Chapter 113

Fiore Kingdom, the land of Jibei.

In the sky, crystalline snowflakes drifted down slowly, while a biting cold wind swirled on every side.

Everything around was a blanket of white.

Survival in this land of Jibei was extremely difficult, but at the same time it was also very well suited to preserving certain special objects.

"Alright, no one let their guard down."

"Even though hardly anyone does come here, that doesn't mean we can let our guard down!"

In front of a certain Gao Ta in the land of Jibei, a woman in armor with a somewhat heroic air was lecturing without pause.

As the captain of 【Bai Hu】, the special mage combat unit the Fiore Kingdom was most proud of, she would not permit any slackness from her squad members while on duty.

Even though this godforsaken place truly wouldn't have a single living creature in it.

"Captain, don't worry."

"There definitely won't be any problems — no one would ever come to this dump."

The scolded squad member was a little cheeky about it.

Of course, this also proved from another angle that the internal relations within this little squad were still quite good.

However, the moment the words had just fallen, the expression of this somewhat cheeky squad member froze slightly — on a distant patch of empty white snow, a single spot of an odd color had suddenly appeared.

"Strange…"

Staring at two tiny dots in the distance that seemed to be moving, the squad member said hesitantly, "Wait, Captain, are those two people over there?"

"What?"

Upon hearing her squad member's words, the captain of Bai Hu was also taken aback.

Don't be fooled by how smoothly the Bai Hu captain had been scolding her squad members just now — in truth, she herself had also let her guard down somewhat, and truly had not expected anyone to come to this harsh environment of Jibei.

However, the moment she came back to her senses, the Bai Hu captain immediately spun around, her piercing gaze sweeping toward the direction her squad member had indicated.

Sure enough, in a somewhat distant spot, two tiny dots were slowly moving.

As captain, the Bai Hu captain's strength far surpassed her squad members', having reached the level of an S-class mage, so she could see a little more clearly.

The two figures that had appeared on the snowy ground of Jibei were both wearing trench coats of the same style — black base with red clouds.

"These two guys…"

Watching the two figures that had suddenly appeared in the nearly uninhabited land of Jibei, the Bai Hu captain's eyes narrowed slightly, and her already piercing gaze grew even sharper.

There was simply nothing worth scheming for in the land of Jibei.

And she and her squad members had a very special guarding mission; for someone to appear at this special place at this special time, the Bai Hu captain would not think these two who had suddenly shown up were any innocent passersby.

"On guard!"

"Dangerous individuals are approaching us!"

Watching the tiny dots slowly drawing closer to her position, the Bai Hu captain's expression grew stern as she said, "Follow my orders — the moment anything seems off, kill them on sight!"

What was preserved here was something extremely important to the Fiore Kingdom.

While standing guard here, the Bai Hu captain already possessed the authority to kill any suspicious individuals.

……

The snow fell harder and harder.