Chapter 767

The group chatted for a while and played around with each other from time to time. It was quite a pleasant sight.

Only two people stayed at the side, and they didn't seem to be in a good mood.

No, to be more precise, it was one person and one beast.

And that person was Liel.

The stone woman was currently staring at the group of ice maidens in the village with cold expressions, as if she was looking at a mortal enemy. She was just short of pouncing on them to challenge them.

Even the dragons, who were known as the strongest race, felt pressured by the return of the ice maidens. Needless to say, the stone maidens, who had always been ranked behind the ice maidens, felt even more pressured.

How could Liel's mood be any better?

What made her feel even worse was that her beloved mistress actually came out alone with Shien in the middle of the night and witnessed the return of the ice maidens.

She, this loyal and devoted servant, had been standing guard outside her master's room the entire night. She was completely unaware that her master had secretly slipped away and foolishly guarded the empty room for the entire night.

Liel and the others were dumbfounded when they found out about this.

Thus, she experienced what it meant to be twice as unhappy. She had been standing by the side with a straight face from the start, and she was just short of painting herself with the color of stone and turning into a real stone statue.

Beside Liel was the Tiger-Scaled Beast.

That's right, this bootlicker had actually tagged along as well.

It seemed like it couldn't leave Chafine's side at all. Ever since that night, no matter where Chafine went, it would follow her obediently, trampling on the dignity of a Legendary-tier magical beast and turning it into an obedient pet.

Liel had wanted to stew it in front of everyone and tell them that not any Tom, Dick, or Harry could come and go from her master's side (a strong hint to a certain someone), but Chafine said something.

"Forget it. Let's keep it for now. We can ride it when we're tired."

Faced with Chafine's words as if she was talking to a pig, the Tiger-Scaled Beast … Alright, it didn't get up from its coffin. Instead, it was overjoyed.

That was why this bootlicker had appeared here and stayed by Liel's side, ready to act as a mount at any time.

However … Its mistress seemed to be treating it as if it didn't exist. Not only did she not ride it, she even kept going in and out of that human who didn't seem to be very tasty …

Because of this, the Liger Scaled Armored Beast's mood also became less pleasant.

Under such circumstances, Liel stared at the group of ice maidens, the Liger Scaled Beast stared at Chafnie, Glutty and Bridie stared at Sean. The four of them remained silent, and a strange scene unfolded before them.

“？”

Lilith coincidentally caught a glimpse of this scene, and as always, she typed a question mark slowly and firmly.

"Don't look, you's to be infected.

When You Lin saw this, she immediately covered Lilith's eyes and took her away as if she had seen a virus.

Ai and Chafine didn't seem to notice this at all. They kept arguing beside Shien. One was teasing the younger sister, and the other was rebuking the older sister.

The two demons chattered beside his ear. If not for the fact that their voices were really pleasant to listen to and that they were beautiful, Sean would have expressed his annoyance by now.

After a long time, the ice maidens gathered in front of him seemed to have received their orders. They started to disperse and find their own houses to stay in.

They were obviously a group of powerful people, but none of them had any objections about living in a remote village. It had to be said that they were really easy to take care of.

"Hmm?"

Shien looked around leisurely, but he suddenly felt an obvious gaze on him.

But just as Shien was about to follow the gaze, Hertadai returned.

"I'll have to trouble you to accompany us, Your Highness Chafney, Your Highness Aye."

Hertadai apologized to Chafine and Ai first.

"Don't worry about it." Chafine said nonchalantly, "Big Sister already said that your people are in a weak state. It's better to take care of them to prevent them from being harmed."

Moreover, Shien also wanted to come and take a look. Chafine naturally had nothing to do, so she came along.

To her, taking care of the ice maidens was just a convenience.

Otherwise, she really wouldn't be interested in coming.

Ai Yi was more direct.

"I just followed him here."

Ai Yi casually attributed the reason to Shien.

"That's right." Shien spread his hands and said, "I'm just a little bothered. Just take it that I came out for a walk."

Hearing this, Hert Yadai didn't say anything more and nodded her head.

Then, she began to talk about the current situation.

"Currently, the return of the ice maidens has not been announced. Lady Sylar said that in order to not cause trouble, it's best to wait for the people to recover before announcing this news.

"Because of this, before they recover, my people will live here. Lady Sylar will also send people to take care of them.

"If there are no accidents, Lady Sylar will personally come to visit and set up a barrier to protect the ice maidens here."

Hertadai told everyone about the situation of the ice maidens.

"They're really cautious."

Chafine muttered.

"Indeed."

Ai Yi also frowned.

Sean also knew the reason why Sala was so cautious in her arrangements.

"… It's because of your sister's disappearance and that apostle's disappearance, right?"

Shien sighed.

These were two very unusual things.

"I really didn't expect that something would happen to that apostle even after using [Ice Net Flow] to completely freeze him and imprison him ten thousand meters underground. The [Primordial Demons] of the Old Demons Faction are really everywhere."

Chafine curled her lips.

"To be able to undo the imprisonment of your [Ice Net Flow], it must be done by someone at your level or even above, right?"

Ai Yi looked at Hertadai.

"… I'm not sure." Hertadai was silent for a while before saying, "Generally speaking, even if someone is at my level, it's impossible to undo the imprisonment of my [Ice Net Flow] without a special ability."

For example, when the ice maidens were sealed in ice, the time and space around them would be completely frozen. To undo the imprisonment, it would require a power that was far above the power of the ice seal, or an ability that worked on space or time, and the wielder of the ability couldn't be too weak.

From this, it seemed that someone who could undo the imprisonment of [Ice Net Flow] set up by someone at Hertadai's level, even if they were at the same level as her, would have to possess the corresponding special ability to successfully undo the imprisonment.

"Even so, it's impossible for the other party to rescue the imprisoned person in one piece," Hertadai said calmly. "Therefore, I believe that the other party might have disregarded the life and death of the prisoner and directly destroyed my imprisonment in order to silence him."

At this point, Hertadai paused for a moment before apologizing to Shien.

"I'm sorry, Lord Shien. I clearly said that I would look after your prisoner, but in the end, a mistake still occurred."

Indeed, Hertadai didn't know how to answer to Shien.

The other party had saved her people, but she couldn't look after the prisoner that the other party valued. This was simply incompetence.

"I've already begged Lord Sylar to send someone to investigate the place where the prisoner was imprisoned. There was a large-scale destruction there, and it's very likely that some clues were left behind. With Lord Sylar's insight, she might be able to find something."

Hertadai turned her gaze to Shien.

"I'll give you an explanation for this matter sooner or later."

Hertadai had already made up her mind.

No matter who it was that caused her to be unable to fulfill her benefactor's orders and humiliated herself in front of her benefactor, she would settle the score with them.

Shien seemed to have seen through Hertadai's plan, so he waved his hand.

"Since it's already happened, there's no point in being upset." Shien had already let go of the matter and said, "Those fellows have always been everywhere. So far, I've been through a few incidents where their shadows could be seen. The grudge has long been sown. Even if I can't get anything out of them now, sooner or later, I'll be able to settle the score with them."

At this point, Shien met Hertadai's gaze.

"What about you, about your missing sister? What are you going to do?"

Shien's words made Ai Yi and Chafnie look at Hertadai. Grati, Bridie, Liel, You Lin, and even Lilith also turned to look at her.

However, Hertadai's expression didn't change in the slightest.

"Lady Sela is already investigating this matter," Hertadai said. Hertel Yadai simply said, "The disappearance of an Ice Lady can be a big or small matter. Perhaps the [Primordial Demon] is behind this. Lord Sela is already paying attention to this matter."

What she meant was that she would treat this as an official matter.

Even if the missing person was her sister, it would be the same.

"Fine."

Shien didn't say anything else.

But this time, he already understood that perhaps, the Primordial Demon had infiltrated the Demon Race more thoroughly than he had imagined.

How many things had the Original Devil done in the dark that others didn't know about?

What did this matter mean?

As Shien's thoughts ran wild, he suddenly felt that obvious gaze again.

This time, Sean looked in the direction of the line of sight.

In the end, he saw a little girl hiding in a corner, looking at him quietly.

"She is …?"

Shien almost forgot who she was.

Hertadai seemed to have seen the little girl as well, so she spoke.

"She's the little girl who was the first to be rescued from the ice seal by you last time."

Ai Yi and Chafnie looked at each other when they heard Hertadai's words.

The little girl, however, didn't seem to be afraid at all. She was still standing there, looking at Shien quietly.

She looked like she had a deep impression of Shien.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Seems like she likes you a lot."

Hertadai commented.

"…"

Ai Yi and Chafnie looked at Shien with a cold expression and a faint smile.

"As expected of the stupid master."

You Lin's words made Lilith nod her head repeatedly.

As for Liel, Grati, Bridie, and the others, they looked at Shien with disdain.

Shien blinked.

I … am innocent!