Mia runs through the dark shadows.

She didn't mention the full speed of the wartime sprint, but rather sprinted forward with some kind of uniform speed and effortless stance.

However, the envoys had traveled for several days, and even at her current speed, it was impossible to run them in a few hours.

As a result, she had to take turns with Peggy. When she gets tired of running, she lets Peggy come out of the Fire Island.

Mia rests on her back and covers her whole body with her shadow abilities to protect Peggy from the corrosive damage of the Shadow Realm, as she doesn't have the ability to "shadow" sequences.

And Peggy has the "flesh and blood" sequence, and her endurance for long-distance running is far greater than Mia's, so the abilities of the two can just complement each other.

Neither of them encountered a swarm of rats along the way, and it seems that these creatures, guided by the mastermind behind the scenes, did not choose to go along the path of justice.

Of course, the purpose of the Azure Sword was not to chase them, but to rush to Mingxing City as soon as possible.

The sky is getting brighter. Mia, who stayed up all night and traveled all night, could only lift the state of the shadow realm, and then go to make up for sleep in the fire island.

Peggy, on the other hand, continued to move forward with the half-dimensional fragments, and the "flesh" ability allowed her to sleep without sleeping or feeling mentally sleepy, so the burden of rushing was on her shoulders.

That afternoon, Peggy rushed back to the village of Berg and finally saw the first swarm.

When the girls of the Green Sword came out of the island of fire, they were shocked to see that a thick black smoke had risen from the sky above the beautiful village of Berg on the shore of the lake, which seemed to be formed by the desperate villagers who had set fire to their houses in order to drive away the rats.

Eleanor was about to rush forward quickly, and Asker hurriedly beckoned the team to follow:

"Be vigilant during the support process, and be careful that the opponent's body is nearby!"

The crowd rushed into the village in battle formation, only to find that the large army of rats had left, leaving only a small number of rats to feast on the corpses all over the ground.

There were no screams, no cries for help, probably all the people were dead. The surrounding houses were engulfed in flames, and black smoke gathered over the village, like black curtains at a mass funeral.

Out of the corner of Eleanor's eye, she even saw a small figure, lying opposite her mother on the edge of the burning ruins, the little hands that had once offered flowers to her, now completely out of temperature, and her fingers were bare from the rats.

She felt a pain in her heart, turned her head away, and didn't dare to continue to confirm.

Several canisters of fire oil were thrown and then volleyed off by Mi'er's bullets. Medea mended a few flames and turned the corpses, along with the rats, into fuel for the flames.

"By the way, what about Hood?!" Nou reacted suddenly.

Everyone's hearts immediately chilled, and they hurriedly moved towards the direction of the lakeshore.

Hood's house was built on the edge of the lake, in the most scenic part of the village of Berg, and the people attended his wedding in the wooded area at the door.

Rushing out of the grove, everyone saw that the delicate three-story building had also been engulfed in the raging fire. Eleanor fearlessly rushed in with power armor and quickly found Hood and Maria lying on the living room floor, rescuing them from the fire.

"They're not dead yet! Promise! Eleanor cried out in horror, "No! ”

Carefully placing the two of them on the ground, Nuo also hurriedly rushed forward, and when he saw the scene in front of him clearly, he suddenly felt the urge to gag.

Maria had been dead for some time, her lower body had been completely eaten by rats, and her abdomen was only half of it, with an umbilical cord attached to a palm-sized fetus, and her head had been gnawed off.

Hood's eyelashes fluttered slightly, as if he still had a faint breath, his left arm held the dead Maria, his right hand held a longsword blackened with blood, and both legs under his knees were gnawed off by rats, revealing fragments of half-stubble of white bones.

Under the healing touch of Nuo, he finally slowly opened his eyes and said weakly:

"The Sword of Azure...... Captain, you're here......"

"We're late." Asker whispered.

"It's fine." Hood shook his head with difficulty, "Thank you, Commander...... Come and say goodbye to me on my last ......."

"Hood, don't talk yet." No's voice also trembled, "Your body is still very weak, burns and toxins ......"

"No, don't bother with me......" Hood said slowly, blood spilling from the corner of his lips, "I didn't plan to continue living......

"These horrible, rats...... That's what you said, Captain, the conspiracy of the Wolf family, right? He laughed miserably, a liquid sliding down his cheeks from the corners of his eyes, "It's ridiculous, you warned you a long time ago, I naively thought it was ...... Disaster will not befall me......"

"If only I could have learned swordsmanship from you like everyone else...... Maybe you won't be in this situation......" The dying Hood coughed a few times, black blood foaming pouring out of his mouth, "Asker, you're right...... Once the war comes, it will not be given to the weak of this world at all...... Leave any way to live......"

With the last of his strength, he hugged the corpse of Maria in his arms:

"Give me relief, Asker......"

“…… Kill me. ”

Asker was silent for a long time, then stepped forward with his sword.

"Asker......" Noor looked at him with a pale face, already realizing what was going to happen next. She tried to dissuade her, but she couldn't say anything, as if her throat was blocked by something heavy.

"Hood. In the next life, have a good birth with your Mary, and don't be born in an era of frequent wars. Asker said slowly.

"Hmm." Hood looked at him weakly, as if trying to squeeze out a smile, but failed.

"If there's a chance." Aske drew his sword, "Find a more reliable godfather for your children." ”

"Okay."

The sword pierced neatly through his scarred body, his face spasmed in pain, and then turned into a relief of peace and relief.

Hood's cloudy pupils looked tenderly at the dead Maria in his arms, and opened his lips slightly:

"Don't be afraid, Mary...... I'm coming for you...... We will be together and ...... forever"

His voice soon faded into obscurity, and his pupils dilated.

Died.

Eleanor stood behind, watching in silence as he died. Her hands and feet were chilling again, as they had seen countless innocent deaths before, so cold that they could barely feel the temperature.

If only we could have found out earlier.

If only we could have arrived earlier.

Perhaps......

"." Her whole body seemed to be mentally depleted, freed from the torture-like remorse and heavy sadness that was about to be demonic, and slowly squeezed out a word from between her teeth.