Chapter Twenty-Five: The Girl Picked Up by the Roadside
A cold wind howled through the north, and two vague figures approached from the depths of the rickety snow.
Their destination is not far away from a town where demons are hiding, and since they received the commission, the two have been trekking for three days, and even when the heavy snow fell half a day ago, they did not stop hurrying.
As an ordinary person, it was very difficult to brave strong winds and heavy snow, but Li Fang had already put the refreshing crystal on his body, and there was finally no serious frostbite.
After struggling to escape under the hands of the Awakened that day, both Li Fang and Annabelle felt that they were weak now, and the current mission frequency and number of demons in this area made them start to feel that they were not enough. After discussion, they decided to move to a higher-ranked area, a more densely populated area with a higher number of demons.
The only way to change regions is to show that they can be recognized in front of the organization.
This can also allow the lie that was previously made up in front of the agent Kimir to be supported by the follow-up facts, that is, Annabelle's strength suddenly increased a lot after the "semi-awakening".
This mission in front of them is the fourth mission that the two of them have carried out after leaving the dilapidated thatched hut, because the previous missions were deliberately unharmed and quickly resolved the battle, so Kimir should also be aware of it, and the reaction of the organization to Annabelle's awakening that he mentioned last time should also get results in the near future.
I hope to rise to a level similar to the original ranking, just within Anna's current ability, and be able to accumulate gold much faster than now. Li Fang believes that this is the best situation, and no matter how high it is, there are some risks.
The entrance to the town is a gravel wall covered with flying snow with a wide arched opening. The two of them stood under the wall, shaking off the snow on their bodies, and the appearance of the mission site was finally clearly presented in front of their eyes.
As with most places where demons lurk, the people of this town look a little uneasy.
Li Fang and Annabelle wasted no time, and after a simple disguise and wearing a wide cloak with a hood, Annabelle did not look like a big sword in the eyes of passers-by. The two then entered the town.
They first found a safe inn to stay in, and when there were no more pedestrians on the street at night, Annabelle, dressed in black, jumped out of the window and began to hunt demons.
This is the safest and most effective method that Li Fang can think of, first, it is easy to arouse suspicion by looking for demons all over the streets during the day; The second is that Li Fang can only be a burden with Anna now, and he will be in danger if there is an encounter, so it is the best choice to stay in a safer hotel room and wait.
The snow slowly lightened at night, and Li Fang leaned in front of the window, looking at the quiet street in front of the inn, a little distracted. He couldn't go to sleep as if nothing had happened, and every time Annabelle went out on a mission, he had to see her come back intact to be able to sleep.
In the dark, whether it is a convent not far away or a grocery store directly opposite, the blurred lines of each house are cold, the street is silent, and the scenery in sight never seems to change.
But something interesting unexpectedly came up very quickly.
A thinly dressed figure quickly climbed out of the monastery wall, leaving a series of footprints in the snow on the street, and came diagonally to a small shop with a closed door diagonally opposite.
The hazy moonlight fell on the man's face, and it turned out to be a young girl?
Li Fang's first reaction was that this person might be a demon who came out to hunt for food, but looking at her next moves, he felt that this possibility should not be very likely.
She removed the small bag of things that had been hanging there from the knocker in front of the store, and then walked back cautiously and quickly, perhaps a little stiff from the cold, and she had a much harder movement to climb over the fence than before, but she quickly disappeared on the other side of the fence.
Although he thought about it seriously for a while, wanting to use it as a pastime before waiting for Anna to return, Li Fang didn't understand what this girl's behavior was doing in the end......
On the other hand, although it took a lot of time to find the demons, Annabelle cleared them quickly, and she didn't even make much noise.
Even if the mission was complete, she swung her sword to shake off the adhered blood, and her long golden shawl hair was not scattered in the slightest.
Now waiting for one or two demons, Anna has a great chance of killing without injury even if she doesn't release the demonic energy, but this level is far from enough.
In the organization, there are many warriors who are stronger than her, and even for those high-ranking swordsmen, demons are not even qualified to be prey, and cleaning up the demons in their respective areas can be said to be a task that has to be completed.
Unless a large number of demons appear in one place at the same time, using the entire town as their hunting ground, the organization will send a plurality of warriors to clean it up, and this is just so that there will be no fish that slip through the net, not that a highly-ranked great sword cannot face dozens or hundreds of demons alone.
While it was still dark at night, Annabelle quietly returned to the hotel. Thinking that this was a mission without twists and turns, she was still relatively relaxed until she saw a trembling figure squatting on the corner of the street.
It seems that this person does not look like a homeless wanderer, Annabelle stepped forward, so what made him endure the cold and not go home?
When I walked in, I realized that this person turned out to be a young girl. Maybe because of the unbearable cold, the girl is already a little delirious.
Annabelle sighed, picked up the girl, and led her back to the inn.
……
Shooting down the snowflakes, Annabelle returned to her room in the inn through the window.
Li Fang stood by the window in surprise, looking at the girl who seemed to be dying in Anna's arms, wasn't this dress and appearance the strange girl he had seen not long ago?
"I picked it up on the way back, I don't know if there is a ...... to save it" After a brief explanation, Anna lifted the thick futon on the bed in the room, untied the girl's thin, cold and wet clothes, threw them aside, and then put her on the bed.
Li Fang reacted, turned around, closed the window to only a small slit, and cleaned up the clothes that were a little cool on the ground.
Afterwards, Annabelle also took off her clothes, lay down on the bed, and wrapped herself and the girl's body in a futon.
She silently used her demonic power to raise her body temperature to "heat" the girl next to her who was already frozen and unable to speak.
It all happened very quickly.
Li Fang finished packing up the clothes on the ground, and after the corner of his eyes swept to the fact that they were already wrapped in the quilt, he asked: "I saw her just now, she climbed out of the wall of the convent next to her and went back, she was fine just now, how did she become like this?" ”
"She was already like this when I saw her on the side of the road," Anna looked at the still unconscious girl in her arms with some concern, although she could still feel a slight heartbeat, her condition did not seem to improve.
"No, I can't. Use your power to save her, it may not work like this. Annabelle said.
There was no reason to refuse, Li Fang replied, "Okay, I'll give it a try." ”
Li Fang walked to the girl's side, took out a knife, and first cut a blood line under the palm of his left hand, and then Annabelle moved the quilt to let the girl show a little shoulder, Li Fang then carefully cut a small cut in the girl's right shoulder, and finally he pasted the two wounds together, and the blood blended.
During the whole process, Li Fang tried his best not to pay attention to the faintly visible outline in the futon.