When Char appeared in the city at the foot of the mountain holding Silvia.
What came into view was a burning sea of fire.
The scorching flames were surging, licking every inch of stone and every eave of the city.
The strong wind carried the smoke and dust, bringing with it the smell of decay and ashes.
Xia frowned, turned his body slightly, and used his windbreaker to shield the unconscious Sylvia in his arms from the dust.
…
This ancient capital city named Cang Ting is heading towards destruction in an unstoppable way.
The fire was only secondary. In this world where supernatural powers existed, if it was just a simple fire, then simply sending out a few water kings of level four or above would be able to completely extinguish the raging fire.
The source of the disaster is the disaster beast that is rampant in the city.
...
...
They were surrounded by a dim yellow light and were huge in size. They shuttled between the buildings of the Cang Ting capital, crushing the houses into powder.
Through the twilight halo, one can see the inner appearance of the disaster beasts, which are basically common pet species in the wild within the Cang Ting Principality, such as the woolly mammoth with long hair and the tortoise with an ancient tree growing on its shell.
Most of them are herbivorous species and rarely hurt others on their own initiative under normal circumstances.
However, driven by the dim light, these normally gentle beasts were now aroused to bloodthirstiness and were rampaging through the royal capital like mad, destroying everything in it.
The guards stationed in the royal city gathered in groups of three or four on the city wall, and the roar of the magic artillery resounded through the sky.
The magic shells exploded on the flesh and blood of the disaster beasts, and blood splattered all over the ground. The bodies of these giant beasts also became bloody and fleshy, and they fell to the ground after letting out a mournful cry.
But soon, new disaster beasts shrouded in dim light followed one after another.
Facing the might of the magic turret head-on was as if it was going against the instincts of living things and never fearing death.
"Damn, aren't these things afraid of death?"
On the city wall, a young garrison soldier slapped the stone wall beside him, and dust fell.
Beside him, the barrel of the magic turret had turned red and was burning hot.
On the mysterious magic array, sharp alarms sounded one after another, indicating that the carrying capacity of this magic cannon had reached its limit. If it was not cooled down, it might explode at any time.
However, even if the firepower of the magic turrets was exerted to the limit, the violent tide of disaster beasts in the royal city showed no signs of abating.
"This dim light that makes pets go berserk, lose reason and lose control..."
"It reminds me of the disaster that happened more than ten years ago. It's exactly the same."
The old captain of the soldiers gazed at the dilapidated and burning royal city below the city wall and sighed.
The geographical location of the Principality of Cangting is extremely awkward.
Its border is directly adjacent to the Lost Kingdom, and it may face the threat of desolate beast tides and the abyss at any time.
Therefore, most of the elite troops in the Principality of Cang Ting, as well as many high-level beastmasters, are stationed on the border for a long time to prepare for wars that may break out at any time.
It is also for the same reason that the garrison troops left behind in the capital of Cang Ting are basically composed of the old, weak, sick and disabled, and even high-level beastmasters of the third ring are rare.
Faced with the brutal situation of the beast tide attacking the city, they had no other means of response except relying on magic cannons to cause casualties.
If they really had to personally go out and fight these giant beasts that were driven mad by the dim yellow light, then with their strength as first or second ring beastmasters, they would be trampled into meat patties by these behemoths in minutes, which would be a futile act.
boom--
A loud bang was heard, and another magic cannon exploded in the distance.
The huge magical impact severely injured several soldiers in charge of operating the magic cannon. They were quickly carried away by their comrades and rescued.
"Captain, 90% of the magic cannons are already overloaded—"
"If this continues..."
The hurried report was interrupted by the old soldier captain raising his hand.
"That's enough."
"Give up the magic cannon."
"All garrisons, withdraw from the city walls, avoid fighting, and help the residents of the city evacuate."
The sudden order made the surrounding soldiers freeze in place.
“Has it come to this?”
"Is the Royal City going to be destroyed..."
A young soldier murmured softly, with confusion in his eyes.
This is the symbol of the entire Cang Ting, and it is also the hometown where they grew up.
Even after the catastrophe more than a decade ago, the royal capital was never completely destroyed and was quickly revived.
But at this moment, they had to give up this place.
But soon, the soldiers' confusion was interrupted by the captain's rapid rebuke.
"If a house collapses, it can be rebuilt. If a city is gone, it can be rebuilt. But when a person dies, everything is gone!"
"What are you still standing there for? Go and evacuate the people!"
The surrounding soldiers came to their senses, obeyed the orders, and ran towards the residential areas under the city wall.
Only the old captain of the soldiers was still standing on the city wall, looking at the collapsing city below with his cloudy old eyes.
Facing those young soldiers who were full of vigor but immature and would be at a loss when faced with the slightest setback, he concealed some things and did not say them.
actually--
These beast tides can be stopped.
Although there were no high-level warriors among the garrison troops left in the royal capital, it was difficult to stop those mad monsters.
However, the royal capital is also the family home of the Grand Duke of Brunstadt.
There are still several elders in the Brunstadt family who have reached the fourth ring of strength and stayed in the capital. If they can work together, combined with the various backgrounds and trump cards of the Brunstadt family, they may be able to drive these giant beasts out of the Cang Ting capital and protect the city.
After all, although these disaster beasts are violent, they have no intelligence at all and are bound to be no match for opponents of the same level.
Just as Grand Duke Brunstadt did during the disaster more than a decade ago.
But--
From the outbreak of violence in the city to the beast tide that wantonly crushed the town, more than half an hour had passed. Even these ordinary soldiers of the first and second rings had reacted.
However, the grand and luxurious Grand Duke's residence located in the center of the royal capital was still silent at this moment, without any movement at all.
Something happened to the Brunstadt family...
This is the most terrifying truth that the captain of the soldiers tried his best to conceal.
If a house is lost, it can be rebuilt; if a city is lost, it can be created again; to put it bluntly, if people are gone, they can also be reborn.
But if the Grand Duke family, which has gathered the support of the people, and the protector of the country of Grand Duke Brunstadt are gone...
Then this kingdom called Cang Ting will probably just become history.
Those who have lost their hometowns can only become refugees fleeing disasters.
Wandering between different countries, never returning home.
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Char held Silvia in his arms like a princess and walked silently among the ruins of the royal capital.
There was a faint silver moonlight spinning in his eyes.
One after another, huge dusk beasts trampled past him, destroying everything in their path with deafening force, but they all ignored Xia.
There was even a Fire Scaled Giant Lizard whose path overlapped with Char's.
But when the two were about to collide, the Fire-Scaled Giant Lizard slightly moved aside and just passed each other.
Such a strange scene naturally quickly attracted the attention of those who were interested.
After Char turned a corner, figures in yellow robes appeared silently on the ruins all around him and surrounded him secretly.
A person who seemed to be the leader came forward.
He first glanced at Xia's calm face with a sinister look, then shook his head as if he had not noticed anything.
But then, the black-robed man's gaze was fixed on the girl who was sleeping peacefully in Xia's arms.
"The only daughter of Grand Duke Brunstadt... Silvia Brunstadt."
"At the same time, it is also the key to unlocking the Lord's seal and allowing dusk to descend upon the world once again."
There was an incredible ecstasy in that hoarse voice.
Almost at the same time as the leader said this, streams of light summoning pets flashed rapidly.
Some were strong, some were mighty, some were dark and unclear... Dozens of auras locked onto Xia's body at the same time.
There were no extra words, and no one asked about Char's identity.
As soon as this group of cultists appeared, they launched an unreserved attack on Char.
They did have some connection with Norton, and it was not impossible for them to guess that the young man in front of them might be a subordinate sent by Norton to control Sylvia.
However, as Norton said...the alliance between Norton and the cultists only lasted until the chaos broke out.
Sylvia.
This is a key that may allow one to peek into the divine realm.
No one would trust it to someone else, even if the other person is their ally.
Wind blades, thunder, fireballs, water columns, energy bombs...
Countless offensive skills were activated.
The colorful lights that lit up at the same time illuminated Char's dark eyes.
"I rarely kill people. Even if there is a way to kill me, I prefer to use illusion to knock someone unconscious and tie them up and take them to the Control Bureau in exchange for a reward."
"But, I'm in a bad mood today—"
"It's really painful to see a girl who loves me to death begging me with eyes like an abandoned pet..."
A calm sigh was heard.
The next moment.
Within a radius of 100 meters, every cultist who was hostile to Char was pulled up by some inexplicable force.
What caught their eyes were a pair of eyes that had changed from pitch black to golden at some point.
It was blinding and dazzling, as bright as day, like flowing lava.
It was like the dragon pupil of a pure-blooded dragon, or like the eyes of God overlooking all living beings from above the clouds.
The moment I saw those golden eyes.
In the hearts of every cultist, their originally devout faith was shaken, and instead they felt the urge to worship the owner of the pair of golden eyes.
It was as if the owner of these golden eyes at this moment was not the enemy who was competing with him for the key, but the king sitting on the majestic throne, and he and others were all his subjects.
In the skill introduction of the red "Heart of the Overlord", there is only a short description - "The potential to become a king."
What Char was showing at this moment was the advanced ability derived from "Heart of a Conqueror" after reaching perfect proficiency.
Its name is——
"Royal power".
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