Snow, flooding the field of vision.

At the top of the black wall, a banner with a sword hand fluttered in the wind, and a young city guard stood on the towering central tower, his mind empty from the highest point of the main city, looking out over the deserted white plains and the mountains beyond, and thinking nothing.

Exhaling softly, the water vapor condensed into a white mist, and the young man named Anria breathed in the cold air, feeling that the low temperature had bypassed the thick cotton lining he was wearing, and invaded the depths of his body, for which he shivered, and his normal mind returned at this time.

"I'm crazy to stand guard in the tower on a blizzard day!"

Cursed in a trilling tone, standing on the high place where the storm was raging, Anria felt that his hand holding the spear and shield had frozen and could not move, and his whole body was extremely cold, especially in his feet, he was almost unconscious, and he couldn't even feel the cold, wiped the ice from his eyebrows, he gritted his teeth and said to himself: "Anria, hold on, there are still ten minutes to change shifts, bear with it for a while." ”

The self-comforting city guards began to move their bodies under the blowing of countless snowflakes, so that the already stiff muscles could move smoothly, but it was of little use, and the oncoming cold wind quickly took away the little temperature on his body, making An Ruiya feel that his whole body was about to freeze into ice: "Why do you put the control console of the city gate in this place......

Below the central tower, is the southern gate of Moldavia, it is a giant mechanism made by the rune dwarves of the Northland, its body is the use of gears to lift, ten meters long, five meters thick, ten meters high, net weight of 4,200 tons of solid steel block, its core design concept is that as long as the door is closed, even if the city wall collapses, the door is impossible to open, so instead of thinking about blasting open this so-called iron gate, it is better to consider how to break through the black granite city wall about 25 meters thick.

Seriously, only the dwarves who live in the molten iron magma have the ability to prepare materials, and if this large block of steel is melted into weapons, I don't know how many legions can be armed.

Of course, this is a door after all, but a little thicker, a little harder, and a little heavier, and the control point that determines when this terrible gate will be lowered and raised is in the central tower where Anria is, and that's why in such a violent snowstorm, there are still people standing guard in this extremely cold high place at any time.

"How nice it would be to install a glass screen on the tower, anyway, it won't affect the observation, how can you know the big people on it, how can you know ......?"

"Anria!"

While complaining, the young city guard suddenly heard someone shouting his name under the city walls, and it sounded like he was in a hurry.

He couldn't help but feel a little strange, there should still be some distance before the shift change, could it be that someone saw him freezing pitifully and was ready to come up early to take over? That's great.

"Be louder!" With a trill, Anria replied loudly in a voice that had frozen to the point of dryness, "What's the matter?" ”

“… Blame... Invade...... Close the door! ”

The sound under the city walls really increased a little, but the sudden increase in the howling of the wind and snow muffled it, and the city guards could only faintly hear the inexplicable words 'close the door'.

"Wait, shutting down? But why?! I didn't hear clearly! ”

One step out, walked to the control table of the rune mechanism, An Ruiya grabbed a lever, although he believed in his comrades, and was ready to close the door at any time, but he still asked loudly with a puzzled face: "As long as it is closed, then if you want to open it, you can only wait for two hours after the rune is charged!" ”

"Enemy attack, you ****** close the door quickly! At maximum speed! ”

This time, the voice containing the fighting spirit finally broke through the wind and snow, and completely poured into the ears of the young city guard, Elson could hear that it was the voice of his commander, and it was extremely anxious, and it was almost - no, he had already cursed: "Anria, you stinky boy, if you don't close the door, the old man will die!" ”

"Where the hell did the enemy attack come from!"

Urged to be extremely nervous, Anria looked down from a high place, and did not see even the slightest trace of the enemy below, at this time he had great doubts in his heart, but as a soldier, the city guard still subconsciously obeyed the commander's order, and pulled down the lever hard.

Boom Boom

With the roar of the mechanism, the massive steel portal fell violently, four thousand tons, and the terrifying weight shook the snow and the earth, sending a puff of smoke and dust into the air, and then being blown away by the wind, and the violent and low crash was even transmitted to the other side of the city, startling many of the people who stayed at home.

Bearing the familiar shock, and then grabbing the spear in his hand, Anria hurried towards the entrance of the passage downward, and although he did not see the enemy invading, the nervousness of the chief's shouting was not fake...... Could it really be that some invisible enemy evaded his observation and invaded the city without realizing it?

Walking briskly down the spiraling stone staircase, the young city guard reached the gate below.

And this has long been a battlefield.

Whew――

Just as Anria walked out of the upper and lower passages on the inner side of the city wall, a gust of wind with a fishy smell immediately rushed to his face, and the violent sense of danger stimulated his nerves, and the body of the young city guard reacted faster than his will, and instinctively threw the spear forward, and he instantly raised the steel shield with both hands, and held it firmly across his chest.

Then, in the next moment, An Ruiya felt a sudden and powerful crash into it, and her hands, which were already numb from the cold, suddenly lost consciousness completely, and the whole person kept falling backwards.

"What the hell!"

After taking five or six steps backwards in a row and unloading this force, Anria, who was so frightened that she didn't even have time to feel the pain, had time to scold angrily and observe the situation in front of her.

Then he was stunned for a moment.

Standing in front of him was a snow-white, tall wolf, half a man tall, with a burly physique, powerful muscles hidden under the hair, smooth and strong, but now, its right forelimb was bent into a strange shape, which is why the giant wolf did not attack when Anria retreated.

"Such a big winter wolf, this fur, no wonder I can't find it! But what I have in my hand is a steel shield forged by a dwarf, and if I want to collide with my flesh and blood, even if it is a demonic beast! ”

Taking advantage of this opportunity to move his wrist and restore his aching hands to the point where he could hold his shield, Anria looked around, and he found that behind the severed city gate, the city guards' usual posts were in shambles, and the traces of battle were everywhere, and there was a sound of fighting around the corner not far away, and the familiar shouting and scolding of his own commander was also among them.

It was good that he didn't all die, and Anria was glad to think that although he had lost his weapon due to the sudden attack, as long as he survived until his comrades had dealt with their enemies, everyone could work together to easily deal with the difficult big winter wolf in front of him.

But the young city guards didn't realize that the enemy in front of them was no longer the same creature as the wild winter wolves they had hunted before.

"Woooooooo

The original green eyes are now red, with breathing, between the teeth and the end of the nose is overflowing with black and purple gas, due to the trauma, under the urging of anger and madness, this giant winter wolf suddenly raised its head to the sky and howled, the muscles and bones up and down the body crackled, and suddenly the whole body was larger, the white hair like snow stood up like sharp needles, and the blue and purple blood vessels and tendons were exposed, pulsating with unparalleled power.

"Crazy?! A wolf?! ”

Looking at this anomaly, An Ruiya's heart suddenly sank to the bottom, this winter wolf was originally a few laps larger than the average of its kind, its strength and speed were very strong and fast, without weapons, he felt reluctant to deal with it, who knew that this guy would actually go berserk!

It's impossible to hold on. The young city guard held his breath at the thought, and then drew a knife from his waist, the blade shining.

"Monsters." He looked at the giant wolf in front of him with a black-purple aura, and said softly, "Death will take away your piece of meat." ”