Time in a collapsing world

"Us? Uh..."

Destobia naturally wants to go with Kevin to find Alicia. After all, judging from the current situation, she cannot be left alone.

Although Kevin may be fine on his own, it would be easier to take care of someone else.

"I'll go with you!"

"I'm not going!"

"?"

Destobia and Petunia made completely different decisions. After shouting at the same time, they looked at each other. The latter looked sly, "Then I'd better go with you..."

I really don’t want to get cold outside, but I don’t dare to go back alone. This is the scene of a murder, and maybe the attacker is secretly observing them in some corner...

"Then let's go and don't separate."

Kevin walked in the front as the leader, followed closely by Destobia. Penny nervously checked behind her with a flashlight to make sure no one was following her, and then chased after her.

Whoosh——!

During the search, the blizzard intensified, scraping the three people's faces like knives.

Kevin's face was covered with a thick layer of frost, but he ignored it and looked around with a flashlight. He paused and reached the edge of the top of the mountain.

"There is no way..."

Kevin looked at the soles of his feet. The footprints that probably belonged to Alicia had been completely buried by the wind and snow, but he was sure that this was the direction Alicia was walking.

Kevin squatted down and poked his head towards the edge of the mountain top. It was also pitch black below and he couldn't see anything clearly.

"I have to go down and take a look, you guys..."

Kevin's words paused.

It’s so quiet…

It was so quiet right from the start.

Neither Destobia nor Petunia made a sound.

Kevin tilted his head.

Sure enough, there was no one behind him at all, Destobia and Petunia disappeared.

Lost you? Or go back to the villa first?

If possible, Kevin hopes it will be the latter possibility.

Taking one last look at the edge of the mountain top, Kevin stood up and wanted to look back.

Snapped---!

"..."

Kevin lowered his head silently and saw a pale palm suddenly appeared at his feet and grabbed his ankle.

Immediately afterwards, a man in tattered leather clothes wearing a hood climbed up from the edge of the mountaintop, and the lower half of his exposed face was as white as a corpse that had just crawled out of the freezer.

"Hey hey hey hey——!"

His wide grin seemed to tear the corners of his mouth apart, and he let out bursts of ugly, strange laughter.

Is this the attacker?

It was he who brought Pado, Hen and the others...

Kevin raised his fist and punched the hooded man in front of him.

Bang————!

Amidst the howling wind and snow, the flashlight that was thrown on the ground seemed to have insufficient power. After a few flashes, it was completely extinguished, and Kevin's body standing in the wind and snow slowly merged into the darkness.

……

"Captain Kevin...Hey...Captain Kevin...!"

"Dai, Destobia, stop shouting... If you keep shouting, I feel like you will attract something..."

Penny and Destobia did not return to the villa, nor were they attacked. They simply failed to keep up with Kevin in the dark.

It's just... it's really weird. Despite Penny, who was always afraid of the dark, Destobia kept staring at Kevin's back, never lagging behind, but she somehow lost track of him.

Destobia shook her head, feeling a little dazed. She looked at the wind and snow in front of her and seemed to see an afterimage, which added another obstacle to her already obstructed vision.

"Penny, there's something weird here. Let's hold hands and make sure we don't get separated again!"

Destobia reached back, took someone's hand, then chose a direction and continued walking forward.

Destobia wasn't sure if she was walking in the right direction, but she had no choice. She didn't want to just stay where she was. Anyway, the top of the mountain was so big, and they couldn't leave a certain area no matter how hard they walked. Will you be able to see the edge soon?

……

Whoosh——!

I don’t know how long they walked, but the sound of wind and snow in Destobia’s ears was still there, but it didn’t reach the edge at all.

It’s getting weirder and weirder…

Is the top of the mountain where Miss Eden's villa is located so big?

"Penny, do you think we should go back?"

Destobia pulled the palm that she had been holding on to from the beginning, but after waiting for a while, she did not hear a response from her friend.

"Hey, you're not freezing, are you? Say something!"

After Destobia finished speaking, her expression suddenly froze and she swallowed involuntarily.

Are Penny's hands so small?

If she could only grasp half of Petunia's palm before, the palm she is holding now is extremely small and can cover the whole thing with just one tap.

"...Penny, is that you? Don't scare me...I'm very brave!"

Destobia's voice trembled slightly when she spoke, and she gently grasped it, making it absolutely certain that the hand she was grasping was definitely not Petunia's!

No, don’t panic!

The opponent hasn't made a move yet, and he doesn't lack any parts. He has a chance to escape or fight back!

Although I don’t know why the other party didn’t take action, it doesn’t matter. The most important thing now is how to protect yourself or subdue the other party!

Destobia twitched her palm with an imperceptible movement. The opponent's grip was very loose and she could pull it out at any time. This was good news.

Destobia mobilized her mental power, and the snowflakes all around her suddenly stopped for a moment, but then returned to normal.

On the count of three... On the count of three, she took the lead.

Three...do it!

Destobia quickly pulled her palm out of the opponent's hand, and the snowflakes in the sky suddenly gathered under the influence of huge mental power, and then rushed towards the figure behind her.

The other party remained motionless, as if he had been caught off guard.

Become!

Before Destobia was happy for a second, there was a suffocating feeling in her mouth and nose. Someone made a sneak attack from behind her, and a hand with a handkerchief covered her mouth and nose. Knowing what was smeared on the handkerchief, Destobia only felt that her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and she soon fell back lightly and fell into the arms of the person behind her, unconscious.

……

At the same time, inside the villa.

The night time passed little by little, and the living room was silent, except for the sound of the firewood burning in the fireplace.

"Everyone, eat something and relax."

Hua Duan brought snacks and fruits and distributed them to everyone one by one.

"Thanks……"

Eden took a green date and handed it to Mei, who shook her head and said she didn't need it for the time being.

"Everyone is so slow..."

Eden's fingers gently rubbed the skin of the green dates, but he had no desire to eat them.

"Yeah, did you encounter any difficulties?"

Mei was a little uneasy because the few people outside the villa had been there for too long. One and a half hours, even if it was to inspect the entire top of the mountain, wouldn't it take that long?