When Rafa returned to the town with the three witches, it was almost noon, and according to his instructions in advance, the knights had already set off in advance with the carriage, and only Audair remained in the town with a few knights.

"Your Highness!"

Audelle, who was lost in her soul, was crouching under the tree yesterday and blaming herself for not being able to help Rafa at all, when a figure fell from the sky, fell to the ground and staggered, and she looked up to see that it was Rafa with three women.

Rafa put the three of Vena on the ground, and gasped violently, he knew that something must be wrong with his body, the vortex spiritual power in the sea of qi was obviously very abundant, but he just felt that his body was as weak as a lack of blood and qi, and he had to stop and rest for a while if he didn't run for long, which was why he had to wait so long to reach the town.

Audele, who looked worried, had never seen Rafa so tired, and thought he was injured, so she hurriedly came over to support him.

"Let's go..."

As soon as Rafa spoke, he was startled, and his voice became very hoarse and low, as if he had been seriously injured.

After that, the three witches each rode a horse with a knight, and Rafa and Audrey together.

"Hmm~~" Sitting back behind Audrey, Rafa sniffed in her ear and smiled, "It's good to be alive." ”

"Hmm......" Audele's ears immediately turned red, and she was a little overwhelmed.

She still had some expectations for Rafa behind her to continue moving, but after the two of them galloped for a long time, he didn't move anymore, as if he was concentrating on riding.

After a long while, Audair finally couldn't help but blush and turn back slightly, only to find that Rafa had fallen asleep with her eyes closed.

It didn't take long for them to catch up with the convoy that was one step ahead, and the rescued girls in the carriage were in a good mood, but Rafa and his party had not yet followed, but they could already hear the rejuvenated girls singing a folk song together, and the melodious and light singing voice woke Rafa from sleep.

"Hmm... Tired. ”

Glancing around, Rafa hugged Audrey with both hands, and the whole person was attached to her, tilting his head and rubbing against her neck.

Audele's body suddenly became hot, and the hand holding the reins was a little stiff.

"Rafa, is this your witch wife?" asked Vina, who was sitting on the other horse, not far from Rafa, turning her head to the side and curious.

Audair was slightly stunned, and her eyes became dim.

Rafa was also a little surprised why he made such a move, and immediately woke up, "Ah... Hahaha, not ......"

Seeing Vina's puzzled look, Rafa had to take Audelle's hand and pull the reins to make the horse faster and leave her behind.

"What's wrong?" he couldn't help but ask, as if he was a little disappointed.

"Nothing. Audrey bowed her head slightly.

"Really nothing?"

"Really. ”

"Then why are you bitter?"

"I ...... Nothing ......" Audrey stopped talking, her nose a little sore.

Rafa shook her head and put one hand around her waist again, "Remember a song I owe me?"

"Remember," Audrey turned her head, "you want to hear it now?"

"No, next time. ”

“...... Well. ”

Rafa was very afraid that the demon girl would catch up, so he ordered the convoy to rest for a while and then set off towards Icefield City without stopping, during which he met many merchants who had left Icefield City, and he forcibly requisitioned their horses, exchanged them for the tired ones, and then hurried away overnight.

Fortunately, the night was fine, the demon and witch did not catch up, and the beasts did not dare to come when they saw the huge convoy of more than a dozen carriages, and finally at dawn, the Icefield City, which was much worse than the city of Kosol, finally appeared, and on the other side of the wall of the icefield city, there was a large verdant wheat field, and many greenhouses covered with insulated straw mats.

After passing through the redwood forest, everyone felt a long-lost sense of relief, especially when they saw the several long cannon barrels sticking out of the city walls, which the girls didn't know, but the knights knew that it was the biggest defense of Icefield City.

It was just getting dark, and Icefield City was already very busy, and the farmers and peasant women with hoes were heading to the wheat fields, and when they saw Rafa riding a tall horse, they all shouted "Your Highness Rafa".

"Your Highness. ”

Sieverus had already received the news that Rafa had just entered the city, and that he had already set the table with the clerk and was ready to register and assign work.

"Over to you, Sever. ”

"The subordinates understand. "Sievers had already counted the vacancies and the age they needed to do, and now it was up to them to register and arrange accommodations for the girls, and then arrange for the jobs.

"Hey, Katya and Shina are here too. ”

Jumping off the horse, Rafa discovers that Katya and Shina have also set up a table near Sieverus, on which there is a large flame rose pattern.

"Rafa... You... Are you alright?" Seeing Rafa approaching, Tona, who rarely appeared in public, stared into his eyes.

"Huh, what can I do?" Rafa touched the back of his head, a little puzzled, not understanding why Shi Nai would ask such a question?

"It's okay. Shi Nai breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked towards the crowd behind her, looking for her sister Kyle.

"Only three new sisters this time?" Katya pulled out a wad of papers from her purse and looked at Vina, Flo, and Litan as they cowered behind Rafa.

"Who knows, I don't have time for such a careful selection, but I suspect that there must be witches among these girls. ”

Katya frowned slightly, and immediately stood up, and without saying a word, cast a magic.

An ice crystal began to grow rapidly on the ground, and in just a moment, it was already taller than Rafa and the others, and then began to grow crystal clear branches and leaves.

The emergence of the ice horse out of thin air caused the surrounding women to exclaim, but there was no commotion.

"Hey...... Wouldn't that be too blatant?" looked at the crystal ice crystal tree in front of him, Rafa was a little worried, he knew that Katya meant to show off his magic, deliberately let the witches hidden in the crowd see it, so as to attract them out.

"I've got my own measure. ”

"Uh... All right. ”

After that, the three of Vena began to register and sign the contract, and Rafa wanted to take them to the city lord's mansion, but they said that they would stay and greet the other sisters.

Walking through the streets of Icefield City with Audrey, looking at the busy people in front of them, the smoky blast furnace and the noisy and busy steel knocking of the factory, everyone seemed to be in a hurry, and an unprecedented tension spread in Icefield City, this tension was not even felt when the army of evil beasts attacked, and it seemed that people were more afraid of the imperial conquest than the evil beasts without intelligence.

However, the strange thing is that except for the people in Icefield City, people who have been in Icefield City are very optimistic about this place, and the mass exodus that Rafa feared did not happen at all.

When Rafa had left Icefield City three nights before, he had ordered a state of emergency in Icefield City, and that all the ironworks would cease to produce anything except firearms and ammunition, that the glass workshops should be shut down, and that all the men should go into the gunpowder workshops, that no one should hinder or prevent the production of weapons and ammunition, and that all of them must provide the greatest convenience to the ironworks and gunpowder factories.

Now it seems that this order has been carried out, except for some merchants who have obtained the inventory, most of the merchants can only return empty-handed, and they all leave with some regret, and they all secretly estimate that they should be the last time to come to Icefield City, and it will not be long before Icefield City will cease to exist.

Back at the City Lord's Mansion, the backyard was also very busy, all kinds of low and shiny cannons were lined up, Lilith was busy, but he didn't have enough strength, two knights were assembling her cut parts according to the drawings, these cannons were much smaller than the howitzers made for the first time, but they were definitely enough to defend the city.

Hedda and Elle were calcining large chunks of steel, and the faint Red Flame had taken over from Elle's work, revising some of the bullets and parts sent by the Ironsmith Workshop.

Lucy and Shaya are also nearby to help, Cole presumably takes Shirley to the fields, but Freya and Tina, the Sky Witch, are nowhere to be found.

"Your Highness. ”

The two knights who had come to help saw Rafa return, and hurriedly saluted, and the other witches gave him a smile.

"Rafa, stupid, can't you make these things simpler?" Lilith heard the knight's voice and stuck her head out from behind a tall block of steel.

"Swords are simple enough, but we can't defeat Renault's army with swords," Rafa shrugged and walked towards Felihill's lab.

"I really hope that there is a witch in this world who swaps people's souls, let me exchange with you, so that you can experience what hard work is!" Lilith grumbled, then cut the steel in front of her into dozens of identical shells.

"I'm looking forward to such a witch. ”

He smiled and told Audrey to rest where she was, and he went into the lab.

Every time he entered the room, he wished he could get a glimpse of the secret of the witch of Philisill, but every time he entered, she was quiet, neither emitting flames nor making ice sculptures, and looked like an ordinary aristocratic lady.

"Welcome home. ”

Felihill put down the pen she loved, and shifted her gaze from the drawing in front of her to Rafa.

"Leave such a dangerous thing to me. Rafa saw the round object on the table that had been charged, and immediately saw that it was an iron grenade, and next to it was a sick iron box that had been assembled, which was obviously a mine.

"These things don't hurt me. Felicille knew what he was worried about.

"Aha, I almost forgot who Miss Fili is. He smiled and walked over to the tea set and made two cups of hot tea.

Freya and Tina have left Icefields. Felihill took the hot tea and said to him.

"They're ......" Rafa was slightly startled, he had already estimated that Freya was not the master who could calm down, but he didn't expect to leave in such a hurry, "What did they say when they left?"

"She told you to be careful of the church, which has demonic powers. ”

"Demons?"

She didn't say what it meant, she dropped the sentence and left. ”

"I don't know the demons, but it's true that Renaud and Yalvis are using the witch's powers. ”

"Have you met the Dark Witch?" Philicill's Dark Witch refers to the witch who has become a lackey of the nobility and kills her compatriots.

"It's a demon girl, but I didn't catch up. ”

"It's normal, sometimes those hypocritical aristocrats don't hesitate to engage in petty theft under the nose of the church in order to achieve their goals, and the church often chooses to be silent, and I even suspect that Freya's claim that the church has the power of demons is actually the magic of witches. ”

"Do you want to spread the truth?" thought Rafa.

"Now it's useless to say anything, now you are an enemy of the royal family, and no matter what you say, others will think that you are telling a lie to discredit the royal family. ”

"That's right," he said, sitting in the chair beside Felihill, feeling a little absent after only three days of not being seen, "Forget that, let's study the weapon in our hands." ”

As he spoke, he put the assembled mine to his fingertips and spun it as a leather ball.