"I see, Lilianor. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Alphonse's voice was full of concern, which made her heart warm slightly, "Please stay safe. ”

"Come on, Captain Lily!" Elio was still full of energy, "You're not going to lose, you're the best!" ”

The battlefield has been demarcated, and it will be a duel between the two of them. Lily swooped forward, using her sharp teeth and front paws, mercilessly attacking her former 'mother'. And Hissa also raised his head and launched a fierce counterattack.

The battle between the two behemoths swept through everything around them. Towering giant sequoias, swaying in their unintentional impact, countless dark green pine needles raining down. Dozens of pounds of dry bark were torn apart by tougher skin and tumbled into the soft snow. The gray-black snow around it had already turned into a mess, and the snow thrown up by the claws was scattered at an alarming speed, forcing Alphonse and the others to retreat farther away.

What seemed like a fierce battle was a stalemate from the start. The difference in combat power between the two seems to be, and neither has a significant advantage. With the tenacity of their bodies, coupled with the resilience of being demigods, it is impossible to kill them with one blow.

The giant silver wolf raised a curtain of snow on its forelimbs, trying to blur the other's vision. But Hissa broke through the barrier without pause, and her sharp teeth nearly bit her front leg. She twisted her body with all her might, avoiding the two rows of sharp teeth, at the cost of the few blood marks that remained on her right abdomen - from Hissa's powerful left claw.

Lily knows that even if she becomes her current state, the power of 'mother' is still not under her, and the best possibility of continuing like this is to lose both. But whether it is the dignity of being a "god of the world" or her identity as September, it is determined that she cannot retreat here.

As she circled around the giant cedar tree, she found time to attack, conserving as much strength as possible and trying to think of ways to win. As for Alphonse or someone else to help, it wasn't an option in the first place.

A huge branch was knocked down from multiple impacts, slamming into Hiza's back. The gray giant wolf didn't look in pain at all, but the momentum of the attack was finally interrupted for a moment by the momentum of the branches. Lily seized the opportunity and tore off a patch of mottled fur with a single claw, and at the same time made up her mind.

Instead of trying to attack Hissa directly, she used the giant sequoia to contain her movements, while flailing her claws at the dying, decaying trunk. Each of her claws dug deep into the trunk, ripping off chunks of dry wood and tossing them aside.

At first this seemed to have no effect. As time passed, more and more wood was dug up from the bottom, and the giant sequoia could no longer stand tall in the snow. It creaked loudly, and the trunk of the tree, several meters in diameter, slowly swayed and began to tilt towards the side that had lost its support.

Seizing the opportunity, Lily jerked back and met the grey wolf head-on, using all her might to confine the opponent to their current position, which was also the direction in which the sequoia fell.

If Hisa were still alive, this could not have done anything. But now the gray giant wolf has lost most of his senses, and is not even aware of the danger of falling from the sky. She gasped, using her teeth and claws to try to tear through Lily's defenses until the next moment-

After decaying, the huge trunk of the tree, which still weighed hundreds of tons, smashed down on her body.

It wasn't enough to kill Hissa, but it kept her firmly in place. Lily lunged up, her teeth ripping open the gray wolf's belly. Dark red blood mixed with a large amount of internal organs poured out of the rift, instantly soaking the snow with the same color.

She took a few steps back, aiming at the other man's throat, ready to deliver the fatal blow. At this moment, however, she heard a hoarse, but slightly familiar voice.

"September...... It's you, are you back? ”

It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck Lily, leaving her in a ready-to-pounce posture, completely unable to take a single step. She knew that this might be a trap for the enemy, and the best option for now was to pounce on them and kill them once and for all - but she couldn't.

She forced herself to calm down and judge what was happening in front of her. Then she found that a small part of the death aura on the gray giant wolf's body had been eliminated, and the faint but vital power was escaping from her body.

She didn't care about any traps, and immediately reverted to a human posture and ran quickly to the other party, "Mother! You okay?! ”

However, the giant wolf shook his head, which made her heart sink.

"I'm dead." Hissa said slowly in a hoarse voice, "You have hit me hard, and this has temporarily activated the power buried in me, but it will not last long, and it will repel my current body - it will not be long before I will die again, forever." ”

"But...... But there's nothing you can do? Lily spun around anxiously, "Elena! Quiet! Al! You can give us some ideas! ”

The companions leaned in towards her. The traveling nun stepped forward to check on the wolf's condition, and shook her head a little reluctantly.

"Her body is decaying rapidly, I'm sorry, I can't help with my abilities, Ms. Hisza."

"Don't mind." Hisa said weakly, "It's good to be ...... The last thing I met was you. Let me tell you something about this forest - I don't know much, but ...... Just listen to me. ”

Lily bit her lower lip vigorously and nodded slowly.

"The mastermind of the "Grey War" who turned this forest into this shape was Huruman Stark...... I think you already know. Hisa whispered, "I was turned into like this by him, bound here and ...... the "duty" to guard the entrance to the forest all year round. ”

"As far as I know, there is more than one creature who has suffered the same as me." The gray giant wolf gasped, "I don't know exactly what they are or where they are placed, but ...... Huruman must have relied on them to guard an important part of the forest. If you guys are going to go deeper, please ...... Always be careful. ”

"Finally......" Hissa's front paws lifted hard, "come here, September, let me ...... Touch you again. ”

Lily quickly crouched down and pressed her cheek to the claw, stained with dark blood. The two leaned on each other like this, and for a while, neither they nor the rest of them opened their mouths to disturb this last time.

Ann took out the notebook and charcoal she had brought with her, and recorded the scene in front of her for a long time with a rustling sound.

When all gatherings meet, there will be a time to part. I don't know how long it had been—it seemed to Lily for a split second, and Hissa struggled to exhale, her paws hanging limply, her head tilted to one side, and she slowly sank into the soft snow.

The mercenary continued to sit quietly for a moment, then stood up and looked back into the depths of the forest, no longer paying attention to the gray wolf's remains.

"Here we are, Huruman Stark." She muttered under her breath, "Here we are." ”