Athena is a very useful and smart tool.

Compared to Catherine, Athena's loyalty is not as high as that of the Scarlet Valkyrie, after all, the Scarlet Valkyrie's consciousness has been distorted by the love of the fallen city.

However, Catherine basically needs Qin Chu to arrange things clearly and make a proper plan.

Athena, on the other hand, doesn't need so much, she's smart enough to make her own judgments differently depending on the situation.

If this kind of cleverness is used well, it can reduce a lot of trouble for Qin Chu...... But this kind of cleverness is also a double-edged sword, no matter how carefully Qin Chu has made arrangements from the beginning to the present, there is a possibility that Athena will see through it.

This time, Athena travels to the Snowian Mountains to help the Mad Muse open the enchantment and obtain Geralt's soul shard.

Qin Chu judged that Athena would definitely try to draw out the remnant soul in the soul fragment, once Athena noticed that the soul fragment was empty, then his arrangement for such a long time would collapse.

In fact, Qin Chu's arrangement was really good, but only this point, Qin Chu really couldn't make up for it.

Once Athena perceives the truth, the woman will be on the opposite side of herself.

This kind of powerful and very intelligent woman will be a very difficult opponent, and if she really reaches that irreparable step, she can only get rid of Athena.

And, of course, get rid of the Mad Muse at the same time.

Sitting on the chair, Qin Chu leaned back, staring at Antarsia's back, Antarcia put the ashes of Mavis collected by Qin Chu in a bottle, and after Qin Chu's consent, he found a place in the garden to bury it, which can be regarded as letting Mavis settle in the ground.

Antarasia didn't have much affection for Mavis, although Mavis hugged her, but Antarsia was just an infant baby at that time, and by the time Antasia could finally remember, Mavis had already married into the empire.

But, in any case, it was also a member of the family and the younger sister of my father.

There was one more thing that made Qin Chu wonder, and that was Wadsworth......

There was such a big movement in the Imperial City, and Santa Monica and Augustus could barely say the past, but what about Wadsworth? That guy is the Emperor, and he's still on the hunt for Mavis.

Qin Chu didn't believe that so many intelligence officers under Wadsworth couldn't find the old church.

Even if it can't be found, Wadsworth can guess such a big move, and then immediately rush to settle the matter completely.

However, Wadsworth never appeared.

"While we were fighting Mavis, I felt a life approaching that position." Hilph said coldly.

As an elf, although he does not have the talent of Carol, Sylph's perception ability is still very strong.

"Who is it?" Qin Chu asked.

Sylph shook her head, "I don't know, I didn't have time to pay much attention at that time."

Although Sylph didn't see that person, Qin Chu felt that it should be the old fox of Wadsworth.

This old thing, watching himself and his wife fight from a distance, just doesn't show up.

I'm afraid that my hole cards have been seen by that old thing, right?

That's not a good thing.

……

The other side.

Athena's figure appeared on a silver-white snow-capped mountain.

She was still wearing a long black skirt and a wide hat on her head, and the white of the snow reflected on her face, making her skin look fairer.

The long skirt was not thick, and there was only a pair of pantyhose given to him by Qin Chu under the skirt, and the contours of the legs outlined an attractive curve.

The plump and graceful figure can't be covered even by a loose long skirt, but it has an extra lazy beauty.

Surrounded by ice and snow, under the howl of the cold wind, pieces of snowflakes like goose feathers fell from the sky, but Athena did not feel cold, she opened a red magic shield around her body to block the invasion of the cold, and even felt warm.

although

However, supporting the magic shield all the time will produce a lot of consumption in terms of mana, but this is not a pressure for a mage of Athena's level.

The tall figure is as black as night on that piece of silver and white.

progress, a little slower than expected.

It's not that Athena lacks strength and flies slowly.

On the contrary, Athena had plenty of magic to back her up and came here even a day earlier than planned...... The problem is that the snow mountain is too big.

All the hills, the peaks, hardly any difference.

The muse was a fool, and he didn't give detailed and specific coordinates, so Athena had to look for it by herself, wasting a lot of time, and speaking of which, since the day before yesterday, she couldn't even contact the muse.

That guy, can't he be dead?

Athena thought with some malice.

However, Athena also knew that this was impossible, a martial god-level berserker with a muse, even if it was ice and snow, if he was frozen to death so easily, he could simply laugh and be generous.

An existence of their level, even if they didn't do anything, they wouldn't freeze to death if they stayed in this Xuelian Mountain for a year and a half.

So, Athena can only speculate if something has happened to the muse, hoping that the situation will not be too bad.

Her arms stretched hard, her fingers stretched out of the magic shield, and as soon as she stretched out, Athena immediately retracted her hand, and several fingers were already covered with a layer of white frost.

The temperature outside is really exaggerated enough.

Look around...... Athena's brow furrowed.

A small white hand landed on the plump chest.

She could feel her heart pounding.

Athena didn't know what was going on, it was fine at first, but as she got closer to Xuelian Mountain, the depression in her chest gradually increased, and in the deepest part of her consciousness, there seemed to be a voice calling out all the time, telling her not to go near this place.

Get back.

Get away from here!

Athena couldn't understand.

It seems that there is an extremely terrifying existence hidden in this snowy mountain.

It's like, something will happen that is very bad for you.

The indescribable and unpredictable feeling terrified Athena.

Since the last time, after comparing Qin Chu and Gero together in his heart, and finally came to a conclusion that Gero was inferior to Qin Chu, and even began to question his feelings for Gero, although Athena has been deepening the traces of her deep love for Gero in her heart, a looming uneasiness is still shrouded in Athena's heart.

Athena even felt the urge to turn around and leave, but she held back, because here, there was a fragment of Geralt's soul.

Qin Chu, Geralt, and the figures of the two men swayed in their minds.

Athena was ashamed of her messy feelings and felt that she was a shameless woman.

But this time, as long as he can successfully get Geralt's soul fragment, he will definitely be able to strengthen the feelings in his heart, and he will definitely be able to.

Taking a deep breath, Athena's gaze became resolute again, and she raised her jade foot again and walked forward.

A long trail of footprints was left behind, which quickly disappeared under the cover of the wind and snow.

After a long time, on the side of a mountain peak, Athena finally discovered a cave.

With a flash of joy in her chestnut eyes, Athena sped up and flew towards the cave.

Whoosh...... Whoosh...... Whoosh......

As soon as she reached the entrance of the cave, Athena immediately felt a heavy, beast-like gasp coming from inside the cave.

The cave is inhabited by life, could it be a muse?

A vigilant Athena strengthened the magic shield around her before she spoke, "Muse? Are you in there?"

In the wind and snow, Athena's crisp voice spread and echoed through the cave.

Whoosh...... Whoosh...... Whoosh......

In response to Athena, there was a gasp that was no different from just now, which made Athena frown, Muse that guy fell asleep?

After a short hesitation, Athena stepped into the cave, and as soon as she got in, Athena immediately subconsciously raised her little hand to cover her nose.

What a bad smell.

It's a smell of foul smell and rot mixed together.

Rot? Is there anything else that rots in such a place?

With a slight wave of the magic wand in his hand, a fireball the size of a human head emerged and flew towards it under Athena's control.

The light of the fire dispelled the darkness in the cave, and some footprints could be clearly seen on the ground, and it was clear that there was human activity here not so long ago.

The fireball went deeper and deeper, and Athena chased the light of the fireball, her slender legs intertwined, moving forward step by step.

This cave is very deep.

After a few minutes passed, Athena suddenly returned with a fireball.

The fireball was moving so fast that it was only after the firelight had passed that Athena realized that a shadow seemed to be curled up in the corner of the mountain wall.

When the light shone on it again, the first thing that caught my eye was a dazzling chill, which was a huge axe.

As a member of the Brave Squad, Athena is very familiar with it, that is the weapon of the muse, and that guy is indeed here.

As the light continued downward, Athena finally saw clearly, a figure huddled at the foot of the mountain, snorting and sleeping, and the sound of snorting came from this guy.

As soon as she saw the messy hair like a bird's nest, Athena immediately knew the identity of this guy, who was it if it wasn't the muse?

This guy is really sleeping?

Athena had a black line on the door of her head.

Rubbing her forehead a little speechlessly, Athena spoke again: "Muse, I'm here, don't sleep."

The muse was still asleep, and he had no intention of waking up.

Athena really had no choice but to step on her sexy black high heels, and walked towards the muse with a rattling voice, bent her waist slightly, and at the same time reached out and patted the muse's shoulder: "Hey, don't sleep...... ......

Before Athena's fingers touched Muse's shoulder, she screamed as if she had suddenly discovered something terrible, and her body retreated, and her face turned even pale.