147. Chapter 147 – Winter is coming!

Chapter 147: Winter is Coming
December 782 .

Elven village, western edge of the Blighted Trail.

The flowers and plants within the mountainous region withered and the trees lost all their leaves at this time of year, but the place was still lush and green.

But there was also a touch of deadness amongst the green, as if they were not living plants, but dusty plastic models.

Heavy snow falls, hiding the grayness.

A sound of horses’ hooves came from far away, and then the earthen wall was flattened by tall, four-legged beasts.

A pair of leather boots brought up splatters of gray and black mud that quickly took over the village.

“Squad one found no living souls.”

“Neither did Squad Two.”

“Squad three ……”

…

Surprisingly, there wasn’t a single living person left in the entire village, not even the dead, let alone supplies.

The elf officer at the head took off his helmet, revealing a face as wrinkled as tree bark, but not like Linumu’s.

It was more like something had eaten the flesh and blood.

Something else crawled under the dry skin every now and then.

He swept over the trembling soldiers with his cloudy gaze and suddenly raised his hand.

“Kill!”

Without warning, the squad leader who had just reported the results of the search suddenly raised his sword and slashed at the soldiers behind him.

The latter were taken by surprise, some struggled to fend them off, while others ran outward.

For a while, broken limbs flew everywhere, blood splattered everywhere, and the village was a scene of purgatory.

Suddenly, a figure darted and swept to the doorway, only a few steps left to escape.

The officer suddenly opened his mouth.

A four-winged flying insect with a slender body shaped like a dragonfly swept out and drilled through the deserter’s back heart like a sharp arrow.

The deserter’s body stumbled forward a few steps under inertia before falling headlong.

The insect emerged bloodied, its wings spotless and still shining.

It flew back to the officer and burrowed through his mouth.

The officer’s mouth wriggled a few times and licked the blood from his teeth.

The killing continued.

After about a few minutes, only half of the group of close to fifty men were left.

The officer raised his hand:
“Stop!”

The five squad leaders withdrew their swords and stood upright.

“Load the rations onto the wagon.”

Half an hour later, more than twenty bodies of white flesh were loaded onto the carts and returned the way they came.

The snow was still falling, but suddenly the deserter who had just fallen in the doorway struggled to his feet.

He looked back at the specks of blood on the ground and headed west without looking back.

……

……

The eastern outskirts of Greenleaf Town.

Accompanied by a loud and clear cry, people inside and outside the house boiled over!
“It’s born it’s born!”

“A boy has been born!”

“Great, mother and child are safe!”

…

This is a temporary shelter for refugees.

With Heine’s help, it was well-stocked, and the elves were living much better than in the forest.

The newborns heralded new hope, bringing a touch of solace in this cold winter.

Among the group of excited elves, there were three wooden stump-like fellows that were particularly eye-catching.

Although they did not cause panic as they initially did, people still intentionally or unintentionally bypassed them.

The three did not care about this.

Sa total: “Really good ah, the dog left the mother and child safe, but unfortunately sheep brother he …… alas.”

Mr. Xia also sighed along, “If he was there, he would have been very happy.”

Wei Diankui: “No, you two are more or less seriously ill, right? Brother Goat is only in Granite Town, it’s not like he’s fucking mailed it!”

Sa total: “? Northeastern people blood spit is it, where did I say sheep brother no more?”

Mr. Xia: “That’s right, it’s you who has a problem in your heart, right? Good guy, this is the Shadow Holy Light is incompatible with each other!?”

Wei Temple Iris: “…… Ah yes yes yes, it’s my problem.”

…

The three were shelving this disgusting person when Bedwell walked out with his hands covered in blood.

The elves on both sides immediately sent him sincere praise and blessings.

This paladin had been taking care of the refugees ever since he was snubbed by Heine in Greenleaf Town.

It was also thanks to the elves giving their best, since two months ago, there had been waves of refugees.

As few as three or five, as many as one or two dozen.

Xiao Bei’s skin is thick and strong, but also know the holy light, and help to build houses and pray for healing, not less effort.

Considering the image of the people of gold in the eyes of the elves, his reputation in the hearts of this group of refugees should have been brushed full.

Teacher Xia: “It’s a pity, purifying the undead is only considered meritorious.”

Mr. Sa: “That’s Eternal Dawn, Scarlet Dawn doesn’t count that way.”

Wei Temple Iris: “Then how long has it been …… eh he’s here, who’s coping this time?”

Did not wait for him to finish, the two people a stealth a back jump, are gone.

Wei Temple Iris: “I nima ……”

Two huge flaming question marks shot past respectively.

Everyone had progressed quite a bit these days outside of language learning.

Mr. Sa learned the hunter’s “tactical retreat”, commonly known as the back jump.

The Guardian Iris learned to combine Question Mark with Spell Split.

Mr. Xia …… has improved in other ways.

After being forced to show himself, he exclaimed, “Crap you can do this prediction? I’m being read through by you.”

However, without waiting for Wei Temple Iris to be complacent, he saw a line of purple text emerge from the red bandana:

“Bedwell, Heine has something to ask you, specifically consult V.”

“Your mom ……”

…

The people of Greenleaf Town had long been surprised by this.

The three acted as instructors and usually went out on the streets to deal with people.

Xiao Bei happened to see this scene as he squeezed out of the crowd and cried a little.

From the time he first met these three skeletons and learned about them.

It was clear to Bedwell that he had been tricked by Heine.

Even if that holy light skeleton wasn’t his summon, it was inextricably linked.

Unfortunately, since then, the few times he confronted Heine face-to-face, he was stonewalled, and now he couldn’t even meet the person.

But over time, the young paladin had learned a trick.

Pretend to be confused. So, even though he knew it was the other party who was joking, he stepped forward and asked:
“Mr. V, what does Mr. Heine want with me?”

Guardian Iris was silent for a few seconds, and a pocket-sized question mark appeared above his head.

He could play dumb too.

“…… Did you not understand my words again?”

“Yes.”

Bev was angry and amused.

He had dealt with the other three quite a bit, and they were particularly fond of “chatting” with him.

But mostly they were teasing him.

At one point he got annoyed and decided to give them some credit.

However ……

He couldn’t even beat any of the three in a head to head fight.

The best he could do was even last five minutes when the other was clearly watered down ……

He held up his shield for five minutes in Shadow Blaze, and that was it.

At the end of that the other guy’s head popped up and said “I’m out of power” .
As for fighting that red hooded skeleton, it was even more abusive.

The opponent seemed to have a lot of experience fighting paladins and gave himself a stronger sense of suppression than Lord Gawain.

But because of that, every time they fought, he could feel improvement.

His originally shaky resolve was also strengthened as a result.

He guessed that this was Heine’s test.

Perhaps when the test was over, he himself would be able to meet the lord who bathed in holy light.

Bev sighed and prepared to leave when a few words suddenly appeared above the other’s head.

“Hard work.”

He froze, “Eh?”

“You saved the kid who lost Tomochin.”

Bedwyr: “…… Huh?”

…

SA: “Hahahaha Wei you spelled it wrong, it’s not ‘Fuqin’ it’s ‘father’.”

Wei Diankui: “Huh? What is it?”

Mr. Sa: “‘Father’!”

Wei Diankui: “Eh!”

Mr. Sa: “Fuck me? Northeasterner you set me up!”

Not only the northeasterners, a certain person with the name Xia was also laughing out loud.

Just then, the guards in the east suddenly shouted:

“It seems like someone is coming, he’s covered in wounds!”

Bedwell was shocked in his heart and rushed outside.

But the three who had just made a break for it were even faster than him!

Mr. Sa: “Here it comes, here it comes, it must be the hot man! More than a month late can be okay, it’s finally here!”

Mr. Xia: “I thought the plot had been changed beyond recognition, he’s still coming to us with a load of troubles.”

Xiao Bei naturally didn’t know this, and when he rushed out he happened to see the trio blocking a scaly elf soldier out.

He busily shouted, “Three of you, he’s dying, please let me treat him!”

General Sa: “Stand ten meters away and don’t move.”

Bev: “Huh? But he ……”

Mr. Xia: “Trust us.”

The elf soldier had traveled a long distance after being seriously injured, and by the time he got here he was already fuzzy-conscious.

He instinctively called out for help to the paladin-like Bey.

“Help me …… help me ……”

Bedwyr, unable to bear it in his heart, was about to step forward.

A ball of fiery flame floated out and landed in front of him.

It burned and melted a question mark on the snow.

Guardian Iris: “Don’t move.”

A number of elves came out at that moment as well, and someone exclaimed:

“Isn’t that Ivica of the Morning Glory family?”

“It seems like it is indeed, quickly save him ……”

“Lord Paladin, please ……”

Cold sweat rolled down Xiao Bei’s forehead, but he still whispered in a soothing voice, “Everyone, take it easy for now, the three of them might have a reason for doing this.”

The crowd was silent for a moment.

Within a few seconds a voice bubbled up.

“They’re undead ……”

The voice was small, but clear.

It was like dropping a stone on a calm lake, a ripple of suspicion rippled out.

“Moreover, you are a paladin ah ……”

More suspicions they didn’t dare to say out loud, they just pushed and shoved in silence.

Like that was how they were going to get Bey to cross that line.

…

Mr. Sa: “He looks like he’s under a lot of pressure, should we say something?”

Mr. Xia: “Say what? Thinking about the plot makes me angry. I really want to throw this bastard into a pile of people for a crazy parasitic.”

Mr. Sa: “Then it must parasitize more people?”

Mr. Xia: “Then I’ll kill them all without any burden in my heart.”

Wei Diankui: “You can be a human being, the dog is only born.”

…

Between the three of them chatting, Little Tiny Sa who rushed to report the news finally rushed over with Heine.

As soon as the refugees saw him coming, they were instantly silenced.

Heine went up to the three and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Mr. Sa: “Something’s not right with this man.”

Heine had already heard the problem just now, and only after going through the process did he turn on the pupils of the dead with a stony face.

This person isn’t dead yet, but it’s getting close.

The aura of death surrounded him, like a flock of crows waiting for a person to go to death.

What was inside him was much more active than that.

Heine would not have been able to see this.

But bizarrely, blackness outlined a worm the size of a grain of rice inside him.

Some were eggs, some had hatched and were stirring.

The black color that can be seen under the pupil of the dead ……

It could only be Spirit Ashes.

(End of chapter)