The golden-robed officiant, who could be regarded as a powerful hero in the Demon Alliance, was as humble as a feather when he died, and no one even knew about it. But another thing decided by him suddenly happened far away, making the two

Everyone in the alliance was stunned—even tyrannical figures like Cohen Kedar were no exception.

This change occurred at the critical moment when the Sibiya Expeditionary Force was moving from the south city of Chase to the north city of Chase.

At that time, Cohen, who was in a somewhat ups and down mood, was riding Little Crow for a stroll along the riverside, letting Little Crow find the right grass on his own while sorting out his thoughts.

Master Little Crow was half full, changed his mind and ran to the river to see his reflection in the water. Cohen was interrupted by his train of thought and cursed half a word, but his voice was overshadowed by an even more embarrassing curse.

——I turned around and saw Sibia’s chief liaison officer, Mafa, rushing over like crazy on a war horse, followed by a group of officers, big and small, who didn’t know what was going on.

Of course, Cohen knew his brother very well. Ever since Marfa made his first savings that year, he had never been so crazy. Something big must have happened. So he flew forward and grabbed the information in his hand.

"Send the order—Exit Chase City!" After glancing at the text and illustrations of the intelligence, Cohen took a breath. The trace of confusion and confusion that was still lingering in his eyes had been replaced by a deep anger.

He clenched his fists, and there was a burst of noise from the joints of the black armor. He did not hesitate to speak, turned his head sharply, and shouted directly to the officers who were following Mafa: "Send the order to the entire army to urgently withdraw from the north and south cities of Chase."

!”

"The Guards...are also retreating? At this time?" The officer running at the front was stunned, obviously unable to follow the emperor's order.

With a "pop!" sound, the stunned officer was punched away by His Majesty Cohen, and fell to the ground and fainted.

His Majesty's eyes were as bright as lightning. He stretched out his palms in front of him and grabbed the second-ranked officer from the air. "Don't worry about the supplies! Run out thirty miles away and set up defenses! Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed - and the peak of your liaison department."

System, if the information is wrong, I will commit suicide and apologize!"

The officer was caught by His Majesty Cohen four or five arms' length away, and inevitably looked into His Majesty's steel-melting angry eyes. He was so frightened that his head was covered with sweat, and his hands and feet were so frightened that he was about to die again.

After being knocked unconscious by His Majesty the Emperor, Mafa rushed forward. A flurry of punches restored his senses and asked him to lead his men to deliver the order.

"There won't be such false alarms on the mountain." Mafa's face had not yet regained its color, "We are in big trouble this time!"

"Stardust Knights..." Cohen looked at the terrain around the city, and drew twice on the map attached to the intelligence, and then said to the rock that had just arrived: "Take the cavalry and magicians to clear these locations.

, turn over the ground three feet, leaving not a blade of grass!”

A moment later, the sounding arrows and magic balls that heralded His Majesty the Emperor's important orders flew through the sky, and the flags held by the messengers were also fluttering in all directions - all the generals learned about the most severe orders from His Majesty the Emperor from different channels.

, an order to escape is like an escape order issued when the war is defeated!

"Withdraw?" Lieutenant General Helter, who was stationed on the north coast, smashed his helmet on the table and roared: "What's going on?"

"Urgent report!"

The herald beside His Majesty Cohen rushed in and whispered a few words. Lieutenant General Helter's expression changed, and he turned to shout at his generals: "I'll withdraw all the troops! Withdraw first! Do it."

Fucking demons!"

No matter how doubtful they were, an army was an army, and the generals began to execute orders without hesitation.

But in such a short period of time, the transition between advance and retreat came too suddenly. No one in the entire army was mentally prepared, let alone the combat plan that would include this step in advance, so chaos and slow response were inevitable... Nan'an

The expeditionary force and the Guards on the north coast were all caught in this environment at the same time.

There are hundreds of thousands of Sibiya troops on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The direction, speed, sequence, etc. of the retreat are all big problems, not to mention the negative impact of the retreat. Fortunately, they are all veterans who have experienced battles for a long time.

If the army had been replaced by other generals or legions, it would have caused riots, or at least the organization would have been completely disrupted, leaving more than 100,000 stragglers!

The real situation cannot be told to everyone. Only level-by-level announcements are made. Officers who know the truth ride fast horses to monitor and drive the troops out of the city in an almost hysterical manner. The engineers even use extremely precious magic crystals on the city walls.

A gap was opened. The soldiers who did not know the details came out of the city, like turbulent water flowing through the fields, but their good tactical qualities were immediately reflected, and each unit gradually restored its formation during the movement.

In Chase City, hundreds of thousands of demon residents were watching all this against the cracks in the door. The joy and excitement in their hearts could not be described in words. If there were not a sufficient number of Sibia soldiers still maintaining law and order, I am afraid there would be many brave people.

People rushed out of their homes to "chasing the defeated Sibiya dogs"... They didn't realize at all that the temperature outside was a bit out of season.

To be precise, the change in temperature began at the same time that Sibia's army officially retreated. It was originally a cold and humid winter, but gradually, it turned into a warm spring inside and outside Chase City.

Amid the overwhelming noise, Cohen calmed down a bit. He reached over his head and tested the changed wind direction and strength. After confirming that the intelligence was correct, and ordering a faster retreat, he realized that he was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Looking back at Chase City, Cohen wanted to add a few more orders. A group of personal guards came from all directions, surrounded him in a tight formation, and rushed towards the distance...

Among the retreating Sibia army, the most uncomfortable thing is the logistics system of the Guards. Others can leave, but they can't. What to do with the mountains of supplies in the northern city? How can hundreds of thousands of people go without food for a day?

Even though I said I don’t need to worry about the supplies, I still have to look for logistics, right?

In desperation, the general logistics officer had no choice but to order all the carriages to be fully loaded and go on the road. The remaining people could take as much as they could and start a relay within three miles!

As for the roads...

"Whoever dares to compete with the logistics at this time will be killed directly!" After shouting out the first swear word in his life for the first time in his life, the general logistics supervisor added a tail with a personal style, "We are fighting with the logistics.

Fight for your life!"

Fighting against the sky is the only slogan echoing on the banks of the North and South rivers at this time.

While the Sibians were doing all this, the clouds above Chase were getting thicker and thicker, and the color of the entire sky was getting darker. The poultry in the city were restless, squawking and hitting the cage arches, trying every means to escape... Finally,

Some demonic residents who sensed something was wrong also wanted to follow the army out of the city, but the Sibyans could not give up the road to these people, and bloodshed occurred one after another.

More than twenty miles after leaving Chase City, Cohen set up a headquarters on a roadside hill. He no longer had the energy to pay attention to what was happening in the city. News came back from the rock that the vanguard troops had discovered something strange in the clearing area.

A fierce battle is going on with magicians and samurai of unknown origins. The opponents are very powerful and are holding on to key points.

"What's unknown is the Black Skull and Bones!" Cohen cursed, "Order Rock to encircle and suppress them in the shortest possible time at all costs, without taking any prisoners!"

As soon as the order was passed on, an adjutant next to Cohen let out an exclamation and pointed at the sky. Cohen looked in the direction he pointed and found that the clouds on Chase City were being driven by the high-altitude wind and rotating around the city.

It formed a huge ring. Red light shined from the hollow in the middle, tightly covering the entire city.

No matter how idiot you are, you know that this is not auspicious. Even from more than twenty miles away, Cohen could vaguely hear the screams and cries in Chase City. Residents of the entire city joined the fleeing ranks, and countless children

Black spots flooded into Cohen's field of vision, on the streets, on the city walls, and even on the roofs... they were numerous and chaotic, just like ants before a flood.

"Have all the troops withdrawn?" Cohen was worried. "How many people are there?"

"The combat troops are almost here, and there are still some logistics personnel who are speeding up their evacuation!" Mafa's voice was urgent, "I seem to smell something...a bad smell! But...there are still hundreds of thousands of residents in the city...

…”

What filled the air was not some indistinguishable complex smell, but the stench emitted by burning objects.

"Fuck the Black Skull and Bones!" At this moment, Cohen's body was trembling slightly, and his eyes were so sharp that it was impossible to look directly at him.

Anyone who knows him well knows that Cohen was really angry - it was the first time since Fischette's accident that Cohen was shaking with anger.

Among the reasons that made Cohen angry were not only factors such as his own ambush and the hasty escape of the troops. The most important thing was the inhumane behavior of Black Skeleton using hundreds of thousands of residents as bait. You know, that was hundreds of thousands.

My own civilians. Instead, it was Cohen's own choice. This decision could not be made no matter what.

Emperor Sibia's level of anger was not something ordinary people could bear. Even the officers standing beside him were trembling with fear and did not dare to speak out.

But in the sky, a vague chant slowly echoed. The rhyme was long and the meaning of the words was unclear. It was so distant and strange, as if it was sung in a vicious dream. But it was cruel and ruthless.

The meaning can be clearly felt by everyone, as if he is mocking and provoking Cohen Keda.

The land around Chase City continues to heat up, and a large amount of water vapor has risen, distorting everyone's vision, and making Chase City on the riverside look as illusory as a mirage... During the escape, the black spots seemed to have been pumped out at the same time.

With a whip, half of the black spots suddenly accelerated their running speed, and the other half lost the ability to escape and fell to the ground and rolled...

The wailing coming from over there was more real and miserable!

Although they were members of the hostile forces, the group of Sbia officers around Cohen who were killing people on the battlefield still felt unbearable and averted their eyes one after another. There was a clear line between killing and not killing.

's dividing line.

"This is the forbidden magic released by the Black Skull and Bones Society... You must remember it." Cohen muttered to himself, involuntarily grasped the sword, and announced in a stiff tone: "From today on, members of the Black Skull and Bones Society will forever be

He is the target of the Sbia Empire’s execution!”

As if in response to Cohen's oath, the red light over Chase City suddenly brightened, and at the same time, a dazzling fire rain fell across the vast area - the strong wind rolled in with the heat, carrying the...

A strong and sharp burning sensation made the people facing Chase City suffocate at the same time, and turned their heads unbearably!

The Sibia soldiers who fled to a safe distance stared at the city dumbfounded and were speechless. Countless huge streams of fire flew around the city, and the buildings in the entire city were engulfed in a blazing heat wave.

Medium deformation and collapse.

Finally, in the center of the city, a circular wall of flames with a height of a hundred arms appeared!

This halo is not a dead thing, but a monster with vitality. It is divided into three inner and outer layers, each rotating around the center at different speeds and in opposite directions. The layers are filled with huge black runes.

, the runes floated up and down, emitting a black light, dyeing the surrounding space an ink color.

The demon residents who were still alive began to kneel down and pray. The Sibia soldiers also looked away, as if they were possessed by evil spirits.

"Keep running!"

A shout sounded like thunder, making people's ears hurt - that was His Majesty Cohen's voice.

The soldiers who had stopped recovered from the unspeakable shock and continued to rush out.

"Don't look back!" At this time, His Majesty Cohen's voice was the only sound they could hear, "Keep running!"

Before Emperor Sibia finished speaking, the dazzling ring of flames, carrying shocking heat, rushed in all directions like a tsunami, swallowing everything on its way, and even the ground turned into a strange black-red... The ring of flames continued

Spreading outward, the objects encountered have only two endings. One is to turn into black ash floating in the air, and the other is to turn into flowing magma...

What filled everyone's eyes was red, just red. The red falling from the sky and the red sprayed from the ground were swayed by the strong wind, and finally connected into an overwhelming blood-stained scene. Everything within a radius of more than ten miles of Chase City,

Thousands of colors and sounds were covered up, everything seemed like the end was coming!

This time is not too long, just enough to drink a glass of wine, but this city no longer exists.
To be continued...