The girl gently held up the snowflakes falling from the sky with her hands, and the crystal hexagons dissolved into the palm of her hand in an instant.

"Miss Bai Xue, let's go back."

“…… It's getting cold again, and it's going to snow, and it's like this day after day, and it's annoying. ”

"There's another internal meeting later, and if you don't show up, the vice presidents will be talking about us again."

From afar, I listened to the people talking.

The girl was turning her silver armor around, and under her short snow-like hair was a rather delicate face, and her heroic eyebrows were slightly tilted, as if a pair of suspicious and fickle eyes were hidden.

She turned away, her eyes a little annoyed at the others, a long end of her hair hanging down to her chest, the ends of her hair dangling at the ends, and a unicorn silver ornament tied to it.

"I didn't let you come out with me, so long-winded, if you want to go back, go back yourself."

People looked at each other and whispered:

“…… Hey, Miss Bai Xue is angry again. ”

"Miss Bai Xue is fine with everything else, but her temper is too bad."

"Yes, in comparison, Her Royal Highness the Princess has a much better temper. The people are excellent and treat people so kindly, it's just perfect......"

Hearing that name, a haze flashed between Bai Xue's eyebrows, her eyes turned cold, and she turned her head to look at these people with her lips tightly pursed, and an angry blush appeared on her face.

"Ignatz," she asked, looking to the side, "are you going back too?" ”

Standing beside the girl was a black-haired young man, who gave the first impression of being taciturn, standing by the railing of the bridge with his sword in his hands, looking at the frozen river.

The young man's eyes were as silent as water, and as cold as a knife, as if he could perceive people's hearts and distinguish between right and wrong. The heroic appearance, hidden under a heavy armor, was silently shaking his head.

"I'll go back with you." He said.

"Today's internal meeting is nothing special, just a repetition of what was written a few days ago," Ignatz continued, "It's okay if you don't go back, the minutes will be sent to everyone." ”

"Ignatz, you also think she is better than you?"

Ignatz looked at the girl in front of him and was silent for a moment, but still nodded.

Bai Xue's eyebrows were raised, and she asked in a mean tone, "Okay, you like her too?" ”

Ignatz shook his head.

"Hypocrisy." Bai Xue glanced at him angrily.

She exhaled lightly and whispered sarcastically: "I really don't know what is good about that fake woman, she always pretends to be a good gentleman, but I can't be like her." ”

She shook the hilt of her sword with her hand, but there was lingering worry between her eyebrows, everyone was a newcomer from the same batch of academy, and it was also hotly discussed by the outside world.

But everyone's eyes were always on Her Royal Highness the silver princess of Vislan, she had never admitted defeat, and the strength of her and the other party was only between the best.

But the guild let the other party go to the second world, just because a 'princess' is more gimmicky and more likable. Xue Bai clenched his sword tightly, gurgling, and even his knuckles turned slightly white from overexertion.

"Let's go, let's go back," she said with a sudden look up, gritting her teeth, "I suddenly don't want to see this snowy scene, and there's nothing to see." ”

Ignatz looked up as if he hadn't heard it.

Bai Xue quickly reacted, and also looked at the other side of the bridge, and there were tiny snowflakes floating in the sky, and in that direction, there seemed to be a faint sound of scattered footsteps.

In a moment, a stumbling figure flashed out of the alley, and the snow and Ignatz's gaze froze at the same time.

They could see the blood on each other's bodies, and the two of them moved almost in unison, drawing their weapons together, facing in that direction, with a wary look.

Cole felt like his lungs were going to explode, he wasn't going to be so physically exhausted, but the wounds on his back and shoulders were bleeding constantly, his head was dizzy, and his strength seemed to be leaving him.

Not to mention that he had escaped several streets before, but the Grey Knight behind him was still in pursuit, and several times he was in danger, almost by luck, he was able to escape so far-

The despair, panic and fear in my heart made people almost feel like they were drowning, and it was difficult to breathe, and even the heartbeat seemed to become more chaotic at this moment.

More than once he felt like he couldn't stand it.

Cole looked back, the gray cloaks were so close to him that he could even make out the grim-looking faces of the other men, who were pushing away the obstruction with their hands and approaching in this direction.

Hold on –

Cole shook his groggy head, his destination was near, and he didn't know if those people would help him, but that was his only hope.

He turned his head again, but he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly saw the people who suddenly appeared on the other side of the bridge, a man and a woman, and he couldn't see the other side clearly, so he stumbled and knelt down.

Heavy footsteps came from behind him.

Cole coughed heavily, then looked up, vaguely seeing the outfits of the man and woman in the foggy vision.

The silver rose that bloomed on the shoulder armor fell into his gaze like a bolt of lightning, and Cole opened his mouth wide and shouted to the men with some loss of voice:

"Please help me, please ......"

The Grey Knights stopped at the other end of the bridge, and they had noticed the Silver Veslan over there, and they might not have cared if it were anyone else, but the Chosen One was clearly a destabilizing factor.

The Grey Knights first looked at Cole, who was kneeling in the middle of the bridge, and then wandered their gaze over Snow and Ignatz for a moment before they spoke angrily, "The Chosen One, it's none of your business. ”

Bai Xue frowned and looked at Cole, who was covered in blood in the middle of the bridge, and she also recognized the identities of the gray knights on the other side, but she didn't put down the sword in her hand, and only asked, "What's going on?" ”

"He's a spy of the Shadowmen, the Dark Cultist," the Grey Knight replied, "Nicol Bolas and his minions may be planning a new attack, and we need to capture him and interrogate him." ”

"I'm not ......" Cole knew he had only a glimmer of hope and couldn't let the other man speak, "You're Silver Veslan?" I—I have a letter for you......"

The Grey Knight's face changed.

But Bai Xue stepped forward, came to Cole's side, and said to the other party with some suspicion, "A letter to us?" ”

Cole gasped and coughed, a few splashes of blood blooming on the snow. It was only with ease that he looked up, nodded effortfully to the girl in front of him, and then tremblingly reached into his bosom and fumbled for the letter.

Bai Xue took the blood-stained letterhead, saw the signature on it at a glance, and couldn't help frowning deeply - it was the woman again.

She resisted the urge to throw the letter out, opened the letterhead, glanced at its contents, and a look of surprise immediately flashed in her pale silver eyes.

She held the letterhead and looked up at the Grey Knights not far away.

"Miss Snow," the grey knight over there spoke again, and they seemed to recognize the girl's identity, "We know you, please don't easily believe the rhetoric of these treacherous people, he and those who collude with them behind their backs are all minions of the dark saints. You have a great reputation with the Silver Veslan behind you, and there is no need to be associated with these people. ”

Bai Xue was staring at the name on the letter with a cold gaze.

She scanned the contents of the letterhead line by line, the expression in her silver eyes was constantly changing, and complex emotions were hidden in the depths of her eyes. She almost instinctively couldn't believe what it was saying, but if it was true......

She looked up again, looked at the Grey Knights, and seemed to have made a quick decision.

"You say that he and the people behind them are all minions of the Dark Saints?"

The girl's voice was slightly cold.

……

At least Elver-Yaez-Leonard wasn't lying, there was an exit to the passage, and it was discovered that it led to a quiet alley near the Sanctuary.

When they came out of there, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although there were some unexpected accidents at the end of the operation, but on the whole there was no danger.

Fang Yu first asked people to go out and investigate the situation outside.

The Sanctuary should be moving now, and the people of the Ravental Sanctuary would not be unaware of the secret passage leading here, so the outside may not be as safe as they thought.

At the same time, of course, he himself released a clockwork goblin and pulled down the goggles—

"Where are we going next?" Blackcock then asked, "Meet up with Miss Sylvede, and get out of the city while there's chaos?" ”

Fang Yu shook his head and replied distractedly, "No, let's go to the Stargazing Tower." ”

"The Council of Stars and Moons?" Blackbow was a little surprised, "What are we going to do with those warlocks, will they help us?" ”

"I don't know if they'll help us," Fang Yu replied as he turned his vision from the goggles downward, and he saw that the direction of the Sanctuary was brightly lit.

In the darkness, several fire dragons were stretching out in all directions, and they were the light of torches, and several of them were coming in this direction.

"However, the main teleportation crystal of the Star and Moon Council is the only channel that can transmit information to the entire northern realm at the moment, and Gula does not have a general meeting of craftsmen, so the only place we can count on is two places - one is the stargazing tower, but the large library of the Silver Society."

Speaking of which, the predecessor of the Great Library of the Silver Society, was the Scholar Organization, the Guardian of Knowledge, the Silver Tower, which was also the birthplace of Miss Dragon Soul, but for some reason, Fang Yu always instinctively resisted this place.

Therefore, the only priority for him was the stargazing tower belonging to the Council of Stars and Moons.

"Mr. Eddard, do you want to ......?"

But Blackbird's words were interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps, and Miss Nightingale walked back from the alley in that direction with a very unsightly face, and said to the people, "...... The situation outside is not very good, there are people and horses of the Crowclaw Temple everywhere, and they seem to have alarmed the city guards, commander? ”

Hearing that the city guards had been alarmed, Blackber's face changed.

No matter how tightly the Crowclaw Temple controls Gullah, it is impossible to control the entire city, at least the temple of the three goddesses is not under its jurisdiction.

But the city guards have always been responsible for the defense of the entire port, which represents the majesty of the consuls and the kingdom, and if the other party wants to investigate, even the temples of Marlan, Mirela, and Ameia will not be able to shelter them.

What's more, the city guards are an army, no matter how strong their individual strength is, how can they compete with the army, and there are no dragon knights among them.

Fang Yu pulled down the goggles and nodded to Alyssa, the situation that the other party said, his clockwork goblin naturally saw it clearly in mid-air.

Soon after, Sora and Parker brought the same message from different directions, and people from the Crowclaw Sanctuary appeared everywhere outside, and they seemed to have surrounded the place.

"What should we do now, Elder Ed?" Sora asked a little out of breath.

However, Fang Yuan's response is very simple, since there is no way out, then it is enough to fight his way out of the encirclement.

He didn't choose to return the way he came, because communication had not yet been restored, and Bai Ye had not yet been able to contact him. In the uncertain situation of the current situation, Fang Yu prefers to choose a more secure plan.

From his previous conversation with Elver Yeez Leonard, he had a vague sense that their trip might not be as secret as he imagined.

Fang Yu still remembered that before entering the city, Sand Night told him about the strange things that happened the night they met in Grey Owl Town. He still hasn't figured out who the missing messenger is.

And this seems to be exactly what corroborates the words of the Patriarch of the Diocese of Altoria.

Although he is not sure whether the other party is exaggerating and trying to divert their attention, it seems that the other party is not untargeted.

So he abandoned his original plan and went with a second plan. Besides, if it was just him who was suspicious, if there was no emergency on the White Night's side, then as long as they didn't bring the people and horses of the Crowclaw Temple, the other party would be safe.

The second plan is to leave the inner city through teleportation spells, but there is a certain chance of failure, as it requires breaking the anchor spells solidified in the city's maze barrier.

Fang Plover has roughly studied Gulla's defensive lock, this large spell was actually arranged by the Star and Moon Council and the Craftsmen's Association, and the design of the lock's own lock is also top secret in the Craftsmen's Association, but the literature about its research and guild can be consulted at will.

He knew that there was an abandoned barracks to the north of the inner city, behind the barracks near the inner city walls, and outside was an area in the southeast corner of the slums of the lower city, from where he could teleport with a locator teleportation scroll if he broke the anchor spell.

That's the weakest link in the entire inner city that can be defended - just as in any defense system, the defense from the inside is always weaker than the outside.

And once they enter the slums, the environment of the lower town is extremely complicated, where the network of tall and low buildings forms a criss-cross network, and neither the Grey Knights nor the City Guards can easily catch them in that place.

To this day, there are not many nobles and merchants who still remain in the port of Gulla, either reluctant to carry out the city's property or have a status closely related to the city.

For example, the archon of the Gullah, the officials and his subordinates who keep the city running, the rulers of the city guards, and the heads of the major knights.

And that night, all the nobles who remained in the inner city, as well as their families, were almost awakened by the flash of magic and the violent explosion—

The whole inner city seemed to boil in an instant, and the outside became a commotion, and the women looked at their men with worried and frightened looks, and the head of the family received an urgent order, and hurried out.

The city guards were gathering in the streets outside, and the sound of orders could be heard near and far.

It seemed like a sleepless night for Gula to sleep......

Far away in the direction of the harbor, several sailboats with silver sails were quietly moored into the dock.

Above the windboat, a group of Drafters in azure robes were standing, some of them opening the system's shooting interface and facing the direction of the darkness in the distance.

The fires that have risen in the Gula Harbor are becoming brightly lit up, like a galaxy on the ground, gorgeous and bright.

However, it is not only the lights that make up this prosperity, but also the winding fire dragons, which from a distance are the light of the torches.

The filmmaker took this scene into the live broadcast, and almost everyone understood what was going on there, just as the woman in the moon dust judged - they did come to Gula.

Whether they were supporters or opponents of the Seven Seas Brigade, everyone seemed to be subconsciously aware of the subtle changes in the situation, but they focused more on the familiar faces in the picture.

There was almost silence in the live broadcast room-

"Is it really necessary?"

Everyone asks such a question in their hearts.

In the center of the picture is a young man with purple hair. He glanced at the camera in this direction with interest before he turned his head and said with a grin:

"Qing, does that person really have anything to do with 'Slashing the Sky'?"

"I'm here for your sake, for the sake of the Cang Touring Group."

"Don't let me down—"

……

Bai Xue did think about that possibility in her heart.

The voice tempted her like a devil for a while, what if what they said was true? That woman, will it ......

But this small expectation calmed her down suddenly, because only the opponent would know what kind of person her opponent was, and perhaps she hoped so - but the delusion of weakness would never become a reality.

Yes, it was weakness that she didn't fall to this point.

She looked up, her silver eyes growing firm, and bent down to lift the bloodied young man from the ground.

"Are you alright?"

Cole was stunned, looking at the knight of the Chosen One in a dazed manner, and he heard the soft voice in his drowsiness, as if he had seen the goddess of courage, justice, and kindness—and her spokesperson between mortals.

"Miss Snow, please think twice," the Grey Knights said in a deep voice when they saw this, "Do you really want to be in the league with the dark believers?" ”

"Is he a dark believer, maybe we have to give him a chance to defend himself, the followers of the Lord of the Storm, don't even have this bit of tolerance and generosity?"

Bai Xue turned her head and looked at these people: "This is Silver Vislan, we will give everyone a chance to prove themselves, we will not let go of a villain, but we will not wronged any innocent person." ”

The Grey Knights' faces sank, and at the same time they drew their swords and pointed in this direction.

But as soon as they drew their swords, the members of the silver Vislan behind the girl also drew their swords and walked up, standing side by side with Bai Xue.

"That's right, Miss Snowy," the men chimed in with some excitement for fear that the world would not be chaotic, "and they really think that no one knows what they are qualified to talk about here. ”

"This is Silver Gull Lane 231, this is Silver Vislan, not Grey Owl Town, put away your flying and domineering!"

The gray knight's face was gloomy, he looked at these people, and warned for the last time: "Miss Snow, do you really want to be our enemy, don't forget that the Rainbow Alliance is an ally with us." ”

But Bai Xue didn't hear it, and only turned her head sideways and whispered:

"Ignatz, do it."

A silver bloom shined into everyone's eyes.

……