Atlas Double Star Book

The author has something to say: I will go out to eat first, and I will correct the typos when I come back.I'm really happy, thank you little angels for leaving me a message.

Come back tonight and continue to write hard, two more chapters during the holidays XDDDD

Warning: There may be some [blood // gory descriptions] and [monster descriptions] (mainly things I'm afraid of)

The chaotic bells were ringing, but it was clearly noon, but it was as dark as evening, and there was a strong smell of blood and stench in the air.People ran for their lives in panic, and all doors and windows were locked.There were screams everywhere.

Neil ran against the crowd, heading for the city gate.

"Moths... so many moths!" Someone screamed, and the crowd looked to the south, only to see dense swarms of insects flying towards them like black clouds.The women screamed, and the sound of the flapping wings of the moths was hideous.

"Get inside!" Neil yelled at the crowd as he picked up a fallen boy.

The townspeople knocked frantically on the nearest door, begging the owner to let them in and hide.Without hesitation, the doors of the houses opened one after another to accommodate the neighbors.Neil felt relieved.

Neil continued to run in the direction of the city gate guards. He thought: "We have to get to the soldiers! Itil's regular garrison is relatively weak, and I'm afraid it won't be able to handle it."

While running, Neil suddenly saw a gnawed arm, the blood was still fresh.

"It's really a monster...has it come to the city already!"

He hurriedly traced the blood, and found a monkey-shaped monster eating the corpses of a mother and child at the corner of the street.Neil was so angry that he stepped forward and cut off half of the monkey-shaped monster's head, and the monster with mouths all over fell down dead. "A monster has already climbed over the city wall... My God, the city wall must be defended!" Neil was so anxious that he ran all the way, and the swarm of moths covering the sky and the sun were getting closer and closer, and they might also be man-eating monsters.

The carriage was running wildly, and the streets were full of dropped shoes and blood. Neil had to kill the monkey-shaped monsters that crawled into the city from time to time.The closer to the city wall, the more corpses there were, many of them belonged to soldiers, and Neil was very anxious.

"Where is Your Excellency Dania!" Neil finally came under the city wall, and hurriedly asked the two soldiers who were pushing the cart.

The two soldiers shivered and pointed to the wrappings on the cart.Neil felt chills in his heart, and he hurriedly lifted the wrapping cloth—the infantry captain had been torn into several pieces, and it looked like it was done by a monster.

Oops, the infantry captain is dead!

"How did you die?" Neil asked hurriedly.

"The blamed monkeys...several..." The soldier burst into tears as he spoke, his spirit completely broken down.

Neil hurriedly asked the other person, "Then who is in charge now?"

"No, I don't know..."

"Why don't you know?" Neil was anxious, "Where is Lynn Dorrido? Isn't he Dania's deputy?"

"Lord Dorido has gone somewhere... I-I haven't seen him since the monster came." The soldier said tremblingly.

The soldier kneeling on the ground crying bitterly sobbed: "He escaped, I, I saw it."

Neil couldn't help cursing: "Damn coward!"

He had already guessed all kinds of bad situations, but he didn't expect the city gate guard to be defeated.Itil is only a small town, not to mention enemy attacks, the infantry team defending the city may not have even encountered bandits.Now the royal knights have withdrawn to the imperial capital, and the commander of the infantry is dead...!Neil looked around, the soldiers were still resisting, but they were completely disorganized, and some even wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape.

"Stop!" Neil drew out his sword and sternly yelled at several soldiers who were about to flee.

The deserters were terrified.

Neal sympathized with them. The poor man was so frightened that he was crying, and even the straps of his armor were loose, dangling loosely on his chest.But you must not be soft-hearted!This will not work!Neal knew there was no time, but if the guards were demoralized, everyone would be doomed.

He stood under the city wall and thrust his sword hard into the ground.

"Deserters and traitors must die!"

Several soldiers who wanted to escape were petrified, and other soldiers also looked at this side blankly.

Neil pointed his sword at the distressed men, and angrily said: "The soldiers have fled, so where are the women and children in the city going? Where are your elderly parents and sick relatives? If this happens again! Under such circumstances, the corpses of those who escaped the battle will be hung on the city gate for public display!"

The soldiers didn't know who he was, but they were intimidated by the aura of this officer.Two soldiers recognized him—"It's him! It's Lord Enrique's adjutant, the Lord of the Second Knight Order!" These two men had met Neil and Heather before, and they were deceived by Neil.

Neil did his tricks and said loudly: "I am the adjutant to the head of the Second Royal Knights, Sir Hugh Essedling, but it doesn't matter. Am I higher in rank than you? It doesn't matter—because now the monsters are attacking you. Come, if anyone does not fight, all of us will die, all the residents of the city will die. Your wives, children, parents, friends and enemies, all will only be chased and bitten by monsters."

The soldiers were even more frightened.

"Yes, fear—" Neil uttered the word emphatically, "I am afraid, just as scared as you are, because the monster is just outside the city! How long can this city gate last? Your usual training is not even as good as that of knights. Half. I'm afraid, but I don't want you to die. Our life was peaceful and peaceful yesterday. Is it going to end today?"

Neil paused, then shouted angrily:

"No!"

The gate of the city was hit hard, hit again and again, and some giant beast was attacking the gate.The roar of the beast was so loud that the soldiers trembled, but they still opened their eyes wide and looked at Neil intently, as if a patient desperately longed for a medicine that had no effect.The city gate was hit again, and the ground trembled.

Fear seemed to turn to anger.

"I'll say it again—no!" Neil pointed at the city gate, "monsters are going to break through this city gate to eat people, and enemies are going to humiliate our mother and sisters. Is it because of our failure or cowardice that innocent people in the city will be killed?" People suffering? No, absolutely unbearable! Soldiers, I can't bear your fear, your fear, your loss, your torture! You were trying to live yesterday, and you are going to give up today? If something wants to deprive us of our dignity We will never accept life and death. If we are going to die fighting or be afraid, then...never today."

After he finished speaking, the crowd was silent, only the heavy banging on the door sounded one after another.

Neil climbed up the tower.

The soldiers parted ways, and he came.

"How many people are we left?" Neil looked out of the city, and it seemed that everything he could see was covered in darkness. The terrifyingly large swarm of insects in the sky was getting closer, and countless monsters had already pounced on the city.Some monsters no longer have the form of animals, but are just huge pieces of flesh, supported by dozens of feet, and even the flesh on their bodies looks like pustules, extremely ugly.But Neil didn't find any traces of the Icelanders. Are those guys controlling the monsters?However, there seemed to be only dozens of Icelanders who came to sneak attack this time, while there seemed to be hundreds of monsters under the city of Itil!It must be the black mage.

"Report Your Excellency, there are currently a total of 39 people in the city guards and infantry, and the rest..."

"Thank you, it's better than I thought." Neil turned to the deserters and said patiently, "You guys, go prepare hot asphalt and hot sand, and take this opportunity to calm down. There is nothing to be afraid of, but animals That's all, there are plenty of ways to solve them. Work hard." The deserters hurriedly did it.

Neil looked around, picked out four of the archers, and said to them: "Your archery skills must be accurate. From now on, the four of you are responsible for keeping an eye on the city wall. Whenever there are monsters climbing up the city wall, you shoot them first with arrows." It, meanwhile, hasten to report its bearings, and let the hot asphalt and hot sand take care of it."

He told a few men with very strong arms, saying: "Your arms are very good. I will leave the job of pouring the asphalt to you. Teams of two, take turns to rest, must cooperate with the archer's instructions, and must not Then let the monkey-shaped monster climb the wall and come in."

"The moths..." a half-grown boy interrupted, "Moths like fire, we can make a big fire to distract them."

Neil was very happy: "It makes sense. Although I don't know if the moth that turns into a monster still maintains this habit, it's worth a try. Do you think it's better to light a fire there?"

The young man looked around and said, "Why don't you let the monsters under the city burn? The moths will go to the fire, maybe it can be solved at the same time."

"Great! Then I will leave this work to you to arrange, and these four people will be handed over to you to dispatch." Neil said.

The four people who were named were very upset and said back: "Why! That kid is just a stable boy, and we are patrol soldiers. He usually has to bow and salute when he sees us!"

Neil said coldly: "Really? Okay, then from now on he will be promoted from stable boy to my herald. What's your name and how old are you?"

"Airon, I'm 15 years old this year." The boy replied.

"Hello Aeron. My name is Hugh, and I am 26 years old." Neil held the boy's hand.

Pelias was restless.

The basement was shaking all the time, and dust fell from the ceiling from time to time.The clock had stopped ringing, and it was extremely silent outside.

"Why hasn't Neil come back yet?" Peleas stood up.

Shinan just comforted the girl to sleep, and comforted her friend, saying, "Don't worry, Neil is a first-class swordsman, and he will definitely protect himself."

"That's not the problem!" Peleas suddenly realized that he was too emotional, and quickly adjusted his tone: "Of course I believe in Neil's swordsmanship. He is the best. I went to their knights to observe... but ..."

Heather was tempted to make certain comments, but she refrained.

"But... this child has a problem, he will always protect others regardless of everything. Sometimes it is not out of morality or belief, but..." Pelias hesitated to speak.

"I think this is a valuable thing." Heather said.

Peleas didn't deny it, he sighed and said, "Indeed, but I think Neal is paranoid in this regard... I think it has a direct relationship with him witnessing his mother's death. I remember very clearly, that At that time, little Neil was crying and apologizing to his mother, blaming himself for not protecting her well. Therefore, he has been obsessed since he was a child, and he would be desperate for others... This is very good, but, but..."

But I will worry.Peleas could not speak.

Heather stroked the girl's head.The naming ceremony is over, the girl's condition has gradually improved, and the two mages have exhausted their physical strength.She raised her head and looked at Peleas gratefully, "Maybe it's not because of pain and obsession, but because you are exactly this kind of person, so Neil has longed to be the guardian of everyone since he was a child."

"Me?" Peleas laughed softly, "I'm a person... insignificant and worthless. How could I become the image that the child yearns for? Besides, I don't even have a monograph, and the manuscripts are either lost or written down. No, I just gave a few lectures. Don't kid me, just thinking about this situation... makes me lose my hair with anxiety. If there is no real result, I will resign from the academy next year and leave my collar button and ' Polaris' returned."

Heather was amused by the seriousness of the scholar, and she said: "Hey my friend, you are the same as you are, the direct heir of Mr. Pross! Slow and stubborn... Think about it, Neil is because of the monograph you published How much do you like you?"

"I am unworthy from any point of view," said the scholar emphatically. "I have no value, not even anything that makes people happy... I mean personality and appearance, that is, my whole being."

Shinan noticed her friend's paranoia and said, "The way you know yourself is very problematic."

"Everyone has problems." Peleas argued.

That's right, Heather thought of herself.

The screams of a child came from outside the house, and the two mages were startled.Heather jumped up and wanted to go out to check, but was held back by Pelias.

"The little girl still needs you, I'll go." Peleas said.

Shinan shook her head: "No, warlocks are warriors, and you scholars don't even have the strength to move stones. I'll go."

Pelias insisted on going forward, but was picked up by the strong sorceress and put back on the bed.

"My God!" The scholar was ashamed, but speechless.

A child's cry came from outside the door, "Open the door, help, open the door, save..." Someone knocked desperately on the door.The two mages were very nervous, and Heather felt that something was wrong, but the dial of the warlock's wristband did not respond.

Pelias also noticed, "Wait a minute!"

The two men readied their weapons.

The knocking turned into a slamming door, and people outside screamed hysterically, yelling for help.Heather's back felt cold, she held the double-edged gun tightly in her hand, and slammed the door open——

"Help!!!" the thing yelled.

A monkey pounced on her.Heather's arms were strong, and the long//gun pierced the monkey's jaw all the way through the head, and the blood splashed.The monster twitched, and its many mouths squeaked, chewing the minced meat it had just swallowed.The monkey-shaped monster was still screaming, "Help, open the door, Mom!"

"It turned out to be a monster...can imitate human voices..." Peleas put on gloves and a mask, and looked at the corpse of the monster at close range.The monkey actually had a total of twenty mouths, all of which had teeth.Without waiting for his companions to do more research, Shinan directly cut off the monster's head, and the monkey's twenty mouths screamed at the same time, as if everyone had been massacred.

"Too dead." Warlock nodded.

Peleas found a small piece of blood-stained white lace from the monkey's mouth, "This is baby clothes..."

The two mages shuddered.Before they could rest for a while, more monkey monsters came running, so many that they blocked the stairs leading from the basement to the top.

"Close the door!"

Pelias hurriedly closed the door and cast a reinforcement technique on the wooden door.The door suddenly became as hard as thick iron, and the screams and knocking on the door were also isolated from the outside.With the protection of spells, the basement returned to peace.

"The monsters are coming..." Peleas reconfirmed that Polaris' dashboard was out of order, "It's the black mage, he didn't give up, and he still planned to attack the imperial capital with a large number of monsters."

"The situation outside must be very bad. There are so many monsters... Ordinary soldiers can't deal with it. Peleas, we have to help them." Shinan looked at the sleeping little girl, entangled.

"I'll just go, you take care of me." Peleas was only thinking about Neil, and he couldn't wait for a second.

Shinan shook her head: "If the situation outside is bad, a mage might not be able to hold on, so we must go together. Then... we can only let her rest in the basement alone, and we will use spells to reinforce the place to ensure that no monsters can come in. "

"Do you really want to do this?" Peleas knew that it must be so.

Heather thought for a few seconds, then nodded.

"She'll be safe here and just get well enough to rest."

"We'll be back soon."

Heather patted the apprentice's head.The little girl was drenched in sweat and was still lethargic.However, the hardened skin on her body no longer oozes pus and blood, the scales are gradually falling off, and the wound is also forming scars.

"Sleep, Ophelia." Heather smiled.

The two mages came out from another door in the basement, and they used spells to strengthen the basement again to ensure the girl's safety.

They climbed the stairs to the roof.The sight in front of them stunned the mages.

The entire small town was shrouded in darkness, and a big fire was burning in the distance, billowing black smoke.

There is no one on the street, corpses and rags are scattered, all doors and windows are locked, and monsters are wandering in the city.

"Look over there—"

The two mages looked at the sky together, only to see a group of moths covering the sky and covering the sun like a big net, attacking the small town.Peleas was disgusted beyond belief.

Shinan said: "I've seen that kind of moth-shaped monster. It's huge and can suck people's brains. But I haven't seen so many..."

"Neil must be with the city guard, let's go find him." Pelias performed a person-finding technique.

Warlock nodded: "Hurry up, I'll carry you, I'll run."

"How does this work!"

"There is no other way. You used to be always the last one to run, and you fell down after running." Shinan was telling the truth. Her icelander's physique was far stronger than that of ordinary humans.

Pelias had no rebuttal, so he could only say embarrassingly, "Then...then don't tell Neil."

Shi Nan didn't expect her friend to care so much, "It's fine. I'll tell that kid that you were No.1 in everything in the academy before, even running, swordsmanship and hunting were better than others."

"Don't ever tell him... that you and Hein helped me cheat during the physical training exam." Pelias emphasized very seriously.

"Oh," Shinan couldn't help laughing, "Which time are you referring to?"