Although Annan thought about a lot of things.

But when he returned to the Duchy of Winter this time, he decided to take the werewolf Doreen with him.

Annan still hasn't figured out why Doreen and Bella look so similar. According to Doreen's identity and background, she and Bella's hometown are still quite far away, and obviously they will not be relatives.

And their age is completely incorrect.

If Bella was still alive, she would be around twenty-four.

Comb through the timeline a bit.

Bella, the Betrayer, joined the Winter Hand eight years earlier, on December 30, 1496, at the age of sixteen. And a year and a half after she joined the Winter Hand...... In that gamble six years ago, she betrayed Dmitry, which indirectly caused Dmitry to lose his fertility.

After that, Bella turned herself in, accused Vladimir of his imminent betrayal of Winter. The icebreaker army, which controlled a third of the military frost beasts, could only respond in a hurry.

After a three-year rebellion, three years ago, Bella's strategy led to the Frostbite Plague, recruiting werewolves to form the Windrangers. At this time, Bella should have been in contact with Professor Wolf.

- Doreen was only thirteen years old now.

Even a mother and daughter are not quite right...... Because Doreen does have a biological mother. Her mother could not have been sixteen years old at the time.

However, there is a relationship between them.

Because it happened to be eight years ago, when Bella entered the Winter Hand...... Doreen met Professor Wolf.

At that time, Doreen's mother went berserk, bit the out-of-tlander's child to death, and was imprisoned with her father who shielded the murderer. Doreen, who lost her parents, was only five years old.

It was at that time that she met the self-proclaimed "Nicolas Lemay" Wolf Professor - Frederick Wolfheart.

At that time, "Frederick" had been replaced by Trissino Seti on the inside. As for why Professor Wolf called himself "Nicolas Lemay" at that time, it is also a noteworthy doubt.

For idol wizards, names are an important thing.

If a coincidence only happens once, it may be a real coincidence.

But they happen to look exactly the same, and they both happen to know Professor Wolf, and they happen to suddenly encounter a major change in their lives in the same year, which completely changes the trajectory of their lives. And Doreen's father also happens to be an idol wizard.

So many coincidences are piled up, and if they are forcibly ignored, it is that Annan is not sharp enough.

There must be some kind of connection between them. Although I can't find out exactly what it is for the time being.

If Annan had put Doreen in the underworld, perhaps Professor Wolf would have noticed that Annan and Doreen had separated. At that point, Doreen may be assassinated by the other werewolves.

In order to protect this important witness and clue, Annan took Doreen all the way back to the Frost Province.

This time, he only brought three random players with him, which he used to open the waypoint in the Frost Province.

They will not act at the same time as Annan. After Annan left the subway station with them, they would be separated. Once the waypoint is opened, they return underground.

Annan had already informed the Silver Tier players in advance - if they were in danger, they would be sure to inform them.

Until then, players were still working as "Hidden Eyes" to expand the underworld in a way that was not at all secretive.

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Like the Zerg's expansion...... Even the wise would never have been able to detect that the players were digging into the teleportation array without any evidence.

After all, they hadn't touched anything.

They just come to a place, find a hotel to book a room for a month, and then go out and clean up the nightmare. When the purification quantity is sufficient, it will leave directly, without seeking wealth and fame.

If you didn't know in advance, this was a "ritual to create a waypoint", and who would have noticed the significance of these strange actions of the players?

And in fact, players are cleaning up the underworld of nightmares - dangerous things that no one wants to touch, but that actually affect their lives.

Even if there is a true wise man who can see into the future and know the purpose of all this. He will also surely see what Annan and his "hidden eye" bring to them.

Then he will definitely keep silent.

At that time, he also became an accomplice of Annan.

This is also Annan's conspiracy -

Only prophetic wizards who truly care about the underworld can care about and know the purpose of the players' actions; But they can also see the results of these actions, then they will become Annan's friends, and choose to acquiesce or support Annan's actions.

Through countless film and television game works, Annan has long been wary of those prophetic gods. They can mess up a hard thing if they just want to...... As Arthur Blaching Tooth has said before, no secret is hidden from the Prophet.

As long as they will know about it "later", then they can know about it now.

So from the very beginning, Annan prepared a strategy to deal with these prophets.

- That's right.

Just make sure that they are in the right way, that their cause is right, and that it will benefit everyone and the world in the long run, then at least the neutral Prophet will not choose to be hostile to the players...... Even if a small number of Prophets tried to stop Annan, many more would be intercepted before they could act.

It's not that difficult to stop a wrong thing, because we are united; And it's thousands of times harder to stop a right thing...... Because the forces within them are dispersed.

Now Annan has gradually mastered this technology.

Compared to the technology of manipulating people's hearts, this is the technology of manipulating people. It's a more advanced technique...... It is the power of the "general trend".

This is also the ability that Annan has trained in advance for himself to inherit the position of Grand Duke of Winter.

He didn't want to be an incompetent archduke.

He didn't want everything Ivan was guarding to end with him...... He was even more reluctant to see the people of the Duchy of Winter under his hands, but suffered more than Ivan.

If you want to do something, you have to do it at your best.

That's how Annan behaved from a long, long time ago.

Soon, Annan returned to the Grand Duke's Palace.

Although he was a little worried, would he bring back the werewolf Doreen to make Dmitry "see things and think about people" and make his mood worse...... But fortunately, Dmitry was busy.

He wasn't usually in the Frost Province, so he didn't see Annan and Doreen either.

It was a little unexpected for Annan.

Even though he returned to Winter with a werewolf until he entered the Grand Duke's Mansion, no Winter Hand appeared to stop him or question Doreen's identity.

He even prepared a set of rhetoric in advance, but in the end it didn't work......

But it's also a matter of thought.

Annan is not Dmitry after all.

He has always done things without others having to worry about them.

Annan's position at home and at the top of the hierarchy has always been high – perhaps due to his prescient decision-making and keen strategic vision.

Now that he is about to inherit the throne of the Grand Duke, those Winter Hands will become his subordinates at any time. Perhaps they are already seeing Annan as the new Grand Duke...... Naturally, no one would dare to express a one-sided opinion in front of him.

Silence if not necessary - this is also one of the dogmas of the Winter Hand.

Unlike the Three-Eyed Crow, they can't be in a safe place to spy on the secrets of the nation. Everything has to be done in person, and it is natural to see many things that should not be seen.

But they are just the "hands" of the Grand Duke.

Hands don't need to have their own ideas. That will only add unnecessary burden to the brain, or make mistakes.

They just have to believe.

The young hand of winter will only let himself "not look"; Force yourself to complete your assigned tasks and leave nothing else.

And as the use of incapacitating spells becomes more frequent, their hearts will become colder and colder. These mature winter hands usually choose to "keep silent...... For the Grand Duke may occasionally need their eyes to recount what they have seen.

Except for the Grand Duke of Winter himself.

Even the wife of the Grand Duke, or the child of the Grand Duke, are under the silent watch of the Winter Hand.

Other words......

From now on, am I actually the Grand Duke of Winter?

As soon as he pushed open the door of the Grand Duke's Mansion, Annan was in a trance for a while.

"Let's go, Doreen."

He was silent for a moment, then said quietly.

He lowered his hood, and Doreen, who was following him, was also very nervous, learning from Annan's movements and lowering his hood.

She hasn't recovered from the fact that Gilandaeo is Annan Rindon.

"—the Grand Duke is waiting for you in his room."

Silently, a female voice sounded behind Annan, startling Doreen. Her gray hair stood up instantly, her tail hung low and tucked tightly between her legs, and she even trembled as she walked.

But Annan only nodded silently.

In the Grand Duke's Palace, he walked forward without looking back.