From star abyss

Tick ​​tock, tick tock——

The sound of water droplets falling and splashing was extremely clear, echoing in the underground air raid shelter.

Lucite lowered his head and followed the dilapidated team, feeling a trace of doubt and confusion in his heart.

"How did we get here?"

Apparently two hours ago, they were armed to the teeth, armed with magic books and forbidden book spells, and walked out of the school gates in high spirits, sweeping away the top colonial soldiers.

However, within just ten minutes, they fled.

The colonial soldiers are like waves, continuous and flowing. They fall from the sky, climb out of gaps, come from pipes and underground, their figures are all over the land, swimming around in lakes and ditches.

They are everywhere.

The first to fall were those students from the Tanas tribe - although the pickets emphasized several times that they would ensure the safety of everyone, in terms of station distribution, the safest core area would never be the turn of the students from the Tanas tribe. .

Since most students of the Tanas tribe study in the Department of Applied Magic, when there is a shortage of manpower, they will be recruited to fill the gap in the battle. Then the top soldiers of the colonial army will come in like a tide, tearing apart the students who help fill the gap.

Literally shredded.

In front of all of them, flesh, blood and fat were squeezed out at a speed visible to the naked eye, their intestines were broken, their hearts and lungs were cut open, and they watched helplessly as the tentacles of the colonial soldiers pierced their nostrils and penetrated deep into their brains to read memories and information. .

They opened fire and fled in embarrassment, using various magic bombs to clear the area. Their confident firepower reserves were like fragile cardboard in front of the endless waves of monsters, shattering at a touch.

Confident, calm, overwhelmed, embarrassed, exhausted, defeated.

Until now, they have turned to underground air defense facilities and fled like bereaved dogs.

Lucite looked at the team.

Before departure, they had a mighty 54 people.

Now, including the pickets, there are only seven people left.

The senior picket captain who had a good relationship with Hobbs was beheaded by the colonial soldiers, and Lucite didn't even know his name.

The only remaining people include three pickets: captain Modot, adjutant Sylja, and second-year Delta student Kurt.

Then, there were him, Hobbes, and two distinguished alien kings: Solis James II, the ancestral occupier of the royal court, and Maria Xuanyin, the daughter of the president of the Republic of Vale.

The status of these two people is very noble, and they are both heirs to the master of the country. In order to save them, the pickets paid the lives of seven people, in exchange for which they were unscathed and still maintained their grace.

Why is this so?

Lucite recalled the battles along the way. They were very careful to avoid various routes, but for some reason, those colonial soldiers would appear at just the right time, appearing when they were resting, and not long after they were out of the surprise attack, they would appear again. Stop them.

Attacking one after another, their magic power was quickly exhausted, and the magic scrolls were quickly squandered.

"old road……"

Hobbes wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and the ring on his finger seemed to continue to fade. He raised his hand and put it on Lucit's shoulder, pretending to have sprained his foot, but actually whispered in his ear:

"Don't you think it's strange?"

"There are some..."

Lucite nodded.

"The appearance of those top colonial soldiers was too coincidental, as if they had a complete understanding of our route forward."

Hobbes closed one eye and spoke in a low voice, but he was still heard by the people next to him.

"You really think so too!"

James II, the prince who ancestrally occupied the royal court, suddenly said loudly:

"Everywhere along the way has been attacked. With such obvious offensive intentions, it is obvious that our intelligence has been leaked!"

‘Tsk! This guy must be mentally retarded! ’

Hobbes cursed silently.

Wouldn't it be nice if you knew this kind of thing? Why do you have to say it?

Snap.

The marching team suddenly stopped.

Obviously, James II's sudden statement immediately attracted people's attention.

"Classmate James, what do you mean by this?" Sylya frowned: "There are so many elite colonial troops. Who knows how many troops Zangyue has deployed. We can't control what we are like now."

"Really? Why do I feel that this route is wrong from the beginning?"

James II sneered:

"For a fifty-kilometer journey, if you take the subway the whole way, the only enemies you have to face are the front and the rear. But you have to walk on the ground. Isn't this deliberately exposing your whereabouts?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Another picket member, Kurt, said angrily:

"If you don't walk on the ground, can you chew on the railway and drink engine oil to satisfy your hunger? Our team started with fifty or sixty people. Do you really think that little food is enough for so many of us to persevere? We also have to face the consumption of battle. If there are The wounded need medicine, so walking on the ground is the right choice anyway, right?"

"You won't die if you starve for two days. If you go underground earlier, you won't have such serious losses."

"That's easy to say. Do you know how exhausting fighting is? You, the second generation of hereditary bureaucrats, are five things that don't touch Yang Chunsui. Since we can't send you in a fight, you can naturally force me from behind!"

"Stop arguing!" Sylya just felt a headache: "We have already reached this point, why are we still fighting among ourselves?"

Kurt felt very aggrieved and immediately pointed to James II and said:

"It is this second-generation official who insists on provoking a dispute and questioning our plan based on one-sided words."

"Oh, first of all, your plan is not foolproof, and it is precisely because of your plan that we have suffered heavy losses in personnel. Especially the loss of effective combat effectiveness."

As soon as these words came out, Kurt couldn't hold back his emotions immediately. He stepped forward, raised his iron fist and was about to hit the opponent:

"Damn it, do you know how many people died for you?"

"Kurt!" Silya quickly stopped him: "He is a foreigner, you can't do this!"

"I also agree with His Highness James II." Maria, who had been watching from the side, hesitated and chose to side with James II.

"Oh, by the name of the ancestors, I didn't ask them. This is the responsibility you must bear as the host."

James II calmly sarcastically said:

"Secondly, this is not something that belongs to my family."

As he spoke, his eyes naturally fell on Lucite and Hobbes.

"...You two." Sylya narrowed her eyes.

There is nothing they can do about foreign dignitaries, but for an armored pariah and a Tanas student with no background to dare to say this, it is a bit shameless.

Sylya glanced at the silent Captain Mordot.

It seemed that the captain was not happy either. He was the one who fought through obstacles along the way, and was the first to step forward when he encountered an enemy. He paid so much, but was questioned instead.

No matter who it is, it’s uncomfortable.

These white-eyed wolves...

Sylya's eyes suddenly became sharp as she looked at the two of them.

"I didn't say anything." Hobbes surrendered immediately.

However, Sylja was not going to let him go. She walked forward and looked at Hobbes:

"Hey, your name is Hobbes, right?"

Hobbes grinned:

"Haha, I don't know who Hobbes is -"

boom!

Sylya grabbed his collar and pulled him up.

"Hobbes! Hey, what are you doing-"

"Shut up!" Silya didn't even look at Lucit, her eyes biting Hobbs like a poisonous snake: "You seem to have objections to Captain Mordot's decision?"

"Ahem - I, I didn't say that..."

Hobbes's face turned purple, and the other party shocked him with magic power, causing his muscles to spasm instantly. His teeth chattered and he spoke vaguely.

"The team's orders are all issued by Captain Modote. If you question the team, you are questioning Senior Modote. If you have trouble with Modote, you are causing trouble for me, Sylvia! Do you understand?!"

"I...I made it very clear that it was the suspected leak of intelligence that led to such a coincidental attack..."

"Really?" Silia said coldly: "You mean, one of us betrayed the information?"

"That's it—" Before Hobbes could finish his words, a shadow instantly fell on his face.

boom!

In an instant, Hobbes' figure immediately fell against the wall, and his face burst into burning pain, with snot, tears and blood flowing everywhere.

"Hobbes!"

Lucite was shocked and angry, and he immediately stared at Silia:

"Hey, what are you doing like this? Members of the picket team beat the students?"

"This is not a fight as a picket." Sylja said indifferently: "It is a fight in my own name, Sylja. No matter who it is, no one can slander Senior Modote's reputation."

"How can you be so unreasonable?"

"Hey, that one on the ground!" Silya completely ignored Lucite: "Get up, either apologize to Senior Modote, or I'll hit you and apologize."

"Don't you think it's too much?"

Lucite said in a deep voice:

"Are the weapons and equipment given to you by the school, as well as your law enforcement powers, meant for you to bully students?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bolt-action magic rifle stopped in his chest.

"Have you forgotten that the school has no control over us now?"

Sylya glanced sideways at Lucite, and placed her finger lightly on the trigger:

"Times have changed. Whoever has the bigger fist has the right. What? Are you dissatisfied?"

Lucite's body stiffened. Suddenly, he noticed Hobbes mouthing words to him:

'Lucy West, forbidden book...'

Lucite nodded, took two steps back, and left Silia. He quietly retreated into the shadows, reached into his backpack with his backhand, and after groping for a while, he found the forbidden book.

"Notes on the Curse of Sureda"

The books of magical civilization are not only information carriers, but also weapons and equipment. Mages who are proficient in spells can draw the power of words, arrange and combine them, and cast magic. The power depends entirely on the quality of the magic book and the level of the recorded spells.

Although the requirements are high, it is not difficult for Lucite, who is a top student.

Hobbes curled up and groaned in pain. Sylya slowly walked up to him, raised her foot and kicked him over.

boom!

"Get up and kneel down to Senior Mordot." Sylya said, holding up the muzzle of the gun: "Otherwise -"

Dang rang rang.

The ground suddenly began to shake violently, shaking off dust. The walls cracked and cracked, and water began to seep out.

Bang bang!

The pipe cracked and water spewed out. After a while, water came out in all directions.

"What's going on? Earthquake!"

"Quickly move! This place is going to collapse!"

The sudden vibration instantly attracted everyone's attention, and there was no time to lecture Hobbs. Sylvia and others quickly ran along the corridor of the air-raid shelter.

"Lao Huo! Let's go!" Lucite grabbed his brother, threw him behind his back, and sprinted forward like crazy.

Rumble, rumble, rumble...

The ground shook violently, and even the air-raid shelter seemed extremely fragile in the face of this natural force. The fortifications quickly disintegrated and collapsed, and groundwater poured into it. Soon it was waist deep. They had to carefully avoid the dimensional barrier and did not dare to leave. It was too fast, running back and forth from left to right along the way, and was blocked by collapsed walls and ruins from time to time.

After running away for more than ten minutes, Sylya kicked open the hydraulic door, and a group of people filed out. The moonlight fell on their wet bodies. They finally broke out of the ground and were not buried alive inside.

"Huh...huh..."

Silya knelt down on one knee, cursed and took off the heavy armor soaked in water, revealing her beautiful curves. It was a pity that the person who had just escaped was not in the mood to appreciate it.

She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. More than ten tons of concrete had just collapsed. Thanks to the armor, which protected most of the damage, she was fine, but her lungs were bruised and bruised.

"Damn...how could this happen?"

The earthquake came as soon as it was announced, and its intensity was very high, at least 8.7 magnitude.

She glanced left and right - Kurt was gone.

What a coincidence.

It was as if that earthquake came specifically to rescue that boy Hobbes.

She turned around, calmed down, and walked towards Hobbes, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog.

"What are you doing? What are you going to do again!?"

Lucite stepped forward, stopped in front of her, and said unceremoniously.

Sylya pushed him and said coldly:

"This earthquake is such a coincidence. It was completely done to save him. I suspect that you have hidden a forbidden magic book. Let me check it."

Lucite was speechless:

"Your reason is so nonsense! You said yes, but why didn't you say that Night Butterfly is actually the same ancestor as the Tanas clan?"

"Shut up! Get out of my way!"

"Don't touch my brother."

"screw you!"

Sylya instantly picked up the butt of the gun and hit Lucite hard.

clang!

Lucite stayed still and caught the blow firmly with his chest. On the contrary, it was Sylya. The hard armor caused severe pain in her mouth and numbness in her palms.

"You-" Sylya raised her head angrily, only to see Lucite standing firmly on the spot with a gloomy expression.

"I said that."

Lucite's figure gradually swelled, and the thorns on his back quickly and exaggeratedly lengthened and became extremely sharp. His height quickly increased, and his outer armor became heavier and thicker. A layer of bone plates grew from both sides of his cheeks, completely covering it. The whole body is like a skeleton mask, eerie and terrifying.

Sylya, who had taken off her magic power armor and was holding a rifle, looked like a stunted toddler in front of Lucite, holding a toothpick and trying to challenge a wall.

"Don't touch my brother."

Lucite's deep roar contained infrasound waves, and the powerful energy caused resonance in the heart, making people feel uncomfortable all over.

Sylya narrowed her eyes, and the rapidly growing and torn flesh was picked up by the wind and slapped on her face. She raised her hand, gently brushed away the dirt, and said in disgust:

"You disgusting scavenger..."

Click.

She lowered the muzzle of the gun, pulled the bolt by gravity, then turned the muzzle and pointed it at Lucit:

"I almost forgot that you also questioned Modote with him. In this case, I have to teach you two a lesson -"

Her face was ferocious and twisted, and she immediately pulled the trigger.

boom!

The defensive runes lit up behind Sylya's head, and she was hit by a blood compression bullet in an instant. Her body was thrown to the ground by the heavy kinetic energy, and she fell in front of Lucite's toes.

"Uh... uh..."

Sylya's body twitched and convulsed, she turned her head in disbelief and looked at the shooter:

"Why, why...this can't be-"

Gujiguji!

The flesh and blood squirmed rapidly, and a large amount of blood rain sprayed out, sweeping Sylya into a sieve on the spot. Her body stopped shaking, and gradually degraded and dissolved under the erosion of the blood of the colonization suit, leaving only a miserable skeleton.

Fu…………

The cold wind swept across the earth and pushed the skull to James II's feet. There was a surge in his throat, and panic flashed in his eyes. Then he smiled awkwardly and looked ahead pretending to be calm:

"Ahaha, haha... I knew you were hiding it all this time."

"First, he stayed in the school and collected magic books everywhere. In fact, it was to enrich his own pockets."

"Then you deliberately walked on the ground and used the top troops to consume most of the manpower. In addition, you have been revealing intelligence and guiding the troops to attack at critical moments. This hit our physical strength just right and allowed us to consume all the magic scrolls. .”

"Then you allowed Silya and Kurt to quarrel with us. It's a pity that the earthquake just now ruined your plan. Otherwise, we would have died directly underground."

"Now, you have killed Silya, who was holding a heavy weapon, and Kurt is dead underground. You can attack us without restraint."

"Am i right?"

He pretended to be calm and looked at the man whose arms turned into colonial firearms:

"Captain Mordot."

"I heard that three years ago, Zangyue invaded the White Candle Interstellar University with the help of internal agents. Coincidentally, there were so many victims at that time, and all the people on the picket team died - only you were safe and sound. .”

"You are Zangyue's internal agent, right?"

"Everything you did should not be just to eliminate the witnesses - Maria and I. It has a more important purpose for you, right?"

Modot Husserl raised his head and looked at him with interest, as if expecting him to continue speaking.

Lucite took a few steps back, protecting Hobbes' figure, and looked at Mordot in front of him indifferently. With his peripheral vision, he glanced around and found that the woman, Maria Xuanyin, had a particularly calm face, as if she had expected something.

"Maria and I are one of the most distinguished foreign students in this school. Even Zangyue does not dare to offend the national strength behind us."

James II said with a smile:

"It's just that we didn't expect that you are also a top soldier... But this is normal. [Dominator] arcane users are always good at lurking around others. Let me guess - your purpose is to bring me and Maria was held hostage and asked for ransom, or to achieve political goals, right?"

He glanced meaningfully at Lucitor and Hobbes:

"In this case, you should take action against these two idiots next."

"I know your thoughts very well. No problem. I will definitely cooperate. I have already discussed it with Maria. No matter what you and your master want, we are willing to cooperate with you to achieve your request. As long as you treat us kindly, The country behind us will never treat you badly."

"Is my analysis correct? Captain Mordot? Or is it Zangetsu's elite subordinates?"

Snap, snap, snap.

Modote clapped his hands, seemingly in agreement.

"It seems that I was right."

"Not entirely, Your Highness."

Modote said with a smile:

"Actually, you're only wrong about one thing."

James II was confused, but seeing that the other party did not deny his analysis, he was slightly relieved:

"May I ask Mr. Modote, what point do you think my analysis is wrong?"

"There's just one thing. Guess why Silia is so obsessed with me?"

Modote smiled:

"I'm not Zangetsu's subordinate."

His figure quickly collapsed and surged, his skin became dark, and his facial features that could only be regarded as majestic suddenly became extremely delicate and handsome. Modote's body became like a marble sculpture, and every inch of his body was made of gold. The proportions, the whole body is filled with the supreme charm that makes people crazy and obsessed.

His pale short hair was blowing in the wind, and Mordot's black and red eyes narrowed slightly. The magic armor on his body instantly fell off, leaving only a pair of trousers on his body. He folded his arms, revealing his beautiful muscles. Behind his back, he quickly A blue tattoo flows.

His aura instantly rose to the Zeta level, and the energy in his body was as hot and dazzling as the sun. He was like a god on the ground that made people afraid to look directly at him. They just wanted to bow their heads and kneel down, praying for mercy.

"Out of courtesy, let me introduce myself: My name is Modot Kottel Husserl."

"That name means 'psychiatrist' where I'm from. Oh, what a pity. I don't really like studying."

"You can call me by my nickname - Zangyue."