The earthquake at noon on April 18 once swept up smoke and dust that covered the sky and the sun until the evening. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

For some particular reason, the lethal destructive power of the earthquake was kept to such a limited extent that Downer suspected that the megalith's fall mentioned in the battle report was somewhat exaggerated.

However, those knights who were only a few dozen kilometers away from the epicenter of the earthquake, experienced the shaking of the ground and the mountains, and witnessed the towering black clouds with their own eyes, but they had a completely different feeling.

All afternoon, Enriquez walked like a lost soul, wandering through the wasteland, directionless.

His helmet was long gone, his black armor was stained with blood and grit, his golden hair was covered with dirt, and there was no expression on his round face, which was always vivid.

He struggled to his feet when he tripped over the corpse of the knight in armor, and let the tears flow as dust blew into his eyes. Like a lonely ghost, he walks alone in the last hell until he encounters an army of knights......

It was late at night, and there were campfires everywhere in front of me, and the aroma of roasted beef and mutton was overflowing, and the scene was like a grand autumn safari, but in the leeward valley where thousands of people were camped, the atmosphere at the moment was surprisingly dreary.

Enriquez had come to his senses, and he recognized the knight sitting across from him across the campfire. Silver-haired, brown-eyed, two-handed greatsword, no armor, all of which point to one person: Silverstar Mercenary Leader Coron, an eleventh-level knight.

"Maybe we shouldn't be here...... But now there is no way back. Colonn said leisurely as she stirred up the campfire with a twig.

Enriquez knew what he was talking about. The earthquake at noon had completely wiped out Falling Rock City, and there was really no way out.

A middle-aged knight opened his mouth, as if he hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Commander...... Do you think we're going to get it?"

"What's the trick?" Colonn looked up.

The middle-aged knight's face gradually turned grim, "Jesse may know the secret of divine punishment and deliberately sent us here as cannon fodder......"

Enriquez was startled and blurted out, "Jesse the Giant is still alive?"

The middle-aged knight glanced at Enriquez, shook his head slightly, and said, "That's right, he's still alive, but we may not be alive." ”

"What nonsense?" Colonn snorted.

The middle-aged knight finally didn't dare to say anything more, bowed his head and shut up, and didn't say a word.

At this time, a silver-haired old man sitting next to Enriquez suddenly spoke: "I'm afraid that divine punishment may not really be divine punishment......

Colonn let out an "oh?" and continued, "El, what do you mean?"

Enriquez subconsciously glanced at the short and inconspicuous old man beside him, it is said that the Silver Star Mercenary Group can become the largest mercenary group in the western part of the Knight Continent, El Gardner has a greater role than Coron, the latter is just a symbol of the mercenary group's strength, and the former is their brain.

"If it is true that the God of Light protects Middle-earth, I am afraid that we will not be able to set foot on this land at all. I always felt that there was something strange about those black spots in the sky...... "El mused, "Perhaps, divine punishment has something to do with magic. ”

"Magic?" the crowd around the campfire all looked at El.

"Could it be the Demon Duke......" The middle-aged knight, who had just been silent for a while, couldn't help but interject again, but no one could answer his question.

Colonn pursed her lips tightly and touched her nose from time to time, probably thinking that this guess was reasonable.

El looked up at Nan, as if to suggest something.

The dozen or so people around the campfire were silent, waiting for the conclusion of the regimental commander and El.

Suddenly, a faint voice broke the silence.

“...... I've seen him. ”

It was Enriquez who spoke, and he could feel more than a dozen eyes shooting at him at the same time as he hung his head. Without waiting for them to ask, he slowly raised his head and repeated, "I've seen Donor Vane. ”

"Have you seen the Demon Duke, when did it happen?" the middle-aged knight suddenly became interested, and even moved in front of Enriquez.

Enriquez looked at the flickering flames and remembered a past.

"More than twenty years ago, my mercenary group was commissioned to participate in a war in Huls, and the employer was the Demon Duke...... At the time, he was just an apprentice in magic......"

"What's so special about him?" asked Elbus.

He ......" Enriquez was about to speak, when he suddenly froze there.

Kronn stood up suddenly, and at some point, the two-handed greatsword was already in his hand.

Right in front of everyone's eyes, the starry sky above the valley suddenly fell like a meteor shower.

As he approached, the meteor shower grew brighter and brighter, turning into a dense ball of fire, illuminating the entire valley as if it were day.

In the daytime valley sky, a huge yellow ball appeared, like a ghost suddenly appearing in the night sky. And the meteor-like rain of fire was sprinkled from the cage hanging under its ball.

Suddenly, El understood what it was, and he pointed to the big yellow ball and shouted hoarsely, "This is it!

El's reminder did just that. The whole valley was suddenly in chaos, and the people fled in three directions, but they could not escape the sea of fire that scattered after the fall. The flames burned so loudly that even the dew-stained thorns and weeds were instantly engulfed.

The knights were tumbling and struggling, and the terrible wails were endless, and more people fled in panic, and occasionally a few arrows flew towards the sky, but before they could get close to the giant ball, they fell one after another.

The giant ball seemed to be chasing its prey, and its trajectory swept across the valley, and the rain of fire sprinkled was like a rumored miracle that happened in the giant city-state, and everywhere it went, everything was in ruins.

Colonn raised his head to the sky and roared, his voice full of anger and unwillingness. He snatched the one-handed long sword of a knight beside him, and his body spun up, shaking out a golden aura, which suddenly dimmed, turning into a fighting sword and rising into the sky.

At this moment, a green light flew out from under the giant ball, and hit the golden long sword head-on, with a loud bang, and the long sword flying in the air exploded in an instant. Colonn stretched out his hand and shouted, "Bring the giant bow!" but saw the yellow ball in the air rise violently, and the rain of fire also stopped abruptly.

The orb quickly disappeared into the night sky, and the valley had already turned into a sea of fire. In addition to the strange pungent smell in the air, there was also the strange smell of burnt human flesh.

Fighting back his rage, Colonn pointed to the steep slope on the south side of the valley and shouted, "Retreat upwind!"

However, in the direction of his finger, a slender figure stepped out of the raging flames, the flames that devoured everything, had no effect on the man, even the robes on his body were intact.

"Demon Duke......" Enriquez muttered, the man who came from the fire was the same magic apprentice back then, but now, in the face of this figure, Enriquez couldn't even think of resisting.