The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Even if everything that happened before was fake and everything Ansel said was a lie, it didn't matter, because at that moment, Xin got the reversal she wanted, the ending she expected... that belonged only to her.

Fallen.

Don't listen to what the devil says, just watch what he does.

He was... letting himself down.

Isn't that enough? Even if he keeps saying that it's all for Ming Fuluo, isn't the final climax still achieved by her?

Xin could lose countless times and be deceived countless times, but this time, it was truly... her victory.

Not only did Xin not collapse at all, but he took the initiative to swallow... that sweet but deadly fruit.

There was something indescribably horrible moving through the snow, laughing.

It's okay, Mr. Devil.

Even if I bear a great sin, even if... I am plagued by evil deeds.

I will definitely redeem you, I must be the one...the only one who can redeem you!

Chapter 5: I'm cute! (K)

"When will this snow stop falling?"

In a fortress on the northern border, a soldier wearing a thick coat leaned against the wall and complained: "It's been a long time since the snow from the north blew to our place. And it's been blowing for such a long time. I dare not imagine what the situation in the north is like now."

"I heard that... the princess is protecting the civilians in the north?" Another soldier was also bored and started a conversation with him, "At least they are still alive."

"Come on, do you really think that lunatic has such good intentions? Is living in hell considered living?"

No one had any good feelings or hopes for Ivola. Her notoriety had spread throughout the empire long before. If people still maintained awe and admiration for the current Regent, then they only had fear and disgust for the former Crown Princess.

"Yeah... that guy deserves to die." The soldier muttered, "If it weren't for him, would we have to blow the cold wind here? His Royal Highness the Regent beat the two idiots, Gray Tower and Iron Blade, to death with one hand."

"In fact, I feel that Lord Lance also——"

The other soldier paused before he could finish his words, because out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a dark figure moving towards the fortress in the snow.

"What the hell...enemy attack? No, wait, that's..."

call--!

The black shadow suddenly rose from the snow and flew directly to the top of the fortress, and it was getting bigger and bigger... bigger and bigger! Even the howling of the blizzard was suppressed by the sound of it breaking through the air.

The patrolling soldiers with dull eyes watched as the black shadow fell on the top of the city wall, making a dull noise that could be heard in half of the fortress, and the sturdy city wall even shook.

"This is……"

The soldiers on the city wall were all attracted by the noise, and the high-level extraordinary people stationed in the city were also alarmed and quickly rushed to the top of the city.

Then, everyone surrounded this huge monster, whose height alone was wider than the entire city wall, and fell into silence.

"This is the Frost Demon Bear that almost destroyed our entire fortress, right?"

Someone asked tentatively.

"...Apart from this, there isn't another giant like this."

Because the Western Country is close to the Tiantu Mountains, the enrichment of ether is extremely exaggerated. It is an area where supernatural elements are extremely active, attracting countless adventurers.

But in fact, the ether enrichment level in the North is not lower than that in the West - this is not because the environment in the North is so favorable, on the contrary, it is the eternal cold current blowing from the Far North that makes the North special.

Ether is everywhere, diffused in the atmosphere and flowing in the earth veins. In the view of scholars, the ether flowing in the earth veins is always more important than the ether dissipated in the atmosphere. Because the earth is the source of life, even the bottomless ocean will eventually accumulate on the earth's crust.

In the countless years from the birth of the world to the present, the ether flowing in the earth has allowed this world to be built on an extraordinary foundation, magnificent and beautiful. Many scholars believe that the reason why there is no life in other worlds in the Zero Point Maze, and even the ether is extremely thin and fluctuates chaotically, is because under the earth of this world, there may have been constructed for billions of years, and the current perfect and stable network of geomagnetic veins is a miracle that cannot be replicated.

As the cornerstone of the world, the ether in the earth's veins should flow all over the earth. Without external forces, it is impossible for it to stagnate in one place. No matter how abundant the ether in the Western Country is, it will definitely flow to the entire empire, and even to the direction of the Tiantu Mountains and to the other end of the continent.

But...the North is special.

The ultimate cold current that blew out from the ether vortex in the far north was no longer simply "cold" in nature, but was almost equivalent to stagnation, blockage, and consolidation. Before the emperor built the Tower of Eternal Wild Flame, a very special phenomenon had formed in the north, which had been ravaged by the cold current for who knows how many years.

The etheric veins of the North... are frozen.

To be precise, there is no way for it to flow to anywhere except the North. The ether that blows in along with the cold current is blocked on this land, seeping into the earth little by little in the extreme cold, circulating in the North with difficulty, and... accumulating.

It does not flow outward along any earth veins, and ether is constantly accumulating every minute and every second.

Until now, no one can say how much ether is accumulated underground in the entire north. This is why the mineral resources in the north are so rich that it is worth the emperor's personal effort to build the Flame Tower to make this place livable.

Monsters like the Red Ice Python, which were born in the earth veins, could not appear in other regions. How could a living thing be born in the ether that never stopped flowing? Only in the special land of the North could such creatures be born.

Not only that, all creatures in the North are far stronger than those in other regions, especially the extraordinary beings and monsters that can absorb ether. Therefore, in this land that is still not very habitable, the mortals are as tough as winter grass and have never been completely destroyed by disasters.

Because of this characteristic of the North, there are fortresses and outposts on the border to prevent the dangerous monsters roaming the North from invading.

The soldiers of the fortress were very familiar with this monster, which had already become a corpse and was nearly 20 meters tall. A few months ago, this demon bear went berserk and tore down half of the city wall. If the baron who was guarding the fortress had not been there, it would have taken countless casualties to repel it.

These monsters that have mutated due to ether have no connection with biology at all. Their size and strength have nothing to do with the nutrients required for normal beasts to grow. Even if they don't eat at all, they can grow bigger by chewing on ore as long as they can replenish ether.

"It's a fourth-level monster... and it's the most dangerous one among them!"

The soldiers, who didn't even dare to get close to take a closer look at the corpse, fearing that the bear would suddenly wake up and slap them into a pulp, were either surprised or excited, talking to each other in a flurry of conversation: "Did some adventurer pass by and run into this big guy, and then kill him?"

"Are you still asleep? No adventurer would give up his loot."

"...He didn't give up his spoils either. Isn't he already here?"

Upon hearing this, almost everyone looked towards the snowstorm outside the fortress that had been raging for who knows how long. They saw that the vague figure became more and more obvious, and inexplicably, a kind of... indescribable sense of awe arose in their hearts.

His pace was so relaxed, as if he was not struggling to trek through the blizzard, but as if such cold and dangerous cold currents and storms had already surrendered to him.

An officer who came to the top of the city wall was also watching the visitors in the blizzard. He was more nervous than the other soldiers because he suddenly realized that the strong man who would appear here at this time could only be...

"Oh! It's much more majestic than it looks from a distance."

A clear and hearty voice rang out in the wind and snow. This pleasant timbre can immediately remind people of the cute and lively girl next door in childhood, but the strength and confidence in it give this voice an extremely strong personal color. As long as you hear it even once, you will be impressed so deeply that you will never forget it.

The officer standing on the top of the city wall had his lips trembling slightly, because he had heard this voice by chance and knew who the owner of this voice was...

"Open the city gate, open the city gate quickly!"

He shouted incoherently: "Hurry up and greet——"

"No need, why are you pouring snow and wind into the fortress?"

The figure in the wind and snow leaped up, and with the sound of breaking through the air, the rustling corners of her clothes could tear the wind and snow into pieces as they fluttered. The figure fell rapidly from the air towards the huge belly of the demon bear, causing the city wall to shake again.

"This guy's meat is really solid." The girl stamped her feet, shaking off a few snowflakes from the knots of her black boots. She kicked the belly of the demon bear and looked very happy. "It looks like it will be enough for you to eat for a while. Very good."

"Lanlanlanlan...Lord Lance!"

The officer who recognized the identity of the visitor at the first time panicked and stammered: "I, we didn't know you were coming. We were not able to welcome you. We are really... very sorry!"

Hitana jumped off the belly of the magic bear with a bit of annoyance on her face. She raised her hand as if she wanted to scratch her head, but halfway through the movement, she suddenly put her hand down.

"There's nothing to be sorry about. I just hate this whole mess."

She put her hands in her windbreaker pockets and raised her chin coolly: "Are there any other monsters around here?"

"Demon, monster?"

"Yes." Xitana turned around and patted the body of the demon bear, "The kind that is stronger than this guy."

The officer's eyes twitched. If there were any more powerful monsters nearby than this demon bear, the fortress would have been reduced to ruins long ago.

"As far as I know... there shouldn't be any."

"I see. Never mind. It doesn't matter."

Hitana was not disappointed at all. It seemed that she knew that there were no powerful monsters nearby and just wanted to find this officer to confirm.

She stretched herself beautifully, then crossed her arms over her chest, leaned against the body of the demon bear, and said lazily, "Since there is no prey, let's eat first. Find the best cook in your fortress. I'm hungry."

"...Hungry?" The officer was stunned for a moment, then carefully observed Xitana's expression and said tentatively, "But we don't have any particularly good ingredients here, maybe... not to your liking."

"Ingredients? Aren't all the ingredients here?"

Xitana turned around, put her toes under the body of the demon bear, and then...

boom!

The thunderous sound spread throughout almost half of the fortress. The soldiers who were too close even covered their ears subconsciously in pain. This demon bear, which was nearly 20 meters tall and almost as big as a hill, was blasted into the sky by a light tap of Shitana's toes, and kept flipping over and over like a rag doll.

If you look closely, it seems as if the bear's bones are completely broken, and its limbs are swinging around as its body rotates, which looks a bit funny.

However, when such a huge thing falls directly on your head from the sky, I am afraid no one will find it funny.

——Except that this monster can be used as a doll to play with, there is a more terrifying monster.

"Hey...alright, where is the kitchen of your fortress? Lead the way."

Raising her arms, she easily held up the body of the demon bear, as if she was holding up a small building. She looked at the soldiers who were still in a daze, with a puzzled look on her face:

"What are you still standing there for? Aren't you hungry?"

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Fortunately, there are many cooks in the fortress, and one of them is a second-level extraordinary person. Otherwise, it would take at least a whole day to deal with this giant bear.

But even so, handing the corpse of a monster of this level to a fortress cook and having it cooked using extremely crude methods is already an extreme waste of resources.

But Xitanako didn't care. She just wanted to fill her stomach quickly and then continue her great journey.

Hitana Lancemalos is fighting alone in the North, and so far, the two grand dukes have not been able to send even a small soldier across the border of the North. Despite such a brilliant record, Miss Hitana also has a very remarkable plan.

But at this moment, she had already devoured a quarter of the entire demon bear like a whirlwind. Although the taste was average, it was at least the most sumptuous meal that Hitana had eaten in the past few days. It was definitely better than drinking the north wind and eating snowflakes.

In the spacious assembly hall, the soldiers of the fortress secretly looked at Xitana with awe or admiration as she put down a huge rib. They never thought... that they could be so close to the legend.

Xitana Lancemalos, her reputation is known to everyone in the North.

From the time when Anser and Ivora officially went to war until now, Grand Duke Iron Blade launched four waves of offensives, Grand Duke Grey Tower launched three waves of offensives, and the two of them jointly launched two large offensives - logically speaking, without Mingfulo's ridiculous city defense system, even with the assistance of a large number of nobles from all over the empire, it would be impossible for Shitana to easily defend this border.

But the fact is that she held on. Not only did she hold on, she also defeated the armies of the two grand dukes so that they dared not attack again.

The reason is simple. Hitana does not have as exaggerated weapons as Ming Furo, but the enemies she faces are not as desperate as the Revolutionary Army and are not afraid of death.

In the first wave of attack by the Grand Duke of Iron Blade, a total of two hundred third-level warriors launched an attack on the large fortress in the southeast direction of the Northern border. This group of crazy warriors destroyed the fortress wall in just five minutes. Perhaps it would take another five minutes to slaughter the entire fortress, but unfortunately they did not, because at the moment they broke through the fortress, Xitana arrived.

One against two hundred, it took eleven point six seconds to wipe them out.

And four seconds of that were spent chasing down deserters.

According to the description of the survivors of the massacre: If you ask me to choose between being an enemy of the Grand Duke and being an enemy of Lord Reims, I will choose to be an enemy of Lord Reims, because I can die very quickly and I won't even know how I died.

The violence of Hitana Lancemalos caused extreme fear among the followers and soldiers of the two archdukes. Even the archduke's soldiers who were in a local melee would immediately flee as soon as they heard the word "Lance", without caring whether they were in an advantageous position or not. Even if they could win in the next second, they would run away without looking back.

Such terror was not terror to their side, but a symbol of power, a manifestation of strength. Among the extraordinary people and soldiers who participated in the Northern War, a saying spread:

You may not know the surname of the noble you are loyal to, but you must know what Xitana Lancemalos looks like.

The soldiers who observed and sized up Xitana remembered her appearance well - no one looked at her with the eyes and thoughts of the opposite sex, and no one remembered Xitana as "very beautiful" because no matter whether it was the Empire or the Gray Tower and Iron Blade, they all had a basic consensus:

Xitana Lancemalos is a monster, it is impossible for a human to do such a thing.

From the time she met Anser to now, it has been only a little over a year. She has gone from being a student who was kicked out of the Skyfrost Tower and was in a bad state at the second level to a Scourge Wolf who can tear apart even a dragon with her bare hands... This unprecedented and unheard-of powerful speed has even made many people begin to doubt Shitana's species.

How could anyone look at such a monster with the eyes of a woman? No, it is better to say... this monster may not even think of himself as a woman -

Bang dong!

Miss Wolf, who was gnawing on a huge piece of ribs, suddenly stood up with a look of shock, and the huge ribs hit the table with a loud noise.

"I didn't expect that Xi'er, you would actually invite people to hold a banquet... It's really rare."

"..."

The girl, who was regarded as a monster by the world, stood there blankly, her increasingly beautiful dark red eyes gradually covered with a layer of mist.

"Anser!!!"

Shouts of surprise, excitement, grievance, blame... mixed with various emotions rang out in the assembly hall, and the strongest emotion in these shouts was the deep attachment that could never be erased even a little bit by time or distance.

The tall figure instantly stirred up a hurricane. Not to mention the tableware, the violent airflow directly overturned the soldiers and officers along with their chairs. And this murderous and notorious monster had now pounced into the arms of the person standing at the door of the assembly hall.

"Anser...Anser, Anser, Anser!"

She simply repeated the name incoherently, nudged Anther's chest with her head like an idiot, and shook her non-existent tail, but the overflowing happiness and joy, the attachment and joy that permeated into her heart, made Anther, who was holding Hitana in his arms, feel a long-lost feeling of being completely healed.

It was a fact that Hitana Lancemalos was a monster on the battlefield, possessing a terrifying power comparable to that of a natural disaster, and had the strong will to use this power without hesitation.

But there is one more thing, which is also true and very important.

That is, when facing the person she is attached to and loves deeply...she is really, very, very cute.