Yuan Mingkong, who was completely naked, reopened his eyes, and the first thing that caught his eye was a dark red pillar of light rushing towards his heart. As the pillar of light faded, an imprint appeared on his left chest. This was the first time that the branding ability of Yuan Mingkong had seen its appearance so clearly after awakening, and the result was not orthodox pure black, but dark red.

His imprint is circular in its entirety, with a lotus flower in its main body. It is dark red all over, as if it were blood flowing in the pulmonary arteries, but it has no liquid softness, and from the petals to the center of the flower, it is full of thorns of a strange style, and it is not impossible to think of it as an octopus with an open nose and spraying ink without careful observation.

At the same time, he felt something.

When the brander awakens to the ability to imprint, he or she will go through a state of mastery to know everything about his or her imprint. When the brand level 1 or above awakens the ability, the brand can only feel how to use their ability, and the complete state of mastery requires further use of the brand ability.

And Yuan Mingkong is a weird person, he doesn't even know how to use his branding ability, and that's why he hasn't used his branding ability in 5 years. And now, he felt that the state of Enlightenment hiding in the fog was gradually revealing a little shadow.

"Roar!!

Hearing the deafening roar, Yuan Mingkong looked around blankly and found the large man with a shriveled body in the distance - "Lion Monkey".

The "lion monkey" is still huge, but it is more like a giant bamboo pole than it was before, so strong that you dare not look at it directly. Its limbs were entwined with black thorns that grew out of the ground, so it could only swing back and forth feebly, staggering.

The "lion monkey" struggled for long, when a spike of several thorns suddenly emerged from its back, like a cobra pounced on it, piercing its sturdy heart, which had not been able to cut the slightest bit of its silver arrows.

Shocked by the existence of the "Lion Monkey" and the attack it encountered, Yuan Mingkong didn't know how to react for a while.

The "lion monkey" that had been fatally attacked fell to its knees, and those thorns slowly retreated, and finally came to Yuan Mingkong's side. It was only then that he realized that these thorns came from his branding ability and were used by him.

And his nameless imprint finally got a name: Heart of Thorns.

The black thorns began to shrank away, and then magically vanished like any other brand-related object. Using the ability to imprint consumed a lot of energy, and the feeling of weakness that was a step late made Yuan Mingkong almost collapse to the ground.

"Whew-"

Without waiting for Yuan Mingkong to adapt to his physical condition, a silver arrow passed through the building complex in the dark night, pointing directly at Yuan Mingkong.

Because the arrow was flying head-on, Yuan Mingkong, whose vision was gradually blurring, still noticed it, and planned to use the branding ability to summon thorn defense, but at this time, he realized that he still couldn't find a way to use the branding ability.

"The day is !! dog"

With a "bang", Yuan Mingkong felt his temples being slammed by a hard object, and then immediately fell unconscious. Before closing his eyes, what he saw was a white lace edge.

......

A few minutes ago, the girl hurried to the scene. She wears a gray cat mask with emerald clear blue-green eyes, a slightly longer black coat and a white sweater with a cat motif, and a knee-length white lace-trimmed pleated skirt and supposedly warm bare-legged socks.

Of course, this girl is the Misty Ten Bell.

When noticing the arrows flying, Kirishi Suzu left hand from under the skirt of the white lace style (so much white lace, what exactly did Gen Mingkong see?). She pinched one end of the stick and shook it, and the two sticks unfolded into glass knives.

One is wide and short, and the other is thin and long.

The long glass knife shimmered with silver, and with unparalleled precision, it split the silver arrow in half from the very center. The Silver Arrow slowly disappears, and the explosion that occurs when it hits the target cannot occur.

After a while, Lan Xin, who was holding a bamboo spear, appeared. The two girls looked at each other and silently clenched the weapons in their hands.

"Captain, I have met the Lord and one of the Awakened." Lan Xin calmly reported the situation, and then asked in her arrogant tone to the Fog Shiling wearing a gray cat mask in front of her, "Wang Guowei came very slowly this time?" ”

"......" Kirishi Suzu did not answer.

"So, what did Wang Guowei plan this time?"

"It's none of your business." Kiri Shiling responded to Lan Xin in a cold tone, looking equally gunpowdery.

"The number of completely mutant mutants is increasing, and now there is even a level 2 brand like a lion monkey and a level 1 complete mutation, does Wang Guowei, who has sheltered a large number of mutants, really have the ability to continue to interfere?" Lan Xin asked a very objective question, but because of her arrogant tone, it sounded like she was sneering at Kiri Shiling.

And Lan Xin happened to be a person who was not willing to admit defeat, so she was unceremoniously rebuffed: "So far, the mutants protected by Wang Guowei have not completely changed, but the iron house has encountered a bottleneck in the mutation incident. "The Ten Bells of the Fog refer to the three sword-wielding swordsmen of the Wick Province and the Night's Watch in their struggle against the lion monkeys.

"Okay-Lan Xin," a heroic and unconcealable sexy voice stopped Lan Xin, it came from the hot sword-wielding Chen Muya, "The queen is right, and the two awakened people of the Kingdom Guard have not undergone a single mutation, and they have also participated in the mutation event as members of the Kingdom Guard, they do have the ability to continue to accept the awakened." ”

"It's just that since there were multiple awakens in a year five years ago, the awakened ones haven't appeared again."

"The last awakened person in the record was me from 5 years ago, but the awakened person outside the record doesn't know." Wu Shiling calmly reminded Chen Muya.

"But whether it is discovered or not, a new awakened person has suddenly appeared, and it is also related to the lion monkey that caused the riot." Chen Muya asked quite seriously, "You and I have similar abilities, in this case, you must also see something from this, right?" ”

Wu Shiling paused for a moment and nodded at Chen Muya.

"So, the 'sword bearer' Chen Muya is ready for the change, what about Wang Guowei?"

"If it's just about the price of the imprint, our consciousness has always been above the 'sword bearer'." Kiri Shiling still responded in a cold tone, as if she was not facing the sword-wielder who protected the collapsed mountain, but

"Okay." The mature Chen Muya did not get angry like Lan Xin on the side, but said calmly, "Take him away, if Wang Guowei can have one more member, it may not be a bad thing for the unknown and dangerous future——"

Kirisi nodded and flicked her hands, turning the two glass knives into small sticks again. She re-snapped the two small sticks onto the leg rings in the white lace pattern, and carried the naked Gen Mingkong on her back.

"Of course, neither you nor I can guarantee that this will be a good thing." Chen Muya watched the girl move and said the last sentence.

Kirishiro didn't reply.

Chen Muya sighed, and looked at Lan Xin beside her worriedly: "Lan Xin-has your condition deteriorated?" ”

“......”

Leaving aside the matter of the iron house side cleaning up the mess for the time being, the girl known as the "queen master" also encountered some things on the way back to Wang Guowei with Yuan Mingkong on her back.

A girl in a white lace-trimmed pleated skirt driving a cool black and red motorcycle, and a naked man wearing only a coat sitting in the back seat, is a scene with many slots and a great impact on passers-by, even if it is already dark, it is impossible not to attract attention.

However, strangers don't care about strangers in the first place, not to mention that Kirishiro wears an inconspicuous silver bracelet on her left hand, the branded "Hermit Bracelet". Under the gray cat mask, the girl's expression was very calm, but she didn't know why, her hands trembled slightly.

"Heh-heh-"

A strange wheezing sound came from nowhere, and a man in black wearing a mask with a black smiling face on the left and a white crying face on the right suddenly appeared in front of the road. No matter how the Misty Ten Bell changed its course and speed, the man in black always maintained a distance not far or close, and walked towards them from the right front.

The man in black was holding a simple long knife, and his eyes under the mask were dark green like poisonous snakes, dazed but seemed to be rich in connotation. His steps were heavy and slow, and the eerie sound of surround breathing instantly created an eerie atmosphere.

A few minutes later, the girl stopped the motorcycle, and with two blows, pulled out her glass knife and made a fighting stance. The man in black, who was in hot pursuit, no longer kept his distance from the girl at this time, and began to slowly approach her.

"Under the 'messenger', come to convey 'fear' for my God."

A male and female voice.

The man in black, who called himself the "messenger", bowed to the "queen lord" quite politely. However, the leisurely self-introduction of the "messenger" had just ended, and the two glass knives had already swung at his neck and heart, respectively.

Brand the "messenger".

"My God says, 'This sword shall not come near me.'"

Without a hint of emotion, the "messenger" finished the sentence in a very solemn tone without hurry—in less than a second. And the reality is true, the moment before the two glass knives touch the body of the "messenger", the "messenger" disappears.

The strange situation made the "Queen" furrow at the beautiful eyebrows under her mask.

Brand "Mist" - Foggy vision.

"Into the fog, peek into the world, let all the illusion fall, let all the truth emerge."

"It's really gone......"