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This night, for many people, is a sleepless night. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, when a loud roar came from afar, breaking the night's sleep, many people panicked, and they hurried out of the house without even getting dressed, anxiously looking around to see what was going on. Then they saw the boundless river of light that floated into the sky.

For a moment, the entire outlying area of the Twilight Forest became panicked.

Of course, ordinary people didn't know what it was, but as long as anyone could see the anomaly in front of them, they immediately turned around without hesitation, ran home and picked up their loved ones, and tried to move to a safe place. The deafening roar that followed, and the trembling of the earth, caused many people to scatter in terror, and they did not even have time to take their belongings, but turned around and tried to flee desperately -- even though they themselves did not know where to go.

And the nobles were no better, although they were far more knowledgeable than ordinary people, but because of this, they were even more frightened. Even if you don't know exactly what kind of spell it is, you can tell from its size and size that it's a massive peak spell.

Although this is enough to be regarded as a once-in-a-century spectacle, for the nobles, they would rather wait for a thousand years than such a time. Unlike the inexplicable panic of ordinary people, these nobles were well-read, and as the most educated class in the kingdom, they certainly understood what this meant.

As we all know, Mana is the source of all life in this world, and the continuation of all life depends on its existence. So in the land of Manado, life is also flourishing. In the places where Mana is scarce, most of them are deserts or uninhabited areas such as the Gobi. However, magic and magic technology also need Mana's drive, although they don't seem to need much, but after all, Mana is not much most of the time, it can be said that there are more monks and less porridge, and if this continues, it will have a devastating impact on other regions. As a result, most of the machines and mages that consume a lot of Manna are concentrated around the source where they can cast the power of Manna infinitely.

And now, such a peak spell was suddenly cast here, and many nobles were not surprised that there were mages who could release such powerful magic here, but they were very unhappy -- such a powerful magic would inevitably consume a large amount of Mana, and there was no source here, so would this area be completely destroyed?

This is what the nobles really care about, you know, the area where Mana's power is thin can be said to be inhabitable. Water sources will be cut off, crops will not be grown, people will suffer from terrible and incurable diseases, and even livestock will die one by one, gradually turning this place into a land of death.

Therefore, at the first time, these nobles did not think of fleeing, but immediately sent people to observe the surroundings to see if there was still water in the wells, to see if those trees were still alive, after all, the impact of such a powerful magic was also very distinct. As soon as there was evidence that the Mana in the region was about to run dry, the nobles had no choice but to leave the terrible place and go in search of a new place to live.

Luckily, however, nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary, and even the information brought by those who ventured to approach the Twilight Forest did not report a large number of dead trees in the Twilight Forest, much to the relief of many nobles. It seems that although I don't know what the situation is, it is clear that Manna does not seem to be exhausted, otherwise, the Twilight Forest, as the central point, would definitely be affected most strongly. But now it looks ...... It seems that everything is normal?

It's fine to be normal.

As long as there is no danger in front of them, then they will not care about possible future crises, just as even if the world's observatories swear that an asteroid will crash the earth in 150 years, people still do not panic because of this -- after all, they will not live for 150 years.

Therefore, after temporarily relieving their hearts, the gossip psychology of the nobles came out again, and they immediately began to send people to investigate what happened. Although this is said, but deep in the hearts of many people, there is already a vague bad premonition, after all, all the nobles also knew about it when West V drove the expedition in person, and some nobles who had already disagreed with the king and were afraid of the other party's personal vendetta naturally sent people to follow up and investigate early, and they all knew very well that the place where the peak magic was cast before was not far from the king's army, could it be ......... Thinking of this, these nobles couldn't help but shudder, no, could it be............ The Duke of Barron stood by the window, looking out of the window with a gloomy and helpless face, it was early in the morning, but he had not slept all night. After being relieved of command, he was placed under house arrest by West V in an inn in the city. Therefore, he was not able to stay in the army. Even so, Barron still felt a little nervous and uneasy, he did not believe Celtic's words, and he did not think that he would be treated by His Majesty the King, but a sense of uneasiness that could not be suppressed had been spreading deep in his heart. This uneasiness even gradually turned into some kind of unknown fear, which even made Barron breathless.

What's going on out there?

Barron wanted to know now, and like everyone else, he had seen the dazzling flashes, the roaring noise, the earth trembling so violently that even the wooden inn was a little shaky, but Barron remained calm, just holding his hands behind his back, calmly staring at the blurred shadow from the window.

Although he also wanted to send someone to check it out, but he didn't have this power now, and West V's great wisdom didn't have it, so he still played a lot of tricks. This time, it was his personal guards who were in charge of guarding Barron, so Barron had no way to mobilize them. Of course, with his strength, he could still escape if he wanted to, but for Barron, it was a naked betrayal.

And just as Barron sighed helplessly, suddenly there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, and then the door of the guest room was pushed open heavily.

"Lord Barron!!!"

The soldiers who were originally in charge of guarding Barron rushed in at this moment, their faces pale and distorted, and they didn't even have the slightest demeanor that a soldier should have in a panic. This surprised Barron a little, knowing that these soldiers were not those new soldiers, but experienced elites, it could be said that in front of them, it was difficult to have anything to touch these people, but now, they were like two or three-year-old children, and their faces were blue.

"What's going on! Calm down, cheer up, you're West's soldiers!"

"It's gone, it's all gone, it's over...... My lord, it's over, we're done, we're done, it's over, it's all over........."

Barron grimaced, but the soldiers didn't bother at all, they were so lost that they didn't even know what they were talking about.

"My lord, let's go, please, my lord, let's go, let's go........."

"What the hell is going on!!"

Barron grabbed one of the soldiers who had collapsed at his feet and asked again with a roar. This time, however, the soldier seemed to be feeling better at last, sobbing, wiping tears from his face, and then grabbing General Barron's hand.

"My lord, you can see it yourself, you can see it yourself!!"

Although he was taken aback by the almost strange changes in the soldiers, Barron wasted no time, and immediately followed the soldier out of the hotel, and by this time the streets were already full of people, all of whom were talking to each other. But Barron was in no mood to see this, and he rudely pushed the civilians away, and then hurried out of the city gates.

Then, Barron stood in the distance.

In front of him, the ground not far away had completely changed, pitch black, and the upturned piles of dirt contrasted sharply with the gray permafrost beneath Barron's feet. Suddenly, it was as if someone had suddenly torn a huge wound open on the skin of the earth, revealing the black muscles inside.

However, this is not the most important thing.

And most importantly, what about the army?

Barron looked around, where is the royal army? Where are the 30,000 royal troops?!! where are the 30,000 most elite royal soldiers of West?

Barron shuddered at the thought of this, and then he pushed away the soldiers in front of him and led the way, and galloped towards the upturned land.

What about the people? What about the king? What the hell is going on? There was a fight?

Barron dragged the black scar all the way in, even his brain was in complete confusion at the moment, and he saw no sign of battle in this dark land, no corpses, no discarded weapons, not even horses and flags, as if everything was gone, reduced to soft dirt beneath his feet.

As soon as he thought of this, Barron couldn't help but feel a little sick to his stomach, and he even felt that the soil under his feet seemed to be slippery with blood at the moment.

"Where's anyone?answer me!!"

Along the way, Barron shouted from time to time, but he couldn't see anyone, and he couldn't hear any sound, which made Barron's heart sink to the bottom, although he didn't know what was going on, but he knew very well that he was about to know the truth.

At the entrance to the Twilight Forest, the calm of the past had now returned. The Duke of Barron stumbled and galloped in, and it wasn't until he came here that he finally saw what he had always wanted to see.

But, at this moment, the Duke of Barron even wished that he would never see these things.

In this charred land, there is a flat land, which is very flat and hard, unlike the surrounding mud hills. Above it, the Duke of Barron clearly saw thousands of figures.

That's thousands of black human figures.

Some were sitting, some were lying, some were running backwards, some were forward-armed, and the figures stood still like statues made of some kind of gray dust, but there was a certain unspeakable cruelty to Barron.

He slowed his pace, walked over to the gray pillars, and stretched out his hand, trying to touch these once living beings—but at the moment of contact between his fingers, the human forms, which had been barely fixed, finally completely collapsed, turned into a puff of dust, and drifted away, disappearing into the earth.

"This ......... It's ............"

Barron was surprised to notice that his fingers and voice were trembling, this should not have happened to him, he was one of the three army commanders, he was a general, he was a qualified commander, he should have kept his state of mind, and he did not lose his temper at any time. Single, now? He felt that his capacity seemed to have reached its limit. Others don't know, doesn't he know? Last night, there were 30,000 troops here! 30,000 troops!!

Barron turned his head slowly, took a long breath, and looked at the entrance to the twilight forest—and then, his eyes widened in surprise.

At the entrance to the Twilight Forest, a strange carriage was slowly approaching this direction. It looked like a cage made of wood, but it seemed to be a little different. A man dressed in remnant armor with a dispersed head was locked in it, his hands and feet were bound by chains, and his entire face was completely obscured. In this way, the two old horses pulled the wooden carriage and walked leisurely. And the man struggled desperately, writhing his body, trying to escape from this damn cage, but he couldn't break free with all his might.

Although he couldn't see his appearance clearly, Barron couldn't help but tremble when he saw the broken armor.

Could that be............ There is no need for Barron to guess, for the man who was locked in the cage had a long white plank stuck around his neck, on which his name was written -- His Majesty the Honorable and Great King West, Poks.

The tone is respectful and the words are polite.

"Your Majesty!!"

At this moment, Barron finally couldn't hold back any longer, he shouted, and then rushed forward, gritted his teeth and grabbed the long sword at his waist, pulled it out with force, and then slashed down at the wooden cage in front of him.

"Ding!!"

However, Barron did not achieve his goal, just as his long sword was about to make contact with the wooden cage, a crisp sound suddenly sounded, and at the same time that the long sword in Barron's hand was broken in two, a powerful impact came straight at him, forcing him to retreat. In desperation, Barron retreated, and then he saw that a maid was holding a short dagger in front of him, where he was seated in front of the carriage.

"Who are you, what do you want to do?"

"I am a general of the Kingdom of West. ”

Barron shouted angrily and stepped forward again.

"Let him go at once, this is our Majesty the King. ”

"I know. ”

The maid withdrew her dagger, straightened her clothes, and the various weapons that hung on her body, and then looked back.

"Isn't it clearly written above?"

"This is how you treat His Majesty the King............"

"What the master is to do with his spoils is his freedom. Moreover, he is your Majesty the King, but he has nothing to do with us. ”

The maid apparently didn't care about Barron's words, and she replied leisurely as she pulled down the chain beside her.

"Woo!!"

The iron-claded collar tugged West V forward in embarrassment, and then he slammed it onto the railing and let out a muffled roar. Barron gritted his teeth even more as he watched his lord be treated like this, clenching his fists and staring at the maid in front of him. But for his gaze, it was clear that the other party did not feel any threat.

"It seems to be quite energetic. ”

The maid glanced at it, then swung her whip again, and whipped the two old horses in front of her.

"So, let's move on, this time it's a big task. ”

As she spoke, the maid looked at Barron, who was standing nearby.

"As for the general, I hope you don't get in the way of my work, or else............ I don't think you want to know the consequences. ”

"What do you want to do with Your Majesty?!"

Although he wanted to rescue the king immediately, Barron did not act rashly, for he could feel that although the maid was unhurried, she seemed very leisurely. However, a cold killing intent was firmly locked on him, and as a high-level swordsman, Barron could naturally feel how powerful this power was, which was far beyond the range he could correspond to. He was sure that if he did it again, the dagger that the maid was playing with at the moment would undoubtedly pierce his heart.

"How?"

Hearing this, the maid tilted her head, as if remembering something, and then answered.

"Hmm......... Anyway, pull it out first, and go around the nearby city three or five times, according to the owner, this is a must...... As for the next, the next thing is what the master has to do. We are not qualified to intervene. ”

At this, the maid shrugged her shoulders.

"So, I hope you don't get in the way of my work, General, but the master said that this is not a free visit, but a fee. After all, this is an expensive trophy, and it would be a shame if it could not be exchanged for profit. I'm going to two cities in the middle of the day, which is a lot of work......... So, I take my leave. ”

(To be continued)