Today was a nice day, the weather was fine. There are no trees to be seen in the two hundred meters around the city, and you can see a convoy of people coming along the main road towards the city.

Rudy yawned and stood guard at the door, a boring job that would continue until the evening, but even if it lasted until the night, he would have to go back to the barracks to rest.

"Speaking of which, only two days off a month is not enough at all!" Rudy pouted, but was slapped on the head.

Eun, who is now in Chinese New Year's Eve and has been in this position for eight years, laughed and scolded: "I know you think about the wife who just got married, but this is the rule, if you don't want to lose this job because of violations and finally go back and be reprimanded by her, just wait for the holiday honestly." ”

"I know that too!" Rudy touched the place that was photographed by Ewen just now, and rolled his eyes: "But when I got married, I was only given three days off, which made me so sad!" ”

"Hahaha!" Ewen laughed and patted Rudy on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.

"Having said that, this is not the front line anyway, so even if you have two more days off, you don't have to worry about running out of manpower." Rudy sighed and said something that looked lazy and deflated no matter how you looked.

Ewen slapped Rudy angrily: "Although this is not the front line, since you have done this job, you will do it well." ”

But there is peace here. Even the guards guarding the gates didn't feel the slightest bit of nervousness. Although it is said that Winter Stone City can reach the border of the demon clan to the west, but with the natural barrier of the Gangde Mountains, no one really has anything to worry about.

"Speaking of which, there are a lot of adventurers going out today, do you know what's going on?" Rudy was relieved of his drowsiness by a few conversations with Eun, but he asked because it was still too boring to stand guard in silence like this.

"I heard that griffons have gathered over there in the old ruins, and the City Lord's Mansion has issued a mission for them to go on a crusade."

"It's good that they're here, otherwise this errand would have to fall on us." Rudy shrunk his neck, he couldn't imagine himself as an ordinary person dealing with a griffin.

"Haha, if you could go to the front one day, you wouldn't feel that way when you come back." Eun laughed heroically, as if remembering something.

"Forget it, I don't want to go. There will be no return. Rudy shook his head and denied Ewen's words.

Although he is a veteran who has retired from the front line, Ewen surprisingly does not deny Rudy's words. He knows better than anyone the tragedy of the front. If it weren't for the tragedy on the front line, there would be no peace here.

"Eun, look over there!" However, Rudy suddenly pointed into the distance and pulled Ewen back from his memory.

There had been a few groups of travelers walking slowly towards Winterstone, walking on the main path carved out in the forest, but there were still dense forests on both sides.

I don't know when they sped up, no longer in their previous leisurely posture. Seemingly, it's running away from something.

Ewen and Rudy watched carefully, but they couldn't see it because of the distance. Someone among the travelers was waving their hands, as if to convey some kind of news to Ewen and Rudy.

But because of the distance, I couldn't hear what the other party was saying at all.

A sharp whistle pierced the calm atmosphere, and Eun was stunned for a moment, then his face changed drastically.

Unlike the young men around him, who were between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four and had never left the area, Ewen had spent two years on the front lines. It didn't seem like a long time, and Ewen had lived here for eight years, but Eun's experience on the front lines was still fresh in his memory.

"Hurry up, go close the door!" Ewen beckoned to the people around him, but no one moved.

As the captain of this team, Ewen is also convinced by them. But this is not a crisis-ridden, disciplined front line after all. These young men are not so much guards as a group of ordinary citizens who guard the door.

When the commander gave the order, they giggled and did not obey, which was not possible at the front or in any army that was a little stricter.

The young people grinned as they looked at the travelers who had suddenly accelerated, giggling and wondering why they had suddenly accelerated.

Ewen was going crazy, and although he thought it was incredible, he believed that he would never hear it wrong, and his memory would never go wrong.

"Demons, it's demons! Damn, you guys don't get moving! Eun couldn't help but curse, but the young men laughed even more.

"Hey, Eun, you're not going to drink, are you? Don't talk drunk in broad daylight! Even Rudy, who had always been closest to Eun, punched Ewen with a grin, thinking that Ewen was joking with them.

"This place, where could it be...... Demon...... Clan ......" Rudy grinned and pointed to the traveler on the road, but as his gaze shifted, his words grew slower and slower, and his tone became more and more full of disbelief.

In the woods, as far as the eye could see, countless figures rushed out. They wore a variety of armor, ranging from light to heavy. Most of them look like humans, except for the various horns on their heads. And in addition to these people, there are many people who do not have a human form at all. These images, aren't they the demons recorded in the book?

"Quick! It's closed! Ewen was already moving, and grabbed Rudy by the neck and dragged him through the door.

The rest of the young men were also in a mess, some of them followed Ewen towards the city gate in a panic, while others were stunned and at a loss.

"Hurry up, close the door, Rudy, you go and tell the rest of the city! Damn, hurry up and get moving, you idiots! Ewen said loudly, rather rough with his anxiety.

The rest of the men, under Eun's command, prepared to raise the drawbridge and close the gates. Obviously, I have rehearsed at ordinary times, but at this time, I don't know if it's because of nervousness, but the progress is quite slow.

The running travelers saw that the drawbridge was beginning to rise and the gates were closing. Waving his hands in despair, begging and pleading. But their words could not be reached at all.

In fact, even if the words can't be passed on, just by looking at their movements, these soldiers defending the city know their thoughts. But they gritted their teeth and continued to move, trying to close the gate faster.

If these demons who appeared out of nowhere broke into the city in order to wait for them, there would only be more dead people at that time.

Fortunately, because Eun's reaction was timely, although it was a little slower, the city gate was about to close. Eun, who felt relieved in his heart, saw some kind of light in the crack in the door that was about to close.

"Damn it!" Eun's heart suddenly raised his throat again.

Is it really too long to leave the front line? Ewen cursed and quickly ran towards a room in the city wall: "Hurry up, open the defensive magic array!" Hurry up! ”

However, it was still too late, and while Ewen was shouting and running desperately, in the air outside the city, a huge magic circle had been fully formed. The magic array, which was almost as big as the city gate, was facing the city gate, and a spurting pillar of light, with a spiral of air, slammed into the city gate that was only about to close.

"Boom"! It was a huge roar like a landslide cracking the ground, and this roar spread far and wide, even attracting adventurers fighting in the old ruins. But at the moment, no one knows exactly what's going on.

After that huge explosion and roar, the west gate of Winterstone City completely collapsed, and even most of the city walls collapsed. Ewen lay in ruin, covered in blood. He struggled to get up, but the sound of footsteps breaking the masonry could be heard.

His eyes looked in the direction from which the voice came, but all that came to his eye was a blinding chill.

In this terrifying roar and explosion, it was as if the entire Winterstone City trembled. For some reason, people walked out of the house, but only a young man in a guard's uniform threw away his spear and rushed to the command post and garrison camp in the city.

Unbeknownst to the residents of Winterstone at the time, the roar announced the collapse of Winterstone's long-standing peace and the arrival of war.

……

What he saw was the Winter Rock City that was caught in the flames of war, which made Zhou Yan feel greatly shocked. Because he was running around in the forest before, he could only discern the general direction, so when Zhou Yan walked out of the forest with Bai Yin, he did not appear in the west of Winterstone City, but in the south.

Even Bai Yin couldn't help but look at Winterstone City in amazement. The smoke rising from the city seemed to turn the entire sky into chaos. It's still afternoon, but the sky is so dark. I don't know if it's because of the smoke.

Zhou Yan's first reaction was not to check what was going on, but to run away immediately. You can tell that the main battle is in the west of the city, and if you run to the east in the opposite direction now, you should be able to run away.

And from the city gate, you can also see that many people are fleeing.

Thinking of what he was about to do, Zhou Yanzheng couldn't help but stop when he took a step, he remembered Youyou. If those who attacked Winterstone appeared from the west side of the city, what would Yoyo and those who were in the old ruins do?

The footsteps couldn't help but stop, and Zhou Yan's brows furrowed tightly. Although even if he didn't meet himself, maybe Yoyo would still follow him to fight the griffin today. But now, Yoyo is indeed there because of himself, and it is also because of himself that he is alone. If you want Zhou Yan to run away by yourself, to be honest, he can't get over a hurdle in his heart.

Although I also know that such an idea is naïve and immature at all, and considering what I am going to do next is also unwise, no matter how I look at it, it is self-defeating. But Zhou Yan couldn't just ignore Youyou's safety and run away alone.

"Ahh Damn it! Zhou Yan cursed in a low voice because of the entanglement in his heart. Then he viciously threw Bai Yin to the ground: "I'll leave you here, and then you can figure it out yourself!" ”

However, a voice came from the glass in his head: "Yan, if you leave her here, isn't it equivalent to letting her die here?" ”

"Hey, I'm going to have an adventure next, huh? Are you going to let me go in with this burden to die? Zhou Yan retorted in his heart.

"But if you don't leave her alone, she'll probably be killed right away!" Li didn't give an inch, and used the ultimate killer move he had just learned: "Yan, please!" Please......"

Regarding the infinite loop that was about to start in his brain, Zhou Yan sighed admitting defeat: "Okay, but I want to make it clear first, if the situation reaches the point of last resort, I will just throw her down!" ”

"I know, Yan wouldn't do that kind of thing." Li grinned, and didn't know where the confidence came from.

"Don't forget, you cheated on me!" Zhou Yan didn't buy it.

"Eh, I've explained it all, I've really forgotten it!" Li said, and at the same time came an embarrassed feeling.

What Zhou Yan and Li said was mentioned by Liu, the god who Baiyin partnered with, and Li didn't tell Zhou Yan about her ability to distinguish people from other worlds. Although it did make Zhou Yan very shaken at that time, after calming down later, Zhou Yan believed Li's statement.

That is, this glass that he completely identified as a pit god is indeed forgotten.

It's very simple, because Li said at the beginning that it was Zhou Yan who was defeated by other traversers who did not have a contract with the gods, and Li was able to establish a new contract with the winner. In other words, his own possibility that he used Yoyo as a backup is not valid at all.

And in the process of running away with Bai Yin, Zhou Yan once asked Li a question: "Li, speaking of which, what if I am defeated by the blank traverser, and you are rejected by the other party?" What will happen? ”

At that time, Li was silent for a while, and then replied, "It will die." ”

Although her tone was not necessarily very heavy, Zhou Yan immediately closed her mouth and wisely avoided the continuation of the topic.