293: Chapter 293 Negotiations Reached! The Frost Giant Legion of the Snowfield Kingdom Retreats!

Outside Aksai City, high in the sky.

The north wind howled, whipping the robes of the two figures.

Below, the Frost Giant Legion and the defenders of Aksai City stood in a distant standoff.

All eyes converged on the two figures standing suspended in the sky, awaiting the outcome of the conversation that would determine the direction of this war.

Hearing Movis's words, Rowan fell into thought.

The other side had sent two Legends.

If he was not prepared to negotiate and insisted on fighting, it seemed he could actually do nothing to them.

Fight them to the death directly? His accumulation was not necessarily as deep as the two Legendary powerhouses on the other side.

If he did not want to waste his strength in a desperate fight, the only option was to seal them away and slowly grind them down.

But he did not have a sealing skill of this tier capable of sealing a Legendary powerhouse.

After a moment of silence, he raised his eyes to look at the opposite Snow Elf priestess:

"What is the sacrifice for the ritual?"

Hearing this, a flash of light crossed Movis's eyes.

She knew that when Rowan asked this question, this matter was most likely settled.

Thus, she said softly:

"It is the Abyss Blood Fiend."

"Abyss Blood Fiend?" Hearing this, Rowan frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.

He vaguely remembered seeing related records in the 《Book of Netheris》, but the impression was not deep.

He simply pressed further:

"Where would an Abyss Blood Fiend come from in the Northern Territory?"

Movis looked at him, her tone calm:

"After the Red Moon revives, there will be."

Hearing this, Rowan was startled inwardly.

The news he previously obtained from the Dragonkin scholar Grace was that the Gap of the Moon-Chanted Tide connected to the eighth layer of the Nine Hells of Baator, which was the territory of the Gluttonous Devil King Mephisto.

But now Movis was telling him that Abyss Demons would also appear at that time?

He thought about it and decided to ask clearly:

"Isn't what lies behind the Gap of the Moon-Chanted Tide connected to the eighth layer of the Nine Hells of Baator?"

"How did it get mixed up with the Abyss Blood Fiend?"

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed in Movis's eyes.

But she quickly reacted, an evocative arc curving at the corner of her lips:

"It seems that old dragon deep within the Mess Mountains has already sent someone to look for you?"

Hearing this, Rowan was silent for a fraction of a second, then nodded gently.

Seeing this, Movis chuckled.

She gently tucked her long hair blown scattered by the wind, her tone softening a bit as she began to narrate:

"Indeed, the eighth layer of the Nine Hells of Baator will indeed connect to the Prime Material Plane through the Gap of the Moon-Chanted Tide after the Red Moon revives."

"That old dragon in the Mess Mountains accidentally obtained a fragment of a semi-artifact six hundred years ago and used it to ascend to Legend."

"But he probably didn't tell you that that semi-artifact fragment was actually something shattered from the Gluttonous Devil King Mephisto during a great war, ultimately left behind in the Prime Material Plane."

Hearing this, Rowan's gaze condensed slightly, but he didn't speak, continuing to listen to her.

"That fellow Erenville has always sealed that fragment deep within the core ley lines of the Mess Mountains, nurturing it day and night with the power of the ley lines in an attempt to wash away the remaining Devil Archduke's will within it and convert it for his own use."

"Every few decades, he would return once to Drain the power accumulated within it."

Movis paused, a trace of deep meaning in her gaze: "This time when the Red Moon revives, the plane barriers begin to loosen, and he probably sensed abnormal activity in that fragment, which is why he hurried back from a different plane."

"He should be arriving soon as well."

Listening to this, Rowan felt somewhat surprised inwardly.

Among these Legendary powerhouses in the Northern Territory, they seemed quite familiar with each other?

Seeing Rowan's somewhat loosening expression, Movis continued to explain:

"However, this does not conflict with our goal. The spatial structures of Hell and the Abyss are actually connected everywhere."

"Where devils appear, demons will trace the aura and infiltrate."

"Similarly, where demons appear, it will also attract the prying eyes of devils."

"This is the inherent entanglement between the lower planes."

She extended a hand, her fingertips gleaming with a wisp of ice-blue light, gently outlining a brief plane structural diagram in the air:

"I have deduced the plane overlapping path of this Gap of the Moon-Chanted Tide."

"Currently adjacent to the connection point of the eighth layer of the Nine Hells of Baator is the three hundred and seventy-third layer of the Infinite Abyss, which is the territory of a Blood Fiend Grand Duke."

"At that time, that Blood Fiend Grand Duke will definitely drive his army of blood fiends to surge into the Prime Material Plane through the overlapping rifts, devouring all flesh and blood creatures they can find."

Speaking of this, a cool and distant smile surfaced on Movis's lips:

"But equally, this is also an excellent opportunity to capture blood fiends. The blood of high-tier blood fiends is the core material for many Legendary-grade alchemy formulas and ritual ceremonies."

"If we can capture enough blood fiends to prepare for that ritual, it will be of immense benefit to both you and me."

Movis explained gently and slowly.

Her words were clear and well-organized, analyzing the plane overlapping conditions that might appear behind the Gap of the Moon-Chanted Tide and the value of capturing blood fiends one by one. It seemed without the slightest concealment, showing extreme sincerity.

Rowan listened quietly, meanwhile cross-verifying and comparing the information given by Movis with the content previously revealed by Grace in his mind.

He thought that perhaps the information given by the other party was likewise incomplete, but as for the things said so far, they shouldn't be fake; after all, these were matters that could be verified later.

Thus, after pondering for a moment, he spoke.

"I can agree to help you preside over that ritual using the authority of the Red Moon Proxy after the Gap of the Moon-Chanted Tide opens."

Hearing this, a flash of joy crossed Movis's eyes, but on the surface, she still maintained that cool and detached elegance, waiting for his follow-up.

"But I have a few conditions." Rowan raised his fingers:

"First, the sacrifices are to be provided by you, and the capture of the Abyss Blood Fiends is your responsibility. I am only responsible for utilizing the Red Moon authority during the ritual."

"Second, I want a share of the gifts obtained from the ritual, determined according to my subsequent contribution of effort."

"Third, the specific ritual time and process need to be negotiated with me in advance; I cannot delay other affairs because of a single ritual."

After listening, Movis did not answer immediately, instead lowering her eyelashes to ponder for a moment.

A few breaths later, she gently nodded:

"Very well."

"In principle, I can accept these conditions."

"For more specific details, I will dispatch an envoy delegation to maintain communication with Your Excellency and jointly discuss and determine them."

She paused, then took out a palm-sized ice-blue token from her storage ring.

The token was made entirely of some kind of transparent ice crystal, with an exquisite snowflake emblem engraved in the center.

She tossed the token toward Rowan, saying:

"This is my token of trust."

"Those holding this token may travel unimpeded within the Snowfield Kingdom. When the envoy delegation arrives in the future, they will also use this token as proof."

Rowan reached out and caught the token.

The moment his fingertips touched it, a cool sensation came over him, and the pure law aura contained within the token made the blood core inside his body twitch slightly.

He lowered his head to glance at the token, then put it into his bosom and nodded:

"Then, it's settled."

Seeing this, a rare light and shallow smile surfaced on the corners of Movis's lips, and then her gaze cast toward the Frost Giant King Ilorn below, saying:

"Ilorn, withdraw the army."

Hearing this, Ilorn scratched his head, muttered a sentence, and then let out a low roar toward the sky, issuing the order to retreat.

The Frost Giant Legion began to slowly turn around, rumbling away toward the direction they had come like a receding tide.

Movis watched quietly, then raised her eyes, glanced at Rowan, and said softly: "Then, Red Moon Proxy, farewell until we meet again."

As soon as her words fell, her figure fluttered down like a light snowflake, returning to the broad shoulders of the Legendary Frost Giant King Ilorn.

In mid-air, Rowan watched the slowly retreating Frost Giant Legion, and also descended back to the city wall of Aksai City.

He gazed at the gradually disappearing figures of the Frost Giants in the distance, beginning to ponder in his heart.

The Gap of the Moon-Chanted Tide, Abyss Blood Fiends, the Gluttonous Devil King, semi-artifact fragments...

After the Red Moon revives, this pool of water in the Northern Territory seemed far deeper than he had imagined.