After leaving the original settlement, those strange and magnificent scenery returned, which is the true face of this island - wild nature, but Anne still found many traces of human beings, such as the road on which the carriage was moving, purely pressed by people, horses and carts, which was very obvious on the moor, and she also saw a few sheep lazily grazing on the side of the road, although she did not see the shepherds, but they must have been domestic animals as they were accustomed to humans. On the contrary, the animals that approached humans out of curiosity at first have now learned to stay away from humans.

The carriage passed a simple wooden bridge under which a huge ravine divided the north and south of the island, and soon after, Anne saw a strangely sized creature beckoning to them in the distance.

"I'd like to ask you a favor. Loria sat across from Anne, tilted her head and looked out the window, and whispered as if talking to herself: "Send me thirty people from the monastery every month, and the background and position must be strictly screened, and priority will be given to those refugee families whose lives are unsustainable, and twenty Nord volunteers or workers will be recruited from Xueman every month, and they will be given a good commission." ”

"If there's a lack of manpower, why don't you let go of the restrictions?" Anne frowned, of course she knew that Loria must have written to her for something to do, but she was still a little annoyed, why couldn't she just talk to her?

"This is Fairbanks' advice to me, to constantly put the new immigrants in a numerically disadvantaged position, so that they will be disciplined and assimilated by the new environment and strict laws, as for the Nords, they don't care what political position they have, they just want to feed their wives and children at home, and whoever opposes me is the enemy of the money in their pockets, like catfish, these distant outsiders can also provoke confrontation between two groups, and they have nothing to rely on but my authority, which is my natural supporter. ”

"Tsk, I just hate this stuff. ”

"So you've been ousted, aren't you, you and I have the same ideals, but I'm willing to compromise with reality. Loria finally turned her gaze back from the window, "I don't like Fairbanks' suggestion that no one has the right to dictate the lives of others, but he has a point, I can't always be at the mercy of hidden nobles and bloodthirsty soldiers, I need a new and powerful class to support me, and in time cities and villages will be built here, and the populous and well-to-do citizens and farmers will become the strongest and strongest backing for the crusaders in this dangerous world." ”

"Your idea is good, but what about those fogs? You can't rely on the mage's portal to maintain the exchange of supplies between a city and the outside world, do you want to blow up the portal and hide on this island where you don't know where you are?"

"There's always a way. Loria snorted, but there was a look on her face that was not unavoidable.

Until the carriage stopped, they had been chatting with each other, but the topic was always untenable, and then they fell silent.

The island was so big, Anne silently marveled, her waist hurt as if she had been beaten by a sledgehammer with no well-maintained paths and rudimentary carriages, and the long journey was as painful as if she had been beaten by a sledgehammer.

It was livelier and dirtier than the towns to the south, littered with gravel and sludge, but Anne saw almost an entire squadron of defenders, with a few makeshift towers and several trenches forming a tight defensive line.

"What is this place?"

"Follow me, you'll know in no time. ”

"What's going on? Why are there so many bear monsters here?"

"I forgot to tell you, I've made an alliance with the Pine Bears, and we provide them with security, food, and help beat up other Bear Monster tribes when they have nothing to do, and they provide us with the most scarce manpower. ”

Anne saw a bear monster roaming around, and then stuck the stick in her hand into the ground, and he jumped up and down and muttered something, and the ground around the stick gradually sank into a small pit, and the bear monster jumped down and rummaged through the dirt and gravel, and then crawled out of the pit in disappointment.

What the heck?

A giant monster twice as thick as the thickest chimney in Nomorigan's largest factory burst out of the ground, and then crashed headlong into a hill, and later, as the giant monster retreated into the earth, Anne saw two dozen men rushing into the huge cavern on the side of the hill with timber and tools, and began to strengthen the newly built hole.

Ah, even those bear monsters ignore the huge tubular monsters, and they seem to be used to it.

Anne wanted to see the crazy place again, but Loria had already walked into a makeshift building, so she had to follow suit.

"I've got some supplies for you, and I'll use them to recruit and settle new immigrants. Loria walked forward on her own, room after room, and in order not to lose her way and away from the male-eyed guards, she could only barely keep up with the pink fur moving too fast.

Loria pushed open the door again, but it was empty, and there were no supplies she had spoken, she thought for a moment, and then nodded in realization.

"I let Doru take the money from before, come on, I'll take you to get some half-finished products. ”

"Doru, did he leave the Abbey?" Anne was confused, and then relieved, although she temporarily managed the Abbey, those who followed Loria to the Otherworld were not under her jurisdiction, and were always secretive...... She casually asked, "Where did he go?"

"Go to Ironforge and tie ...... Hire some experts. ”

"Hey, you mean kidnapping!"

"Tsk, that's annoying. ”

Loria quickened her pace again, she didn't seem to make any big moves, but she walked very fast, and it didn't take long to bring Anne, who was trotting behind her, to the entrance to a cavern that was hidden in the building like a lair of a giant beast.

The cave was shallow, but very wide, and Anne soon reached its deepest depths, and for a moment her mind became confused, and she first noticed the great ...... that were entrenched on the top of the cave and around it They made a loud, slippery wriggling sound that sent chills down her spine, and then she saw the silver-haired girl sitting in front of a large brazier.

Several tentacles hung down from the top, occasionally spitting out stones from them, and by the light of the fire, Anne could see the stones shimmer with a dull metallic sheen.

Her head hurt more and more, her consciousness seemed to be torn apart a little bit, the girl in front of her made her feel familiar, but she couldn't call her name.

Who is she?

Anne stared at the girl's face, but suddenly slipped to the ground, and she looked at the pink fur beside her, only to find that she was looking at herself with a puzzled expression.

"What's wrong with her, Elyse?"

"After all, it's just a mortal, and you can't bear it when you see a little bit of it. ”

"Then why am I okay?"

"Xiao Luo...... Xiao Luo has been contaminated with my ...... There's no way to separate anymore~"

The conversation continued, and Anne tried to hear what they were saying, but the deepest and icy darkness spread, and her consciousness finally left her.