In the Winter Springs Wilderness, there may be adventurers who don't know the distribution of magical beasts and which places are forbidden areas of death, but no one doesn't know that in the Winter Springs Wilderness, the only safe place to stay is the Winter Springs Tavern.

And Sister Mary is the owner of this Winter Spring Tavern.

This is a beautiful, mature and sexy woman, she is like a seductive poisonous snake, dangerous and deadly.

But Sister Mary has her rules, and if she doesn't violate her rules, then the beautiful and sexy Sister Mary is a kind boss who loves to joke with guests.

But all those who broke the rules, without exception, were not able to get out of the Winter Spring Tavern in the end.

No one knows where Sister Mary came from, and no one has ever seen Sister Mary make a move.

Only some living old adventurers know that eighteen years ago, Sister Mary came to this Winter Spring Wilderness alone and opened this mysterious Winter Spring Tavern.

Two years later, in the tavern, there was another young man who followed Sister Mary.

The young man doesn't talk much, and he doesn't like to laugh.

But whoever dares to be disrespectful to Sister Mary, the young man will quietly hide his figure.

No one knows what he did, but no one will ever see anyone who is disrespectful to Sister Mary again.

Every moon night, no matter the rain, snow and storm, Sister Mary would wear a long red dress, sit alone on the roof of the tavern, carry a pot of spirits, light a cigarette, look in the direction of the south, and secretly mourn.

She was waiting for someone, waiting for someone who had made her wait for eighteen years and hadn't shown up yet.

Today, it also happens to be a full moon night.

Although the sky was still snowing heavily, Sister Mary was still wearing a somewhat shabby thin red dress, long streamers and wide clothes, which were blown by the wind and hunted.

Outside the tavern, the dim light of the fire reflected on Mary's face, and the shadows were so full that it seemed that some tears could be seen on Sister Mary's face.

She is like a red rose blooming in the snow, so beautiful that it makes people feel distressed.

But who made her have more expectations and sorrows tonight that she didn't have before?

Sister Mary didn't drink the liquor in her pot today, she just smoked a strong tobacco of the Dwarven Valley qualities as usual.

Every year, adventurers bring her this kind of tobacco, although there are not many, but the adventurers who bring tobacco will get more protection and information from Sister Mary here.

No matter how much this adventurer has committed outside the Winterspring Wilderness, he will be absolutely safe here, at least in the Winterspring Tavern.

A bucket of cigarettes was almost finished, and Sister Mary stared blankly at the south, with mixed feelings, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Even the young man who followed Sister Mary didn't know that Sister Mary tonight still had a trace of anticipation in her sadness.

"Sister Mary, this winter's snow came early and is particularly biting, this is the cloak made of the fur of the monster that I bought from those adventurers, my craftsmanship is not good, but it is absolutely warm. ”

A young man dressed in black waiter's clothes, holding a cloak made of icewing wolf skin, jumped lightly and stood by the eaves of the roof.

He is like a bat that belongs to the night, silent, but exuding an incomparably strange and evil aura.

But the moment he saw Sister Mary, it was as if he had become a stupid and innocent young man again.

The young man looked like he was in his twenties, although there was still a little childishness on his face, but his evil eyes, which revealed that people were frightened, were very incongruous.

When the young man saw that Sister Mary did not speak, he leaped forward and landed lightly beside Sister Mary.

But the strange thing is that where the young man was standing just now, there were no footprints that should have appeared.

When the young man came to Mary's side, all the falling snowflakes seemed to be cut off from Mary and the young man by an invisible barrier.

"Little Stone, how long have you and I been here?"

Sister Mary didn't turn her head to look at the young man who brought her the cloak.

It seems that she has long been accustomed to such a situation.

She took a puff of cigarette, her eyes were deep, and her tone was slightly sad.

"Sixteen years!"

The young man replied casually.

As he spoke, he handed over the cloak he had prepared for Sister Mary.

Sister Mary's face finally showed a relieved smile.

She reached out and touched the head of the little stone sitting beside her, and then took the snow-white cloak, but she did not put it on her body, but put it in her bosom.

Sister Mary finished the last cigarette in her pipe, and exhaled the thick and choking smoke, and it was not until she had finished spitting out the cigarette that she said to the little stone that was a little lost: "Little stone, the person I am waiting for has not yet come, but the person I am waiting for is coming soon!"

"Hmph...... He had made Sister Mary wait for so many years, and when he came, I would definitely give him some color. ”

Xiao Shi said with some indignation.

He hoped that the person Sister Mary was waiting for would come early, so that Sister Mary would not have to wait here every full moon night.

He didn't want the person Sister Mary was waiting for to come, because if this person came, his Sister Mary might leave him.

Although he followed Sister Mary and got nothing, and maybe a helper in the back kitchen of the tavern for the rest of his life, it was enough for Little Stone.

Although Sister Mary is almost forty years old, Xiao Shi will never forget the picture of him wearing a long red dress and saving him from the mouth of the monster sixteen years ago.

Perhaps it was from that time that the heart of the little stone was already fixed there.

For the words of the little stone, Sister Mary did not take it to heart.

She reached out and took the small stone sitting next to her in her arms, just like she had done when she was a child.

She didn't mind that Xiao Shi was already a guy in his twenties now.

"Little stone, all these years, thanks to you accompanying my sister and me, thank you. ”

"Sister Mary......"

The little stone fell into deep thought.

He didn't know how to answer, and he was conflicted.

At this moment, Sister Mary gently wiped away the tears that accidentally slipped from her face, and whispered to Xiaoshi: "Xiaoshi, you have also grown up, but you can't stay in this wilderness with me forever, I'll help you find a female companion when you go back!"

"No...... No, Sister Mary, it's enough for me to keep guarding you, you saved the life of the little stone, and I belong to you alone. ”

Xiao Shi looked at him firmly and said stubbornly.

His words are true, and his thoughts, Sister Mary also knows.

Sister Mary stretched out a slender finger, bent it, and gently scraped the nose of the little stone.

"I think you're a stupid stone~~~"

With that, Sister Mary stood up and draped the rough but very careful icewing wolf skin cloak that Little Stone had given her.

Then she turned back to the little stone and smiled, and then like a falling snowflake, she slowly fell from the roof to the door of the tavern, and with her hand she pushed the door, and walked back to the noisy tavern.

On the roof, Xiao Shi's mood was complicated, but his gaze was extremely determined.

He leaped into the darkness as well.

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In an unknown canyon in the Winterspring Wilderness.

Lance and Ike, who had been chasing and fighting with the icewing wolf for a day during the day, had already taken their tired bodies and took turns resting in a hidden and narrow stone cave at the entrance of the canyon to recover their strength.

It would be inappropriate to say that this is a stone cave.

This is nothing more than a gap between two large rocks near the canyon wall.

There are actually many more gaps like this in this canyon, but this one is right in a leeward position, which can better block the cold wind for Lance and Ike.

Lance and Ike had been here before dark, but they didn't dare to go too far into the canyon, because no one could guarantee that there would be any danger in the canyon, especially after nightfall.

It was late at night, and the snow had turned into scattered light snow, but the ground had already been covered in plain white.

Today is a full moon night, and the bright moonlight shines through the washed sky and sprinkles on the earth, and everything on the surface looks so beautiful.

Lance and Ike had just changed shifts for the night.

This is a habit they have developed during this time, in this dangerous Winter Spring Wilderness, there must be someone on duty after nightfall, so that they can always be vigilant just in case.

"Sleeping so fast. ”

Lance looked at Ike, who was already asleep against the stone wall, and muttered quietly.

As Lance muttered quietly, he picked up a stick, fiddled with the small dim bonfire in front of him, and then threw the stick in his hand into the fire.

Watching the small flames gradually burn, Lance shifted his position, turned to look at the scattered snow outside the cave, and quietly felt everything around him.

"Tonight's wind element also has some water element characteristics, and the wind element in this canyon is even more active than other places. ”

After feeling the more active wind elements around him, Lance thought to himself.

Ever since Lance awakened the heart of magic, his senses of the world have changed.

He could feel the presence of all the elements around him like a magician, and during this time he found that the wind element at night in the Winter Spring Wilderness was more active and pure.

Therefore, Lance would choose to cultivate his magic heart in the second half of the night until dawn.

After feeling the characteristics of the surrounding elements, Lance took the sword of Sohana in his arms, closed his eyes slightly, and began to use the method taught to him by the spirit of the wind, absorbing the power of the surrounding elements, and storing it in the heart of magic, so that it could be called upon at any time during battle.

Now Lance is a magic swordsman, and he must replenish himself with enough elemental power in his spare time.

He can't be like a magician, who can call on the magic elements around him on a large scale at any time, but the elemental power he reserves in his body can be released instantly, and the power is amazing.

It is precisely because of this that the Demon Swordsman can not only use the power of the elements, but also use the battle qi after breaking through the high-level realm, if the two are reasonably combined, then the combat power of the Demon Swordsman is definitely not as simple as one plus one.

And with the means of attack and defense of magic, the fighting methods of the magic swordsman are more diverse.

But the Demon Swordsman also has its drawbacks, that is, staying power and cultivation speed.

Once the Swordsman's own reserves of elemental power are depleted, these elemental powers will not be replenished in battle.

When it comes to cultivation speed, demon swordsmen need to cultivate both magic and martial arts, so the speed of cultivation realm is naturally slower than others.