"We must stop them, we must not let her step into here, otherwise, disaster will befall immediately, and the world will be over. ["The man in the chamber, wrapped in a cloak and wearing a ridiculous bear mask on his face, whispered.] The solemn atmosphere, the flickering candlelight, the shaking shadows, and the stern tone, even the cute bear mask, the silly smile on his face looked mysterious and bewitching: "Therefore, each of us needs to do our best, with the determination to succeed or die, only in this way can we snipe them out of the warning range." ”

"Brother, sir. Next to the bear mask was a weak little rabbit mask, the owner of the rabbit mask was a young girl whose voice sounded very immature, and based on hearing alone, she was probably no more than twelve years old: "Can we really do it? You know, the enemy is ...... Do we really have a chance of winning together?"

"Do you remember how my father taught us?" a nostalgic voice came from under the bear mask: "A true warrior should never hesitate to doubt whether he has a chance of winning, and in the face of challenges, as a warrior, there is only one thing to do - fight, and then meet the victory." ”

"Of course, I remember my father's teachings. The owner of the rabbit mask clenched his fist and hammered it to his chest: "Even though my father has abandoned my brother and me, his teachings are still in my heart." ”

"So, don't worry about whether you have a chance or not. Little Bear Mask raised his head and said, "As long as we do our best, we can defeat it." ”

"Yes, sir. The rabbit-masked replied passionately, "We will never be afraid." ”

"Good. Well, all of you here are my best friends. By the faint light of the candle, the bear mask wandered around the chamber. In the secret room, there are many shadows sitting or standing, each with a strange mask on their faces, such as timber wolves, steppe lions, nightblade leopards, rock sheep, wild bulls, tiger sharks, and masks of various birds, animals, and fish fill this secret room space: "Everyone has also understood the strictness of the matter, I hope you can lend me your own strength for the world and the future, be the wind under my wings, and let me fly with your strength." ”

"We know how terrible things are, and it's okay to lend you the power. The boar mask with two fangs flicked the teeth on his face: "But can you replace these stupid masks first?" I am afraid that if we fight evil in such an image, even if we win, we will not kill the enemy, but laugh the opponent to death." ”

"It's not going to win. The owner of the fat cat mask, a slightly hoarse young woman, said, "Before we laugh our enemies to death, we will definitely kill ourselves because of too much shame." ”

"You can't change it. The rabbit girl said anxiously, "Wearing a mask is for ......"

"We know that wearing a mask is a sign of determination to break with the past. The young man, whose mask was the image of a steppe wolf with his saliva still on his face, said, "But isn't it necessary to use such a lethal mask to express determination?"

"You've let me down so much. The bear mask slapped the table heavily: "You who are obviously fearless in the face of a strong enemy, do you retreat because you face a few masks? If you can't even bear this small sacrifice, how can you successfully stop that person's evil plan? Stop her coming?"

"Okay, okay, you're the leader, you have the final say. All the animal masks waved their hands sheepishly: "Isn't it just a mask, we endured it, what else do you have to explain?"

"No more. Little Bear Mask swung his fist vigorously and said excitedly: "Come on, everyone, it depends on our actions at the beginning of next year, everyone go back and prepare well, all for victory, for the future!"

"For the future!" In the secret room, the atmosphere suddenly became warm, and everyone raised their arms full of confidence and shouted, as if they had seen the glory of saving the world.

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The capital of knowledge in winter has a special flavor. The continent of Yara is hot in the north and cold in the south, and the neutral land of Rhea is located in the south of the continent, so whenever the New Year approaches, snowflakes often fall near the capital of knowledge. At this time, in the streets and alleys of the city, you can often see carefree children, running and chasing happily on the road, adding a bit of liveliness and vitality to the city. Of course, not only children, but also the flying snowflakes also attract people of all ages to travel in the cold and find happiness and innocence in the falling snow.

Compared with other urban areas, the neighborhood where Fox Avenue is located does not have much traffic due to its remote location, and only occasionally passers-by pass by, facing the smooth snow on the ground, hesitating whether they can bear to destroy it.

"Let's go, let's go. Not far away, two fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls pulled and pulled each other: "If you don't hurry up, it's going to be dark." ”

"But I'm always scared. The quieter girl said cautiously: "The rumors are so scary." ”

"Don't worry, I'm here. The lively girl patted her breasts and pushed the quiet girl forward: "I'll protect you, no problem." ”

The two girls were moving forward in an entanglement, and from a branch on the side of the road, suddenly one head hung upside down. In fact, it is not appropriate to say that it is a head, and it is a whole human who hangs down, with its feet hooked on a branch and its body hanging down to the ground. But because he was dressed in white, blending in with the white flying snow in the dim winter sunset, it was difficult to distinguish at first glance, giving people the illusion that he only had a head.

The drooping head smiled handsomely, stared at the eyes of the two girls with affection, and chanted in a strange aria: "In such a cold winter, it is really a very sad thing to let the two beautiful young ladies run around outside, why don't I invite the two young ladies to the front store for a drink together, talk about ideals and life, and then ...... Ahh

"Ahhh The quiet girl suddenly let out a scream comparable to a banshee's howl, closed her eyes and waved the satchel in her hand with all her might, and rained down on the face of the drooping head: "Retreat, retreat, retreat, retreat." ”

The upside-down person fell from the tree with a thud under the heavy blow, and planted his head on the ground, but it caused the quiet girl who had just opened her eyes to a slit screams and attacked with a satchel: "Ahhhh ”

"Hahahaha. The lively girl pulled the quiet girl away from the upside-down man, laughing and running: "There appeared, this time it appeared again, I won, I said it would come out, hahahaha." ”

"I always feel like I'm being treated like something weird. The hanger was naturally Pannis, buried in the snow with his limbs outstretched, and muttered to himself: "God, why did the girl run away when she saw me?"

"Because you're a complete pervert. Vivien, who had just returned from school, saw a qiē from beginning to end, and then walked up to Pannis's side and poked him in the head with her staff: "I suddenly thought of something. Is it that under the pressure of the guilt in the past, you finally feel that there is no point in constantly engaging in mental self-torture, so now you have changed to self-torture on the **? If that's the case, you must not hide it, the three of us are happy to help, hehehehe. ”

"I'm not a pervert. Pannis raised his face from the snow and protested with a white face covered with snow: "And I didn't torture myself, I just found beauty and pursued beauty, the pursuit of beauty is not guilty, I am not wrong, it is the world that is wrong." ”

"Is that so?" said Catherine, muffled her dangerous voice. Catherine, who had been clearing the snow in the yard, had already guessed what was happening from the moment the screams rang out, but because it was too embarrassing to intervene to stop it, she finally showed up.

"Ahh Pannis jumped up from the snow, scratched his head and laughed heartily: "It's really just like that, I definitely didn't pick up a beautiful woman and then get knocked off a tree, absolutely nothing." ”

"Alas, this idiot is hopeless. Vivian slapped her forehead and walked back to the mansion with her staff without looking back: "In a sense, his preservation is really a miracle." ”

"A month, coming back from the Glitter Forest, you only used a month. Catherine grabbed Pannis's collar and roared, "In a month's time, you've become a sight on Fox Street." ”

"A streetscape, do you know? You're now like the Sycamore Avenue on Manias Street, the Hexagram Mage Tower in the Mage District, and the central commercial street in the business district, and you've become an iconic store in the area. A lot of boring guys go out of their way to pass by with their female companions, just to guess that you're going to show up in a few minutes, bastard, and everyone else will point at our house and laugh like an idiot, bastard, and I'm already thinking about whether to put your portrait at the door for pedestrians to come and go to see the bastard. ”

"Wait, I have a very important question. Pannis suddenly stretched out his hand sternly and stopped Catherine's growl: "Why is it a posthumous image? I'm not dead yet." ”

"Hehe, hehe, hehe. Catherine lowered her head, her black hair hanging down from her forehead to cover her eyes, and said in a strange tone: "Yes, I almost forgot, you are not dead, you can't erect a statue." ”

"yes, I'll just say there's something wrong. Pannis nodded and said proudly.

"But it doesn't matter. Catherine let go of her grip on Pannis's collar and slowly reached for her one-handed sword: "It's going to be right away, it's going to be soon, it's going to be soon." Don't worry, I will definitely carve your portrait beautifully, and I won't let you die in vain. ”

"I don't want to die. Pannis seemed to have seen the embodied resentment surrounding Catherine, and was so frightened that he crawled into the mansion: "Help, Vivien, Catherine she's crazy, help." ”