(2-in-1 chapter, together today and tomorrow)

Everyone looked in the direction their companion was pointing, and the vision above the sky made them freeze in place.

At some point, the sun began to shine brightly, and some black material appeared at the end of the horizon, and the light became gray.

The strange black curtain surged like a tide, gradually covering the sky, and for a while the wind and clouds rolled upside down, becoming thicker and thicker, giving people the illusion that it was pouring towards the earth.

At first, everyone thought that it was going to rain heavily, but they felt that it was wrong, no matter how heavy the cumulonimbus cloud top was as gray as lead, it could not be this kind of deathly extremely black.

Now it's like someone is painting with a canopy, and endless ink is being sprinkled on it.

The strange black color permeates the sky, and when you look far away, you will find that not only one direction, but also the four sides of the sky have risen this black curtain, as if to imprison the whole world under it.

Just when everyone was at a loss, someone suddenly noticed something and pointed to the top of their heads and shouted, "There are people there!" ”

At the top of the firmament, a tiny figure floated in the air, almost a black dot from a distance, too small compared to the huge black curtain that was constantly surging.

However, if you look closely, you will find that the dark curtain that covers the sky is all rolling and surging around this person, and he wants to ride to the mortal gods and look down on the ants on the ground in the endless dead air.

Even if it is impossible to distinguish the face because of the distance, in the whole of Dogulland, or indeed in the whole world, this extremely black death is too representative - there is no one but death.

"My lord! It's my lord! He's back!! Unlike the frightened young men, the old man's face was so excited that his face was distorted, as if he had witnessed a miracle, and he threw away his cane and fell to his knees, prostrating himself and shouting, "Glory to my lord!" Glory to my Lord!! ”

The old man was full of awe and fanaticism, and he was the most fanatical believer.

It's just that the gods never contain a meaningless mortal in their eyes.

As time passed, the black curtain continued to condense, casting endless shadows on the ground, so large that it was terrifying, and the black curtain rolled like a storm cloud, forming incomparably fine black water droplets, trillions of them.

If one looked down from a high enough place, they would find that the black curtain appeared completely along the boundary of the Flying Kite Province, completely enveloping the entire province in it, exposing every inch of land to the black droplets.

Eventually, the telekinetic force that controlled hundreds of millions of water droplets was reduced to nothingness, and under the action of natural gravity, the flying kite province caused a black rainstorm that had never been seen in history.

"Tick." When the first drop of rain falls to the ground, a terrible catastrophe occurs.

In a province, the black rain destroyed the city, and the extremely black rain poured down like a splash, and the wind roared and swept it to every corner, making extreme black the main color here.

This black rain has no direct lethality to the human body, and there is no burning sensation when it falls on the skin, so it does not seem to be harmful, but its effect on other things is devastating.

When the black rain falls on the field, the organic matter in the soil is quickly annihilated and falls into irreversible alkalization, and the originally extremely fertile fertile land turns into a dead land that cannot be cultivated in an instant.

The endless forest was eroded by the black rain, the towering trees were rapidly shrinking and only their trunks were left, the shrubs and grasses were in ashes, and all plants withered into nothingness.

The wind carried the black rain into the city, and in the midst of this flurry of horror, all the food that was drenched dissolved without exception, turned into mud in the hands of the people, and melted into the black water all over the ground.

Cattle and sheep and other livestock screamed in the rain, and the black rain that was harmless to humans seemed to be extremely deadly to them, killing them in an instant, their flesh and blood decomposed, and finally there were no bones left.

Even those grains kept in their homes or granaries were not spared, and the black rain that did not reach the target turned into smoke under the power of the underworld, penetrating everywhere, and all the stored grain was corrupted.

This black rain is like the worst targeted virus, sparing the human host, but taking away their most basic survival - food.

Is it cruel?

It's not cruel.

These things were originally given by death.

Now, the Grim Reaper is just taking back what he has given to mortals for so many years, with interest.

In the central plain, the old man kneeling on the ground raised his head to face the black rain, his expression was so frightened that it was almost distorted, and he shouted hoarsely: "Divine punishment! This is the divine punishment from our Lord! We all have to pay for blasphemy!! ”

As the black rain fell, the black curtain that shrouded the sky also expanded, and they spread wantonly behind the Grim Reaper, obscuring the sun, devouring the light, and finally sealing all space.

The people who lived on the edge of the province had seen the shady borders before and tried to flee outside, but those shady curtains were not imaginary, but materialized, and they were like an iron wall that could not be broken through.

Now, the entire province of Flying Kite is shrouded in darkness, and has become a real dead land, with no light, no vegetation, no livestock, no food, only one thing left-

Person.

In the early morning of the 18th of winter, Solandelle, who was presiding over the daily meeting in the palace, received an urgent report that there was an unknown shady scene in the Flying Kite Province and she was completely out of contact with the outside world.

Hearing this, Solandelle didn't understand at first: "What is the unknown black fog?" ”

The winged beast cavalry in charge of delivering information reported: "It's a kind of barrier-like thing, emitting a black mist, we can't wear it, and the people inside can't get out." ”

Solandale hurriedly asked, "The whole province is blocked?" There is no gap at all? ”

The Winged Beast Cavalry said in a deep voice, "So far, yes. Reconnaissance teams are conducting searches from both open areas and have not found any gaps so far. ”

Solandale sat on the throne and muttered unconsciously, "Chino."

Black, the iconic color of death, is Chino's signature in Doguland.

What does he want to do.

The province has just begun to resume production, and the most enthusiastic young people are now there.

What does he want to do?!

Just as the palace fell into a dead silence, another winged beast cavalry walked in quickly, handed over a bag and said quickly, "Your Majesty, this is something that the reconnaissance team collected from the scene. ”

Solandale took it and threw it directly to the ground, and everyone leaned forward to watch, with one of the ministers muttering, "This is. Ashes? ”

The bag contained nothing else, but some black powder, which looked like something that had been burned, but did not emit any burnt smell.

The Winged Beast Cavalry explained, "When the reconnaissance team was patrolling the edge of the black curtain, they found some grass and trees that had been overwhelmed by the black curtain, and these black substances were taken from the contact surface. ”

"At present, although the shady curtain is not harmful to the human body, it is extremely destructive to other lives. The scouts plucked a number of plants to test, and found that they had been destroyed by the shady curtains. ”

"It's uncertain for the time being, whether this phenomenon is only happening on the edge, or if it happens in the entire territory of the Flying Kite Province."

Suddenly, Solandale's eyes were out of focus.

If this phenomenon occurs in the whole territory of the province, and all the plants and grains are destroyed, then the whole province is left.

Solandale couldn't sit still any longer: "Gather the transport team, mobilize the reserve grain to go to the Flying Kite Province, and stand by at the border when you arrive." ”

"Lorna, take your dragon knight and immediately rush to the Flying Kite Province with me to break the dark curtain!"

Many times, the power of words always pales in comparison.

For example, the black curtain described in the intelligence covers the entire Flying Kite Province, what kind of scene is this?

Just looking at the text, I will only feel that the shady curtain is very big, and it can actually envelop a province.

But only when you come to the scene and see it with your own eyes will you know that this kind of shady curtain is not only huge, but it is difficult for ordinary words to describe the shock it brings.

Under the gallop of the starry night, Solandale has reached the junction of the Cardinal Province and the Flying Kite Province, and the most terrifying scene in his life is in his eyes.

Starting from the edge of the boundary of the Flying Kite Province, a black curtain overflows the sky, breaking through the sunlight and the sea of clouds, occupying all people's sight, completely isolating the entire province from inside and outside.

The soldiers of the legion who arrived here one after another were anxious, but they were helpless, the black curtain did no harm to the human body, but they could not pass through the black curtain, even if they waved their weapons and cut their swords blunt, they could not smash a single crack, so they could only do it in a hurry outside.

When Solandelle saw such a shady scene, she was also shocked beyond words.

Now that the subjects of a province are trapped in it, their lives and deaths are unknown, and she sees that others can't break through the shady curtain, so she can only order Lorna: "Attack with all your strength and find a way to break it!" ”

Lorna answered, riding the Crimson Night up the hill until it flew higher than the top of the dark curtain, and then kept moving forward to distance herself from the people below.

After flying dozens of kilometers, Lorna reached a safe position where she would not hurt her allies, and from here, the whole world seemed to be split in half, leaving only the cyan sky above her head and the endless thick black curtain beneath her.

A large number of flame spots appeared on the surface of Lona's body, the power of dragon blood burned in the veins, and the majestic dragon voice roared out: "Toor! Krein！ Voth！ Jun！ Yol！ ”

The scorching dragon's breath erupted from Lona's mouth, sweeping downward with a deadly temperature, growing larger and more massive, and the air around it distorted by the heat.

"Boom !!" The dragon's breath struck the darkness, and the raging flames spread and spread, surging like a terrifying wave to the end of the horizon.

As time passed, the Dragon's Breath Flame Pillar became more and more agitated, and finally formed a substantial beam of light, like the sun falling in the sky.

However, something happened to Lorna's heart, no matter how she breathed, even if she used the five-character dragon language, she couldn't break through this overwhelming black curtain.

The Dragon's Breath Flame tumbles and spreads in the dark curtain, eventually being swept away by the atmosphere and returning to nothingness.

Lorna returned in vain, and when she saw that the "King's Blade" could not break through the shady scenes, everyone finally realized the cruel truth-

Every life in the province of Flying Kite is in the hands of death.

A full 20 days have passed, from the 18th of winter to the 8th of snow, and the black curtain has always shrouded the sky over the Flying Kite Province.

Almost all of the cardinal's provincial prohibitions came to the border between the two provinces, sealing the border to prevent the spread of panic and trying to do something.

However, even though there were 600,000 soldiers, there was nothing they could do in the face of that desperate black curtain.

In the coldest winter of the year, when snow was already falling in the sky, Solandelle stood in the tent, her eyes bloodshot and her appearance haggard to the extreme, and she was in a daze at the sand table map at this time.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the tent, and then a royal guard rushed into the tent, and the trembling voice did not know whether it was excitement or trembling: "Your Majesty! The curtain is gone."

Solandale came back to her senses and rushed out of the account to look.

The black curtain that had shrouded the Flying Kite Province for 20 days finally changed its shape, and it began to disintegrate from its original solid body, floating in the sky in the form of smoke, and passed away with the snow, as if it had never existed.

The road to the province of Flying Kite has finally been opened.

But what about the pass

Solandel followed the Forbidden Army soldiers into the interior of the Flying Kite Province, she thought she was prepared for the worst, but the situation in front of her still destroyed her psychological defenses.

This is hell on earth in the truest sense of the word.

The black rain that falls from the black curtain obliterates all life except "humans", which is erasure in the true sense, unlike the great famine in history, when you can't find food and eat tree bark and gnaw tree roots.

Under the black rain, all the food was gone, all the livestock were corrupted, all the plants were destroyed, and everything was turned to ashes.

People who have been without food for 20 days, not to mention the bark and roots, have not even had to eat the soil, and the fields that have been devastated by the black rain are so alkalized that a few bites can kill them.

From day 3 onwards, the extremely hungry crowd began to attack each other, trying to devour the only "food" they could find now.

Once the province with the richest natural resources in Doguland, it has been transformed into the most primitive killing fields.

Solandale walked through the fallen crowd, calling out to find possible survivors:

"Young man, wake up, our food team is already outside, go get bread."

"Girl, your hands are frozen, we've already cooked oatmeal, let's go eat a bowl."

"Old man, it's cold here, get up with the children, there are warm tents and quilts outside, take the little ones to sleep there."

"Everyone. Anyone who can stand up should stand up."

Solandale walked all the way, called all the way, until she was hoarse, and no one answered.

She faced the heavy snow, stepped over the corpses all over the mountains, and with every step she took, a drop of blood fell from her heart.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Solandale came to a plain, where the bones were overwhelming, but it was different from the chaotic scene on the periphery.

The bones were neat, and they were all doing the same thing—kneeling on the ground, bowing in the same direction.

One can imagine the scene of desperate people having no way out, abandoning all their dignity as human beings, kneeling down before the god of death in the heavens, voluntarily becoming animals again, and praying for the mercy of the gods.

However, the gods did not listen, and allowed them to remain in a kneeling position until their lives withered, and finally they were frozen by the wind and snow, and they were kneeling before they were alive and kneeling after they died.

This is the divine punishment given to blasphemers.

The snow grew heavier and heavier, obscuring the already hazy vision, and the snowflakes were swept by the cold wind and flew wantonly, hitting Solandelle's face like a knife, and her heart seemed to be frozen together.

"Ahh Yes!!! Eventually, Solandale broke down completely, roaring hysterically toward the sky, toward the place where death had once stood.

Hatred never before filled her blue eyes, and then a scarlet liquid poured out and slid down her face, leaving shocking traces of the Tao before dripping down her chin and dripping into the snow with a blinding color.

It was drop after drop of blood and tears.

(End of chapter)