Chapter 13 In short, after receiving a reply from the mermaid princess, Li Ang commissioned the Black Mermaid to write several letters, secretly entrusting the merfolk to search for traces of the magic mirror fragments.

John Joyce and Julia carried these letters and hurried to the coastal area east of the Kingdom of Lorn to contact the merfolk there.

A few days later, the mermaid princess officially arrived in Mori City. Slightly earlier than her arrival were John Joyce and the others, who had brought back the sixth piece of the magic mirror.

The enthusiastic welcome for the mermaid princess completely occupied every corner of the city.

The Kingdom of Lorn's official propaganda completely denied the rumor that merfolk were bloodthirsty and cruel, instead recognizing them as a marginalized new race in need of protection, sympathy, and understanding.

People in fairytale worlds naturally favored foreign, vulnerable races, expressing their sympathy and pity for them.

What's more, the merfolk were all female, and judging from the Black Mermaid's appearance after cosmetic surgery, they might all be beautiful girls.

As the saying goes, beautiful girls are the greatest productivity.

With the double bonus of welcoming a vulnerable race and seeing beautiful women, Mori City transformed into a sea of ​​joy. The city's streets and alleys were filled with colorful banners, and mermaid balloons, toys, and promotional posters were everywhere.

Amid this joyous atmosphere, Li Ang and the others took advantage of a rare break to hide in a hotel and discuss their next plan of action.

Inside the hotel room, the Forest Witch had fallen into a coma under the influence of the abdominal worms. The witch had been sleeping for most of these days.

Several players silently looked at the pile of magic mirror fragments placed on the wooden table.

Six pieces of mirror, of various sizes, fit together perfectly to form a medium-sized oval mirror surface.

The sixth fragment's special effect was also displayed before the players.

Temporary Immortality: By touching the magic mirror, the user directly suffers a non-lethal injury that may occur within the next twenty-four hours. When suffering a similar injury in the future, the user is immune to the injury. Must be used in conjunction with False Prophecy.

In the silence, John Joyce slowly opened his mouth and said, "This mirror should be the ultimate goal of the mission, right?"

Julia nodded silently, reaching out to touch the cold mirror surface. "The mission description says to bring the complete magic mirror out of the Snow Queen's palace, which means we can't just take these fragments into the palace and immediately jump out."

"Hmm"

Li Ang pondered for a moment, then stood up from his seat, took out a Swiss Army Knife 300 from his backpack, and dripped 502 glue from the knife onto the cracks in the mirror.

However, he didn't know what material the mirror was made of, but the 502 glue wouldn't stick at all.

Li Ang rubbed his chin, then tried single-sided tape, double-sided tape, a soldering iron, and a lighter from the army knife, but still couldn't stick the mirror together.

Just as Li Ang was about to pee and mix it with mud to glue the fragments together, his teammates desperately dissuaded him, finally dispelling the idea.

Li Ang sat down with some regret, shaking his head and said, "It seems there's really no way to stick them together."

I thought that was obvious!

John Joyce thought to himself, but didn't dare to show it on his face, so he said, "We've now collected all the fragments, but the information we've gathered about the magic mirror is still very scarce.

The only two somewhat reliable pieces of information are that twenty years ago, a meteor streaked across the sky above the Kingdom of Arendelle. This time point is roughly when the Ice Queen began to display her extraordinary abilities.

And ten years ago, a mountain north of the capital of the Kingdom of Lorn was suddenly hit by a blizzard, and the originally lush mountain forest was completely covered in ice and snow. Even in the hot summer, the snow on the mountain top would not melt.

The official statement for this was an abnormal weather event, but soon after, the Ice Queen built a palace entirely made of ice out of thin air on that mountain, and has lived in that palace ever since.

It is not yet known what the connection is between these two events."

Smoker scratched his head with some distress. "So, the only option is to sneak into the palace, then?"

"I personally don't recommend doing that."

John Joyce slowly said, "The magic mirror fragments can't be put into the backpack inventory.

This also means that if we bring the fragments into the palace, or even just get close, there is a high probability that the Ice Queen herself will directly discover us.

Moreover, that snow mountain is steep and treacherous, heavily guarded, and full of magical creatures loyal to the Ice Queen. Once discovered, there's no place to run."

"This is really difficult."

Bob frowned and said, "But speaking of which, that queen doesn't seem to have appeared in the public eye for a long time.

Even the nobles of the Kingdom of Lorn who come to the capital to report for duty have little chance to enter and meet the Queen herself.

Perhaps she is in some kind of special predicament. Such as illness, poisoning, or loss of control of her magic, and therefore cannot leave the palace"

Julia nodded. "We also have to consider the possibility that Princess Anna is the script boss.

Since the Ice Queen went into seclusion, she has effectively become the leader of the various kingdoms.

Perhaps she used some method to detain, imprison, or even directly murder the Ice Queen."

"That Princess Anna"

Li Ang flipped through the information collected by the players and said casually, "She should live in the governor's mansion in the capital of the Kingdom of Lorn, where she usually handles government affairs and receives guests.

Maybe we can consider starting with her"

Bob's eyes flashed. "Are you saying that we should pretend to be an Eastern monk group, enter the capital of the Kingdom of Lorn with the mermaid visiting delegation, be received by Princess Anna, fabricate a reason to deceive her, and have her take us into the Ice Palace?"

"What what what? Deceive?"

Li Ang looked dumbfounded. "What kind of image do I have in your eyes? A villain who uses any means to achieve his goals?"

Isn't that so?

Li Ang looked at his companions turning their faces away one after another, feeling somewhat misunderstood, and sighed, "Although I don't really care, your attitude of assuming I'm a bad person still makes me very unhappy."

Bob rubbed his hands awkwardly. "Then what's your plan?"

Li Ang's expression became serious. "Of course, we should start with etiquette before resorting to force! See if we can get along peacefully with that Princess Anna. If she's willing to let us enter the palace, that's easy, but if not,

then take some necessary measures.

Such as kidnapping her, her lover, her illegitimate child, taking secret photos of her,

unearthing her fatal scandals,

sneaking into her mansion to play tricks, forcing her to become neurasthenic and have to hire an Eastern exorcist group,

putting poison in the well of her mansion to force her to hire a famous Eastern physician,

or poisoning the mermaid visiting delegation, and when they enter the Ice Palace to see the Queen, the poison breaks out, and we can legitimately enter the palace as Eastern physicians to provide first aid

As long as the thinking doesn't go downhill, there are always more solutions than difficulties,

the best way to solve difficulties is to face them, understand?"

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The other teammates were stunned. John Joyce wiped his cold sweat, Smoker looked in awe and fear, and Bob's face showed an expression of "Okay, you really have no bottom line, I lost without resentment."