From the Winged Woman's account, Li Wei learned what had happened in Ice City.
Honestly, there was nothing new under the sun. No matter how bizarre or ingenious a murder was, the motive always came down to love or money. To Li Wei, what had happened in Ice City sounded no different from what happened anywhere else.
It was simply a ruler seeking immortality, breaking a taboo to summon Otherworldly Monsters, and a Holy Maiden sacrificing her life to seal them away along with the entire city.
It had been the same old story throughout history. There was nothing surprising about it.
The only unusual part was the Wild Hunt's origin-they had been sealed inside the temple beneath this city all along. According to the Winged Woman, their predecessors seemed to have been the city's original rulers. They had been defeated and sealed away after dabbling in dark power, and their successors had taken over the city to keep watch over them.
But the sealed Wild Hunt King had refused to accept his fate. He had found a way to bewitch the ruler of the time and eventually succeeded in breaking the seal.
Fortunately, the Ice Holy Maiden of that era had sacrificed her life to seal him away again.
The Winged Woman and the Deer Woman were the guardians summoned there by the Ice Holy Maiden's seal to keep watch.
"I see."
After hearing the Winged Woman's account, Li Wei nodded. That explained it. Clearly, Sophia and Franz I must both have descended from Ice City's ruling lineage. Those rulers had remained here after defeating the original Wild Hunt King, which was why they possessed the power to seal the Wild Hunt.
Yes, that made sense.
But now came the most important question.
"Is there really no way to