"Little master..."
"Well, I'm finally saved!"
…
After waking up from coma one after another, they saw the three civet and cat brothers walking cautiously to Pei Wende's side. First they looked at the depths of the mist with hesitation, and then turned their attention to the skeletal giant not far away.
Even though Pei Wende didn't say anything or ask anything.
The three civet brothers still felt as if they had made some huge mistake, with a strong sense of uneasiness and guilt.
"I don't blame you, why are you so scared?"
Pei Wende rolled his eyes angrily. Of course, Pei Wende knew that with Xiaoqing's character, if she really wanted to do something, the three civet brothers would definitely not be able to stop her.
Moreover, Pei Wende has no doubt that the reason why the three civet brothers worked for Xiaoqing without telling him was because of coercion and inducement.
Of course, it is more likely that it is just a simple coercion, because it is not Xiao Qing's character to be tempted or anything like that.
"Can you tell me now, what are you doing?"
Just when Pei Wende was about to continue asking something, the skeletal giant that had been frozen in place by his mantra suddenly made a strange noise.
Click...
It sounds like the sound of bones breaking, and the sound of shattering mirrors...
When Pei Wende turned back to look at the skeletal giant, he was shocked to find that fine cracks, centered on the hole in its chest, had spread all over the body.
It seems that he also knows that his death is coming, and the skeletal giant's pair of dark green eyes reveal infinite nostalgia and reluctance, and at the same time there seems to be a little relief.
"I... am not a monster..."
In the end, Pei Wende only heard the murmur of the skeletal giant, and its body turned into mist and returned to the mist.
"No, at least there's something left behind."
After a brief silence, Pei Wende strolled to the place where the skeleton giant disappeared.
In the deep pit that appeared when the skeletal giant fell to the ground, two beads emitting green light were lying in it.
Those are the eyes of the skeleton giant and the source of its power.
It is precisely with the support of these two orbs that this "dead spirit" born in the fog can temporarily escape the fog and exist.
Unfortunately, even with two orbs as the source of his power, the skeleton giant has reached its limit after being severely injured by the civet maknae and imprisoned by Pei Wende.
After all, that strange mist is the real birthplace of the Skeleton Giant.
The skeletal giant that has escaped from the fog is like a fish that has escaped from the water source. Like a rootless duck, it is destined not to "live" for long.
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Almost at the moment when the skeletal giant disappeared, the village was in the mist.
A woman who was weaving at home suddenly looked up in the direction outside the village, looking stunned and shocked.
Immediately afterwards, the woman seemed to realize something, and tears suddenly overflowed uncontrollably from her eyes.
"Ada..."
Mumbling someone's name in a daze, the woman knew that she might never see him again in this life.
"mother?"
As if being disturbed by the woman's cry, a boy who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old immediately opened the door and looked at his mother in confusion.
In the boy's impression, his mother has always been very strong since his father's death.
Ignore the old people who come to propose marriage and matchmaking, and ignore the gossip of the villagers...
In the boy's mind, his mother seemed to always be so strong and gentle, and she had no complaints even if she raised him alone.
"Mom? What's wrong with you?"
"Who bullied you? I'm going to beat him up now!"
There was unabashed ferocity in his determined eyes. The young man was not his mother, and he had always been tough on the gossip in the village.
Thanks to this, the young man was only thirteen or fourteen years old, but even the stronger young men did not dare to underestimate his existence.
Because this kid not only dares to be ruthless, but also never takes the "old and young in order" system in his eyes.
I'm so anxious, this stupid guy even set fire to the house more than once or twice.
"Mom is fine, I just suddenly remembered your father."
The woman quickly wiped away her tears. She didn't want her lawless boy to cause trouble again.
"Why are you thinking about that bastard again?"
However, facing the woman's answer, the boy became even more angry.
"Ever since that bastard abandoned us, mother and son, and left the village alone to go outside, his status in this family no longer exists!"
Despite what he said, the woman could tell that the boy also missed his father.
But in this lonely home, both mother and son must show their strong side so as not to be bullied by the villagers.
"You can't say that about your father. Your father only did it for us..."
At this point, the woman paused for a moment, then changed the subject and scolded.
"Speaking of which, did you beat up the children of Lao Wu's family again today?"
"Didn't I tell you not to fight? Why do you always disobey me?!"
Seeing the woman getting more and more angry as she talked, the young man was so frightened that he quickly stepped forward to squeeze her shoulders and hit her back, no longer caring about the old bastard who had been away from home for many years.
"Mom, don't be angry..."
"It's not worth getting so angry over such a trivial matter."
"And it wasn't me who took the initiative today. It was that naughty boy from Lao Wu's family who stole the firewood I chopped first."
The boy was half coquettish and half complaining as he squeezed the woman's shoulders for a long time. Only when he was sure that the woman was not really angry did he whisper the whole story of the incident.
"This is not the first time that naughty kid has done this. If I don't give him a harsh lesson this time, he will dare to come to our house and steal other things next time."
In this small village, orphans and widowers are always subject to all kinds of discrimination and prejudice.
The young man knew this very well and naturally did not want his mother to be harmed. The most correct thing to do was to nip all possible crises in the bud.
"You! You always have your reasons anyway!"
The woman, who narrowed her eyes slightly and looked slightly sad, didn't know what she was thinking about and did not continue to struggle with this issue.
"Son, haven't you always wanted to leave the village and see the outside world?"
Hearing the woman suddenly mention this, the young man nodded firmly despite having thousands of questions in his mind.
"Yes, I will leave this village sooner or later!"
"And I must find that bastard and apologize to you in front of him!"
—Recommendation ticket—Monthly ticket—
