Dragging his tired body, Al Ain gasped and turned to leave.

The logging axe in his hand was already stained with blood, and the foul-smelling blood was dripping down the blade of the axe.

Behind him, a huge bear lay on the ground, blood gurgling out of the neck area, and the body was still subconsciously withdrawn, and it seemed that it would not survive.

Ain's axe is capable of tearing not only human necks, but also through thick bear skin, tearing apart the trachea of ferocious bears.

But he was wounded, too, and a scratch from his shoulder to his waist almost split his whole body in half.

The bright red blood had soaked through his coat, and the only piece of his coat was broken, and he really didn't know how to spend the rest of the winter...... Maybe there is no longer a future.

By the time he crossed the border, he had eaten all the food he had gotten from Victor, and for the rest of his life he drank blood like a wild beast.

Now his hair was long and messy, and if it weren't for the clothes and axes on his body that still had the air of civilization, he would have looked like a wild man living in the forest.

"Hah...... Ha ......"

A mouthful of warm white gas came out of his mouth, and Ein felt that he couldn't hold out for long.

After crossing the border between the Kurt Kingdom and the Grim Wind Realm, he felt that the situation here was very strange, like that bear!

In winter, bears generally hibernate, even the ferocious bears, because they are still essentially a bear, but not only does the bear not hibernate, but it is also very energetic and not sleepy at all.

Ein was puzzled, he looked like a little giant, in fact he was also an adventurer, and his strength was quite good, but he had to retire because he was hit by an arrow in the knee during a battle for the ruins.

He returned to his hometown, followed the advice of his neighbor's elders, and became a lumberjack – he didn't think he would leave the business so soon during his time as an adventurer, so he squandered his money.

When he learned that it was too late to return because of the poison attached to the arrow, and the injury could not heal, he was in despair.

But in the end, he did not choose to die, he returned to his hometown, and under the influence of a difficult life and friends, he became a taciturn and serious man.

For the sake of his friend, he chose to take a shot-

This time he had no intention of staying alive, whether it was the lord's pursuers or the winter forest could kill him.

He has had enough of this life, and it would be better to die directly than to continue like this!

Although even if he didn't have Doom's words, he might have done it, but Doom's words were the reason why he chose to do it now.

Adventurers have never been good, except for one of his nezumi teammates at the beginning, he really hasn't found any adventurers who are genuinely kind, not even him, he has never considered himself a kind person.

"Are you going to die...... Ahem!"

Ein couldn't help but cough twice, but he didn't regret his choice.

Victor's greed awakened his blood, and he was actually somewhat grateful to the dead fat pig, if it weren't for Victor, he wouldn't have died like an adventurer.

This was already the territory of the Sorrowful Wind Territory, and although he had heard the news of the lord of this place, it was really hard for him to imagine what the territory ruled by a black dragon would look like.

He just has nowhere to go, and if he continues to be in the territory of the Kurt Kingdom, then he may be caught and hanged outside the town.

This kind of death is also 'a lot like an adventurer', but he doesn't like it, so he chooses to flee to the Sadwind Leader.

It is very close to the Black Forest, and there is at least a large river between the northern part of the Kurt Kingdom and the Black Forest, and it is directly bordered by the Black Forest.

The wound in his chest was painful and itchy, but Ein couldn't care about it anymore.

The former adventurer staggered and stumbled forward, but at least he had the strength to keep going, not die of exhaustion.

He had heard of this kind of scene in many stories, and he was actually quite satisfied that he could die in this way, after all, he had no choice.

Red blood flowed down his trousers, two lines of blood curdling behind him, and Ein's face had never turned pale from illness, but now it was as white as snow beside him from the bleeding.

"It's snowing......"

Tiny snowflakes fell slowly from the sky, on his shoulders, on his face, but he didn't feel any cold.

His body was numb to the point where he couldn't even feel the cold, and the pain and itching in his chest were slowly leaving him, and he knew that he might be dying.

Looking back, he could no longer see the body of the giant bear.

"Heh......"

Ein couldn't help but curl the corners of her stiff mouth and laughed.

Hunger, thirst, and pain were slowly disappearing, and they were all afraid of 'death', so they left his body.

Bang!

Ein's knees weakened, and he subconsciously reached out to support the tree trunk beside him.

After being slapped by him, the crumbling snow on the branches suddenly fell and covered him.

"Whew...... Whoop......"

The lungs were like a bellows, and Ein was breathing as hard as he could, but the cold air that had been poured into his throat like a knife came out as he could.

The scene before him had become blurred, and the sound of Si Si Suo was heard in his ears, and Ein swung his stiff neck, and slowly turned his head to see a rabbit the size of a tiger cub passing in front of him.

The logging axe in his hand had fallen to the ground at some point, and Ein didn't have the strength to pick it up again.

He sat on his knees, leaning against the trunk of a tree beside him, trying to keep breathing.

"Whew...... Whew......"

Gradually, his breath weakened, and the breath that had been able to drown out the cold wind had been muffled by the howling wind.

"Hey, a rabbit!"

At this moment, another voice came from his ears, which lifted Ein's spirits, but suddenly his eyes went black, and his body fell to the ground.

"Poof!"

The huge body fell on the snow, making a small sound, but it was enough for the boy who had found a rabbit to hear it.

............

It was dark in front of me, and my body didn't have much strength......

Ein struggled to open his eyes, and by this time he had used up his last strength, and he was barely breathing.

"Huh, are you awake?"

There was a voice in my ear that was not just a teenager or a girl, and the voice was full of vitality.

Ein's eyes rolled subconsciously, and a teenager's head came into view.

Looking at this young man, Ein's mouth opened slightly, his consciousness gradually woke up, his breathing gradually recovered, and after the turbid breath exhaled blew away the fog in front of him, Ein realized-

He's alive!

"I ......" was so weak that even Ain himself couldn't hear it.

"What?"

As if he had heard something, the boy suddenly became excited, and listened with his ear, and at the same time shouted loudly, "What are you talking about?

His excited and nervous look was as if he was afraid that Ein wouldn't hear what he was saying, and looking at the young man, Ein smiled.

"I ...... Still alive......"

The messy beard covered Ein's mouth, but the boy grinned as if he had read his heart: "Of course you are still alive!"

"You've been rescued by my Jolar!" the boy patted his chest, his face full of pride.

Alive...... It's good to be alive......

Ein laughed, laughed and laughed, and he cried.

He's glad he's alive, and that's really, great!