The light of dawn pierces the darkness of the night.

Julien•Rousseau returned to Selena's house with a stain of dried blood. The owner of the house had been waiting for a long time, and she had not slept all night.

"Is it done?" asked Selena.

"People died, and bodies were buried. Julian replied expressionlessly.

"Did anyone find out?"

"Nope. ”

"Where's the roster?"

"That's all I found. Julian pulled out a thick notebook that was half red with blood.

Selena scooped up the notebook, carefully flipped through a few pages, and nodded, "That's right, this is it." Then he turned and went into the kitchen, intending to throw it into the fire on the stove. However, the book was snatched back by Julian.

"What are you doing?" Selena grimaced.

"Are you sure it's a roster? It's a ledger anyway. ”

"That's right. It is both a ledger and a roster. Hurry up and give it to me to burn. ”

"You have to explain it clearly, or I won't give it to you. ”

"I'm not obligated to explain it to you, and you don't have the right to know, give it to me!" Selena was furious.

"If I had to know, are you going to rob it?" Julian didn't give an inch, "I'm curious how you compare to Dante's skills." ”

"You ......" Selena's expression seemed like she was going to eat someone. However, there was no way for her to scoop Julian, who was not a member of the organization, so she could not use the relationship between superiors and subordinates to suppress him. After a few seconds, Selena finally compromised: "Turn to page 7 and connect the first letter of the guest's name in the ledger from bottom to top." ”

Julian did so: "S, E, L, E, N, A...... Selena! is your name, Selena?"

"Dante hid our names in the ledger by hiding the headers, and the pile of numbers representing the date and amount of the account at the back indicated the location of our dwelling. Speaking of this, Selena was already very annoyed, "You already know what to say and what not to say, it's time to give me the roster." ”

"I'm sorry. I just don't want last night's hard work to be worthless. With that, Julian handed over the ledger.

Selena snatched the ledger and scooped it towards the stove.

"May I ask you another question, are you a mangrove?" Julian said to Selena with his back to him.

She paused for a moment, did not answer, and threw the ledger directly into the fire.

Winter dawn in the Far North came late, and while the sun was shining in the rest of Olopa, the Snowy Federation was still shrouded in looming darkness.

More than 400 kilometers west of Porfishagrad, a team is galloping west at breakneck speed. The team consisted of 7 people in six dog sleds and one horse. Almost all of the horses ridden from the plains of Silancia were lost or killed, so the mounts of the companions were replaced by dog sleds, and only the barbarian Ukrainians still kept the tradition of riding.

Each sled is pulled by 8 husky snow dogs. These snow dogs and sleds were used by the refugees as they fled to Porfishagrad. Husky snow dogs are more adapted to the cold of the far north than horses, and the dogs are human, and have an excellent relationship with their owners, after the refugees fled to Porfishagrad, there was no food to feed these snow dogs, and they could not bear to kill them to eat, so they were stocked in the silver wind taiga, when they were needed, as long as the dog flute was played, these loyal snow dogs would automatically run back.

Due to the fact that Ray was bitten by the walking corpse of the worm, according to the rules of the shelter, no one infected by the plague was allowed to stay, although after Sophia's magical treatment, the toxin was temporarily sealed, but the rules have long been set, and there will be no exception because of a few people. Ray couldn't stay in the vault, and his companions wouldn't abandon him, and after sending Tiny Jr. to the vault, before he could get enough rest, Sophia, Joyka, Cassius, Ray, Dani, Leonard, and the Ukrainian seven embarked on a new journey, while the two siblings, Ischenova and Lyle, chose to stay. Because although Lia Mogaova, who has been a serious threat to the people in the shelter for months, is dead, the countless tragedies and heinous crimes she has committed have not dissipated because of her death, and it has become a lingering haze over the heads of the refugees, and the siblings stayed to atone for their mother's sins and use their abilities to protect the shelter.

Lyle is the only spellcaster in the Vault and plays a central role in the defense, while Ischenova has a more important mission. Many famous alchemists, in order to prevent their research results from being stolen, will use special symbols that only they can understand to incite key numbers and words, which are called alchemists' passwords. Ischenova and Lyle's grandfather, Savikoev, used the custom of using passwords to keep records when developing Harvey 16 (i.e., "The Protector"). After Savikoev's death, although there were many alchemists in the vault, no one could decipher his code, so it was impossible to create a second "protector". When Ishnova was a child, she liked to hide behind her grandfather, watching him make real and realistic records, and she knew a little about Saveyev's password, so Ishnova's main job was to use her memory to decipher the real records of Savikov's "protector".

The two siblings were safer in the shelter than with us, and with them, little Tina wasn't too lonely. Cassius, sitting on the sleigh, thought so. At this time, he scooped Shuvashenki's "Endurance Grip" in his hand, his original magic wand, after being destroyed in the Tower of Seven Sins, was therefore forced to cast spells empty-handed for a long time, but in the magic demonstration field in the battle with Leah Mogova, he held the family heirloom lent to him by Shuvashenki, so that his magic exerted extraordinary power, and at that moment, the subtle feeling and shock that the "Endurance Grip" brought to Cassius㨔, it was by no means clear in a few words. When the object was returned to its rightful owner, Cassius's reluctant expression was completely written on his face. Shuvashenki saw through Cassius's thoughts, so he said to him: "The sword is given to the hero." Your magical potential is immeasurable, and instead of staying with a bad old man who has lost his mana and continues to destroy the heavens, the 'Grip of Endurance' should be used in your hands. In this way, the old man generously gave Cassius this treasure, which had been passed down from several generations and had been with him for more than thirty years, as a compensation for the inability to accommodate Cassius's younger brother.

Thinking of his brother, Cassius turned his head and glanced at Ray behind him. In the past few days, under Sophia's continuous treatment, the poison of the walking corpse in the thunder has not deteriorated, but it has not been eradicated, and it is in a dormant state. Even Sophia herself couldn't figure out why the "healing technique" and "purification technique" could not cure the thunder, which made everyone very worried; but as the person concerned, Lei was quite optimistic, he thought that "there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain", as long as he successfully reaches the "seat of the silver mountain" and finds the source of the plague outbreak, there must be a way to unravel the poison on his body; anyway, as long as Sophia has regular treatment, he is no different from ordinary people, and there is no need to worry at all. However, Ray's optimistic attitude only made Cassius even more worried.

"Let's rest for a while, after a night of running, the dogs and horses are tired. At this time, Joey Kati, who was running in front, said.

The team stopped advancing, everyone put down supplies from the sleigh, set up a few tents and camped in place, and after settling 48 snow dogs and Ukrainian war horses, everyone made a fire with the firewood they had collected earlier, and then surrounded the fire to warm up and discuss the next move. At this time, the lighting conditions were much better than just now, and the belated dawn finally arrived.

"Fatty, you know this place best, where are we now?" asked Joyka.

Cassius spread out a parchment map, studied it carefully, and said, "If we don't follow the direction, we will reach the outskirts of the capital by walking the same distance." ”

"We're only halfway there?" said Sophia.

"I don't know why, but the closer I get to the goal, the more itchy my heart becomes. What a feeling of excitement. Dani said.

Joyka wasted no time in teasing, "Excited or scared? ”

Dani shot back unflinchingly, "Who's scared?

"I'm going to build yì, let's not rush to the 'Silver Mountain Seat', get here first. Cassius pointed to a place on the map.

The group looked to the place where Cassius was pointing, 20 kilometers south of the camp.

"Is this a mountain?" Leonard, who had been marching and fighting for many years, had read more maps than had eaten, and recognized at a glance the symbol that represented the mountain.

"That's right. This is the Pentanif Mountain, where the largest goblin farm in the Federation is located. Cassius explained.

"What are we going to do in the mountains, grab some goblins to pull the cart?" Joyka didn't understand.

"It's not the mountains, it's the cities at the foot of the mountains. The city of Wiconk is not as large as Porfishagrad, but it should be able to find supplies. ”

"Is it necessary to deliberately take a detour just to resupply?" asked Sophia.

"It's necessary. These days, to save time, I take shortcuts and therefore don't enter the towns along the way. Now we're running out of water and food. I can make it out with magic, but the food ......," Cassius frowned, "I'm sorry to tell you that it's only enough for one meal." ”

Lei Dao: "No. Didn't you take a lot of them with you when you left Porfishagrad Prison? Brother, don't you ......?"

"It's not me! it's them!" Cassius felt wronged by the fact that his brother actually scooped up his own food, and he quickly pointed to the 48 snow dogs who were sleeping in the tent, "They are not very large but there are many of them, and I have lost my budget." ”

"But we're going to fight the walking dead all over the city?" Sophia was a little worried.

"A quick fix should be fine. "Wu nationality said.

"Do you have to go? Is there no other way?" asked Sophia.

Cassius sighed helplessly, "You all know that we can't hunt in the wild like we used to. ”

The plague spread not only among humans, but also some animals and monsters. On the way out of Porfishagrad, the companions were attacked by many walking corpses, horses, deer, foxes, and polar bears, and only last night, the companions knocked down the walking corpses of five human-faced snow apes, and the uninfected normal animals hid. You can't roast the worm corpse and eat it, right?

There was silence. Although no one wanted to enter the city, Cassius had a point. Seeing that no one objected, Cassius said, "Then let's finish replenishing the body, let's set off for Wellonck City." ”

On the west side of the silverwind taiga, the wind and snow began to go underground endlessly. Outside a natural ice cavern, a griffin covered in snowflakes curls up and looks like an oversized quail in the distance. In front of it were several cleanly eaten deer skeletons. The griffin has been guarding the entrance of the cave for almost a week, and as a fire-type demonic beast, it has long exceeded its limit of patience after guarding in such a cold climate for so long, but the griffin has never given up.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of footsteps in the cave. The drowsy griffin immediately came to its senses, shaking its feathers and shaking the snowflakes down.

A man clings to the wall of the cave and limps at the entrance of the cave. The light of the morning light illuminated the entire silverwind taiga, and after a few days of darkness, Owen was not used to the light outside the cave, and involuntarily raised his hand to block his eyes.

What was done in just one night at Chubron Falls now takes a week, which shows the power of the mysterious power that envelops the land. In fact, the price Owen paid was not only time, this time the suppression of demonic blood caused him ten times more traumatic than the last time he was at Chubron Falls. At this time, Owen was thin and thin, his face was haggard, and the organs in his body were already full of holes and injuries, and he barely maintained himself with only a breath of "qi".

"So you're still there. Owen smiled bitterly but happily when he saw the griffin, "Thank you for always being with me, partner." Your mission is complete, go back to your original master. Owen didn't want this comrade-in-arms who was born and died to continue to suffer with him, so he liberated it.

The monster seemed to understand human words, and screamed, looking at Owen, revealing a reluctant expression. After a few seconds, it finally spread its wings and returned to its own sky. However, the griffon did not leave immediately, but circled around Owen several times in the air. Eventually, the griffon realized that parting was inevitable, and with a few hiss in the air, it turned around and flew south.

Seeing the griffin getting farther and farther away, Owen could no longer withstand the severe pain and extreme mental exhaustion in his body, his eyes went black, and the whole person fell forward on the snow. The goose feathers and heavy snow quickly buried the thin body.

"How many more days can I live, how many more fights? I don't have much time to waste here. ”

The frozen fingers buried in the snowdrift shook a little.......