It all happened too suddenly, too quickly. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Before the news came, Zhijian, the city director of Lake City, was still casually accompanying the concubine and enjoying the girl's service.

Ren Zhijian, who is in his forties, just married this young concubine last month, and he is not tired of the other party's body, and spends a lot of time on her every day, and today is no exception.

Until the deputy city lord, who handled affairs on behalf of Ren Zhijian, recklessly rushed into the dormitory, everything was very good.

"Lord Castle, something is wrong!"

The deputy city lord didn't even ask a word, and directly broke the door of Ren Zhijian's bedroom, rushed in and yelled.

Ren Zhijian originally wanted to angrily scold the deputy city lord who interrupted his important moment, but seeing his deputy's nervous expression, he also knew that something serious had happened, so he reluctantly left the concubine's belly.

Ren Zhijian quickly got dressed and dragged the deputy city lord to another room, he didn't want his concubine to be looked down upon by other men.

"What the hell is going on!" Ren Zhijian sat on the chair and glared at his deputy dissatisfied.

"Lord City, we have lost contact with the city in front of us, it should be the forces in the south that have started to do it!"

When Ren Zhijian heard the news, his whole face tensed.

He knew the movements of the emerging forces in the south, and in order to prevent the invasion of the other side, they spared no expense to establish a magical communication network with the nearby city-states, and would make routine regular contact every day in order to know the other party's actions at the first time.

Ren Zhijian originally thought that the other party's attention was on the west, and there should be no extra strength to invade the north, so he has relaxed recently, but he didn't expect to encounter the worst situation.

"There is no news from the city at the front, it should have been taken!" the deputy city lord began to feel uneasy and nervous, and a large amount of sweat broke out on his forehead.

Ren Zhijian was upset and couldn't help but pound the armrest of the chair hard.

"Where did they get their troops! Damn! Didn't they say that their main force was in the West? Didn't the other army just be formed?"

Ren Zhijian took a deep breath, he knew that he had to calm down first, the other party had already made the first move, and he had to prepare a strategy for confrontation.

"Go and get in touch with the other city lords, we must concentrate our strength to deal with those guys!In addition, ask for help from the Elven Friends in the center, we need the strength of this alliance leader!After paying the protection fee for so long, it's time for the Central Alliance to do something!"

Lake City and the nearby city-states are only small cities, with a population of no more than 70,000 people, and their own strength is not strong, in order to be free and independent from the influence of other forces, they joined the city-state mutual aid alliance in the central region of Bellabe, and paid a certain amount of resources and money every year in exchange for the help of other powerful cities.

"Let's go!"

After establishing the target, Ren Zhijian immediately went to communicate with the deputy city lord and contact the city that had not yet been attacked.

However, as soon as Ren Zhijian arrived at the communication room, he found that the magister in charge of it was wailing in a panic.

"What's going on! The city-state here has also been cut off!"

"No! The communication is completely unresponsive! The other party can't receive our message!"

"I've checked all the instruments, and all of them are fine, something happened to the person we are communicating with!"

"No response! No response from here! Bastard! Why haven't six city-states responded in a row!"

The Magister, who operated the expensive magical communication apparatus, grew panicked, and at the same time thought of a most desperate possibility.

"Don't be nervous!" Ren Zhijian grimaced and yelled at his subordinates: "Contact the city closest to us first, and leave the one close to the south alone! In addition, get in touch with the elven friends in the central part as soon as possible! Hurry up!"

After hearing the castle lord's order, the magisters in the communication room forgot the terrible thoughts in their minds for a moment and immediately carried out their mission.

Ren Zhijian, who was expressionless, sweated a lot in his palms, knowing that after losing contact with some cities, he was mentally prepared for the worst, but even so, he still couldn't avoid the occurrence of nervousness.

But he knew that he was the backbone of this place, and he must not show a cowardly expression, and he must grit his teeth and hold on.

"Great! Get in touch with nearby cities!"

Ren Zhijian heard the magister's shouts of surprise, and immediately walked over to the magic props operated by the magister.

"This is Nanhu City, may I ask where you ......?"

A noisy voice came from the box-shaped magic prop, interrupting the Magister's questioning.

'Quick...... Fast......... You guys...... Hurry ......'

"I can't hear you clearly!Quickly adjust this magic prop!" Ren Zhijian shouted anxiously.

The Magus hurriedly adjusted the box-shaped magic props, infusing a large amount of magic power, and successfully made the sound coming from the magic communication device a little clearer.

'Run!'

A hoarse voice full of fear permeated the communication room.

'Run, you're all going to die!'

Ren Zhijian felt that his heart was grabbed fiercely.

'They're eaten, we're eaten, those things are going to eat everything, you hurry up, ......'

At this moment, the sound of raindrops suddenly came from the megaphone of the magic props.

It was the unsettling sound of dense rain lapping.

'Don't!'

Beep.

The communication of the magic item is cut off, and the other party stops the input of mana.

Ren Zhijian knew that the other party was no longer able to input magic power into magic props.

In the communication room, there was a deathly silence.

No one dared to speak.

Ren Zhijian found that his hands were trembling slightly, and his throat couldn't help but swallow saliva.

“...... Keep connecting!

He puffed up the breath in his chest and gave orders to his subordinates vigorously.

"Don't be idle!

In order to throw away the fear in his heart, Ren Zhijian shouted with a hideous face.

The communication room was once again noisy with the sound of activity, but everyone's faces were full of unease, and everyone couldn't help but think about what they had just heard.

Ren Zhijian didn't want to stay in this suffocating space any longer, he strode around and slammed the door hard.

He needed a breath of fresh air.

"Lord of the Castle!"

The deputy city lord hurriedly ran up from behind, and caught up with Ren Zhijian with a little shortness of breath.

"We should take defensive measures now, the other side doesn't know how to use to capture several cities in a row, just in case we still ......"

Ren Zhijian frowned tightly and waved his hand vigorously.

"Go, I'll give it to you!"

After the deputy city lord nodded, he immediately turned around and ran away to mobilize the troops in the city.

"Can we only wait for rescue now......

Ren Zhijian walked briskly on the passage of the castle, and all kinds of emotions in his heart kept tumbling.

Before he knew it, he was on the vast balcony, where the cool breeze whipped his sweaty body, and the warm sunlight soothed his tense emotions.

"No, it shouldn't be that fast...... There should also be buffer time...... It has to be like this!"

Ren Zhijian can only hope now that the other party's movements are not so fast.

Lake City is separated from the forces to the south by a distance, and there are many city-states blocking it, no matter how fast the pace is and how strong the invading force is, it is impossible to reach this place in a day.

Ren Zhijian, who calmed down, closed his eyes and felt the sunshine.

Suddenly, the warm sunlight disappeared.

Ren Zhijian opened his eyes suspiciously, and saw that the sky was covered with a thick layer of dark clouds at some point.

“...... What?"

He clearly remembered that there was still not a single cloud in the sky just now, and this black cloud appeared too suddenly.

Then he heard the sound of rain dripping in his ears.

Ren Zhijian opened his mouth wide in disbelief.

While!

As if to respond to his conjecture, a piercing alarm bell rang out in the city.

It was the highest danger warning, the final warning to all civilians to evacuate.

A protective magic array unfolded above the city, illuminating the dim and dull environment.

Ren Zhijian was deprived of his mind by the black clouds in the sky, and stood on the balcony in a daze, he never thought that he would see such a thing in his lifetime.

There are no dark clouds in the sky at all.

Ren Zhijian's magic power in his body can be seen with enhanced eyesight, and he can see it very clearly.

"Yes...... Locust...... Black locust ......"

It was a dense, uncountable swarm of insects.

It was a myriad of monsters that covered the entire sky.

Crash!

The swarm flapped their wings together, making an eerie flapping sound like rain falling.

Then, the locust monsters attacked the city's protective magic array.

Zila!

The attacking protective magic array flew with lightning and sparks, but the magic array showed no signs of weakening, and successfully resisted the impact of the locust monster.

Subsequently, the black locusts attacked several times again, but the protective magic array of Lake City also resisted one by one, blocking the entry of the locust monsters.

Seeing the conflict in the sky, Ren Zhijian woke up like a dream, and he knew that he should leave here and direct the city's actions.

Just as he was about to turn away, a faint purple glow suddenly lit up in the sky, attracting his attention.

The dark purple light fell on the protective magic array, and the light array that enveloped the entire city appeared in ripples.

Then, the protective magic array shattered.

The last line of defense to protect the city dissipated silently.

The locust monsters in the sky quickly flapped their wings and entered the city in an endless stream.

“............ Yes. ”

Ren Zhijian's whole body froze because of the impact of the scene in front of him.

He really couldn't react this time.

The purple glow in the sky fell softly to the ground.

Ren Zhijian's gaze couldn't help but follow the dark purple light, and then, he saw something unbelievable.

"It's ...... What ......"

The figure that exuded a dark purple ** power light fell on the central avenue.

It was a huge dark purple scorpion.

The giant scorpion raised its sharp stinger tail high, a pair of huge scissor-shaped chelicerae dangled from its front, and the thick three pairs of articulation limbs under it moved flexibly.

However, the biggest feature of the giant scorpion is not its size.

The dark purple scorpion has no head, and his upper body, which is the body of a human.

The upper body of the scorpion is the appearance of a young man.

The upper body is a human body, and the lower body is a scorpion body, this kind of thing, Ren Zhijian has never heard of.

As if sensing Ren Zhijian's gaze, the scorpion turned his gaze in his direction.

Seeing the other party's fierce eyes, Ren Zhijian couldn't help but take a step back.

Even from such a distance, he could feel the other party's presence and the amazing pressure on his body.

It was precisely because he was attracted by the scorpion man that Ren Zhijian was negligent and forgot another important thing.

"Ahh

When Ren Zhi was determined, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the sound of rain falling.

"Oops......"

At the last minute, he realized his fatal mistake.

Countless black locusts surrounded Ren Zhijian.

Seeing it from a close distance, Ren Zhijian knew that these black locusts were so huge, and the tiniest locust monsters were also the thickness of an adult's arm, with an average length of nearly one meter, which was definitely not comparable to ordinary insects.

Ren Zhijian felt the locust swarm looking at his gaze, and his breathing became heavy.

He knew he was doomed.

"Who will...... Just give up!"

Ren Zhijian slammed his cheek hard, dispelling the fear caused by the monster's gaze.

"I must live!"

Ren Zhijian knew that in the face of such a number of monsters, a mage of his level would not be able to fight head-on, and now his only way to survive was to do his best to maintain his magic barrier from the attack of locusts, and then find a way to escape.

Ren Zhijian gritted his teeth and rushed into the locust's encirclement.

The monsters immediately pounced, opened their sharp mouthparts, and bit Ren Zhijian.

The locust's terrifying body was directly attached to it, and Ren Zhijian couldn't bear to look directly at the appearance of this monster, and closed his eyes tremblingly.

Ren Zhijian's whole body was covered by huge locusts, and the magic barriers on his body were constantly weakened, and he was desperate to use his magic power, and he kept rushing forward with all his strength.

Ren Zhijian, who couldn't see, panicked, and didn't know where he was running at all, until there was a feeling of hanging in the air under his feet, and he barely stopped and fell backwards.

Ren Zhijian reflexively opened his eyes and found himself running to the edge of the castle's outer wall and almost falling.

Several of the locusts that attacked on his body were flattened by his weight, giving him a little freedom again.

Seeing that the magic barrier of the locust monster was weaker than he had imagined, he mustered up the courage to shake off the other locusts on his body and get rid of the trouble on his body for a while.

But there were still many locusts in all directions, and he was not out of danger.

Just when Ren Zhijian wanted to escape back to the castle, the scene captured from the corner of his eye made him unable to calm down.

"What ......"

Ren Zhijian looked at his city blankly.

He finally understood the meaning of the previous communication.

Eat it all, eat it up, as the words say.

The entire surface of the city is covered with a layer of locust monsters, which are constantly eating everything.

Buildings and creatures were devoured by countless locusts.

In just a few minutes, Lake City had lost its original posture.

On the streets of the city, there is no longer a single figure still standing.

At this moment, Ren Zhijian finally understood why other cities had lost contact.

The number of locusts is so great that it is impossible to resist.

Even if a single locust monster is fragile, no one can do anything in the face of such an overwhelming number.

The eroded cities can only accept their fate.

Ren Zhijian turned his stiff neck and looked at the castle behind him.

The upper part of the castle where he lived had disappeared, and only a large number of locust monsters were entrenched.

"Hahaha......"

Ren Zhijian couldn't react other than laughing.

It's over.

The so-called resistance is so weak and powerless.

They don't know what level of power the other person has.

"I ...... Don't let these bastards eat them!"

Ren Zhijian knew that it was impossible to escape death, so he would die vigorously.

"Aha! just bring some damn bugs and bury them for me!"

Ren Zhijian violently compressed his magic power, and then exploded outward.

He headed for the nearby swarm.

Rumble!

After the explosion, only splatters of flesh fell.

The extermination of just a few dozen locusts did not affect the entire swarm in any way, and they continued to devour everything around them, devouring everything in their vicinity.

Then the whole city, all that remained was the sound of rain falling to the ground.