The desolate Mortapha region began to gradually concentrate warriors of various races, and even the Shadow Clan, who usually don't give money or do anything, took the initiative to appear. At the end of August, an elven warrior group consisting of swordsmen, archers, and druids also arrived in Mortapha, but Evangel had not yet returned. He remained at the edge of the Misty Forest with another group of his compatriots, waiting for an army of the undead to emerge at any moment.

In December, the fourth snow had fallen in the cold Mortapha region, and the frail Qian Qian, wearing gloves made of salamander skin and a thick cloak made of ptarmigan down, was still shivering from the cold. Christian was a little worried, but he didn't dare to leave the Emerald Town Tavern, so he had to ask Eluka to go to Torriola Volcano to hunt a magma hyena.

The magma hyena lion's fur is self-heating and is better than the electric blankets of modern planes, making it very popular in the cold regions of the Magic Continent. However, after the death of the hyena lion for more than a year, the fur will gradually degenerate, and gradually lose the function of self-heating and become ordinary fur, so it needs to be renewed every year.

Qian Qian and Leopold, the two weak chicken magicians wrapped in thick cloaks and shivering, what they need most in a cold place like Mortapha is the fur of the magma hyena lion, but the fur used last year has degraded, and this year's border situation is severe, and they don't dare to go out hunting casually, so they have to squat in front of the fireplace of the tavern and huddle up to resist the cold wave that hits.

Worried that Qian Qian would not be able to stand the biting cold wind on the border, Christian asked Eluka to go hunting before the first blizzard, and in mid-December, Qian Qian and Leopold were wrapped in new cloaks made of magma hyenas.

The time is just right! The day after Qian Qian put on her new cloak, she received the skin of the magma hyena lion and the flamingo down sent by Evangel to the elven postman. He organized defenses near the Misty Forest, but still found time to go to the Torriola volcano to collect equipment for Qian Qian for the winter.

"Look!" Leopold poked Christian in the ribs gossipily: "Lily received the magma hyena lion fur from that elf!" And the flamingo down! It's a lot more thoughtful than you think. Your enemies are strong! Luckily, the elf wasn't here now, otherwise he would have said 'Lily is too weak, she should marry a vigorous elf'. ”

Christie watched Qian Qian sort out those firebird downs with peace of mind, he felt that he was really not a qualified suitor, and he was in danger of being compared to others every minute. He was silent for a while before he said to Leopold, "Evangel was only worried about Lily's health, you know, they've been friends for years. ”

"Stop comforting yourself!" Leopold didn't have any sympathy and poured salt into his friend's wounds: "I'm also a magician in poor health, why didn't anyone suggest that I marry an elf lady?!" That elf has been away from Emerald Town for so long, and you haven't made any progress at all! ”

"The time is not right." Christian sighed and shook his head: "The situation at the border is getting more and more serious, and it is too inappropriate for me to chase Lily at this time." Although no demons have crossed the abyss of misery this year, the frequency of the three-headed dogs of hell and nightmare beasts has increased significantly. I believe this is a sign that it will take a lot of energy for our team to just encircle these evil creatures. ”

"Yes......" Leopold's voice was a little lowered: "More and more evil creatures are crossing the abyss of misery, in the past few years we have not seen a single three-headed dog of hell, and now, in just one month, we have organized nine sieges, and thirty-five evil creatures appear near Emerald Town in a month, and if this continues, I don't know if the demons will really cross the border one day." ”

"I'm more worried about Lily." Christian looked into the distance and smiled and hugged the flamingo down, planning to return to his alchemy laboratory: "Lily is Anne Luck's prey, at this time, I'd rather Evangel be here!" ”

"Don't worry!" Leopold patted Christian on the arm: "We have a lot of people, Lily won't be left alone." Besides, she's not an ordinary person, she's worthy of the best battle mage here! You'd better worry about yourself! You haven't seen the new information, the king's illness has worsened! This is extremely bad news for us. ”

Leopold was right! For the various legions of clans assembled on the frontier to defend themselves against demons, Adrian III is critically ill and extremely bad news. As the crown prince, the Duke of Frecy was urgently summoned to the royal city, but because most of the knights of Fort Frecy were already concentrated in the Mortapha area, the duke only brought a small retinue to the royal city.

In this delicate period, traveling long distances with a small number of guards made those who have a heart seize the opportunity! It didn't take long for Qian Qian to receive another piece of information that Duke Frécy had been detained. He was not captive by Archduke Ferdinand, but by the ambitious young Duke Franz von Eidellin.

The seizure of the crown prince is not a small crime, but it is clear that the strong Duke Adelin does not care. The Queen's brother, Archduke Lancelot, has been cursed, and Archduke Ferdinand, another powerful nobleman, has been cowering in his own realm lately, and Duke Adelin believes that now is the best time for him to expand his power.

He hoped to take advantage of the king's serious illness to detain Duke Frecy and force the royal family to give him the domains of the surrounding minor lords.

After Duke Adeline detained Christian's father, the first to stand up and protest was Qian Qian's grandfather, the upright Earl Bert, followed by Leopold's father, Duke of Sorenberg, and Archduke Lancelot, who was lying in bed and could barely move, also expressed their condemnation of Duke Adelin. Speaking of which, these dukes can be regarded as quite powerful, but helplessly, Duke Adelin does not seem to take their protests to heart, because no one really puts military pressure on him.

Right! No one could put military pressure on Duke Adelin. Because the territories of these dukes are almost empty, Burt Castle, Sorenburg, and the knights under the name of Grand Duke Lancelot are all assembled in the Mortapha area, at the command of Christian, waiting to resist the demon invasion.

"So what are you going to do now?" Qian Qian took the information and found Christian and Leopold: "The king is seriously ill, the crown prince is detained, and Duke Adelin is probably waiting for the queen or you to come forward to negotiate terms with him." ”

The answer to Qian Qian was Christian's long silence. In fact, everyone knows that Christian must not leave the border now! Because the other dormant wolf, Archduke Ferdinand, is waiting for the most suitable opportunity!