"Welcome, Lord Velin." A 1.7-meter-tall Ice Elf bowed and saluted, and then made an invitation gesture to signal Velin to get on the bus.
Velin glanced at Carriage, which was made of ice, then turned to Kyle and said, "You wait here first."
"Yes, Lord."
Kyle dismounted, stepped forward to hold Velin's mount, and then headed to the rest post set up not far away.
After Kyle left, Velin boarded Ice Carriage. There were chairs on both sides and a finely carved table in the middle, with a fruit plate placed on the table.
He grabbed an unknown variety of fruit and sat down on a chair nearby.
Immediately afterwards, Ice Elf followed Ice Carriage and closed the door of Carriage.
In order to pull Carriage, Bingyu received the instruction from Ice Elf, put a shield on Carriage, and then pulled Carriage to Ice Castle.
Inside the car, Velin looked out the window and saw a land of ice and snow, with sparse vegetation, bare and lifeless everywhere.
"My lord, please."
Ice Elf suddenly held a teapot and poured a cup of tea for Velin. Then he stepped aside and continued to stand, waiting for his next instruction.
"How is Ms. Xia doing recently?"
Looking at the vast white field, Velin withdrew his gaze, took a sip of the unknown fruit tea, and turned to ask Ice Elf.
"Sir, the master's situation is beyond the understanding of a humble slave." Ice Elf bowed slightly and replied in a humble tone.
He didn't have the answer he wanted, and Velin was too sensible to ask.
Ice Carriage's speed was very fast. In less than ten minutes, it had reached Ice Castle on the top of the hill.
"Sir, Ice Castle is here."
Ice Elf opened the door and signaled Velin to get out of the car.
Putting on his weapons, Wei Linqi got out of the car and looked at the exquisite fortress, surrounded by patrolling Bingsu. Each one was powerful, at least he couldn't tell what level he was based on his strength.
"Lord Velin, welcome to you, I am the master's Head Maid, and I will lead you." A Ice Elf wearing a maid uniform appeared in front of me, bowed and saluted, and said respectfully.
"Yeah."
Velin nodded and followed Ice Elf Head Maid into Ice Castle.
There are various statues of soldiers displayed along the road, but I don't know whether these are living or dead objects.
Go through the long road and arrive in front of the hall.
Ice Elf Head Maid gently pushed the door open, stood aside, put his hands in front of his abdomen, and leaned forward slightly. "Please come in."
Velin was not polite and walked into the room and found Ms. Xia sitting on Ice Throne waiting quietly.
"Good afternoon, madam."
"Velin, welcome to your arrival." Anastasia stood up, lowered Throne, came to Velin, and said in a gentle tone.
"Madam, I am here mainly to apologize to you for my subordinate's recklessness."
"I already know about this." Anastasia waved his hand casually, creating a set of ice chairs and gesturing for Velin to sit down. "You can cultivate and use ordinary plants as they evolve into magic plants at will."
"Thank you for your consideration, madam." Velin sat on the ice chair and responded respectfully.
"When I come here this time, there is one more important thing I need to trouble Madam."
"Please speak."
Later, Velin told the story one by one about how Famine Cult launched Famine Sacrifice.
Anastasia was silent for a while after hearing this.
"Can you give me a specific location?"
After hearing this, Velin shook his head. He did not know where Famine Cult would launch Famine Sacrifice.
After all, a Evil God sacrifice was launched, and at least tens of thousands of people were sacrificed.
For an existence like this that affected three thirds of a kingdom, at least hundreds of thousands of souls were sacrificed.
"If there is no specific location, it will be very troublesome. I have three guesses about this."
"Please speak." Velin sat upright and listened attentively.
Then, Anastasia said slowly.
"First, someone within your kingdom colluded with Famine Cult to cover up the monitoring of church personnel."
"Second, through Demiplane, the number of sacrificial spirits is reached and the sacrifice is completed. However, this method requires the disintegration of the holder's Demiplane, which is very costly."
"Third, the enemy country invades your kingdom and performs large-scale sacrifices at the cost of the lives of our own soldiers."
"Ma'am, can you accept the last one?"
The first two were okay and reasonable, but the last one surprised him.
As soon as Velin finished speaking, Anastasia shook his head and said, "The third one, I saw it in my hometown, was about a Demon Sacrifice... In general, it's best to nip the danger in the bud. If it doesn't matter, I can also protect the safety of your territory."
"Ma'am, I remember."
Feeling the sadness in the other person's tone, Velin didn't ask for the root cause.
After having lunch together, Velin declined Anastasia's offer to stay, and Velin set off on his way home.
After meeting Kyle at the junction, Velin then diverted to the newly developed area to see what Orlando had done in the past three months.
In the newly developed area, Orlando has just finished clearing out a group of Kobold who fled here and is resting at the outpost farthest from the developed town.
"Sir, a total of 62 Kobold were eliminated this time. Six of them that can be used as proof of merit have been cut off and preserved. In addition, 45 pairs of Kobold teeth, six iron maces, two thirty-six kilograms of grain, and 134 Silver Coin were collected.
Finally, according to your instructions, all meat and Kobold's corpses have been burned. "
Orlando took a sip of water and asked the subordinate beside him, "What are the casualties?"
"We Knight Order had no casualties, and three infantrymen from the two squadrons accompanying the army were slightly injured." High-rank Knight Apprentice, who was wearing iron armor, reported with great honor.
"You did a good job this time, but you still have to work hard." Orlando stood up, patted his subordinate on the shoulder, and encouraged him.
High-rank Knight Apprentice beat his chest, and Orlando swore. "For Lord, we are willing to dedicate everything."
"Yeah."
Although he is only fourteen years old and will turn ten next month, Orlando is already qualified to take charge of his own business.
"Sir Orlando, this is a letter from our lord." A High-rank Knight Apprentice with Ice Bear tattooed on his breastplate came to Orlando, beat his chest in salute, and then presented the letter with both hands.
Orlando took the letter from his brother Hebrew and opened it to check.
"Brother, it's not good. Lord is here. He will be here for inspection in the next day. Come quickly."
Looking at the awkward handwriting on it, Orlando covered his head and said, "This kid, wait until he can practice his calligraphy."
"Sir, what happened?" The knight on the side asked with concern when he saw his captain covering his forehead.
"No, let Knight Order clean up and prepare to return to develop a small town."
"In addition, order Randolph Knight to stay with the infantry of these two squadrons and search the surrounding area to avoid any fish slipping through the net."
"Yes, sir." The knight left quickly to convey Orlando's order.