The biting cold wind swept the flying snow across the white ground.

The shadows of the mountains in the distance become even more blurry.

There is a huge volcano in the far north, spewing black smoke into the sky all year round.

This adds a bit of darkness and depression to the already dull, gray clouds and sky.

The whole world is filled with snow, smoke, clouds, and continuous mountains.

It looks like a masterpiece of landscape with extraordinary artistic conception.

Just when you take another look, you will feel sad and sad for no reason.

【Ga! Ga! Ga!】

Four slender figures were walking in a line on the steep snow-capped mountains, facing the blowing wind and snow.

When the howling of the icy cold wind was mixed with a few strange bird sounds, someone in the originally silent team finally spoke.

"It's actually a crow?"

The figure walking in second place said doubtfully: "Strange, how come there are crows in 'Alphonse'?"

The leading figure walked at the front, leaving footprints on the smooth snow with every step.

Hearing the voice behind him, he replied casually without caring: "Maybe there are new varieties that can adapt to the cold environment."

"Okay, concentrate. The target is halfway up the mountain. Although they are useless soldiers who have been eliminated since the war in the north seven years ago, don't relax."

"Then, can I ask, why do we come to this uninhabited northern land to hunt the awakened ones, even though we have not received any commission from anyone?"

At this time, you may feel that the atmosphere is more relaxed, or you may want to integrate into the group.

The figure walking at the end asked nervously.

However, compared to the thin three people in front of her, her outfit included a thick cloak that covered her whole body.

Moreover, the color of the short hair is also the most unique brown-beige color among the four.

Both the first and second person who spoke before ignored her.

Fortunately, the third figure answered her question.

"The organization has changed its mind since the 'Northern War' seven years ago."

"Before this, the awakened ones did not like to live in groups. They were always scattered everywhere. They were just like the demons who wanted to cause chaos."

"But seven years ago in this place, the awakened ones suddenly moved in groups and took the lives of the twenty-four warriors who fought against them."

"Since then, the organization has no longer regarded demons and awakened people as the same, and has adopted a policy of actively dispatching teams to hunt as long as it has trace information."

After listening to this, Gularis, who was walking at the end, nodded thoughtfully and murmured in a low voice: "So that's the case, no wonder."

She was thinking that it was no wonder these people didn't want to see her.

This time their mission is also to defeat the Awakened Ones.

It is said that the strength of the Awakened One far exceeds that of the demon, so naturally the stronger the partner, the better.

And he is not only a warrior ranked at the bottom, but also a defective product with residual pigment in his hair, unable to regulate his body temperature and adapt to the cold climate.

It didn't take long.

The four of them arrived at the mountainside mentioned by Captain Nina. The wind and snow here were more violent than below.

But the greatest danger has already emerged from the white snow and fog.

This is a huge awakened person with an ant-like appearance, a pair of tentacles and two pairs of sharp tentacles.

As soon as the two sides met, there was no dialogue and a fierce fight began.

The Awakened One was the first to wave its forelimb tentacles. Its attack speed was frighteningly fast, and its tentacles instantly turned into blurry afterimages in the wind and snow.

Nina and the others hurriedly dodged, but their formation was also dispersed by the blast of dirt and snow.

But Gullalisi, who was standing at the back, reacted a little slower.

Although he escaped the attack, he was blown far away by the strong wind and hit hard on the hard rocks on the frozen ground and passed out.

"Captain! 47 her!"

The female team member who had ignored Gullalis before couldn't help shouting when she saw this scene.

Unexpectedly, Captain Nina stopped her from trying to save people: "Don't worry about her! She can't help anyway!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Nina made a sound that broke through the air and instantly jumped into the sky.

Sharp silver eyes looked sideways at the Awakened One's back, holding high the silver-white sword with a cold light in his right hand.

"Secret Sword Chasing Shadow"

The next second, Captain Nina's figure turned into an afterimage and suddenly slashed downwards.

【boom!】

The frozen ground, which was as hard as gold and iron, was shattered on the spot, but this was not the result she had hoped for.

The awakened person, who was like an ant, moved behind Captain Nina at an unknown speed at an even faster speed.

"What a pity. Don't look at me like this. My speed is higher than that of awakened ones of the same level."

But before it could finish its words, Captain Nina swung her right arm back.

The whistling sound of the sword wind passing through the air startled the awakened person, and the huge body quickly retreated backwards according to instinct.

But who knew that Captain Nina's figure would rise into the air and catch up to the top of its head again.

"What's wrong with you? You can see me?"

The awakened one had no choice but to evade danger and jumped into the air, only to find that Captain Nina's sword was still chasing after him.

But what shocked him the most was that the woman actually closed her eyes.

But the long sword in her hand could stab exactly where it was.

It's moving at high speed now!

"This is impossible!"

"It's useless. Once I swing the sword, it will never stop until the target's demonic energy is eliminated."

"What, are you following my demonic energy?"

In the high-speed fierce battle between the two sides, you said something and I said something.

This also made the awakened person's attention subconsciously focus on Nina.

"Then, I just need to let you die first!"

The Awakened One roared, but at the moment it was about to step up its offensive.

The four sharp tentacles on the left and right sides were cut off by the other two female warriors with their swords.

"our existence"

"Exactly what's stopping you from doing it"

The two of them were in mid-air, and each of them turned around and said coldly to the awakened person behind them.

"Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

The severe pain caused the awakened person to scream in agony.

"Go to hell."

Captain Nina ignored its cries and appeared in front of the ant-like head. She was about to strike down with the silver sword in her hand to complete this somewhat unpleasant hunting mission.

But at this critical moment.

A black shadow instantly pierced Captain Nina's chest at lightning speed.

"What?"

This attack came so fast that Nina opened her eyes wide and looked in disbelief.

"team leader!"

"team leader!"

The two female warriors exclaimed in unison.

They thought it was the awakened one who was responsible, so they jumped up quickly, trying to help Nina deal with the other party.

But who would have thought that more black shadows would shoot out from behind the awakened one.

In an instant, the sound of "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" could be heard in the air.

"Ah ah!"

"snort!"

Their bodies were each pierced in the air, and they fell heavily back into the snow-covered mountains, making it difficult to get up.

In the blink of an eye, Nina and the four others fell to the ground, and an atmosphere of despair began to pervade the venue.
To be continued...