The afternoon sun casts straight through the cracks in the dense canopy, like bundles of golden lightsabers falling from the sky, piercing deep into the forest floor covered in thick moss. The air smells of the earthy and grassy scents of the forest, mixed with a faint scent that seems to be absent, and as the air brushes the tip of the nose, there is a warm feeling. Occasionally, birdsong could be heard overhead, short and crisp, one after the other, like some kind of melody.

There was a sudden ripple in the moist and warm air, and the sound of hurried footsteps broke the quiet and peaceful atmosphere of the forest, and a petite figure flew through the thick trunk of a tree, it was a little girl of about six or seven years old, she was wearing only a tattered cloth shirt all over her body, and she looked old and extremely thin, and behind the large and small holes was the girl's delicate skin.

Her speed was fast, her light and vigorous body was like a deer running through the forest, her immature face was condensed with deep fear, her crystal clear pupils were full of dazed and desperate, she kept running towards the depths of the forest, and from time to time she looked back at the quiet forest full of golden sunlight. Even as the thorns and branches cut through her blown-to-break skin, she continued to run forward without feeling, as if a terrible ghost was chasing her in the unseen air behind her.

However, there was nothing but a green forest behind her...... Nothing!

The girl finally stopped in front of a huge ancient tree deep in the forest, she sat exhausted on the thick roots of the ancient tree exposed to the ground, wheezing and coughing violently, her chest rising and falling constantly with rapid breathing and violent heartbeat, her eyes still condensed with lingering fear, she was extremely wary of everything that was quiet around her, and her slender five fingers firmly grasped the silver dagger, as if ready to show its fangs to the lion cub.

"It should ...... Should I get rid of him, right?" she muttered to herself, reassuring herself on and off, "after all, I've run so far. ”

But...... An ominous premonition came over me.

"Long time no see!little sister!" suddenly came an equally immature voice from behind the girl, but there was a clear cold and indifferent killing intent in the voice.

A chill instantly ran on the girl's back, and even her petite body trembled a few times unconsciously, and she slowly twisted her neck to look at the place where the voice came from, and a head on the grassy green land was hideously exposed among the grass, and two black and shiny eyes swirled back and forth in the snow-white eye sockets, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised with a contemptuous and stubborn smile.

"......." The girl suddenly saw that strange face and couldn't help but scream, and was speechless in horror.

"Shhh......h

"You, don't force me to ......" The girl's terrified face barely squeezed out a few words, and she trembled and gestured with the dagger in her hand, as if trying to scare the other party away.

"Scare me, but this posture can't hurt me, you're really useless except to run faster......" The head spoke again, his tone still full of Sensen's chill, "but yes, it's useless to run fast, because I'm ...... You can manipulate the earth elemental, the earth beneath our feet is filled with endless earth elements, it is like a sword in my hand, and you are running on the edge of my sword...... Isn't it interesting, you say?"

The head muttered as it spoke, constantly struggling through the dirt in a slow, strange position, neck, shoulders, arms...... The parts belonging to the whole human being were constantly struggling to crawl out of the dirt, and the last complete boy appeared in front of the girl in this way, he looked a few years older than the girl, the sharp eyebrows were condensed with a thick killing intent, which formed a great contrast with his slightly immature face, he held a silver dagger in his hand that was the same as the girl's, and the rags on his body were also very similar, how to look at these two young children as if they were partners from the same place, not mortal enemies.

The boy looked at the girl's frightened face, giggled, raised his hand slightly, raised the sharp dagger in his hand, and said, "Don't blame me, I can't help it, after all, you also know that there is only one qualified person among our spare fighters...... The strongest one, the rest will be ruthlessly wiped out......"

"So you're just biting me like that?" the girl gradually calmed down the fear in her heart.

"Well, who made you the weakest of our bunch, I guess...... It'll be easier to start with you. The boy said with some regret, "Actually, I don't really understand why a weak person like you would choose to come here, for money or fame? No, no, no, no, in fact, there is no reputation at all, and we or they are just devils living in the human world......

"I'm ......," the girl replied earnestly, after a moment's thought, "just to get used to something called 'killing.'" ”

"Hahaha, habitual killing?" an arrogant and presumptuous smile appeared on the boy's childish face, "Don't you know that you, who only keep running away, actually told me that you are used to killing? This is really the biggest joke I've ever heard, to be precise, you are the object of being used to killing by others, right? and the person who is used to killing is me!"

As the boy spoke, he was already getting closer to the girl step by step, and a winter-like chill gradually appeared in his clear eyes, "Okay, it's almost time, I'll end the final curtain for you!"

The boy's body was slightly downward, his heel was forced, and the whole person rushed towards the girl like a sharp arrow off the string, the dagger in his hand flexibly flipped one hundred and eighty degrees in the air, and he held it in his backhand, and the sharp blade was shining coldly.

The boy's ejected body turned into a blurry and hazy streamer, stirring up countless dead branches and leaves in the process of flying, his physical strength and speed were extremely amazing, his volley jumping posture, flexible and delicate, a series of movements in one go, finally turned into a lightning-like silver arc of light, slashing out, the space through which the arc of light swept through, was the girl's soft and fragile throat.

There was another dull sound in the air, between the dense and thick tree trunks, another vague figure rushed quickly, compared to the speed of the boy, the speed of this figure was obviously faster, the feeling of being extremely fast, if the boy's speed was like a flash of thunder and lightning, then this time the figure running was a light, and he couldn't even see any of his figures at all, and he could only vaguely feel the strong and violent aura from the approaching footsteps approaching rapidly.

The arc of the knife came in an instant, and the girl's frightened eyes were on the verge of collapse, and she slowly closed her eyes as if accepting her fate, waiting for the silver-sharp blade to cut through her neck.

"Bang!" The light flickered, and the girl's body lost its center of gravity in an instant, and slowly fell to the ground, at the same time, the boy's body that had just landed, and before he had time to stabilize his body, he saw a flash of light, and then there was a sharp pain in his chest, and with the force of the rage, his entire body was smashed out in an instant, and he hit an ancient tree behind him hard, and the seemingly solid trunk was smashed out of a big hole, and the boy's body was deeply trapped in the hole, and he was very embarrassed.

"Who!" the boy's body sunken in the trunk suddenly spread flat, and the trunk that required four or five adults to hug was torn alive by the violent force in an instant, and the severed half of the tree staggered to the ground, stirring up countless dust, and more golden light shone down from the gap that suddenly opened, just enveloping the boy in it, and under the golden light was a hideous and angry face, which formed a huge contrast with the boy's young age.

The girl slowly opened her eyes, her unbalanced body fell on a strong arm, a young but tough face met her eyes, the same tattered shirt, the same young age, the same clear eyes, everything told her that the boy who saved her life and the boy who wanted to end her life were competitors in the same group, and there was only one qualified person in this group of competitors, in other words, only one person could survive this cruel fight.

And he ...... but saved her.

The boy's face was as calm as water, and he silently picked the girl up, and then slowly looked away, not looking at the grateful and puzzled gaze cast by the panicked girl.

"Is that you?" said the other boy who had wanted to kill the girl earlier, looking at the figure in the distance, "Gilgaya?"

The boy named Gilgaya straightened up and took a step forward, deliberately standing in front of the girl, as if instinctively trying to protect her.

"Interesting? Do you want to be a hero to save beauty? It looks like you don't know the rules of the game, right?" the other boy sneered disdainfully, "Let me tell you the cruel reality, only one of us will survive—the most powerful one, and everyone else will be just a flash in the pan, and they will have only one end, and that is death!"