Thanos City, as a city close to a seaside port, was never short of youth, vigor, and enthusiasm.
Merchants were hawking their wares on the street, and children were running in the alleys with toys in their hands.
The young couple strolled back and forth in the dazzling array of shops.
There were carriages coming and going on the main road, as well as cars shuttling back and forth.
The number of cars in this era was still low, and the relevant traffic laws had not been established yet.
In this bustling and lively small city, more and more people suddenly quieted down.
An enormous shadow covered the sky above them. They looked up at the sky one after another.
When a housewife was halfway through her grocery shopping, she suddenly heard a rumbling sound. When she looked up at the sky, her mouth was wide open, and the leaves in her hands fell to the ground.
The children were playing with windmills. Sensing the huge noise in the sky, they raised their heads, too. The windmills fell to the ground. Fear beamed out of their eyes.
Above Thanos City, a meteorite more than a hundred meters in diameter was falling from the sky toward the military base outside of the city. The enormous meteorite directly formed an enormous shadow. Illuminated by the slanting sun, the shadow slowly swept across the entire city.
The scene in the sky was like a mountain crashing down from the sky. It was almost like the end of the world.
"You … You must be kidding." A soldier looked at the sky in a daze, his longsword falling to the ground.
A merchant's jaw dropped, as if he could not understand what was happening in front of him. "What's going on exactly?"
The whole city seemed to have fallen silent in the few seconds, as if everybody in the city had been frozen in time.
However, such a situation did not last long. In the next second, crazy screams filled the whole city.
Everybody on the streets and alleys turned from stillness to motion at this moment. Women, merchants, adults, and children all rushed to the places that they thought were safe.
Some people rushed back home, and some hid in their houses. However, most of them were running in the opposite direction of the meteorite crazily.
Leaving the chaos in the city aside, the soldiers of the Imperium, the real target of the meteorite, had already put on their equipment and rushed out crazily.
"There's no time. It's too fast and too heavy!"
"Shoot! Shoot! Take him down! "
The anti-aircraft cannons, anti-aircraft cannons, and all sorts of other cannons were operating at full power. Dense light spots bombarded the oncoming meteorites, but in the face of meteorites of such mass and size, ordinary cannons were completely ineffective.
Hundreds of light spots and sparks lit up on the surface of the meteorite, resulting in a large area of explosions. But other than a few craters and a huge amount of mud and stones splashing out, there was no effect at all.
"Damn it!"
The commander of the base said, "All Magicians, concentrate your power on the side! I missed him! "
More than ten Mages in the military base chanted at the same time. The power in their bodies rose along with the chants. They controlled the magic cannons in front of them and fired at the side of the meteorite.
In particular, a huge cannon the size of a truck, operated by a total of six mages, shot out an orange-red beam of light. The intense heat caused the air to boil, and directly bombarded the side of the meteorite. With a rumbling explosion, the meteorite actually began to deviate from its original course.
"Success!"
"We're saved!"
Cheers continued to ring out from the military base. The commander said excitedly, "Brats, don't be happy too early. Looking at the angle now, even if it doesn't hit us, the earthquake and shock waves it produces will be hard to deal with."
"Everyone, hide in the fortifications!"
"Hold on tight. He's going to fall."
"Wait, that's …!"
In the next moment, the entire military base fell into dead silence. The magic cannons, swords, and sabers in the hands of the Magicians fell to the ground one by one. Everyone watched in a daze as the meteorite's trajectory was deviated by the previous explosion.
However, right after the meteorite, a second meteorite appeared. It was of the same size, at the same speed, and in the same direction. It smashed down toward the entire military base.
A huge shadow covered the entire military base. Rumbling sounds of air shattering kept coming from above.
"Where's the crimson energy magic crystal cannons? Hurry up and fire! "
"No, it'll take ten minutes to replenish the energy."
"There's no time."
"Let me do it." The strongest Magician in the base stood up and looked at the sky calmly.
"Master, you …"
"We can try to combine the magic array. Maybe …"
"With such a huge attack, it's impossible for the Ministry of Magic to not react. Maybe reinforcements will arrive soon."
"Don't say anymore. Give me the M2 magic energy bullets of the crimson energy magic crystal cannons." The old Magician, who had a head of white hair and a beard that reached his waist, straightened his back. The magic robe on his body fluttered even though there was no wind. "Our existence is to protect the Emperor's country … For His Majesty."
"For His Majesty!"
"For His Majesty!"
Everyone knelt on the ground. Their eyes were filled with sorrow and agitation. They watched as more than ten soldiers surrounded the old Magician. Within a few seconds, the old Magician tied explosives and magic bullets to his body. In the end, his entire body flew up. It was as if he had turned into a ray of white light. He charged toward the second meteorite with a suicidal attack.
With a loud bang, visible white air waves exploded from the side of the meteorite. Under the old Magician's suicidal attack, countless magic energy explosives exploded. The magic energy in his body also exploded. The huge shock wave and the force of the explosion pushed the meteorite away bit by bit.
However, when the meteorite was pushed away, everyone's faces were filled with deep despair.
The third meteorite had appeared in the sky without anyone noticing.
In the next moment, the first meteorite had already hit the ground.
With a loud bang, the earth trembled violently. Hundreds of thousands of tons of smoke and dust soared into the sky, covering the entire sky.
The ground was like a water surface. Layers of ripples spread out in all directions. Every piece of gravel shot out with a force comparable to a bullet.
With the point of contact between the meteorite and the ground as the center, the kinetic energy was instantly converted into heat. It turned into an explosion and a shock wave radiated out. Everywhere it passed, large areas of houses collapsed. The human bodies were torn into pieces by the shock wave. The area within a radius of a few kilometers was turned into ruins.
Half of the houses in the entire military base collapsed. More than one-fifth of the soldiers died in this impact.
Some people who had hidden in advance were directly killed by the shock wave. Even if they were not killed, the huge sound of the impact spread out at a volume of more than 190 decibels. Countless people were shaken to the point of foaming at the mouth. Their eyes stared blankly, and they instantly lost their hearing.
And this was only the first meteorite. The first meteorite that did not hit the military base. Then there were the second and third meteorites that were arranged diagonally.
So, the survivors looked at the top of their heads in a daze. They watched the smoke and dust being torn apart. They watched the second meteorite continue to fall, then the third, and even the fourth.
The entire Thanos area was completely turned into ruins.
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