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Sally gave an awkward smile and said, "Um, are you Miss Elise?"

"if not?"

"Sorry, this is my first time communicating this way, I'm not very good at it." Sally was very curious about how the butterfly made its sound, and why Elise could see her situation. Could she see it through the butterfly?

"You should have already acquired long-distance teleportation, right?"

"Yeah, I just got back from there a few days ago."

"That's perfect, come pick us up. The butterfly will guide you."

The communication was very brief. After Elise's voice disappeared, the butterfly flew to the bedside and waited quietly for Sally.

The ancient seal on the quilt was broken because of Elise's words.

Sally sighed helplessly and got up, dressed, and washed up at lightning speed.

She was initially curious about how the butterfly was supposed to guide her, but as it flew to her fingertip, Sally instantly located another butterfly. A look of surprise flashed in her eyes; she hadn't expected that the butterfly could be used for navigation.

Without hesitation, she activated the long-distance spatial teleportation technique she had just learned.

If anyone were in the room, they would have noticed Sally's body begin to contort before she vanished from the spot.

As soon as Sally appeared on the Endless Ice Plains, she felt the biting cold wind, which made her face stiffen.

"You're finally here." Seeing Sally suddenly appear, Elise tossed her a set of winter clothes.

Sally, being a thief, immediately recognized the value of the item. She put on the winter suit without hesitation and only then breathed a sigh of relief.

"I thought I would be in the Elven Sanctuary Forest after being teleported here."

“The Forest of Sanctuary is in a separate space, and you are not capable of teleporting in with your current strength,” Elise said calmly.

"So, in the future, I'll be able to teleport into similar independent spaces?"

“Anything is possible as long as you follow me,” Elise said confidently.

Sally had some subconscious doubts, but when she thought about the spatial magic she now possessed, her doubts were instantly dispelled.

She glanced at the people around Elise; only Eve was missing, the rest were still there and seemed quite relaxed, indicating that they hadn't encountered any danger in the Forest of Sanctuary.

"Where do we go now?" Sally didn't waste any words; she didn't want to stay in this freezing cold any longer.

Elise took out a map, pointed at Antia, and said, "If you want to teleport over there, how many times will you need to teleport?"

Sally carefully calculated the distance and then said, "It might take more than ten teleportations. If it were just me, I could easily teleport there, but the magic power required to bring others would increase significantly. We need to find a place to rest."

Sally drew a rough area on the map, instructing Elise to find a foothold within that area.

"Let's go here," Elise casually pointed to a village.

Although she said it was casual, she certainly wouldn't be casual. There was a rare ingredient near the village where she pointed out the location, and since it was time to stop and rest, she sent someone to retrieve it.

“Okay.” Sally glanced at the location and then gathered the people together.

To be honest, this was the first time she had teleported so many people. After all, she had only just learned long-distance teleportation and didn't know if there would be any problems.

Just as Sally was getting nervous, Elise's voice rang in her ear: "Don't be nervous."

"Ah."

Sally responded softly, then activated long-distance spatial teleportation.

After five consecutive teleportations, everyone felt a moment of disorientation, and when they came to their senses, they found themselves in a jungle.

Elena looked around warily, and the little maid also drew her dagger.

Elise casually tossed down an insect egg, which disappeared into the ground the moment it hit the ground. Given the climate here, it would probably take a day to build a small insect nest.

“Don’t be nervous. This is the Foraging Forest near that village. I’m worried that teleporting directly inside will cause a commotion,” Sally said, her face pale.

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She's only at the fourth rank now, and five consecutive long-distance teleports, with so many people in tow, have basically drained her magic power.

Elise took out a bottle of magic potion for her. This potion doesn't restore magic power immediately after drinking it, but it can increase the speed of magic power recovery. Moreover, drinking too much of it is bad for your health.

"Let's change our clothes first."

Although their winter suits could automatically maintain a constant temperature, they were, after all, prepared for cold weather and looked rather thick.

Elena originally wanted to find a secluded place to change, but upon closer inspection, she realized that no one else was preparing to leave.

Just when she thought she was out of place, Sally walked up to her and said, "Let's move to the side a bit."

"Alright."

With the help of her maid, Elise changed into a simple long dress. Although it was called simple, her understanding of simplicity was quite different from that of ordinary people.

However, given Elise's good looks, no matter what she wears, as long as she doesn't cover her face, it's practically impossible for her not to attract attention.

There is no insect nest base station in this place yet, so Wendy's consciousness cannot be transferred here.

Elise glanced at the dazed Wendy clone, then reached out and gently rubbed her cheek.

The clone tilted its head, seemingly a little strange, but the familiar feeling emanating from Elise made it take the initiative to rub against Elise's hand, and even wanted to stick out its tongue to lick it, but Elise stopped it.

Just then, Elena and Sally, having changed their clothes, emerged from behind the two trees.

"There's a rare ingredient in this forest, a kind of mushroom. I'll draw you a picture later, and you can come here and collect some."

"Well, there are some low-level monsters here, so I'll bring Isabella over for some training."

"Row."

Elise nodded, and then the group left the forest in a large group, soon seeing the village in the distance.

Volume 1: Chapter 153 All He Can Think About Is Eating, Eating, Eating

"Wait, something's not right."

As the group approached the village, Elena frowned and called them to a halt.

She took out her pocket watch to check the time again. It was almost lunchtime, but there wasn't a wisp of smoke rising from the village.

It looks strange no matter how you look at it, and it's too quiet.

"Miss, let me go take a look." The maid took out a dagger, and the shadow beneath her began to distort.

"Be careful."

Elise frowned slightly. In the game, each place has its own random events. In this remote village, the random events would be nothing more than bandit attacks or monster attacks, but the village's buildings looked very intact and did not appear to have been attacked.

However, she wasn't too surprised, since this wasn't a game and couldn't possibly run like a pre-programmed program.

A moment later, the little maid emerged from Elise's shadow, her expression somewhat strange, and said, "Miss, I just went into the village and looked around, and I found that there wasn't a single person... there shouldn't be a single living creature."

"I didn't feel any danger."

"Since we're already here, let's go in and take a look."

Elise didn't know if it was because the three main characters were gathered around her, but she encountered such strange things just by randomly choosing a place to get some rare ingredients.

As we entered the village, just as the little maid had said, it was eerily quiet, without a single living creature in sight.

If it weren't for the obvious signs that someone had lived there, she might have thought she had wandered into an abandoned village.

"I checked the food spoilage; I estimate the people here have been missing for three or four days," Elena said, emerging from a room with a slight frown.

"What on earth happened here that could make an entire village disappear like this?"

The village was small, and the group quickly searched the entire place, but found no trace of anything.

"That's strange. These people seem to have vanished into thin air, without leaving a trace." Elena stroked her chin, a thoughtful look in her eyes.

Sometimes, the absence of a trace is the most obvious trace.

"What do you mean?"

Elise didn't speak, but simply pointed to herself.

Elena was taken aback at first, then realized what she meant: "You mean cultists?"

She hadn't forgotten that Elise's true identity was that of a cultist and a follower of the Gluttonous King, making her exceptionally skilled at erasing traces.

“That’s right. I just remembered that Vivian told me that the crackdown on cultists in Seria has been very intense recently, and there are also activities of members of the Eternal Church. It’s estimated that the cultists’ living space has been compressed, so they can only run to remote places like this.”

"If I'm not mistaken, the culprit behind the disappearance of people in this village is a follower of the King of Gluttony."

"So what do I do now? Find those cult members?"

“All traces have been erased, so it will be very difficult to find them unless they come to us.” After a moment’s thought, Elise said to Elena, “Let’s stick to the original plan. You take Isabella to collect rare ingredients, but be careful of the surroundings.”

"it is good."

After Elena left, Elise also took out a bunch of insect eggs from her spatial ring. These insect eggs cracked open as soon as they landed, turning into various types of insects that scattered in all directions.

Now she can use these insects as her eyeliner.

Elise always felt that although she was not a follower of the Queen of Insects, her behavior was becoming more and more similar.

But I have to admit, the bugs are really useful.

After sending out the insect spies, Elise and the others arrived at the village inn. Since there was no one there, everyone just found a room to make do.

Elise asked Elena to find a rare ingredient called 'Dream Mushroom'. If eaten directly, it has a strong hallucinogenic effect, but if fully cooked, it has an extremely delicious flavor and can also improve sleep quality and induce pleasant dreams.

Dream Mushrooms are extremely rare, but Elena is the main character, and main characters are always blessed with good fortune, so she'll probably be able to find quite a few.

……

The sun set before they knew it, and Elena and Isabella, who had been collecting rare ingredients, returned to the inn.

According to the drawing Elise gave her, she found quite a few Dream Mushrooms. Elise had said that these mushrooms were hard to find, but she found many in the forest today.

Seeing Elena return, Iris asked curiously, "How was the harvest?"

"Not bad," Elena said, recounting her day's haul.

The Dream Mushrooms are extremely brightly colored and look very dangerous. If it weren't for Elise, Elena, who had never been exposed to them before, might have mistaken them for poisonous mushrooms.

After putting all the Dream Mushrooms into the box containing Ice-type Magic Cores, Elise smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work today."

"Actually, it's not that hard. There shouldn't be any problems on your end, right?"

Elise was about to say no, but just then her informant noticed two suspicious figures in the area outside the village. The two people only observed the situation in the village from a distance before leaving.

She then controlled a butterfly to follow them, eventually arriving at the bandits' stronghold.

However, there are no bandits in the current bandit stronghold; it would be more appropriate to describe it as a cult stronghold.

Elise manipulated the butterfly to carefully explore the entire stronghold. Just as she thought, the people here were indeed cultists, and followers of the King of Gluttony.

The leader has the strength of a fifth-tier expert, and there are several other fifth-tier experts besides him.

As a follower of the Gluttonous King, it would be easy for Elise to subdue these cultists.

But she wasn't going to do that, because she had already reached the fourth rank, and she planned to throw all these cultists into the trash can. She felt that so many cultists should be enough for her to break through to the fourth rank.

Thinking of this, Elise licked her rosy lips.

Seeing that Elise was silent and then suddenly made this move, Elena asked with some confusion, "What's wrong with you?"

"I just discovered the location of the cult members, and in order to get a good night's sleep, I've decided to take the initiative."

"Are they all followers of the King of Gluttony?"

"That's right, the highest level is no more than the fifth rank."

"As a follower of the King of Gluttony, is it really alright for you to go and purge His followers?"

"no problem."

The reason why the gluttonous king is called a gluttonous king is not only because he can devour everything, but also because it is very easy to become a follower of the gluttonous king. You don't even need to be very devout. As long as you can offer sacrifices every once in a while, you are a qualified follower.

This is why the followers of the King of Gluttony are a mixed bag, and there are many conflicts between them, but He has never paid any attention to them.

After all, for Him, all He probably thinks about is eating.

Volume 1: Chapter 154 One Arrow, One Kill, Without a Whistle

"How's it going?"

In the bandit stronghold of Wuyuan, an old man, skin and bones, looked at the two people who had just returned from outside.

"There are indeed people in that village, but there shouldn't be many. They're all gathered in the hotel, so we didn't dare go near."

"We can't let the Empire find out about this place too quickly, or we'll have to move again." The old man's face was grim. If it weren't for the Empire's recent crackdown on cultists, they wouldn't have come to this remote place from the nearby main city.