Another world lord: start from infinite replication Chapter 131: A New Beginning for the New Year (Here comes eight thousand chapters! I wish all readers a happy new year!)
Chapter 131: A New Beginning for the New Year (Here comes eight thousand chapters! I wish all readers a happy new year!)
The bonfire party went smoothly. Under Mandy's urging, Clemont got busy in front of the magic barbecue like an old barbecue master.
Because of his extraordinary talent, in his previous life, when he got together with friends, the barbecue pit was usually his place, and the food he cooked was praised by his friends.
Although there are no flavor-enhancing seasonings in this world, there are many substitutes that are no less delicious than cumin barbecue seasonings.
While Lord Clemont was busy, everyone in the tent was cooking hot pot and looking eagerly at the sizzling meat skewers on the barbecue.
At the same time, wonderful music also sounded from the tent. Along with the music, the carnival crowd began to sing and dance in front of the bonfire.
It wasn't until the bonfire was extinguished late at night that the crowd gradually dispersed.
Everyone in the tent who was slumped on chairs looked at Clemont, as if they were waiting for something.
Seeing this, Clemont touched his belly and stood up with a smile.
"Hahaha, let's go then!"
He said before that there would be a surprise during the sacrifice, and now it was time for the surprise to appear.
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In the new city, a strong man stumbled open the door of the house he just moved into.
"Annie, where is the child?"
When Roy returned home, he only saw his wife, but his half-grown boy who was clamoring to wait for the lord's surprise was nowhere to be seen.
The woman who was mending this piece of clothing under a candle saw her drunken husband, then put down her needle and thread, took out a bowl of sobering soup from the kitchen, placed it in front of her husband, and said with a smile:
"He has been playing all day today and has fallen asleep now!"
After hearing his wife's words, Roy, who was drinking soup, also had a bright smile on his face.
He raised his head and glanced at the brand new house, then at his rosy-faced wife, Roy's nose was slightly sour.
This kind of life was something they had never dared to imagine before, but now it is so real in front of them.
"You should also go to bed early! I'll go see him!"
After drinking the sobering soup, Roy stood up and walked towards the stairs.
Since these houses were built by Clermont according to the style of the new rural areas in the previous life, every house is a two-story building.
"Hehehe, go and see it! I'm waiting for the surprise that the lord said!"
Annie picked up the needle and thread and continued to sew under the light.
When he came to a room on the second floor, the door was ajar. Through the crack in the door, Roy saw his sleeping son.
Looking at the peaceful sleeping look on his son's little face, Roy's mouth was filled with a smile. He walked to the bedside, stretched out his fingers and gently touched his son's chubby little face, feeling his tenderness.
My heart is filled with the taste of happiness.
And this happy scene is happening in almost every house.
"Dang~"
In the last few minutes of All Saints' Day, the bells of the city's bell tower rang.
"Bang!"
A bright light suddenly flashed in the night sky outside the door, followed by a loud noise like thunder.
"Bang~bang~bang!"
The loud noises were heard endlessly, and everyone was enveloped by this surprise as they watched the colorful lights shining in the night sky.
"Colorful fireworks? Did you make this too?"
On the rooftop of the castle, looking at the beautiful scene in the night sky, Mariana had a bright smile on her face.
"Um!"
After comforting Mandy, who was frightened by the loud noise and hid by his ears, Clemont nodded while looking at the fireworks rising from the city wall.
In fact, he did not create fireworks. There are already such things as fireworks in this world, but the colors of the fireworks here are very simple. It should be that the effect of metal powder on fireworks has not been discovered yet.
And he just filled these fireworks he bought at a high price with various metal powders.
Speaking of gunpowder, due to the existence of magical fighting spirit, the application of gunpowder is very limited. The most widely used ones are fireworks and mining of ores.
We are far from developing thermal weapons, because even if they are developed, they will be useless. In the face of magic and fighting spirit, artillery and other things are just a pile of Shet, not to mention that there are magic cannons in this world that are more widely applicable and more powerful.
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As the grand fireworks show came to an end, Clement also ushered in the second year of his arrival in this world.
After settling Mariana and Graham, Clemont took Mandy back to his bedroom.
He didn't practice that night because he was sorting out everything that happened tonight.
In the distant God Realm, in the temple of the Harvest Goddess, a woman in white robes sat quietly on the divine chair, playing with an ice-blue magic core in her hand, listening quietly to the two people below.
dialogue.
"Thordan, why are you disturbing me?"
A short green goblin wearing a dazzling golden robe and a crown studded with various gemstones jumped on his feet and pointed angrily at the knight sitting on the chair opposite.
The knight on the opposite side snorted disdainfully, and his eyes revealed through the gap in his helmet were indifferent and cold and arrogant.
"Hmph, Hells, please pay attention to the tone of your words! Low-level gods must have the consciousness of low-level gods!"
Hearing the knight's words, Hells suddenly trembled.
But when he thought about this guy going against him at every turn, he became extremely angry.
"Why, I'm still afraid of you! Although I am a low-level god, but I have money, you try to touch me?"
"You!" Thordan, the god of knights, was furious. Although he was stronger than Hells, he couldn't stand up to this guy's wealth!
Seeing the two gods quarreling with each other, the Harvest Goddess on the throne chuckled lightly.
"Okay, stop arguing! I haven't asked you why yet?"
Hearing this, both of them looked a little embarrassed.
They originally came to discuss matters with the Harvest Goddess, but happened to see the Harvest Goddess giving God's blessing to a small human lord.
So in order to be a favor, they also sent blessings to him, but their blessings were not unconditional. If you want to get blessings without offering sacrifices, there is no such good thing in the world.
But just as Hells' blessing passed through the passage, Thordan secretly took action and cut off the last half of the divine power, and this second half contained the exchange conditions for the blessing.
After seeing that the two were no longer arguing, the Harvest Goddess straightened her expression and said, "Okay, let's get down to business!"
Hearing this, the two gods put aside their blessings and listened carefully to the words of the Harvest Goddess.
To them, the blessing just now is just one of the thousands of blessings they have given, and it has no special meaning.
"This divine war is a new round of reshuffle in the divine world. The seven divine kings seem to be in harmony on the surface, but secretly there is already a storm. I came to you this time to make you prepare in advance..."
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Naturally, Clemont would not know about things in the God Realm. At this time, he was taking Mariana and Graham to visit his territory.
"Go west from here and you will reach the seaside! However, the population of the territory is still relatively small now, and there are not many people on the seaside! There is only one fishery here where fishmen work."
Standing on a small hill, surrounded by thick snow, but there was a faint cold sea breeze in the air.
After hearing Clemont's introduction, Mariana, who was wearing a thick cloak, nodded.
Then everyone got on the carriage and continued towards the seaside.
After a while, three carriages drove along the road and entered a fishing ground guarded by a small group of city guards.
After jumping off the carriage, listening to the sound of the waves in his ears and breathing the cold salty sea breeze, Clement turned around and helped Mariana down.
"Is this your fishing ground?"
After looking around the fishery, which was surrounded by wooden piles and with six or seven simple houses standing inside, Mariana asked with some surprise.
"Well, there were some fishermen living here before, but when Claremont City was being built, they all went back. It just so happened that Her Highness Cynthia gave me some fishman slaves because of the soap. After settling them, I
Let someone bring them here to fish!”
Although freshwater fishmen cannot stay in sea water for a long time, there is still no problem for half a day and a day.
"Lord Lord!"
While the two were talking, a young man with an elegant temperament came over. He was the person in charge of the fishery, and he was also one of the talents that Clemont had recruited from the empire's academies.
Clemont nodded towards him, glanced at the empty room and asked, "Have all the fish people gone fishing?"
"Yes, Lord Lord, today is the first day of the new year, and the fish people all want to give you the first fish they catch! So they went to the sea to fish very early!"
After hearing what the person in charge said, Clemont was a little confused.
It's already afternoon now. With the speed at which the fishmen are fishing, why are they back now? Why is there still no movement on the sea?
Seeing the lord's expression, the person in charge had already guessed his doubts, and then explained: "Lord, the first fish of the new year is special. The first fish in freshwater lakes and rivers usually choose red.
Fish like pearl carp, and for marine fish, I would choose blue-scaled golden pomfret.
Both of these fishes symbolize good luck, so the fishmen probably want to capture the blue-scaled golden pomfret to present to the lord, but the number of this kind of blue-scaled golden pomfret is very small, so it may not be easy to find it."
After hearing the explanation from the person in charge, Clemont nodded.
This is very similar to the custom in the previous life, but these fishmen are not very strong, and there are all kinds of magical beasts in the sea, so I don't know how safe they are.
"Lord, look!"
Just when Clemont was worried about the safety of these fishmen, the person in charge suddenly pointed to the sea in the distance and shouted.
Clemont looked hurriedly and saw a fish-man's head suddenly popping up in the blue water not far away. When he saw the people on the shore, the fish-man excitedly took the fish he caught in his hand.
Lifted it up.
Against the background of the blue sea water, the fish was as dazzling as golden gold, but on the belly of the fish, a blue stripe ran through the body of the fish.
With the appearance of this fish-man, more and more fish-men appeared on the sea, and while showing off their victory, they quickly swam towards the shore.
Because they saw the lord who gave them new life in the crowd on the shore.
Soon, the first murloc came ashore. As expected by Clemont, this murloc was none other than Fitz, the leader of the murloc tribe.
After shaking off the seawater from his body, Fitz ran over with the fish in his arms with an excited face. When he ran to Clemont, he knelt down on one knee and raised the fish high above his head.
"Great Master, your most faithful servant offers you New Year's blessings!"
Looking at Fitz's pale blue skin that looked wrinkled due to dehydration, Clemont took the fish he held above his head and then said to Dylan behind him: "When we go back, let Old Barr send some windmills.
Come here and send three more carts of living supplies to the fishman's station."
Upon hearing the Lord's reward, the fishmen who came ashore behind them all fell to their knees and shouted in unison in broken human language.
"Long live the lord! Long live the lord!"
Looking at this scene, Mariana and Graham both had complicated expressions on their faces.
In their eyes, these fishmen are the filthiest and lowest creatures. In their territory, these fishmen are only worthy of living with livestock.
But after seeing such a warm and harmonious scene, their hearts were shaken.
"Hahaha, Dylan, light the fire, we have lunch today!"
Looking at the blue-scaled golden pomfrets still running and jumping in the hands of these murlocs, Clemont laughed and gave instructions to Dylan.
But just when he turned around, the golden pomfret in his hand suddenly jumped, and then he saw little Mandy hugging her head in grievance, but her eyes were still staring at the golden pomfret.
"Hahaha~"
Seeing this scene, everyone was amused and burst into laughter.
In the afternoon, after leaving the fishing ground, Clemont led everyone along the seaside, bypassing a hilly area and arriving at a sparse mountain forest.
This is the northernmost part of Clermont Territory. After climbing over this woodland is Kativa Territory. Clermont had been here when he first came to the territory. As a lord at that time, he was still rejected here.
But now it is completely different here. After learning that the lord was coming, these hunters took out their treasured game and dried fruits, and some even took out the wine and white bread purchased from Clermont City.
Now their lives are no longer the same, so they sincerely accept this lord.
"Chief Rudy, how is life in the village now? If there is anything missing, just tell me!"
Sitting in the courtyard of the village chief's house, Clemont asked while drinking hot tea.
Upon hearing the Lord's inquiry, Rudy quickly said: "Lord, since you came, our life has become better. Secretary Barr will send people to buy the prey we captured and the dried fruits we picked every month, and
They also gave us all kinds of daily necessities! We...we..."
At this point, Rudy's cloudy eyes gradually became moist, and he swallowed his words even more, thinking about his attitude towards the Lord a few months ago, for which he felt guilty.
"Haha, Mayor Rudy, it's all in the past, let it go!"
Clemont took a sip of tea, smiled and shook his head.
After hearing this, Rudy said no more and just wiped his tears silently.
"Okay, Village Chief Rudy, I'm here this time not only to take guests around, but also to get to know the situation in Neuss Mountain Forest. Our Claremont Territory still lacks pillar industries. I'll see if I can
Plan it."
After hearing the Lord's words, Rudy suddenly became energetic. Rudy, who has lived his whole life relying on the mountains and forests, is naturally very familiar with it. Then he introduced Clemont to the mountains and forests of Neuss.
Condition.
The Neues Mountain Forest covers a very large area, but due to the sea breeze, the forest is not dense. On the contrary, it is very rugged and difficult to travel. Moreover, due to environmental reasons, there are not many animals and plants in the mountain.
The northeastern direction of the Nois Mountain Forest is the territory of Kativa Territory, but due to the small population of Kativa Territory, the entire mountain forest is in an undeveloped state.
The southwest corner of Neuss Mountain Forest is a swamp, where the plants are extremely prosperous and there are many types of magical plants growing there.
Although there are not many magical beasts in Neuss Mountain Forest, because there are too many poisonous insects in that area, many people do not dare to go deep or set foot in it easily. Therefore, most areas of Neuss Mountains and Forests are in an undeveloped state.
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After listening to the introduction of Village Chief Rudy, Clemont also learned about the conditions of the Neuss Mountain Forest. In short, the most valuable things are the various magic plants growing in the swamp.
However, even mercenaries are afraid of the danger of poisonous insects. If you want to mine these magic plants, you must first deal with these poisonous insects.
After understanding it, Clemont chatted with Rudy for a few more words, then stood up and left.
At nightfall, Clermont and his party returned to Clermont City.
After dinner, Clemont and Graham competed again at the training ground behind the manor.
Relatively speaking, the progress of the two of them was not great, and Clement was helpless. During this period, he was busy with other things and had no time to practice meditation, so naturally there was no improvement.
But after seeing off Mariana and the others tomorrow, I have to work hard.
The next day, after sending the two of them to Arachne, Clemont came to the Knights without stopping.
Last night, he had learned about the standards of the Golden Knights through Graham, and if he wanted to achieve this standard, he had to embody it on the battlefield, but that standard was too far away for the current Knights of Thunder.
For Clemont, God's blessings are not very attractive. After all, these are all external objects, far less important than his own strength. Therefore, he wants to complete the task not to continue the blessings, but to 'take the consequences at his own risk.'
Those words.
There is no news about the Crown of Harvest, but before Mariana and Graham left, Clement asked them to help find out the news. Although they didn't know what Clement was looking for, the two agreed.
There is no news at all about the ‘satisfying sacrifice’ of the God of Commerce, and the God of Commerce does not have a naturally condensed faith like the Crown of Harvest, so Clement has no way of saying anything.
At the moment, only the requirements of the God of Knights are more reliable. Although it is difficult to build the ordinary knights into the Golden Knights in one year, it is not without hope.
However, the names of these two people have already appeared in Clemont's notebook. If there is a chance in the future, I will have to talk to them about this matter!
When they came to the Knights, the knights had come out of the festive atmosphere of the previous two days and were now training seriously on the training ground. Avella and Shirley were also among them, their two delicate faces already covered in dust and
His face was stained with sweat.
After signaling the knights to continue training, Clemont walked into the tent next to him.
After sitting down on the chair, I thought about how to build the Knights of Raging Thunder.
The most fundamental requirement of the Golden Knights is that everyone is a Grand Knight, and there are at least three Spirit Knights in charge, but this requirement is the easiest to achieve among the three overall requirements!
As long as the great knight spares his resources, there should be no problem in a year. But with the three knights of the spirit, it will be even easier. Both he and Sver have great hope, so they can just recruit the worse one when the time comes.
The second requirement is sufficient military exploits, which can only be achieved on the battlefield. Originally, Clemont just wanted to lead the Knights of Raging Thunder to hang out and fight against the autumn wind, but now it seems that he can't do it without working hard.
And the third point is to defeat an established Golden Knights in the Knights Title Battle held every five years in the Ota Empire.
Hmm... But the God of Knights has already taken this into consideration. Calculating the time, this year happens to be the year when the title station opens.
In other words, the conditions are now in place, all that's left is to see the real results on the battlefield.
However, before starting devil training, the problem of money and resources must be resolved first.
After spending a day with the Knights, Clermont returned to the castle in the evening. Clement called all the key members together, and a meeting lasted until late at night.
Time passed by, two months later, deep in the Bonneville Mountains in the Viscounty of Sacker.
The bright sunshine in the early morning shines into the forest, the fog has not completely dissipated, and the entire forest is exuding vitality.
There was a crunching sound, and a footprint was left on the snow that had not completely melted. In the blink of an eye, the snow turned into turbid muddy water.
The knights of the first group of the Furious Thunder Knights passed quickly through the forest, startling a flock of birds.
Sver wore a bright silver armor made of deep sea iron, with a long sword on his back and a lightning emblem on his chest that glowed with lavender light.
The dense forest is full of primitive atmosphere, and the monsters have long since migrated to the depths of the mountains. This place has lost its existence at the top of the food chain and has instead become a paradise for small animals.
The team passed under a fallen giant tree. There were several tabby tabby cats with fangs hidden in the hollow trunk. However, if you look carefully, you will find that these tabby tabby cats are really shivering.
Of course, this kind of ordinary beast cannot pose a threat to the knights at all, and the striped tiger cat's fur is very soft, and because of its low price, it is very popular among the small nobles.
But now the knights have no intention of earning these windfalls, because they have more important missions.
As the only wind elemental knight in the first team, Alger has always acted as a scout in the team. It was he who followed a snake businessman and discovered that the team of snakes had massacred an entire human village.
Human butcher.
"Captain Sver, the place ahead is where the snake-men team is hiding!"
After identifying the direction from the tree trunk, Alger's feet caught the wind and he landed steadily in front of Sver.
Hearing this, Sver nodded and gestured to the knights walking behind him, and then the team of more than a hundred people moved towards the direction pointed by Alger like ghosts in the forest.
And in a valley not far away, a large group of snake-tailed, shirtless snake warriors were waving their sharp scimitars, singing and dancing, as if they were celebrating something.
But the bloodstains on the ground seemed to tell that a massacre had occurred here.
Sver, who touched the side of the valley, looked at the ugly snake warriors below. When he saw the human corpses piled up not far from the valley, the knuckles holding the sword turned white due to excessive exertion.
"Damn, these beasts! Captain, let's go!"
The knights who also saw this scene were filled with rage and wished they could tear these beasts alive who were killing their compatriots.
"Don't worry, wait for news from Alger!"
Sver waved his hand, and everyone retreated from the high ground and waited quietly in the forest.
After a while, Alger, who had searched all around, ran back with nimble steps and nodded towards Sver.
He did not find any ambush from the Snake Tribe around.
Sver also gave the order to attack.
Seeing this, the knights could no longer suppress the anger in their hearts, and ran down the hillside with the swords in their hands, heading straight for the valley.
As they ran, no one made a sound. As their anger accumulated, their aura became more and more fierce, and this aura completely exploded when they encountered the snake warriors guarding the entrance to the valley.
Fighting sword light flickered in the narrow gorge, one after another, instantly cutting through the strong defensive shields of the snake warriors and cutting them off at the waist.
The snake warriors were stunned by the sudden change. They didn't even know what happened, but soon they found that their necks had been cut off by sharp fighting spirit, and bright red blood spurted out, dyeing their bodies red.
The grass next to it.
Before these snake warriors could react, several more vindictive sword lights flashed through. They fell to the ground one after another and died. One corpse rolled out from the canyon, and the knights did not stop and continued to charge in.
valley.
"Ouch~"
As a deafening wolf howl sounded, the snake warriors in the valley also reacted. They all raised their weapons and roared crazily, trying to block the human attack.
"Kill!"
Sver took the lead and led the knights to rush over. They waved their swords and fought with the snake warriors.
At this moment, the knights seemed to have transformed into gods of death. Strong fighting spirit and sword light flashed, and the living snake-human lives were harvested one after another.
But at this moment, the snake wizards hiding in the shadows began to release magic crazily. Thick vines rose from the ground and wrapped around the bodies of the knights, trying to bind them.
"Damn it! There's actually a snake wizard!"
Feeling the paralysis effect coming from the vines, Sver cursed in his heart and quickly retreated.
At this moment, another green vine wrapped around Sver's waist, binding him tightly. On the other side, green silk threads shot out from the ground and wrapped around his legs.
, pulled his whole body down.
"Damn it! Why are there so many snake wizards? We have fallen into a trap! Get out!"
Being bound by the vines, Sver was shocked in his heart. How could there be a snake wizard among these snake men? Moreover, the proportion of warriors among these snake men was too high.
And this group of Snake Tribe thugs are just traitors to the Snake Tribe, and it is absolutely impossible for them to have so many extraordinary beings.
He wanted to break free from the shackles of these vines, but the vines were extremely tough. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get rid of the entanglement.
"Damn it!"
Watching a knight next to him being entangled by Teng Man, he was killed by a snake warrior.
Sver was very anxious.
"Hi~, look, such a delicious human being is really a gift from the snake god!"
At this moment, a figure wrapped in a black robe walked out from behind the snake warrior. However, judging from the traces of people dragging behind him, there was no doubt that this person was also a snake.
Hearing this sharp and unpleasant voice, Sver couldn't help but shudder, but he tried to calm himself down and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
"Haha~, human, don't you already know my identity? As you can see, I am a snake man!"
The voice rang again, but this time it was thick and hoarse, and this hoarse voice was obviously not coming from the mouth of the black-robed snake.
Sver frowned and said: "Stop pretending! Who are you? Why do you want to kill human beings?"
"Hey hey hey, guess what!"
The man in black robe laughed strangely a few times, and his voice became sharp again, but he did not answer Sver directly, but looked at him with interest.
"The Black Robe Wizards' Guild? Are you a member of the Black Robe Wizards' Guild? Have you taken over the body of the snake people?"
Hearing what Sver said, the black-robed snake man seemed a little surprised, but then he smiled calmly and said: "Haha, so what if you guessed it, you are all going to die here today anyway!"
Hearing this, Sver suddenly laughed loudly, with deep joy in his voice.
"why are you laughing?"
Hearing laughter, the face of the black-robed wizard in front of him changed.
But the answer to him was an indifferent laugh.
"I'm laughing at you for being stupid!"
Hearing this, the black-robed wizard hurriedly looked up and saw a tall figure standing above the originally empty valley.
Behind the figure is a group of human knights who are eyeing him.
"How could it be? Why didn't the Snake Tribe scouts notice you?"
The black-robed wizard who occupied the body of the snake people was shocked. When the group of human knights entered the forest, he asked the snake people scouts to keep an eye on them, and then caught them off guard. But why was there no news about the humans who appeared later?
Rumor has it that the Snake Tribe scouts have rebelled.
However, the figure on the valley quickly dispelled his doubts.
I saw the figure taking out a black thing that looked like some kind of beast's tooth, and then put it to his mouth and started talking, and the person's voice came from the tooth that was also hanging on his waist, and what came out was
It is the language of the snake people.
"Sir, there are only a hundred human knights in this team. Apart from them, there are no other human knights!"
Hearing this familiar voice, the black-robed wizard's teeth almost shattered!
I didn't expect that I would be played with like this. My uncle couldn't bear it and my aunt couldn't.
Then use the lives of these one hundred people to appease the anger of the great black-robed wizard Hassan!
The black-robed wizard in front of him suddenly felt murderous intent. Sver, who was tied up by the vine man, smiled slightly, and then the hot breath exploded instantly, and the vine man around him was instantly burned to ashes.
The long sword in Sver's hand also penetrated the black-robed man's head in a mysterious gesture amidst the lightning and flint.
"Giggle...you...how can you, a great knight, do this?"
Looking at the calm Svir in front of him, the black-robed wizard Hassan looked stunned.
I didn't expect that this human being who was subdued by me in an instant was actually pretending. Is there any reason for this? Is this the chivalry you believe in?
Hassan didn't understand, but it was already too late now. His body was destroyed and he no longer had the ability to kill these knights.
"Hmph, you are really good this time, but don't think that you can kill the great Hassan like this, I will come back!"
As he said that, a black mist suddenly sprang out from the body of the snake people and flew rapidly out of the valley.
"Humph, I want to leave!"
Seeing this scene, Clemont, who was standing on the top of the mountain, snorted coldly, then swung his sword, and a thunderous sword light came instantly.
However, the black mist suddenly stopped as if provoking, and then a hoarse voice came from it.
"Boy, you are a great knight and you still want to kill me! So what about the thunder fighting spirit? Let's go back and practice!"
Hearing the black-robed wizard taunting the soul state in the black mist, the corners of Clemont's mouth curled up slightly.
"Oh, really?"
"Ah...ah..."
The thunder sword light passed by, and the next second, a hoarse scream came from the black fog. At the same time, the black fog began to melt quickly like snowflakes in the sun.