Gregory’s words instantly brought silence to the room, imdiately drawing the attention of everyone present.
The "Shield of Winter" Olaf, having the na of Winterless City as a title, is clearly the na of an extraordinary strong person from the Nightmare Blade.
Moreover, after Gregory’s reminder, those familiar with Raine also noticed that Raine now had two shields.
The one in his hand was the familiar Obsidian Defender, while the shield on his back seed unfamiliar, a gilded tower shield with vine patterns on its surface, looking very ancient and precious.
This was clearly equipnt Raine did not have before.
Raine did not expect that soone would recognize Olaf’s original shield so quickly at the scene.
He also realized that the elder in military uniform had an exceptionally concentrated aura, likely an extraordinary strong person, and although he seed to be inquiring, both his deanor and tone were very affirmative, as if he knew Olaf quite well.
After a brief thought, out of respect for the extraordinary strong person, and because the other party appeared to be on his side, Raine smiled and nodded, saying, "Indeed, it’s Olaf’s shield."
"Oh? Raine, why did the other side give you the shield? Could it be that after your battle, you beca friends?" Laisa, with a peculiar train of thought, suddenly asked a question that left Raine speechless for a mont.
Actually, Laisa couldn’t be blad, because from a normal person’s perspective, no matter how strong Raine was, he couldn’t possibly be a match for an extraordinary strong person.
Therefore, no one considered the possibility that Raine defeated the other side and acquired their equipnt.
However, after asking the question, Laisa imdiately sensed sothing amiss.
After all, the "Shield of Winter" — an extraordinary strong person with that nickna might give away other things, but would surely cherish their weapon as a treasure, so how could they possibly gift it to Raine?
The possibility was almost negligible.
Laisa’s beautiful eyes instantly widened in realization, exclaiming, "Raine, you... could it be that you defeated the so-called ’Shield of Winter’ Olaf?"
Laisa’s words were like the heavy tolling of a bell echoing in everyone’s ears!
"Well... not exactly." Raine said vaguely, "redith was helping on the side, and she picked up this shield."
Even though he used a vague manner of speaking, Raine wasn’t lying — redith indeed picked it up at the ti.
The gaze of everyone imdiately shifted from Raine to the Drow Elf beside him.
Having faced many big occasions, redith didn’t panic at all under the stares of so many people. She nodded slightly, softly acknowledging.
Hearing that the shield was picked up by redith, both Commodore Gregory and Viscount Henry began observing the Drow Elf, and upon sensing redith’s Level 9 Classes aura, they nodded slightly, as if thinking "That makes more sense."
However, those well aware of Raine’s strength, such as Elise, Laisa, and Ryu Teng, glanced at redith and then back at Raine, imdiately realizing sothing — clearly, the shield must have been obtained because of Raine.
"Mr. Raine, it’s wonderful that you’ve returned safely; you have guests here, so we’ll be on our way." At this ti, Schneider, the captain of the Giant Blade Squad, stepped forward, representing everyone to greet Raine.
"Thank you for your concern, Captain Schneider. We shall cooperate again when we have the opportunity." Raine shook Schneider’s hand, expressing his gratitude.
"Mr. Raine, I’ll hold you to that, hahaha."
Although the other party didn’t help much, Schneider staying to discuss ways to support him with Elise and others made Raine feel sowhat touched.
"By the way, Raine, and Miss redith, what would you like to eat? I’ll go prepare sothing for you right now." Laisa, curiously patting the ancient gilded tower shield Raine carried, promptly regained her cook instincts.
"Anything is fine."
"Great, what’s there to eat?" Having traveled through the night and with dayti als long digested, the ravenously hungry Raine couldn’t help but swallow as he asked.
"There’s white bread, honey oatal crisps, blue-veined cheese, fried eggs, venison pie, honey milk, pickled salmon... What do you want to eat?" Laisa recited, ticking off the items on her fingers.
"Laisa, serve it all for Mr. Raine," said Elise beside him.
"Yes, Miss Laisa, do you need help?" Ryu Teng also asked.
"Alright! Your appetite is big, so we’ll serve it all. Leave it to , it’ll be ready soon!" Laisa nodded with a smile, then turned and walked into the kitchen.
Henry, who was just about to get up, was stunned.
’Wow!’
’Such a sumptuous breakfast? Even better than what I eat!’
Henry felt a bit unbalanced inside. He looked at Baron Olsen and Benest beside him, stood up, and said, "Then we shall continue to Dorne City."
In truth, seeing Raine so popular among the young won made Henry feel sowhat uneasy.
He always considered himself rather handso, and in the Royal Capital, he often received invitations from noblemaidens and even noblewon.
But he never expected that today he would...
"Raine, rest well." Baron Olsen shook hands with Raine with a smile.
"Thank you!"
"Mr. Raine, see you next ti," Colonel Tessa said amicably as she stepped forward to shake hands.
She still admired Raine’s strength.
And when Benest ca forward, Raine suddenly rembered sothing and said:
"By the way, Mr. Benest, there’s news I’m unsure if the Harpers Alliance is interested in, but the purpose of the Silver Squad ’Nightmare Blade’ going to Lankote Snowfield was to search for a Necromancy Crystal."
"Necromancy Crystal?" Benest froze at this information.
And even more surprising to Raine was that the few people walking toward the door, whether Viscount Henry or Commodore Gregory, suddenly turned back to look at Raine, eyes widening with a look of shock.
Viscount Henry imdiately hurried back, asking sowhat urgently, "Necromancy Crystal? Did you just say Necromancy Crystal?"
Unlike most on the scene who were unaware of the details, Henry, due to his special identity, knew so top-secret kingdom information.
Recently, a classified ssage reported that an avatar of a certain evil god, in order to enhance its power, was organizing followers to collect Necromancy Crystals, and the recent turmoil within the Soladin Kingdom was closely related to the covert actions of this entity.
If he could thwart this action, he would surely receive more comndations and promotions than just pacifying Dorne City.
"Well..." However, faced with Henry’s urgent expression, Raine looked at Benest and Olsen, seeing both of them nod slightly before he said, "If nothing goes wrong, it should be beneath the Ice Lake."
"But the Ice Lake is quite large, almost as big as half of Mill Town." Saying this, Raine took out a map and pointed near the center of Lankote Snowfield.
"This is the place."
Viscount Henry and Commodore Gregory glanced at the map, then exchanged a look, and Viscount Henry said, "It seems we must head to Lankote Snowfield first! Commodore Gregory, have the Kreet Squad set off for Lankote Snowfield imdiately!"
"Alright!" Gregory nodded.
Seemingly thinking of sothing, Viscount Henry smiled at Raine and said, "Thank you for your help, Mr. Raine. By the way, Mr. Raine, if you’re available, could you accompany us?"
To reach the Ice Lake as quickly as possible, having Raine, who was familiar with the situation, as a guide would be most convenient.
Many tis, even with a map and route, the actual journey can vary significantly due to terrain, making the presence of a guide crucial.
In response, Raine almost imdiately shook his head, saying, "I’m sorry, I just returned and have important matters to attend to, Viscount, my apologies."
It wasn’t due to injuries or simply to report back to the association; it was because of this shield he carried, which he needed to deal with promptly.
He planned to go to the association after breakfast and have the shield directly lted and the star iron extracted through the association’s channels.
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