The eastern border defense line of the Land of Light -- Broken Fang.

The devastation caused by the Chaos Monsters was still visible, and the towering walls were littered with hollows and craters, crumbling and crumbling walls falling to the ground like wounded beasts. The Legion of Players and War Angels stationed here have all been evacuated, but it is not completely uninhabited. I saw that under the broken city walls, the figures of heavily armed soldiers could be vaguely seen. However, they were not very stern and nervous, on the contrary, almost everyone here had a look of fear, uneasiness and doubt on their faces. It's no wonder, because they're no ordinary soldiers, on the contrary, they're the ones who gave up their posts and fled in the previous battle with Chaos. After that battle, the guys were captured by Rhodes who sent out the players to capture all that were left. Although they are not without the intention of resisting, under the player's hands, these soldiers are simply no different from piglets. In addition, these players were originally very dissatisfied with the fact that this group of soldiers gave up their way to flee alone, and they had to face a large number of Chaos Monsters, so they naturally made great efforts to capture these deserters. It is precisely because of this that these hapless deserters were able to be captured in such a short time. In fact, they were also surprised why they were caught, if it was just that they were discovered. In fact, there were many soldiers who chose to hide their whereabouts in the deserted mountains and forests and the wild Gobi after that, but what surprised them was that no matter where they hid, those pursuers who fell from the sky would appear in front of them in the shortest possible time, and then knock them out and take them away without saying anything. When they woke up again, they found that they had been sent back to the front again, where they had fled.

They certainly don't know what is going on anymore, in order to catch these deserters. Rhodes has invested a lot of money. The escape of the Land of Light was arguably the most unpleasant part of his plan, and it was also demoralizing, this kind of inertia was contagious, and once people in other places knew that while they were working hard against Chaos, the group of fools in the Land of Light gave up their duties and ran to the back for refuge, then it was definitely not a good thing for them. And that's not all. In order to prevent such a situation from happening again, Rod had to choose to kill the chicken to show the monkey, if he didn't let others see how severe the punishment for escaping was, then such a thing would happen again and again, so Rod made considerable efforts this time. As for the hunt down for these deserters, it is much simpler. After that battle, Rhodes found Alice and used her ability to trace history to search for the names of all the deserters. Because the demon god of history holds the history of all things in the world, it is so much so that the history of Guò Alice can be traced. Rhodes was even able to determine which ones had fled at the beginning of the battle, which had fled, which had been shaken by the morale of the army after that, and which had held out until the end when they could not hold out until the end of the day. So Rhodes can be sure that he has never wronged a good person, and he has never spared a bad person—of course, on the basis of the accuracy of Alice's historical record. But for Rod, Alice's historical record must be accurate.

In other words, "must" is accurate.

There are probably more than 5,000 deserters gathered here, and these are the soldiers in the first and second categories of the Rhodes classification (that is, the first to flee and the second to flee). As for the soldiers who fought to the end and fled with no hope. Although Rhodes also captured them, he did not punish them with death. After all, in that case, even your own people are pulling back, and it is not something that cannot be forgiven if you have the idea of retreating and taking action. It's just that even then they have to suffer quite severe punishments. After that, the captured soldiers were sent by Rhodes to the second layer of defense to be responsible for patrolling and preparing the front line. In other words, if the fighting spreads to the second line of defense, then they will be the first to come into contact with the enemy. This is for those soldiers who have experienced first-hand how terrifying the Chaos Monsters can be. It was already an unimaginably cruel punishment.

However, if they had known what had happened to their companions, they would probably not be there to lament how unfortunate they were.

As for the soldiers who fought with the player to the end, Rhodes also gave them very generous rewards, not only giving them a lot of wealth. They were promoted in status, and even allowed some soldiers who lost their combat ability after the battle to leave the frontline battlefield. This can be regarded as a resurgence of confidence in the soldiers who are stationed and insist on fighting on the front line. After all, merit should be rewarded, this is Rhodes's creed.

Of course, the same is true for mistakes that must be punished. While the meritorious commendation of the main theme series was carried out by Hello, Hello, Hello, Rod naturally did not let go of the punishment of those who defected. To be on the safe side, Rhodes removed all the Angels and players here. Broken Fang is the closest to the front line of the first line of defense, but it's not the only one. Therefore, even if this place is captured, it will not affect the security of the entire defense line too much. Of course, Rhodes would not have let this place fall so easily -- because he had prepared enough "soldiers."

As for the other point, it is that the scene of the disposal of these soldiers is not suitable for others to see.

One can imagine the surprise on the faces of these soldiers when they opened their eyes again and woke up from a coma, only to find themselves back on the battlefield from which they had fled.

"What's going on? How did we come back here? ”

"What the hell is going on?!"

When they opened their eyes and saw the familiar and almost terrifying scene in front of them, many soldiers stood up almost immediately, staring at their companions with anxiety. Although many of these people belonged to different legions, many of them knew each other, and it only took a moment for them to realize their current situation and the true identities of these people around them, which made them even more uneasy.

At this moment, these soldiers are in the playground of Broken Fang, which is used for training on weekdays, and it is naturally not a problem to accommodate these deserters. And the soldiers themselves are still in the same way they were when they were unconscious, and they haven't even taken their weapons away from them. And that's not all. They were also surprised to find that there was no one else in the entire playground except for themselves. That is, there are no well-armed caretakers in their minds, and there are no nobles in fancy costumes. On the contrary, the fortress feels so deserted. It seems that there is no one. The black hole window and half-hidden door were so empty that some of the soldiers instinctively shivered. For a moment, they even thought that there was no other life in this world except for themselves and others.

But at this moment, a haughty voice sounded.

"Finally woke up? The dregs? Really, it's a bunch of waste to make Miss Ben wait for so long. ”

Hearing this voice, the soldiers instinctively looked towards the place where the sound came from, and then, they couldn't help but be taken aback.

Only see this moment. On the towering city wall sat a beautiful girl in a pitch-black dress, with black hair and scarlet eyes. At this moment, she wrapped her hands around her chest, squinted her eyes, and coldly swept over the dazed crowd in front of her with an expression like she was looking at garbage. And feeling the girl's eyes, many people instinctively feel a chill in their hearts, and the scarlet eyes are so cold. It even gives people a sense of fear as if a snake is crawling over their back.

"Who are you?!! What do you want to do with us?!! ”

Perhaps because he saw that it was a young girl who appeared in front of him, a few bold soldiers soon opened their mouths and shouted angrily. Although the situation in front of you can be seen by anyone, it is definitely not normal. But perhaps because their weapons are still around, these deserters are also much bolder. And with their angry shouts, the other soldiers also gathered, looking around with wary and uneasy eyes.

"You scumbags and untouchables don't have the right to know who Miss Ben is."

In the face of the soldiers' shouts, Selestina snorted coldly, and she raised her head proudly. Then he stared coldly at the soldiers in front of him. Selestina didn't have a good face for these deserters, and the punishment of defectors in hell would make them hate why they didn't put their lives on the line, and now, with Rhodes' permission. Celestina is clearly planning to relive the feeling of hell here, too.

Thinking of this, Selestina's eyes flashed with a cold glow mixed with excitement, and then she smiled slightly and spoke.

"Listen, you lowly deserters, you have turned your back on your duty and fled from the battlefield that belongs to you. And now, it's time to punish you lowly and incompetent fools! According to the master's orders, from now on, all of you will be on guard duty here, and no one is allowed to leave without permission, or you will be killed............" Celestina paused strangely, and then a kind of expectant smile appeared on her face. "Now, do you understand?"

"What a joke!!"

Although the soldiers were taken aback by Selestina's announcement, perhaps because there were no heavily armed guards around them, and there were no powerful beings to suppress them, and Celestina appeared to be just an ordinary aristocratic girl on the surface, the soldiers quickly exploded into anger and dissatisfaction after hearing Celestina's words.

"Wants to lock us up here!! Let's not send them to death, we're just humans, and there's no way to deal with those monsters! Dealing with monsters should be monster jobs!! ”

"That's right, those officials always hide behind, but let us go to the front to fight against those enemies who are impossible to defeat, they just want us to die to give them time to survive! Why are we going to die for those guys!! They have the ability to go to the front line in person!! ”

"That's it, let's not do it!! If you kind of kill us—"

Call it a day.

In the next moment, a burning spear pierced through the soldier who shouted "Kill us if you have a kind", and then I saw a huge kobold monster striding out of the flames rising from the ground, looking at the soldier in front of him who was struggling painfully on his flaming spear, grinning and showing a hideous smile. Then it flicked its spear like that, and the next moment the soldier fell to the ground with a bang. Convulsed, his body did not move again.

"Devil, devil!!"

Seeing the monster in front of them, many people shouted in surprise, and it was only at this time that they realized that they didn't know when surging red flames erupted in all directions, and then they held the flame spear in one hand. The strange-looking and terrifying-looking ko-headed monster walked out of the flames like this, and in the blink of an eye, it completely surrounded everyone. The sudden change in front of them also surprised many people, and they instinctively drew their weapons and stared at the kobold monster in front of them uneasily. And at this time, Celestina's voice sounded again.

"Want to die? Isn't it easy to want to die? But Miss Ben won't let you die so lightly, huhuhu......... Miss Ben wants to see, what else do you have to do? ”

"Brothers, copy guys. Fight with these devils, let's kill them!! ”

Although the strength of these kobold devils is very strong, their number is not large, and there are only about a hundred of them surrounding the entire playground. And these deserters are in the thousands, I don't know if it is because of fear, or because the advantage of numbers gives them enough confidence. Soon, a number of soldiers shouted angrily and drew their weapons, turned their heads and rushed in the direction of the gate outside the playground. Seeing this, Celestina's eyes narrowed. Snorted softly.

"A bunch of scum, now that you've made your choice. Then Miss Ben doesn't need to say anything more. ”

As she spoke, Selestina reached out and snapped her fingers slightly.

"Whew!!"

With Celestina's movements, I saw a huge bright red magic array suddenly appear on the originally empty ground, exuding a strange and evil aura. Soon, a thin black mist emerged from it. Before the soldiers could even react, they were shrouded in a black mist, and then they were seen to slow down, as if they were drunk. Just supported for a moment, and just staggered to the ground.

"W-what's going on?"

One of the soldiers looked at the long sword in front of him in shock, he felt very strange at this moment, and his whole body fell to the ground as if he was drunk. But on the contrary, his brain was extremely clear, and although he tried to move his body, he couldn't even move. But soon, he didn't have time to think about such a trivial matter, because at this moment, with the sound of heavy footsteps, he saw that those dog-headed devils with flames burning all over their bodies had already come to his side. Feeling the other party's cruel and excited gaze, the soldier in front of him couldn't help but tremble, he raised his head in fear, looked at the devil in front of him, opened his mouth wide, but couldn't make a sound. And almost at the same time, the pleasant voice of Selestina resurfaced in everyone's ears.

"The master has said that those who try to escape will be killed............... Die, scumbags, please me with your wails and screams!! ”

As Celestina's words fell, the dog-headed devil raised his flaming spear and stabbed it into the abdomen of the soldier in front of him, and then lifted it upward, and with its movements, the soldier's abdomen was completely dissected, and blood and internal organs flew out of it and scattered to the ground. If it were a normal day, if he was treated like this, I am afraid that the soldier would have passed out in pain. But now it was completely different, although he also felt the pain to the bone, but his brain was extremely clear, and there was no confusion at all, and because of this, the pain of being dissected invaded his brain without any difference, and at this moment the unfortunate soldier could do nothing but open his mouth and let out a terrible scream.

"Ahhh!!hhh

Screams echoed over the fortress, and the kobolds walked among the soldiers, wielding their flaming spears and slicing through their bodies, cruelly and excitedly enjoying the terrible and tragic scene in front of them. And for those soldiers, this is the supreme cruel punishment, they have never encountered anything like this. Obviously, the body was cut open, pierced, hands and feet were cut off, and burned. But there was no way for him to escape, and the pain of his limbs was so vivid that he could not do anything but force it to endure.

"No, don't, please, let me go!!"

"Don't, help..................!!"

Listening to the wails of the crowd, Selestina closed her eyes and showed the intoxication of listening to the beautiful melody of a moving symphony, and her right hand beat to the wails of the crowd, as if she was playing with this beautiful song. Then, Celestina raised her right hand and glided lightly through the air.

"So, let's get started.................. Eternal darkness and death, listen to my call and grant these dregs eternal pain and suffering!! “

The dark mist grew thicker and thicker as Serestina called, rolling and wrapping the fallen soldiers to the ground, disappearing in the blink of an eye. (To be continued......)