After all, killing people is different from eating people. For example, in the case of the strange shadow in the town of Elnak, even a pirate father and son who are so vicious would be afraid of man-eating monsters.
"I also asked Connie, and she also asked Baron Copperfield in detail. In the end, they came to the conclusion that the current Mimics are completely different from the Mimics she encountered at the beginning."
"What do you mean?" Hitzfeld finally showed some interest. She was indeed concerned about those strange monsters. "Tell me more details."
"To put it simply -" Sixus's voice suddenly came from behind, and at the same time she hit the backs of the two people like a bomb, reaching out and hugging them at the same time: "They can no longer reproduce!!!"
"Have you taken a shower?"
"Don't go crazy here—"
After being driven away by the two with great disgust, Xixus sat on the bed with bent legs and flicked his hair with disdain: "I knew you would be so pretentious!"
"Seriously!" Xia Yibing warned her, while reaching out to protect Hitzfeld.
"Oh... I have no interest in this kind of thing." Seeing her behavior, the miscellaneous loli smiled sarcastically, and changed her tone before she changed her expression: "In short, his master has made this conclusion through a series of observations - because they have been cooperating with the Mimics for a long time, during this time they have naturally mastered a set of secret methods to distinguish them, so they know very well that the number of Mimics has not increased all the time."
"You can't be sure about that, right?" Hitzfeld frowned and asked, "The Mimics don't have to go out in large numbers. They can hide..."
"No, no, this is impossible." Sixus shook his head. "You have seen my memory. You should still remember how they described this monster at that time?"
"…You mean the amount of food you eat?"
"That's right~" Sixus snapped his fingers, "Whether the Mimics are hidden or not, their appetite will not change, and I happen to know their diet - they only eat humans~"
Then, as long as we conduct a population survey in each major urban area and verify the exact number of missing persons, it won't be difficult to determine the number of Mimics within a rough range...
Hitzfeld nodded in understanding.
But there were still some things she didn't understand.
"How did they come from?" she asked Sixus.
"Did Eugenie give any explanation?"
"He doesn't know much about this." Sixus shook his head.
"Not much, that is a little."
"He also heard the legend." The mixed-haired loli waved her hand, "This is related to the ability of the Dragon Guard family."
"What do you mean?" Xia Yibing also became interested.
"To put it simply, apart from the Time Dragon and other... useless pieces of shit, the other two Dragon Guards are responsible for changing the environment."
Sixus lowered the volume in the middle, and Hitzfeld heard Light-Sally laughing behind the black cloth in the gap, and it seemed that he was talking about something happy with Moore.
"Frost dragons can't turn into dragonmen, and neither can hot spring dragons. But the former can withstand the scorching heat, and the latter can find hot spring veins... That's where their names come from."
"Then Old Bal's lineage will definitely be able to live in Beihan." Xia Yibing couldn't help but complain.
"Don't interrupt!" Sixus glared at her in dissatisfaction.
"Then... you have to dig a hole to find the hot spring vein. There is a legend within the Deka family that the Mimic was dug out when they were digging a hot spring in the early years."
???
This statement... left both Hitzfeld and Xia Yibing confused.
"Have they read too many novels?" Xia Yibing frowned.
The underground world...the underground alien race, isn't this something that has been written about to death in third-rate novels...
"How should I know?" Sixus spread his hands. "It's just a legend. God knows what the actual situation is."
"Does this have anything to do with the Eclipse Church?" Hitzfeld asked.
"Based on the information he has provided so far, they are indeed not involved..."
Time always flies when you are working hard. They slept for a while on Hitzfeld's little bed and spent the rest of the time discussing. Before they could come to any conclusion, the train arrived.
A group of people stood up and found a place to steady themselves, while using their other hands to tidy up their appearance and prepare to get off the bus.
"What will your master do for us?" Walking to the door, Xia Yibing looked down at Yourenyi.
The young man had his hands tucked into his sleeves, which were actually tied with ropes. Jerry squatted beside him and took care of him - this was the treatment he enjoyed along the way.
"Someone will pick you up," said Eugenie.
"Don't worry - this is Kerge after all. Our power here is not weaker than that of the Undead Party. By the time they get the news, we will have already left..."
"I don't think so."
Moore's voice came from behind.
A group of people looked back and found that only this guy and Hitzfeld were still clinging to the window, and they seemed to have seen something very incredible.
"I think so too... these things are definitely not part of Kaloni's plan, right?"
Hitzfeld stepped aside and tilted his head to stare at the young man's face.
The others looked out the window and saw a large group of people gathered on the platform.
They cheered and held a huge sign in their hands. The letters on it roughly said one sentence:
[Welcome back to Kerg, Her Royal Highness Princess Aisun-Hitsfeld.]
Chapter 81 Chaos
Sixus was the first to react. She rubbed her eyes, then moved closer to the window, almost putting her face against it, and exclaimed, "No way..."
First of all, they can't have the same name.
The surname "Hitzfeld" is relatively rare. It is actually a little difficult to pronounce, and it doesn't seem like a name that originated from the native Seran language... Sixus has only seen a girl named Hitzfeld in all his years.
And these people even brought out a portrait... a huge oil painting frame with a gray-haired girl in a gorgeous dress... the blue eye and the eye patch were all there! This must be the girl herself!
"Baron Copperfield!" Xia Yibing looked at Eugenie with anger. She suspected that the Deka family was playing tricks again.
But the latter was equally confused: "No... this is not what we did... I have never heard of such a plan!"
Eugenie swore that he was not lying. He really didn't know. He and Kaloni couldn't even keep Hitzfeld's news secret. How could he expose it so bluntly? And use such a method?
"Knock, knock, knock" there was a knock on the carriage door.
"Uh... this is what happened." A voice that was most likely a conductor's came from the other side of the door. "We've received news that a highness who is hiding his identity... and is eligible to inherit the throne is inside. Would you mind opening the door so we can confirm it first?"
The black cloth in the middle was lifted by Wright, and everyone first looked at the gray-haired girl at the same time, and then stared at the door of the carriage at the same time.
Hitzfeld's brows had relaxed by now, but she was still thinking about what was going on.
"Your Highness?" The knocking and shouting continued. "I'm sorry to bother you, but this is an order from the Palace of Vinca, and their messenger is waiting for my reply..."
In the dead silence, Wright-Sally suddenly strode over, pulled down the bolt and opened the door a crack, staring at the person outside through the gap.
He was quite tall… not as tall as Russell, but still about 180cm tall. Being stared at with such a gloomy gaze from a high position, the conductor outside the door took a half step back nervously.
"Get them out!" Wright shouted at him.
"But——" the conductor wanted to argue.
"Get lost too!" Wright changed his target to him, and stretched out his index finger, poking it through the crack of the door and aiming at his face, "Don't you see your lowly status? Do you think you are qualified to meet His Highness?"
"Get out now! Before His Highness gets angry... Otherwise, I guarantee that you won't survive tomorrow, and tomorrow you will turn into a shrunken human skin..."
The conductor ran away in fear, his face pale.
"Bang!" Wright closed the door and found that everyone in the room was staring at him with different expressions.
Mackay was confused, Russell was stiff, Moore and Eugenie were surprised, and the three female agents, especially the person involved, Hitzfeld, crossed his arms and pursed his lips, looking a little helpless.
"You think it's funny, don't you?" Xia Yibing's tone was quite unhappy.
If there weren't more troublesome things waiting to be dealt with now, she would definitely not be able to help but beat him up.
"I'm saving us." Wright spread his hands with an innocent look on his face.
"Look!" He began to describe the current situation while gesturing. "Whoever reported us has now spread the news to the entire Kerger... We can refuse and say, 'No, there is no one named Aisuen Hitzfeld.' But look at those people outside and the atmosphere! Do you dare to say that to them?"
"This is different from recognizing Aisuen as a princess..."
"That's the same thing!" Wright interrupted again, "They came here just for this identity!"
"He's right." Mackay looked at Wright and then at the others, muttering, "In this situation...it's better if she really is a princess...she has to be...if she isn't, it's also okay..."
He didn't care what was going on. He just knew that once they denied it, no one here, including himself, would survive.
Not to mention whether the Undead Party will take revenge on you later, the crime of impersonating a member of the royal family is enough to send anyone to the guillotine.
"Eugeni." Hitzfeld rubbed his brows with a headache, "You said Mr. Deka would send someone to pick us up..."
"Yes!" Eugenie finally reacted, and his face turned bitter: "But that requires me to take you out of the platform first..."
First leave the platform, then get into a car hidden on the street at lightning speed - this was his original plan.
But look at the situation outside now... There are so many people, they have completely blocked the platform. Even ordinary passengers who have nothing to do with the platform have a hard time squeezing out, not to mention that there are genuine passengers among them.
"Is this what you call 'not wanting to hurt us'?"
"I'm so sorry...I really am...it was an accident..."
Hitzfeld tried not to listen to the noise around her, she closed her eyes and began to think about why things had turned out this way.
As a person involved, she was certainly certain that "Princess Hitzfeld" was a complete lie.
She has no connection to the royal family of Talignant.
At the same time, she was also sure that ordinary rumors could not arouse such enthusiasm among the residents of Kerger.
Ordinary people may have limited knowledge, but they are not so stupid that they can truly believe any rumor about a princess.
This happened without any warning - since no one had ever heard of the existence of the so-called "Princess Hitzfeld" in the past, this princess seemed to have suddenly popped out of nowhere. If there were no influential people to endorse this fake identity, they would definitely treat it as a joke.
This is undoubtedly a conspiracy.
Rumors take time to spread.
It takes time to stir up a crowd.
And this process was actually concealed from the intelligence network behind Eugenie - you have to know that the Deka family is likely to be in contact with the Mimic Demon group. Even they didn't react, which shows how sophisticated the other party's methods are and how swift their actions are.
So who is it...
The Deka family that Eugenie is loyal to still needs to consult me about the "mysterious person on the fourth floor of the Dragon Tomb". At this stage, they are eager to hide me as deep as possible...so it definitely can't be them.
...It can't be the Death Party.
The reason why the Undead Party can compete with the Kerg and Dragon Guard families is mainly because they control Queen Milanka.
They wouldn't want to see an heir who could threaten Milanka's position. Even if they wanted to take action against me, they shouldn't use this method.
So... it's not the Dragon Guard family... nor is it the Deathly Hallows and the King of Talignan...
Who could that be...
Is there a third force hidden in this story?
Imagine this: this force hopes that a new successor will emerge. They may need to use the identity of this successor to gather strength and fight against others. Their purpose may be -
Thinking of this, Hitzfeld suddenly looked up.
"Eugenie."
"Ok?"
"Are you sure that the person you saw on the fourth floor of Dragon Tomb looks like me?"
"Yes, I'm sure." Eugenie answered the question formally for the first time. "It was a shadow of a woman... She looked older than you, but very similar to you. The eyebrows and eyes were almost cast from the same mold."
"What makes you think that must be her real face?" Hitzfeld asked with narrowed eyes, "After all, you know the Mimic..."
"It's very simple!" Eugenie took a breath, "That's not an ordinary place..."
That’s the fourth floor of the Dragon Tomb.
If the Mimics could freely enter and exit places like that, they wouldn't need to try to please Kerg and seek cooperation from all forces. They could just secretly take away all the treasures inside.
"That's not enough to explain it." Hitzfeld shook his head. "You've also seen the experiments they did in Senling City. It's not ruled out that they have already initially created the blood of the Dragon God. Maybe they have already mastered the means to enter the fourth floor, but it's not yet mature."
Eugenie was silent. He really couldn't explain this.
"Let me ask you another question. What does the Mimic want?"
Hitzfeld felt that this must be clarified first.
Kaloni-Deka hopes to obtain the Dragon God Fire and use it as energy to drive the mechanical army.
