In the depths of winter, the sky is covered with goose feathers and snow, and the vast wasteland is dead silent. When I looked up, there was only a vast expanse, and there was no trace of any living creatures.

But in the city suspended above the wasteland, there was a different scene.

In the bustling shopping street, pure white horses, with broken steps, dragged delicate floats, strolled along the streets made of granite.

Today is the annual festival of the gods (New Year's Day), and citizens flock to the streets for a grand procession. They praise the gods, are grateful for the rich and warm life, and embrace the wonders of this world......

At the very front of the parade is an oversized float. The float is drawn by twelve sturdy Shire horses, carved from thousand-year-old elm wood from the northern ice fields. The body pattern is simple and delicate, and it is covered with a blanket with red and gold edges, and it is also covered with delicate petals everywhere.

This gorgeous carriage, as if coming from the top of the mountain of the gods, brought the blessings of the rain god to the earth.

Still, no one seems to notice all this......

Because there was a beautiful maiden standing in the carriage, her presence attracted all eyes and made everything around her pale. Now. With a slight smile, the girl sometimes greeted the crowd of onlookers on both sides of the street.

This is the most popular priest of the Rain Prayer Temple, Muyu Lily of the Valley.

While the people were cheering for their priest, in the side hall of the Temple of Prayer for Rain, a middle-aged woman with a solemn expression was talking to a young girl with a youthful atmosphere. This middle-aged woman was the high priest of the Rain Prayer Temple, and she had only rushed back from the Central Silver City this morning. As soon as she got off the aircraft, she immediately summoned Mu Yuqin Xin to come and ask questions.

"How's it going?" Prayer for rain asked.

"I'm sorry, the mission failed......" Mu Yuqin pouted in her heart, with a depressed expression.

The prayer for rain took the girl's hand, showed a kind smile, and said, "It's okay, you're still young, it's just...... The other party is not powerful, why did you fail in your mission? ”

So, Mu Yuqin told the story of the incident, including the killing of a "female robber playing with a pen" halfway, and the subsequent investigation.

"Lena Yucoris, the sixth lady of the Sand City Hiros family, the illegitimate daughter of the head of the family, Leighton Hiros, is currently the sheriff of Iron Mountain Town, and her term of office is three years away." Finally, she added, "It's a bit of a ...... relationship with the target It's a bit inexplicable. ”

"According to you, our Red Knight, while wearing Twilight Armor, was severely injured by her blow?" Mu Yuqin nodded in his heart, and prayed for rain and sighed, "I didn't expect the Xiluo family to produce a saint-level powerhouse." ”

"Holy Order! Impossible! That's not ...... with you," Mu Yuqin exclaimed.

"Even if it's not a holy rank, it's estimated that it's close, the red-clothed warriors of the shadow vein are higher than the red-clothed warriors of the regular army, but they hide their true strength." The rain prayer sacrifice explained.

"However, the target has been seriously injured by us, and may not survive."

"I didn't expect him to be an insect mutant, things are even more troublesome, and I must not let Lily of the Valley contact him again." The prayer for rain said with a frown.

"The subject has been missing for a long time, and about a month ago, the subject burned down his stronghold, and no one has seen him since." Mu Yuqin said with some uncertainty in her heart, "Xiaoqing estimates that he has already left Tieshan Town." ”

Hearing Mu Yuqin say this, praying for rain seemed to be relieved. After being silent for a while, she sighed deeply and said, "Xiaoqing, you two sisters have always had a good relationship, let you do this, Mom...... Mom, I'm sorry you guys......"

"Mother...... Xiaoqing knows that you are for our good. Mu Yuqin whispered comfort.

"You and Lily of the Valley were brought back by me below, and you have all experienced the cruelty of this world." The rain priest gently patted the girl on the shoulder and said, "Although our Notre Dame is a whole. But in reality, each temple is relatively independent. Only with sufficient resources and force can we have a foothold in this world. This rain prayer temple is the life's work of me and your Aunt Jinghai. When I was young, the two of us were just like you and Lily of the Valley, but it's a pity that Jinghai ......" Speaking of emotion, the rain sacrifice couldn't help but wipe his eyes.

Mu Yuqin hugged the shoulder of the rain sacrifice hard, and whispered, "Xiaoqing understands......"

After a while, the prayer for rain sacrifice calmed down, regained a solemn expression, and then said seriously, "Xiaoqing, in two years, when you turn nineteen, I want to send you to Central Silver City for further study for a period of time. ”

"Huh? Still reading? Aren't lily of the valley and I studying every day? By school standards, we all graduated with 'master's' degrees. ”

The Prayer Rain Priest shook his head and said, "The students of the Central Yincheng Military Academy are all the objects of cultivation by the major forces, and if you and Lily of the Valley want to gain a foothold in this world, you must know more people in order to integrate into the circle at the top of the pyramid." ”

Listening to her mother's words, Mu Yuqin nodded as if she didn't understand......

Meanwhile, in another part of Silver City 13, in an old and luxurious old European-style mansion, butlers and maids were busy putting up lights and preparing for the evening ball.

This is the residence of the Lei Ling family, one of the six families of the thirteenth Silver City.

For the Lei Ling family, today is a special day. In addition to the traditional festival of praise to the gods, it is also the birthday of the current head of the house. Every year at this time, Lei Ling's family will hold a grand ball, inviting celebrities and gentlemen from all walks of life to celebrate the New Year and celebrate the birthday of the old family owner.

For tonight's dance, Carl Leiling, the deputy commander who works at the No. 13 Silver City Military Base, is wearing a light-colored evening dress at the moment, standing in front of the mirror and posing in various poses. Finally, he smiled slightly at the mirror, then nodded to himself, clearly pleased with the new custom-made dress, or with his own appearance.

"Fourth Young Master, you are so handsome." The lieutenant standing next to him gave a thumbs up.

"Dalong, you can go up with me tonight, I applied for a special pass for you."

"Ahh It's true! The lieutenant shouted with his mouth wide open.

"What? Don't believe me? Carl laughed.

"No...... Don't ......" The lieutenant clasped his fists with both hands and said seriously, "Thank you for the importance of the fourth young master, Dalong didn't do a good job, the fourth young master not only did not punish him, but he was also willing to take Dalong to the master's birthday party......" Speaking of this, the lieutenant suddenly knelt down on one knee and said like an oath, "It is the honor of Dalong to follow the young master in this life." ”

"It's a bit of a pity that I didn't get the golden sandworm eggs, but the woman ......" Carl seemed to remember the events of that day, and sighed with great recollection, "It's so cool to play!" ”

The lieutenant laughed and said, "The fourth young master likes this tune, Dalong will find it for you next time." ”

Karl shook his head and said, "No, you can't do too much of this kind of thing, if it spreads to the top, it will be difficult for my father to explain it." ”

The lieutenant waved his hand and said in a rough voice, "It's okay, it's okay, young master, you're too worried, who cares about their life and death with these garbage dogs below." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about it, get ready to go." Carl, as if he didn't want to talk about it anymore, waved his hand and motioned for the lieutenant to go down and arrange the vehicle. It is a twenty-minute drive from the ground transfer station of No. 13 Silver City. When you get to the transfer station, you have to transfer to a hovership to go up.

Half an hour later, Karl put on his trench coat under the service of the lieutenant, and walked out of the base gate in the face of the blowing wind and snow. At this time, there were five sand carts parked in front of the base, and two of them also had wolf mechs standing on them. Seeing such a scene, Carl couldn't help frowning and asked, "Is it necessary to drive so many cars for such a short distance?" ”

"Bringing more talents is in line with the identity of the young master, the young master of the Lei Ling family is a big man." The lieutenant replied earnestly. Although he said this, there was a flash of fear in his eyes. Ever since he learned from Blackfang that the iron slag had burned his stronghold, he then vanished. He had nightmares all the time, and he often hallucinated, as if those wolf-like eyes were staring at him all the time. Before he knew it, he was becoming more and more timid. Whenever he thought about it, he shuddered.

Karl smiled, clearly pleased with the flattery of his subordinate. He then got on the sand wagon with the help of the lieutenant and directed the convoy towards the ground transit station.

There was heavy snow along the way, and although the distance was not very far, the bad weather greatly reduced the speed of the vehicle.

More than twenty minutes later, the convoy was halfway there. At this time, the wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier, and the visibility outside the car window is very low, and you can only see the scenery 20 or 30 meters away. But there wasn't much outside, except for snow and snow.

Carl glanced at his watch with some irritation, hoping to make it to the family's lunch, but the snow was not as he wished. At that moment, he seemed to see something swaying outside the window. He frowned and looked closer, but it was a "Dead Sea aspen" (a tree that can still grow in harsh conditions) common in the wilderness, swaying its bare branches in the snow. He did not understand why the poet was so fond of praising such thin and ugly trees. In fact, he was born as a nobleman in Silver City, and he didn't know about this kind of tough tree, just as he didn't know the people on the ground.

He was just about to curse, when suddenly there was a flash of fire in front of him! This was followed by an earth-shattering bang!

"Boom!"

In an instant, it was as if the whole world was shaking, and the sharp tinnitus made people dizzy. The blast shattered the windows of the car. In the next second, the strong wind swept the snow into the car, and the carriage suddenly became chaotic.

Carl tumbled out of the passenger seat. He had just recovered from his vertigo, and he hadn't had time to straighten up. I saw that in the wind and snow, a strong light penetrated the layers of flying snowflakes and came to my face. The dazzling light illuminated him so much that he couldn't open his eyes, and he could only hear the roar of the locomotive, which was rushing from far to near!

"Boom!"

With the sound of sharp blades cutting bones, his world changed, and he only felt that his body was light and fluttering, as if he had flown into the sky, and he was looking down at the ground condescendingly, only to see a red locomotive passing by. It was the last image of his life, after which he was plunged into endless darkness......

At this moment, on the other side of Karl, the charred-black lieutenant struggled to climb out of the window. He gasped, glad he was alive. But as soon as he raised his head, he saw a swarthy man standing in front of him. The man was holding a half-man-tall heavy machine gun, the thick barrel aimed at his head.

"Girl! Brother Niu has avenged you! ”

The black man roared! Heavy machine guns respond to his anger!

......"Dada

The bullets that poured out mercilessly tore the beast in front of him to pieces! The screams of terror and the wails of despair, mixed with the howling north wind, were carried far away......

In the midst of a blizzard, the flames were everywhere, and at last everything was calm.

More than twenty minutes later......

In front of the new earthen bag on the low mountain, there are two more figures.

"Where are you going?" Iron Slag looked up into the distance and asked casually.

"I'm going to the south, a few years ago, the master asked me to go to the south to join my grandfather, I haven't been too lazy to go, and now it's time to go and see." The old cow smiled innocently and replied.

Iron Slag looked at the brother in front of him, stretched out his hand firmly, and the old cow held it tightly. Subsequently, the two parted ways in silence......

It didn't take long for the iron slag to appear on the side of the Iron Mountain Town Municipality. Now that he has committed a heinous crime, he is equivalent to being the enemy of the entire world's Silver City nobles, so he will not contact Lena again. Perhaps in a few hours, the sheriff of Iron Mountain Town will be forced by all parties to issue a wanted warrant offering a reward for him.

He had come here just to take another look at that familiar window. There are many memories of him, as well as the warmth that he never had in his childhood.

"Wait for me."

Thinking silently in his heart, the young man slowly raised his head, and then slapped the red button hard!

[Captain, injection mode activated, power charge 99%, high pressure nitrogen level 80%]

With the sound of the girl's synthesized voice, the twelve jet sacs of the red comet activated at the same time, and the fuel thrusters spewed orange-red tail flames to the rear. The speed of the locomotive soared to the extreme in an instant, turning into a meteor and flying to the end of the world......

(End of Volume II)