked straight to the outside of Icewind Castle.

His goal was Wintercastle, fifty kilometers away, which Charlotte had before he inherited the Grand Duke, and the Earl of Wintercastle was also the original capital of Icewind Castle and the fief of its successive heirs. Well, although all the heirs except Charlotte have been Sylvia's vests......

First, because of the title of the Grand Duke before he succeeded to the throne, and secondly, because of Sylvia's title - Princess of the Ice Lake. Combined with the above suspicions, Charlotte judged that if the rumored locations of the Sleepless Legion might exist, the most suspicious one would be Wintercastle, located in a frozen lake.

Stepping on the perennial frozen lake, the beautiful white building in the middle of the lake in the distance is vividly visible. The thick ice does not make any sound due to human trampling, and from time to time there are flocks of winter deer playing and frolicking on the surface of the lake, and you can observe the water below the ice with the Vientiane Magic Eye, and you can also see swimming fish waging their tails in it, which looks like an ordinary frozen lake.

But further down, even the Vientiane Eye is difficult to observe, and Charlotte believes that the depth of the ice lake is far beyond imagination, and in addition, there is also the possibility that there is an enchantment in it that is difficult for the Vientiane Eye to penetrate.

What are the facts?

Charlotte nodded to the guards who had opened the gates of Wintercastle, and walked into the building with anticipation, which was even older than Icewind.