By the time Selena saw her small stone house, the gray feathers in the sky were no longer falling.

And the gray feathers scattered on her body had also been carefully put into the bag by her a long time ago.

Such an action, at least in the eyes of the silver-haired girl herself, was very secret and not discovered by outsiders.

He followed the girl's side and watched the little girl do such a thing with a slightly nervous expression.

In the indifferent consciousness, the idea of "interesting" was reborn.

As for why it's interesting, that's not what he can figure out right now.

And he, naturally, can easily find out.

Not far behind the silver-haired girl, behind a wall, there were three adult men, looking at the bulging package behind the girl with a greedy look.

"She was able to collect Grey Feathers with her bare hands? That's ......"

"That's amazing!"

The three men, also dressed in linen, glanced at each other, and they all saw in the eyes of their companions the surprise and the undisguised greed.

"I didn't expect that in a small place like ours, there could be such a person, hidden deeply...."

The tallest man had a meaningful smile on his face.

"So, what to do with her?"

Even if they haven't done it yet, their tone is as if Selena is already in their pocket.

Of course, the greed of these men naturally cannot be for the appearance of silver-haired girls.

Selena, who is thin and petite, doesn't have any capital worth being coveted - there are really not many beasts who can really estrus such a thin little girl.

They were hungry for the gray feathers in the sack behind Selena.

For the people of this world, the gray feather itself is a very valuable energy source, and in the metropolis, there is a special method for collecting gray feathers, but in a form like this, it cannot be said that there is no such form of easy collection with bare hands, but it is also precious.

"Wouldn't you just kill it and snatch the gray feathers from that bag?"

The man on the side said, excited, as if he wanted to do it immediately.

"With that big bag of gray feathers alone, we can get through this winter, right?"

"You're thinking too simply."

The tall man snorted coldly.

"Every fifteen days is a falling feather day. Wouldn't it be a waste to have such an ability to kill directly? Vision, to see the long term....."

"Wouldn't it be better to keep her in captivity and turn her into a sheep that keeps cutting its feathers?"

He said these words calmly, and his tone was completely indifferent to life.

In this world, if you want to survive, of course, you have to be ruthless.

When the impulsive little brother heard this, he nodded in agreement.

"But lately the 'hunters' seem to be more active than ever, and we still have to do this as much as possible."

The tall man groaned.

"Just do it when it's going to get dark, and no one will be nosy then."

"Don't worry, what means can a little girl living in the waste rock area have?"

The rest of the man was very different.

With a cloak on his body, he looked very thin, and his exposed hands were more like dry chicken feet, which were frozen and bruised, but he didn't seem to feel anything at all.

The so-called "waste stone area" refers to the area on the edge of the city, which is mostly made up of stone houses, and is where only the lowest class of residents live.

But it is precisely because of this that they are so bold and fearless in planning a sinful action.

Where can the upper classes do such a thing?

After all, the wastestone area is a forgotten place, and it is also a place where many sins and bloodshed are gathered.

Although the road is clean, in the corner where no one has found it, there may be a few cold corpses quietly decomposing.

He spoke in a somewhat hoarse voice.

"If she's really disobedient..... Actually, it's pretty good. ”

In the hoarse voice, there is a vague expectation?

"Maybe he'll know why she's doing that."

Hearing his words, the remaining two were silent and didn't dare to speak for a while.

Even the man who seemed to be the dominant among the three had obvious fear in front of him.

【.....】

He stared silently at the three people below him.

Thoughts didn't make any waves because of their actions.

Just as humans don't care what the ants are doing, he doesn't have any thoughts about what the three reptiles are talking about.

Even one of the small insects has a little familiar aura on it.

Selena, who returned to the stone house, sat on the ground tiredly, rubbing her little hands to restore the temperature on her palms and body.

She also picked up a lot of firewood and piled it up.

But it didn't ignite at this time.

It was warm to start a fire now, but she knew that the remaining firewood would not be enough to burn for that long.

Rather than using it now when the temperature is not very low, it is better to wait until the evening when it cools down again before lighting it to survive the long night.

After a short break, Selena took out the food in the small bag.

The food was small and simple, a black, stiff loaf of bread.

Bread made from a mixture of wheat and debris.

Being frozen and stiff in such weather, as you can imagine, it is certainly not a wonderful taste.

But fortunately, Selena was already familiar with this taste and taste two years ago.

The bread, which was so hard that it could choke out her teeth, was bitten off with great difficulty, mixed with some hot water from some pieces of metal, and stayed in the mouth of the silver-haired girl.

It wasn't until the small part of the "stone" had finally softened that she dared to start chewing and swallowing gently.

It's normal to eat rocks and sand in this kind of subsistence food distributed by the church, but who has made her get used to it?

Selena only took two or three bites before stopping.

Because it's not just her lunch, it's her whole day's meal.

Even if it's hard to eat, she even has to save it.

Under such circumstances, it is normal for a silver-haired girl to be thin and thin like this.

After eating something, Selena wrapped her body in the blanket again, curled into a small ball.

Rest with your eyes closed.

to make up for the huge amount of stamina she had consumed before, and again, it was also the best way to save stamina.

As time passed, the sky outside the window slowly changed from gray to dim, and began to transform into darkness.

It was evening.

It's the quietest time of the day on the streets—and in the evening, it's bustling with some strange presence—and the vast majority of people return home early, or rush to their homes at this time.

In this world, there is a rule that people are recognized as -

Don't walk in the dark!

And at this time,

Night is coming.

"Treading ....."

There was a sound of footsteps coming from the road outside the stone house.

The petite girl, who was already awake, woke up suddenly and quickly stood up.

Ignoring the bag of gray feathers she had worked so hard to collect, she just took out the wooden stick she used for self-defense and pointed it at the door.

On the thin face, there was nervousness, but there was no fear.

The silver-haired girl who has lived alone in the "waste rock area" for two years has long understood the dangers of this world and the sinister human heart more than ordinary people.

Human beings are always a kind of creature that bullies the weak and fears the hard.

A young and skinny girl, apparently the weakest of the weak, is a good target for bullying.

Fear and crying are the most useless things.

Facing those who want to bully is like facing those crows, and only by acting more fierce and ruthless than them can you gain a place in this world.

"Open the door, and we'll ..... I'm here to discuss something with you. ”

Outside the door, a man's voice came.

“......”

There was only silence in response to him.

The cold wind around him was blowing quietly, and the cold made him a little impatient.

"I know you're home, and even if you don't open the door, we'll open it."

"So, there's no need to waste our time, right? Instead of being forced in, it's better to take the initiative, and we might even be friendly to you. ”

“......”

Silence, still silence.

The girl in the room didn't have any idea of answering.

Even if she knew, what the other party said was indeed the truth.

The door of the stone house is also made of stone, which is embedded in a specific way, and it is safe in the vast majority of times.

But if the other party has unusual strength, then the stone gate is just a fragile piece of paper.

And in the rubble area, no one stays on the street in the evening, and there are two or three neighbors around, but even if they hear a cry for help, they will never come out to save someone.

Watching from the sidelines is what people do best.

It can't be said that they are indifferent, but that this world is like this.

No one will come to her rescue.

Selena glanced sadly at the circle on the ground.

She was grieving not because she was going to die, but because she was going to die before she could give herself to God.

Is this really a sad thing.....

Thinking so, she recited the language of the call to the gods in her mind again.

Selena didn't think God would actually show up to save her, because it was too dreamy, she just thought that doing so would make her a little calmer when she was dying, and that's it.

Sometimes, God doesn't really need a believer's faith.

But believers need it.

"George, open the door, it's good to scare her by the way, but don't accidentally kill her."

The tall man said to the man in the cloak.

"Don't worry, I'm in control."

The tall man's brows twitched, it was this guy who said that he "has his own measure", and the last time he made a move, he directly crushed that person into minced meat, causing the things they wanted to get to lose their original value.

But out of fear of George, he didn't say anything, just gave up his place and watched his movements.

“██████”

George stretched out his arms and said to the gray sky.

The vibration of the air brings about the transmission of sound waves.

This tremor is so unique that it even looks like it's chanting something.

Then, a faint phantus, like a faint cloud of black gas, descended on George.

The phantom was so huge, the size of an entire house, that it hung so condescendingly that even the ever-darkening sky seemed to give way to Him!

I couldn't see his face clearly, but the mere presence of this oppressive feeling made my heart tremble.

Seeing the phantom, the two people beside him, even if they were George's companions, couldn't help but look at him with frightened and fearful eyes.

Because, he and humanity are not creatures on the same level at all.

A mortal, no matter how fierce he may be, is nothing more than inferior food in His eyes.

Moreover, these two men still remember the bloody scene caused by His appearance.

No matter how deeply the emotions of the companions were hidden, they were still seen by George.

Let him have a special pleasure in his heart.

and an even stronger fanaticism.

It is because of believing in Him that I can become what I am now! 】

[My Lord, I will always believe in you!] 】

Once again, George was firm in his mind.

And plan to break this door at once, and by the way, beat the little girl half to death, as long as she is not dead, it is already very measured.

George thought so, he just borrowed less than a thousandth of his strength, he could do what countless people in this world could not do, such a temptation, who could refuse?

[Come on, smash it.....]

George wielded a force that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

On his body, the black phantom seemed to open a big mouth, rushing towards the stone door.

But when I was about to hit that door.....

The phantom, very suddenly and incredibly, stopped!

Stopped in front of the door.

“..... Well? ”

George wondered, why did he stop like this when he was projected?

This has never happened before.

So much so that George's thoughts were briefly stagnant.

And the two people on the side were also surprised..... Why, will it stop?

It's just that the more unexpected is still to come, and the aura that was originally suppressed and frightened by them seems to be fainting little by little, turning into some kind of harmless and docile momentum.

This transformation is like changing from a ferocious shark to a harmless little white rabbit in an instant.

Such a change made the three of George completely stunned in place.

As the temporary owner of this power, George can feel the emotions he conveys at this time.

It was definitely a humble, respectful, even surrendering!

And even in the midst of it, there was this deep fear!

[Him.... Scared? 】

[God, will you be afraid?] 】

George thought..... What is He afraid of?

But before he could think about it, things had already changed that he couldn't have predicted.

The huge phantom turned around, and its momentum became high again, staring coldly at the three people below him, and then .....

opened his mouth wide.....

"What? This..... This ....."

"Nope! That's impossible! ”

“...... Why? ”

Blood splattered amid the screams.

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