On the other side of the Boundary Mountains, in the far north, there is never a summer or autumn. Please remember the URL of this site: . Even though most of Olopa has entered the turn of spring and summer, this country, which was originally called the "Snowy Federation", is still frozen in thousands of miles.

Although Satan, the demon who brought about the catastrophe, has been driven back to his original world, the legacy is still inflicted.

Gokulok. A city located in the middle of the Snowy Federation.

The once dangerous downtown street has become much calmer at this time, and the walking corpses of the year bugs that have ruled most of the city have basically been cleared, leaving the streets with walking corpses that have been completely knocked down, and the corpses of insects swarming out of the minds of the walking corpses. But that doesn't mean the city is completely safe.

"Woo Wo ......"

A walking corpse with only its upper body left, dragging its mutilated body to crawl on the ground, shriveled internal organs such as liver, intestines, and stomach flowing all over the ground. Fish like this slip through the net will have something left after each sweep.

He was a boy of about 12 years old, and even though his face was covered with a terrible fish-scale bulge, he could not hide his young spirit, and if this disaster had not happened, he would have lived happily and happily with his parents, and then entered a magic school or an alchemist, and learned a skill, which might become a great weapon in the future, but now, he could only be driven by the craving instincts of creatures, and crawled towards the "delicious" human flesh without hesitation.

After much difficulty, the boy's walking corpse finally crawled to its destination: a chubby living human leg. The walking corpse lifted its cracked, bone-revealing hand and grabbed the leg, and bit down like a frenzy!

"Click, click, click!"

Just as the boy's teeth were about to bite into the legs of a living person, an ice axe fell from the sky and cut off the head, followed by four ice vertebrae nailed to his hands, torso, and head that had been separated but still able to move, completely depriving the boy of his remaining mobility. Then the ice axe and ice vertebrae released a cold breath that froze hundreds of black bugs that poured out of their heads.

And the owner of this living leg, a fat young magician, snapped his fingers with his right hand without a magic wand, and the frozen worm immediately shattered into ice slag.

The prospect of a future that the boy has not discovered and will never happen is just wishful thinking on the part of Cassius. This boy is long dead, now he is just a monster manipulated by evil forces, in the face of this enemy, if the slightest slowness out of compassion may bring mortal danger, for Cassius who has experienced purgatory, should know better than anyone else, but now Cassius is like a rookie who has just entered the battlefield, actually attacked when the boy walking corpse was about to bite his leg. This qiē is all because of the dream that has been reproducing in his sleep for the past three days......

"Fat Brother, Fat Brother ......"

In a space that emitted an eerie smell, Cassius stood in the middle of a permanent magic circle embedded in the ground, a strange but young voice calling to him. Cassius saw a scrawny 8-year-old boy gradually emerge in the shadows and walk towards Cassius. The boy was scarred, his wounds were healing, and new wounds were being added.

"Fat brother, I'm in pain, I'm tired, I'm hungry. ”

The boy told Cassius about his pain.

"Woody. ”

Cassius called the little boy's name.

"You said that you took me home and took me to my parents, is it true?"

"Of course it's true. Fat brother will never lie to you, come, now fat brother will take you home. ”

As he spoke, Cassius reached out and took the little boy's hand.

Suddenly, a dimensional vortex appeared behind little Woody, and before Cassius could give a warning, the powerful attraction emitted by the dimensional vortex had already sucked little Woody into it! Cassius grabbed little Woody's hand hard, trying to pull him out of the dimensional vortex, but in the end, only that arm was rescued, and the rest of the boy had been devoured.

"Fat brother, take me home, you said ......"

Little Woody's innocent longing still reverberated in the air......

This is the dream that has been haunting Cassius for three days in a row, and it is also a real thing. At the Tower of Seven Sins that day, Cassius made an unfulfilled promise to Woody, although Cassius also understood that he could not do anything about it in that situation, but he felt that he owed Woody at all times. It was this sense of remorse that had distracted him in front of the boy's walking corpse.

Why did I suddenly have this dream? And for three days in a row. I remember that Mr. Regunor said that the dreams of magicians are not ordinary, but they all have a meaning, so what does this dream mean, and does it have anything to do with the Tower of the Seven Sins? Cassius was puzzled.

"Master Cassius. A voice from behind interrupted Cassius' musings, "The eastern part of the city has been swept away, and only a few remnants remain. We got in touch with the city's shelter, a total of 226 people, hiding in a large underground warehouse. ”

Cassius was briefed on the battle by a young man wrapped in tortoiseshell-like animal skin armor and holding a magic wand in his hand.

But Cassius was not happy with the good news brought by the young man, and he asked with a heavy face, "Was someone bitten by a walking corpse in the operation just now?"

"This ......" the young mage was in trouble, he wanted not to report this unfavorable news, but thinking that things could not be concealed for a long time, he had to report it truthfully, "Yes. Two people were bitten by walking corpses just now. ”

"Why is this still happening?" Cassius sighed, "I have long warned you that although this suit of animal skin armor can resist ordinary bites, it does not mean that you will be safe when you wear it, and although you have recovered some of your magical powers, it does not mean that you can run as unscrupulous as before. Group cooperation and mutual protection is the best way to act, at all times we must take into account the safety of ourselves and our comrades-in-arms, and we must not be heroes alone, why are there always people who do not listen?"

"I understand. But, Lord Cassius, this ...... now"

"Do you want to say that the loss is much less here now than it was before?"

"This ......" the young mage bowed his head silently, apparently Cassius' words had destroyed the excuse he had come up with to defend himself.

"No sacrifice is meaningless, life is the most important thing, no matter if you lose 100 people or 2 people, you can't allow it to happen. How many people have lost their lives before, only to gain valuable experience little by little, but you don't pay attention to it at all, it is not only disrespectful to your own life, but also a stain on the deceased. What's more, you are their captain, your task is not only to protect your own life, but also to be responsible for the safety of all the team members, if something happens, you should look for problems from yourself, instead of finding excuses to shirk responsibility, otherwise you will push your people down the abyss of death. ”

"I ...... I know. The young mage's face was red, and Cassius's words made him embarrassed, "It was my rashness that caused such consequences, and I am willing to accept the punishment." ”

Cassius closed his eyes, he didn't want to say any more, what had happened along the way, it had almost exhausted his energy.

After the battle with Mephistopheles, Cassius and his companions were brought back to the Plains of Slavia by the barbarians to recuperate. After his injuries improved slightly, he did not follow the others to the Loma Kingdom to recuperate, but returned to the Snowy Federation, his second home. Cassius came to the prison shelter, and with the help of the Minister of Discipline Shuvashenki, he mobilized some elites in the shelter who had recovered a little magic, and formed a sweeping force to sweep the wandering insects and walking corpses from city to city, and snatch back their homes from these living dead, while the two siblings, Lyle and Ischenova, led the second-line personnel to follow in the footsteps of the first-line troops, strengthen their defenses, rebuild their homes in the recaptured cities, and provide logistical supplies for the sweeping troops.

In the past two months, the front-line sweeping force has cleared a total of 12 cities in the east and south of the Snowy Federation, recaptured a quarter of the territory of the Snowy Federation, and brought new hope to the desperate survivors.

However, in the battle against the Walking Corpse of the Worm, casualties are inevitable. In the recapture of the first city, which was next to the prison shelter, Porfisa Grad, the sweep force paid the price of 109 casualties, and in the following week, the sweep force suffered between 60 and 80 casualties for each city recaptured, and the bloody lesson also brought valuable wealth, and the team battle formation that Cassius spoke of, and the tortoise shell-like animal skin armor that the young mage had just wore, was bought with his life.

Although the casualty rate has since decreased, and each city recaptured recently has been measured in single digits, Cassius was not happy. In this magical country where everyone drank the veto potion, Cassius returned from the outside and became the most powerful magician in the Snowy Federation, in the early days of the sweeping operation, he alone almost took over 60% of the combat missions, and Cassius also personally participated in the battle against the demon Satan Mephistopheles, making him the spiritual leader of the sweeping troops, and he was also a revered hero in the cleared area.

But Cassius himself never felt "heroic", more just remorse. Because he was the one who brought the team out of the safe shelter in the first place, and if anyone died, he would think it was his fault. If he wants to be punished, he should also be punished Cassius, how can he have the power to punish others?

"It's over. I have no authority to punish you. Although it is no longer helpful, it is better to compensate the families of the two team members as much as possible. If their families were still alive. ”

"Yes. The young mage breathed a sigh of relief, "Then what should be the next task?" should you clean up the area west of the city first, or escort the survivors in the shelter to a safe place first?"

Cassius replied without thinking, "Escort the survivors first, of course." ”

The young mage offered his advice: "But if we stop attacking now, aren't we afraid that the walking corpses in the west of the city will fight back......?"

In an instant, a sudden darkness engulfed the white snow and the messy streets, and the young mage's words were interrupted, for even he himself had disappeared into the darkness.

In the whole world, Cassius is the only one left......