Chương 100: Killing Intent in the Snow

I heard a scream.

Shane and Frilian exchanged a glance, and the two of them quickly rushed over.

Ahead, next to an ancient well, several children were in a chaotic mess.

Just as Xia En had predicted, the "clue" appeared very quickly.

A child fell into a well, and several children said it was the work of a demon child, but the twins denied it.

Shutark decisively jumped into the well and pulled the child out, but the child had choked on water and had already passed out.

Before long, the villagers gathered around.

Everyone hurriedly took the child back for treatment. Frilian, who knew a little bit of the monk's healing magic, went along to help.

The crowd came and went in a noisy commotion, leaving only Xia En and the two demon twins behind.

"Now that there's no one else around, can you tell the truth?"

Xia En raised an eyebrow, looking at the two children.

The two children looked at each other, then pretended to rub their eyes.

"Waaah, what are you saying, Uncle? We don't understand."

Xia Enliang remained unmoved.

"What is there not to understand? Don't be fooled by your appearance, which is similar to that of human children. You are probably over a hundred years old in reality."

Upon hearing this, the two children immediately stopped what they were doing. They looked at each other, their childlike innocence gone, replaced by utter mockery.

"Ha, from the first day you entered the village, we knew you were the smartest of all."

Xia En nodded, "Good eye."

"Unfortunately, being clever is useless; everyone in this village believes we're just children."

"Yeah, yeah, what adorable children. What bad thoughts could children possibly have?" The two twins, singing in unison, displayed their malice towards Xia En without reservation.

Xia En scoffed.

I've seen this kind of drama before in my past life. Those two-faced kids, who act one way in front of others and another way behind their backs, are all more infuriating than these two.

"So, what do you plan to do by staying in the village?"

"Hahaha, what can demons and humans do together?" The two children looked at each other, clutching their stomachs and laughing so hard they were doubled over, as if Xia En had told the biggest joke in the world.

"He asked us what we wanted to do, hahaha."

"Of course it's for winter; there's no food in the forest."

"Yes, yes, there's no food."

"The village is still the best. There are new people everywhere, and we can eat whenever we want. We never have to worry about going hungry again."

"No need to go hungry. No need to go hungry."

Xia En listened expressionlessly and nodded. Sure enough, the demons were all single-minded, and their single-mindedness was only focused on "eating".

"Now that you've all brought it up, things will be easier."

As he spoke, Xia En took out a [Kunai Shuriken].

The two children looked at each other and then doubled over with laughter again.

"You think you can kill us with this? You underestimate us!"

"Don't underestimate us! Don't underestimate us!"

"Of course not. The most satisfying way to discipline a brat is to have the brat's parents do it themselves."

Swah— The flashbang exploded in front of the two children, the blinding white light freezing them in place. Without hesitation, Shane grabbed the sword hilt and, with all his might, struck one side at a time.

Boom— The two demon children fell to the ground.

There's not much to say about what happened after that.

Xia En used the [Image Recall Magic] to show the demon child's true purpose, and the villagers learned the truth about being pushed into the water from the child who had fallen in, so they immediately broke down.

That goatee-bearded uncle was especially hard to resist.

Because it was his youngest son who fell into the well.

Now, he no longer has the sense of justice he once had for protecting the demon children. He huddled in a corner, looking several years older. If it weren't for Shutark spending all his time playing with the children, his son would be dead today.

Perhaps tonight it will become "food" in the mouths of the demons.

Even under Shane's [charm], they revealed that an old hunter who had gone missing a few days ago had been silently eaten.

That very day, the village set up the stake.

Even after walking quite a distance, Shane could still see the raging flames and the black magical particles drifting out.

After leaving the village, the group continued north.

We have officially entered the [Swell Mountains].

This mountain range stretches for thousands of miles and forms a natural boundary between the Central Kingdoms and the Northern Kingdoms. It has a high altitude, snows for half the year, and the weather is unpredictable, often turning from a sunny day to a sudden blizzard.

"What do we do? We think we're lost."

Philon hugged his arms, shivering from the cold.

The group had barely set foot on the mountain path when they were suddenly caught in a blizzard.

All around was a vast expanse of white, making it impossible to discern the path.

Frillie immediately pulled a small branch with a tree branch from her suitcase, handed it to Shane, and stared at it longingly.

Not only Frilian, but the other two also stared at her expectantly, leaving Shane speechless.

A strong gust of wind suddenly blew in, and the group of people staggered from side to side.

The lightest of them all, Frilian, almost took off, but luckily Shane caught her.

"With winds like this, even with the best luck, there's nothing I can do—" Xia En tossed the branch into his backpack.

The "Tree of Branches Pathfinding" method has suffered an epic nerf in this environment.

Fortunately, Xia En still believed in [Strong Luck]. He was convinced that even if he walked blindly with his eyes closed, he would still be lucky enough to find his way! Of course, he hadn't tried it before, but that didn't stop him from believing!

The four people huddled together, struggling to move forward in the blizzard.

Fortunately, they were all wearing thick, warm winter clothes given to them by Count Granat; otherwise, they would have really suffered.

"I remember there should be a hunter's cabin at the foot of the mountain around here."

"Lady Frillien, this knowledge is from 80 years ago—does it really work?"

"Don't panic, Philon. At worst, we can stay in place for a few days, or even ten or twenty days, using the Goddess's Barrier. In short, we should be fine until we run out of food and water."

"That sounds even more hopeless—" As we were walking, a blurry black figure suddenly appeared in the snow ahead.

The group immediately perked up and hurried forward.

Perhaps they are locals!

As a result, as soon as I walked in, I saw a large pile of boxes scattered on the ground.

Behind the box was another person shivering just like them, wearing much thinner clothes and wrapped in a blanket, looking extremely disheveled.

Judging by his appearance, he's probably a lone, itinerant merchant.

"Hello there."

Xia En took the initiative to step forward and greet him.

To everyone's surprise, the person who was originally wrapped in the blanket immediately exclaimed "Eh!" the moment they saw Xia En.

Immediately afterwards, he dropped the blanket, clenched his fists, gathered his strength, and charged forward, mercilessly slashing down at Xia En with a palm strike.

Thud— A loud bang reverberated across the snow-capped mountain.

"Demons, how dare you deliver yourselves to our doorstep?"

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