Outside the window, the wind is whistling, and the town next to the Eldas Mountains has ushered in the first snow of the year, goose down snowflakes rolling wantonly between the sky and the sky, lazily dotting the original verdant green picture, and the pure white of early winter is gradually erasing the last touch of autumn color.

The night was silent, but the wind and snow did not stop, and the few lights in the town gradually dimmed, only the only inn near the entrance of the town was still lit with orange oil lamps, and the hanging porch was also blown by the storm, and the copper base knocked on the wall from time to time to make a "clang" sound. The flickering candle flame stood out in the dim night, showing the way forward for the travelers in the night.

In the distance, in the depths of the blizzard, several figures could be vaguely seen walking towards the town in the thick snow.

The leader is a silver-haired and black-eyed, handsome young man, his skin is pale and pale, I don't know if he was born like this or frozen by this wind and snow, exuding a certain almost morbid beauty, but his expressionless face is extremely sharp, like a sword out of the sheath with the chill of winter. He was dressed in a light black coat, and the snowflakes fell wantonly on his slender eyelashes, and the broad shoulders gradually wrapped him, but he did not feel the cold at all. Walking beside him was a young man with short red hair, different from the almost morbid beauty of the silver-haired boy, his whole body exuded youthful and vigorous strength, his exposed chest was unusually full, the lines outlined by the uneven muscles exuded a charming hormonal atmosphere, the bronzed skin looked like a hint of metallic texture, and the elaborately carved face had an arrogant and uninhibited smile, but the most impressive thing was the long-handled sickle on his back, made of pure black material, carved with all kinds of unbelievable patterns, like some kind of totem or text in the ancient era。 Behind him and the silver-haired boy was an unusually tall man, although the silver-haired boy and the red-haired boy looked like they were only sixteen or seventeen years old, but they were not much shorter than adults, but in front of the man behind them were like two children of four or five years old, and his rough physique and terrifying height were like a walking hill, and he followed behind them with a cold face, and his leather armor was covered with snow.

"Hey, Angela, the town ahead is the meeting place agreed with the captain, right?" said the red-haired boy as he raised his eyes slightly to look at the candle flame flickering in the wind and snow in the distance.

"If the map is correct, it should be here!" she was the only girl in the group who spoke, she walked at the end of the crowd, her petite figure was completely blocked by the three people in front of her, her whole body was firmly wrapped in a black woolen robe, her immature face under the black hood was slightly red by the wind, she looked down at the old sheepskin in her hand that had fallen with frost and snow.

"Hey, hey, what's the point, 'it should be here', you're the only one of the four of us who can read the map, don't play tricks on us." The red-haired boy turned his head slightly, frowned at the girl walking behind the "hill", and said as if he had deliberately raised his voice in a frightened voice.

"Uh...... That, Beges-senpai, is that right here......." As if sensing that the gaze cast by Beges was not very friendly, Angela's robed body couldn't help but shiver and stammered back.

"Bergis, don't scare Angela. The silver-haired boy who was walking in the front suddenly spoke, his voice low and magnetic, "Whether it's this town or not, I can only rest here today." ”

"I know, I know, I just want to reconfirm the next route. Bergis quickened his pace to catch up with the silver-haired boy, and put his arm around the silver-haired boy's shoulders, leaned into his ear and smiled evilly, "Don't worry, Jenora, I won't bully your girl." ”

"Don't be so close to me, I don't remember when I became so familiar with you. Jenora slapped Beges's arm off his shoulder with one hand, ignoring Veges's feelings, and walked towards the candle flame in front of her, and in the middle of the night, his cold voice came from the wind and snow, "Angela...... Nor is it my chick. ”

"What, what a guy with no sense of humor, he knows all day long that he has a straight face, and he is really going to suffocate Young Master Ben. Beckis glanced disdainfully at Jenora, who was walking away, raised his hand and patted the chest of the tall man who was approaching and said, "Amen, am I right?"

The tall man turned his head and looked at Vegeth meaningfully, bowed his head for a moment, then gave him a faint smile and strode towards Genora's figure.

“.......”

“....... , uh, Angela......"

"Senior, the wind and snow are too big, let's go into the house and talk about it. ”

"What a bunch of weirdos. Bergis snorted coldly, "Hey, you wait for me......"

The post station is made of the strongest local pear wood, which looks a little old and dilapidated, and the wooden sign engraved with "Ancient Elf Town Post Station" on the gate is blown back and forth by the wind, making a creaking sound, in fact, the whole post station seems to be creaking in different places in the wind and snow, which makes people worry about whether it will be blown away by the wind in the next moment.

"Sure enough, it's here, it's Angela, and there's nothing wrong with it. Beckis glanced at the sign, nodded, and pushed the door in with a big grin.

The old inn was simple but warm and cosy in the orange-like soft light, the fireplace crackled and the flames were dancing with warmth, and the snowstorm outside didn't seem to bring a hint of early winter coolness to the inn. The charming female shopkeeper leaned against the counter to settle today's harvest, and the lips with thick red lipstick hung a smile that could not be concealed, and the young man was busy walking between the lobby and the back kitchen, which had exhausted him these days, and the post station, which had always been deserted, did not know why a large number of tourists had suddenly popped up in the recent period, and the simple guest rooms that had not lived in the past two years were actually full of people. And those people were different from the travelers or caravans that passed by here in the past, most of them were fierce and vicious, carrying all kinds of cold blades with them, and their faces were full of cold and disdainful expressions, even if they grinned, they could make this young man who had not been deeply involved in the world tremble.

"Come to four good guest rooms, clean up, young master Ben will stay for a few days. Bergis didn't know when he was standing in front of the counter, and casually took out four brilliant gold coins and threw them in front of the female shopkeeper, and did not forget to raise a beautiful eyebrow at the female shopkeeper.

The female shopkeeper who was still immersed in today's harvest suddenly came back to her senses, looked at the gold coins in front of her and instantly showed a greedy gaze, and looked up at the few people standing in front of the counter, unlike most of the people who have stayed in these days, the four people in front of them, except for the strong man who is particularly tall, the other three look like they are clear-eyed and polite, they should be nobles from a big city, this generous shot still makes the female shopkeeper in this poor mountain wide-eyed, you must know that one gold coin is enough to live in their humble post house for more than half a year。

"Guest, wait a minute, wait a minute, I will immediately tell the man to tidy up the room. Thinking of this, the female shopkeeper greeted him with a flattering smile, and yelled at the busy young man, "Hurry up, prepare the next room for the four distinguished guests." ”

"Shopkeeper, there are no extra rooms...... the young man replied awkwardly, apparently the middle-aged woman who saw the money had long forgotten the number of guests that could fit in this dilapidated inn.

"What?" the female shopkeeper had a confused expression, as if she still didn't want to believe such a cruel truth.

"This room was all booked out yesterday......"

"This ......" the female shopkeeper looked at the gold coins on the counter with an embarrassed face, and then looked at the four people in front of her, and didn't know how to get off the stage for a while, "Really...... I'm so sorry......."

"You say there are no extra rooms, don't you have one?" Veggis instantly turned cold when he heard this, and his whole body seemed to overflow with murderous aura.

The female shopkeeper obviously didn't expect that she had just judged her to be clear-eyed, and the courteous aristocratic brother would reveal his hideous and terrifying side in a blink of an eye, and she reluctantly pushed the gold coin in front of Veggis with trembling hands, and said tremblingly, "Your ...... Honorable guest, this ...... In these two days, the birth ...... Business is really good, why don't you go somewhere else...... Look elsewhere?"

"Someone else, who are you fooling, is there anything else in your place?" said Veges, his eyes glaring as if he was going to eat someone.

"Well, since there are no rooms, there is no way. Jenora pulled Bergis behind her, pushed the gold coins on the counter back in front of the shopkeeper, and said, "Then serve us some food and drink, and let us spend the night in this hall." ”

"This ...... It's okay, but it's wronged....... I have wronged a few distinguished guests......." The female shopkeeper slowly took the gold coin into her arms, and said apologetically haha.

"Isn't it too lazy to let a few distinguished guests spend the night in the hall?" At this moment, a hearty male voice came from a table near the fireplace in the hall of the inn, "If you don't mind, I can vacate two spare rooms." ”