There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 827 - 696: Times Have Changed

Chapter 827: Chapter 696: Times Have Changed

Although Catalina shouted this sentence with vigor and had a very determined look in her eyes,

she actually felt somewhat guilty.

After all, she had already been threatened once before, and she knew that her current situation left her with no choice. No matter what the cunning Pope of Light wanted her to do, she could only accept it reluctantly.

In the past, as the Executor of Dawn, she was forced to bear the fate of the Ice and Snow Elves Clan.

And now, she still had no choice of her own.

Her destiny had never belonged to her.

The more Catalina thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt; her eyes began to well up with tears, but she still maintained a very strong demeanor.

The bravado was clearly visible.

Xu Shuo looked at her, paused for a moment, and then said: “Fine. But you have to come with us to the human continent, until all the Magical Beasts on this continent are completely dealt with, and until this matter is entirely settled.”

Catalina was startled at this statement.

She frowned slightly: “Why? Do you also have many Magical Beasts on your continent? That would mean…”

Just as she was saying this, she suddenly stopped.

Catalina seemingly thought of something, ultimately didn’t continue speaking, and just uttered a complex mutter.

“Fine.”

The Magical Beasts on the human continent.

Those must have been created by her own sister.

Even though Catalina didn’t want to oppose her sister, she had already turned down the offer once before, and if she were to oppose it now,

she herself felt it would be asking for too much.

Under someone’s roof, you have to bow your head.

It was just a matter of resolving the Magical Beasts issue, which was inherently the duty of the Ice and Snow Elves, not truly about helping the Holy Court of Light to fight against the empire—Catalina tried to convince herself.

She looked again toward the Magical Beasts roaring excitedly in the mountain stream, feeling the subtle Power of Faith within them, and did not feel these creatures were her companions.

Ice and Snow Elves don’t even acknowledge the mixed-blood humans, let alone pets transformed from wild beasts.

They are just tools after all.

“Have the military forces below the mountain get ready.”

Catalina said with a cold face: “When the power is extracted from these beasts, it will provoke them to riot. They will become crazily eager to absorb flesh and blood energy, and at that time, they will be out of my control.”

Hearing this, Xu Shuo turned his head and looked at the Duke of Silver, who understood the implications and immediately turned to leave.

Previously, they were unaware of this.

And it seems that this Ice and Snow Elf also initially hadn’t planned on mentioning it.

Although the Silver Shield Legion is present, these rampaging beasts shouldn’t reach the Silver City-State, but now that they know, being prepared ahead of time can also reduce casualties.

After doing all this, Catalina took a deep breath, and a harsh chill of Extreme Frost emanated from her, gradually engulfing the entire mountain stream.

Standing nearby, Xu Shuo was almost immediately covered with a layer of frost, the cold piercing straight to the bone, painfully chilling.

Xu Shuo felt sure this was deliberately not mentioned by her.

Of course, he had no desire to endure the cold, so he decisively moved a bit farther away, then noticed that Zuo Fang had already retreated far away at the release of the Extreme Frost.

Boom—

A tremendous roar came from the mountain stream.

Looking from afar, the area was enveloped in thick frost and dense white mist, obscuring the shape of the mountains in the haze.

“She wouldn’t take advantage of this moment to…”

Zuo Fang suddenly voiced a suspicion.

Xu Shuo looked towards that direction: “No.”

At this point, the Ice and Snow Elf must have resigned herself to her fate, after all, what else could she do.

After a moment, the ground suddenly started shaking violently.

The mountain stream echoed once again with the hissing of the wild beasts, but it was more intense and wild than before, almost like hysterical roaring, the sound almost enough to shatter the mountain.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Intense rumbling noises erupted, the ground continuously trembling, and at the same time, several dark shadows suddenly ascended into the sky above the mountains.

Xu Shuo squinted his eyes, his gaze piercing through the thick mist and landing on that Ice and Snow Elf.

Then, braving the chilly breeze, he walked over.

Noticing his approach, Catalina merely glanced at him sideways before continuing to focus on the ravine below.

In that deep ravine, teeming Magical Beasts frenziedly slammed into the mountain sides, the frozen chunks of stones and soil shattering and falling amidst the impacts, landing in the center of the Magical Beast Horde, yet they could not stop the creatures’ relentless, mindless actions.

They seemed to be searching for something, as if venting some emotion, carelessly charging around.

Some Magical Beasts were torn apart by their comrades during the onslaught; others found paths leading out of the ravine and thus madly dashed out.

The dark shadows in the sky were those winged Magical Beasts.

They were the first to spread their wings and rush out of the ravine, chasing after the scent of flesh and blood, and swooping down towards the base of Aige Peak.

“When we give them power, they serve us loyally as masters,”

Catalina coldly watched the chaos below, murmuring softly: “But once their power is stripped away, they wouldn’t hesitate to tear apart even their former masters, hence Magical Beasts can never truly become part of our clan.”

Even if they bore the Power of Faith within them.

A beast is always just a beast.

The only thing that these beasts could bring to her familiar place was merely a whiff of that faith.

Xu Shuo did not comment on her sudden reflection.

Only after she had finished speaking did he say: “Hmm, let’s go, in the Far North Mountain Range there are several more places with Magical Beasts waiting for you to handle.”

Catalina: “…”

…

In the span of one morning, Catalina had visited five or six places, unleashing at least hundreds of thousands from the Magical Beast Army.

Not all Magical Beasts were dealt with at once.

Instead, once a wave of crazed beasts was taken care of, the Silver Shield Legion stationed on the outskirts of the Far North Mountain Range would rest and then release the next wave.

After spending several hours, they finally managed to completely resolve the lurking crisis at the borders.

Fortunately, the innate madness from the drained power of those beasts only lasted about ten to thirty minutes, after which they would weaken and eventually die as their Power of Flesh and Blood was depleted.

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Nevertheless, the Silver Shield Legion still experienced a fierce battle, given that the beasts’ final retaliations were exceptionally fierce.

The significant disturbance in the Far North Mountain Range certainly couldn’t be hidden from the spies within the Silver City-State.

So, once it was confirmed that no Magical Beast Army was lurking within a hundred miles, a few individuals who had sneaked out quickly rushed back to the Silver City-State.

As for the Duke of Silver, he had left even before Xu Shuo and the others.

After all, he was still pretending to be gravely injured.

…

During the journey from the Far North Mountain Range to the Silver City-State.

There was also a vast expanse of ice plains.

However, the snowstorm here was not as fierce as the one in the ice plains of the Far North Mountain Range.

Although it was still a heavy snowfall, having experienced the blizzard of the Far North Mountain Range, the snow here seemed much gentler.

Catalina gazed blankly at the ice plain, catching a falling snowflake, seemingly observing whether the snow here was different from that of the Holy Land of Elves.

But regardless of how she looked, it was the same wind and snow; if there had to be a difference, it was perhaps the absence of the distinct aura of Ice and Snow Elves.

She crumbled the snowflake in her hand.

Then withdrawing her gaze, unclear of what emotion suddenly compelled her, she spurred her horse furiously!

Her speed swiftly surpassed the two in front, carrying the icy chill wrapped around her, heading towards the Silver City-State that stood in this world of ice and snow.

Suddenly overtaken and hit by a blast of icy frost, Zuo Fang: “???”

You have the guts to attack the person beside me!

…