The frost was eating away at Jonas's body, and Jonas felt as if his soul was about to be frozen.

He let out a high-pitched scream, then summoned all his elemental power and fled frantically.

The fireball, which was half frozen, flew into the air in an instant, like a meteor, and quickly fled into the distance, leaving only a dazzling trajectory.

The silence of the forest was heard only the painful and venignant cry of Jonas: "!! Timos"

"Teacher, he ran away. Nalan Xingtian said.

"At the last minute, he was very sensible and chose to run away instead of winning with me. Timos shook his head, "The fifth-level elemental makes it really difficult to kill him completely if he wants to run, but he has been hit hard by me this time, and he has no way to recover without several years." ”

Nalan Xingtian was still a little worried when he saw Jonas running away, but at this moment, when he heard Timos say that the other party could not recover in a short time, the hanging heart was also put down.

"Mr. Timos. Meloti called softly.

"Are you Lambert Xia's daughter?" Timos looked at her, as the girl was still wearing the mask from the auction.

"Well, my name is Meloti Xia, and my father asked me to come to you, and he said that you were his most trusted friend. Meloti said as she took off her mask.

It was only at this moment that Nalan Xingtian saw the girl's appearance clearly.

Listening to the girl's voice is very young, but I am also very young, but I am only thirteen or fourteen years old.

With a goose egg face, eyebrows like distant mountains, and eyes like stars, her face was like a halo of pearls, even in this dim moonlight, it could not hide her beauty.

"You are not like your father, but you are as beautiful as your mother. Timos looked at Meloti's face with a look of remembrance, "Your father is also my most trusted friend. ”

"Mr. Timos, and Nalan Xingtian, I have a request, my squire Brian left the palace to deal with Jonas before, I don't know if he is dead or alive, can you help me find him?" ”

"Of course! Mr. Brian is here to save us. Nalan Xingtian agreed affirmatively.

"Let's go, there are a lot of magical beasts in the forest, we have to find him as soon as possible, whether it is life or death. Timos said.

......

It was getting dark, and Timos, Nalan Xingtian, and Meloti did not rest.

Following the traces of the previous battle between Brian and Jonas, I searched all the way, searched all night, and finally found Brian when it was dark.

Brian lay quietly in the ice and snow, his entire body had been completely covered by the snow, if it weren't for the exposed arm, Nalan Xingtian and his party would not have noticed his existence at all.

When the snow was removed and Brian's body was removed, Meloti's tears burst instantly.

Brian in front of him was unbearable to look at, his face was completely deformed and covered with blood, and he couldn't see what he had looked like before, and his neck was broken at a weird angle, like a boneless rag doll.

The snow still fell, and in the snow in the silent forest, a girl hugged the corpse and cried heartbreakingly, and two men stood aside with silent expressions.

......

With the help of Nalan and Timos, Meloti moved Brian's body to the cabin in the woods.

It was already dark, and the snow was still falling.

She cried all night, and she felt like her tears were dry.

At this moment, it is still Brian's vivid figure that remains in his memory.

Although Meloti knew that Brian was likely to be dead, she still couldn't accept this fact when she saw Brian with her own eyes.

The death of a close relative, even the corpse is incomplete, the pain is unforgettable.

For as long as she can remember, Brian has been by her side, both as her squire, as her playmate, and more often than not, more like a closest brother.

What flashed in her mind at the moment were the images of him beside her.

......

Meloti prepares to bury Brian, and the place chosen for her burial is in the clearing outside the cabin in the woods, where this is the fourth grave.

Meloti was digging a pit, holding a shovel, and repeating it again and again, as if it were the most important thing in her life.

Nalan Xingtian and Timos also came to help, and the snow was very muddy and quickly cleared, and then it was to dig a pit and bury the soil, and at the end, Nalan Xingtian cut two wooden blocks and tied them into a cross.

Then Meloti inscribed Brian's name on it, and Meloti closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and whispered her own prayer.

"He's a warrior. The fight was not given up until the last moment. Timos was indifferent

"I don't know about him, but he helped Jonas help me twice. Nalan Xingtian looked at the small tomb and whispered, "One day, I will cut off Jonas's head to pay your respect." ”

It's a promise, and it's a vow.

After a while, when Meloti had finished praying, she collected her grief and walked over to Timos.

"I've been tired all night, and I know you have something important to say to me, so let's all go into the hall. Timos said.

Meloti nodded, and the group entered the hall.

Closing the door and insulating the wind and snow outside, Nalan Xingtian added some wood to the fireplace to make the fire burn more vigorously.

Meloti took out a parchment roll from her bosom and respectfully handed it to Timos.

Then she said, "This is a letter from my father. ”

Timos took the letter, peeled off the lacquer of the seal, opened the parchment letter, and looked at it intently.

He looked at the letter silently, his expression becoming more and more serious.

Neither Meloti nor Nalan Xingtian spoke, for fear of disturbing Timos.

Soon, Timos read the letter, and then turned to Meloti and asked, "What did your father say to you?"

Meloti said: "He asked me to come to you, and I didn't say anything else, he said that everything he wanted to say was in the letter." ”

Timos asked again, "So, the 'key' held by the Cat Pie is also with you?"

"Yes, my father said that if I am not able to keep it, I will deliver it to you, Mr. Timos. Meloti said, looking into Timos' eyes.

"No, there is no need, it was the agreed rule for each faction to hold a part of the 'key', your father gave it to you, it is what belongs to you, you keep it, and don't let anyone know that the 'key' is with you except for the people present here. Timos admonished.

"Yes, but Jonas knows. Meloti said.

"I'll find him sooner or later. Timos said, his tone was flat, but there was a convincing force.

Nalan Xingtian was confused when he heard it on the side, but this kind of privacy that belonged to someone else's faction, and it was inconvenient for him to ask anything.