Two: Nightmares

Bai Lu woke up from the dream again, and it was the lingering nightmare again, the lightning strike that fell from the sky, the parents who died in the ruins, and the brother who was killed in front of him. That year, she was eight years old.

The sixteen-year-old girl put her arms around her knees to keep her body from trembling, and she bit her lip hard to hold back her crying, but the tears in her eyes still flowed uncontrollably on her face.

As time passed, Bai Lu gradually calmed down, but she no longer felt sleepy. Let's go out for a walk, the girl quickly made up her mind, she tiptoed out of the dormitory, and walked towards Jingxin Lake outside the school.

Mirror Heart Lake is not far from Hengcang City, legend has it that blessed by angels, Mirror Heart Lake has the magic power to fulfill people's wishes, but the person who makes a wish must pray the most devoutly. I don't know if anyone has successfully made a wish, but because of this legend, every day there are couples who come to the lake to make a wish to stay for life and never separate, and because of this reason, Jingxin Lake is rendered with a layer of romance.

Although it was already the middle of the night, because of his mother who was a cat and a father who was a leopard, Bai Lu's nocturnal walking ability was not inferior to that of a male orc. After a while, Bai Lu sat in the mirror grass that shone brightly, quietly watching the moon reflected in the lake, and the memories drowned her like a flood that burst the embankment.

Disaster struck so suddenly. The lightning strike from the sky knocked the entire wooden house into ashes, and the home full of laughter and laughter was in ruins in the blink of an eye, and Bai Lu, who had just returned home from picking flowers from the depths of the forest, only saw a dazzling white light flash, and then only the gray black frame was crumbling, emitting a pungent smell. Bai Lu, who was only eight years old, didn't realize what was happening, she stood in front of the scorched earth that was once called home, and the flower in her hand fell to the ground at some point, until she saw the charred corpses of her parents, Bai Lu's tears finally burst out of her eyes, "Dad! Mom! Bai Lu, who was running towards her parents, was covered by one hand in her mouth, and the other hand grabbed her and ran in the opposite direction.

A fist with electric light suddenly appeared above Bai Lu's head, and almost at the same time, the light shield in front of Bai Lu appeared, and the roar sounded, the light shield cracked in response, and Bai Lu and the person were instantly knocked out. When Bai Lu could barely open her eyes, she saw the person standing in front of her, and the white, familiar leopard tail, "It's my brother..." As if seeing hope in a desperate situation, Bai Lu showed a reassuring smile, but tears soon flowed out again, "Brother, mom and dad..." Bai Lu was suddenly silent, and there was a man in a black cloak standing opposite his brother, with electric flashes all over his body, there was no doubt that the punch just now and the previous lightning strike were his actions.

"Let's go. The elder brother's heavy voice sounded, and a piece of jade pendant fell at Bai Lu's feet, "Take this, it can cover up your half-blood aura." The man in black suddenly turned into a flash of lightning and rushed over, and in the blink of an eye, he was entangled with Bai Chen.

"Holy Angel, Coming!" "Holy Angel, Descend!" The white leopard roared, and a Valkyrie in armor appeared out of thin air, holding a sharp blade and slashing towards the man in black, the man in black was not afraid at all, and at the same time as a punch shook Bai Chen, he rotated his body with his toes as a support point, and hit the side of the sword with a backhand, and the Valkyrie actually collapsed directly in the thunder and lightning, and the man in black immediately turned into a lightning bolt and rushed towards Bai Chen, the light shield appeared again, but it couldn't stop the intricate electric light, and the human figure appeared, and the man in black strangled Bai Chen's neck with his hand, and stuck him on the trunk, "Quick... Let's go..." Hearing her brother's words, Bai Lu, who had been crying in place, came back to her senses, grabbed the jade pendant and ran in the direction of Hengcang City, her brain was blank, running, running, until she couldn't run... The man in black raised his other hand, opened his palm in the direction of Bai Lu, and the electric light converged in the palm of his palm, "God... Temple..." The enchantment composed of light opened instantly, and the electric light slammed on the enchantment, but it disappeared as if it had been absorbed, and the man in black immediately twisted Bai Chen's neck, but the enchantment did not disappear, and before the neck was twisted, the white leopard had already lost its life.

After that, Bai Lu entered Clay Academy, fortunately, there was a jade pendant left by her brother, and the people of Bloody Night did not find her in the end, and her brother's savings were enough to last until the time of graduation in the lower grades.

Different from the high level, there is no obvious gap between the lower grades of Clay Academy and other schools, they are all based on theory, despite this, there are still many people who desperately want to enter the academy, because Bai Chen has made a great contribution to the academy, as Bai Chen's sister, Bai Lu also successfully obtained a place, but because of this, many people have a prejudice against her, coupled with childhood experience, Bai Lu has become a lonely person with a lonely heart and an indifferent appearance, always alone, and there is no one who can be called a friend. Bai Lu and Bai Chen have the same angel origin, but Bai Lu is different from her brother, her angel origin does not have any aggression, although the auxiliary ability of the angel origin is also extremely good, but no matter how good it is, it is only an auxiliary, if she fails to join the team, Bai Lu will not even be able to participate in the exam.

The startled bird in the distance pulled Bai Lu's thoughts back, as if something was approaching. Bai Lu flashed and hid in the bushes next to him, and after a while, the white light and the black fog were intertwined and came to the lake, and the continuous burst of origin power set off waves in the lake, and a figure suddenly flew out of the white light, stopped in a posture of holding the ground with one hand, and drew a deep ravine on the ground, and the battle was calmed down for a moment, Bai Lu saw clearly that the black fog was actually a male orc with a snake tail on his body, his skin was abnormally pale, but the snake tail was pale green, and his withered face was faintly flashing with blue-black light, exuding an eerie atmosphere。

"This is a member of the Snake Clan, why are you here?" In addition to the Forest Realm, there are also Grassland Realm, Ocean Realm, Sky Realm and Swamp Realm in this world, because the intelligent races that have evolved in each realm are roughly the same, so they have formed a relatively stable independent country.

Bai Lu's gaze moved to another person not far away, it was a white leopard, holding a war spear, its sturdy body covered with scars, and it was gasping for breath. It seems that the battle is nearing its end. Bai Lu didn't move, the strength of the two people in front of her was much higher than her, and any movement could kill her.

"You better give up, why bother yourself?" said the snake man lazily, but the black mist was even thicker, "What's wrong in the organization, I want to take my own life." ”

The white panther stood up and took up his weapon with a resolute look.

"I'm not going back, it's better to die than to be a walking corpse, but you, is it really worth being so loyal like a dog?" said the white leopard lightly.

"You are looking for death!" The snake man who was poked in the sore spot waved his hands, the black mist turned into sharp spikes, and flew towards the white leopard overwhelmingly, the white leopard stretched forward with one hand, and the power of thunder and lightning gathered in the palm of his hand, and in the next second, a thunderous heavy cannon instantly annihilated the spikes in front of him, but the black fog took advantage of this opportunity to go around behind the white leopard, and the snake tail stabbed out of it, and the target was the heart of the white leopard.

The white leopard snorted coldly, and immediately turned around with a spear to block this sneak attack, the snake's tail suddenly broke off and twisted, and the spear handle was entangled, the snake man borrowed his strength to come to the top of the white leopard, the black mist turned into a double knife, and slashed at the top of the white leopard's head, the white leopard did not hesitate to give up the spear, bent backwards to avoid the slash, and at the same time kicked the spear body with both legs, and the moment of the handover, the war spear burst out with strong thunder and lightning, the snake man was obviously familiar with the white leopard's ability, and left the war spear before that, but was still forced back by the thunder and lightning for a few meters, the white leopard stabilized his body, stretched his hands forward, and the war spear returned to his hand。

Without waiting for the white leopard to make further moves, the snake man rushed up again, the two of them were close to each other, and the ping pong sound of the war spear and the double knife colliding sounded intensively, but it can be seen that both in terms of strength and speed, the white leopard is obviously inferior, and there are many scars on the body. Finally, the snake man's double knives slashed one by one, and the spear was broken in two, and the snake's tail slammed into the side of the white leopard, and the white leopard was pumped out, just in front of the bush where Bai Lu was hiding.

"The winner has been decided, and I will give you a chance to go back with me. ”

The white leopard spat out a mouthful of blood and struggled to stand up.

"I said that even if I die, I will not go back. ”

"Then you will die!" "Then you will die!" When the snake man was condensing the flying thorns, he suddenly thought of something, and his expression became hideous, "By the way, it's all death anyway, so it's better to try this." ”

The black fog gradually became thicker, and in the center of the black fog, in the deepest darkness, a door appeared, and there were countless undead spirits struggling and wailing, unable to get out of the abyss for half a step.

"You should feel honored, after all, you are the first person to try this abyss of the dead, these spirits will not only take your life, but also tear your soul apart! This kind of death is not something ordinary people have the opportunity to enjoy, hahaha!"

Bai Lu was completely paralyzed, it turned out that in the face of the deepest fear, people would really lose all their ability to think and act, and she could only watch the door of death open.

"Abyss of the Dead, welcome to your joining. The snake man left with a sinister smile, the door fully opened, and countless undead rushed out with a hiss.

Bai Lu closed her eyes in despair: "I'm sorry, brother." ”

Time seems to have passed for a long time, the imaginary bite has never arrived, Bai Lu hesitated to open his eyes, but was stunned by the scene in front of him, the white leopard stood up at some point, the tall and sturdy body completely blocked her impartially, the undead shouted and flew in, but was bounced away by the origin power of the white leopard, and it was completely unable to approach half a step.

The white leopard has obviously reached the limit, he is burning his origin power, this behavior will not only make the user lose his life, but also the soul will collapse, originally with his spiritual power can keep the soul immortal, but the girl behind him is innocent.

"Hehe, what is this, atonement?" he chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"Hide!

Bai Lu covered her mouth with her hands, tears burst out of her eyes, and the back in front of her coincided with the back in her memory.

"Brother..."

I don't know how long it took, the hideous resentful spirit disappeared, the snake man had long since disappeared, the white leopard fell weakly, the mirror heart lake returned to its original calm, and the mirror heart grass was still emitting a faint blue light. Bai Lu carefully turned the lifeless body over, the moon was hidden by the clouds, but his appearance was so familiar.

It's really like, the same white leopard, similar markings, and the same... Leave permanently.

Tears fell on the mirror grass one by one, why are you so useless, so cowardly, you can only hide behind others and tremble every time, you can't do anything.

Suddenly, she remembered the legend of Mirror Heart Lake. Bai Lu has never taken this legend seriously, and since her brother's death, she has fallen into despair and numbness. But this time, only this time, she really wanted the legend to be true.

"Listen to this man's sincere prayer, O holy Mirror Lake, to resurrect the dead in front of you, for which I am willing to give everything. ”

Sure enough, legends are always just legends. After nearly half an hour, only the sound of the wind blowing through the mirror grass, Guardian Tian used his wings to gently hold Bai Lu.

It's a bit of a pity, but isn't that expected?

Bai Lu stood up gently and healed the wounds on the white leopard's body, and at this time he looked like he was asleep.

With tears in the corners of her eyes, Bai Lu bowed deeply to the white leopard, and then with a heart full of pain, she quietly left and disappeared into the vast night.

Give everything you have, do you really think so?

"Yes. A voice suddenly sounded in his head, and before Bai Lu could react, he subconsciously answered this question.

Would you like to change anything even if you can't change anything?

"I do. ”

Why, isn't there no hope anymore?

"I..."

Bai Lu, who had just fallen asleep on the bed, suddenly came back to her senses, did she dream again? She stared at the darkness quietly, and fell into deep thought, hope, if it really exists, what would it look like?

At this time, the light of the mirror heart grass began to converge, like the starlight that landed in the mortal world, and white flowers bloomed around the white leopard, with slender petals, with warm fluorescence, looking up at the sky, that is the mirror heart flower, the legendary elf where the elves live.

The figure of an angel appeared in the middle of the lake, and the feathers on its wings fell into the lake and rippled.

The white leopard's chest began to rise and fall, making an even breathing sound.

When the first rays of morning light spilled into the lake, the white leopard opened its eyes, "Hmm? I'm not..." I remember that I had died in the abyss of the dead, but now..." Is that girl all right, damn snake demon, one day I won't kill him with my own hands·····! The white leopard, who was about to stand up, sat back with bared teeth because of the pain all over his body, and then he found something even more terrible.