Chapter 1: The Gate of Desire Section 18 The Demon Assassin

Unki arrived at the hall of the Adventurers' Guild with trepidation, and after a dozen breakfasts in vain, he was assigned his first task - to capture the spies sent by the demons on the streets.

"It's a tough task, it's best for you, braggass!" Horned Demon Tred maliciously punched Unki.

Tred's fist was not small, and Unch was stumbled by him. The surrounding demons laughed when they saw this, and now that many people in the Adventurer's Guild know the truth about the "big hero", Wuenqi's situation can be described as terrible. Capturing the spies sent by the demon spirits must not be a good task, and sure enough, it didn't take long for Unqi to understand the difficulty of the task.

Unqi and a few new adventurers were dressed in wide robes depicting a dragon crucified with teeth and claws. Unki's task was to stop passers-by in the streets wearing this burqa, and make them curse the dragon and spit on it, and those who refused to spit were the spies of the demon clan.

It doesn't sound like a difficult task, but it's disgusting to implement. As soon as Unqi walked out into the street, a sloppy beggar came up and pointed at Unqi's chest and scolded, and then I don't know if it was intentional, anyway, he spat on Unqi's face with the foul smell.

Unqi wiped the spit off his face, and he was so disgusted that he almost vomited, and he was so angry that he wanted to go crazy. But this is just the beginning, the demon clan's hostility to the demon spirit is extremely deep, Wu Enqi walked on the streets of Wumei Town, and from time to time a demon tramp jumped out and scolded Wu Enqi. In just an hour, Unqi had become a disgusting slime monster.

But even more hateful were the idle little villains, who followed Unch and threw stones at him so much that he was so angry that he wanted to tear them all to shreds.

Just when Unqi was about to burst out and hurt people, he saw Anne coming from a distance, and Anne also saw Unqi's embarrassed appearance. This brave girl opened her arms to stop the little villains who threw stones at Unki.

"Get out of here, you night-clan bitch. A little villain said with a snot snort.

"It's okay for me to go away, and don't throw stones at him again. Anne said firmly, "He's not a demon. ”

"You want to take care of us,!"

"The goblin of the Night Clan, is he your concubine?"

"Haha, a pair of dog men and women. ”

"They have blasphemed Mother Spirit, and they are in league with the demons. ”

"Traitor! Kill her!"

A little villain threw a stone at Anne, but Anne was not a timid little potato, she was also an out-and-out little villain, and she lifted her skirt and kicked the stone back with a flying kick. The flying stone was in the middle of the little villain's face, and the blue-purple demon blood suddenly flowed down.

Anne crossed her waist and said fiercely, "Don't forget, I'm a witch." I understand what the raven and the black cat say, I have made a pact with the devil, I have been to the meetings of dark wizards on a broomstick, and all the saints I see are cursed by the devil, and by the way, I have a vicious dog, which is a servant of Satan the Devil, do you want to taste its power?"

The little villains were terrified and scattered screaming.

Anne turned around and said to Unqi with a grin, "Brother Unki, you should always believe that I am not a spy of the Demon Spirit Clan, right?"

Wu Enqi said: "Of course I believe you. I didn't think you would have a way to deal with those little villains. ”

Anne smiled and spat at Unki's feet, proving that she wasn't a goblin. Immediately, Anne told Unqi the news that she had found a job, and that Janai had introduced her to work as a low-class maid in the Misty Rose Manor, so she didn't have to go hungry anymore.

Wu Enqi asked suspiciously, "Isn't your tribe going to move to the Holy Capital, why do you want to go to the Fog Rose Manor to work as a maid?"

Anne pursed her lips and said, "I don't want to go to the Gate of Desire, you don't want to go either, can you stay in Fog Rose Town with me?"

In Unki's mind, Anne was like his sister, but before that, he had promised the Mosa to help the Night Clan gain a foothold in the Demon Capital.

Wu Enqi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "That's not good, I can't go back on my word, and besides, I also want to go to the Holy Capital to have a look." If we're doing well over there, I'll pick you up too. ”

Anne pouted and said, "Whatever you want, if there is such a day, I guess you will forget about me long ago." ”

Unqi laughed and said without thinking, "How so, no matter where I go, I will never forget you." By the way, is there a girl in your tribe who is about your age, she is the most powerful life weaver? And, huh...... Is there a girl who is very good at disguise, her original appearance should be very beautiful. ”

Anne pouted and said, "Which girl of my clan is not good at disguise? What do you want to do with beautiful sisters? Hmph! I just know, and I won't tell you." As for the lifeweaver who is about my age, if it is for divination, I recommend Biyanka, her divination is very accurate. ”

Wu Enqi said with palpitations: "It doesn't matter if the divination is accurate or not, the key is strength, is it stronger than Yanka's strength?"

Anne asked suspiciously, "How can you be considered strong?"

Unqi said: "It's the kind of powerful power that can knock down Pearl Mountain with a sneeze, and scare the Demon King to death with a sneeze." ”

Anne tilted her head and said, "What are you talking nonsense, how can Biyanka be so powerful, let alone her, we don't have such a strong guy in the whole Night Clan, otherwise we wouldn't be bullied." ”

Wu Enqi nodded, and he took out the Ancestral Spirit Mirror from his arms, and the hard surface of the Ancestral Spirit Mirror was marked with a deep "ten", which looked like it had been scrapped.

Unqi shook his head and muttered, "I guess she's not a Night Clan either, so it seems she is." Did I meet a shape-shifting dragon? No creature is so strong except for dragons. ”

After separating from Anne, Unqi continued to hunt down the demon spies in Misty Rose until noon, when the filthy Unqi returned to the Adventurers' Guild, and because of the hard work of the job, the guild specially prepared a sumptuous lunch for them. But after a morning of nausea, Unqi really couldn't swallow a mouthful.

"Why haven't they come back?" asked Unki, surprised.

Horned Demon Tred covered his nose and passed in front of Unqi, and said mockingly: "Uncle, should I praise you for your dedication, or should I call you stupid, why don't you just find a corner where no one is there for a day? Why suffer this foreign crime? They are not stupid, they have probably been hiding a long time ago." ”

When Unki heard this, he almost felt the urge to jump up and kiss Tred, it was the first time he thought this bald man was so cute.

In the afternoon, Unch walked out of the gate of the union and ran to the foot of Pearl Mountain, where a few turns were already a towering wall. Inside the walls was the Misty Rose Manor and their castle of the Six-Winged Heavenly Demons, but beyond the walls was a sparse black pine forest. Unch plunged into the pine forest, threw down his burqa, and felt comfortable.

However, the comfort only lasted for half a second, because the pungent smell of blood wafted into Unqi's nostrils, and not far from Unqi, a demon corpse fell in a pool of blood, and he had been dead for a long time.

Unqi was not afraid of blood, but he instinctively felt danger, and he looked around vigilantly, the shadows of the black pine forest were mottled, as if they were calm as usual.

Suddenly, two lightning-like blades of light shone out from close range, stabbing straight into Unki's vest. Backstab! Unqi instantly understood the reason why the demon corpse had fallen here, because he had been attacked in the same way.

Wu Enqi cursed secretly, but at this time, his ancestral spirit mirror was broken, otherwise he would definitely not have fallen into such a passive situation. Despite this, Unqi did not panic at all, in addition to being a wise man of the worlds, he was also a powerful fighting spirit. The invisible cyclone had already covered every space in front of Unqi's left approach, and the backstab was of no use to him.

Unqi swooped down to avoid the stabbing blade and slammed his fist into his back. A deafening explosion rang through the air, and in the eyes of the assassin, a huge fist with green energy struck him on the forehead.

The assassin let out a sharp whine in his throat, and he met Unki's fist with two sharp recurve knives. The fists were facing each other, and the assassin thought that Unqi must withdraw his fist, otherwise it would be an egg to hit the stone. But on the top of Unqi's fist, a ball of cyan fighting qi roared out, flicked away the two recurve knives, and hit him straight in the face. The assassin was suddenly beaten all over his face, his veil and turban were removed, revealing a still immature face, and a diamond with an orange glow buried deep in the center of his brow.

Wu Enqi closed his fist and said: "Control the heart of the diamond stone...... You're being controlled by a wraith?"

"Phew, you are the demon, the Heavenly Wing Dragon has given me divine power, suffer death!"

Unqi's concern was scolded by his opponent, and the assassin on the opposite side flickered and disappeared again in a mottled light and shadow.

"Shadow Dancer!" Unch was taken aback again.

Unlike his opponents, who didn't know anything about him, Uenqi had undergone rigorous training since he was a child, and he was also familiar with the specialties of various races in the original demon world. The Shadow Dancers are a class of Wives, and they are the most fearsome of the Assassins of the Assassins.

Because he understood, Unqi pulled his legs and ran out of the jungle, completely ignoring leaving his back to his opponent. Because Unqi knew that in order to stealth their actions, the speed of the Shadow Dancer's attack was actually not fast, so he only needed to quickly break away from them to get rid of their entanglement.

However, as soon as Unqi's eyes flickered, the light around him suddenly became extremely dim, and the black pine forest and the street scene that was faintly visible outside the pine forest all disappeared, and a circular wall of spiritual light crossed in front of him. Not only that, but the sky also became a dome of spiritual light, and the ground beneath his feet was as smooth as a mirror reflecting the reflection of Unqi.

"Demon Fantasy Realm, I'm trapped. ”

Unqi turned around, and the assassin was hanging upside down in the air under his head and feet, and he sneered at Unqi contemptuously, holding two brilliant knife flowers in his hand, stepping on the sky, and approaching step by step. A strong sense of disobedience disturbed Unki's mind, and he had fought many enemies, but this was the first time he had fought an upside-down opponent.

Unqi frowned, since he was trapped in the Demon Spirit Illusion, he didn't need to worry about being spied on by the demons anymore, he could open up and fight with all his might.

Unqi shouted, "Open!"

The cyan flame of fighting qi instantly burned all over Wu Enqi's body, Wu Enqi shouted again, his fists came out, and the cyan qi wave was like an overwhelming tide of rage, rolling towards the demon spirit assassin who was hanging upside down in the air.

The Demon Assassin obviously lacked experience in fighting against the Fighting Spirits, and in his opinion, he had met the Demon Mage, and the Demon Spirit's spiritual skills were the nemesis of Demon magic.

The demon spirit assassin suddenly floated back more than ten meters, raised a finger in his hand, and a pale beam of light greeted the cyan qi wave, and the qi wave suddenly dissipated. The demon assassin thought he had succeeded, but in fact, his fighting spirit was not far away and dissipated on his own.

The Demon Assassin screamed, and two pairs of golden-red transparent membrane wings were born behind him, and the membrane wings burst into the air, and the Demon Assassin swooped down towards Unqi like a golden red lightning. If it is a magician, he has just used a spell, so it is naturally impossible to cast a spell again. But the fighting spirit is different, it can be sent and received as you like, in Wuenqi's opinion, the demon assassin is simply rushing over to find a fight.

Wu Enqi took a step back, using the power of his waist and legs to drive the power of his shoulder and arm, and the power of his shoulder and arm to drive the power of his fist, and the fighting spirit of his whole body was ready to go, and an iron fist slammed into the demon spirit that pounced down. Wu Enqi hadn't given full play to his fighting spirit "Shaking the Mountain" for a long time, but he saw that one of Wu Enqi's fists turned into a thousand waves of qi, the momentum of the qi wave was not gone, and the stamina came again, and the layers of qi gathered in one place, and the sound of the explosion was like a dragon's roar.

The Demon Assassin's swoop slammed into Unki's mountain-shaking energy, and he screamed miserably, his wings were riddled with holes, and his whole body was shattered, and he fell into the sky like a kite with a broken string.

The demon illusion was lifted, but the seriously injured demon spirit was gone, and only Uenqi was left in the black pine forest, two fallen recurve knives, blood all over the ground, and a demon corpse. Wu Enqi secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly wanted to withdraw from the scene, but the all-out battle between him and the demon assassin had already alarmed the six-winged heavenly demon guards in the castle. Dozens of six-winged heavenly demons spread their demonic wings and flew out from inside the wall, encircling the black pine forest in the blink of an eye.

Unqi was caught at the scene of the crime in the Black Pine Forest, and he couldn't explain it even if he had a hundred mouths.

Unqi laughed miserably, and was about to fight to the death, but the soft and innocent voice of the Wind Demon Yanayi came from his ears: "Don't resist, go with them for the time being." I swear in the name of Mother Holy Spirit that I will be able to save you. ”

Unki arrived at the hall of the Adventurers' Guild with trepidation, and after a dozen breakfasts in vain, he was assigned his first task - to capture the spies sent by the demons on the streets.

"It's a tough task, it's best for you, braggass!" Horned Demon Tred maliciously punched Unki.

Tred's fist was not small, and Unch was stumbled by him. The surrounding demons laughed when they saw this, and now that many people in the Adventurer's Guild know the truth about the "big hero", Wuenqi's situation can be described as terrible. Capturing the spies sent by the demon spirits must not be a good task, and sure enough, it didn't take long for Unqi to understand the difficulty of the task.

Unqi and a few new adventurers were dressed in wide robes depicting a dragon crucified with teeth and claws. Unki's task was to stop passers-by in the streets wearing this burqa, and make them curse the dragon and spit on it, and those who refused to spit were the spies of the demon clan.

It doesn't sound like a difficult task, but it's disgusting to implement. As soon as Unqi walked out into the street, a sloppy beggar came up and pointed at Unqi's chest and scolded, and then I don't know if it was intentional, anyway, he spat on Unqi's face with the foul smell.

Unqi wiped the spit off his face, and he was so disgusted that he almost vomited, and he was so angry that he wanted to go crazy. But this is just the beginning, the demon clan's hostility to the demon spirit is extremely deep, Wu Enqi walked on the streets of Wumei Town, and from time to time a demon tramp jumped out and scolded Wu Enqi. In just an hour, Unqi had become a disgusting slime monster.

But even more hateful were the idle little villains, who followed Unch and threw stones at him so much that he was so angry that he wanted to tear them all to shreds.

Just when Unqi was about to burst out and hurt people, he saw Anne coming from a distance, and Anne also saw Unqi's embarrassed appearance. This brave girl opened her arms to stop the little villains who threw stones at Unki.

"Get out of here, you night-clan bitch. A little villain said with a snot snort.

"It's okay for me to go away, and don't throw stones at him again. Anne said firmly, "He's not a demon. ”

"You want to take care of us,!"

"The goblin of the Night Clan, is he your concubine?"

"Haha, a pair of dog men and women. ”

"They have blasphemed Mother Spirit, and they are in league with the demons. ”

"Traitor! Kill her!"

A little villain threw a stone at Anne, but Anne was not a timid little potato, she was also an out-and-out little villain, and she lifted her skirt and kicked the stone back with a flying kick. The flying stone was in the middle of the little villain's face, and the blue-purple demon blood suddenly flowed down.

Anne crossed her waist and said fiercely, "Don't forget, I'm a witch." I understand what the raven and the black cat say, I have made a pact with the devil, I have been to the meetings of dark wizards on a broomstick, and all the saints I see are cursed by the devil, and by the way, I have a vicious dog, which is a servant of Satan the Devil, do you want to taste its power?"

The little villains were terrified and scattered screaming.

Anne turned around and said to Unqi with a grin, "Brother Unki, you should always believe that I am not a spy of the Demon Spirit Clan, right?"

Wu Enqi said: "Of course I believe you. I didn't think you would have a way to deal with those little villains. ”

Anne smiled and spat at Unki's feet, proving that she wasn't a goblin. Immediately, Anne told Unqi the news that she had found a job, and that Janai had introduced her to work as a low-class maid in the Misty Rose Manor, so she didn't have to go hungry anymore.

Wu Enqi asked suspiciously, "Isn't your tribe going to move to the Holy Capital, why do you want to go to the Fog Rose Manor to work as a maid?"

Anne pursed her lips and said, "I don't want to go to the Gate of Desire, you don't want to go either, can you stay in Fog Rose Town with me?"

In Unki's mind, Anne was like his sister, but before that, he had promised the Mosa to help the Night Clan gain a foothold in the Demon Capital.

Wu Enqi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "That's not good, I can't go back on my word, and besides, I also want to go to the Holy Capital to have a look." If we're doing well over there, I'll pick you up too. ”

Anne pouted and said, "Whatever you want, if there is such a day, I guess you will forget about me long ago." ”

Unqi laughed and said without thinking, "How so, no matter where I go, I will never forget you." By the way, is there a girl in your tribe who is about your age, she is the most powerful life weaver? And, huh...... Is there a girl who is very good at disguise, her original appearance should be very beautiful. ”

Anne pouted and said, "Which girl of my clan is not good at disguise? What do you want to do with beautiful sisters? Hmph! I just know, and I won't tell you." As for the lifeweaver who is about my age, if it is for divination, I recommend Biyanka, her divination is very accurate. ”

Wu Enqi said with palpitations: "It doesn't matter if the divination is accurate or not, the key is strength, is it stronger than Yanka's strength?"

Anne asked suspiciously, "How can you be considered strong?"

Unqi said: "It's the kind of powerful power that can knock down Pearl Mountain with a sneeze, and scare the Demon King to death with a sneeze." ”

Anne tilted her head and said, "What are you talking nonsense, how can Biyanka be so powerful, let alone her, we don't have such a strong guy in the whole Night Clan, otherwise we wouldn't be bullied." ”

Wu Enqi nodded, and he took out the Ancestral Spirit Mirror from his arms, and the hard surface of the Ancestral Spirit Mirror was marked with a deep "ten", which looked like it had been scrapped.

Unqi shook his head and muttered, "I guess she's not a Night Clan either, so it seems she is." Did I meet a shape-shifting dragon? No creature is so strong except for dragons. ”

After separating from Anne, Unqi continued to hunt down the demon spies in Misty Rose until noon, when the filthy Unqi returned to the Adventurers' Guild, and because of the hard work of the job, the guild specially prepared a sumptuous lunch for them. But after a morning of nausea, Unqi really couldn't swallow a mouthful.

"Why haven't they come back?" asked Unki, surprised.

Horned Demon Tred covered his nose and passed in front of Unqi, and said mockingly: "Uncle, should I praise you for your dedication, or should I call you stupid, why don't you just find a corner where no one is there for a day? Why suffer this foreign crime? They are not stupid, they have probably been hiding a long time ago." ”

When Unki heard this, he almost felt the urge to jump up and kiss Tred, it was the first time he thought this bald man was so cute.

In the afternoon, Unch walked out of the gate of the union and ran to the foot of Pearl Mountain, where a few turns were already a towering wall. Inside the walls was the Misty Rose Manor and their castle of the Six-Winged Heavenly Demons, but beyond the walls was a sparse black pine forest. Unch plunged into the pine forest, threw down his burqa, and felt comfortable.

However, the comfort only lasted for half a second, because the pungent smell of blood wafted into Unqi's nostrils, and not far from Unqi, a demon corpse fell in a pool of blood, and he had been dead for a long time.

Unqi was not afraid of blood, but he instinctively felt danger, and he looked around vigilantly, the shadows of the black pine forest were mottled, as if they were calm as usual.

Suddenly, two lightning-like blades of light shone out from close range, stabbing straight into Unki's vest. Backstab! Unqi instantly understood the reason why the demon corpse had fallen here, because he had been attacked in the same way.

Wu Enqi cursed secretly, but at this time, his ancestral spirit mirror was broken, otherwise he would definitely not have fallen into such a passive situation. Despite this, Unqi did not panic at all, in addition to being a wise man of the worlds, he was also a powerful fighting spirit. The invisible cyclone had already covered every space in front of Unqi's left approach, and the backstab was of no use to him.

Unqi swooped down to avoid the stabbing blade and slammed his fist into his back. A deafening explosion rang through the air, and in the eyes of the assassin, a huge fist with green energy struck him on the forehead.

The assassin let out a sharp whine in his throat, and he met Unki's fist with two sharp recurve knives. The fists were facing each other, and the assassin thought that Unqi must withdraw his fist, otherwise it would be an egg to hit the stone. But on the top of Unqi's fist, a ball of cyan fighting qi roared out, flicked away the two recurve knives, and hit him straight in the face. The assassin was suddenly beaten all over his face, his veil and turban were removed, revealing a still immature face, and a diamond with an orange glow buried deep in the center of his brow.

Wu Enqi closed his fist and said: "Control the heart of the diamond stone...... You're being controlled by a wraith?"

"Phew, you are the demon, the Heavenly Wing Dragon has given me divine power, suffer death!"

Unqi's concern was scolded by his opponent, and the assassin on the opposite side flickered and disappeared again in a mottled light and shadow.

"Shadow Dancer!" Unch was taken aback again.

Unlike his opponents, who didn't know anything about him, Uenqi had undergone rigorous training since he was a child, and he was also familiar with the specialties of various races in the original demon world. The Shadow Dancers are a class of Wives, and they are the most fearsome of the Assassins of the Assassins.

Because he understood, Unqi pulled his legs and ran out of the jungle, completely ignoring leaving his back to his opponent. Because Unqi knew that in order to stealth their actions, the speed of the Shadow Dancer's attack was actually not fast, so he only needed to quickly break away from them to get rid of their entanglement.

However, as soon as Unki's eyes flickered, the light around him suddenly became extremely dim, and the black pine forest and the streetscape that was faintly visible outside the pine forest all disappeared without a trace, and a circular wall of spiritual light crossed in front of him. Not only that, but the sky also became a dome of spiritual light, and the ground beneath his feet was as smooth as a mirror reflecting the reflection of Unqi.

"Demon Fantasy Realm, I'm trapped. ”

Unqi turned around, and the assassin was hanging upside down in the air under his head and feet, and he sneered at Unqi contemptuously, holding two brilliant knife flowers in his hand, stepping on the sky, and approaching step by step. A strong sense of disobedience disturbed Unki's mind, and he had fought many enemies, but this was the first time he had fought an upside-down opponent.

Unqi frowned, since he was trapped in the Demon Spirit Illusion, he didn't need to worry about being spied on by the demons anymore, he could open up and fight with all his might.

Unqi shouted, "Open!"

The cyan flame of fighting qi instantly burned all over Wu Enqi's body, Wu Enqi shouted again, his fists came out, and the cyan qi wave was like an overwhelming tide of rage, rolling towards the demon spirit assassin who was hanging upside down in the air.

The Demon Assassin obviously lacked experience in fighting against the Fighting Spirits, and in his opinion, he had met the Demon Mage, and the Demon Spirit's spiritual skills were the nemesis of Demon magic.

The demon spirit assassin suddenly floated back more than ten meters, raised a finger in his hand, and a pale beam of light greeted the cyan qi wave, and the qi wave suddenly dissipated. The demon assassin thought he had succeeded, but in fact, his fighting spirit was not far away and dissipated on his own.

The Demon Assassin screamed, and two pairs of golden-red transparent membrane wings were born behind him, and the membrane wings burst into the air, and the Demon Assassin swooped down towards Unqi like a golden red lightning. If it is a magician, he has just used a spell, so it is naturally impossible to cast a spell again. But the fighting spirit is different, it can be sent and received as you like, in Wuenqi's opinion, the demon assassin is simply rushing over to find a fight.

Wu Enqi took a step back, using the power of his waist and legs to drive the power of his shoulder and arm, and the power of his shoulder and arm to drive the power of his fist, and the fighting spirit of his whole body was ready to go, and an iron fist slammed into the demon spirit that pounced down. Wu Enqi hadn't given full play to his fighting spirit "Shaking the Mountain" for a long time, but he saw that one of Wu Enqi's fists turned into a thousand waves of qi, the momentum of the qi wave was not gone, and the stamina came again, and the layers of qi gathered in one place, and the sound of the explosion was like a dragon's roar.

The Demon Assassin's swoop slammed into Unki's mountain-shaking energy, and he screamed miserably, his wings were riddled with holes, and his whole body was shattered, and he fell into the sky like a kite with a broken string.

The demon illusion was lifted, but the seriously injured demon spirit was gone, and only Uenqi was left in the black pine forest, two fallen recurve knives, blood all over the ground, and a demon corpse. Wu Enqi secretly screamed that it was not good, and hurriedly wanted to withdraw from the scene, but the all-out battle between him and the demon assassin had already alarmed the six-winged heavenly demon guards in the castle. Dozens of six-winged heavenly demons spread their demonic wings and flew out from inside the wall, encircling the black pine forest in the blink of an eye.

Unqi was caught at the scene of the crime in the Black Pine Forest, and he couldn't explain it even if he had a hundred mouths.

Unqi laughed miserably, and was about to fight to the death, but the soft and innocent voice of the Wind Demon Yanayi came from his ears: "Don't resist, go with them for the time being." I swear in the name of Mother Holy Spirit that I will be able to save you. ”

When Wu Enqi heard this, he just sneered, he didn't believe the oath made in the name of the Holy Spirit at all, and it was impossible for him to be caught.