Interlude: An elegy for the praying mantis

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I don't have a name, I'm just the leader of a squad under the command of the Empress's four personal guards. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSpeaking of which, I'm just a low-level pariahs under the rule of the Empress. But although my status is low, this does not change my loyalty to the Empress!

Recently, there have been several groups of intruders intent on breaking into the palace. But they were all intercepted and killed by the Empress's personal guards. There are four of Her Majesty's personal guards. They are the elite born by the Empress herself, no, it should be said that the elite of the elite.

Each of the adults in the Guards has their own strengths, and unlike those of us who are inferior mantis people who were created later, the Guards are able to communicate in words, unlike us who use pheromones to understand each other's intentions. It's like Lord Izorok, who is one of the Empress's favorites. This gave him a natural gift for magic, which made him the voice of the Empress. He is the representative of the Empress, and Lord Izolok has two important tasks, the first is to give speeches to us inferior mantis people every day. The content is to promote the compassion and importance of the Empress. There is also a task to inform all mantis people in emergencies, and the most recent one was the day before yesterday.

It is said that an intruder entered the Empress's territory that day, and after an urgent report from Lord Izorok, one of the guards, Lord Tayak, also attacked. Lord Tayak is in charge of training inferior mantismen, and the mantis people standing here can be said to have been trained by General Tayark. And we know that Lord Tayak's strength, coupled with the armor specially made for the Guards, is beyond the reach of us inferior species. Watching Lord Tayak's triumphant posture all the time has made those of us mantis who are responsible for guarding the palace lower our vigilance.

But Master Taillak did not return as quickly as he used to that day, and Lord Melgarak was also sent out at this time to assist Master Taillak in hunting down the invaders.

Lord Melgarak is a high-ranking warrior of the same size as Lord Tayak, but they have a different division of labor. Lord Melgarak's position is to train the excellent mantis trained by Master Tayak for the second time, but this time the training is combat style and team cooperation. Master Melgarak has already trained four mixed elite teams, and it is said that even if Lord Izolok and Master Tayak join forces, as long as Master Melgarak has those four elite teams by his side, the outcome will be five or five.

And the last of the Guardsmen, who is also our creator, Onshuk, is the most mysterious and low-key one. All I know is that the armor and weapons we say are made by Master Onshuk, and nothing else.

We believe that with the sortie of these two high-ranking warriors, the final result will definitely be a triumphant return with the body of the invader. But that day, when I was in charge of guarding the palace gates, I saw a completely different scene... Mistress Tayak and Mistress Melgarak have returned... Lord Tariq's armor was already covered with desolation, and the back of the armor seemed to have received some major attack, and it was recessed in the size of a strip, this was a special armor, about twice as good as the armor we were wearing, and there was blood oozing from Lord Tariq's helmet. Lord Melgarak's condition was even worse, the armor on his body showed obvious signs of corrosion, and the wings that could have been protected by the armor were exposed, as if they had been torn by some kind of high-intensity external force. Is the intruder encountered by the two adults more powerful? And there was no sign of the two adults who accompanied the two adults in pursuit, nor did they see the body of the intruder. Don't... Was it possible to escape under the combined attack of the two adults? No, it's supposed to repel two adults? It's an unimaginable scene.

Now, the two adults should dive inside the giant amber to heal it. While he was thinking about these things, a familiar voice resounded throughout the palace.

"There are damn untouchables who have mutinied! They are taking the weapons in their hands, and they are attacking this sacred realm! Servants of the Empress, take up your weapons and kill these mutineers! ”

Mutiny? Each of us was created by Lord Onshuk, and our loyalty to the Empress is immensely high, and as far as I know, the Mantis have been here for more than they were years ago, but there have been no mutinies. But Lord Zollock has never made a single mistake, so all we can do is take up the weapons in our hands and suppress these heretics who have betrayed the Empress!

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Leading my mantis people, including me, a total of twenty bodies are rushing to the "transition section" between the exit and the palace gate. On the way to the "transition section", various voices kept sounding in front of me. The sound of weapons touching, the sound of flesh being cut by weapons, and the sound of explosions... Why is there an explosion? As the lowest level of the Mantis people, we don't have a similar item like the "Amber Bomb". We can only wear armor and a proper blade. So what exactly are the sources of these explosions?

I feel uneasy, I've lived for about three hundred years. The instinct of the creature was speeding up and there was a great threat in front of me, and I felt very frightened in the face of this threat. But I can't express that fear. If you cut the epidermis of your finger with the blade of your hand, it will calm down a little if you get pain. While I'm not yet overwhelmed by fear, I'm sending out a pheromone to tell one of my mantis men to report back and let Master Izolok know that this rebellion is very unusual!

We have arrived at the place where the two sides are fighting, and our enemy is indeed a mantis. Their armament and weapons are exactly the same as ours, inferior to those of the Mantis. From the pheromones felt in the air, it was known that there were not many of them, probably only a few dozen or so, but there were already hundreds of corpses of their compatriots around. Since both sides are equipped with the same equipment, it is impossible to tell whether it is a companion or a traitor who died.

"Stupid fellows, are you still in the service of that giant female worm? Give up the resistance! Our new owners are the greatest! ”

What the! As an inferior species, the praying mantis man can actually speak! And he also regarded the Empress who had always been loyal to her before as a mother worm! Unforgivable! I emitted hostile pheromones and sent my men to attack the traitor who had just spoken out at the same time. Although we are not as good as the superior warriors, we are also trained by Lord Tayak, and if the eighteen mantis attack at the same time, it should be more than enough to execute a traitor of the same inferior race.

"Fools, let me show you the power that our new master has given us!"

"Click, click~~~"

The traitors launched an offensive against my men, quickly beheading two of my men at a speed I couldn't see... How is this possible? Why have they increased so much as traitors? Wait a minute! The group of traitors in front of them can't feel the breath of life, are they all corpses? No, how could a corpse move freely? Behind this mutiny seems to be more and more abnormal...

"Get rid of all this garbage! Make a clear path for the Lords! ”

(Pheromones: Purge these mutineers!) Fight for the Empress! )

The robes around me kept falling, and I had lost both arms... Reinforcements to purge the traitors have stopped, has Lord Izolok received my briefing?

"Die!"

... My head is out of my body... In the last moments of losing consciousness, I saw the traitors kneeling in front of two figures... That's a traitor's... The new owner...

(To be continued)