"Take off... take off the mask? Sheep, do you know what you are talking about?"
The wolf stood up in disbelief and tried to dissuade the sheep from his decision.
"Your and my lives have long been closely linked to the mask. If you take off the mask, sheep, you will be killed by the evil evil owl!"
The sheep spirit knew that the wolf spirit was telling the truth. The duty of the virtual evil owl was to hunt down the masked spirits forgotten by mortals. Being forgotten by mortals was not the only condition that would make the evil owl take action.
Taking off the mask means that the masked spirit has given up its responsibility as the God of Death, and it also means that it has lost the name of the God of Death.
When the 'King of Death' that mortals believe in cannot be connected with the 'Mirror Claw', it is equivalent to the God of Death being forgotten, which will inevitably attract ethereal evil spirits and erase the existence of the masked spirit.
Yang Ling knows this, but now she must take another path,
Another path that the Mother of Masks refused to accept, but was willing to let her try.
"Wolf, are you willing to believe me?"
The sheep stroked the wolf's head gently, tracing the illusory hair along the back of the crest. She knew that this was the wolf's favorite move.
The wolf spirit lowered his head, looking a little struggling. When the wolf raised his head again, he had regained his composure.
"Sheep, I have never doubted you. If you choose to take off the mask, I will take off the mask, even if I die..."
Licking the sheep spirit's cheek, the wolf spirit's voice was calm.
"No matter what choice you make, I will be with you."
The sheep spirit sat on the grass and hugged the wolf's head.
"Thank you. Even though you know that I hide a lot of things, you are still willing to believe me."
The wolf shook his head and dropped his head on the sheep's lap.
"Because I have a feeling that you will never harm me."
With a sigh, the sheep spirit looked up at the sky and knew that it was time to tell the wolf the truth.
"Dear wolf, would you like to hear me tell you a story? Maybe the answer you long for is in this story."
The wolf didn't speak, just nodded its head.
The sheep smiled.
"A long, long time ago, longer than the winds and frosts of the Freljord,
There is a tribe living on the steep mountains. They live by hunting, long for battles, and believe in glory. On that barren mountain range, longbows and spears are their only way to obtain food.
The mountains stretch for thousands of miles and are surrounded by ferocious beasts. The sharp-clawed violent bears and one-horned giant wolves living on the mountain tops can easily tear apart every prey. Apart from hard stones and cold snowflakes, nothing can be found in the wild.
Food that can fill your stomach,
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All the beasts living in the mountains grind their teeth and suck blood day and night, hiding themselves at all costs, and killing to compete for all the food that can continue to breathe. The humans living in the tribes are the favorite prey of the beasts.
In that barren land, a tribe with only a few hundred members took root on the stubborn rocks and continued its own bloodline.
It was the most difficult winter, and a girl who was born frail and sickly was born.
She was weaker than all newborns. She neither cried nor fussed, and her breathing was so weak that she almost stopped. Her fate should have been to sleep in the heavy snow, but her mother and father insisted on keeping the child, so she
Survived the shriveled breast milk.
It turns out that the girl's father is an excellent hunter and can take care of his wife more than enough.
It’s just that all the good things ended after the girl was born. Not only did she have an extra mouth to eat, but the frail and sick girl and the girl’s increasingly frail mother also became a burden to the family.
In addition to supplying food, a large amount of medicinal herbs are needed. The girl's father is increasingly unable to do what he wants, but the strong man says nothing and just endures it silently.
The girl's mother had been in poor health since giving birth to the girl. In addition, she had to nurse the girl. When the girl was six years old, the girl's mother became seriously ill and died. She was buried in a snowdrift.
The girl's father was very sad. The man cried for a long time, but could not do anything. He could only silently pick up the longbow and continue hunting every day.
When the girl was eight years old, the girl who wanted to help weave burlap fell ill again. To cure the disease, she needed a herbal medicine. The girl's father covered the girl with a quilt and left home. Since then, the girl has been there again.
He has never met his father.
As if it was a curse, the girl's family was in pieces. When the girl got up from the bed with strength, the elders of the tribe came to the girl and told the girl that her father died on the mountain without any bones left.
After the elder finished speaking, he turned around and left. The girl stared blankly at the elder's retreating figure, standing there at a loss, watching helplessly as other people in the tribe drove her out of her only home.
She was abandoned by the tribe without any value. She only had a coarse linen jacket to hide her ugly appearance. The eight-year-old girl staggered alone into the mountains that even her father could not conquer, and disappeared into the wind and snow.
Everyone thought that the weak girl would definitely die. Ten years later, the abandoned girl returned to the village again.
After the girl learned to speak again, the tribesmen understood that the reason why the girl did not die in the mountains was because a male wolf and a ewe saved the girl. The ewe fed the girl with goat's milk, and the male wolf used milk to feed the girl.
The teeth brought warm hides to the girl,
This is an incredible miracle,
In order to save the girl who fell on the ground, the wolf that was about to kill the sheep restrained its fangs and hid its sharp claws. The sheep that was about to escape stopped its hooves and stared intently at the life that was destined to die.
As if under some kind of guidance, the girl, who was guarded by the wolf and the sheep, used her last strength to walk into a cold cave. The wolf with ferocious eyes gently used the down on its belly to warm the girl, and the ewe kept the sheep.
The breast was brought to the girl's mouth, giving the girl the possibility of living from her near-death state.
The girl saw the shadows of her father and mother in the wolf and the sheep, and finally burst into tears. The wolf and the sheep seemed to feel the girl's attachment, no longer regarded each other as enemies, and jointly raised the girl who was not yet capable of survival.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When the sheep are grazing during the day, the wolves will guard the sheep and drive away the beasts that want to hunt the sheep at all costs, even the original
None of the same tribe would give in. When the wolf goes out to hunt at night, the sheep will return to the cave to prepare enough milk for the girl. Sometimes when the wolf is injured, the sheep will also let the wolf breastfeed.
The wolf was abandoned by the pack and became a lone wolf, the sheep left the pack and became a lone sheep. The lone wolf and the lone sheep formed another family, and together they raised a human abandoned child.
The wolf and the sheep are getting older. The wolf that has guarded the sheep and the girl all his life has few fangs left and can no longer tear open the enemy's throat. The sheep has also lost the ability to move and can only kneel down and rest its head on the ground.
The wolf panted softly on its back,
But the girl grew up to be a young girl. She used her only hunting knowledge to make wooden spears and long bows, and became the only pillar of the strange family.
After experiencing countless dangers, the girl who grew up in the mountains became an excellent hunter. The girl used her actions to repay the kindness of the wolves and sheep to her.
When the wolf and the sheep stopped breathing together, the girl buried the wolf and the sheep in the cave, left the home where she had lived for ten years, returned to the village, and lived in her former house.
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The girl didn't know that she had become a monster in the eyes of others. No matter how hard the girl worked and how many prey she hunted, the people in the tribe would not recognize her achievements and would only use her as a tool.
The reason is very simple. People who have been expelled from the tribe should not come back alive. The return of the girl is a threat to many people. Even the most powerful hunter in the tribe cannot defeat the wooden spear and long bow in the girl's hands. Just like
A lamb can't compete with a giant one-horned wolf.
To say the least, no one wants to let a tribal outcast who has lived with wild beasts for ten years have too much contact with them.
Looking forward to a new life when she returns to her kind, the girl discovers that the more than 200 people in the tribe are colder than the snow on the mountain and harder than the ice on the cliff.
Behind every smiling face are doubts and suspicions, even unabashed jealousy and contempt. In the arms of wolves and sheep, girls become human beings, but in the tribe, girls are treated as talking beasts by their fellow tribesmen.
In this way, the numb girl spent two years of loneliness in the tribe. Except for the moment when she shared the prey without any psychological burden, no one wanted to get close to the girl.
On a snowy night, the girl left the tribe and returned to the cave alone. Embracing the raised mounds in the cave, the girl finally felt like home.
Thinking back on her life, apart from her father and mother, there was only one pair of beasts willing to love her. The girl smiled bitterly and let go of the grave.
The lonely girl picked up the wooden thorn and pointed it at her heart, closed her eyes, and prepared to pursue the warmth of another world.
At that moment, the girl who longed for warmth heard a voice.
The voice said: 'I heard your call for death, my child. You are not afraid of death. What are you afraid of?'
The girl gave the answer: ‘lonely’
The voice seemed a little unexpected, but also seemed to have figured something out and thought about it again.
'Come on, kid, I'll open the door for you.'
Without any further hesitation, the girl pierced her heart with a wooden thorn and hugged the grave mound where the wolf and sheep were buried again. The blood stained the grave mound red and blended with the bones of the wolf and sheep.
In the cold, the girl went to another world..."
The sheep's voice stopped, and the wolf raised his head and looked at the sheep sadly.
"and after?"
"Later, the girl's spirit fell into the underworld and was split into two by the obsession that could not be let go. In the lament of the Mother of Masks, one put on the mask and became a sheep spirit, and the other put on a mask and became a wolf spirit.
The sheep spirit is gentle and decisive, while the wolf spirit is cruel and reckless. They make up for each other's shortcomings and become each other's only ones. From the beginning to the end, they are one."
Hearing this, Wolf Spirit was silent for a long time, and his voice was extremely heavy.
"So...my voice is so thick, my actions are so cruel, and I am so courageous...is it actually from my mother?"
Although she couldn't bear it, Yang Ling still nodded.
"You and I are one, twins, with the same essence. Naturally, we are...female. It is just influenced by the wolf and expresses certain characteristics of the male wolf...If you don't believe it, you can look at your own
Lower body."
The wolf spirit lowered his head blankly,
How can I have a lower body?
Ah! No wonder I don’t have a lower body!
Knowing that the wolf spirit was still struggling in disbelief, the sheep spirit comforted the wolf spirit.
"I inherited most of my memories from my lifetime, but you let go of all the sad past, leaving only your obsession with the sheep and becoming my only companion. I hid something from you, but you still trusted me. That's right.
It’s because we have the same origin, so how could we harm ourselves?”
Wolf Spirit's mouth opened and closed, but he didn't know what to say. After finally accepting the sad fact that he was a female wolf, Wolf Spirit asked again.
"Then... why do you do this? Why... keep all the sorrow to yourself?"
The sheep spirit hugged the wolf spirit, its voice was particularly gentle.
"Because I don't want you to experience the same loneliness as me. It's enough for me to bear this loneliness alone."
Sniffling, Wolf Spirit whispered.
"Sheep, we clearly promised to bear everything together...fool."
The sheep spirit smiled tenderly and leaned its head against the wolf's head.
"Wolf, don't you hate me?"
"I hate you just now, I hate you for not telling me the truth earlier and letting me bear the pain with you."
"What now?"
"I don't hate it anymore, because I know how much you endured by doing this..."
Raising his head, the wolf spirit stared at the sheep spirit with a complex expression.
Knowing the truth is often accompanied by labor pains, but it is better than lying.
"Before us, there were masked spirits who took off their masks, and their power would be drained by the masks, leaving only weak spirits.
Sheep, if we take off our masks, will we become one again?"
The sheep shook his head.
"I don't know, but I know someone who can help us."
For some reason, a man's face instantly appeared in Wolf Spirit's mind. Sheep's social circle is very narrow. In addition to hunting souls, he also fights with the underworld legion. Meeting a hot man will make Sheep do unexpected things.
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Speaking of which, every time it came to something about that man, Sheep would become a little strange, and would secretly leave without telling him the reason several times.
Apart from concealing the origin story, this is another thing that makes the wolf particularly unhappy.
As a result, Wolf Spirit's face looked a little unsightly.
"It can't be that human named Lester, right? We agreed to cut off contact, but you are still in contact with him?"
Thinking back to every silent meeting with Lester, the somewhat unnatural Yangling decided to skip this topic.
"It's him. He is the only one who can help us now, and only he can stop the evil evil lord."
"Huh! I don't want to ask him for help!"
The wolf spirit turned its head and let out a dissatisfied snort.
"Actually... Wolf, there is a more comfortable experience than companionship. You should also try it... Lester is actually very good."
Noticing the sheep spirit's unusual expression, the wolf spirit was stunned.
"What's the meaning?"
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