It's snowing.

The climate cycle of Rhodeland can be said to be very complete, with warm springs, cool summers, cool autumns, and cold winters. Now that the golden late autumn has faded, it should be the season when a chill hits people's necks in early winter, and people shiver and make up their minds to add more clothes. However, this year's Rodland doesn't seem to have much to spare, and the first snow came suddenly, and it was so caught off guard at the beginning of winter.

It was about the middle of the night when the snow was falling, and when the hard-working people found it in the morning, it was already covered in silver outside the window. The fire is lit, and the smoke curls up, adding a touch of misty white. When it snows, the sun is often not sufficient, and the color of the whole world is a little gray, and when the pedestrians on the road start to hurry, the snowflakes suddenly get offended, like a chaotic goose feather, from time to time falling on the head, shoulders, and clothes. The travelers on the road were so annoyed that they always had to stretch out their hands and pat the snowflakes on their bodies, but the children in the village were so happy that they gathered in groups, regardless of their mother's nagging in the back, took off their gloves, and reached out into the air to catch the cold chip, and looked dizzy with a look of amazement.

A heavy snowfall, not in a hurry, the length and softness of the fall, although I made up my mind to wrap the earth in a thick cotton jacket, but still able to withstand the layers of covering.

Basically, it's the so-called "Ruixue".

The city of origin, Kinlunga, is located on the southernmost border of the Kingdom of Rhodeland, and is now home to a cluster of villages around the city. Despite the distance from Rodland, Rao was the same, and the whole of Kinglunga also ushered in the snow and ice in the early hours of the morning. Early in the morning, in the snowy world, there are occasional children's cheers, and soon. Activities such as snowball fights and snowman building are followed by laughter. However, the lord's mansion in the northern part of the castle of Jinlunga, even though it was already the time for everyone to perform their duties, the snow was still uncleaned, and the branches of the trees in the courtyard that had already lost their leaves were white, and some of them were bent down by the snow. It's like picking up a snowflake.

The entire mansion was silent, like a picture scroll.

In the room on the second floor, a figure sat by the window, looking at the snow-white world outside in silence. She was wearing a plain aristocratic long dress, although it was the most conservative style, her chest, arms, and calves were all tightly blocked, but she still couldn't hide her beautiful face. Snowflakes drifted into the room through the open window, and she subconsciously stretched out her white palm and let the snowflakes fall. A hint of coolness came from the palm of the hand that was hot by the stove, and in the blink of an eye, only dampness remained in the palm.

Lilith looked at her palm, a little stunned.

The person who was appreciated by Green and came to Jinlunga was completely different from the aristocratic lady in the past, and now she was not the same as she was buried in the work of the magician. She had already taken off her dirty overalls. Get rid of the greasy linen gloves and put on elegant and decent clothes. Even the calluses on the palms of the hands have all faded, revealing smooth and delicate skin again.

The lord was appointed as the agent of the Golden Lunga, and was in charge of the affairs of the city, both large and small, from any point of view. can no longer maintain the appearance of a craftsman. In comparison, the work now is trivial but not tiring, and there is no need to take the nutritional potion prepared by Miss Holy Spirit-although it works, it tastes extremely bad, and after Langhua tastes it once, it doesn't taste normal when cooking for two days in a row--showing himself every day. It can also satisfy the instinct of beauty in every girl's nature, which should be said to be a good thing.

But she was a little nostalgic for her old life.

Every day immersed in the manufacture of magic guide machinery, her ears are full of jingling sounds, sometimes although it feels noisy, but every time there is progress or the completion of the project, she sincerely feels joy and satisfaction, when she thinks of reporting to Green, the young duke's surprise expression, will always feel happy from the bottom of her heart. At that time, the work was heavy, and the daily volume seemed to be overwhelming, but she liked that kind of work, because all her efforts could be repaid to the boy, so that he could go further in the future he was excited to draw.

At that time, all of them seemed compact and happy, although each companion was busy, but everyone got together, and Jinlungari never lacked laughter, even if Green was not always in the territory, disappeared for a while and ran to the royal capital for a while, but everyone knew that there was such an excellent young man, who was leading everyone in Jinlunga on a brilliant road.

Can ...... now

"Your Excellency, you'll be fine."

Lilith muttered softly to herself, soothing the uneasiness in her heart. She looked up, and the table in front of her was lit with candles, and the documents had been signed. She glanced around the study that belonged to Green, except for the crackling fire in the fireplace, every corner of the room was exactly the same as when Green had a meeting before leaving, and under her orders, the servants only cleaned up the dust every day, and did not dare to clean up at will.

Just like in the courtyard at this moment, she deliberately asked to keep it.

Lilith turned her head and looked out the window again.

Outside the inner courtyard where the training equipment was placed, just a row of snow-covered bushes, a bespectacled Wiseman in the middle of the corridor was retouching a row of statues. The sparse snowflakes had fallen on the brown-haired mage's clothes along the cracks of the old vines, but he clearly didn't care, and concentrated on his work. Ever since he arrived in Kinglunga and was appointed Minister of Security by Green, his work has never stopped, starting with the guard work at the foot of the mountain, and he has transformed the Psionic Garrison, which is completely closed off from the road at the foot of the mountain, based on one of Endymion's iconic garrisons: the Psionic Watchtower, which is now also stationed by soldiers. The most basic security work was completed, and the Minister of Security began to work on the surveillance system for the whole city of Jinlunga, and Wiseman was busy for a whole month, although the placement work was done by someone else, and the constant wizard's eye was still in charge of him. Finally got the monitoring inside and outside the city, Wiseman began to repair and increase the automatic defense force of Jinlunga non-stop, the defense system of the City of Origin is not sound, most of them have collapsed, and Endymion's three major defenses that have been transformed and evolved countless times - mana barrier, psionic watchtower and constructed guards are far from the same, but as a magic energy real yàn area, every piece of equipment in Jinlunga is very ingenious, which opened Wiseman's eyes, so he decided to increase the defense measures, Repair and activate all the equipment and mechanisms in Jinlunga City. This month. Wiseman had been busy with this, running around all day like Lilith before. The aristocratic lady would occasionally come over to help, on the one hand, to touch the magic guide machinery to restore the feel, and on the other hand, to chat about magic and magic guidance by the way, and always learn a lot of knowledge.

A little further away is the grey inner city walls of Kinnenga Fort. The side near the cliff is crawling with creepers. It appears to be green, with a staircase leading to a walkway in the city walls, where the patrolling human guards have only recently taken up their duties, and were formerly in charge of gnolls and lizardmen. Outside the trail are women's walls and battlements, all of which have been modified by Wiseman, with built-in arrow towers connected every few steps. The snow was still falling, but there was no snow on the city walls, and a few crossbowmen were huddled in the towers, warming themselves around the firewood in the iron buckets.

Outside the inner city walls. It is one of the main streets of Kimlunga City, and the ruins of the collapsed houses on both sides of the street have been demolished and replaced by more sturdy and beautiful wood and stone buildings built with the help of the craftsmen of Qishand. The entire street floor has been rebuilt and paved with more stable stone slabs. Although today's street is covered in white, there are still hawkers along the street, and there are also young girls carrying baskets, and the figure is still thriving. If a few months ago Kinnenga was just the remains of tattered ruins. So far, at least it has regained its urban appearance. Since then, it has progressed rapidly. Most of the credit is due to the unassuming dwarf Bilder, who, as the Minister of Finance, single-handedly planned the commercial development plan of Jinlunga, obtained a large amount of supplies through the development of the Jinlunga forest, and then used him as a gateway to the mysterious trader, and quickly opened the trade route of Jinlunga. Quickly turn around gold coins and the goods needed for the City of Origin. The Golden Lunga Forest is a truly fertile land waiting to be developed, with the best timber farms, countless prey, a variety of precious plants, and fertile soil deposited by millennia of humus. and spice varieties as precious as gold. In the mountains below the castle of Kinlunga, there is a staggering amount of minerals, including iron, copper, silver, gold, and even mythril, which used to stop the pioneers because of the madness of the lake elves, but now, Kinlunga has begun to recover, and every minute and every second, a steady stream of goods is transported to Kinlunga and Qishande, and a large number of merchants from both places have turned it into much-needed manpower, technology and magic industrial resources. The entire chain of commerce, like a river of gold, was run by the savage Beard himself, and although the sweary-talking dwarf without Lilith, the agent, might not be able to put the entire business order of Jinlunga in order, at least the current prosperous commercial scene, and the city's overcrowded inns full of merchants, were all business that he negotiated with a word of swearing.

Farther away, you can only see patches of red brick and brown tiled roofs, and the canopies of trees are intertwined, like clumps of parsley in the middle of the city. So Lilith withdrew her gaze, and she looked at Jin Lunga's thriving appearance, and the boredom in her heart finally dissipated some.

It's been two months since Green left the City of Origin.

Two months earlier, Grimm had returned from the royal capital with new companions, as well as a large number of people and occupations, which had allowed him to develop rapidly, but then he set out with Albert and Assesis in search of the so-called "Legion of Behemoths", a journey that lasted two months, and for two months, he had not heard from him, not even a single text message in the following year. At this time, first Algin led his troops and ventured back to Titalia to expand the swamp troops, and then Havestasia said goodbye without saying goodbye, and now even the Holy Spirit Lady Vivien rarely shows up, focusing on training the magical abilities of the lake elves, and those former companions seem to have lost news with Grimm, although Lilith knows in her heart that everyone is fighting for the future of Jinlunga, but this feeling of loneliness still makes her feel uncomfortable.

"My lord, when will you return?"

Lilith looked down at the bracelet in her hand, a small gift that Green had given her when she returned from the royal capital. In the past, every time she saw this simple bracelet, Lilith felt Green's existence, but after two months of no news, she inevitably panicked, if it weren't for the fact that Arietti, who was a contract beast, was eating and drinking in the kitchen of the mansion every day, Lilith would have to wonder if Grimm had met with an accident. She asked Nord, who is now in charge of the Wizarding Department, to do divination several times, and the results were vague, but fortunately, there was no bad omen such as "death", and Lilith was finally relieved.

Wow, wow, wow,

The aristocratic lady was contemplating when there was a soft knock at the door. As soon as she looked up, she saw a little girl standing timidly in the doorway. Unlike most of the women in Jin Lunga, this little girl is more delicate in appearance and has a more introverted personality, which is the younger sister of the Yang siblings brought back by Green.

"Lotus?"

"Miss Lilith, my brother asked me to come, you ...... You're late. ”

Yang Lian said timidly, even if the new gym has been repaired now, a large number of apprentices come to the door every day, and even she herself is responsible for the coach of the gym, but teaching apprentices every day has not changed her character, often after a teaching class, she will immediately shrink behind her brother who is the owner of the hall, it seems that this shyness is innate, and it will not disappear for a lifetime.

"Ahh I'm sorry, but the first time I saw snow, I was a little distracted, and I forgot the time. Lilith was suddenly startled and hurriedly stood up. Glintiyyì asked the civilian staff to also go to the gym to learn to strengthen their bodies, Lilith was the first to respond, although so far she has only learned simple fighting techniques, but at least she has the ability to protect herself, but today it is snowing, Lilith touches the scene, the Ndimion where she originally lived is located in the middle of the continent, and snowfall is rare, plus the mage capital is guarded by a protective shield all year round, not only snow, but even rain can rarely be seen.

Lilith sorted out the copy on the table, neatly piled the corrected ones on one side, put the pending ones on the other side, and pressed them with a paperweight, leaving them to come back and continue her work. The clothes she needed to change for training were all prepared in the gym, and she didn't need to prepare too much, so she just tidied up the folds of her skirt a little and turned around and set off. However, when she walked to the door, Lilith suddenly remembered that the window was still open, and on such a snowy day, I was afraid that Wen Jiàn would be soaked, so she hurriedly turned around and went back to close the window.

But at this moment, a sudden thunder rolled in the sky, and Lilith shook her body, almost scratching her arm from the window frame.

"It's snowing, and it's going to rain?"

She looked up in confusion and looked into the distance. Jinlunga was on the top of the mountain, and she could see far away from the sky, but as far as Lilith could see, there was no place that was not shrouded in dark clouds, as if the sky had changed again in an instant. Yang Lian heard the thunder, and walked to Lilith's side with some fear, and the noble lady subconsciously hugged her, only to turn around, but found that the sky was a little darker, such an abnormal change, suddenly made her feel uneasy.

At this moment, the bracelet on Lilith's left hand for voice transmission suddenly shone brightly, and the colorless gem turned red in an instant.

There is a most urgent situation that has occurred.

"I'm Lilith."

The magic power on the bracelet changed, and soon, the voice from the other side came. The gentle voice was undoubtedly the Minister of Security Wiseman, Lilith subconsciously looked over, Wiseman, who was originally renovating the puppet statue in the courtyard corridor, had disappeared, and there were tools thrown at random next to the statue, and he didn't even have time to tidy up.

She was shocked in her heart.

"Miss Lilith! The situation is not good, the news from the psionic station, the spatial magic fluctuation was detected in the morning, and a sentinel found traces of xenomorphs five thousand meters away, and the preliminary prediction is that there is a portal to open, the number is about two thousand to three thousand, and it is currently heading in the direction of Jinlunga! ”

"Hell Flames! Detected Old-Flo teleportation flames, southwest of the direction, the number is unknown, and the expected arrival location - Winter Forest! ”

"Receiving a call for help, Qi Shangde led the attack by undead creatures and is currently fighting......"

How so?

Lilith's face turned pale.

She suddenly remembered what Green had said a long time ago, and what she thought was still far away seemed to come close in an instant, and the fear was like a pair of big hands, clutching her heart.

A chill, carrying the wind and snow, rushed into the study and almost extinguished the fire.

The wind is blowing. (To be continued......)