In the dark of night, in the makeshift camp, the three of Osford were warming themselves around a campfire. It's been the third day since the tournament began, but Ellie and the others still don't know anything about the whereabouts of the golden eggs, and they haven't even touched the other two teams. But as they went deeper into the forest, Ellie had a hunch that they were close to their goal. But the closer you get to your goal, the more you feel uneasy, as if something is about to happen. Ellie didn't say anything to Nina and Randall, after all, I'm afraid that others won't believe this kind of unfounded thing.

It was already nighttime to rest, and it would be very dangerous to walk around the forest at night, so they found a place to sleep in the open and set off again after waking up early tomorrow.

Ellie leaned against the fire to roast the meat in her hands, and the golden grease fell into the fire like tiny grains of amber, making a sizzling sound that made one feel appetizing just by hearing it. This is today's dinner, and the combination of roasted golden skin and fragrant hind leg meat and Ellie's carefully prepared vegetable soup doesn't make it feel like it's made in the wild, because the food is not much better than what you would make in a fully equipped kitchen. The three of them had a good meal in the woods, and then they got into their tents and prepared for tomorrow's game.

The lush foliage of the forest obscured the moonlight at night, the fire burning on the ground expelled the cold of the night, and the branches crackled with the flames, which was particularly clear in the cold and silent night. As the only male in the trio, Randall volunteered to carry the burden of the first wave of vigil. The three of them would take turns keeping vigil during the night, but Randall would deliberately let the other two girls sleep a little longer. After all, as a warrior, his body is much stronger than that of a magician, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't sleep for a few days, but in this clammy and cold forest, he may also get some diseases caused by lack of rest time and low resistance, so he will still try to rest for a while.

Randall relied on the fire to keep warm, and the cold and humidity were heavy at night, but as a citizen of the Naranfodo Empire in the far north, he had some immunity to the cold, knowing that his homeland was called the Snow Empire, which was a country where more than half of the cities were covered in heavy snow all year round. And he and Nina are the snow people of that country. As for why he came to Osford from faraway Naranfodo, it was because he wanted to resist the shackles of the family.

The flames shone brightly, illuminating the makeshift camp, and the surrounding forest was filled with endless darkness that made people feel intimidating, but even more terrifying was the fear of ignorance in that darkness. Suddenly, in the flickering light and shadow of the flames, a figure approached in a trance.

Randall recovered from his musings and looked up to see that it was Ellie.

"Ellie, why didn't you go to sleep?" Randall asked.

I don't know if it's because of the flame mapping, after listening to Randall's question, Ellie's cheeks blushed, half-bowed her head, and said to Randall in a mosquito-like voice: "Randall, I have something to say...... Want to say to you, you...... Come here......"

Randall was puzzled, but before he could speak, Ellie had already walked out of the camp alone with a shy face. Fearing that the girl would be in danger alone, Randall grabbed a torch in his right hand and chased after her.

After chasing a long distance, Ellie stopped, turned and looked at him playfully. Randall wanted to stop Ellie from leaving the camp so far, but the terrain in the forest was complicated, and he couldn't catch up for a while.

"Ellie, do you know it's dangerous for you to walk around like this?" Seeing that Ellie finally stopped, Randall couldn't help but reprimand. But because the other party is a girl, the words can't help but be a little tactful.

"I'm sorry, I just ...... Somewhat nervous ......"

Ellie bowed her head in acknowledgment, and she slowly approached Randall, who looked so petite and lovely against the backdrop of his tall frame. With her cheeks pressed against Randall's cold armor and her soft arms around his waist, she didn't know where she got the courage to make these moves.

Randall...... I like you......"

In a soft-voiced confession, the girl hugged Randall tightly, her soft body as if to melt the boy in front of her.

Randall didn't know what expression to use to treat the girl who confessed to him in front of him, and he reached for his waist with his free left hand, slowly holding the girl's soft.

"Randall ......" Ellie looked up, smiling, but the expression lasted less than two seconds before it was replaced by a sense of pain.

Raising Ellie's right hand, a pitch-black dagger appeared in the girl's hand, and Randall's hand holding the wrist was forced, and the girl suddenly let go of her hand because of the pain, and the dagger made a muffled sound and fell to the ground.

"I've read too many knightly novels." Randall looked at the girl in front of him with a blank expression.

Ellie's wrist was released, and the girl rubbed the sore spot and began to step back.

"You're not Ellie! Who are you? Randall asked. Then he picked up the pitch-black dagger on the ground, and the darkness of the night became its perfect protective color.

"Hehehe-" replied to Randall's shrill laughter, "you've seen through it, are you sure you want to know who I am?" ”

"I ask one last time, who are you?" There was a great deal of disagreement in Randall's words.

"Who am I? Hehehe-" The girl smiled, looking at Randall's eyes with more and more sarcasm, "I'm your fiancée, dear...... Love...... Target....... ”

Just as the girl finished speaking, a figure flew out of Ellie's body, a foot above the ground, floating in the air like a shadow. Under the light of the torches, the body is actually a transparent color, and you can see the trees behind you through the body. After leaving Ellie's body, Ellie's eyes became dull, as if she had lost her soul, and it was not difficult to guess that Ellie was controlled by the ghost-like girl in front of her.

And Randall looked at her in disbelief when he saw this transparent girl as if he had been slapped on the head, and muttered, "Ni...... Nia? ”

The girl in front of her looks almost identical to Nina, the Osford student council president, with the only difference being a tear mole under the corner of her left eye, which makes the girl look more seductive.

"Looks like you remember me." The girl whom Randall called Nia looked at him with interest, her body unbound by gravity circling around Ellie's body, and finally stopped behind Ellie.

"What do you want to do? Let Ellie go, she is innocent. ”

"What? Revenge, can't you see this? Niya smiled as if she had said something very lighthearted, "You killed me and made it impossible for me to be with my sister, so I will remove all the people around you and let you taste the loss of your loved ones." ”

"I'm sorry for your death, but if there's anything you want to do, don't hurt Ellie." Randall's eyes were red.

"Hehe, yes, that's the expression, it's really pleasant......" Nia floated in front of Randall, dragging his chin blankly, "Want to admit your mistake?" It's late! ”

After Nya finished speaking, her body stepped back, and Randall tried to grab her hand, but his fingers actually went directly through Nia's body. She had no substance, just an empty soul. I can't catch it, I can't hit it.

Nia reintegrated into Ellie's body, and in an instant, her originally dull eyes moved, and with hatred on her face, she said viciously to Randall: "Repent, in the endless self-blame, I will never forgive you!" ”

Suddenly, Ellie's body floated and retreated, floating into the dark forest like a ghost just now, and a sneer appeared on Randall's face when she saw Randall chasing after her without the slightest hesitation.

Late at night, the fog rose, and the fire in the camp became smaller and smaller, and with a poof, it was finally extinguished. A small area was once again plunged into darkness, and in the dark tent were two sleeping girls.