What did you do with the dice?

Sani Iron Tower: (Ding Dong, dear, check the message log.)

Rusalka: (Phoenix, have you ever considered frying the peanuts in oil? It's not a waste, it actually makes them more fragrant... What's going on? Let me see what's going on. The eldest son of the Drey family wants to see me? All right, all right. He's more interesting than fried peanuts. My dear, bring him over.)

The young man followed Sanitta to Rusalka's room. Seeing a stranger coming, Phoenix had already hidden in the shadow plane in advance. So now that the door of the room is closed and the soundproof barrier is opened, as long as this young master says something that Rusalka doesn't like to hear, the popular three-on-one match will follow.

The young man first gave a brief self-introduction: "Hello, Lord Pearl Tear, my name is Delai Wangsheng."

Rusalka couldn't help laughing at this: "Why does your name sound so weird?"

It feels very rustic, and the homonym of "rebirth" is not very auspicious. Could it be that when choosing a name, Grand Duke De Lai just threw the dictionary on the ground and randomly chose a word from the page that was facing the ground?

Wangsheng replied somewhat awkwardly, "Well, my father had a son in his old age, but I'm not particularly gifted. He probably wanted to borrow my blessings for a good omen of many children and prosperity. After all, my father probably still hoped for a genius to inherit the family business."

Rusalka: "Did he get it?"

Wangsheng's expression became even more embarrassed. "I guess so. I have five younger sisters and one younger brother who is still very young."

Rusalka: (I guess his sisters’ names are: Zhaodi, Pandi, Wangdi, Qiudi, and Yuandi. His brother’s name is: Yijing.)

Sani Tieta was successfully amused: (Your joke is not only down-to-earth, it's even a little too down-to-earth to the point of being hellish.)

Rusalka: "Okay, then you can't be coming to me just to tell me about your family tree, right?"

Wangsheng nodded, looked at the door, and said in a low voice: "Actually, I have felt that my father's behavior has been a little strange recently, but I can't say what's wrong specifically. At most, he has recruited a lot of talented people of unknown identities. However, he used to have close contacts with the elves. In my opinion, we are a grand duke family, so it is normal for him to have such a wide range of friends.

But after the assassination of Marquis Dia today, my feeling of unease has become even stronger."

Sanitta: "You mean you suspect your father is collaborating with the devil?"

Wangsheng shook his head. "That shouldn't be possible, but I think it's a little unreasonable for him to still be cooperating with the elves. Logically, the eldest prince should be more reliable than the second prince. I've been urging father to just support the eldest prince and make peace with you. Why should we give the elves a break? But he's always refused to agree."

Rushaka sensed that Wangsheng seemed to be about to take up Frostmourne. "So? You want to cooperate with us?"

Wangsheng shook his head. "No, that's not the strange thing. It's that when I tried to persuade him recently, he actually told me 'I can consider it' and even brought me to participate in the negotiations. Father always keeps his word. How could he suddenly change his mind?"

Rusalka really didn't understand this guy's train of thought: "Your father didn't agree to you, and you complained every day. Now that he agrees to you, you are still unhappy? What's your mentality?

Besides, even now, I still don't understand what you mean. What do you want to express? Even if you think your father has a problem, you are not asking me to punish your father, right? I don't agree that you are not included in the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars.

Wang Sheng replied somewhat embarrassedly, "Actually, I suspect there's something fishy about the identity of the sorceress beside him. I've investigated her background, and it's as if she appeared out of thin air. I strongly suspect she's a demon with the ability to bewitch people, or perhaps an undercover agent sent by the Church of the Seven Sins. That's why my father's obsession with Alice City has become so distorted that even his personality has changed.

Moreover, I even suspect that she killed Marquis Dia in order to trap us here, then coordinate with the demon followers in the city to perform some kind of depraved ritual and capture us all in one fell swoop."

Rusalka: "So you mean, you want me to kill her? Please, that's just wishful thinking. We've finally reached a peace agreement, and after it's over, we can go back to our own homes and target those cultists in Alice City. And I suddenly killed everyone around your father just because of a few words from you. How can he still negotiate with me peacefully? If things break down, will you be held responsible?"

Wangsheng looked at Rusalka and said sincerely, "Although our two families do have some grudges, you are a Paladin after all, right? If she really is a demon, I believe you will put aside your personal grudges and kill this villain with your own hands."

He smiled bitterly and sighed, "After all, here, I suspect even my father has been bewitched by her, not to mention the rest of my family. So who else can I trust besides you?"

Rusalka was somewhat moved by what he said, and a sense of justice surged in her heart: "Tsk, alright, you have good vision and found the right person."

Sanitta: "Of course you can ask us to kill her, but we can't work for you for nothing, right? Lord Pearl Tear may be a Paladin, but we are not your subordinates. Why should we listen to you? I think you should understand the rules of the Sinedi nobility."

Wangsheng nodded. "Of course I won't treat you unfairly. You had some conflicts with the two marquises, Momola and Allen. If this matter is settled, I can give you the ownership of Sicily and even some of their border lands in the name of the Delai family."

Rusalka couldn't believe it after hearing this. The conditions were really too generous. Killing a demon could exchange for such a large piece of land. Could this demon be some kind of anniversary reward monster? "Really?"

Wangsheng said firmly: "I can sign a contract as proof, even now."

This time, Sanita didn't take the initiative to sign a contract. Instead, he said, "Okay, considering your sincerity, we will trust you for once and not sign the contract. We just hope that you won't regret it after the deal is done."

"No problem. I won't bother you anymore to avoid arousing suspicion. Goodbye."

After saying that, he quickly left Rusalka's room and hurried upstairs. It seemed that he was afraid of being discovered if he stayed too long.

Rusalka: "How credible is what he said?"

Sanitieta: "I'm not sure, but he shouldn't be the mastermind, otherwise he wouldn't have said anything about signing a contract. Unless he can circumvent the constraints of the contract, it's hard to imagine what level he is at. Why would he need to put on a show with us?"

Rusalka: "Then why don't you sign a contract?"

Sanitta laughed and said, "Of course I'm not sure I can win. How do you know the level of that sorceress and her accomplices in this city? If you sign a contract, you really can't escape. What's more, such a big contract will waste a lot of my mana limit. It will reduce my strength in a fight, which is not worth it.

Forget about being the first to step out on someone else's territory. A verbal promise won't count anyway. If you lose, you can just shamelessly deny it. If you win, you can just publicly demand the money."

Rusalka: "What if he changes his mind and refuses to acknowledge his promise? Wouldn't our fight have been in vain?"

Sanita: "Brother, if you can't beat them, there's no need to sign a contract. If you can beat them, it's called an experience pack. Don't you want to eat it?"

Rusalka smiled without hesitation and said, "Eat!"

Chapter 202 The Devil’s Feast (4)

Shana was commanding the soldiers at this moment with great enthusiasm: "Hey, over there, move the front of the crossbow cart a little to the right and align it."

After a group of soldiers laboriously backed the crossbow cart into the garage and finally managed to move it, Shana nodded in satisfaction. "That's right! It looks much better. Also, why are the archers arranged like that? One on the left and one on the right? What do you mean there are no archers? Forget it, just find someone to fix the bows for show."

"Also, why are the barricades at the entrance so messy? Can't they be arranged in a single row?"

Custer was speechless at the elf's criticism of the defenses, and finally couldn't help but retort, "Miss Elf, the chevaux de frise really can't be placed in a single row. A scattered, chaotic arrangement like this will make it harder for the enemy to clear them. Spearmen can also be stationed in the middle to block the gaps. Otherwise, if the enemy breaks through one of the gaps, won't the ones around it become useless?"

Fortunately, Shana also listened to the suggestion and nodded: "Okay, arrange two more secret sentries in the tree."

"I'm afraid it's a little difficult."

Shana said confidently based on the elves' experience: "This is possible."

Custer was a little embarrassed. "Well, really not. Our sentinels haven't been trained to fight in trees. So, don't you need to go back and report?"

Shana acted nonchalant and waved her hand. "Teacher Sanita only sent me here to deliver orders. I don't think he told me to go back. We still have to fight, so I'll stay here. I can even help kill a few more enemies and get some military credit. Look, you guys don't even have anyone who can build a tree defense line here, so I have to do it myself."

Having said that, without waiting for Caster to speak again, she jumped directly onto a pine tree. Although there were not many leaves left on the branches, her green clothes automatically disguised themselves as the color of the tree trunk. This camouflage ability was indeed very powerful. From a distance, it was indeed impossible to tell that there was a person on the tree.

Custer was a little worried: "Is it really okay?"

Lei Xiukai waved his hand, dismissing the idea. "Why don't we just send a messenger back to report? We should just keep this little girl as a tribute. Who knows, she might become a staff lady someday. Besides, having more elven sharpshooters would be a good thing for us. Maybe this is what Lord Sanita wants. Since she's having fun, let's cooperate and not spoil her fun."

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Alice was being treated to delicious food and drinks at this moment. After the city guards received the news, the eldest son of Marquis Dia rushed back, but he did not let Alice accompany him. Instead, he signaled his subordinates to take good care of her and keep her for the time being. This was also a disguised way of keeping watch over and guarding against Rusalka - after all, he left a legion in the city.

Alice is a beautiful elf wizard, so it was natural for her to get along well with this group of soldiers. The soldiers saw that she ate both meat and vegetables, and she was not at all like the elves who were rumored to only eat vegetables and wild fruits, and each of them had an attitude of keeping strangers away.

On the contrary, Alice was very capable. After eating, she did not forget to perform some small spells for these soldiers, such as revitalizing plants, which attracted the attention of these soldiers who had never seen magic before. This also released the depression she felt when she was pointed at by Sanita every day, and she felt very happy.

Some curious people took the initiative to ask: "Miss Elf, can you drink?"

Alice: "I drank some fruit wine."

"Then you must try this excellent sorghum wine. This is the latest batch delivered. Come and try it."

"Don't get her drunk, or we'll be in trouble if Lord Pearl Tear asks about it."

Alice didn't take it seriously: it was just some wine. She was a mage and could use her magic to decompose the alcohol immediately. It was impossible for her to get drunk.

Naturally, she accepted all the "tributes" from humans and directly picked up the Ton Ton and took a big gulp. After drinking it, she smacked her lips and then frowned.

Seeing her drunken appearance, the soldiers laughed and said, "Haha, isn't it spicy?"

Alice didn't answer, instead clutching her chest with a pained expression. As a group of soldiers scrambled to get her a basin, she suddenly drew a rune on the wall. Three thick, scorching rays shot out from the rune, blasting holes in the wall and frightening the soldiers who had originally been trying to tease her with a hint of sarcasm. "Master Mage, we didn't mean to do that. We didn't know you weren't used to this wine."

"Your wine is so strange. After digesting it, I felt like the fire element was about to explode. I thought it was about to burn all my magic circuits. Luckily, I had spells prepared in advance. It scared me to death."

After releasing the scorching rays, Alice drew two heating runes in the room. This cleared out the fire elements running around in her body. After filling the circuit with wood magic, she immediately felt much more comfortable.

The scar healed and the pain was forgotten. She immediately thought in her little head that such a good thing should not be wasted. She must take it back to play a trick on Sana: "Do you have any extra here? I want to take some back."

"of course."

Several soldiers filled a large bottle for her. After this "little accident", no one dared to talk about wine anymore, but gathered around her to ask some questions about elves.

Just as they were chatting happily, a man dressed as an officer walked in and scolded the group of soldiers gathered in the reception room: "What are you doing? Disperse immediately and return to your posts. The higher-ups have told us that there's a group of devil believers committing crimes in the city. We've been told to close the city gates and not let them out."

The soldiers left in disappointment, leaving Alice alone, still eating fruit. "Can I go back now?"

"Master Elf Mage, I haven't received any orders yet. Please rest for a while. If you need anything, please speak directly to the guard at the door."

Alice looked at the food on the table and thought that there didn't seem to be anything bad here, so she agreed.

The moonlight tonight is beautiful. The moon in this world is very round. Unlike the moon on Earth, whose degree of incompleteness changes with the shifting positions of the sun, earth and moon throughout the year, the moon on the eternal plane is always round. It is just brighter when the weather is good, and appears dimmer when the weather is bad and dark clouds cover the moonlight.

The soldiers leaned against the torches and discussed Alice. "This is the first time I've seen an elf in person. My grandfather's generation never saw one. She's so beautiful! How wonderful it would be if I could marry her home?"

"That's something only the nobles can consider. Let's forget about it. Look, she's a mage. Her magic flames are thicker than our thighs. If we get hit by them, no matter how thick our armor is, it won't help. We'll be beyond help."

"I really envy those mages who can create flames just by raising their hands."

The flames on the torches flickered, as if in agreement with his words. The flames gradually rose, illuminating the surroundings even brighter.

The two soldiers didn't notice this small change, but soon, they felt a burning sensation in their abdomens. This burning sensation instantly spread throughout their bodies, making them sweat profusely in this environment shrouded in the chill of the lingering winter. Even wisps of hot air emerged from the cracks in their armor: "Strange, I feel like I'm a little hot... very hot..."

"Is it because the wine I drank at noon was too strong? Ha... I think so too, ahem..."

When the soldier coughed, he spat out a ball of fire mixed with blood. The two men were horrified and wanted to call for help, but as soon as they opened their mouths, flames burst out from their bodies and instantly turned them into a ball of fire.

After the flames devoured the life, they turned into a blood-red light and flew into the nearby sky.

Not only them, but also the soldiers standing on the city walls, those responsible for checking the city gates, and even the guards leading patrols, all suffered from the terrible phenomenon of spontaneous combustion.

The survivors looked in horror at their companions who were screaming and being burned to ashes. Some were so frightened that they fell to the ground and asked, "What's going on?"

Some residents, upon witnessing this scene, screamed in fear, "This must be the wrath of the gods! Someone must have angered the great master! That's why he's bringing down divine punishment!"

When Alice heard the commotion outside, she wanted to get up and go out to take a look. Suddenly, she found a ball of fire rising from her door. The two standing guards also turned into firemen and were burned to charcoal and fell to the ground in an instant.

Alice walked over and looked at the blood-red light flying into the sky, then squatted down and looked at the corpse. After feeling the concentration of the surrounding fire element and the appearance of the remaining sparks, she frowned slightly. "Strange, the temperature of this flame and the concentration of the fire element seem to be completely different from the formula in the book..."

She sat there and began to simulate the magic of the flame. After about half an hour of simulation, she still had no idea. Before she could figure it out, she saw a big fireball falling from the sky towards her.

Her eyes lit up and she quickly ran in that direction...

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Late in the evening, bored, Rusalka took Phoenix with her and planned to use the Marquis's kitchen to make some midnight snacks.

He thought that after having a midnight snack, he could knock on Hydra's door as a gift and discuss with her how to get rid of the sorceress, such as asking her to find a reason to lure the Grand Duke away so that Rusalka could take action directly.

After all, we are a family. You have already eaten the snacks made by Phoenix. You can't just refuse to help with this small favor, right?

Just as he and Phoenix were tinkering with materials in the kitchen, there was a sudden knock on Sanita's door.

The eldest prince, who was holding the book "Introduction to the Mage Apprentice" and humbly learning magic knowledge, took the initiative to open the door for Sanitieta, who was reading the book and explaining some knowledge points to him.

Challens saw Rusalka standing at the door: "Lord Pearl Tear? Are you looking for Archmage Sanitta?"

Rusalka nodded: "Yeah."

Sanita glanced at the door and asked, "What do you want from me at this hour of night?"

Rusalka: "Just now, when I was in the kitchen, I found some clues about the murderer. I think it must be the sorceress who served Grand Duke Delai. So I want to go to the Marquis' office again to see if the murderer has left any corresponding evidence. I also need a mage to verify my guess."

Sanita closed the book and nodded: "Well, wait for me for a moment, I'll get something."

He turned around and rummaged through the bedside table for a while, then frowned and looked puzzled. "Strange, Charlence, come over here and help me see where the gem I just put here is."

Challens was stunned. "What gem? I've never seen it before."

Sanita: "Come and look for it. I put it on your bed before. Did you accidentally knock it off?"

Challens walked back to the room and looked at the bed, and at that moment, Sanita quickly stretched out his finger and tapped Rusalka. The piece of metal in his palm turned into ashes and disappeared, and an invisible long sword directly penetrated the space and pierced Rusalka's chest.

A laser and a long sword came one after another, directly passing through the red barrier that popped up and hitting the opponent. However, after this [Dissociation Technique] hit the opponent solidly, it did not turn him into ashes, but only made a big hole in his clothes on his chest.

Sanita shouted, "Hurry up and get your weapons!"

what?

This sudden change made Challens stunned for a moment, but he subconsciously followed Sanitta's order, picked up the long sword on the bedside, put on the helmet on the bedside table, then quickly climbed over the bed, drew his sword and blocked Sanitta who was leaning against the corner.

"hehe."

Rusalka, with a longsword stuck in his chest, lowered his head and laughed. The sword slowly "melted" and disintegrated into magic particles, while the wound on his chest gradually disappeared. "Strange! I thought my disguise was flawless. How did you notice it?"

Sanita: (Hey, Xiao Ge, stop eating. The murderer is coming for me.)

Rusalka: (Hmm? Come on, let me check the message log. He acted quite similarly. I'm also curious how you discovered this.)

Sanitieta: (If you had discovered even a little bit in the kitchen, you would have already started showing off to me on the PL channel. How could you hold it in so long as to come back and knock on my door in person? And still be so calm? I definitely don't believe it.

Besides, I don't think you're still interested in finding the murderer. You're definitely just playing it safe and waiting for me to solve the case. It's obvious that he's capable of disguise. If you were to pretend to be calm and serious about solving a case, I'd be sold on it.

Rusalka: (Haha, you're such a good judge of character! Otherwise, why would we be good brothers? I'll be right back. Phoenix, the enemy is here! It's finally time for a fight! Let's go, let's go.)

In fact, Sanitieta also wanted to say that if Rusalka really wanted to mess with him in this environment on purpose, then he deserved to be stabbed by his own magic - anyway, he couldn't be killed.

Sanita did not answer the other party's question, but quickly released a force field wall at the gate, trying to prevent the other party from entering.