Nigon, a world where black and gray coexist.

The dark underworld perfectly conceals the gratuitous undercurrent, this dark rock continent is undoubtedly the best place to hide and hide, compared to the chaotic borderless land in the west of the Cabez continent - Bodø, although Nigon is more dangerous, it is also correspondingly freer, and more attractive to those who hide from the light, even exiles and murderers, can find their own place here.

This is a land of extreme freedom, and because of this, walking the dark path of Nigon, you can always smell the smell of intrigue and wander this vast territory.

Here and now, then and now.

Beneath the towering cliffs are the corpses of harpies. It was a harpy tribe that had been abandoned due to the death of its leader and a large number of clan members, and the rotten bones and branches scattered on the ground came from the Shattered Bird Pavilion, the leader's lair that had been bombarded twice by Daxtore's magic arrows and Grimm's magic fist.

Such ruins are everywhere in Nigon, and normally no one would venture out to explore them.

But not today.

The two figures turned the entrance under the cliff and walked into the former tribal territory. One of them was hunched and carrying a black wooden staff, his face obscured by a hood; The other was bald-headed, muscular, and walked vigorously, but from time to time he had to stop and wait for his companion who was struggling beside him. The two men are very different, but the only thing they have in common is the dark gray headless robes on their bodies, and the black and white rings on their shoulders that seem to be embroidered.

"Sir, this is the last trace." The two men stopped at the foot of the cliff where the harpy witch once lived, and the burly man raised his head, looked at the broken Bird Pavilion and said, "It seems that this place has been ransacked, shall we go up?" ”

The shrunken man nodded, did not speak, the burly man recited the incantation without words, and the bodies of the two floated up, and soon rose to the height of the Bird Pavilion.

"That thing is useless against the Harpy, it should be inside." The man with the cane spoke, his voice old. The burly man immediately walked to the depths of the Bird Pavilion. There was a loud noise, and after a while, he walked out with a gloomy face, "...... Sir, the stuff is not in it. ”

The old man paused for his cane, slowly looked around, and said slowly in a suppressed voice: "The harpy is not dead, and things may have been taken away by them...... Find them, kill them. ”

The burly man nodded in command, and was about to cast a spell, but was interrupted by the old man.

He took two trembling steps forward, his staff tapping on the ground until he stopped.

"There's a trace of magic here, trace the remnants of the element, maybe you can find something - whatever it is, find it, and kill it."

The burly man looked suddenly enlightened, respectfully received the order again, and then quickly left with awe-inspiring eyes.

The old man stood in the Harpy Witch's ruined Bird Pavilion, breathing slowly, and exhaling the filth in his chest and lungs. He opened his cloudy old eyes, slowly turned his head to stare in the direction of the depths of the Bird Pavilion, and the fingers of the wooden staff twisted the ring, and the six-pointed magic circle wrapped in the body devouring Ouroboros on the scarlet gem that was clasped by the eight claws shone faintly in his muttering that seemed to be talking to himself.

"Ghost Haikusu, Ghost Haikusu......"

Summer has just begun, the temperature is suitable, and the days are long, even at dusk, the men, women and children of the valley town have to come out and enjoy the end of the busy day. Children like to gather and play at this time, and the old people sit under the big trees and talk about their daily lives. The women are mostly preparing dinner, while the men, who have a busy day, will always find a way to relax themselves, or go to the tavern for a drink, or go home to hug their mother-in-law......

Ahem, it's always a scene of harmonious life, and it's like this every day in this town.

The town's tavern, Old Oak, sits on the edge of the town, and although it is off the beaten track of the residential areas of Vale, it is still overcrowded, and the tavern keeper and bartender are busy with the guests, for whom the days of leisure are over, and the busy work has just begun.

"John! I want white bread today! I'm rich! "Boss, two glasses of ale!" "Sweet wine! I want mulled wine! "A few more slices of cheese, I'm in for a treat today!"

The tavern was like a bazaar, where the men of the town gathered, and the town of Vale was not large, and the people of the town knew each other for most of the time, laughing loudly, drinking and chatting with acquaintances, and venting their excess energy.

"Coming right away! It's weird, why can't you be busy lately? John, the tavernkeeper, was a fat man, and while he was busy serving dishes from the back kitchen, he muttered to himself, "It feels like there's a lack of manpower." ”

The bartender took the food from Old John's hand and glanced at the back kitchen, "There seems to be a shortage of people in the kitchen...... Oh, Griffey didn't come again today. ”

Old John looked back, and sure enough, there was no sign of the silent young man. The tavern owner had a good impression of him, he was very energetic, and although he didn't talk much, he worked steadily, and Old John was a little worried, so he turned around and shouted, "Maya! ”

A girl with red grapefruit hair stood in front of the bar, handing out the waiters who were busy pouring wine by the barrel. Compared to old John, who was bloated and dark-skinned, this young girl did not look like his daughter, with a delicate face and fair skin, a curtain of hair combed into peach bangs and obediently attached to her forehead, and her shoulder-length hair flicked and flicked when she walked, tugging at the nerves of the boys who came to occupy the seats.

"I'm busy!" The waiter poured the drink, and Maya immediately took the glass. She shouted to Ying and Old John, and her eyes were fixed on the four ales in her hand, for fear of spilling one of them.

"Thank you, Miss Maya," said a group of four young men, one of whom had an admiring expression, and the other was more direct, the slightly ruffian leader, "Hey, Miss Maya, you're so pretty." ”

Maya smiled politely, put down her glass, and then quickly walked over to Old John amid the laughter of the other guests, "What's the matter?" ”

"Hey! Old John, your daughter, your daughter! Hahaha......" An acquaintance shouted loudly, and the person next to him immediately laughed in agreement. They didn't think that the tavernkeeper could give birth to such a beautiful daughter, so they always laughed at him for being cuckolded, and after a long time, they didn't even need to tell about it, just shouting about his daughter, and everyone understood.

Old John took a sip, not annoyed, and pulled Maya aside, "Griffie still hasn't come, you go to his house to look for it?" ”

The tavern girl frowned, but finally nodded, "I'll go now." She wiped her hands with a handkerchief tied around her waist, then took off her apron and towel and walked out the back door of the tavern. Several young men who had come specifically for Maya glanced at each other and chased after them without hesitation.

"Griffi's home...... Oh, this way. ”

Leaving the old oak tavern, the girl remembered Griffy's address, hesitated, and walked briskly in the direction she remembered. She didn't really want to see Griffy, and she hadn't been to the boy's house since he was injured. Maya has loved to study history since she was a child, and was specially sent by John Sr. to the academy in White Rock City to study. Her recent academic studies have been difficult and take up most of her time outside of her tavern work, but that wasn't the main reason she resisted Griffy. She knew that Griffie was a taciturn teenager, and that she had only thought of him as withdrawn. Although she had a good conversation with the amiable aunt and promised to take care of Griffi, who was younger than herself, she was disappointed to see Griffi's cowardice in the fight a few days ago.

The two of them are also half a pair of siblings, Maya sighed, she would rather Griffie be naughty than want her brother to be a coward.

Glefay's home is on the other side of the town, next to the Misty Mountains, where the boy can collect firewood. Maya looked down the improvised fence at Glefi's cabin and hesitated to shout twice, but received no response. She felt a little uneasy in her heart, approached the house, pushed open the unlocked door, and searched the house carefully, but found no trace of the young man.

"Strange, where did he go?" Maya was puzzled, walked out of the cabin, stood in front of Griffy's door, and thought about where the young man might go, and the four young men who had been following her for a long time saw the opportunity to surround her.

"Miss Maya! Are you waiting for someone here? One of them stepped forward and accosted.

Maya calmly responded, "No. She recognized the other party's identity, although it was because of them that Maya's attitude towards Griffi changed sharply, it didn't mean that she would have a good face for these townsmen.

"In that case, why don't we have a meal together! We're in for a treat! The four of them felt playful, looked at each other excitedly, and an invitation was sent out by another young man.

Maya's face was unhappy, but she still kept her tone calm and refused, "I'm sorry, I'm not interested. ”

"Or maybe we can go and have fun, I heard there's a place that's really interesting!" The ruffian young man approached with a hippie smile, and Maya avoided him in disgust. The ruffian young man's face changed, he sank his face and moved closer to Maya, "Miss Maya, I'm inviting you. ”

Several young people next to him also gathered around and "persuaded" in a bad tone.

Glefi lived very remotely, there was almost no one in the vicinity, Maya was shocked, for fear that these gangsters would have a lawless heart and would leave, but a few people finally couldn't hold it back, and they all moved their hands and grabbed Maya back and forth.

"Let go of me! Let go, let go! ”

The sound of the girl's struggle came out, and Yu Xian was faint in the strange laughter of several young people, and at this time, a cold voice suddenly sounded.

"Stop."

A few thugs were startled, and as soon as the movements at hand stopped, the girl hurriedly took the opportunity to run out, and when she saw the person who spoke, she called out in surprise, "Green! As soon as he ran over and stood in front of him, he felt that he had called too intimately, and tried to straighten his face and asked, "Griffy, where have you gone?" I haven't been to the tavern for so long, and I don't know if it's going to happen, do you think the tavern is your home? In fact, he kept glaring at him and motioned for him to leave quickly.

The young man who spoke was stunned for a moment, looking at the disheveled and eyebrow-squeezing cute man in front of him, and the memories that came back woke him up.

The person who came was none other than Grimm, who had left Nigon, or "Griffi" as John Sr. and Maya called it. They barely completed the final mercenary mission, and Green rushed to the Unicom tunnel and returned to the overworld world. Fortunately, this tunnel leads directly to the Misty Mountains, Green walked along the fog thin place, found the place that was vaguely recognizable in his memory, and followed the experience down the mountain as fast as possible, rushing to Xigu Town, but he didn't expect to arrive at the door of the house, and he encountered such a bloody **bullying girl incident.

To be honest, this kind of plot Green has only seen in novels, and he has never encountered this situation in his previous life. In the past, he often fantasized that he could come to a hero to save the beauty, but at this moment, the only thing he wanted to do was to let this group of people get out of the way, so that he could hurry home - the girl who was bullied was good-looking, and she was also the object of admiration of the former teenager, but in the memory of the teenager, the girl named Maya was very indifferent to Green, and seemed to look down on Green, and even the boy was injured before, although the boy was unwilling to remember the incident because of the pain, but at least Green knew that the fuse was her. As the saying goes, Green is still busy saving the world, how can he take care of this rotten thing of excessive hormone secretion.

However, as the saying goes, people don't look for everything, and Green doesn't want to do much, but it is those gangsters who are energetic.

"Yo, isn't this Greenfield? Turns out Miss Maya is here to find you coward! The leading young man sneered angrily. He stepped forward with a look of contempt, "I thought Miss Maya just took pity on you, it seems that you two still have a leg." ”

Green has been planning for the future along the way, and some things are in a hurry to be implemented, so he simply avoids Maya and the thugs and goes home. Maya looked at Green in surprise, and suddenly felt that she hadn't seen her for a few days, and Green had become a little different from what she used to be, but before she could open her mouth to stop Green, other young people had already surrounded her.

"You have a long temper, you coward," the leading young man was annoyed and grabbed Grimm by the collar, "It seems that the lesson you learned two days ago was not deep enough, do you want me to beat you again?" ”

Grimm's expression froze, and the painful memory of being pressed and beaten suddenly became clear. His eyes turned cold, but he quickly calmed down.

Calm, calm, I still have big things to do, these little deflated three are not worth my attention......

The young man was about to leave, when there was a click, and the little fox suddenly fell out of his loosened shirt. The young beast was sleeping before, and was suddenly woken up on the ground, rubbing its sleepy little eyes, and making a soft call, with a blank face.

"What is this?" The leading young man let go of Green's hand and curiously picked up the little fox. His technique was very rough, pulling at the fur behind the young beast, the little thing screamed in pain, and the four little claws struggled desperately. "Hahaha, this little thing is quite fun!" The leading young man burst out laughing, and the other three approached and tried to tug at the little fox without sympathy.

Maya became anxious, she liked small animals, seeing the young beast suffering but unable to intervene, she hurriedly looked around to find someone to help, but subconsciously ignored Grimm who was close at hand, so she didn't notice, Grimm raised his arm almost stiffly.

The muscles on the boy's face, twisted with anger, the burning rage, ignited the last thought in his heart.

"The ancient god Luna is above, they died by themselves, and they can't blame me for carrying out the Flag!"

And then there's the sad story.