One day in hell, on earth, this seems to be a day......

Holy Kingdom of Araço, San Nino, 104 Male Erson Street Middle, 'Never Mix Water' Tavern.

The midday sun was warm and bright, and Benjamin, the tavern keeper in a brown coat, opened the tavern door as usual and stepped inside.

The tavern was rather dark inside, with the smell of some liquor mixed with scraps. Benjamin paused in the doorway for a moment to allow his eyes to adjust to the darkness a little. After that, he hung his coat on the hanger by the door, and skillfully removed the baffles on the window that had been used for an unknown number of years.

Dazzling sunlight shines through the glass, bringing some light to the dark tavern.

The water in the well was still cold in the early spring, and the tavern owner wrung out the rag with his frozen red hands, carefully wiped down the counters, tables and chairs, and cleaned the rubbish from the floor with a broom and mop.

When everything was ready, Benjamin walked to the door of the tavern and sighed as he looked at the empty streets on the left and right. The white mist dissipated in an instant, and the tavern owner rubbed his sour nose, reversed the wooden sign hanging by the door, turned the side with the word 'business' outward, and turned and walked in.

The empty street was deserted by pedestrians, and a few wild dogs cautiously approached the tavern, trying to rummage through the garbage that Benjamin had thrown out earlier. But before they could actually get close to the garbage, the dingoes stopped at the same time, looked up in the same direction, and then turned and fled in a panic.

A whole group of heavily armed patrols came from a distance with serious faces, and the leader stared at the strange round alchemy item in his hand, refusing to move it away.

As the patrol approached the trash, the leader suddenly stopped and turned his head in the direction of the tavern. He first looked at the inconspicuous tavern on the side of the street, and then at the alchemy items in his hand, his expression a little puzzled.

The captain hesitated for a few seconds, then raised his hand and gestured towards the tavern on the side of the street. The next moment, the surrounding patrols formed a well-trained battle formation and slowly surrounded the target.

The captain drew the sword from his waist and cautiously entered the tavern with a few of his teammates. Moments later, the patrolmen and the tavernkeeper walked out of it at the same time. The patrol leader smiled apologetically at Benjamin, opened his mouth to say something else, and led the team on.

The tavernkeeper had a sincere smile on his face as he watched the patrol move farther and farther away. When the figures disappeared from the corner, he slowly put away his smile, turned to sorrow and sadness, and stood on the side of the street for a long time and did not want to go back.

At this time, about two months have passed since that terrifying devil invasion, but the entire city of San Nino is still immersed in grief, especially in this area shrouded by the dark red sky, and the casualties are even more painful.

Although the official number of casualties has not been given at the moment, and great efforts are being made to eliminate the remaining demons, Benjamin has heard others talk about it, and the final casualty figure will definitely not be less than 10,000.

Among the 10,000 people who died were Benjamin's father, wife, and children.

He stood at the counter, slowly wiping the wine glass in his hand with a dry cotton cloth, but his eyes stared into the void with a lost mind, and his thoughts had already drifted to the day of the incident.

......

When the dark red canopy fell from the sky, Benjamin was busy in the tavern as he was now. In addition to him and his new recruits, there were a few idle regulars who came to sit in the tavern that day.

The waiter, named 'Barrett', was upstairs upstairs and his friend who didn't know what they were talking about. Because it was still daytime, the tavern's business was not busy at all, so Benjamin turned a blind eye to the tall fellow's laziness, who let himself be paid less.

Then, the sky suddenly turned bloody, and Benjamin and a few regulars stepped out of the tavern, looking up in amazement, like the other pedestrians on the street.

Everyone's expressions were mixed with confusion and excitement, and some even speculated that this might be the beginning of the New Year's celebrations, and some swore that he had seen this fashionable way of celebrating in other cities.

The excitement and boasting didn't last long, and the figures of those terrible devils appeared on the streets one after another, and the number increased.

The killing began, and heart-rending screams and wails filled the entire area in an instant.

The tall waiter and his friend kept shouting something into the panicked crowd, but Benjamin didn't hear what they were shouting, he had only one thing on his mind—family.

The tavern was located on the edge of the canopy, and if Benjamin wanted to return home, he had to go in the direction where the devil came. He only hesitated for half a second, and then with the help of the cover of the panicked crowd, he rushed towards the position of his home.

However, when he escaped from several devils and finally ran to his home, all he saw was a corpse soaked in blood. After that, as if he had lost his soul, he stood in a daze, looking at his family lying on the ground, and never moved again.

He vaguely remembered how many combatants in Kingdom army armor had come to his home, and one of them was constantly shouting something to him, but Benjamin's world was silent and nothing could be heard. The man then waved his hand at his companion and knocked him unconscious with a punch......

It wasn't until he woke up from the vault that he really understood the aftermath of the whole incident.

Benjamin had heard that it was the dark red curtain in the sky that caused the cruel devils to keep popping up, and it also prevented the mages and other reinforcements from entering.

Later, it seems that someone broke into the center of the devil's army and smashed something that kept the canopy in place, which eased the situation and allowed survivors like him to survive eventually.

When the dark red canopy disappeared, many people saw it with their own eyes, and a pure black magic tower appeared above the city out of thin air. It began by shooting a deep purple arcane ray from the diamond-shaped crystal at the top of the tower, which lasted for about a quarter of an hour, each of which accurately hit the terrible devil, wiping out most of the devil's legion.

As for whether there will be accidental injuries in this, no one has ever mentioned it, so I think there should be none.

After the ray, the tower threw a number of construct-like golems taller than ogres towards the central area. The emotionless Iron Golem and the ugly and cruel remnants of the devil fought together, and many houses and houses were demolished in brutal and fierce fights.

As for whether there are still survivors hidden in these collapsed buildings, no one has ever mentioned it, and I think there should be none.

Guards and adventurers from other parts of the city also joined the battle, slowly advancing from the outside, working with the Constructed Golems in the center to destroy the invading enemies. But the situation was really chaotic at that time, and it still allowed a few devils to escape.

After that, the kingdom's 'Oak Leaf' legion took over the city's guards, and they used the alchemy items provided by the mages to search the city for the devil or traces related to the devil, and the patrol guards who came to the shop before were the members of this legion.

I've heard of two ugly devils covered in spikes who have died in this tavern, and I guess that's why the patrol guards are here, Benjamin thought.

The door was pushed open again, and a woman with long bright blonde hair stepped in. This woman has a pair of gentle purple eyes, and every time she laughs, it always makes Benjamin's heart shake up a very complex strange emotion - shame, self-blame, chagrin, and an irresistible hint of heartbeat.

"Morning, Beserina. He greeted the woman.

"It's afternoon, boss. The woman chuckled, and took off her cotton coat and hung it next to Benjamin's coat, "Why don't you make a fire? ”

We, she said we, I don't know why, Benjamin was a little sensitive to the word.

The woman in front of him named 'Beserina' was his new waiter. She said that she had come to St. Nino to join her relatives and that she had never expected to encounter such a terrible thing. After the incident, she fled to the tavern in a panic and hid, and did not dare to come out until ......

Until Benjamin found her dusty face but still bright and moving from the wooden barrel where the turnips were stored in the kitchen.

Later, Benjamin thought it was just an ordinary encounter, but it wasn't long before the woman came to the tavern again. She said that the relative she had fled to had died at the hands of the devil, that she had no relatives, and that she was lonely in this strange city, but she didn't know where to go.

Is it lonely? Benjamin agrees. "Then come and help me first. He said this at the time, and the other party actually nodded in agreement......

"Hey, boss, I'm talking to you!" Beserina shook her hand in front of him.

"Excuse me, what did you just say?" Benjamin was a little embarrassed.

"I said, why don't you live? Don't you feel cold?"

"Oh, forgot. "The sun was shining right through the window, so I didn't feel cold." ”

"I can't stand it. The woman walked to the fireplace, put some firewood next to her, and skillfully lit the fire, "Whew, so comfortable!" she put her hands close to the fire, and sighed with satisfaction, "It's so cold, if you don't make a fire, after a while, those drunkards will come over, and they should complain again." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, old Todd, who lived near the tavern, walked in slowly, "A glass of mulled wine with spices and honey." "This damn weather is colder than the day the devil invades." ”

"Do you want anything else, Uncle Todd?" asked the woman by the fireplace.

"A kiss, if you're willing to give. Old Todd smiled, "Beserina, you are getting more and more beautiful day by day, and I believe that one day, your beauty will suffocate everyone!"

"Thank you!" Beserena said with that intoxicating smile on her face again, "what you say is like poetry." ”

Cut, the lines from the opera "What is True Love". Benjamin pouted inwardly.

"I was a famous bard when I was young!" said old Todd.

"Really?" Beserena looked surprised and adoring.

That expression made Benjamin feel a little uncomfortable. You were a servant of the nobility when you were young, and that is something that the inhabitants of the city know!

"Also, don't call me uncle, I'm not a few years older than your boss. "Old Todd straightened his somewhat hunched body in an effort to make himself look younger.

Twenty years old is not too short. Ban Jie smiled at the other party.

Old Todd saw Besereina walking towards the kitchen, turned to him and said, "Hey, did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?" asked Benjamin, confused.

"Our benefactor, the man who shattered the dark red hood, has an eyebrow on his whereabouts. "Isn't there a lot of theory before, some say that he was killed directly in the explosion, others say that he was rescued by the mage, and some people lost him in the rain because of the spatial rift created by the explosion. Now, finally, there is an exact statement. ”

"What a statement. Benjamin's expression was solemn and curious, and his heart was full of gratitude for the unknown man.

"The man is dead!" said old Todd swearing, "and the patrol found the man's weapon in the rubble of the explosion in the center, a rather sharp tomahawk. What a shame!" he shook his head.

"It's a shame. The tavernkeeper whispered.

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