From Hogwarts to Sturhaven

Zenebeth had little interest in Black King's treasure vault, which had just been ransacked by Ozmin, but instead greatly appreciated Galtung's sensible nature. Therefore, he still entrusted Galtung with the affairs of the Technological Alliance within the Starfall Palace and promised to deliver a new batch of Nymeria liquid to the Starfall Palace as soon as possible.

Zenebeth took out the spare key to the Black King's Vault and admired the exquisite patterns on the adamantite forging.

One of the biggest sources of revenue for the Technological Alliance is the trade in Celestial Gold, which has swept across the entire continent. Thanks to the stars that fell from the sky thousands of years ago, Newmelia is rich in metal resources. These metals that fell from the sky and have special properties are collectively known as Celestial Gold, a rare resource that every country dreams of.

However, precisely because the wreckage of the Stars is scattered throughout Nyumelia (the Technological Alliance is well aware that the truth about the Stars is an Android fleet, but for romantic reasons and to deceive the Kelideans, Zenebeth still prefers to call them the Stars), smuggling is very common in Nyumelia. But neither the Technological Alliance nor the Starfall Palace has enough administrative power to investigate and crack down on the smuggling of Heavenly Gold, so they can only let it go.

Zenebeth's thoughts on the Heavenly Gold and smuggling didn't last long. Soon, an agent from the Tech Alliance reported to her via the communication panel: "Colonel Galtung recently returned via the tunnel, but he left again in a hurry. It's said that this time he didn't use the tunnel, but went out through the main gate..."

"What!" Zenebeth stood up. "Check the surveillance footage! I'm coming down right now. I need to know what happened!"

Although he said that, Zenebes knew very well that Gartung had most likely run away.

Something big must have happened in the Palace of Fallen Stars.

This isn't right... The Tech Alliance has been closely monitoring the Starfall Palace for the past twenty years, and has never let its guard down even during the most turbulent period of the Tech Alliance. How come the Alliance suddenly lost control of the Starfall Palace and the Black Lord as soon as Zenebeth came to power?

Zenebeth knew that someone would definitely use similar words to attack her. Although the Alliance's loss of control over the Starfall Palace had nothing to do with her, sitting in the position of the head of the Technology Alliance meant accepting these kinds of questions. If her subordinates did well, she would be credited; if they did poorly, she would also be held responsible.

The Colonel's Council convened again in an emergency, but this time there were fewer members present. Zenebeth's gaze swept over the empty seats, his face frosty, and the coldness he exuded almost froze those around him.

"Those barbarians are attacking!"

“They can’t do it!” Zenebeth stood on the wall of the Technology Alliance headquarters, watching the flames spreading from the Meteor Palace and the female barbarian standing at the forefront. “Because I will stop them!”

Zenebeth thought of the homeland she was fleeing, of the snowstorms of Ellison and the terrifying nursery rhymes that had ruled her childhood, of the Witch King, who rode a mortar and pestle through the snowstorms, and of Baba Yaga.

Zenebeth sang a nursery rhyme about how the Witch Queen Baba Yaga summoned a blizzard, and how that blizzard devoured the armies of the Serpent Kings, establishing the kingdom of Ellison, ruled by her daughter, on their land.

The Witch Queen is incredibly powerful, but she never grants the wishes of those who dream of getting something for nothing. Barbayaka will misinterpret their desires and impose heavy prices, but if someone can actually pay, she will grumble and swear as she fulfills her promise.

Zenebeth was not begging the witch king she had once tried to escape, but rather preparing to make a deal with him.

She hoped to summon a blizzard to bury all of Numelia's opponents, and the reward for the Witch King would be the stars in the sky.

The Winter Witch's song truly summoned a blizzard. The barbarian alliance, which was about to break through the walls of the Tech Alliance, was thrown into chaos. Some were pierced by ice crystals, and some were buried by the winter snow, but no one could hear their cries.

Because the laughter of the Baba Yaga people was echoing over Falling Star City, along with a small wooden house with chicken legs appeared. The wooden house danced in front of the Tech Alliance's open space, treating the barbarians on the ground like ants in an anthill, trampling them one by one into red flowers in the snow.