A few days later, in the early morning.

Snow Castle Edders' office.

Since he has been busy exploring and sealing the underground passage under the statue of the dragon god for the past few days, Edus is tired enough. In addition, the extremely active diplomacy after the destruction of the Black Ice Device also contributed to the achievement of three major events.

First, the two cities were prompted by various causes and effects to abandon their differences and formally establish an alliance, and sent troops to Beihaiwang Town.

Second: The lords of the two cities, namely Balvo Metz and Carya Wild, met with a number of envoys in Beihaiwang and signed a lot of cumbersome agreements - in Edus's opinion, that thing was useless. The military is the most important diplomatic weapon.

Thirdly, since both cities considered Beihaiwang to be strategically important and well-connected and easily accessible, they joined hands to recruit a large number of craftsmen and combine the two outposts through expansion to facilitate defense and garrisoning. But they still command each other. The project is expected to be completed in one month.

In fact, there was originally a fourth article, that is, a group of mercenaries who planned to make money arrived in Beihaiwang. But considering the ability of outsiders to resist the cold, no one in the two cities hired them. But the gang was still hired by the newly elected mayor of Beihaiwang.

The rapid loss of population in Beihaiwang has been curbed, and there are even signs of rebound. A group of people who had left before saw that the crisis had been resolved and returned.

Flip through a new batch of documents, which are full of lengthy journal reports. There were only two things that interested Edus: the grand preparations before the Frost Festival and the weapons and supplies that the outsiders had decided to support.

I didn't expect those outsiders to have a little conscience, and they really planned to help us...... Putting down the document and pinching his head, Edes felt a little relieved while being tired, because he had finally found a way to deal with the black ice, and the people were in a high mood recently, sweeping away the previous haze. The upcoming festival spreads the excitement as if the breath of winter had never happened.

The arrival of the festival is a real blessing, and it can temporarily soothe the fear and scars in people's hearts. Many people are looking forward to a counterattack by the coalition forces of the two cities after the frost festival

But Eders was still not at ease. Because behind the hope lies more difficult challenges: for example, since it is almost certain that there is a device scattered with black ice in every area, how do you find it? It is not difficult to destroy, but in order to find these devices, you have to step on the black ice. This is obviously unrealistic for the Children of Ice.

Unless there are mages, paladins who can use blessing spells, or someone like Aya can dig deeper...... But there are only three such people in the city at the moment. And I'm really embarrassed to ask them for anything.

In fact, even if these people leave it alone, they will go around and investigate for themselves. If there is a need for assistance with the procedures and so on, we will help you. But lately, that mad dog has come to me twice in three days to ask me if I know anything like Hongguang Gorge and Hot Spring Glacier, which is really annoying - how do I know?

I even heard that those guys are planning to investigate the Ice Dragon Valley. It's up to them to go, and there's no reason to stop them anyway.

It would be better to ask the lord to hire some mages who can step on the black ice. As long as the price is right, there will always be people who are willing to take the risk. As long as they are reliable enough, they will be able to carry out survey tasks.

But these guys are not only easy to open their mouths, but they may also have no strength. After all, there are half-hung wandering mages who go around defrauding money. There are even the kind of scammers who have learned flashing and teleportation techniques, and they take the money and run.

As soon as he thought of this, Edes remembered the deficit caused by excessive fiscal spending recently, and felt a pang of bitterness: the trade deficit could not be completely reversed, and now he had to sell as many local products as he could to make ends meet.

"Oh, it's Denor, isn't it?" Hearing a knock on the door, Eders said impatiently without raising his head, "Come in, knock on what door?"

He had completely forgotten what he had been scolded for not knocking on the door before the adjutant had entered the door the last time. Maybe it's because the hairline has been delayed again, so Edus's memory is not as good as before.

Pushing open the door, Derno was dressed differently, not wearing the silver-white guard uniform or helmet (the guards of Neverwinter generally do not wear armor, including leather armor). Noticing this, Eders raised his head and frowned: "Deerno, why didn't you wear your team uniform today?"

"Ahh Stunned by the question, Deerno looked very embarrassed: "I am ......"

"Then did you do it on purpose or what?" Eders, who was very dissatisfied with Deerno's attitude, was overwhelmed by work, and frowned directly: "Let's talk first, Deerno." Although the form is now somewhat stable, it still cannot be relaxed. As an adjutant, you won't have any vacation until Winter's Breath is over. ”

"Yes, yes, I know that. Scratching his head embarrassedly, Derno muttered, "Uh...... But I still want to get out of the Frozen Land for a while. I've got my lord's approval, and I'm here to get you. ”

Why?

"yes, approved. Nodding, Dereno said something unexpected: "I'm going to go to the Adya Mage Academy on the continent of Nafrea to ask someone to help." Multiple mages can solve a lot of problems. ”

"Who are you going to invite?" Although it was clear that Deerno had been there for seven years, Edes still couldn't believe his mouth and interpersonal relationships at all: "Is there really anyone willing to come? ”

"Hmm...... But most of those classmates were in the Mage Guild. It's just a few steps away from the college. Scratching his head, the adjutant didn't look confident: "Actually, I'm just with my classmates, so I don't plan to invite them." I'm going to hire a librarian. ”

"Ah, the curator?" was drinking water, and Eddes almost choked, "Aren't you going to ask for a mage?

"No, no, no, the curator of the Mage Academy is not something that ordinary people can be. You must have enough strength to control the temptation of forbidden arts. Shaking his head hurriedly, Dereno explained, "Once he becomes the curator, it means that he will have access to the forbidden magic book. Although the dean's most important duty is to watch over them, he often ends up stealing from himself. But our curators have been in office for decades, and that's enough to be revered by everyone. ”

Forbidden spells?Eddes immediately remembered the soul-ripping magic that Namediaa had demonstrated to him: where did she learn it?