What did you do with the dice?

Rusalka felt that she seemed to be missing the most crucial part: "What about Theresa?"

Hydra replied matter-of-factly, "Of course I'll just stand in front of the door and wait for it to open."

Rusalka wanted to continue the second half that she had just unfinished. This charlatan Black Cat kept talking about doors all day long, which really drove people crazy. She should be given a good beating to cure her little head that seemed to have door XP.

She was keeping it a secret, and if it turned out that this door was the dining room door of Theresa's house, Rusalka, who thought she was a fan of legends, would definitely faint on the spot.

Hydra: "But recently I have seen more clearly, and I see that there are thirteen inlay slots on the door."

Rusalka was a little nervous now. "Are you sure you haven't seen a door with this kind of decoration in Theresa's dining room?"

Hydra's expression was a bit embarrassed. "I think unless someone has a special hobby, or perhaps brought home an antique door buried in the underground ruins, it's unlikely that anyone would have a circular retractable door like this."

Rusalka: (Besides the power of faith from the twelve gods, what is the thirteenth hole? Did she embed herself in it?)

Sunita: (Hen, after listening to your conversation, I feel like I've opened the door to a new world.)

Rusalka: (There I go again, I'm allergic to the word door lately.)

Rusalka didn't want to argue with Men anymore, so she changed the subject: "So when you came here this time, did you hear that Theresa wanted to get rid of the Grand Duke?"

Hydra shook her head. "Not really. She just asked me to defeat the demon and protect a few people. She didn't mention Phoenix and you, but said that I'd know who to protect later. Tsk, I really still hate Theresa. What about you? As a Paladin, you've met her, right? What do you think of her?"

Rusalka glanced away guiltily and replied, "I... I'm pretty much the same. Um... By the way, since you want to defeat the demon, I know who your target is. Do you remember the sorceress who came with Grand Duke Delai? She's the demon. We can just kill her and then speed through."

Hydra said that of course she knew the other party's identity, but she felt that it should not be that simple, otherwise Theresa would not have asked her to expose her identity and come here in person.

She decided to take a look around the city lord's mansion tonight to see if there were any demons lurking among the servants, or to see if there was anything suspicious about Marquis Dia, so that she could get rid of them all if necessary.

Hydra: "Just in case, if there's nothing else, you and Phoenix should just stay in the room."

Phoenix agreed.

Rusalka was not happy with this. Even an old ox wouldn't do it this way: "Well, what if I want to go out for some fresh air?"

Hydra: "No."

Rusalka immediately adopted her good friend Phineas's inequality to solve the problem: "Okay, I understand (I must find a way to escape)."

Volume 2: Favourite Alice

Chapter 199 The Devil’s Feast (1)

After saying this, Hydra turned and left.

After making sure she left, Rusalka had no reason not to hand over the cat food. Phoenix even prepared a midnight snack, so there was no escape tonight.

After a while, the world became dull, and Rusalka in the sage state suddenly remembered that among the words Hydra had just humiliated him, there was a sentence: "In her eyes, Rusalka is just a kitten who hasn't even had her coming-of-age ceremony at the age of thirty."

I thought Phoenix simply liked younger people, but I didn't expect her range to be so wide. For a moment, Rusalka, who was full of ideas, fell into a brainstorming. He even felt that he was eaten by the cat without any resistance. Is this phenomenon the sadness of this era? In such an institutional environment, how many poor Rusalkas are hidden in the dark system and have no way to speak out.

He was heartbroken, he sighed, and he complained to his brother.

Rusalka: (Brother, it’s horrible. I’ve been tortured.)

Sanitta was reading a book, so I didn't bother to pay attention to him. He called this kind of epileptic seizure intermittent, and it would heal on its own after a long rest.

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About two hours later, Sanita suddenly took the initiative to chat with Rusalka, who had already started a long break, in the PL channel.

Sanitita: (By the way, I found a method to summon demons in a book.)

Rusalka was bored in the dark little space, so she chatted with Sanita for a while: (Hey, bro, seriously, can you summon Labrinth's older and younger sisters for me? Or at least livestream the Twins, and I'll just stack a giant jet.)

Sanitita didn't play along with him, but instead continued to explain the science to him seriously: (The summoning of demons requires the use of a summoning circle and a medium. The medium must meet two requirements at the same time: 1. It has a strong connection with the demon. 2. It has a strong connection with the main plane. Only in this way can the summoning ritual be used to weaken the barrier between the two worlds, allowing the demon to transmit its power/clone or even its original body.

Therefore, the Demon Stone is actually like a medium. After using it, you can receive the power transmitted by the demon through the stone, such as the blood that seals its power and characteristics.

Rusalka: What is a strong correlation?

Sanita: (You'll experience this if you stay here for a long time, similar to blending into the environment. For example, if we're both Earthlings and we bring our original bodies across, then if I use my body as a medium, I can locate Earth's location. That's roughly what I mean. But now we're not our original bodies, so I don't know if thoughts or souls count.)

Rusalka: (I understand. As long as they have been soaked in Yangcheng Lake, they are all called Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.)

Sani Tieta: (Your analogy is very vivid, but they need to be soaked for a longer time, at least half the growth period, then strictly speaking they can be considered Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.)

Rusalka: (Isn’t this kind of medium difficult to deal with?)

Sanitita: (Yes, but demonic believers have it in their bodies, and there are also quite a few in the Seven Sins Realm. So the reason why the Seven Sins Church is so powerful is precisely because the power system of the Seven Sins Agents is the only one among the Twelve Gods that is compatible with demonic power.)

Rusalka: (What a scumbag! First line: In front, the God of War dominates the army, navy, and air force. Second line: In the back, the Seven Sins, the dual systems are perfectly compatible. Horizontal banner: This is me playing with snakes.)

Sani Tieta: (Your Holy Slash is a critical hit plus true damage, the horizontal banner is for the opponent, right?)

Rusalka: (Just asking if your work is neat or not.)

Sani Iron Tower: (It's not neat at all. How can the navy, army, and air force be matched against the dual system? Even the three armies can't match Perfect. Why don't you change the navy, army, and air force into three lines, the three armies into lines, and Perfect into systems. In this way, you have the three lines of War God dominating in front, and the seven sins dual system compatible with each other in the back. This is barely neat.)

Rusalka: (It means neat and tidy. Don't worry about all the formalities. You see, Phoenix never does these fancy pre-rock things with me. She always lets me lie down on the bed.)

Just then, there was a knock at Rusalka’s door.

Phoenix got out of bed and opened the door, only to find that it was Hydra who had returned.

Hydra still had his eyes closed. After the door opened, he asked, "Excuse me, but I'd like to ask again, which room is Archmage Sanita in?"

Phoenix: "Next door."

Hydra nodded, said thank you and good night, then turned and left again.

Rusalka: (This little cat is quite polite to his own sister, why was he so harsh to me just now?)

Sani Tieta: (If a pig eats your cabbage, will you be polite to the pig?)

Rusalka: (If it wasn’t our own pig, I would have politely invited it back, otherwise I would have missed out on a hearty pork vermicelli dish for dinner.)

Sanita: (But why does Hydra want to come to me?)

Rusalka: (Want to find out if your brother-in-law's circle of friends is clean?)

Sanitta: (I don't think she's such a boring film person. Besides, checking social circles is a trend that only emerged in the internet age. But it's fine if she wants to come to me. After all, she grew up in Esdi, and I can ask her some questions about demons.)

Rusalka: (She seems to be a good cat. Are you sure she won't stab you if you talk about demons?)

Sanitta: (What are you doing? I'm your brother-in-law's best friend and most trusted advisor. Before you attack me for my chaotic thinking, you must attack that sarcastic Rusalka. I just want to study demons, but I haven't put them into practice yet. But there's someone who's a paladin but can wield fel energy. Let's see who she'll poke first.)

Rusalka really wanted to pin a question mark to his brother, but as mentioned before, the PL channel can only transmit thoughts, sounds and text, and cannot transmit patterns in the head and independent punctuation marks. If there is a programmer to maintain this thing, the first function Rusalka wants him to add is the function of sending question marks.

However, after waiting for a long time, Hydra did not go to find Sanita. It seemed that he just asked a simple question. There was no conversation all night, and soon it was dawn the next day.

The maid came to greet everyone as usual and invited them to have breakfast.

Breakfast is bread with jam, and there are also bacon, juice, milk, fruit, etc. to choose from. It is similar to a buffet. If you want to eat something, just tell the servants waiting one by one to get it.

Marquis Dia was the last to enter the restaurant. He looked a little haggard, probably because he didn't sleep well last night.

As expected, as soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to share the stress that had kept him from getting enough sleep with every guest happily enjoying their breakfast. "Yesterday, I had guards check the City Lord's Mansion all night. They stumbled upon a remnant of an evil rune and a piece of demon stone on a shelf in the warehouse area. The mansion's mages studied it and discovered it was a symbol from Hell, possibly some kind of ritual pattern. Fortunately, due to a shortage of materials or the discovery being made in advance, no incidents occurred."

He took a sip of milk and continued, "This morning, one of the servants in the mansion also disappeared. We've speculated that he might be the one who placed the symbol. I've already found his family, but after a night of interrogation, I've determined they're just ordinary people. I've also questioned the servants who had recent contact with him, and none of them noticed anything unusual about him."

Grand Duke Delai slowly swallowed the food in his mouth and said slowly, "That must be the demon follower who has been lurking in the mansion recently. It's possible that his identity has only recently been disguised."

Marquis Dia sighed, "I hope so, Your Majesty. Therefore, I will intensify my efforts and increase manpower over the next few days to ensure that every corner and every person in the City Lord's Mansion is searched. I will definitely not allow the demon followers to disrupt this meeting. Please rest assured that this will be resolved before dinner tonight."

Rusalka shook her fork. "But actually, I think we can come to an agreement today."

The elder from Esdi said, "But the contract still needs to be established. If you all don't mind, we can establish the contract in the name of God Light. We from Esdi can also act as witnesses. How about that?"

After listening to this, Grand Duke Delai nodded, indicating that he had no objection to this. As for contracts, any oracle would be useful. It was just that if the content you wrote was vague, the contract with the God of Law and Order would be stricter, while the contract with the Chaos and Evil camp would be easier to find loopholes. Therefore, as long as it was a contract with the Lawful camp, basically everyone would recognize it.

Rusalka asked Sanitta, who agreed first. It was a good thing that Esdi was willing to let someone use up divine power to establish a contract, and this way it would not occupy his magic limit.

Of course, the specific content of the signature depends on the situation.

However, when it comes to signing a contract, it is a very troublesome matter. We have to discuss every rule over and over again. In this way, it may take a day or two to complete.

After breakfast, Sanitta followed Rusalka to her room, saying that she wanted to take the opportunity to have a private meeting with him and Phoenix before meeting with everyone else.

Rusalka said triumphantly to Phoenix, who was sitting on the side, wagging his tail and staring at the Sani Tower, looking a little anxious, "Why are you looking at my brother like that? It's broad daylight now, you should do something meaningful."

Sanita opened the soundproof barrier and said, "Then I'll make it short."

Rusalka said hurriedly, "Please be sure to tell me more details. We have plenty of time, so it's okay to keep it short."

Sanitta: "All signs indicate that Theresa's plan is to use the devil or devil followers to eliminate Grand Duke Delai here. She must have private connections with the devil, otherwise how could such a rat crossing the street like a devil follower dare to act so high-profile here?"

Rusalka didn't find this reasoning surprising. After all, Theresa was the most daring and playful native in the world. She even dared to mess with the Twelve Gods, so it was normal for her to turn around and toy with the devil. "But then again, even if you let me know this is the process, if the devil really comes, I can't cooperate with it, right?"

Sanitta: "Don't worry about that. To be precise, not only is it impossible for them to cooperate with you, they might even come with the intention of killing everyone. That's why Hydra said they were sent here to destroy the demons. Theresa's explanation to the demons was probably to kill them all. In reality, she wanted the demons to kill the Grand Duke first, and then Hydra to kill the demons, so that there would be no evidence against them."

Rusalka laughed, "Haha, but she didn't expect her idiot teammates to be exposed so quickly. The truth was discovered last night, and now the City Lord's Mansion is under complete martial law. I'm really curious about how she plans to remotely control these idiot teammates to pull off this extreme operation."

Sanitta lifted his chin and frowned as he said, "I don't think this was a mistake, but intentional. I don't think Theresa's goal was to assassinate him. Grand Duke Delai has a demon warlock by his side, and he himself seems very powerful. Plus, with you and me here, it's impossible for us to sit idly by and watch the demonic ritual. So, summoning a demon to assassinate the Grand Duke quietly is almost impossible."

Rusalka raised her finger. "Then I understand. Theresa has already mentally controlled the female demon next to Grand Duke Dere. Using the classic Minotaur deployment method, she's giving the Grand Duke a demon lover's backstab."

Sanitta rolled his eyes. "I don't think Theresa's little trick can completely control the minds of powerful people. At best, it's just a tricky permanent friendship technique. Otherwise, why would she go to so much trouble? Wouldn't it be better to just control the followers of the Twelve Gods and make them give up their faith?"

Rusalka couldn't guess: "Why do you always keep me guessing? Can't you just give me the answer right away?"

Sanita pointed at Rusalka and laughed, "Didn't someone just ask me to be more concise, and you're immediately denying it, right?"

Okay, Rusalka gave her brother a thumbs-up, then turned 180 degrees. "Tell me now, or I'll call the police and report you for trespassing and ruining Phoenix and my relationship. On the surface, it seems you're trying to lower the birth rate, but in reality, you're plotting to destroy the country. Your intentions are so sinister, I suggest you be shot."

Sanitta shrugged. "I have a bold guess. If I put myself in Theresa's shoes, it would be perfect if I killed the Grand Duke first and then the demon. But what if I put myself in the shoes of the demon she's working with? Theresa can't tell it that its mission is to work for me and then be killed, right? The demon has its own little plans. What will it do?"

Rusalka thought for a moment, then gave up. "I'm not a demon. How would I know what they're thinking? Why would I waste my words? Anyway, no matter what happens, we can just kill everyone except our own people and Hydra. Why bother with any conspiracy here?"

Sanita clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Congratulations, you got the answer right."

A question mark arose in Rusalka’s mind.

After Sanita finished speaking, he put his hands behind his back and turned around, saying, "Besides that, they might also want to use this opportunity to open the gate between the two worlds and make a comeback. No matter what, they will never give up any opportunity to wash away the humiliation of being sealed away. Their cooperation with Theresa may be based on this idea."

He paused and gave a wry smile. "After I read the requirements for demon summoning last night, I suddenly realized something. Aside from the Church of the Seven Sins, the country with the most demon stones and the most powerful ability to summon demons to the main plane on a large scale is none other than Esdi, who kills all demon believers on sight."

Rusalka: "But even if the Demon Stone explodes after being killed, won't it be purified on the spot?"

Sanitta: "Is that so? What if Theresa wants this to be a merit, and to prevent anyone from being tempted or lying about possessing Demon Stones, then after the subjugation, the number should be counted and sent to her for batch purification?"

Rushaka was speechless: "Good fellow, you stole from the company, didn't you?"

Sanitieta nodded. "If it were me, I would definitely do the same. She's already an enemy of the whole world, so there's absolutely no reason not to do the same. I believe she and I are the same kind of people."

Rusalka sighed. "Okay, so your morning meeting was just to educate me on how bad Theresa really is? Even if she has all those Demon Stones, she can't take them out in bulk to Esdi or even outside her home. Even if she wants to summon them, she'll summon them to her own head. At least for now, there's nothing to worry about."

Sanita: "I'm saying all this to remind you. If last night was just a deception, and Theresa or that demonic leader who's lurking somewhere is actually using these actions to deliberately 'delay time' or 'distract' us, and to draw our attention to the City Lord's Mansion, then I suspect this city itself may be in big trouble soon."

Rusalka thought he was overthinking it. "What kind of trouble could there be? Could they, like the El Empire, march all the way from Hell and take down Hendalia like they did Bright Moon City? Then I promise to be the first one out the small gate. No one can stop me."

Sanita held his forehead with his hand in frustration, exhaled slowly, and said, "Have you ever heard of a 'large ceremony'?"

Rusalka nodded. "I know. They often appear in games. They're similar to the magician's camp in the Type-Moon world."

Sanita snapped his fingers and said, "Correct, so now, we have to go find Marquis Dia."

Chapter 200 The Devil’s Feast (2)

"Brother Custer, it's a good thing you brought me along. If you ask me, this place is much more comfortable than Silver City."

Lei Xiukai smiled and poured some mellow white wine into the cup in front of Caster. Seeing the latter frown slightly, he waved his hand and said, "The adults are not here now. It's okay if we drink less."

Custer pushed the cup to Lei Xiukai and shook his head: "No, on the march and in battle, we must not drink a drop of alcohol."

It wasn't the first time Lei Xiukai had failed to persuade someone to drink. He simply shrugged and sighed, "You knights are so rigid. What a shame! This fine wine from Esterlun sent by the eastern merchants, I guess I'll have to drink it all by myself."

Custer was quite helpless with him: "Aren't you a knight too?"

Lei Xiukai: "Well, that's just a certificate issued by the Knight Academy after paying money and passing the exam. It's nothing special for an ordinary knight. Just remember the doctrine in your heart, and drinking a little wine won't hurt."

At this moment, the messenger at the door suddenly knocked on the door. Lei Xiukai quickly put away the wine glass and bottle: "What's the matter?"

Messenger: "There is a team at the door delivering supplies to us."

Lei Xiukai was a little puzzled: "As for the food, can't we just let him hand it over to the logistics department?"

The messenger hesitated and said, "They seem to be carrying wine. They say it's the customary supply for each military district here. But we are Lord Pearl's army, and we're not sure if his orders still count here. So the logistics department can't just accept it without permission. So I came to ask you and Lord Custer for your opinion."

Lei Xiukai glanced at Custer and said, "Prepare the horses for me and Commander Custer. We will go and meet him in person."

"okay!"