In the old days, it was already early summer, but in the northern mountains, the temperature at night would still drop below freezing, and sometimes even cold weather close to minus 20 degrees. But the viability of the mutated plants has also increased significantly, with trees, shrubs and even weeds stubbornly pulling out new shoots, even in unpredictable cold climates. However, the sprouts are colorful, no longer one-sided green, adding a brilliant color to the lonely and cold mountains, but also adding some weirdness.

In a sparse mountain forest, Persephone was walking alone, towards a mountain peak that seemed not far ahead. That was her next target, and the next battlefield she chose. In a humble cave on that peak, there was a supply point she had set up back then, which contained the necessary supplies of medicine, food, and ammunition. In the Northern War, Persephone would often leave the Servant to fight alone, especially when she began to attack and defend against the Grand Knights of the Holy Radiance Crusader in the mid-to-late stages. From the moment she reached the north, Persephone set up supply points wherever she went. Although the items in these supply points can only last for about three years, and the amount is only enough for one or two people, for a person like her who has reached the ninth order, as long as she gets a supply once in a long field battle, she will often have an unshakable advantage.

The forest that Persephone walked through was very strange, surrounded by huge trees tens of meters high, with trunks straight into the sky, only a few branches at the top, and sharp brown needles. These giant needle-like trees are far away from each other, and it takes tens of meters for one to grow, and the forest floor is covered with shrubs half a meter high. It's not yet the growing season, but the shrubs are all green and new.

In fact, those giant trees do not have the ability to feed themselves through photosynthesis, but in the invisible underground, their root systems are extremely developed, and they are densely distributed in almost the entire range of the forest. As for those low shrubs, even if they grow on their root systems, the nutrients synthesized will be robbed by the giant needles. The shrub is like a slave to the needle.

Persephone chose this forest for a reason. This forest may seem sparse, but in fact it is connected, and whenever someone enters the forest, the needles of the entire forest will react. If you are familiar with this place, it is not difficult to tell whether people or animals have entered the forest from the reaction of the needle, and it is even possible to judge how many people have entered and from which direction. Persephone had come to the forest when she was chasing a great knight. The Grand Knight of the Radiant Crusader was already at a complete disadvantage, and if it weren't for Persephone's bad taste, he wouldn't have been able to escape so far. But in this forest, he suddenly seemed to know Persephone's whereabouts well, and in the non-stop guerrilla warfare, he almost made Persephone suffer a big loss. However, the difference in ability level between the two is too large, and in the end, the big knight who has the advantage of home field still falls to the scheming Persephone. After the battle, Persephone examines the forest and finally discovers the secret of the needlewood. A supply point was set up on the edge of this forest, which is several hundred square kilometers long, and was ready to be used as the home field for the final battle at the moment of crisis.

But the idea at the time was just in case, deep down in her heart, she even thought that she would never use this home field. I didn't expect this day to come so quickly.

At this time, Persephone was completely different from the past, first of all, her long pale gray hair had been cut into short pieces, and the uniform on her upper body had been torn into strips of cloth, wrapped in the vital places, and wrapped in the lined combat underwear. The lower body is simply modified from a short skirt into shorts that are more suitable for fighting, and the dark stockings are long gone. That thing is purely cosmetic, and in a real battle it will only be a drag. Black-framed glasses, on the other hand, have a variety of detection functions, but they are also discarded because electronic devices can reveal their whereabouts. At this moment, Persephone is like a fierce female warrior, and is no longer an office girl of the old era who combines simplicity and seduction.

She also dragged a corpse in her hands. This is a very strong man, with dozens of incisions on his body, the deepest one directly disemboweling him. Although it had been some time since death appeared from the color of the corpse's complexion, his eyes had long since lost their lustre, and his face was full of disbelief and horror.

Persephone only knew that the guy was called Three, and whether or not it was another name was not her concern. Walking to the center of the forest, Persephone stomped on the ground, and immediately the shrubs flew sideways, the earth swelled, and a shallow pit with a radius of two meters appeared, and the bottom of the pit was full of needles and wood. With a wave of her hand, she threw the corpse of Number Three into the pit, and the roots of the needlewood immediately seemed to come to life, growing at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye, and a few minutes later, the corpse of Number Three was densely covered with roots! Hollow thorns sprouted from the roots of the needlewood, piercing into the corpse of Number Three, sucking the flesh and blood, and the body quickly dried up. The roots of the needlewood themselves became tighter and tighter, and the bones rattled and then quickly shattered. In less than ten minutes, the body of Number Three had disappeared, and there was not even half a bone left! The roots of the needle continue to turn, pulling the mud back into place, and the seeds of many small shrubs pop out of the roots. The vitality of this small shrub is fully stimulated, and it only takes one day to grow. Tomorrow this time, the forest will be restored to its original state.

Persephone reached out and touched a needle tree beside her, fully aware of the slight vibrations of joy.

She smiled faintly and continued walking towards the supply point.

Behind her, at least two more enemies are on track, and the hapless guy codenamed Two has two legs cut off by her, and Persephone has completely crushed his broken legs. This number two should have completely lost its combat effectiveness. The Fourth itself is not very strong, but those strange pupils have a lot of mysterious abilities, and Persephone finds that she seems to be able to see the image from a few seconds ago. If she plays her skills properly, Number Four can be a very troublesome opponent, but her weakness is also prominent, which is that she has to be coordinated. Otherwise, with her at most one or two combat abilities near the seventh order, one of them would die at the hands of Persephone.

There is also a number one, which is the real trouble. If she was alone in the wild, Persephone would be at least seventy or eighty percent sure that she would have killed this pale-faced young man. But the number four always moves with the number one, which is more tricky. And Persephone needs to be quick to decide, and if it drags on for a long time, maybe their reinforcements will arrive. So, Persephone finally decided to use this forest as a cemetery for No. 1 and No. 4.

For some reason, the task force that originally belonged to the whole team had a disagreement during the tracking, and the final result was that No. 1 and No. 4 went all the way, and No. 2 and No. 3 chased down in the other direction, trying to split up and destroy Persephone in one fell swoop. Number two and number three were clearly unlucky, as they were chasing in the right direction. So in front of Persephone, whose combat strength exploded instantly, No. 2 and No. 3 were completely defeated after only three minutes of support, and failed to survive until No. 1 and No. 4 rushed to support.

A moment later, Persephone had arrived at the preset supply point, consumed all the nutrients, and after dealing with the injuries on her body, she opened a miniature device the size of a button. Three laser beams are projected from the instrument, forming a three-dimensional avatar of a man in the air. The originally handsome face was covered with blood and dust, and his blonde hair was stained with gunsmoke, and the original color was barely recognizable. Persephone recognized the man at a glance as Renfil.

Renfil smiled bitterly and said intermittently, "General Fanny, I'm very reluctant to send you this message. Ward is dead, and all your servants, and my brothers, are dead. Bebraz sent a devil to intercept us, all I know is that her name is Elena. It was only after my brothers swore to death that they dragged this terrible woman back, and they told me to escape so that I could deliver this message to you. If...... If possible, they hope that you will one day be able to avenge them. ”

In the hologram, Renfil paused as he said this, then coughed violently, and a lot of blood foamed out of his lips involuntarily! With great difficulty, he stopped coughing that seemed to be about to shatter his lungs, raised his head, looked at Persephone again, who was not in front of him, and said slowly: "I will go back to the northern base, if you want to find me, you will find me there." But, Fanny, you have to watch out for that Elena, she's a devil! Until now, I don't know how she killed my brothers! ”

Persephone's expression was unusually solemn, because when Renfil was saying the last few words, a beautiful woman appeared behind her! She wore a men's black courtesy, and her big eyes flashed with mischievous curiosity, almost behind Renfil, looking at it with him. But Renfil didn't seem to know it!

In an instant, Persephone knew that it was Elena who appeared behind Renfil. As for why I know, I can only come down to intuition.

Renfil uses holographic encrypted messaging and can receive signals over hundreds of kilometers. In front of Persephone, on the other hand, is a completely passive receiver that doesn't have to worry about revealing its location, and it automatically destroys after a message is played.

Persephone rested for an hour to adjust her body to its best before she walked out of the supply point. Number one and number four were no longer important before Elena could arouse Persephone's interest. She believed that Elena had come for herself.

Persephone walked into the center of the needle forest, and in her consciousness came up with Elena's face, and then a wisp of mental fluctuations radiated. If Elena wasn't far away, I believe she could sense it.

A few minutes later, rustling footsteps sounded in the lonely needle forest, and out of the forest came a woman, more than 180 centimeters tall, wearing a black suit, white shirt, black bow tie, and the black top hat of the old era seemed to be one of her symbols.

Persephone's eyes lit up, and she stood in the woods seemingly casually, asking, "Elena?" ”

"It's me." Elena's fiery gaze glanced Persephone up and down, and then showed a hint of disappointment, saying, "Why are you dressed like this?" I thought you and I would have a common topic of taste, but I don't understand why. ”

"It's to kill you." Persephone said with a smile.

Elena gasped, her face was so shocked that she even covered her mouth with her hands, her big eyes were full of horror, and she looked like a little girl who had seen a bug, although this little girl was too tall.