In a trance, his vision became increasingly blurred, and white light gradually occupied Pace's field of vision, devouring his consciousness.
The snow, the mountain road, the girl on the back, everything is gradually fading away.
"what...."
Pace closed his eyes gently, feeling the roar of the Wanren Mountain. He was born here, grew up here, and now he was going to die here.
It seems... not bad, right? At least the Monarch family can continue, so...
I can just take a break like this...
The snowy road in front of him seemed to overlap with the big bed in the Monarch mansion. Pace wanted to fall on it so much... As long as he fell on the soft bed, he could rest...
Suddenly, a small hand grabbed Pace's wrist and held it tightly:
"Eh?"
Amid the raging snowstorm, Pace turned his head with difficulty. Perlis's chin was still resting on his shoulder. She still looked like she was sleeping soundly, but her hand was really tightly holding Pace's wrist.
Ah...I can't die...I promised to take her away...
You can't just say nice things and not take responsibility every time, right? That would be such a bummer...
In the strong wind, Pace gritted his teeth, lowered his head, held Perlis's hand tightly, and continued to move forward in the wind and snow.
No matter how far this mountain road is, no matter how long this damn winter lasts, he must, must take Perlis out.
I have made an appointment with her, and I will definitely not abandon her this time.
This time it’s definitely—
"Don't move, put her down."
A cold female voice cut through the storm and reached Pace's ears.
Wha...what?
Pace looked up in astonishment and looked at the mountain road ahead:
Like lit stars, countless blue points of light suddenly lit up behind the curtain of wind and snow, forming a huge light net that enveloped the mountain road.
Against the backdrop of the light net, the pink-haired girl was standing calmly in the snow under the protection of the factor shield. Her ice-blue eyes pierced through the wind and snow, staring coldly at Pace.
In the girl's hand, Pace saw a pistol pointed at him.
Thebite's backup...? Or a Federation assassin...?
No, I can't hand over Perlis, even if I die -
"...You...don't even think about it..."
Pace took out the axe from his waist with one hand and held it tremblingly in front of him.
The ice-blue eyes stared coldly at Pace's every move, and bits of blue light shone on the girl's pretty face, making her features look cool and soft.
"I'll say this one last time," Carly whispered, moving closer to Pace, "Thebites, put her down."
"Don't even think about it!" Pace roared hoarsely, but the hand holding the axe became weaker and weaker. "I won't let her go! Unless you kill me!"
"Okay," Carly frowned slightly, "Then I'll trouble you to die."
At the moment when the white finger was about to pull the trigger, a figure suddenly jumped out:
"Ahhhhh!! Stop it, stop it! Don't get excited, Carly!"
Pace turned his head slightly and saw a chestnut-haired girl suddenly appeared in front of Carly from somewhere and blocked her way.
"Aoi," Carly looked at Aoi impatiently, twisting the muzzle of the gun in her hand, trying to find a gap that Aoi couldn't block, "Now is not the time to make trouble, get out of my way..."
"No, no! I know him!" Aoi moved her body in a panic to block Carly's gun. "He is Evans' nephew! I heard Evans mention him!"
"I don't care, get out of the way!" Carly suddenly shouted out of control, "He's holding Little White Flower, I want to save her, don't stop me!"
"calm down!"
"If you block me again, I will shoot!!"
"You know a gun can't penetrate me! Don't waste your energy! Calm down!"
Aoi yelled angrily, she responded to Carly's vicious stare, her brown eyes meeting those cold blue ones.
After a while, Carly finally slowly put down the gun, still glaring at Aoi with a cold look.
"Well, good and good! Lord Philos is still very reasonable~"
Aoi reached out and touched Carly's head, but after she pushed him away in anger, she smiled softly and walked towards Pace.
"Give her to me, you're exhausted."
"No..." Pace answered in a daze. Even holding the axe in his hand made him feel extremely tired.
Aoi looked at Pace as if she was examining some pitiful creature, and a strange emotion flashed in her brown eyes.
"The Monarch family...are all idiots..."
"Wha...what?"
"Nothing." Aoi smiled softly and stretched out her hand to Pace. "Give her to me. I will take you away from this snowstorm."
"No...no..." Pace whispered incoherently, the chill slowly creeping up his neck, his face turning pale. "I...I don't believe you..."
Pace gently held Pearlis's hand and slowly took two steps back.
"I...don't believe it..."
The world in front of him gradually became blurred, and the blue light in the blizzard, along with the reflection of ice and snow, gradually dyed Pace's vision into a complete daylight.
"Don't move...she...you..."
The Factor Energy Axe fell into the snow. Pace struggled a few times and then fell face down on the snow, taking Perlis with him.
Ah...I can't hold on any longer...
The last scene that Pace saw was Aoi running towards him screaming.
Then, the endless darkness completely swallowed him up.
......
7) Blooming on the Mountaintop (Part 10)
"Captain, do we still need to chase...?"
On the edge of a cliff shrouded in a blizzard, several investigators were stretching their heads to look down, trying to see something through the white snow.
The sudden snowstorm blocked everyone's sight, causing them to completely lose sight of Pace.
"No, this blizzard isn't going to go away."
The captain stared at the white void and said in a low voice:
"The Wanren Mountain in the bitter winter will not let anyone go. The Frozen Ground will become their cemetery."
"So...should we call it a day?"
"Let's close the team."
"But... General Venia..."
The soldier turned his head uneasily. Behind him, Venia was still yelling crazily in the center of the execution ground:
"Kill them! Kill them!! Kill them now!!"
"General... calm down..."
Several investigators surrounded Venia and approached him cautiously. Venia's unbroken left hand tightly grasped the cold steel knife and waved it wildly.
"Get out of here! Get out of here! I'm going to kill him!"
Venia's eyes were bloodshot, his face was pale, and blood was still oozing from his broken wrist.
On the high stands, Mikhail Irenfono was looking at Venia silently, with a thoughtful look on his angular face like a sculpture.
The captain also stared at the mad Venia for a while, then sighed softly:
"Let's pack up and ignore him. He's gone crazy."
"Understood," the soldier also sighed, then raised one hand and shouted, "Everyone! Pack up!!"
After receiving the order, all the investigators slowly retreated from the cliff while mumbling, and began to return to the Iron Fortress along the road. The lords on the stands were tired of Venia's madness, and most of them began to leave the execution ground with a look of dissatisfaction.
In the blink of an eye, they had forgotten everything that had just happened on the execution ground. Many years later, all that was left in their mouths was probably such targeted remarks as "the son of the Iron Lord went crazy on the execution ground."
The captain and the soldier stayed behind at the end and did not leave. He stared at the cliff for a while, then lowered his head, sighed softly, and followed the crowd to leave the execution ground.
However, before the captain took two steps, the soldier behind him suddenly called him:
"team leader!"
The captain turned around when he heard the voice and saw the soldier looking at him hesitantly, as if he wanted to say something.
"What's up, soldier?"
"Uh...it's not a big deal, I just wanted to ask..."
The soldier hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath as if he had made up his mind, and looked directly at the captain:
"Why did you push me aside and let the Monark family pass? You should know that this is against military law, right?"
For a moment, the captain said nothing, but just let the wind and snow blowing across the cliff hit his weathered face.
After a while, the captain sighed deeply, then slowly walked up to the nervous soldier and patted him on the shoulder:
"I'm making a bet," the captain's voice lost its dignity and was tinged with fatigue. "Well, yes, I rolled the dice, that's all."
Hearing the captain's words, the soldier was a little confused. He stared at the captain in confusion for a while, then hesitantly said:
"So...did you hit it right?"
"I don't know. Not yet."
The captain lowered his head slightly, turned around and looked at the cliff:
"The result... let Wanrenshan decide."
......
"Oh! Shit...Are you okay?"
Seeing Pace fall in the snow, Aoi was startled. Just as she was about to step forward, a pink shadow rushed forward before her.
So fast!
Aoi was frightened and trembled, only to find that Carly had rushed over in a panic, completely losing her cold look. She pulled Perlis's motionless body from Pace's back like crazy and hugged her in her arms.
Carly quickly turned Polys over, then quickly took out a small round ring from her hand and put it on Polys's cold finger.
"Activate [Factor Shield]... Quick!"
As Carly shouted anxiously, a red line lit up on the ring, and the strong factor energy stored in the ring was released rapidly.
Gradually, a strong factor energy field capable of withstanding wind and snow slowly covered Perlis's body surface to prevent her body temperature from continuing to drop.
After doing all this, Carly gently felt Perlis's breath with one hand, and then called her in panic:
"Little white flower! Little white flower!!"
Carly gently patted Polys's cold little face, but Polys did not move.
"Wake up! Stop sleeping!"
However, Perlis, who was held in Carly's arms, did not react at all. Her eyes were closed tightly, only her small mouth was slightly open.
"【Skyline】! Check the target's vital signs!"
Carly gently twisted the ring on her little finger, and several blue light spots immediately flew to the side of Perlis, forming a light net that slowly swept across Perlis' body:
"Vital signs..weak..hypothermia..medical assistance required."
"Hey! Perlis! You are not allowed to sleep anymore!"
Carly gently shook Perlis, her voice gradually became tearful, and her ice-blue eyes were filled with tears.
"Perlis!! Perlis!! Wuwu..."
