——Yancheng in the depths of winter, the only snow in the four seasons.

The sky is full of snow, water droplets freeze ice, and the cold will sweep the entire Yancheng, but people are not afraid of the cold, because Yancheng at this time is a white capital covered by ice and snow, which is incomparable beauty.

But this year is different, the cold seeps into people's hearts, and they are no longer in the mood to appreciate the beauty of the snow city, but the cold does not come from the snow and ice, but from the war – from the fear of death.

The sound of the piano is not afraid of frost and frost, fluttering in this ice and snow, and Jing Ke is not afraid of the cold, sitting on the top of the building covered with snow, listening to this music played only for her.

"After this winter, it's a new year...... Bai Qi's army is about to attack Yancheng...... Say, "Can we keep the city?" Twenty-eight-year-old Jing Ke stared at this world covered in ice and snow, feeling that it was so fragile, so innocent...... It's like the people of the world who were born in the wrong era.

"......I don't know," Gao said in a low voice, but his fingers kept playing An Ran's music.

"That'...... This war can be regarded as a catastrophe......" Jing Ke lowered his head and said softly.

Gao Yanli didn't reply, just played the piano music.

"Kodaka...... Do you remember our agreement? Jing Ke suddenly raised his head and looked at Gao Yuanli's eyes, and said seriously.

Gao gradually left his fingers, the sound of the piano stopped, and then he also stared at Jing Ke and said, "I remember...... We've got to have one of us survive! ”

Jing Ke didn't speak again, but snuggled into Gao Yanli's arms tiredly. They stopped talking about this, and no one pursued the question of who died and who lived, because they knew each other, and each wanted the other to be the surviving rose, so they each realized that they were going to be the dead rose.

The rest, left to fate.

- The memories of the past are like a heavy wave gently swinging through the hearts of the two, but the cruelty of reality still awaits them every second.

Jing Ke took off the mask on his face, endured the pain of countless scars and got up from the pool of blood, Gao gradually retreated from the frost on his body, and he slowly stood up from the ground.

At this time, Ying Zheng had already fallen from the void, standing not far from Jing Ke and Gao Yan, looking at the two of them expressionlessly, and the faint pupils of the dragon seemed to symbolize the cruelty of fate. And the red ghost warrior Miyamoto appeared next to Yingzheng, silently staring at the two people struggling on the ground, still holding a long sword and a short sword in his hand, his footsteps were slightly loud, and he walked over unhurriedly.

Of course, Jing Ke and Gao Yanli both saw the crisis in front of them, but they were both unusually calm - it was now, the so-called catastrophe.

They thought that the war in Yancheng was their end, but they didn't expect the people of the two families to save them as hope. Got out of the war in Yancheng like this, although he was humiliated and guilty, and even painful, there was still a little bit of happiness in Gao Gradual, at least, he and Jing Ke survived, and they were still together...... But in the end, at Jing Ke's suggestion, they still risked their lives to sneak into Xianyang Palace and assassinate Yingzheng...... But in the end, they stepped into the catastrophe of life and death.

But Jing Ke doesn't regret it, she doesn't regret it, although she knows that killing Yingzheng is not her mission and insists on moving forward, but she has never forgotten her true mission...... Perhaps, this is indeed fate.

Whether it is Jing Ke or Gao Yuanli, it is very clear...... Now, it's time for the "promise".

Gao Yanli stared coldly at the ghost warrior who was approaching step by step, gently stroked the strings with his hand, the string sound of the demon path throbbed faintly, he did not forget their agreement for a moment, he wanted Jing Ke to survive. However, at this moment, Jing Ke's weak body turned into a ray of dark red light, dissipating out of thin air, and almost at the same moment, a blood-stained Jing Ke appeared behind Ying Zheng, and the sharp shadow blade forced Ying Zheng's neck.

At this moment, the ghost warrior's footsteps couldn't help but stop, he had previously prioritized killing Jing Ke, in order to avoid her shadow killing from causing an unpredictable death-defying counterattack, but with such a serious injury, Jing Ke could still attack, which he really didn't expect.

In contrast, Ying Zheng seemed much calmer, the shadow blade suddenly appeared under the eyes, but his eyes didn't flicker, maybe he had been surprised by Jing Ke's move many times tonight, but he calmed down.

However, at the moment when Jing Ke appeared behind Ying Zheng, Gao gradually stopped away from the hand that was stroking the qin, and at that moment, he saw Jing Ke's smile from a distance - that's right, it's a laugh, that kind of shallow smile, as if when they were young, every time they competed, Jing Ke could seize the opportunity, and then looked back and smiled at him lightly - "Not as fast as me!" ”

"It's not ......as fast as me," Jing Ke really wanted to say this to Gao Yuanli like he had in the carefree years of the past...... But she couldn't really speak, she could only smile lightly.

In the next moment, Jing Ke and Gao Yuanli's gaze met in the void, countless complicated thoughts flowed, and everything around them seemed to suddenly become disillusioned, along with them...... But Gao is not afraid, he would rather be disillusioned with Jing Ke.

But Jing Ke's affectionate and stagnant gaze seemed to urge him to "abide by our agreement......

Abide by the "Promise", keep the "Promise......

In the face of that affectionate and stagnant gaze, Gao gradually left all consciousness. Suddenly, Gao Yanli didn't know how to figure it out, and he didn't know where he got the courage to make a decision...... Perhaps Jing Ke's gaze poured into the depths of his heart and helped him make the final decision.

"Summoning Flash!" Gao Yuanli closed his eyes and shouted loudly. The voice that was more pathetic than the song of Broken Hong evoked the majestic natural energy in the void, and the mysterious power of nature faintly flowed, turning Gao Yuanli into an ethereal void light.

The ghost warrior didn't intercept, and Jing Ke's shadow blade still threatened Yingzheng, but in fact, he couldn't intercept it...... Summoning Flash: Turns the caster into a void light, instantly traveling at the speed of light to a distance of 500 meters, making it impossible to intercept it......

Seeing Gao Yuanli's figure turn into a void light, tears and smiles finally appeared on Jing Ke's face.

At this moment, a lightsaber suddenly pierced Jing Ke's body - Ying Zheng's face was gloomy, and he held a lightsaber that had just been condensed in his hand, and the blade of the sword, which was completely condensed and condensed by Demon Blue, passed through his body and directly pierced Jing Ke's abdomen.

Jing Ke let out a groan of pain, her eyes suddenly became in a trance, the pain in her whole body made her feel deeply cold, her body became more and more weak, and her hand was about to lose her grip on the shadow blade......

"Summoning Technique: Slashing" Jing Ke used his last strength to release the summoning technique, and the majestic natural energy swirled and surged, condensing into an invisible golden blade light and slashing towards the surrounding Yingzheng and ghost warriors...... But "killing" is meaningless for those who are not seriously injured, and can only be counted as Jing Ke's last powerless struggle.

Then, Jing Ke fell, and fell heavily, allowing her to be overwhelmed by pain......

Everything is coming to an end, but Jing Ke has no regrets, at least, she still completed her mission......

- "Ke, do you know the 'mission'?" On the first day that Jing Ke had just turned five years old and began to learn the martial arts of shadow killing, her father asked her.

"I know......" Jing Ke's childish voice said seriously, "Mother told me that every generation of our Jing family's people who practice shadow killing martial arts have a mission...... This mission was to kill someone who was unforgivable and unpunishable at the time...... Mom said that the Jing family in the past generations are all killers who hide their identities, and everyone makes a living from their own missions......"

"Daddy...... Does Ake also have such a mission? Jing Ke asked in a low voice.

"Well, you, like countless Jing family members, will have a mission throughout your life and live off your 'mission'." Father looked into Jing Ke's eyes and said very seriously, "However, your mission is different from that of the Jing family in previous generations, and the people of the Jing family in the past generations have taken killing someone as their mission. And you will take it as your mission to protect one person! ”

"Huh? …… Guarding a person? Jing Ke looked at his father suspiciously.

"Ah Ke, you know, our relationship with the Gao family can be traced back to a thousand years ago, although our two families have different surnames, but they are of the same blood, there is no difference between you and me - now, the youngest child of the Gao family, who was born almost with you and plays with you every day, Gao gradually left - we found that he is a genius in the Demon Dao and can understand the String Music Demon Dao."

"Ah Ke, although we often say that you and Xiao Gao are both geniuses, and it is true that you are both very talented, but you must know that our Jing family's shadow killing martial arts have continued from generation to generation, but Xiao Gao is the only person in the Gao family who has been able to comprehend the String Tone Demon Dao in the past thousand years - his birth has some meaning for the entire era. In the future, he will have a great impact on the entire era when he has fully understood the magic of string sound. The existence of high gradual detachment is too important. ”

"So, Ah Ke, after repeated discussions at home, it has been decided that your mission, your mission in life, is to protect Gao Yuanli!"

"Maybe the time of your birth is a sign of some kind of fate, and you are only a full hour older than him...... Maybe fate has long been predestined, you are born for him, you live for him......"

The father didn't finish speaking, but the young Jing Ke himself also understood the last sentence, "Born for him, live for him, perhaps, too...... Die for him. ”

Jing Ke didn't know how her young self sorted out those profound concepts, but she herself accepted the mission from that moment on, and gladly accepted it...... She will use her life to protect Gao Yuanli.

This is Jing Ke's mission, the mission she finally completed, and it is also their "agreement......

Actually, Jing Ke deceived Gao and gradually left. Eight years ago, the prophetic vision that I saw under the guidance of the unknown boy was not two roses......

In the ethereal and miraculous prophecy, in fact, there is only one rose, a bright red rose with thorns. Next to the rose, there is a little prince...... In the boundless desolation, the prince is accompanied only by this delicate rose, the blossoming of the rose makes the prince feel the peerless beauty, and the thorns of the rose protect the prince from the beasts.

For a long time, the rose guarded the prince...... Until one day, there is an irresistible crisis, and Rose is entangled in all dangers with a body of thorns, allowing the prince to escape. Then, the delicate red petals were scattered like blood, but the rose did not regret it - Jing Ke knew that the rose did not regret it, because she did not regret it.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Xiao Gao is really easy to deceive, maybe he believes in her too much...... How is it possible for one rose to save another in danger? The rose can't escape, the rose won't go, the rose will only stop in place, forever in the same place.

The rose will always stop in the place that the prince will never forget, and in the depths of the prince's heart, it will bloom silently......