"Die!" Ledo roared, and his tower-like figure descended from the sky. He used the serrated saber in his hand to chop off the head of the giant insect in front of him. Light green insect blood sprayed out like a fountain, sprinkling all over the imperial general's body. When the acidic blood landed on the general's armor, it immediately sizzled. Wisps of smoke rose, and shallow pits appeared on the armor. Ledo didn't care at all. He naturally didn't care about this little bit of acid. He turned around and swung his saber a few times. The blade slashed out a few dark red saber lights, slicing the hundred or so self-exploding ants that crawled out of the surrounding buildings into pieces.
"There are so many annoying things," Ledo muttered. A group of Shadow Army rushed over and used war chariots to quickly build a street defense line to resist the self-exploding ants that crawled out of other streets and the giant bees that whistled over from the sky. Ledo didn't stay idle either. With a loud roar, he pounced into the self-exploding ant swarm. The saber slashed across, clearing up a blank space. With the imperial general in charge, the Shadow Army's battle became much easier. Although there were many of these insects, they didn't have the combat strength to match the imperial general. It was only a matter of time before they were completely destroyed.
After killing a group of insects, Ledo looked at the mountain-like nest in the distance. Davelyn had been in the beehive for some time. Ledo didn't know what the environment inside was like, but he had almost blind confidence in Davelyn. That was the tyrannical strength that the First General had displayed in countless battles, giving subordinates like Ledo absolute trust. Unless it was against a Sovereign, Ledo couldn't think of anyone who could defeat Davelyn.
Of course, the new emperor of the empire, who had gone to the eastern city, was probably an exception. Although he wasn't a Sovereign yet, Ledo could feel pressure from the young emperor that wasn't inferior to that of a Sovereign.
A shrill howl rang out.
Ledo looked over and saw a pitch-black saber light suddenly rush up from the beehive. The saber light soared into the sky like black lightning, and the swarm of bees hovering above the city was forcefully cut open by this saber light. Following that, the Origin Energy in the saber light spread out in all directions, splitting into thousands of Origin Energy jets that tore the swarm of bees above into pieces. Countless giant bee corpses fell from the sky like a heavy rain. At this moment, loud rumbling sounds kept ringing in Ledo's ears. The huge beehive was disintegrating, and cracks snaked down from the peak where the saber light had rushed out. The outer wall of the beehive cracked and slid down like a landslide. From the collapsed beehive, a dense swarm of bees could be seen fleeing in all directions. There were so many of them that Ledo could not help but curse inwardly.
The beehive cracked and fell off, and only when the second half of the beehive was left did it gradually stop. The surroundings were filled with dust, and bee corpses kept falling into the nearby beehive fragments. A pair of steel boots landed on a few overlapping fragments. Evelyn put away her helmet mask and looked up. A huge black shadow fell from above. It fell into the ruins, but it was silent. It was a corpse, the corpse of the Queen Bee. Its body had been cut open by Davelyn's soaring blade, and now only its fat abdomen was connected. The rest of the abdomen was completely cut open, and even its extraordinarily large head was split in half. The brain juice inside had long since flowed out. The Queen Bee was the leader of the swarm, and it seemed to be coordinating the movements of the swarm in the beehive. Now that the Queen Bee was dead, although the swarm did not immediately die out, it had clearly become disorderly after losing the Queen Bee's command. The giant bees no longer moved in groups and instead blindly charged left and right. Those mountain-like giant insects also began to crawl out of the city. As for the self-destructing ants, they even exploded in their own group. The swarm that had lost its leader was no longer a threat. Even the imperial generals did not need to participate. With just the command of the second-ranking officers, the Shadow Army drove the swarm out of the city.
Ledo arrived near the beehive and saw Evelyn from afar. Evelyn used the Black Demon Blade to pry open the Queen Bee's head and revealed a thoughtful expression as she looked at the squirming brain tissue. Ledo walked over and rubbed his head. "This thing is really big."
Davelyn stabbed her blade into the queen bee's sulci and immediately sensed a weak willpower. She narrowed her eyes and said, "This is the leader of the bug swarm, but above it, I can sense that there is an even higher level existence."
"Sire, do you mean that these things are controlled by someone?"
"Don't you think their behavior is a bit similar to the army? Moreover, these things have the same appearance of the same species. It's almost like mass-produced weapons. " Evelyn looked at the ruins of Cape City, the flames illuminating her frosty face. "Moreover, I am very concerned about their behavior. Invading, killing the residents of the city, absorbing energy, and building their own buildings. If we hadn't rushed over, they might have produced even more soldiers next. No, it's absolute. I've already seen this in the beehive. Cape City will become their base and then use it to expand into the depths of the empire. Ledo, what do you think this behavior is? "
The imperial general said in astonishment, "Isn't this the standard planetary invasion procedure?"
"Yes, that's it."
While the two were talking, an officer ran over hurriedly and shouted at Evelyn from afar, "Not good, General. Warhorn, Iron Armor City, Earthdragon Fortress, Wales Territory, and several other cities have been attacked and have fallen one after another! "
The wind blew past, causing Evelyn's eyes to hurt a little. She narrowed her eyes and looked at the dim night sky. "Where did these things come from?"
Lost Realm.
For some reason, the temperature in the Forgotten Realm was lower than in previous years. For experts, this temperature difference might not make much of a difference, but not everyone in the Forgotten Realm was an expert. Take the edge of the wasteland, for example, there were tens of thousands of civilians living in various towns and cities. Even though the temperature drop here was smaller, it still made the residents of the town quite uncomfortable.
The civilians living at the edge of the city might have lived for decades at the longest. Most of their lives had been spent in this polar night land. However, even most of them did not know that there were other residents in the Forgotten Realm other than them.
Those were the alien tribes that lived in the middle of the Forgotten Realm after the Pass of Roddo.
These tribes were loyal to the master of the Serene Valley Castle. Under Alice's protection, they had multiplied for more than a thousand years. They were the true residents of the Forgotten Realm, so they were naturally very adapted to the environment of the Forgotten Realm. However, the recent harsh weather made even these residents feel uncomfortable. In some tribes, there were even weak and old clansmen who died one after another. This was the last thing that had happened in the history of the tribe.
The patriarch of each tribe was actually Alice's general. For the first time since the weather became bad, all the generals gathered together without Alice's summons. The location was the Serene Valley Castle. They wanted to meet Alice, but they were politely refused by the butler on the grounds that Alice had already gone to the Canon Black Gate and that her return date was uncertain.
Hearing this news, the generals' expressions naturally didn't look too good. Although Alice wasn't in the castle, the castle was still open to the generals. In the hall of the castle, several generals gathered together to discuss the changes in the environment of the Forgotten Realm, but there was no result.
At this time, Tong Wu walked towards the gate. The Spider Empress raised her head and whispered, "Where are you going?"
"To find the lord."
"The lord went to the Black Gate."
"I know." Then, as usual, without explaining, Tong Wu pushed open the door. The cold wind blowing from outside the door made even the generals feel a chill.
"I'll go with you." Yami said.
Tong Wu shook his head.
"Why?"
"I might not die if I go. If you go, you will definitely die. "Tong Wu, who had always spoken little, spoke a lot today. After saying this, he did not stay any longer, and the burly figure disappeared outside the gate.
After leaving the castle, Tong Wu silently walked forward.
A few days later, in front of Tong Wu was a barren plain. The earth was cold and hard. Alice had once walked barefoot here, and now Tong Wu had walked the same path as her. The Canon Black Gate was a forbidden area in the Forgotten Realm, and even Alice's generals were forbidden from going there. Only the first general to follow Alice, Tong Wu, had followed Alice to the Black Gate a long time ago. However, even at that time, Tong Wu only stopped in front of the Abyss Bridge. Across the abyss, he looked at the Black Gate from afar.
The silent journey continued, but in the afternoon of the second day, Tong Wu saw a figure. There would be no life on the plains, so seeing a figure here, no matter what it was, was enough to attract Tong Wu's attention. Tong Wu was even prepared to fight, but when the figure approached, he was surprised.
"It's you?" Tong Wu said in a deep voice, "I remember you. You're Lord Allen's subordinate."
"Yes, my name is Mitinus." It was the Abyssal Fire that appeared in front of Tong Wu. Mitinus asked in an emotionless tone, "May I ask you a question, Mr. Tong Wu?"
Tong Wu stopped. He did not refuse, but accepted. Mitinus did not stand on ceremony and asked, "What's in the depths of the Forgotten Realm up ahead?"
Tong Wu did not answer and asked, "Why do you ask?"
Mitinus said, "Mr. Tong Wu should have also noticed that the climate of the Forgotten Realm is changing recently, and it is developing in a bad way. Of course, this has no effect on me, but with this bad climate, there is also a will. I am very sensitive to mental aspects, and I can sense that the will is coming from the depths of the Forgotten Realm. "
"That's why you're here?"
Mitinus admitted, "That's right, that's why I'm here. But I can't go any further. That will has already warned. Although it's not a clear warning, I know that if I get any closer, it will destroy me. It's complete destruction. I'm curious, but I have a more important mission, so I listened to the warning and stopped. I was planning to go back, but seeing Mr. Tong Wu here, it seems that your intentions are the same as mine. But from the looks of it, you should know more than I do. "
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