Wizard of All Souls

Ertaqiu sat on the snow with Jiani in his arms, watching the pursuers approach.

When the pursuers came to a distance of 100 meters from them, the leader waved his hand, and the pursuers stopped, and only the leader stepped forward.

Seeing the leader who kept approaching, staring at the face that was very similar to himself, Erta Qiu couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"I didn't expect you to be the one who came to chase me down." Ertaqiu said.

"Brother, I didn't expect you to betray the tribe." Erkeze pointed his spear at Erta Qiu's chest, "The reason why I came here at the first time is because I don't want you to die."

"I know."

"Come back with me, as long as you apologize to the elders and realize your mistakes, we will still forgive you."

"am I wrong?"

"Brother!" Erkeze shouted lightly.

"Take your children as sacrifices, and you can't even protect your own flesh and blood. What's the point of living like this?"

"stop!"

Er Taqiu held the spear and threw his body forward.

With a "puchi", the spear pierced his chest.

"Hehe..." Ertaqiu coughed blood, "Brother, I ask you one last thing, protect your sister-in-law and Sophia, please, please..."

Erta Qiu's voice became lower and lower until it disappeared completely.

Erkeze looked at his dead brother sadly, keeping his head steady all the time. As a genius brother in the tribe, he ended up like this because of a wrong choice twenty years ago.

"Jani, what are you doing?"

Erkeze swept his spear away, knocking down the dagger in his sister-in-law Jiani's hand.

"Er Taqiu is dead, and there is no point in my life." Jiani said expressionlessly.

Erkeze squatted down in front of Jiani, and whispered in her ear: "Don't you still have Sophia?"

"Sophia?"

There was a gleam of light in Jiani's eyes, but it soon dimmed again.

"Sophia was thrown off the cliff by you, right?" Erkeze looked towards the edge of the cliff, "How long do you think it will take me to climb down the cliff?"

"No!"

Jiani embraced Erkeze's arm with both hands, and looked at him pleadingly.

Erkeze gently stroked Jiani's long hair, "What do you think I feel about Sophia who made you betray the tribe and made you flee for twenty years? If you are all dead, I will never let you go her."

"Elkze..."

Jiani stared at Erkeze sadly, her pleading expression became more intense.

At Jiani's request, Erkeze sighed, "Even if it's for Sophia, you have to live. What if she escapes by chance and comes back after growing up? You don't want to see the grown-up Sophia? "

"I……"

Jiani lowered her head with complicated eyes.

Erkeze, who was childhood sweetheart with Jiani, suddenly understood her choice.

He immediately picked up Jiani, "After you go back, just tell the elders that all of this is my brother's decision, and it's all my brother's instigation. Sofia has been hidden by my brother, and you don't know where it is. With me protecting you, you will be fine."

He noticed that Jiani nodded invisibly in his arms.

He came to his subordinates, waved his hand, and his subordinates ran over to lift up the dead Erta Qiu.

"Is your choice really good?"

Erkeze looked up at the endless blue sky, and Ertaqiu's face and words before his death appeared in front of his eyes.

"I will take good care of Jiani, for sure."

...

air.

A snowball with a diameter of three meters kept falling, and its speed kept increasing.

"boom--"

After falling for an unknown amount of time, the snowball hit the bottom of the cliff all at once, and the snowball tore apart, revealing the sleeping little girl hugged inside.

The little girl held a package about her size in her arms.

Sophia breathed evenly, frowning slightly.

A cold wind blew on her face.

"It's so cold..."

Her eyes snapped open.

He stared blankly at the snow-white, strange world that appeared in his sight.

"Father? Mother?"

She rubbed her eyes and sat up, looking around blankly.

"Father—"

"My lord—"

"where are you?"

Sophia yelled loudly, her voice echoed in the surrounding air, without any response.

"how come?"

"Could it be?"

From the appearance, Sophia is only seven or eight years old, but in fact she is already twenty years old.

As a twenty-year-old, I know everything I need to know.

"No, father, mother and the others can't be bothered!"

"They are only temporarily distracting the pursuers, we are only temporarily separated, and they will appear after a while."

"It must be so."

Sophia dragged her package through the snow.

"During this time, I must protect myself and not let my parents worry."

Sophia's small body, dragging a heavy package, slowly moved along the cliff wall in the endless snow.

"Aww-"

A piercing and loud howling sound approached from far and near.

More than a dozen snow wolves ran over from afar, surrounded Sophia, and stared at Sophia while drooling.

"Go away!"

Sophia pulled the package and threw it at the nearest snow wolf.

"boom."

Like playing table tennis, the snow wolf that was hit flew out in an instant, embedded on the cliff wall.

"Woo--"

The snow wolf that was hit wailed, his mouth kept spitting blood, and his body was severely deformed.

Sophia pulled the package and walked out of the snow wolves' siege. The snow wolves watched Sophia's back and howled in a low voice, but none of them dared to rush forward in the end.

Little Sophia keeps moving forward in the snow.

Keep walking, walking.

It was getting dark.

"There must be a place to live."

Looking up, there is still a piece of whiteness all around, and there is no end in sight.

"Woooo..."

Sophia twitched her nose, tears welling in her eyes.

"No, no, I can't cry."

"I've grown up and can't worry my parents."

Sophia found a cozy little pit on the edge of the cliff that could keep out the wind.

sit down.

Open the package.

The package contained a lot of dry food and a water bottle.

Save some of these dry food, enough for her to eat for ten days and half a month, and enough water for several days.

Sophia took out a piece of jerky from the package and gnawed silently.

Thirsty, drink water.

Tired, close your eyes and start to rest.

In the darkness, Sophia's body trembled slightly, and clear tears slid down her immature face, condensing into ice.

"Father, mother..."

In her sleep, Sophia's hands kept shaking in the air, as if she was trying to grasp something important.

"Aww-"

A low wolf howl came from a distance.

"Da da da……"

A figure walked out of the night, stood in front of Sophia, silently watching Sophia who was sleeping soundly.

"A twenty-year-old...young girl?"

Will chuckled, picked up Sophia, and walked into the darkness.

Howling winds swept across the snow.

The coldness in the wind invaded Sophia's body through her clothes. Sophia's body trembled, and she hugged Will tightly, as if holding the last straw.