under hope

According to legend, in a longer period of time, a species with animal characteristics lived on the land of the Republic.

Their appearance is the same as that of humans, but they usually have animal ears or tails. This is the only way to distinguish them.

Local residents call them monsters.

Those species are individuals among animals that have gained intelligence, and they have slowly developed groups over time.

They gained wisdom much earlier than humans.

In the 19th century BC, the Republic launched an operation to slay demons, and armed forces from various places were organized to go into the mountains to slay demons.

After this incident, the already rare monsters became even more difficult to find.

They may be hiding deeper in the mountains and forests.

In an unknown deep mountain in the Republic, a man in black with a sheep skull was walking inside.

The man in black was walking smoothly in the steep jungle, but the two girls behind him suffered.

The girl in black priest uniform walked carefully on the uneven ground.

The branches would catch her clothes from time to time, which made her very uncomfortable, so she could walk a little better with the help of the tin stick in her hand.

Another girl was wearing a series of mountaineering clothing and was traveling much faster than the little priest.

"I said sister Anne, wouldn’t it solve the problem if you change into clothes similar to mine?"

The girl in mountaineering clothes turned her head and looked helplessly at the little priest who was trapped by branches behind her.

"no! This dress was given to me by an adult"

"It smells like an adult..."

As he spoke, the little priest put his nose to his clothes and took a deep breath, showing an intoxicated expression.

"Um...I don't really understand"

"The smell will stick to you anyway."

"The most important thing now is not to hold back!"

The girl in mountaineering clothes didn't understand the little priest's answer, so she told her her own point of view.

"But, this dress, this..."

The little priest has a deep affection for the clothes on his body. As for changing clothes, just thinking about it makes her extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing that the little priest is about to cry standing there, climbing the mountain The pretending girl quickly walked towards her and helped pull her out.

"Anne, Christina, come here."

Before the girls could stand still, the man in black summoned them.

In order to prevent the little priest from getting trapped in the branches again, Christina had to walk with her.

The man in black sat on a big rock, with dark eye holes. Looking ahead at the endless deep forest.

The girls finally arrived at His location. The man in black reached out and held the little priest in front of him, stroking her hair.

"Priest uniforms are not suitable for all situations, dear Anne."

The hand of the man in black stroking his hair slid down and pinched the little priest's face.

"That’s it."

Christina also echoed

"But this was given to me by an adult, and I don’t want to replace it."

The little priest is very stubborn.

"My dear Anne..."

The man in black's hands kept wandering around, which gave the little priest a blush on his face.

"Sir, you are so cunning, but you cannot change your clothes..."

The little priest's body suddenly trembled, and black flames burned on her clothes, making it impossible for her to continue talking.

"Eh? Sir, this is what you are doing!"

The flames gradually extinguished, and Anne was no longer wearing a long-sleeved priest uniform, but a smart black mountaineering outfit.

"Hmm...there's an adult smell on it too."

Anne buried her nose in her clothes and took in big breaths.

"What about that dress? grown ups."

Annie asked shyly

"There was too much dew on the leaves in the early morning and they were all wet. I will wash them before returning them to you."

The man in black stood up and stretched out his hand to take Christina over.

"Huh? grown ups? at this time?"

Christina, who was standing aside in a daze, was frightened by the sudden move and blushed all the way to her ears.

"Yeah, little guy."

The man in black pinched a small round object from the thin hair on the back of Christina's neck.

"Wha...when was it installed?"

Christina was shocked.

"A little toy for peeping sounds, a boring trick."

The man in black crushed the round object, raised his arm and turned his palm to the sky, releasing a black fireball.

After a while, a small machine with four propellers fell in front of them

"It's the inspector!"

Christina showed the fangs in her mouth, her words full of anger

"Let’s talk after the reckoning, Christina."

The man in black stroked Christina's cheek, soothing her angry mood.

"Move on, my minions."

The man in black turned around and walked forward.

"Keep up, Anne."

Christina glared at the small machine on the ground, then turned around and patted Annie, who was still intoxicated.

"oh oh."

Anne came back from her intoxication and trotted to keep up with the team.

They had completely penetrated into the jungle. The tall and dense trees blocked the sun, and the surroundings were dim.

"What are we looking for? grown ups."

Christina asked

"The remaining monsters, my dear."

The man in black stopped in front of a mass of fog.

"What happened ahead?"

Christina asked again, and also grabbed Anne who kept walking forward with her head lowered.

"It's a miracle"

"As long as each family members pray sincerely, they can trigger miracles"

"These monsters use miracles to hide their dwellings."

The man in black put his hand into the mist, as if feeling something

"Too weak"

"This shows that not many people participated in prayer"

"It can only deceive humans who only believe in their eyes."

The man in black waved his hand vigorously, and all the fog was dispersed, and a stone arch appeared in front of them. The man in black did not take any action, but stood there and waited quietly.

The breeze passed through The trees made the leaves rustle, and the fog did not gather again.

"He was afraid."

Looking at the tone, the man in black seemed to laugh contemptuously.

"Go ahead, go in and find that guy."

The black man turned his head and motioned for the girls to follow him.

Behind the arch was an uninhabited village, also covered in mist, but thinner than the one outside the door.

The man in black tilted his head, listening to the sound hidden in the mist. small voice in

"Well, the prayers were intermittent, which proved that they were not clergy."

He looked around and observed the surroundings

"The effect is minimal, the proof itself is not pious, it just remains in the 'convenience' aspect."

The man in black chuckled and turned his head to listen to something.

"Although it is small, it is very powerful and is more suitable for martial arts than chanting."

Christina and Anne were not surprised by this. They firmly believed that everything adults did was meaningful.

The man in black stood still, raised his head, took a deep breath, and continued:

"The sound of breathing is short and small, and the weapon is also coated with poison. He is good at assassination."

The man in black opened his arms and faced the sky with his palms. An unknown red light flashed in the dark eye holes.

"The most dangerous place is the safest place. You understand this very well, cute puppy."

The goat skull suddenly turned behind it without any warning, and let out a roar that could shatter the eardrums.

Christina and Anne were already prepared to resist the scream, but they had to pity the little guy hiding in the dark.

"Ah ah!"

A petite figure fell behind the man in black, covering his bleeding ears with both hands and wailing on the ground.

"Have you been hiding behind the adults?"

Both Anne and Christina were very surprised, especially Christina. As a ghoul, she didn't smell anything.

"Ah, what a talented and adorable little guy."

The man in black reached out and grabbed the back of the guy's clothes, and lifted him up effortlessly.

As the praying man was caught, the thin mist dissipated, which also allowed them to see clearly. Little guy.

It was a girl. Although she had been lifted into the air, it could still be visually detected that she was only as high as the chest of the man in black.

The girl had fluffy triangular ears on her head and a tail hanging from her back. The rest of the place is the same as humans.

The man in black reached out and ignited the black flame on the girl's head, healing her damaged eardrum.

"Your generation has evolved even more completely, and you don’t even have claws anymore."

The man in black grabbed the girl's arm and played with her fingers with his withered hands.

The girl did not reply, but stared at the pale skull of the man in black with her pale yellow eyes.

Perhaps she noticed that her ears no longer hurt, and the girl The foot pierced the body of the man in black.

She soon regretted it. There was only scorching black flames in the body of the man in black.

The flames devoured the girl's soles, constantly eating away at the down and skin on her feet. She He cried out in pain:

"it hurts! Damn the invaders! Ti Ti hurts so much!"

The girl waved her limbs randomly, but she couldn't pull out the foot that stabbed the man in black's body.

"Haha, Titi, a weird and cute name. Where are the other monsters here?"

The man in black helped the girl pull out her legs and then hugged her up.

"who are you? They...are humans!"

The girl saw Christina and Anne standing aside and became excited again.

"Quiet, now, answer my question."

The man in black held the girl down firmly and looked at her with red eyes.

"let me go! Humans, Titi wants to tear them apart!"

The girl showed a beast-like mania. She kept kicking and hitting the body of the man in black, and her fingers were bent into claw-like shapes.

"Sorry then."

Seeing that the girl refused to cooperate, the man in black grabbed her hair and pressed her head against the tree trunk regardless of the girl's wails.

"Let me read your memory and tell me all this."

Black flames burned on the palms of the man in black, and all the memories of nearly a hundred years poured into his eye holes.

"Massacre, flight, destruction, mourning, crying, hatred"

"It turns out that monsters have such a rough fate."

The man in black let go of the girl's head and hugged her tightly.

"Here, only Titi is left. Elder, he left last year."

It seems that the reading of the memory also made her recall the painful past events again, and the tears that poured out soaked the robe of the man in black.

"The footsteps of progress are often filled with blood and corpses, and the same is true for every race."

"The monster has been blessed by that Lord from the beginning, and now, His agent will accept you."

The man in black held up the girl's face and wiped away her tears.

"Can you help Ti Ti get revenge?"

The girl asked innocently

"Of course, our journeys are always full of surprises."

The man in black turned to look at Anne and Christina, and the girl also followed his gaze.

"Are they not the humans that Titi hates?"

The girl asked again

"They are servants of God, and you are."

The man in black waved his hand gently, and Anne and Christina returned to their original clothes.

"Can Titi come with you?"

The girl raised her head and looked at the white goat skull with pleading eyes.

"I won't say no."

The man in black touched the girl's plush ears and held her calloused little hands.

The black flames ignited quietly, making the girl's hands smooth and tender.

"Welcome sister Titi to join us. I am Annie."

The little priest lifted up his long clothes, curtsied, and introduced himself to the girl.

"Alas, there is a new member, I am Christina."

The taller woman also introduced herself.

The group of people quickly disappeared into the deep forest.

Soon, a huge crow flew out of the woods. From a special angle, it was enough to cover the sun.

The end of the journey It seems to be almost there.