"Sister?" Lusha's first reaction was to communicate with her sister anxiously in her head.

"Hmm, what's wrong?" Lucina's slightly surprised voice sounded in her head, "Is there a secret that can only be told to my sister, like 'Sister, I love you so much!'"

"No......" Lusha vetoed with a little concern: "Those two pieces of black ice are gone." ”

"Hey, really?" Lucina's voice was visibly surprised, "Maybe it's melting, right?" But the temperature in the passage and the cold air I emitted couldn't make it spent...... You're going to look for it again?"

"It's really gone. Lusha pulled out the disc in confusion, "That's all that's left." ”

However, as soon as he held it in his hand, the texture of the disc glowed faintly black-purple. Startled, Lusa nearly threw it on the ground.

"Sister, Uncle Morse. You see. Lusa leaned the disc close to the horse's head and said in disbelief, "This light...... It seems to be condensing. ”

"This is ......" Morse put down the lantern and got up eagerly, "It seems that this black light is condensing into something sharp...... It looks like a phantom of a pointer. ”

"......Uhh Really!" Lucina turned her horse's head and exclaimed in surprise, "Wait, Lusa, did you put those two pieces of black ice together with the discs?"

"Hmm. Lusha hung her head in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"It's likely that the black ice disappeared as the material for activating the disc. Lucina exclaimed happily, "Look, the hands of this disc are obviously trying to show us the way?"

"If you say that, it's really possible......" Morse stared anxiously at the slow-shaping pointer, "Could it be that those corrupters rely on this to guide the way?"

"It makes sense to think so. Lucina turned her horse and stared at the disc in Lusa's hand. Immediately, my sister's voice sounded in my head: "Lusha...... Don't you think that's unreasonable?"

"Hmm. Lusha conveyed her thoughts.

"If you think about it, why was this thing thrown in front of a corpse when it could show us the way? to lead us somewhere. ”

"Sister, do you think that the Hooded Man has anything to do with the Corruptor again?" Lusala lowered her hood and stared at the outline of the pointer on the disc that was becoming clearer, "I don't think so...... I think the hooded man was trying to help us, so he got the disc from the Corruptor and threw it in front of the corpse. ”

"Then why did he throw the disc there?" the sister was unconvinced, "Wouldn't it be better to just give it to us?" or throw it on the road—he wasn't sure we'd take the black ice, or that we'd take the disc when we found the body. The bottom line is that we don't necessarily put these two things together. It's all too much of a coincidence, isn't it?"

"Dad said that a lot of things that seem coincidental at first glance are actually designed by someone. Lusha's heart is also very uncertain: "The more cleverly it is designed, the more it can make you feel that it is pure accident and not doubt it." ”

"Yes. We seem to have been designed from the moment we came to Winterfell at the hooded man's beheed. The speed of my sister's voice began to increase sharply: "Last time, seeing that we might leave the Permafrost Land, we tried to make Lusa faint for a month. This time, seeing that we didn't accept Mays's commission to investigate the eastern outpost, he pulled us into the tunnels with a broken hand, and sealed the way out - no matter what, the hooded man had something to do with Black Ice. ”

Before Lutha could respond to her sister, Uncle Morse's voice rang out again: "I wanted to ask just now, where did you get this disc and black ice?"

Speaking of which, I didn't tell the uncle about the hooded man...... As soon as she thought of this, Lutha felt a little nervous: she couldn't let Uncle Morse know about the Loneliness Curse. Let Nadia know that it's dangerous enough.

"Ahh......h The disc was found in a fork near the exit of Snow Castle...... One of the guards of the Snow Castle was frozen in a massive black ice, and discs fell from the ground in front of him. ”

"Frozen in black ice?" Morse was obviously taken aback, "So, the black ice that Lusa was carrying was taken from above?"

"No, no, no. Lucina stepped on the horse's hooves, "Remember those two severed hands? Moreover, they belonged to the frozen corpse. He was missing exactly two hands. ”

"What an evil sect...... Maybe it's a good thing done by the Black Ice Mage under the command of the Icy Death. Legend has it that the Ice City of the Dark Glacier is home to such a mage. Morse shook his head, "Damn, we've got to find a way to get his body out." ”

Lusa was relieved to hear that Morse had the same thoughts as herself.

The hands suspended in the center of the disc are finally fully formed. It accelerates for a few turns, then slowly stops.

"Does this thing really work?" Morse questioned in a disappointed tone, "Its pointer points to the back...... The passage we just walked through. ”

"Leave that at that...... Uncle Morse, don't touch that disc. Lucina hurriedly reminded, "Since this thing is powered by black ice, we have no way of knowing if it has been corroded by black ice. ”

"Ah, that's right. Morse hurriedly withdrew his outstretched hand: "I almost forgot about it...... I want to bump into that pointer to see if it's solid. ”

Touching the pointer with his left hand, the finger penetrated it. Lusha looked up at her uncle slightly: "It's not solid." ”

"Uh......h A question popped into my mind. Lucina, who had been staring at the disc since the beginning, suddenly burst out: "Lusa, you've been holding the disc since just now, haven't you?

Nodding, Lusa placed it smoothly on the saddle. However, as soon as the disc leaves the palm of the hand, the outline of the upper hand begins to blur. After a few moments, it turned into a black-purple glow and seeped back into the texture. Lusa looked at the disc in amazement: it was exactly the same as when she picked it up from the ground.

"And so it was. Lucina said in a very affirmative tone, "Activating the disc requires not only black ice, but also someone to hold or hold it in the palm of your hand. And it doesn't matter if you're wearing gloves - Lusa, it didn't glow when you first took it out of your bag, did you? Because you're using your fingers. ”

"Hmm. Lusha said in admiration.

Pick up the disc again and hold it in the palm of your hand. The pointer quickly appeared, pointing to the passage behind him again.

"It's really quick to unfold the hands this time. Morse was amazed: "Okay, long enough break - let's get moving?"

"In order not to waste time, let's just follow the direction of the pointer. Lucina turned around and stepped along.

Before walking towards the tunnel, Lusha glanced back again.

The hooded man was standing in front of the fork, staring at this side.

For some reason, the girl felt as if she was less afraid of him. Turning to the side, Lusha waved her right hand at him, greeting.

The hooded man raised his head slightly, not responding much. In the blink of an eye, the figure was gone.