Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 610: Am I considered an idler?
In the next two days, Alice continued to eat, drink and have fun in the city with her friends, acting tyrannically. In her words, this was to paralyze the enemy and create opportunities for action two days later. Although it was meaningless to do so, because no one would deliberately keep an eye on these outsiders. Even the guards of the Ice Water Palace did not believe that the guests on the ground would have any crooked ideas, let alone Her Majesty the Queen. And the only princess sent to contact them had already become an insider. If the news could still leak out under such circumstances, then one could only suspect that Her Majesty the Queen had the ability to predict the future.

While Alice was busy eating, drinking and having fun, Linger discussed with the main participants of the plan, such as Saint Xia Liya and Yieta, to perfect the details. The whole plan seemed simple, but it was actually quite difficult to implement, and there was only one chance, so they had no choice but to be cautious.

In the past two days, the news that Nereides City was about to migrate to the outer sea was announced by the clerk directly under the royal court to all the people in the city, including those weak sea creatures who were vassals of the mirror elves. Because similar rumors had been circulating for a long time, it did not cause much commotion. At this time, there were two paths before the people of the Blue Sea Mirror. Those who decided to migrate together chose to stay, while those who could not bear to leave their hometown had already left. The city defense corps did not set any restrictions in this regard, probably because they wanted to eliminate these restless factors and ensure the stability and controllability of the subsequent migration process.

Nereids is a city where many races live together, and there are also fortresses, strongholds, villages and towns of all sizes in the vast territory outside the city. After the news of the migration spread, more than thirteen villages and twenty-three tribes came to take refuge in just two days, and were all settled in the suburbs. At the same time, Queen Amyra also sent several troops to meet those people and vassal races who also wanted to follow the migration but could not arrive in time because the journey was too long. It is necessary to ensure that these people can catch up with the main force in time before the migration officially begins or within one or two days after the migration begins.

This move was not only out of kindness, but also for the future of Nereids. After all, the Neiride Royal Court did not have such a deep foundation in the Chaos Sea. Although it had two demigods and a guardian sacred beast, it was enough to gain a foothold, but considering the long-term development, population was the most valuable resource. The local forces in the Chaos Sea would definitely not generously share these resources with outsiders, so they could only bring more from the Azure Sea Mirror.

Due to this reason, Nereides' city defense was currently empty, and the only two troops that had not been mobilized were the City Defense Corps and the Crystal Guard. The former needed to maintain the order and stability of the entire city, while the latter was the garrison force of the Ice Water Palace, and neither could be easily transferred from their posts, which inadvertently created a perfect opportunity for Linge and his team to act.

In this way, time gradually passed to May 5, the day when the migration officially began. Queen Amyra issued a curfew order on behalf of the Nieride Royal Court. Not only was the city heavily guarded, but the streets and the royal road across the sky were also guarded by patrolling soldiers riding seahorses everywhere. Even the outside of the city was tightly blocked by the army: the huge beuvernai stretched out its tentacles and cruised over the plains, scanning its sharp eyes that could pierce the abyss of the sea for all suspicious movements within its field of vision. Each beuvernai carried at least a squadron of troops on its back, and on the ground, a temporary fortress was formed by the Sea Cavalry Regiment and the giant ship conch beast. Any corner that could hide in the shadows was illuminated by huge aquamarine torches, leaving nowhere to hide.

Similar blockade lines are centered on the city of Nereids and radiate within a radius of one kilometer, which is enough to extinguish the ambitions of any villain to take advantage of the situation to cause chaos.

A certain scoundrel saw this and immediately backed off.

"How about forgetting it?"

Xie Mi asked tentatively, but no one paid any attention to her. Only her two friends looked at her with contempt.

"W-what?" Xie Mi's face flushed instantly, as if he was not in the cold sea water, but soaked in boiling water. "I'm not afraid. This is called retreating when faced with difficulties, understand?"

"You're just a coward." Leticia snorted, "Anyway, I don't rely on you to do anything tonight, so what are you afraid of?"

"I, I told you I'm not afraid. I'm telling you I'm very brave, okay!" Xie Mi was still being stubborn.

But Metien only used a few words to break down the little friend's psychological defenses, causing her to burst into tears instantly: "Xie Mi, you look ugly now, don't you?"

"Whoa!"

Xie Mi fell powerlessly on the top of the pink-haired little girl's head, with the butterfly wings on his back drooping limply, looking like a loser. It was already an established fact, but he was still quibbling: "Actually, it was Alice who told me to say that. She was afraid that others would say she was a coward, so she forced me to say it. Woohoo, I resisted, but I couldn't beat her." "Oh." X2
Medien and Leticia believed it, and looked at Shemi with a little more sympathy in their eyes, because it seemed that he was very credible.

“Hey, hey, hey!” A vicious look came from the side: “You slandered me in front of me, I can’t pretend I didn’t hear it, okay? Be careful or I’ll beat you up!”

The golden maid waved her fist at Shemi unhappily, and the goblin was so scared that he shrank behind Metien's neck and trembled.

Seeing this, Metien stepped forward and spoke for her friend: "Hey, Sister Alice, why are you taking it so seriously? Xiemi is still a child and doesn't know much. I was just joking. By the way, aren't we going to take action tonight? Why are you still here? Aren't you going to discuss the plan with Lingge and the others?"

This sentence seemed to hit Alice's heart, and she couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, Lingge said he didn't need me tonight, and said that I would only get in the way if I stayed there, so he kicked me out."

Then, he puffed up his cheeks angrily, "Damn it! He didn't even take me with him on such a fun thing. I really misjudged him! Next time, I will eat up all his meat and leave all the onions, radishes and cabbages for him to eat!"

Leticia suddenly heard such a vicious revenge, and she couldn't help but shuddered, quietly moving away from Alice. But Lingge was not picky about food, so such a threat seemed meaningless.

For such a confidential matter, naturally the fewer people involved the better, and the irritable golden maid was obviously not suitable for such an important task, so she was not among the final candidates for execution. There were only Lingge, Saint Xia Liya, Yieta and Nevi'er, and at most one non-staff person, Galene.

Among them, Lingge was responsible for on-site command and contingency planning, Saint Shallia was responsible for using the thread of fate to assist in the escape, Nevi'er was responsible for creating chaos in various places in the Ice Water Palace to divert the attention of the Crystal Guards, Yieta was responsible for controlling the Cloud Whale to escape immediately after everyone fled to the Sky Island, and Galene was responsible for... uh, being a traitor.

When Alice patted her chest and said that she could take responsibility for joining in the fun, Lingge drove her away on the spot.

So I had no choice but to stay on the island with others to serve as the atmosphere group. Of course, a better way to put it is the support group, responsible for arriving in time to provide support when an unexpected situation occurs.

Then, the dark-minded Alice started thinking about whether she should create some accidents artificially to give Lingge and the others some little surprises?
"..."

Lingge, who was finalizing the details of the operation with others in the windmill tower room, felt a sudden chill for no reason.

Is it an illusion?
　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)