In the distance, a vast sea.

Ice fangs are like hideous thorns, and in the cold season, the traces of this battlefield take a long, long time to melt. As the ice and mist faded, Laxis stood up with her low ice thorns and tugged at the hem of her velvet with her frozen, blue hand, a bracelet of crystal beads sliding out of her wrist with a faint red glow.

Swish.

A sharp sword was raised, and Laxis raised her hand to meet the blade with the back of her hand, the sturdy Rebirth Crystal Ring blocking the tip of the sword without missing a beat.

"What do you mean?" said Luxis raised an eyebrow.

Angelo Shears held the trembling hilt of his sword steadily, his face gloomy, but his blue-gray eyes lit up with excitement, "Flotica, you deliberately let Slos go......"

"Bastard!" Laxis shook her hand and used her ring to block Angelo's sword aside. She took a breath and gradually calmed down

"Borenfuz called you, right?" thought to Laxis, and only Borenfuz would use such a trick against her.

Borenfoz had previously accused her of deliberately letting Sloth go, but for the sake of caution, this time she left Price City in a carriage, and then did not use the power of the World Tree at all, but relied on her crystal to cross the Banhar Snow Field and reach the Ghost Islands. How could Angelo know her whereabouts?

Even if she asked the World Tree to lift the magic restrictions, under normal circumstances, the World Tree would not be able to tell anyone else about her situation. Angelo's appearance really surprised her, as if every one of her actions was in the palm of the enemy's hand.

"I'll let you know. You'd better be honest. The corners of Angelo's mouth couldn't help but hook up, "Don't try to learn from your traitor teacher, I won't let you escape!"

"Escape?" "Laxis, she couldn't contain her anger, "Ridiculous! Angelo Hills, you don't have the power to restrict my freedom!

"There is no power to restrict your freedom...... It's not up to you. Angelo approached step by step, his eyes like a hungry beast. Laxis subconsciously took a step back, her heart clenching, she knew very well that Angelo's threat was not unreasonable if the World Tree intervened.

There were situations in which Laxis was unable to explain to the World Tree and to the Core Council. She secretly traveled to the Ghost Islands, and she had a private conversation with Sloth. Before she could finish asking, Angelo was disrupted. I don't know if Angelo has heard something. What's more, she didn't want the people of the alliance to set foot on these small islands at all, so that the secrets on the islands would be exposed, and many things would be even more unclear.

"I'm looking forward to the decision of the council. Angelo jerked out his hand and grabbed Laxis's shoulder. Laxis was stunned for a moment. I didn't dodge it.

Angelo's pocket watch was wrapped around his sleeve. The pocket watch has popped off. Angelo's voice was clear, calling out the name that had put Laxis into cardiac arrest.

"World Tree, I request that Laxis Flotica be investigated. She does have an unusual relationship with the demon general Slos. ”

"That's not the case!" Laxis thrust him hard, leaning back against the cold wall of ice, gasping for breath. However, after a few seconds, she did not hear any sound from the World Tree.

She froze for a moment and tilted her head.

The sky was pitch black, it was a starless night, but the surrounding ice glowed faintly, like a dream. A sense of seclusion, ethereal, but extra grounded welled up in her heart.

She remembered that there should have been a starlight tonight.

"Are you alright?"

A faint voice sounded from behind Angelo, and the man appeared silently, but it was as if he was standing there, and Laxis himself had not noticed it for a long time. The man's hand was on Angelo's shoulder, and he just pushed it, and Angelo flew up like an immobile puppet and crashed into the ice wall behind him, slumping to the ground.

Angelo's glazed eyes suddenly widened, and he twitched his lips and shuddered as he spat out the man's name.

"Yah, Asa...... Hernos!"

Asa turned her head to look at him, and there was a coldness of no mercy in her pale golden eyes.

"Angelo, you're still the same as before. ”

Laxis froze, a warm mixture of sourness rushing into her eyes like a hot spring, followed by a wave of worry and panic. She looked at Asa and at Angelo.

"Asa, why are you here?"

"I don't worry about you, this time it's true. When Asa looked at Laxis, his expression quickly changed to a slightly bitter tenderness, "Let's have a chance to catch up on the old days in the future, go quickly!"

He looked up for a southwesterly direction.

"You...... Do you know where I'm going?" Luxis was shocked, how could it be that everyone seemed to know about her movements, and she was kept in the dark?

"I'll leave it to you. Asa smiled wryly and lowered his head, "Go and protect them......"

“...... Well, I see. ”

Laxis silently took a breath of cold air, and there was not a trace of cool breeze in the canyon composed of ice teeth. Asa used the "Black Star" to create this special realm, a distorted space called the "Starless Night", in which Laxis believed that Asa was absolutely safe.

"The situation of Ezloth...... She's afraid she won't be able to fly far. I'm going to find her. Don't worry, even if I can't find Sloth, I'll protect 'them'. Laxis promised, and stood up to release a clear crystal.

Angelo was ruthlessly imprisoned by this warped space, unable to send even a message to the World Tree, while Laxis was free to use her magic. Laxis stood in the crystal ball and flew away, and when she turned her head, she saw the vast expanse of the sea, reflecting the starry sky.

"Heh, heh...... It turns out who is behind it...... It's always been you......"

Hearing the staccato voice, Asa turned and looked at Angelo Shears, who was struggling as he spoke breathlessly. Angelo's right hand held the hilt of the sword tightly, and his left hand pinched the pocket watch that refined Mithril, and actually pinched the pocket watch shell a little deformed. If this pocket watch was made of ordinary metal, it would probably have been broken by him.

"How is Mr. Borenfuz doing?" said Asa's voice like a breeze, like a sigh.

"I ...... You...... If you have the ability......, don't sneak up from behind! You're not paying attention...... You despicable ...... Traitor!" Angelo roared hoarsely, but it was useless for him to struggle. In the "starless night", only the "star" is the soul in this space.

Asa is the "star." (To be continued......)