"Why are you still here?"

In the howling wind and snow, Rafa turned his head and shouted to the figure in the distance.

Felihill seemed to say something, but he didn't hear it.

"Hurry up, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"

Rafa accused Felihill of walking too slowly, and ran back to greet her.

"Don't confuse me with the delicate aristocratic lady you remember. In the wind, her well-groomed hair was blown away a little.

Rafa heard this clearly, "Yes, I have never seen a noble lady run into the snow without a hat. ”

Felihill wore a large ice-blue scarf with a hood under the back of her head, but she didn't wear it, perhaps because she didn't expect the snow outside to be so amazing.

Rafa came to her and put the hood behind her back on her head.

Then he threw his arm around Felihill's soft shoulders, held the hat on her head to prevent the wind from blowing it, and led her up the wall in the wind and snow.

Surprised, Felihill was a little stunned, if in the past, it would have been impossible for a man to touch her, and even after the engagement with Rafa, the relationship between the two can be said to be "respectful", and Rafa has surprisingly never made excessive moves.

But now, Rafa literally took her into his arms, his broad arms conveying warmth, and his big clumsy hands pressed against her head, as if he were an ordinary woman.

It was a very different feeling, different from the ceremonial hug at the ball, and only now did she feel that she might not be so far away from Rafa.

In addition to being a little uncomfortable at the beginning, she now hopes that the wind and snow will be bigger and the road will be longer, so that she can feel more of the "love" that she has never dared to reach.

In her memory, she has been miscalculated since she was a child, perhaps because everything she has done is so perfect, so both her parents and her brother regard her as a strong woman with the same heart and appearance, and have not given her any love she deserves.

Every time she saw those ugly faces that seemed like admiration and greed, she felt indescribably tired.

So whenever Rafa genuinely praised her, the displeasure and weariness she showed was not intentional, for in her world she had heard enough of these words, and she was tired of them.

It would have been good to be praised.

But when she overheard her family's conversation, she hated the hypocrisy even more.

Unexpectedly, the family members, who had never shown displeasure in front of her, had only cultivated her as the wife of a great nobleman, and they did not hesitate to pour out their praise, in order to put her in a position where she had to be on the same page as the future heir to the throne or the top nobles.

From that time, she understood that if she didn't think of a way, her fate might be to be used as a bargaining chip by the patriarchs of the family, in and out of those filthy aristocratic houses.

She would never accept such a miserable future.

Fortunately, for the smart her, it didn't take too many means to solve these problems at all, she only said one word to the family elders, and those hypocritical old guys immediately wanted to get rid of her in horror.

In the end, she got her wish and got rid of the shackles of the Hyperion family, and since then she has abandoned this hypocritical surname.

Although everyone was lamenting the tragic fate of her marrying Rafa, and even she herself was worried about her future at the beginning, but looking at it now, the choice she made was simply a rebirth!

In Icefield City, she can truly feel the value she has created, and feel the joy of being an ordinary person who can encounter difficulties and solve them with her own hands.

Rather than being admired as a mascot without blemish, as in Byron.

In this icy and snowy world, she actually found the real feeling of being alive.

"I'm sorry. Sensing that Felicille was looking at her strangely, Rafa thought she was offended by her actions, and let go of her hand slightly, and stepped aside.

"Last time I lost the bet, so you took advantage of it, and now we are even. As soon as the words fell, Felihill leaned into his arms without hesitation.

Now it was Rafa's turn to be stunned, he didn't expect the always arrogant Felicille to make such a move, he was still a little uncomfortable for a while, although he still hugged her again, but the strength was not so great.

"Maybe the word 'silly boy' is used to describe him. Felihill suddenly felt a little happy, and then seemed to think of something, "No, maybe I scared him......"

At this time, the wind and snow in the sky were a little stronger, and Rafa had to hug her tightly, which made the hearts of the two of them hot again.

In the eyes of outsiders, the two are "you and me", but in the eyes of Audele, who can often see Rafa and Felihill, although their relationship has improved, it has not yet reached the level of a real couple.

It's obviously a good thing that their relationship has improved, but why does she feel uncomfortable as a guard?

Audair looked up at the sky, and she didn't think the wind and snow were big enough.

A long time ago, shortly after taking the oath of allegiance to Rafah, she had had the opportunity to see Felihill in style, and at that time, she was full of thoughts, "If only her master could be as good as her", but she only thought about it, because the dignity of being a knight did not allow betrayal.

But since then, this strange thought has been flashing from time to time and tormenting her.

Now, when she sees her master with the master she longs for, everything she fantasizes about seems to have come true.

But I don't know why, but she didn't feel much happiness, or even happiness.

Maybe it's because there is always a gap between fantasy and reality, or maybe this ending is a little beyond her imagination.

"Whew"

Exhaled a breath of white air, letting the wind and snow lap on his body, Audair followed closely the two figures in front of him who merged into one.

With their own chaotic thoughts, the three of them came to the city wall.

"What are those things? Gorilla?"

Through the transparent glass, Rafa could clearly see a group of "white-haired gorillas" resembling orangutans, but several times taller than gorillas, and there seemed to be many ice-picks on their backs, walking through the frozen water.

"Your Highness, it is the unique 'Snow Mountain Lulu' in the Orr Mountains, although it is the first time I have seen it, but I should not be wrong, because the book describes the 'white-haired gorilla with thorns on its back'. Captain Kono bowed slightly.

Felihill and Rafa stood side by side, their eyes also looking into the distance, "What kind of abilities do they have, what are their characteristics?"

"It is written that they are good climbers, have thick skin, and need to be within fifty meters to hurt them if they were shot with a bow and arrow. Curnow pulled out his book and squinted at it, which made Rafa think he needed a pair of reading glasses.

"A bow and arrow can kill them at 50 meters, and with a gun, you should be able to shoot them at 300 or 400 meters. Rafa breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that a bow and arrow could hurt them.

"Your Highness, the wind and snow are too strong today, and the accuracy of arrows and bullets may drop greatly. Audair reminded.

Philicille also agreed, "Yes, maybe they just saw the wind and snow today, so they sent the snowy mountain that can climb the wall to test it, it seems that the werewolves who returned alive last time are very afraid of firearms, and this time they want to thoroughly understand the power of firearms." ”

"I didn't expect these extremely rough-looking guys to be so thoughtful. Rafa shook his head with a wry smile.

"How many guns do we have, how many bullets?" Philicille glanced at Curno.

"A few days ago, His Highness brought another batch of bullets and guns, and I familiarized the knights with some and knocked out some, so that now there are still three hundred rounds of ammunition and forty guns. Kono replied truthfully.

"It's been so many days to get two more shots, Rafa, and it seems that you won't understand the seriousness of the matter until Lena returns. These words were not spoken, and like the monotonous compliments that others had given her, she no longer wanted to say them to Rafa.

"Hmm... If the bullets are evenly distributed, many people will have poor accuracy, and I am afraid that the lethality rate will be very low......" As soon as he heard that there were only so many bullets, Rafa began to fold his hands and think.

"Yes, this is a matter of safety in Icefield City, and you can't be sloppy. ”

Felihill and Rafa looked at each other, apparently already having the same answer.

"Actually, don't worry too much," Rafa laughed suddenly, "Fili, I know you've made a lot of explosives, and with that thing, it's worth a lot of bullets." ”

"I'm not going to use that thing until the bullets run out. Felihill recalls the last time Rafa was thrown into the air.

"Why?"

"Not why. ”

He knew that if Felicille didn't want to say, she wouldn't answer no matter how much he asked.

Then the people quickly discussed it, and decided that all the remaining bullets would be divided among the remaining five guns, except for the thirty-five guns with three bullets.

Among them, Felihill Rafa and Audair accounted for three, and the other two were divided between two knights, a man and a woman.

"Attention, wait until they have crossed the foundations of the new walls before they start firing. ”

After a brief arrangement, the knights with bows and guns began to move to the different watchtowers and watchtowers, because the wind and snow outside were too great to take a quiet aim, so Rafa simply ordered the knights to go directly indoors and shoot outside.

In the watchtower at the highest point in Icefield City, Rafa used iron tongs to clip out the burned honeycomb coal from the fire in the middle of the house and replace it with a new one.

There were only five of them in the room where the most bullets were stored.

"Fili. Looking at Felicille, who was seriously reloading, Rafa couldn't help but think again.

"What?" replied Felihill without looking up.

He leaned against the window with his gun in his hand and said with a smile, "Bet?"

Felihill raised an eyebrow, stopped reloading, and raised his head, "Bet on what?"

"Same as last time. ”

"Good. Felihill replied very cheerfully.

"Don't lose on purpose. ”

Felihill was stunned for a moment, then fell silent and began to reload.

"Suffered... It seems to have provoked her. ”

Felihill didn't say anything, but what he didn't say was what Rafa was most worried about.

When he was embarrassed, a gunfire swaying in the wind drifted melodiously, and the snow-capped mountains finally came.

Pushing open the window and looking at it with just one look, Rafa began to pull the trigger quickly again.

In a few breaths, a whole magazine of bullets was fired.

The other two knights, a man and a woman, looked out of the window in amazement, and they saw in the distance that there were many huge snow-capped mountains, and blood flowers bloomed on the top of their heads, and then fell into the foundation of the new city wall that had just been dug up, and they could no longer get up.

The other snowy mountain Lulu seemed to be enraged by the death of their companion, and hammered their chests, and cried out "Lulu, Lulu", and for a moment their strange cries were circulating in the wind.

"There were only about a hundred, but I thought there were more than 200. Rafa looked out the window as he reloaded.

At this time, the sparse gunfire in Icefield City finally began to sound loudly.

Maybe it's because there aren't many bullets, so the knights are extremely fine, so this time the accuracy is much higher than the last time, almost ten gunshots, two or three can hit, whether they can kill the target for the time being, at least they can hit.

"Fili, come on, or everyone else will snatch it all. In order not to take advantage of her, Rafa deliberately reloaded the bullets slowly.

"Hubris. Felihill's expression and tone of voice spat out two words without any change, as if she meant nothing else than to state a fact.

Then, Felihill pulled the trigger like Rafa in a row, and the cold wind outside the window blew her hair flying, but she didn't even blink her eyes, calm like a wise man who looked down on life and death.

As bullets rained down quickly, Rafa looked into the distance.

"Eight out of ten, good. ”

"Are you taunting me?" Philicille unloaded her magazine and glanced at him, who seemed to be a little unsightly compared to his 10-shots.

Although she has a way to achieve ten shots, she doesn't plan to use it, just like Rafa said, what if she loses deliberately?

"Fili, you know me, I've always been straightforward, how can it be a mockery?"

"So you're a 'silly boy'. As soon as she said that, Felihill regretted it a little.

"Hu......h?

"Nothing, go ahead. Philicille rejoiced in her heart, "What a fool, even the reaction is exactly what I guessed." ”

"It seems that we only need to train a group of marksmen, and we won't have to go out in the future. ”

The gunfire stopped, because the accuracy of the ordinary knights was good this time, plus these five marksmen with "their own unique skills".

When the monster-like quasi-head, the snow-capped beasts rushed to the bottom of the city, there was not much left, but like the giant wolves last time, they did not have the slightest intention of retreating, even if the companions around them fell inexplicably, they rushed straight to the city wall as if they were dead, as if their purpose was to send them to death.

In short, the crisis in Icefield City has been resolved again.

"I swear, there's definitely something in the Orr Mountains that can control the beast. ”

There is no word for "demon" in Ora, and he can't say demon, so he can only use "something" instead of the unknown power or demon.

"Like the knights sent to death by the emperor, the knights think they have fulfilled their loyalty, but for the emperor, he does not feel the slightest sorrow for these lost lives. Felihill re-aimed and said what the knights feared most.

"Fortunately, I'm not the emperor. Smiling at Audair and the other two knights, Rafa lowered his gun, "I'll go down first, remember to tell me the result after the fight." ”

"Can you guarantee you'll win?" asked Felihill as he shot.

"You may not be able to win, but you will not lose. With a word, he pushed the door open.

He dared to say this because he had already calculated the number of bullets and snowy mountains left in Felihill, and Felicille would either be tied with him or have one less than him, and she would not be able to win anyway.

When he walked down the watchtower, the wind and snow seemed to be much less dead with the snow mountain.

And when he stood in the middle of the city wall and saw the last of the blood flowers blooming on the top of the head, the wind and snow stopped almost at the same time.

Rafa stood on the empty rampart, smiling as Felicille walked out of the watchtower.

"With her temperament, she will definitely judge herself to lose. ”

Taking in a breath of cold air, he saw Felicille coming out of the watchtower and starting to walk towards him.

"I won't be intimidated this time. ”

Cheering himself up, he began to think crankily again.

"Bang bang bang!"

Three successive and crisp gunshots rang out from somewhere.

The knights on the city wall, including Philicon, thought that a knight was mending their guns at the snowy mountain that was not yet dead, so they all looked into the distance.

However, at a glance, the chaotic battlefield did not seem to have changed because of the three gunshots.

Everyone couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

At this point, Rafa stumbled a little and took a few steps ahead of him.

He covered his neck with his hands and opened his mouth wide to say something, but blood kept coming out of the palm of his neck holding his neck, and he could only spray blood foam in his mouth, unable to say a word.

The sharp pain in his body and the warm blood that soaked his clothes made it clear that his life was rapidly draining.

The cold began to hit his back and quickly hit his body, and the star was stopped before he even had time to function.

"It's a shame......"

Finally, in his field of vision, the heavens and the earth began to spin.

While the crowd was still looking into the distance, he fell off the wall weakly.

It wasn't until he landed on the ground with a muffled sound that everyone's thoughts were pulled back.

In the last moments of consciousness disappearing, he clearly heard the voices of Felicille and Audair.

He was a little annoyed that he couldn't understand what they were saying.

What would their expressions have if they were dead?

With this somewhat "bad taste" thought, he fell into icy darkness.