"Ideas? Of course I have them."
Linde told Alice about the mental attack technique he had developed. Alice was initially surprised, but then she became used to it.
"How could you even think of that? So, if someone casts a spell right in front of you, you can immediately use that method to counter your opponent?"
"Um……"
Linde thought for a moment and said:
"To be precise, as long as it is within my mental sensing range, I can directly counter it."
"So, aside from extremely long-range and extremely wide-area spells, which can affect you, wouldn't you be invincible among mages?"
Alice pursed her lips. She was incredibly strong, ridiculously strong.
"Hmm...you could say that."
Alice sighed and then said:
"The power of different oracles varies greatly, but even so, your ability is considered to be ridiculously strong among oracles."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore..."
Alice opened her mouth and ate the last piece of pastry on the plate, wiped her fingers, and said with a smile:
"Take me to see your little maid and the noble fox-person royalty, shall we?"
…………
At noon, after having lunch with Alice, Alice finally met the "powerful" Holy Blood Beastman.
Faced with Alice's scrutinizing gaze, Nix behaved no differently than usual, looking at Alice with the same curiosity.
Then, out of the blue, a sentence popped out:
"Why...why are you staring at me like that, meow?"
This sentence silenced Alice.
So Alice circled around Nix once and then said:
"Are you sure? She's that legendary, powerful Holy Blood Beastman? She doesn't seem like it..."
Lind pulled Nix close to him to prevent her from touching the flowers and plants, and said:
"It is indeed a Holy Blood Beastman. The Fox Queen has already tested it, and there is no doubt about it."
“But…” Lin De changed the subject: “Even the princess was surprised. The Holy Blood Beastmen shouldn’t be like this. Something must have gone wrong.”
Alice stared at Nix for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so she gave up and asked Lind about his plans.
"So, what do you plan to do with her? Hand her over to that fox-woman princess? Or keep her yourself?"
Upon hearing this question, Nix, who was standing nearby, also perked up her ears, her big eyes seemingly lost in thought.
Linde looked at the two of them, took a deep breath, and said:
"I intend to keep her here and not hand her over to that fox-woman princess."
Lind knew that if he handed Nix over to the princess and had her take her back to the orc kingdom to participate in the Wrath of the Beast God, Nix's fate would not be good, so he decided to resolutely refuse the princess.
Upon hearing this, Nix felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from her heart, and she was relieved, her tail wagging happily.
Alice sighed and said:
"Then I wonder if the princess will continue to cause trouble..."
Just then, a very urgent voice came from upstairs:
"Master, Princess Nazla has woken up."
The three exchanged a glance, then went upstairs together to Nazla's room.
Nazla, who had been sitting up in bed, was no longer as weak as before and had almost recovered.
Seeing Linde and the others arrive, Nazra gave a bitter smile:
"Thank you for saving my life, sir. I'm sorry to trouble you."
At this point, Lind didn't mince words and said:
"Oh, Miss Nazra, you flatter me. Or perhaps I should address you as Your Highness?"
Nazla was initially startled, but she was relieved when she saw that her fur had turned back to silver-white.
"Since you already know, I will no longer try to hide anything."
Nazla looked up and said:
"I am indeed a member of the fox-people royal family, but I am just an ordinary leader of a small, peripheral tribe."
After speaking, he looked at Linde with sincere eyes:
"I hope you will listen to my explanation of the whole story..."
Linde nodded, signaling her to continue. Nazra took a deep breath and slowly began to speak…
Half an hour later, Linde finally learned most of the details.
In summary, the conflict between the tribes of the two royal heirs, Nazla and Tamalin, was increasing as their populations grew because the tribes were located too close to each other.
It started with trivial matters like someone stepping on my lawn, and then it gradually escalated into a conflict between tribes.
As the wrath of the Beast God drew near, both heirs began to seek out the Holy Blood Beastmen, hoping to gain a voice in the war effort.
Meanwhile, Nazra secretly received news that a Holy Blood Beastman was in human territory, and she decided to start her attack from there.
So she took her guards and disguised herself as an orc merchant, and came to the Kree Empire to use this as cover to find the Holy Blood Orc hiding in the human world.
However, things did not go smoothly. The Holy Blood Beastman's whereabouts were elusive, and even the Spirit-Scented Beast, which was said to be able to track everything, could only trail far behind.
By the time she finally managed to find a very close trace in the Fortified City, her elder sister, Tamalin, had already found her Holy Blood Orc.
Looking back now, it's laughable. The entire operation of Nazra was probably planned by Tamalin herself. From the very beginning, after receiving news of the Holy Blood Orcs, she lured Nazra step by step into the trap, making her go deeper and deeper.
Only when they reach Lind's territory and find the Holy Blood Orcs will they send out assassins who have been hidden for a long time to kill her in human territory.
Tamarin should already be on her way back to the Orcish Kingdom, probably already planning to annex Nazra's tribe.
After listening to Nazla's account and analysis, Linde also fell into deep thought.
Nazra was unaware of the power struggles among humans and did not suspect that Tamalin had colluded with human nobles.
He only thought that his conflict with Tamalin had led to this day.
However, Lind knew that the human nobles were probably just using Tamalin for their own purposes, intending to use her to launch an invasion by the orcs.
In this way, both human and orc nobles can benefit from this unclear war.
Earl Sutherland's forces sought to weaken the Earl's power by launching another war against the powerful Orcish kingdom so soon after the previous one ended. The exhausted Kree army would inevitably suffer a blow.
The Earl himself was one of the most powerful figures in the Kree army.
The Orcish Kingdom on the other side will not escalate the war at this critical juncture of the Wrath of the Beast God. It is estimated that there will be major conflicts in a few bordering regions, and it will not develop into a war between the two countries.
Linde looked at Nazra and said seriously, "Nazra, the enemy is not only from your orc kingdom, but also from the Kree Empire, who are helping to weaken my forces."
"In a sense, we're in the same boat now."
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