Avina saw a pale blue glow from her left hand, and a crystal clear snow bow appeared in her left hand. In the next moment, the two robbers were pierced through their hearts by the pale blue ice arrows emitted by the snowy bow. Seeing that his accomplice was hit by this powerful magic arrow, his whole body turned into a lump of ice, and the other robbers could only kneel and beg for mercy.

"Spare us, we're just going to eat. One of the robbers prayed

Avina didn't want to meet the bandits in general, because we had more important tasks ahead of us.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, a deep voice came from a distance, and I saw that it was the big man sitting across from us just now.

Unexpectedly, the big man was quite agile, and he had already rushed in front of Avina in a few steps. I couldn't let Avina suffer, so I quickly stopped her.

With a bang, the sword of punishment in my hand collided with the man's two-handed greatsword.

"What are you going to do?" I asked, prepared for the worst.

"My name is Hansen, and I'm from the Night Rose Mercenary Regiment, and I want to test your skills. ”

At this time, the gang of robbers had already looked stupid, they didn't know why the people they met today were so strange.

"You're from the Night Rose Mercenary Regiment?" I asked

"yes, what's wrong?"

"The leader of your Mercenary Guild, Berlands, has asked us to cooperate with you, and I have his letter here. I hurriedly explained

"Ha, the reinforcements that the president said are indeed you. The fierce mercenary named Hansen said with a smile as he carried the two-handed sword in his hand on his shoulder

"You already know?" Avina wondered

"President Berlands has already sent us the news through the teleportation crystal ball, I just saw you at the inn but I didn't dare to confirm it, but when I saw you make a move, I know that you are right. ”

In this way, Hansen led us to the temporary camp of the Night Rose Mercenary Regiment.

We came to an abandoned village surrounded by weeds, and there was already a thin layer of snow falling here. The originally dead grass was covered with a thin layer of snow, making it particularly desolate.

"Finally arrived, I didn't expect it to be so barren. Avina grumbled

What I didn't expect was that even in such cold weather, there would be an old man sitting in front of a dilapidated house with a dull expression. His body was also covered with a layer of snowflakes, and he didn't know if he was dead or alive. Suddenly, a middle-aged man with a knife rushed out of the room.

"Be careful!" I shouted to Avina as I rushed forward and snatched the man's knife down.

After the middle-aged man was subdued by me, he sat on the ground and sighed.

"Get out of here, you strangers. He said deliriously

"What's the situation? They were fine before, why did I suddenly become so abnormal after a few days out. Hansen looked puzzled

"What the hell is going on? Maybe we can help you. Avina stepped forward to comfort the middle-aged man

"Can you really help me?" the man looked at Avina with suspicion

The middle-aged man invited the three of us to his house to talk, and we went into the dilapidated house.

"I have some home-brewed fruit wine here, and it is freezing in Northland, so you may wish to drink some to warm up when you come from afar. The middle-aged man poured three glasses of fruit wine from the pot and handed it to the three of us. Hansen was afraid that there was something wrong with this wine, after all, this person was still extremely aggressive just now. But I couldn't stand the addiction to alcohol for a while, so I couldn't help but drink.

Avina and I were a little overwhelmed and wondered why the middle-aged man had suddenly become so hospitable. We saw that Hansen was all right, so we took the cup and tasted the fruit wine, which was indeed sweet and delicious. After all, in this cold weather, who can resist the temptation of a glass of warm fruit wine.

However, after a while, I felt that something was wrong.

"Oh no, there's ...... in the wine," Hansen fell to the ground before he could finish speaking.

Avina also felt dizzy and fell to the ground, and I, like them, felt weak and unconscious, and collapsed to the ground.

"Sleep well, and when you wake up you will be a sacrifice to the Queen. ”

After a long time, I regained consciousness when I opened my eyes to find that I was sturdily tied to the pillar, as were Hansen and Avina, our gear stacked next to the stake.

I tried desperately to break free of the rope, but I couldn't do anything.

"Strangers, it's okay to come to us, but your fate is not good. The middle-aged man walked over with a smile

"Phew, you bastard. You have drugged wine and trusted you so much. Hansen woke up and cursed, regretting even more that he had made a mistake because of his drinking

"It's useless to say anything now, we've become someone else's prey. Avina seemed extremely calm

"Haha, this young lady is right, you should obediently become the sacrifice of the queen, only in this way can we have a few fewer deaths here. The middle-aged man said with a hideous face, and from his expression it could be seen that he hated and feared the queen. After saying that, the middle-aged man left here, leaving only the three of us to freeze in the cold wind.

I don't know how long it took, but I just felt the cold all over my body, and I shivered from the cold. I looked at Avina and I was really worried about her body. Avina forced a smile at me, obviously not as fragile as I thought.

Suddenly, there was a mournful wolf cry in the snow-covered forest, and I felt the hairs on my body stand on end.

Then a monster with gray-black fur sprang out of the forest, and it pounced directly on Avina, with extremely fast movements.

"Avina. "Every nerve tightened at the sight of her being in danger

At the moment when the monster pounced on Avina with its bloody mouth wide open, a crossbow arrow came out of nowhere and hit the monster's head.

With a "poof", the monster howled in pain and disappeared into a puff of black smoke.

"It's Lolita!" Hansen's expression looked delighted

From behind a tree, a petite woman in dark red leather armor came out, and what surprised her was her jet-black hair, which was extremely rare.

The petite woman came over to help us untie the ropes, and we got our gear back, so she saved us alone.

"It's great, Lolita, I didn't expect you to come to our rescue. Hansen smiled happily

"You're the Demon Hunters, aren't you? My name is Lolita, and you can call me Night Rose. Hansen owes you that you are still an old mercenary, and you can make a mistake in this kind of thing. The black-haired woman had a grim expression and spoke sharply.

Hansen looked helpless, he loved to drink, but he delayed a lot of things.

"Hello, Eun, my name is Avina. Avina reached out and wanted to shake Lolita's hand, but Lolita just looked at her coldly and didn't shake her hand.

Seeing Avina in an embarrassing situation, I immediately played a round.

"My name is Larrick, and we have also been commissioned by President Berlands to cooperate with the famous Night Rose Mercenary Regiment. ”

"There's no need for guidance, I'm just afraid that you'll lose your lives in vain. Lolita's attitude remained unfazed

"I've seen their strength and I'm sure they'll be of great help to us. Hansen said as he patted his chest in a row

"But, you were almost captured by the ghouls as a sacrifice. ”

Lolita made Hansen speechless with just one sentence, which shows her eloquence.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, I'll tell you about the specific situation here later, we have something important to do. Lolita took us back to the abandoned village we had been talking about.

The middle-aged man was so frightened when he saw us that he begged us to spare his life.

"We have nothing to do with you, so why do you want to harm us?" Hansen asked angrily

"If we don't sacrifice you, we will die. The middle-aged man said tremblingly

"Answer me some questions, and I'll let you go. Lolita said indifferently

When the middle-aged man saw that he had a chance to live, he immediately nodded in agreement.

"What's going on with him?" Lolita pointed to the sluggish old man who was about to freeze into a snowman not far away

"Hey, he wasn't like that before. He was the kindest old man here, and our village was not like it is now. At that time, the people of our village relied on hunting in the forest and lived a carefree life. Many strangers came to settle with us, but now all that is gone. It's all because of that person, it's she who changed all that. The middle-aged man was a little emotional when he said this, and he paused and continued, "That winter, it snowed heavily in the village. The kind old man found her shivering with cold at the entrance of the village, she was only ten years old that year, and she was a little girl who everyone loved. The old man took her home for her to be fed and clothed, and took care of her like a grandfather. Later, she grew into a beautiful maiden. Many young men in the village courted her, but she did not agree, she said that she would stay with her grandfather and take care of him for the rest of his life. But then I don't know why she quietly left here, and when she came back it was like a completely different person. She became cold-blooded and cruel, and she demanded that every week the queen must prepare a living sacrifice for her, and that it must be a young man, otherwise she would kill everyone in the village. ”

"But why didn't you say it before, and besides, you won't resist?" asked Hansen

"We resisted, too, but those who resisted ended up as cold corpses. ”

Suddenly, without everyone noticing, a cloud of black gas surrounded the middle-aged man's body, and the middle-aged man instantly turned into a ball of blood.

"Yes, there are two maidens, and the Queen likes it the most. "A veiled woman in black appeared behind us out of thin air.