Chapter 909

Mithra Kingdom, the northern border, Duke Stringham.

In the past, this was one of the largest territories and forces in Mithra Kingdom.

There was no other reason than that the one who ruled here was a duke, a relative of the royal family who had blood relations with the Mithra royal family.

Moreover, Duke Stringham's status in Mithra was not comparable to that of an ordinary duke's family.

It bordered the territory of the Ragnar Empire, and when the Ragnar Empire and Mithra Kingdom were rivals, once Mithra was invaded, this would be the first place that the Ragnar Empire's cavalry would step into.

It had fought with the Ragnar Empire's army and knights several times, setting off many small-scale wars, and eventually successfully repelled the Ragnar Empire's army.

It could be said that Duke Stringham was the first line of defense to protect the kingdom from the Ragnar Empire.

The kingdom's territory had not been invaded by the Ragnar Empire in the past thousand years, and Duke Stringham's contributions were indelible.

Naturally, the Stringham family's status in the kingdom had become extremely high, and even the king had to give the head of the family some face.

Unfortunately, the glory of the Stringham family was gone.

The head of the iron-blooded general had disappeared about half a year ago, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

The only son of the Stringham family, who was the heir of the family, had also disappeared in the Kosmos incident.

Even the First Knight of Duke Stringham, the leader of the knights, and the head of the knights, who was the strongest in the territory, had disappeared together.

The disappearance of such an important group of people and important combat power had completely pushed the Stringham family into the abyss.

In the process of searching for the head of the family, the heir of the family, and the first knight of the territory, they had exhausted countless manpower and resources, but in the end, they had returned without success.

After giving up on the search, in order to decide the next head of the family, they began to engage in extremely serious internal strife, and even internal strife, which made it difficult for the family to regain peace and recover from the huge loss.

Coupled with the various bad consequences caused by the Kosmos incident, as well as the serious internal strife, which led to poor management and management of the territory. Now, after half a year, the territory was not far from becoming destitute, if not destitute.

If the empire hadn't also had a coup a while ago, the former emperor would have taken the opportunity to send troops to attack Duke Stringham and use it as a springboard to attack the Mithra Kingdom.

Because of the empire's coup, the Stringham family had escaped disaster.

But after one disaster, another disaster had arisen.

This time, Helimis led the [Primeval Demons] to move out and spread the legion of Alchemists and Demonkin Larvae that he had cultivated for thousands of years into the human world, allowing them to attack cities all over the human world. This directly led to the destruction of Duke Strym.

If Barry, Limjoo, and the others were still there, and the Stringham family was still the old Stringham family, they might have found a way to survive.

However, now that the Stringham family had lost their patriarch, heir, number one champion and the First Order of Knights, and had gone through serious internal strife, it was impossible for them to stop the invading monster army.

And so, a month ago, the Duke of Stringham fell into the enemy's hands.

This place had completely devolved. of the demon race.

People ran for their lives, sacrificed their lives, and even had to avoid the monsters' slaughter. It was no different from hell.

In the end, the lucky ones could escape to the neighboring cities and were taken in as refugees. The unlucky ones could only wander from place to place under the monsters' pursuit. They lived in fear all day long. If they didn't die at the hands of the demon race, they would die of starvation.

Of course, there were still many people who were struggling to survive.

They tried their best to survive and hoped to reach the border of the territory under the threat of the monsters. They wanted to enter a safer city and get help.

After Shien entered Duke Stringham's territory, he met many such refugees.

Then, Shien made his move.

"Puchi!"

With a golden slash across the sky, a demon was cut in half by the dazzling sword aura. It turned into a corpse and fell into a pool of blood.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The surrounding demons seemed to have found an opportunity. They pounced at the mysterious swordsman who was wearing a black robe and holding a holy sword. They were crazy and didn't fear death.

But it was all in vain.

The mysterious black-robed swordsman dashed forward instead of retreating. He dashed towards the Alchemy Fiends like a gust of wind and appeared in front of them before they could react.

"Puchi!"

The leading Refinement Demon was sliced in half by the golden sword light, and it continued to run for a distance before collapsing with blood all over its body.

"Puchi!" "Puchi!" "Puchi!" "Puchi!" …

The mysterious swordsman in a black robe turned into a phantom. As he swept past the demons, the holy sword in his hand also cut through their bodies, killing them on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, all the demons were turned into corpses and fell into pools of blood. They were turned into broken limbs under the snow, creating a bloody scene.

The swordsman in a black robe finally stopped. He stood among the corpses and the sea of blood. The sword in his hand was gorgeous and dazzling.

Not far away, a group of refugees with sallow faces and tattered clothes knelt down.

"Thank you, sir!"

"Thank you, sir!"

They cried with tears of gratitude as if they saw their savior.

The swordsman didn't turn around and said in a deep voice.

"Leave now. Take a more secluded path and seek refuge in the nearest city."

The refugees' faces changed when they heard the swordsman's words.

"Sir, aren't you coming with us?"

"Please come with us!"

"We need you!"

"Without the protection of a powerful person like you, we will surely die!"

The refugees knelt down again.

However, all they received was a sharp gaze.

"Don't push your luck. Leave now."

His icy cold words caused the faces of the refugees to turn pale.

They realized that the powerful person before them couldn't protect them. All they could do was leave with disappointment, defeat, and even anger and resentment.

Not long after, the refugees disappeared without a trace.

"Sigh …"

The swordsman sighed faintly. He took off his hood and revealed his face.

He was Shien who hid his identity and left the Imperial City to come here quietly.

"This is the twelfth batch right?"

Shien muttered and looked helpless.

Less than half a day after entering Stringham's territory, Shien had saved a total of twelve batches of refugees from the hands of the Alchemist Fiends. The other batches he met were countless as well.

At first, Shien would provide the refugees with food or a route or even protect them for a certain distance, leading them to a safe place. However, the same thing happened again and again. There were people who tried to use moral coercion and righteousness to make Shien protect them or even take care of them. After that, Shien was no longer merciful. At most, he would help them when they were in danger. If there was no danger, he would go around them and not meet them.

It wasn't that he was cold-blooded and heartless. It was just that life was full of all kinds of people and it annoyed him to no end.

One could only say that in the face of life and death, there were very few people who could maintain their hearts and not reveal their true nature.

Shien even met a few batches of refugees and saw a very unpleasant scene.

Rather than saying that they were fleeing for their lives, it would be more accurate to say that they had gone crazy in hell. In order to survive, they used their wives and children as shields, or skinned the living to fill their stomachs. Things like this happened all the time.

Furthermore, some of the refugees were completely ruled by a few tyrants. The men were used as sacrifices to hunt for food or lure away monsters while the women were used to satisfy their lust.

Because of that, Shien killed quite a number of people along the way.

"Is this human nature?"

Shien's feelings were very complicated.

So, even if he were to save people now, he wouldn't blindly take care of them. At most, he would resolve their crisis and let them leave on their own.

Even so, there were still quite a number of people like the refugees just now. They were resentful towards Shien for not protecting them to the end.

Fortunately, Shien didn't have the leisure to do that. Otherwise, he wouldn't mind letting those who couldn't see the reality know what gratitude was.

"I really don't know how many more similar cases there are in this world."

At the thought of how the entire human world had been reduced to such a hell, Shien was indeed in a bad mood.

"Forget it, let's continue on our way."

Shien sorted out his feelings and continued to head north.

At this moment, he was not far from Kosmos.

Just like that, Shien flashed all the way, getting faster and faster. As long as he didn't encounter refugees being chased by Refinement Demons or young Devilfolk that were extremely threatening to ordinary people, he wouldn't stop.

Under such circumstances, Shien finally arrived at Kosmos before night fell.

Swoosh!

As the air trembled, Shien's figure in a black robe appeared above Kosmos.

Shien lowered his head and looked at the city below.

He saw that Kosmos, which had been razed to the ground by Lilith, had now been rebuilt.

In just about half a year, the entire city had been completely restored to its original appearance, which was like a steel military fortress.

The streets and buildings inside were also not as chaotic as the last time Shien came to Kosmos.

At that time, due to the chaotic space, buildings and even people were randomly transferred, causing the entire Kosmos to become chaotic.

Now, the city had recovered and became orderly. The streets were clear, and the buildings were arranged in an extremely orderly manner. It didn't lose out to the royal capital at all.

However, there were also changes in Kosmos that didn't exist in the past.

That was, there were no longer humans inside, but only Orcs and Dwarves.

That's right.

Kosmos had become a world for Orcs and Dwarves.

"It's the same situation as mentioned in the information Rosie gave me."

Shien muttered to himself.

According to Rosie, the current Kosmos was no longer the Kosmos of the past.

In the past, due to the location and nature of Kosmos, not only were there people from the kingdom and the empire, but there were also Orc tribes and Dwarf blacksmiths living in it.

But now, the humans had withdrawn from Kosmos.

The reason was simple.

Guula used the world gap that existed here as his base, so he naturally wouldn't allow humans to continue to appear here.

He ordered the orcs to expel all the humans from the city while the human knights were resisting the army of the alchemists, and completely occupied Kosmos.

Therefore, in the current Kosmos, there were only the Orcs who were under Guula's control and the Dwarves who had formed an alliance with the Orcs to betray the humans and join the new Original Devil.

Thanks to this, the army of the Alchemists didn't seem to attack Kosmos. It was obvious that the new Original Devil had done something to make the Alchemists and Dwarves no longer treat Kosmos as a target.

In other words …

"For the time being, this can be regarded as the base camp of the Orcs, right?"

That was what Shien thought.

He narrowed his eyes and released the sensing power of [External Destiny]. It enveloped the city below and began to investigate.

With this investigation, Shien discovered many things.

For example, the barrier that enveloped Kosmos was obviously not a product of the humans or the Protoss, but a special barrier made by the Demons.

Another example was that although Kosmos wasn't attacked, the atmosphere in the city wasn't lively. Instead, it was very heavy.

And in the center of the city, there seemed to be something emitting a strange magic power and giving off a strange pulse.

The pulse was like the irregular waves emitted by the space itself, and it was quite similar to the waves emitted by the mysterious phenomenon that occurred during the Kosmos incident.

"Could it be …"

Shien's mind was racing.

But in the end, he still decided to go in and take a look first.

"Swoosh!"

There was a sudden shock in the air, and Sean disappeared from this place.

Shien entered Kosmos, entering the city that he hadn't seen for half a year.

…

"Clang — Clang — Clang —"

On the crowded streets, there were no shouts or lively discussions, only the very obvious sound of smithing.

Some blacksmiths seemed to have randomly occupied the shops on the streets and transformed them into weapon forging shops. They were forging all kinds of weapons.

The Orcs walked on the streets in twos and threes, but the way they looked at the Dwarves in the shops was definitely not friendly.

Shien walked on the streets and blended into the crowd.

He didn't show himself, but used the super strong concealment ability of [External Destiny] to hide his figure and wandered aimlessly in the crowd.

But his [External Destiny]'s sensing power was still activated, allowing him to clearly hear some of the conversations around him.

"This city has really become very boring."

"There are no foreign merchants selling magical items, and there isn't much entertainment. Only these Dwarves forging weapons every day."

"Can't help it. Who asked them to prepare us for war against the humans and elves?"

"These Dwarves were all brought here by the Dwarf King. They should all be advocates of betrayal, enemies of humans and elves, and can't wait to start a war, right?"

"Damn, a group of blasphemers who betray the Goddess."

"Shh, don't speak so loudly. Whispers will be banned by the law enforcement team."

Many orcs whispered to each other as they passed by the dwarves' shops.

They looked at the Dwarves forging weapons with unfriendly eyes, even a little hostile, and when they talked about war, their eyes were obviously sad, showing extreme reluctance.

But they didn't dare to openly express such thoughts.

Because from time to time, some Orc troops with weapons in their hands passed by, as if patrolling or supervising. Their eyes were like torches, coldly scanning the surrounding Orcs.

Being stared at by these Orc Warriors, the Orcs naturally didn't dare to make a sound. They could only lower their heads and quickly pass by, obviously very afraid of these Orc Warriors.

Shien had seen similar situations many times since he entered Kosmos.

"Just like what Lidas and Anima said, not all Orcs want to start a war and betray the Protoss and humans."

Shien was deep in thought.

He noticed that other than the Orc Warriors who seemed to be the law enforcement team with the obvious smell of blood on them, it was obvious that they had experienced many massacres. The rest of the Orcs only exuded an atmosphere of confusion, uneasiness, and anxiety.

They were like wild beasts in a cage. They wanted to break free, but they couldn't.

Because they had scruples and fear.

There were quite a number of such Orcs. It could even be said that they occupied more than half of the population of Kosmos.

"This is interesting."

Shien muttered to himself.