Forty-seven kilometers south of the city of Taylor, the Duchy of Duokezi, the headquarters of the Knights of the Dusk West.

"I don't understand why you're retreating?"

A nobleman of the Duchy of Duokeqi wearing a tight-fitting hunting suit looked at the knight captain of the Dusk Knights who was packing up, and said with a puzzled face: "Didn't you say before that the situation in Tairo City has stabilized?"

The chief knight just said, "This is the Holy King's order," and did not speak again.

The nobleman walked up to the chief knight and whispered, "The Grand Duke is not happy that you have taken away the citizens. ”

The chief knight carefully put away the shield that hung on the wall and engraved with the umbrella insignia, and said, "We did not force those people to follow and leave, they joined voluntarily. ”

"I know, but if you don't stop it, you're conniving at the ...... of those civilians"

Alfonso de Cavo walked into the command hall of the barracks at this time, attracting a neat salute from the knights.

The chief knight saluted, tilted his head towards Alfonso, and said to the nobles of the Duchy of Duokezi, "That is our new commander who arrived a few days ago, you can ask him if you have any questions." ”

The nobleman looked at the wriggling parasite limbs in Alfonso's armor and swallowed with difficulty: "It doesn't seem to be a good talker, what about the original Commander Dion?"

The chief knight patted the nobleman on the shoulder: "Lord Alfonso is a very easy-going person. ”

The nobleman mustered up his courage, walked up to Alfonso, looked at the burns on the other party's face, and whispered, "My lord, I have something to say to you. ”

Alfonso looked down at the nobleman and suddenly said, "Go home and pack your luggage." ”

"Huh?!"

Alfonso repeated again "Go home, pack, luggage, now." ”

The nobleman looked dazed: "Where are you going?"

"Twilight City. ”

The nobleman finally reacted, and then said angrily: "My lord, you can't force me to ......"

Alfonso said expressionlessly: "The family of the Grand Duke Duokeqi has agreed to board the ship. ”

"Wait, you mean, the Grand Duke, ...... him?!" the nobleman shouted in astonishment, "This is impossible!"

Alfonso glanced left and right: "Find a few people and help this gentleman go back and pack his luggage." ”

Carried into the air by two heavily armed knights, the nobleman of Duokeqi kicked his legs and shouted: "This is a kidnapping! This is an invasion! You will go to hell!"

Seeing the group go farther and farther, Alfonso glanced at the sun in the dark clouds outside the door, and whispered to himself, "We must hurry." ”

The Knight Captain of the Order of Dusk walked up to Alfonso's side and said with a worried expression, "My lord, this will cause diplomatic disputes. ”

Alfonso dropped a sentence - I am saving people, and after saying that, he turned and left the barracks.

Stepping on the floor tiles of the Royal Park of Duokeqi, the Supreme Commander of the Holy Cult Army, Ackerman Shokola, looked up at the gloomy sky and let out a long sigh: "It has been raining heavily for three consecutive days, and it has finally stopped. ”

The snake demon Parni, who was sitting cross-legged on a bench on the side of the street, looked at Ackerman and asked, "Something on your mind?"

Ackerman moved his ears and asked weakly, "What about your sister?"

"The Grand Duke's family has just boarded the ship, and my sister has gone to hand over the documents to the fleet commander. ”

Ackerman stretched: "Taking the Grand Duke's family back to Twilight City means that my mission has been completed...... Are you going back? I really don't want to go back. ”

Parni turned her head and asked, "I don't understand, last week was the monthly meeting of the shaman's gathering, why didn't you go back to Dusk City?"

Ackerman found a piece of grass and lay down directly despite the dampness: "I have already proposed to Ms. Minnie to step down as the Supreme Commander of the Holy Cult Army. ”

Parni was a little surprised: "Haven't you always been proud of this position?"

Ackerman whispered, "How do you think I got to this position?"

"Because of the exploits?"

"Of course not, it's because of the Red Branch, because of Ms. Minnie, because of the Boss...... I mean, the supreme dragon god ......."

Ackerman took a piece of grass in his mouth and said slowly: "I actually don't have any skills, there are too many people who are better than me, and it is all luck and connections that I can get to where I am today...... On the other hand, the responsibility of the Supreme Commander of the Holy Cult Army is too great, and there are too many things to deal with, and I can't handle it at all, and I can't reach the level that others demand. ”

Parni wagged her tail, "I think you've been doing a good job. ”

"You don't have to lie to me. Ackerman shook his head: "Take the assassination of Barbara as an example, whether it is the security work in the early stage, the emergency treatment at the time of the incident, and the remedial work after the incident, I handled it very badly. The Cabinet, the Order, and the Holy Cult were actually dissatisfied with the way I, the Supreme Commander, handled the incident...... As for the boss, he didn't say it, but I knew he must be disappointed. ”

Without waiting for Parni to speak, Ackerman continued, "Twilight City is more prosperous and lively, but I always feel that Froststone City is my real home. I'm going back...... Maybe I can find an errand there, a recruit instructor is good, maybe an archery instructor ......"

Parni coiled the snake up and looked at Ackerman quietly, "Have you already made a decision?"

"Well, sorry, if you don't want to go back, you can ......"

Parni shook her head vigorously, "Wherever you go, we'll follow." ”

Ackerman looked at Parni gratefully, her mouth open, but she didn't say anything for a while.

Parni smiled and looked into the distance, suddenly drawn to an object in her field of vision.

In the mound of dirt on the lawn of the park, a small black figure broke through the earth.

"What's that......?"

Hearing Parni's question, Ackerman turned his head and looked into the distance.

"Looks like rats, didn't it rain all the other day? These rats had to migrate to their nests because of water seepage from the ground, so they appeared in this ......."

Halfway through Ackerman's words, he suddenly stopped.

The black creature that looked like a rat suddenly burst out of dozens of black parasite limbs, looking like a wriggling sphere.

Surprised, Ackerman quickly got up, stared at the "mouse" with round eyes, shook its body, and slowly climbed out of the mound.

In the blink of an eye, like a small earthquake, the originally flat park lawn suddenly began to shake violently.

Hole after hole appeared on the ground, and hundreds of rats, possessed by parasites, burrowed out of the soil and onto the surface.

Frightened by this scene, Parni slowly slipped off the bench, and even the snake's tail forgot to swing.

Ackerman gritted his teeth and stepped back in small steps as he whispered to Parni, "Black Plague." ”

Just as the two began to retreat, a deafening alarm bell began to ring, instantly spreading throughout the entire Principality of Duokezi.