During the season of the vernal equinox, inside the Hearthstone Tavern... Joe Correction is carried out with Shayle, the king of the Land of Frost... Video chat.

"See?"

Shayl had just turned on the video chat function of the text message, and she didn't seem to be used to the camera a little, so much so that Qiao Xiu's entire magic web interface was half of Shail's face emerging from the bottom left corner of the frame.

The frost owl is looking at the camera with her ice-blue pupils.

"I can see it, but Shayle, can you stay away from the camera?"

Qiao Xiu took out the land of the sea... It should now be called a nautical chart drawn by the Sea Tribesmen.

"Like this?"

Shayl pulled the camera back a little, and Qiao Xiu could finally see what Shayl was like now.

Nearly half a month has passed since the World Culture Exhibition, and Shail, on behalf of the Land of Frost, accepted the Sea Clan's request to take home the garden.

Judging by the background behind Shayl, she should be on the back of the giant tortoise right now.

"Ciri, she doesn't seem to be next to you."

Shayl was also observing Qiao Xiu's environment, Qiao Xiu was alone holding a nautical chart, and no one else was seen around.

"Ciri, she's petting cats, which means having cats."

Qiao Xiu is not in his study, and now Qiao Xiu's study has become a place for cloud cats.

Although the orange cat's body will obey Qiao Xiu's control, it still exists as a cat's instinct, so it must be ensured every day.

"Cats... Sure enough, I like owls more than pets in this category. ”

Shayl unconsciously chatted with Qiao Xiu, the king of the Frost Nation who always revealed his true nature every time he had a private chat with Qiao Xiu.

Or let your guard down?

"I don't have much experience raising owls, but then again, what's going on over there, Shayle?"

Johew's video communication with Shayl isn't just for... Chatted.

Shayl had just arrived on the back of the giant tortoise today as the leader of the Frost Nation, which meant that the Frost Nation's army was ready to attack another continent.

"This place has been corroded by the gray mist for too long, so most of the plants have withered, and the High Elves are improving the condition on the island... As for the boundary of the Grey Mist Barrier, it may take some time to arrive. ”

Shayl said that here a pure white owl, or snow owl, landed on Shail's head, tilting his head to look at the interface of the video.

It looks like she really has an owl as her pet.

"There's one more thing that came from your brother." Shayl was completely unaware that there was an owl standing above her head, but the owl's presence reminded her of something important.

"My brother? What did Noggs say? Qiao Xiu asked.

"The courier may possess the ability to reproduce, this is the intelligence that Marshal Amter occasionally mentions when he chats with your brother... It seems that he himself is a little uncertain. ”

Shail's tone was a little more serious when he said this, if this information was true... On another continent, the situation can be very tricky.

"It's the worst news I've ever heard, but it doesn't matter if it's seven or a hundred, if you can solve one, you can solve the hundredth."

Qiao Xiu didn't think that there was such a limit to the 'strength' of the players in the game world, and the current storage of faith power in the three World Trees would not be a problem if they killed a hundred or so messengers.

"In this case, I'm relieved, speaking of Qiao Xiu... It was the first time I had seen the sea since I was born. Shayl lowered his voice into the video camera.

"Uh... It's not the first time I've seen it, but I haven't been there for a long time, so it's good to have some time to relax after the war. ”

Of course, Qiao Xiu understood the hint of the king of the Frost Country, but he still redirected the topic to preparing for battle.

………………

A city shrouded in gray fog, the dead silence of the city underneath glows with an unimaginable vitality.

As for what brings vitality to the city, Kuroo thinks it's the recent rise of arcades and overlords.

But more people prefer to believe that it is... The mysterious Cult of Kosmos.

Blacktail doesn't want to believe in any gods, but there's no doubt about it... It has contracted a new addiction, which the orange cat he annoys tells Blacktail can be collectively referred to as 'Internet addiction'.

Its performance is that if you don't touch an arcade game or a little overlord game for a day, Black Tail will feel uncomfortable all over your body.

In fact, some people in the city have abandoned the laughter concoction and started to use the little bully for pleasure.

Whether this change is good or bad has nothing to do with Blacktail, it just wants to find some brand new games to play right now.

The mud crocodiles on the other side of the city don't know when they also became... Followers of the Cult of Kosmos, they also began to issue Overlords and business arcades like the Sewing Gang.

Something is different... Blacktail heard that the games in the Little Overlord sold by the Mud Crocodile Gang are completely different, what games like "Contra" and "Squirrel Wars".

The 'cartridges' of these games are only available for sale in the Mud Crocodile, and Super Mario and Frost Brothers are only available in the Sewing Gang.

After playing a lot of games on Overlord, Blacktail was no longer satisfied with the two Overlord games, so he came to the territory of the Mud Crocodile Gang today, wanting to collect the cartridges of "Squirrel Wars".

The territory of the Mud Crocodiles is much shabby compared to that of the Sewing Gang, and the urban areas here are mostly wooden houses, and only a few humans will approach them.

Kuroo skirts the muddy streets and sees a sign on a wooden house that is a peculiar combination of balls and sticks.

This logo is the logo of the arcade... The logos of the two gangs are very uniform, and it is said that they are specially prescribed by the Kosmos Cult.

Kurotail bypassed the beggar and the homeless man who had fallen asleep on the side of the road to the door of the hut, and cautiously poked its head out of the window of the hut to check what was going on.

The cabin was chaotic, and Kuroo saw a group of figures in gray robes in the arcade hall.

At this moment, it covered its mouth in fear.

Patrolman!

The most terrifying presence in the city.

"It's not just the original hedron, it's also the magic inscription... How am I going to punish you daring lizards? ”

A gray-robed man's hand was like an octopus tentacle mixed with flesh and blood, and the person in charge of the arcade was lifted into the air.

"Can this lizard eat it?"

Blacktail hears another patrolman make a terrifying suggestion.

"Lieta... This lizard is not to be eaten, it stenges of the power of faith. ”

"Oh."

Blacktail's forehead was already overflowing with a lot of sweat, and it watched the situation inside with fear, and one of the four inspectors was relatively short and about the same size as it, and it suddenly saw the appearance of the short figure, which was a girl.

At least a creature with the appearance of a human girl.

But in the next second, sharp tentacles appeared again from under the cloak of the short figure, directly piercing the lizardman who was held high in the air.

The moment Blacktail saw this scene, it didn't bother to think about what the hell "Squirrel Wars", and its first reaction was to turn around and flee this terrifying place quickly.