Terraria: Cruel World Legends

……

In the city of Miriast

...After a one-sided and tragic battle against Miriast, the victorious Jungle Empire's God Seekers gathered in front of Miriast's dilapidated State Tower in neat rows. The generals of this battle faced the soldiers and summarized the results of the raid.

突袭战役自今日1：15p.m打响，而在7：48p.m结束，共用时6小时33分……至此，泰拉大陆灭亡了一个名为米里亚斯特的国家。

The decision to invade Miriast was actually a long-planned one, not only because this country advocates belief in gods, which conflicts with the Jungle Empire's purpose of hunting gods, but also because of its unique geographical location and the largest hilly area on the Terra continent. After occupation, it can be used as a military defense line to fight against the Jungle Empire's hostile countries in the God-seeking War.

...Also, although the news of the raid on Miliaster was leaked during the preparations, all defenses were vulnerable in the face of the Jungle Empire's military strength and surprise attack tactics... Moreover... Miliaster had not yet made any special defenses, but only arranged some soldiers to patrol the border as usual...

So... at 1:15 p.m., the God-Seeking Army began its raid from the northwest border of Miriast... Now, the battle is over and the God-Seeking Army has won.

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Earlier -

(For details, please see Chapter 187: The second plot section of "Daytime Aurora")

...However, before Bronny could see clearly what those black spots were, suddenly, blood splattered on the chest of the patrol teammate closest to him, and then he fell to the ground!

After realizing something was wrong, Bronny was about to react, but in the blink of an eye, two more teammates fell! At the same time, the sergeant immediately turned to look at the source of the attack, gritting his teeth and shouting:

"It's an enemy attack! Quickly call the military base in the southwest!"

Just as he finished speaking, before the sergeant drew his weapon, Bronnie suddenly saw two green spiral bullets flying at him at high speed and piercing his forehead! Blood splattered...

Bronny stopped all thinking, immediately pulled out the communicator from his waist, pressed the communication button and was about to shout... Suddenly, another green spiral bullet flew over, and this time it hit him.

Then Bronny fell to the ground and tried his best to shout, but only a hoarse voice came out... At this time, he realized that the green spiral bullet hit his throat and his vocal cords were ruptured.

The fallen Bruni slowly turned his head and looked at those black spots, which were the source of the attack, trying hard to see what they were...

Oh, those are people. Even though Bronny's vision was blurred, he could still barely make out the outlines of the people.

……

...In order to avoid being noticed by the God-hunting army that might appear in the city, the three of them did not fly,...so, after a short while, they sneaked to the outskirts of Miriast City.

Xi Yao leaned against a relatively intact building, holding the Forbidden Blade with one hand, and made a motion of cutting open the void storage space with his right hand, while asking Elias:

"Where is your friend?"

"Oh, I told you he's a bartender. He's great at mixing drinks, and they taste great... er, ahem... back to the point: usually he's at the bar where he works - the Black Swan... but that bar isn't here... it takes ten minutes to get there by foot."

As Elias spoke, he stuck his head out and looked around, but did not find any living people on the nearby streets.

After opening the void storage space, Xiyao took out the Rose Stone and Eye of the Storm from it. Then Xiyao closed the space and looked at Elias again:

"How about this, I'll take the risk and lead away the God Seeking Army, and you can focus on looking for your friend. After that, we can use the teleportation potion and leave?"

Elias was a little puzzled: "Wait, are you crazy? Although the life energy per soldier in the God-Seeking Army is not high due to limited resources (in other words: less life crystals are used), but under the law of war, the weapons and equipment they are equipped with are at least from the Evil Age, and they have a large number of people..."

"That's why I said it was an adventure. Besides, I will try my best to avoid fighting." As soon as Xi Yao finished speaking, Prism beside him said, "I'll go with you too, so we can take care of each other."

Xi Yao thought for a moment, then nodded gently: "...Okay, it's better to use the two elemental spirits as trump cards."

Elias spread out his left hand, a little puzzled: "Wait, allow me to ask a question, although we are not strangers, we don't know each other either... So, why are you willing to help me?

Xi Yao shook his head: "This is not important, let's start the action first. There should be noise when we lead them away, so pay attention to your actions."

Elias closed his eyes, lowered his head to think for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Okay..." But when he looked at the two of them again, Xi Yao and Prism had already walked out.

"...This new star...is not what those tavern hangers-on described it as..." Elias muttered to himself.

……

However, before the two took a few steps, they saw a figure wearing Daedalus armor walking slowly out from behind a nearby dilapidated house.

Beside him, there were a large number of creatures similar to the Soul Eater floating in the air. The difference was that these creatures were made of blue ice all over and looked like ice sculptures.

In addition, there was a fragment of ice crystal condensed in each of their mouths, and these fragments were aimed at the two people, but there was no intention to fire.

Looking at the man again, he was seen with his hands on his chest, holding an ice whip with a large number of ice blades, standing still and looking at Xi Yao... In addition, perhaps because the prism was in a latent state, this guy didn't seem to notice the prism.

When they saw someone, the two of them instinctively dispersed. Then, when they were about to swing their weapons, they found that the guy in front of them did not make any attacking moves, and the same was true for the "ice sculpture creature" next to them.

But the two of them still maintained their posture of attacking at any time, intending to see what tricks this guy was going to play first...

"Good evening. I have the habit of saying hello first." At this time, the guy in front of him suddenly spoke, with a hoarse and low male voice.

Xi Yao kept his distance from him and did not reply. Prism quietly lurked to the left side of this person, intending to interfere in case of emergencies.

"From what I heard from your conversation just now, you are probably not from Milyaster, so you can't be from the military." The man spoke again.

"You don't look like it either." Xi Yao still said something.

“Indeed, I belong to the God-Seeking Army of the Jungle Empire.” The man said, stretching out a hand and touching a “Soul-Eating Ice Worm” that flew beside him.

"The other guy is here to see his friend, right? A bartender friend?"

"When did you notice us?" Xi Yao did not answer but asked the man first.

"Just now, when you came outside the city, my summons sensed the presence of outsiders. Coincidentally, I was not far away, so I came to the side of your house."

"So, since you are a soldier of that army, why don't you attack us?" Xi Yao asked this question, and at the same time was ready to swing the forbidden blade of the oath at any time.

"No need. You are not from Miriast, let alone the army. There is no need for me to do this. In other words, I have no active hostility towards you, but it may not be the same for others."

"So, what do you want to do?"

The man raised his head slightly and said, "Oh, I want to see if you are the target. If you are not, I want to remind you that the government and army of this place have been completely wiped out, and only some people who are not the target are still alive.

Therefore, if you want to take your surviving friends away, you'd better do it quickly, because our garrison troops will be here soon. If someone hasn't left by then, they will be cleaned up by them."

"...So, you have no intention of attacking us?" Xi Yao asked tentatively, still not relaxing his vigilance at all.

"For now, I really don't have the interest to do so. I won't deliberately kill someone who doesn't need me to kill, unless he attacks me actively." After saying that, the man turned his head and looked to his left.

"Thief in a latent state, are you hostile to me?"

Hearing this, Prism retreated while releasing his hidden state, while holding Shadow Graveraider behind him.

"...Well, it was my fault for coming out so abruptly and scaring you." The man said this and turned to walk away.

"The man wearing the Archer-type Daedalus Battle Armor, don't hide. If you are brave, you can just leave. Except for me, all the members of the God-Seeking Army are still in the State Tower in Milyaster. They will be disbanded in less than half an hour."

Hearing this, Xi Yao turned his head slightly to look at the side of the house where he had just hidden, and found that Elias was sticking close to the wall. Knowing that he was discovered, he coughed lightly with some embarrassment, then walked out slowly and looked at the guy.

"Well, how did you see it?" Elias asked.

"The summoned creature told me." The guy replied, then slowly walked away.

"Go now, and don't come to this non-existent country again. This is my advice to you."

After saying that, the man casually turned his head to look at the prism on the other side, and accidentally saw a faint beam of colorful light shooting out from her chest.