Chapter 39: Visitors who oppress all living beings (Part 2)
In the city of Italica, on the rooftop balcony of Count Formar's mansion, the elderly head maid Keme was lying on a half-used rocking chair as usual, enjoying a short rest in the afternoon and drowsily basking in the winter sun. sunshine.
Since her hometown Rosa city-state was destroyed by the imperial army thirty years ago, she has lived in Italica for more than twenty years and served three generations of counts. She was already extremely familiar with every plant and tree in this city, so she was no longer in the mood to see any scenery.
Long years of wind and frost and years of comfortable life have long since smoothed away all her passions and edges. For the head maid in Kaime, apart from serving her master, there is almost nothing major to worry about, and nothing major to worry about. Even the heir custody battle that broke out not long ago caused panic in the mansion, but in the end it passed without any danger and basically caused no changes.
Although the female knights of the Knights of the Rose stationed in the city often talk worriedly about the imperial civil war that broke out on the other side of the Romanian mountains, but for the Maid of Keme, all these seem to be very far away from her - in In the ever-turbulent Falmat continent, all kinds of wars, coups, and conspiracies almost never stop for a moment, but don’t people still have to live their lives as usual?
In addition to repaying the kindness of the previous two generations of earls and serving the new heir, Earl Miyou, all she did every day was to hang out, bask in the sun during her free time, and chat with other servants. While chatting, she waited quietly for the passage of time... She almost thought that the rest of her life would be spent like this, at least that was what the head maid of Kaime thought before she woke up from her nap that day.
However, when she opened her eyes from her afternoon nap, she happened to see some strange little black spots in the eastern sky - if she were an ordinary person, she would probably not notice the above abnormalities at all. , or think of them as a flock of migrating birds... What's more, generally speaking, in a peaceful city, few people will idle and stare at the sky for a long time.
However, as a witness to the offensive and defensive battle of Rosa City thirty years ago, and as a "dead remnant" who narrowly escaped from the kerosene bombs and javelins thrown by the Imperial Winged Dragon Knights many times, the maid Kaime was keenly aware of the situation. I noticed that there was something obviously strange about these black spots appearing on the horizon.
It's a pity that she is old after all, and her eyes are somewhat dim. No matter how hard she opens her eyes, she can't tell what these black spots are for a while. So, the head maid Kaime immediately got up and hurried downstairs, wandered around the mansion, and finally found a harpy maid known for her sharp eyesight, and then took her up the stairs again. On the rooftop terrace, I tried to find out.
However, after such delays, the demihuman refugee camp outside the city wall had already become noisy before the maid Kaime returned to her original place. Compared with the Earl's mansion in the city, the refugee camp There were obviously more sharp-eyed winged men and harpies, and some of them still maintained the habit of building nests in trees, so they were the first to notice the strange things in the sky, and unsurprisingly they became restless.
——It was a large group of strange flying objects. From a distance, they seemed to move very slowly, but in the eyes of the winged men and harpies and other flying races, they were almost the same as their usual flying speed. The three largest flying objects looked a bit like ships at first glance, but they were very different from the ships in the minds of the indigenous residents of the Falmat continent. Moreover, they were as big as hills and glowed with a metallic sheen. The remaining smaller flying objects are even more bizarre in shape. It’s really hard to describe what they look like. In short, people can’t help but panic when they see it...
At the same time, several knights on duty standing guard on the walls of Italica naturally saw strange figures appearing in the eastern sky. Although based on their experience, they would definitely not know what these things were, but since they came uninvited, it was probably not a good thing. After a short discussion, they immediately made the instinctive reaction as soldiers. : "...enemy attack! Blow the trumpet! Close the city gate!"
Accompanied by the sound of bugles, a wave of panic soon began to spread in the city. First it was the knights and militiamen on the city walls, then the demihuman refugees who were trying to rush into the city gates for refuge, and then the citizens living in Italica. They all heard one after another that there was a group of strange things in the sky heading toward Italica. Come flying. So they all walked out of the house and looked up to see the monsters in the sky getting closer and closer to them.
Then, facing the air fleet led by Comrade Wang Qiu, the urban management brigade captain, they were all shocked - in the minds of the ordinary indigenous residents of Falmat Continent, the only things that can fly in the sky are insects, Just birds, bats, flying dragons and a small number of demihumans that can fly short distances. But the flying object that appeared above their heads at this moment was obviously not any kind of living thing, but a man-made thing. Moreover, its size is so huge that even the legendary ancient Flame Dragon may not be able to compare with it... This really makes people feel extremely frightened.
What are these things in the sky? What on earth do we do now?
The city's de facto top guard heard the noise and rushed to the city wall. The chief instructor of the Knights of the Rose and Princess Pinna's swordsman, Gray Arrud, looked up at the things in the sky that were completely beyond the limits of his imagination. He couldn't help but wonder. Completely stunned, there was only a blank in my mind.
Beside him, many soldiers had knelt down tremblingly, worshiping the hodgepodge aerial fleet above their heads.
——Although this may seem a bit embarrassing, it is a natural reaction based on instinct.
You must know that since ancient times, human beings have been accustomed to worshiping the things they fear, treating them as the power of gods, and even personifying them-the nomads on the grasslands worship the wolf god, and the farming peoples in the river basin believe in the great flood. The myths of the ocean people are in awe of storms, while the polar people regard ice and snow as the most powerful force in the world... This is the origin of all myths on earth, and it is similar in other worlds.
——Facing the air fleet that is oppressing all living beings and unable to resist, these ignorant indigenous people can only think it is a miracle of the gods...
Even the veteran warrior Gray Alud, who had not been shocked yet, was at a loss for a moment and had no choice. It was impossible to defend the city. No matter how strong the city wall was, it could not resist the enemy from the air. ; There is no way to counterattack, both in the city There are no crossbows that can shoot that high, and there are no pterosaur knights that can engage in aerial combat... What's more, looking at the huge size of these monsters in the sky, Gray, a veteran on the battlefield, can know that even if the pterodactyl knights are allowed to go If they attack, they will probably end up with no return and no chance of survival. Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Gray Alud soon sadly discovered that the only thing he could do now was to pray to the gods.
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"...We will arrive over the city of Italica soon...Hmm, it seems we have caused a commotion?"
On the Xiangrui, the flagship of the air fleet, a crew member looked down at the scene below with a telescope and muttered, "...In the eyes of the indigenous people, we are probably similar to space monsters, right? But fortunately, at least we didn't see any. What fool throws a javelin or shoots an arrow into the sky..."
"...Now our height is more than one thousand meters above the ground. Where can any javelin or bow and arrow be able to shoot?"
Wang Qiu casually complained that relying on the falcon-like sharp vision given to him by the [Superman Suit], even without a telescope, he could see groups of men and women worshiping on the ground through the portholes, as well as the frightened and hesitant expressions on the faces of many more people. , and a complex expression of confusion.
——Obviously, the visual effect of the air fleet’s appearance is quite good, and it scared the natives in Italica...
However, for Wang Qiu, this level of fear is far from enough, at least not enough to completely destroy the psychological defense line of the indigenous ruling class.
Therefore, after snapping his fingers, as the supreme commander of this operation, he issued a new order.
"...order all the aircraft in the fleet equipped with tweeters! Follow the previous notice and play the music for me!!!" The next moment, the frightened people on the ground were shocked by the high-decibel "Soviet March" I almost jumped...