Five Hundred and Six Under the City

The sun is gradually rising from the east, and it is Shakburn, the easternmost port of the Southern Kingdom, that welcomes the morning light almost together with the emerging industrial city of Alan Hill.

This port city has tall walls and countless garrisons, and is a famous fortress in the southern kingdom.

It's just that because of the war, it's a bit depressed here. After being plundered twice by the Alan Hill fleet, a larger fort was built here and more soldiers were deployed.

The demons were busy occupying those easy-to-invade places, and did not concentrate their forces to attack here, so more and more people gathered here, and the streets were crowded with refugees who took refuge in their clothes.

On the walls, brightly armored troops stood behind the crenels, and the banners of the Southern Kingdoms fluttered in the wind.

Compared with the surrounding lands that have been eroded by demons, this place can be said to be like a paradise.

However, as the commander of the City Guards, as the few remaining nobles in the southern kingdom, the Earl of Roysaac of Sharkburn City clearly knew that the current situation could not last for a long time.

After the devil eats all the edible and easy-to-eat people, it will still focus on this once prosperous but now crowded city.

So he sent a ship to the north, hoping to contact Alan Hill, hoping to ask for help from his former enemy, and let Alan Hill's fleet come to rescue these refugees.

At the same time, he also sent his own messengers for help to other places, but there were demons everywhere along the way. It was unknown how many of these messengers who traveled by land could reach their destinations.

Rubbing the cold and hard stone strips of the city wall with his wrinkled hands, the old Earl Roysaac had a serious expression on his face. He didn't know that he could persist here for a few more days, because the population was too large, and his current food reserves had dropped to a very dangerous amount.

According to calculations, even if there is only one meal a day, the food in the city is only enough for everyone to eat for less than 20 days-but the city guards cannot only eat one meal a day, because they still have to fight and must ensure their own food. physical strength.

"If I had known this before, why bother? I have already warned His Majesty about the road of taking refuge in the devil, but it won't work...but..." The old earl shook his head slightly, muttered something in a low voice, and looked into the distance worriedly.

Because of his old age, he could no longer see the distant scenery clearly, but he could still see the rising smoke of the wolf, as well as the dark clouds and lightning covering the top of the farther place.

"There is a situation!" An officer beside him pressed the hilt of his long sword, pointed at the officer facing him under the city wall and shouted: "Tanma is back!"

The small city gate dedicated to recovering Tanma was opened. In order to resist more and more refugees and demon forces that may appear at any time, the gate of the city has been completely blocked.

The heavy small city gate was pushed open from the inside together, a war horse rushed into the city, the rider on it got off his horse, and panting, he climbed up the steep stairs beside him and climbed to the top of the city.

"My lord! My lord! Suna, not far from us...was attacked by demons! Before I got there, I saw fire and thick smoke." The scout Tanma knelt on one knee, facing the slightly hunched old man Earl Roy Isaac reports.

"You came back alone?" Earl Roysaac asked nervously, "Where are the others?"

"We were dispersed by a demon dog, and I don't know where the rest are." The spy seemed to recall something terrible, his voice trembling slightly: "The demon is too scary, too scary.

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"Okay, go down and rest!" Roysaac waved his hand, indicating that the horse scout could go down.

Then he looked outside the city, those refugees who gathered together, were not accepted, and were unwilling to leave, not knowing what to choose.

Let these refugees pour into the city, and his food may not last for ten days. But if they are not allowed to enter the city, the demon troops that follow will slaughter these unarmed people.

"General! What we want are young and strong soldiers who can fight... Those old people and women outside the city can only..." The officer under him saw Luo Isaac's hesitation, and persuaded him: "At this time With kindness, the people in the city will be buried with them."

"I'm just thinking, even if we abandon these people, we won't be able to last ten days." Roy Isaac said with a wry smile, "No one knows that we are still persisting, no one comes to rescue us, no one cares about our lives ..."

His words are depressing, and now their southern kingdom is still an accomplice of the devil in name. Even if they know they are still alive, there are very few people who are willing to take risks to save them.

In fact they are now hated to the bone, many people hate traitors who are in league with the devil, and it just so happens that the Southern Kingdoms are one of these sinners who betrayed humanity.

"We don't rely on anyone, we rely on ourselves!" The officer standing beside Earl Roysaac gritted his teeth and squeezed out such a sentence.

It's just that he has a stubborn mouth. In fact, even he himself is very clear. Let alone the fierce and irresistible fighting power of the demons, the food stored in the city alone is not enough to support them to persevere for a long time.

Hundreds of thousands of people need to eat! These are hundreds of thousands of mouths! Once there is a famine in the city, the order will collapse and chaos. At that time, let alone stick to the fight, it will be difficult to maintain a basic life.

In the forest in the distance, a group of flying birds suddenly started up, and some animals also began to rush out of the bushes at the edge of the forest in a panic.

The refugees outside the city got out of the simple fences and tents, stood up and frowned and looked at the eerie forest, not knowing what happened inside.

After a few seconds, some small trees began to shake, and everyone knew that something was approaching.

The thin men grabbed the hoes or agricultural tools beside them, and some of them also carried some homemade weapons such as pistols.

It's just that these farmers and beggars who have not received professional training do not know how to form an formation to meet the enemy. The guard is only spontaneous, and there is no organization or discipline at all.

After all, those who have fought in battle, those who are physically strong, and those who are more or less capable, have all been put into the city and incorporated into the city guards.

The rest, those who stayed outside the city, except for a few young and strong who were unwilling to leave their families and give up entering the city, most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and they couldn't talk about their combat effectiveness.

"What, what's here?" A boy holding a hoe nervously asked his father beside him. His father stared at the swaying trees, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and replied intently: "Devil...boy, those are demon!"

Following his answer, the first demon dog rushed out of the woods and rushed towards the humans who were close at hand. The ferocious bloody mouth and those disgusting eyes suddenly collapsed the dense crowd of human refugees.

The devil dog leaped forward, ignoring the agricultural tools in the target's hand, and threw down an old man who had been scared out of his wits for a long time, and began to bite non-stop.

Blood splashed all over suddenly, and the old man just called for help, and then there was no more sound. The surrounding area was quiet for a few seconds, leaving only the crackling sound of bones being crushed by teeth, which made people tremble with fear.

"Ah!" A woman's scream instantly awakened all the stunned people. The men and women in the front row started to back up, and the people behind did not know what happened and also backed up. Comparing the place covered by the refugees under the city to a ball, a huge depression soon appeared where the devil dog appeared.

"My God! The devil! The devil is coming!" Chaos spread in the crowd for a while, and there were many more people who pushed each other, fell, trampled and trampled each other than the devil killed.

At this time, the second demon dog jumped out of the bushes, bit the shoulder of a refugee who was too late to escape, pressed the opponent to the ground, and kept twisting his neck.

A whole piece of flesh and bone was torn off by it, and the bitten refugee lay on the ground, his broken and incomplete body still writhing.

"Run! Son! Run to the city wall!" Grabbing his son's hand, the farmer ran back desperately. He pushed away a thin old man who was standing in front of him, and didn't even look back at what was happening behind him.

The child, who had been frightened by the scene of cannibalism for a long time, was grabbed by his arm by his father, and ran towards the crowd staggeringly. Care about what happens behind you.

The Earl of Roysaac standing on the top of the city, and the city guards stationed behind the crenels, can see clearly at this moment.

They watched the demon dog rush out of the woods, and watched the crowd boil and collapse. More and more demon dogs rushed into the open space occupied by refugees, and more and more people were bitten and mutilated by the demon dogs.

Now, Roy Saac knew why the 200,000 elite troops on the border of the Southern Kingdom were defeated in one day.

At this moment, he also knew why the cavalry of the kingdom and the imperial guards were all wiped out without even struggling.

Those demons are not human at all, and their combat power is definitely not something that humans can contend with. Thinking of this, he vaguely felt that something seemed wrong—if these demons were not something humans could fight against, then what would it matter if they were driven to Alan Hill in the Southern Kingdom?

Just when he thought of Alan Hill, there were more and more demon dogs outside the city. They wolfed into the flock, drove and bit the refugees who had long been in a mess, and slaughtered these people who only knew how to cry.

There were screams everywhere, blood everywhere, limbs and arms everywhere, and dead bodies everywhere. Finally, a city guard soldier standing on the top of the city couldn't bear it anymore, and vomited out with a wow.