On the Ark.

"They should leave."

Lin Ye's words lacked confidence. Although he did have this opinion, he was indeed inferior to Lappland in terms of combat instinct.

“Warlock and sniper,” Lappland muttered to herself, “We were still careless.”

Lin Ye also wanted to stand up, but although he hadn't suffered the same injuries as Lappland, the Leaping Wave Strike had almost drained his strength. Right now, he could only manage to stay upright, which was already his limit.

"I can't move for now, I need to rest." Lin Ye said to Lappland while catching his breath. "I'll get up soon. Find my backpack first, then treat your wounds... Oh, and find Eileen! I don't know if those guys are after Eileen."

Lappland didn't look for Lin Ye's backpack. Instead, she tore off the clothes she was wearing underneath and used them as bandages to treat the wound.

Then she went to find Eileen.

Lin Ye was still very worried. After all, Lappland had shielded him from the sorcerer's attack, and he had used "Dogmatic Stance" to protect Lappland from the sniper's follow-up attack, which was how they both survived. But Eileen was different; if she hadn't dodged the attack, she would have had a hard time surviving. So when Lin Ye asked Lappland to go find Eileen, he was mentally prepared.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but the moment Lappland turned around, he saw that Lappland's face was terribly dark.

Lin Ye originally thought that Lappland would be looking for Eileen in the ruins, but he sat there for a while and did not hear any movement. So he called out Lappland's name, but received no response.

A strong sense of unease welled up inside me.

"Lappland!"

He shouted as he used Maple to support himself as he stood up. He looked around but did not see Lappland anywhere.

"Damn it!" he couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "They ran away already?!"

He recalled the night a week ago when they were attacked on Saint Road. Lappland, just like now, abandoned everyone to fight alone. If Messiah hadn't intervened, the consequences would have been unimaginable. After that night, Lin Ye began considering whether to return the stamped internship certificate to Lappland. His impression of her had improved somewhat in the past two days, but now she was back to her old ways. In this situation, abandoning teammates for the sake of battle was, in Lin Ye's view, absolutely unacceptable… Hmm?

Lin Ye suddenly noticed a series of footprints on the ground, which, judging from their shape, seemed to be those of Lappland.

After Lappland walked away from him, she walked to the center of the courtyard. Lin Ye followed the footprints and saw a pile of messy footprints in the courtyard, as if many people had stood there before.

Among the series of footprints, Lin Ye saw a piece of cardboard.

He stepped forward and picked up the cardboard. It was the cardboard that Eileen used to write on, and there were still words that Eileen hadn't finished writing on it. These were the words that Eileen had wanted to write to Lappland. Lin Ye glanced at it, and his pupils contracted slightly.

It read, "After we leave here, I'll grill some meat for you again..."

Lin Ye's hand fell down, then slowly released, and the cardboard fell into the snow, just like before.

Lappland left him, originally intending to look for Eileen in the ruins, but then discovered footprints in the courtyard and came over to see this piece of cardboard.

Then the person disappeared.

But Lin Ye could guess where she went, even though the medical department's report stated that Lappland wouldn't do anything for her teammates.

After standing in the snow for a few minutes, Lin Ye finally couldn't hold back and cursed, "Damn it, why do I only encounter problem children!"

His tone was still angry, but it was different from the anger he had shown a few minutes earlier.

Eileen was obviously taken away. The attackers' target was Eileen, so they didn't kill her directly, but instead killed Lin Ye and Lappland.

Lappland was gone too, most likely chasing after the attackers. With the Rupo's keen sense of smell, finding the enemy wouldn't be difficult for her. However, given Lappland's current condition, Lin Ye didn't know if she could handle those enemies. He was simply trying to figure out what his most important task was right now.

SilverAsh went to attend the Tri-race Council. If the attackers still have targets, they can only be Frostleaf and Cliffheart. So the most important thing to do now is to notify Frostleaf and Cliffheart, but his phone is broken.

To the Shivaesh family mansion? That'll be a race against time... Wait, Snowfall and Cliffheart aren't home! They should be at the back mountain where they're paying respects to their parents!

But he didn't know where the back mountain was.

Hiss... Calm down, calm down.

Lin Ye kept telling himself to stay calm. Because their temple was some distance from the residential area, and the attackers had controlled their movements well, the Sherag people certainly didn't know their temple had been attacked, so Snowfall and Cliffheart were even less likely to know. If they were the attackers' next target, then the choice he made now was crucial.

So what does he have now?

Lin Ye looked down at the [Maple] in his hand, another amulet hanging at his waist, and the backpack he had just dug out of the ruins, which contained a Vector with nearly forty bullets left.

He narrowed his eyes.

enough.

Chapter 283 The Last Night

The sorcerer in the white robe placed Eileen on the ground, less than two hundred meters from the Shiva Ash family's residence.

Mephistopheles emerged from behind him, leaning on his cane.

"The Shivaesh family is really slow to realize things," Mephisto said with a slight smile. "If Ensiodis were here, it might be a bit troublesome, but our opponents are two little girls, so there's absolutely no pressure on us."

He actually wanted to tell a lighthearted joke, but unfortunately, none of the people around him laughed. They were all wearing masks, standing silently in the shadows like trees. This made Mephisto slightly bored, although he knew this was why these people had been chosen as elites by Frostnova. No wonder Frostnova had warned him that if he used the Yeti squad as cannon fodder, Frostnova would absolutely not forgive him. However, Mephisto didn't believe he had used the Yeti squad as cannon fodder; they were just unlucky, unlucky to have encountered a god, so how could he be blamed for poor command?

Since communication was impossible, there was no point in forcing it. Mephistopheles tapped the headset with his finger and asked, "Faust, how is the situation?"

Soon, Faust's voice came through the earpiece: "As you predicted, our previous operation was carried out very discreetly and went unnoticed. The same goes for the Shivaish family; at least from my observation, they haven't noticed anything."

How many people are with those two little princesses?

“About ten, one of whom is the heavily armored guy with the black shield we saw on the Holy Road,” Faust said. “He should be the strongest of them, and he seems to have a strong resistance to magic.”

“I understand,” Mephisto said calmly. “It’s not surprising that people who grew up in a snowy region like Kalan have a certain resistance to the Yeti team’s attacks. We two can handle it ourselves.”

“I understand… wait a minute.”

Mephistopheles asked, "What's wrong?"

"It seems that the two little princesses of the Shivaesh family are about to go out."

"Want to go out?"

“Yes,” Faust said, “they have reached the back gate of the mansion.”

Mephisto frowned: "Have they noticed our actions?"

“It doesn’t look like it. Both of them are dressed very casually, not like they’re going to fight. One of them is even holding flowers,” Faust said. “And there are only two people with them, one of whom is Black Shield Heavy Armor.”

"Holding flowers in your hand?" Mephisto smiled. "That's interesting. I've heard of the Sherag people's custom of paying respects to their ancestors the night before leaving their homeland. It seems the Shivaish family is no exception. I'm just surprised they dare to do it at a time like this."

"Should we proceed according to the original plan?"

“The original plan? Of course not.” Mephisto looked down at Eileen at his feet. Eileen’s body was now covered with dense frost runes, and a powerful and restless force seemed to be surging within her. “From the moment this girl appeared in that dilapidated temple instead of in Shiva’s house, it became impossible for us to proceed according to the original plan. But now, those two little princesses seem to have given us more options.”

Faust was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I will follow your arrangements."

"Don't worry, my plan is absolutely flawless," Mephistopheles said calmly. "I just want to change our target. We only need one of those two princesses."

"Only one?"

“Enciodes was not as ruthless as he appeared. When he learned that only one of his two beloved sisters was left and that she was in our hands, he would give us whatever we asked for.”

"...What about Goldman?"

“Gorwin? Who’s that?” Mephisto said indifferently. “Even if we help him defeat Ensiodis, what can such a fool like him bring us? Forget it, he should just die with his Eben family.”

Faust fell silent again, this time for a longer time: "Then what should we do?"

“It’s very simple.” Mephisto looked up at the slowly falling snowflakes and smiled brightly. “All we need to do is execute the Holy Maiden tonight in front of all the people of Sherag, in the name of the Eben family.”

……

At the foot of the mountain behind.

"Sister!" Ya Xin caught up with Chu Xue. "Wait for me!"

Chu Xue turned around and looked at her younger sister with a slightly helpless expression: "You're too slow, Encia."

"Ah, I haven't seen my mother in a long time, so I brought her a gift." As she spoke, Ya Xin showed Chu Xue her gift—a jar of catnip.

Chu Xue was speechless: "How could you give this as a gift? Mother won't like it."

"But my sister and I both like it, and I'm sure our mother will like it too."

Chu Xue thought about it and felt that what Ya Xin said made sense, so she stopped asking questions and turned to look at Jiao Feng and Green who were following behind Ya Xin.

“Uncle Horn Peak, you don’t need to come up with me and Encia,” Chuxue said. “Encia and I want to talk to our father and mother alone.”

“Young Miss, under normal circumstances, I would not want to disturb your reunion with your mother,” Horn Peak said, “but tonight is different from usual.”

“Haven’t the Aiben and Willie families already taken all their servants and guards to the Three Clans Council? Is there anything to worry about?” Chu Xue said. “Besides, I am the Holy Maiden of Kalan. Do you really think the Aiben and Willie families would dare to lay a hand on me?”

“That is true.” Horn Peak sighed, “but your safety and that of the Second Miss are absolutely the most important thing. We are unwilling to take that risk, and this is something the Master specifically instructed us to do.”

Having said that, Chu Xue could only nod in agreement: "Alright, thank you, Uncle Horn Peak."

Cliffheart said with a grin, "It's okay, anyway, Uncle Horn Peak isn't an outsider."

Finally, the butler, Green, who brought Chuxue and Yaxin over, bowed and said, "Young Miss and Second Miss, please go with peace of mind. There is only one entrance and exit to the back mountain: the Shiva Ash family mansion. Even if the Eben family or the Willie family want to harm the young ladies, as long as we guard the mansion, they will not be able to succeed."

These words reassured the three of them somewhat, and then they bid farewell to the butler, Green, and climbed the steps up the mountain.

Butler Green watched as the three figures gradually disappeared into the mountain path before his respectful expression slowly faded.

……

In the end, only Sussuruo was left in the mansion, since she couldn't possibly go with Chuxue and Yaxin to pay respects to the ancestors of the Shivaesh family.

So she sat alone at the table, finished her steak, and then didn't know what to do next.

She thought to herself, "I should have gone to find Lin Ye and Lappland."

Because Horn Peak had told her that tonight was a rather important night and it was best not to go out unless there was something special going on, Sussuruo couldn't go to see Lin Ye at this time. She could only go to bed early tonight and wait to return to Rhodes Island tomorrow.

Just then, the restaurant door was pushed open, and the butler, Green, walked in with a smile.

"Miss Sussuruo," the butler, Green, approached Sussuruo and said with a smile, "Was dinner satisfactory?"

Sussuro nodded politely: "The steak is delicious."

"That's good." Butler Green nodded, then asked with a smile, "In that case, could you please do me a favor?"

"Can you do me a favor?" Susulu looked at Green with some doubt. She felt that the butler's expression seemed a little strange.

Then, in the next second, she knew the reason for the strangeness.

The wall next to her suddenly shattered, and two people in guard uniforms flew in from outside the wall and fell to the ground, covered in blood.

Startled, Susulu jumped off the chair, but before she could do anything, a large hand grabbed her head and lifted her up into the air.

Then, a white-haired man, leaning on a cane, walked into the restaurant with a big smile on his face.

“A medic from Rhodes Island, is that it?” Mephisto stood in front of the struggling Sussurro and said with a smile, “Don’t be nervous, I just want you to do me a small favor.”

After saying that, he snapped his fingers, and a burly man in a white robe carried in a petite girl with light blue patterns all over her body.

Susulu felt that the girl looked familiar.