But when she returned to that island, Melos and the Snow Maiden had already built houses there and begun living comfortably.
Seeing that neither of them seemed the least bit anxious, the Crimson Ray Queen realized that only the three of them had appeared in this Twisted Realm. Chen Cheng and the others were nowhere to be seen.
At that moment, she assumed Chen Cheng and the others had found a way to reach the Divine Kingdom and had all gone inside, while Melos and the Snow Maiden had remained outside—one because she was too powerful, the other because she was an innate elf.
Thinking about how she had wasted several months for nothing, the Crimson Ray Queen was so furious her liver hurt.
She dearly wanted to force the Snow Maiden and Melos to reveal the method of entering the Divine Kingdom, but she also knew that she was no match for Melos alone.
Though she could not defeat her head-on, the Crimson Ray Queen had a brain. Before long, she set her sights on the Snow Maiden.
In her view, Chen Cheng and the others had come here to enter the Divine Kingdom and obtain benefits. Melos might not have gone because her path had already more or less taken shape, so it made little difference whether she went or not.
But the Snow Maiden would certainly be unwilling to accept that. It was simply that the Sea God's authority over water somewhat clashed with her nature as an Innate Frost Elf.
And she had happened to find an Ice and Snow Island. If not for the Phase Weaponry on her body, she might have entered and never come back out.
Yet for the Snow Maiden, this Ice and Snow Island was precisely the fortuitous land she needed.