"Ha, so it’s these guys. Have they fallen so low that they’re now recruiting demi-humans to do their bidding..."
The Emhardt who had been keeping a stern expression just a second ago imdiately beca lively after hearing Blair’s words. He blinked his eyes and muttered to Fisher in a throaty voice.
"You know them?"
"Ah, you’re a Nali, it’s normal for you not to know, or rather, so locals from the Northern Realm might not recognize them either... Mia, a small country located in the northern part of the Northern Realm, near Sema Mountain, small country, small issues, so of course, their intelligence agency isn’t well-known."
"However, as the country closest to the Turand Family, they’ve received no small amount of support from them. The Snow Cloud Special Attack Team has had equipnt and weapons that could rival those of the Sardinia Female Country’s intelligence agency since back in the day... But even so, what they have now is a bit too outrageous..."
Of course, everything created with the Completion Manual is outrageous.
But Fisher had only heard of the country of Mia, and was not familiar with other relevant matters. They were very far from the Sardinia Female Country, let alone Nali.
But since Mia had an unclear and indescribable relationship with the Turand Family, was it possible that this thing ca from the Turand Family?
Fisher, who didn’t get an answer, rubbed his brow with a hint of a headache. Now, the problem he faced was, if there was another Completion Manual holder in the Northern Realm, then he must consider whether to continue heading to the Northern Realm or not.
Dealing with two Completion Manual holders wasn’t a joke and could very well lead to his death with nowhere to bury him. Fisher couldn’t take that risk.
But if he didn’t go to the Northern Realm, wouldn’t all the information he had collected about the Snow Mountain Clan and these seals be useless?
Fisher sighed, pressing the vexing issue down in his heart, and turned to look at the Cloud Cat Species male dressed as a barista next to him.
This guy had short, cropped white hair, and unlike female Cloud Cats, he had quite a bit of prominent cat fur on his cheeks, distinctly different from his head hair, and even on the back of his hands. It seed male Cloud Cats had more fur than females.
"Are you here because of the item taken away by the Nali Exploration Company?"
Blair was about to say sothing else but his expression turned to shock upon hearing Fisher’s words,
"You... you know? No, listen to , it’s not that simple. It’s not only the Nali Exploration Company, there’s soone behind them..."
"And people from the Nali Official, let guess, the Nali Overseas Secret Bureau?"
Blair opened his mouth to say "how did you know" but instead he just added absent-mindedly,
"There’s also the Sardinia Female Country’s Knight Order."
"Sardinia Female Country?"
Fisher’s expression changed slightly. He really hadn’t expected this thing to be related to the Sardinia Female Country. He pondered for several seconds and then suddenly realized sothing. He turned to Blair and asked,
"Wait, what exactly is the item taken away by the Nali Exploration Company?"
"...Ice, and a very large piece of it, dug out from a Grey Bird Species tomb. Before we could get there to stop the grave robbery, they had already taken that piece of Ice away from Mia."
After hearing his words, Fisher suddenly understood what Nali was really after.
Simply put, the Nali funded the excavation of a precious piece of Ice in Mia and intended to sell it to the won of the Sardinia Female Country in the Northern Realm.
Of course, the purpose wasn’t just as simple as making money.
Although Ice could be considered valuable, for the Nali people, apart from placing it back in a museum, there was no other use for it. But for those countries that worship the Frost Phoenix, the Ice that proved the Phoenix’s existence was undoubtedly an object of religious significance...
This object originally belonged to Mia, but now it had been sold by the Nali to the Sardinia Female Country—there was no way Fisher would believe it was unintentional.
"Listen, you don’t know how serious this is... Ice is very important to us, or rather, to the Northern Realm. Once it falls into the hands of the Sardinia Female Country, the consequences will be unimaginable. It could lead to a religious revolution! Do you know how many people in the Northern Realm believe in the Sealed Phoenix? It’s as terrifying as the Mother Goddess’s coming to the Western Continent."
Fisher understood what Blair ant; even though he knew the Mother Goddess might truly exist, presently in the Western Continent, even Kado didn’t possess a single artifact that had been used by the Mother Goddess...
If an artifact used by the Mother Goddess herself were to descend upon the Western Continent right now, the Nali and Schwali might fare well, but those countries to the east of Kado would truly be plunged into turmoil once again.
Fisher wasn’t in a position to comnt on religious matters, but he couldn’t deny the enormous hidden power they held—a truth universally acknowledged in the Northern Realm.
"We originally planned to snatch that piece of Ice back from the hands of the Nali right here, but surprisingly, they’re not planning to transport it to the Sardinia Female Country. Instead, they directly called them over to pick it up... But don’t forget, the Iceberg Queen is currently wanted by the Sardinia Female Country. The ones coming to fetch it are the Sovereign’s ’Phoenix Knights.’ Given their strength and style, they definitely won’t let Alagina, the criminal, get away."
The Phoenix Knights, the most well-equipped and powerful knights of the Female Country, were said to have strength beyond ordinary people, with their gear regardless of the cost. If they were coming to receive the Ice, the situation indeed would beco particularly troubleso.
"So, do you want to cooperate with us?"
According to Mia Snow Cloud Special Attack Team’s original plan, they intended to recover the Ice themselves, but now that the formidable Phoenix Knights had gotten involved, they had no choice but to seek out resources on the spot, planning to form an alliance with Alagina, who was also at odds with the Sardinia Female Country.
After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
"It’s a win-win situation, I—wait, my tail! Ah, shit! That hurts!"
Blair was about to say sothing when Fisher saw a wisp of smoke slowly rising behind him, along with the sll of sothing burnt.
Imdiately after, Blair’s expression changed abruptly, and he leaped up from the ground, frantically slapping his own backside.
Fisher suddenly rembered—just before Ossie had barged into the room, this cat had been smoking. Ossie, with one flap of her wings, had overturned him along with the cigarette. Preoccupied with their conversation, Fisher hadn’t noticed when the cigarette had dropped and burnt Blair’s backside.
"Rip~"
In front of them, Blair, covering his burning tail, began to hop on the spot, while his sister Alinur, overseen by Ossie, fared no better.
She had been suspended by Fisher’s Spinner, and either due to her weight or the material of her maid outfit, she ended up overstraining and breaking the Spinner’s thread!
"Ugh! Wait, my clothes, wait..."
This sudden situation made the atmosphere in the room awkward. Fisher watched, speechless, as these two "special agents" from Mia—one clutching his burning tail and hopping everywhere, the other tearful and blushing while watching her clothes begin to disintegrate...
Why did it feel like cooperating with them wasn’t reliable at all?
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