In the winter of 975 in the Elemental Calendar, the city of Fe was covered with heavy snow all day long, as if the heavens had deliberately gathered hundreds of years of snow here, intending to hold a snow carnival.

The unusually cold air made it rare to see footprints on the roads completely covered in snow, and occasionally one or two luxuriously dressed carriages passed by, in front of which were coachmen in thick coats and black gloves, but still frowning from the cold.

Those were the exclusive vehicles of the middle and high-ranking nobles in Fe City, and in such a cold environment, they were still interested in going out to enjoy the snow, and the toiling people were all huddled around the slightly hot stove in their homes at this time.

But even at this time, there was still a man wearing a black trench coat, a black wide-brimmed hat that symbolized nobility, and a bright red bow tie on his chest.

The man's entire face was shrouded in shadows under the brim of his hat, with an inscrutable obscureness, like his perverse upright body in the cold wind.

This person just stood like this, without looking up or looking around, in an attitude of indifference to everything around him, like a generation of arrogant kings, who didn't care about the country under his crotch.

At this moment, such a big man seemed to be waiting for something, until another strong man-like man who was almost exactly dressed like him, but several times his size, appeared behind him.

"You're late, General Shuodong," the man who had been standing here finally spoke his first words, but he turned his back to the strong man, and did not turn or turn back, as if he was extremely sure of the identity of the person who came behind him, and his tone of voice was unwavering, "such a procrastination of time will not do you the slightest benefit in fighting for the Alliance. ”

The two had apparently made an appointment to meet on the side of the little-traveled street of Fe City.

"Yes, yes, what you said is," Hearing this, the strong man immediately laughed, "But the alliance leader, you also know that the Metal Empire has suffered another defeat recently, and the inventory of the major main cities is extremely strict, even if it is me, it is not easy to get in." ”

After speaking, he raised his head, revealing a slightly yellowed face, looked around with a surprised gaze, and then said in a low voice, "Alliance Leader, your H Clan's magic has improved again? ”

"Well, then he's okay," the Alliance Leader nodded, "Also, give him this volume of information." ”

With that, he took out a scroll from the inside of his trench coat, which was sealed with golden-edged wooden ends at both ends, and at first glance, he knew that this was not an ordinary thing.

"Yes!" Seeing what he was about to do, the Shuodong general also immediately restrained his smile, quickly straightened up, held his right hand in his heart and gave a military salute to the alliance leader in front of him, and then stretched out his hands to take the scroll.

"Remember, this is a confidential document, take it and hand it directly to your boss, the generals, and even the prince can't let him know!" After handing over the scroll to the strong man, the alliance leader seemed to be a little uneasy, and gave another advice.

Shuo Dong nodded, and was about to put it in his clothes......

"Bang!" The sound of impact sounded, and Shuo Dong's arm holding the scroll was hit hard by something, and the whole person stumbled backwards, and the scroll that was not held firmly flew directly into the air.

"What man!" Shuo Dong suddenly roared, and as he roared, a piece of silver light slipped out of his sleeve!

It was an extremely slender blade, which looked like it was used for assassination or self-defense, but it didn't match his size.

The place where he had stood when he had taken the scroll had been stirred up by something unknown had stirred up a mist of snow.

"Damn it!" the leader of the alliance, whose face was covered by the brim of his black wide-brimmed hat, was finally no longer as calm as before, and a low rebuke came out of his throat, although he couldn't see his face, he could still imagine that his expression must be bruised at this time.

But he didn't act, maybe it was inconvenient for him to make a move with his current status, so he could only stand there and watch Shuo Dong rush into the snow mist with anger on his face.

After a while, Shuo Dong came out, and there was an extra half-grown boy with silver gray hair on his left hand.

Shuo Dong furrowed his thick eyebrows, which were even more brown than his face, and looked at the young man he had grabbed in his hand, and the young man was holding an important information scroll that had been knocked into the air before.

The expression on his face suddenly became exciting.

Could it be that the enemy has already noticed their meeting? But why did they send a child to intercept information? Did they want me to let my guard down? But this is too underestimating me! Shuo Dong thought like this, but the movements of his hands did not stop, he directly threw the young man to the ground, and then the sharp blade in his other hand was on the young man's neck.

As a general, years of experience in warfare taught him that he couldn't let the leader of all this happen happen just because he was a child.

The alliance leader also stared at this silver-gray-haired teenager with some curiosity, this half-grown teenager was only about 20 years old, which was really young compared to the average lifespan of 200 years and the adult age of 30 years old.

The young man looked at the two mysterious black-clothed men standing beside him, and there was fear and trembling in his silver pupils that seemed to be very calm.

All this did not escape the eyes of the alliance leader, but seeing this scene, he sighed for no reason and said, "Shuo Dong, put away the knife." ”

Then he turned to the young man, whose body was still trembling even though he did not have a sharp blade around his neck, and said, "Don't be afraid, child, give the scroll to this yellow-faced uncle in front of you, and we will let you go." ”

The silver-haired boy stood up in disbelief, the man whose whole face was covered in the shadow of the brim of his hat gave him a chill called fear, compared to the large uncle who had grabbed him and held the knife to his neck.

"Right...... I'm sorry," the boy held the scroll to Shuo Dong with trembling hands, "I'...... I was there to catch the party held by the H and Fe high-level people in the restaurant in the center of the city, and I was almost late, so I ran faster, and I accidentally crashed directly into the snow slope behind......"

Shuo Dong took the scroll and made sure that it was okay, then turned around and looked at the steep slope behind him with a large pit in the middle.

What a massive reversal it would have to be to create such a terrain!

And the alliance leader seemed to be more concerned about the drinking party that the young man said: "You said you were going to attend the high-level drinking party of the H clan and the Fe clan?"

"Yes!" Speaking of the drinking party, the young man seemed to have a lot of energy, and the silver pupils of his eyes were shining as he spoke, "Because all nobles are allowed to participate in this drinking party!

"And—" Speaking of this, the young man suddenly looked around mysteriously, and then beckoned the two of them to come closer, as if he was about to tell some earth-shattering secret, completely forgetting that these two men had threatened his life before, "It is said that the empress Fu Qiang, the first beauty of the H clan, will also attend this drinking party! Many noble children have rushed to this place, I want to go and see her true face as soon as possible!"

Shuo Dong was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the alliance leader with a wicked smile.

However, the alliance leader just nodded, raised his arm, and signaled that the young man could go.

As soon as the young man saw the man in black let him go, he immediately got up and said "goodbye" to the two, and then ran out without looking back.

"It's really strange that the two of them are not from the Fe or H races," the young man muttered as he ran wildly, "Forget it, I still don't tell my parents about this, so as not to worry them, and it is important to attend the drinking party." ”

Still, he remembered in his heart the pale, withered fingers of the brown-faced uncle named Shuo Dong and the man in black who had never shown his face when he finally raised his hand.