Tiamat's slightly sleepy voice sounded in the team channel, and soon, it walked out from deeper in the park.
Dragon's breath flames flashed across his body, burning and evaporating a bit of snow and dirt.
Unlike Xia Yanzhen, who slept on a park bench anyway, it was thrown into the bushes of the park.
If it hadn't snowed, it would have been even dirtier there.
Tiamat's tall body shrank slightly, obviously she didn't like this weather.
"Remember to take the Sage's Bracer," Xia Yanzhen said.
"Okay, Master." Tiamat took the Sage's Bracers from the team space.
The things originally stored inside were handed over to the state by Tao'e.
It is said that it seems interesting.
With the Sage's Bracer, Xia Yanzhen can also pay more attention to some non-equipment items in the mission world.
It is usually left to Tiama for use, and then Xia Yanzhen or Tao E will take it out after returning to the brigade warehouse.
The use of the Sage's Bracers does not require mastering any sacred methods at all.
"Santa Claus..." Xia Yanzhen put on his hood to prevent heavy snow from falling on his head.
To find Santa Claus, theoretically speaking, you should be able to wait in a place like the chimney.
However this is just a theory.
Just like in the last mission, the mermaid princess and the mermaid princess really have nothing to do with each other.
If I have to say it, both are female (female?)?
The Santa Claus he wants to kill is probably only the same shell as the regular Santa Claus.
"Go to heaven and inspect it," Xia Yanzhen said.
Tiamat nodded, jumped up, transformed into a dragon in mid-air, and was swallowed by blizzard and darkness.
"Speaking of which, if there is no chimney in the house, how will Santa Claus get in?"
Xia Yanzhen walked across the street, looked at the houses on the roadside, jumped up, and came to the chimney on the roof.
The thick snow on the roof makes the height of the chimney look much shorter.
Xia Yanzhen's "worry" probably won't come true nearby.
This is not a big city, but a small town.
Most places have single-family houses like this, without high-rise buildings.
Three-story buildings are the main ones, and four-story buildings are rare.
"Something's not right." After a minute or two, Tiamat's voice came over the team channel, "This is a place called Center Town."
It found roadside signs erected on the road connecting the town to the outside.
It usually says "xxx (place name) welcomes you".
The sign here says "Center Town".
Below is the phone number for the mayor's office.
Tiamat glanced at it and continued flying outward.
Immediately afterwards, it discovered that the blizzard turned into a blizzard in a very short period of time. The terrifying violent snowstorm and low temperature turned into a disaster that even it could not bear.
Even lost its way.
After wandering around, Tiamat found herself back at the edge of the town. Under her body was the dark green sign, which stood firm in the wind and snow, with a little snow accumulated on it.
This is a town you can't get out of.
At least that's the case for it. If Xia Yan is serious, he can probably go out casually.
However, Xia Yanzhen obviously does not need to go out.
Tiamat told Xia Yanzhen all the findings, and by the way told him that the current time was 8:05 pm.
It saw an ancient-looking bell tower in the town.
If the clock above is accurate, the time it tells is also accurate.
"Eight o'clock, that means killing Santa Claus before six o'clock." Xia Yanzhen estimated that he came to this mission world at eight o'clock.
Ten hours, just past six o'clock.
Snowy nights are in winter. Generally speaking, the nights will be longer, and it may not be dawn at six o'clock.
This task will be completed in the dark.
"You continue to conduct reconnaissance in the sky." Xia Yanzhen said to Tiamat.
Of the ten hours, he planned to spend an hour first to try to understand the structure and basic situation of this small town.
It may be useful in pursuit battles.
Tiamat is in the sky, and he is on the earth, both ways.
It was Christmas Eve and a snowstorm night.
The combination of the two makes the streets empty without anyone wandering around.
Many cars were even covered in snow and turned into snowdrifts.
The snow on the road was relatively good. In some places, when Xia Yanzhen stepped on it, the snow had already reached his knees.
If this blizzard continues, there will be heavy snow blocking the door tomorrow morning.
But the town is not like a deserted ghost land or a ghost town.
The street lights are still working hard. Although some are damaged, most of them are still holding on to their posts, emitting not very bright light. In addition, every household has festive neon lights that either flicker or do not flicker.
A blizzard night in a small town is not that dark.
Moreover, people in the small town just don't come out, they stay in their houses.
Warm and bright light emanates through the windows.
The snowstorm has not yet been severe enough to damage the power supply, and the house has become a warm fortress against natural disasters.
Family and friends reunite in a warm cabin in such an environment, feeling particularly safe.
Xia Yanzhen also saw smoke coming out of many chimneys.
Someone was warming up by the fire in the fireplace.
"It's really troublesome." Xia Yanzhen took off the Mirror of Truth, wiped it clean and put it back on.
To avoid Santa Claus being some kind of thing he can't see.
Xia Yanzhen specially put on the Mirror of Truth. Unfortunately, in such weather, even if he put on a hood, he could not prevent the Mirror of Truth from turning completely white after a while.
This can break the illusion and reveal real glasses, which are otherwise ordinary glasses.
If you eat hot food while wearing it, the heat will cause the world in front of you to change.
"Next time I should put some stuff on it to prevent it from fogging." Xia Yanzhen decided to make some preparations before the next mission.
This degree of "transformation" will not affect the carrying of equipment and props.
At the beginning, Xia Yanzhen also added a rope to the Tribulation Fire Face.
Putting down the Mirror of Reality for the time being, he continued to wander in this small town. The shadows stretched out under the light. Xia Yanzhen looked like a ghost in the small town.
Center Town is larger than expected. It is a town with mountains on its back.
However, the mountains behind were not part of the scope of this mission. Tiamat returned to the town after trying it for a while.
Of course, this is a relatively optimistic idea.
The pessimistic thing is that Santa Claus may not appear in this town. Breaking through the town and coming to the outside world is the first dilemma that the Dream Apostle has to solve.
Xia Yan really planned to go outside and take a look if he didn't gain anything in the past five hours.
Time passed little by little and it came to 8:45.
The preliminary exploration of the town by one person and one dragon is nearing completion.
So far, they haven't noticed anything unusual about the town.
Next, if you want to go deeper, you need to enter the house and chat with the residents of the town.
Maybe you can get information from them like "There is a Santa Claus Lovers Association in this town."
"Coming, I saw it!"
Suddenly, Tiamat shouted in the team channel.
In the wind and snow, it saw a figure like a big fat snake twisting in the lake.
With his eyesight, he could clearly see the true appearance of the big fat snake. It was nine reindeer pulling a sleigh flying in the wind and snow.
There was another person sitting on the sled at the end.
Red and white clothes, white beard, and paunchy appearance.
Very consistent with the image of regular Santa Claus.
Due to the thick white beard and the influence of the wind, snow and location, Tiamat could not see the specific appearance.
"Follow." Xia Yanzhen said, "Don't take action yet."
"Okay." Tiamat folded its wings and curled up into a ball.
The size was suddenly reduced to the size of a small truck.
And the sense of existence has become very thin, like an inconspicuous little stone on the roadside.
This is dragon hunting and survival skills.
Dragons are powerful creatures, but they also have long periods of vulnerability that require these associated stealth abilities.
The balled up Tiamat was still suspended in mid-air, following Santa Claus quickly and silently, providing a place for Xia Yanzhen.
Xia Yanzhen looked in the direction Tiamat said.
He saw nothing.
"It seems to be a spiritual entity." Putting on the Mirror of Reality, he saw Santa Claus flying over and landing on a roof.
However, the real Santa Claus is somewhat different from what Tiamat saw.
The reindeer and sleigh that Xia Yanzhen saw were translucent and illusory, with wisps of smoke emanating from them.
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Santa Claus also presents an illusory translucency, with the same shape as the classic one.
But the face among the white beard was pitch black, and no face could be seen.
Because I'm wearing gloves, I don't know if my hands look like this.
After taking a few more glances in the dark corner, my glasses began to look dull again.
Xia Yanzhen squinted his eyes and saw Santa Claus getting off the carriage, holding the only solid cloth bag, turning into a wisp of blue smoke, and entering the chimney.
"That bag..." Xia Yanzhen frowned slightly and took out the magic observation mirror.
That bag doesn't look red.
It was a tan linen bag that looked dirty and even had dark stains.
There are many inexplicable bulges, which look extremely strange.
The magic mirror reflects the scene inside the house.
The owners of this house are a young-looking couple. The child is five or six years old. They are alone in a room and have fallen asleep.
There is a small lamp next to the bed that emits soft light.
When Xia Yanzhen saw it, Santa Claus had already crossed the living room and stairs and arrived at the child's room on the second floor.
Observing the scene in the magic mirror, Santa Claus is solid again, including the bag in his hand.
The Mirror of Truth cannot exert its delusion-breaking effect by observing the Magic Mirror.
Xia Yanzhen's face was also seen clearly at this time. It was not as kind as imagined, but looked a bit sinister.
He has the kind of appearance that would scare children to tears if he appeared by the window in the middle of the night.
He was somewhat covered up by his thick white beard.
Santa Claus came to the bedside and there was a small sock.
There is a note on the sock writing the gift the child wants.
In fact, there were socks next to the fireplace where the chimney fell, but Santa Claus ignored them.
Came here directly.
He took out a gift box from the cloth bag and stuffed it into a small sock.
Everything looks harmonious.
But the next second, Santa Claus leaned close to the child on the bed, opened his mouth, and took a deep breath.
The child's calm expression immediately changed, becoming painful and frightened.
It's like something bad happened to you in your sleep.