Nightfall

Mu Duo found a certain Bai pinned beneath a stone pillar.

She moved the pillar aside and looked over the dust-covered, bedraggled flood dragon sleeping soundly. She deliberately glanced twice at her chest, then shook her head with sympathy on her face.

"It was barely noticeable to begin with. After being crushed like this, it's even flatter..."

"Cough, cough~ You wouldn't understand. Otherwise, how could I pacify the realm?"

In the earthen pit, a certain Bai was covered in blood and dirt, like a doll tossed into a garbage heap.

Her eyelids lifted, revealing black pupils that rolled around. She had just lain on the ground and slept for a while to repair her body, hiding beneath the stone pillar for some peace and quiet. The greatest scourge, Unyielding Bone, had vanished into smoke. After the savage battle, the pressure had disappeared, leaving her unbearably sleepy. Right now, she wanted nothing more than to find somewhere to hibernate until the first thunder of spring and the Clear and Bright season.

She sat up and stretched, feeling the warmth of the late autumn sunlight spill over her face.

She shook her head, flinging away dust and dried blood, then looked around. The hill ruins had already been occupied by the Allied Army, which was gradually driving the low-level corpse tide northward. The northern sky was gloomy, dark clouds gathering. It might snow.

"Have those ice and snow creatures arrived? It's no short journey from the ice plains to here."

"They've arrived. The monkey went over to negotiate with them. The ice and snow demons dislike humans, but they aren't hostile toward demon beasts. The first snow will fall soon, and the corpse tide will end."

Mu Duo, whose clothes were spotless, frowned, speechless at a certain Bai's laziness about washing up.