On the dead battlefield ruins, the air was suffocated. The little girl was like a rabbit being stared at by a wild beast, and all the hair on her body stood up.
For her, this was one step away from death.
"I mean no harm, food, here you go!"
Downton stopped, took out a piece of ham, and handed it to the little girl.
Roar!
The little girl roared with protest in her throat. She didn't even look at the ham, but glanced at the bottle hanging in front of her neck.
I only caught six maggots today. They were for my mother's dinner, but if I didn't eat them, I wouldn't have the energy to escape.
After making a simple decision, the little girl quickly opened the bottle cap, grabbed one, stuffed it into her mouth, and chewed hard.
"this……"
Downton turned his head away and couldn't bear to look any further. How hungry would a little girl have to be to treat maggots as food that she was reluctant to eat?
"Chance!"
The little girl used her hands and feet to run away, her tattered cloak blown up by the wind and making a hunting sound.
Downton was suspended in mid-air and chased after him.
There was a leak in the house and it was raining continuously. The little girl didn't run away for long when she saw a wandering ghoul king appearing in front of her. By the time she tried to avoid it, she had already been targeted.
The ghouls swarmed like hyenas, bringing up a lot of dirt every time they ran.
Woof! Woof!
The foxhound sprang out of the black mist and bit the ghoul on the neck.
Snapped!
The ghoul grabbed the foxhound, pulled it off, and threw it to the ground.
The sound of fractures was heard.
"noob!"
The little girl cried and cried out sadly.
Woof! Woof!
The foxhound roared anxiously, telling its little master to run, and then it fearlessly pounced on the ghoul again!
"don't want!"
Seeing the ghoul's sharp claws clawing at Xiaobai with a cold light, the little girl shouted out. She originally turned around to run away, but then rushed back.
For her, Xiaobai is not a pet. He is a companion and a family member. Without Xiaobai to lure away the resentful spirits, she would never have been able to dig up so many maggots and she would have starved to death.
Just when the ghoul's sharp claws were about to tear the foxhound apart, a ray of holy light struck it, directly purifying it.
The ghoul turned into a puddle of sand and dissipated into the air.
"Child, don't be afraid, I am a Templar!"
Downton's body was filled with white light. He also wore a halo. To prove it, he also threw out a magical healing spell.
The little girl suddenly felt her body relaxed a lot, and her vigilant look was mostly reduced.
"I'm lost!"
Downton explained, holding out the ham again, "Be my guide, and this is your reward."
Free charity would give people a bad impression, so the gentle Downton changed his words.
Sure enough, the little girl sniffed. After taking a look at the ham, she quickly ran to the ghoul's body and dug out the maggots that were parasitic on the rotten meat.
"Ah, so many!"
As if she had picked up a huge treasure, the little girl's face was filled with a happy smile, "Dad will definitely praise me."
"Here you go with ham, it's better than that one."
Downton walked over slowly.
This time, the little girl did not refuse, but her face was full of confusion. "What is ham?"
Downton froze on the spot. Such a simple question, but even a one-year-old child in the Western Continent knows...
"Does it taste better than brown bread?"
The little girl blinked and asked curiously.
"Hmm. Delicious!"
Downton put down the message asking for directions and looked at this aboriginal girl for the first time. She was really thin. She was not only skinny, but he could hold her whole with one hand.
Exposed to the radiation of the blasphemous power for many years, the little girl's body was covered with sores, bloody scabs, and strange curse tattoos, and her breathing was like a broken bellows.
"What a weak body this is!"
Even on the border where life is the most miserable, there are no children in such miserable condition. Downton saw that the fire of the little girl's soul was like a candle in the cold wind, which could be extinguished at any time, and her body was already severely overdrawn.
Within a year, he will definitely die.
"Your clothes are so clean!" She had used too much force just now, and blood flowed from her nose. The little girl wiped it with her sleeves without caring, "You must be from the Ark of Light!"
"Let me help you heal your body!"
Downton took the little girl and left the battlefield. He had a lot of supplies in his war space, but he couldn't wash the little girl, nor could he treat skin injuries. He could only purify the curse, otherwise the rash changes would definitely be for her.
Bringing fatal consequences.
A bonfire was lit in an abandoned guard tower.
Tsk! Tsk!
The golden fat oozes from the delicious Frosted Beef and drips onto the campfire, creating an alluring aroma.
Wheels!
The little girl hugged the foxhound and stared at the barbecue so hard that she couldn't pull her eyes out.
"Eat some ham first!"
Downton skewered the baked ham slices on bamboo skewers and handed them to the little girl, "Be careful of the scalding!"
It was too late. The little girl's fingers were burned and she retracted them. She kept blowing hard, but soon she was conquered by the fragrance and forgot about the pain. She carefully tore off a piece and fed it to the fox hound.
After it ate it, it was satisfied and used its small teeth to carefully take a small bite.
A smile appeared on the little girl's dirty face, and that expression was as if she owned the world.
Downton turned his head away, but he would never forget that smile.
Woohoo!
The foxhound barked and rubbed his head against the little girl's calf.
"No, I have to keep it for my mother."
The little girl stuffed the ham into the bottle, then pointed Xiaobai's head with her index finger to teach it.
"No need to stay, there are plenty more."
Downton gestured, "These are all yours."
The little girl was very well-behaved. She didn't even eat as much as the fox hound in the piece she just ate. When she heard Downton's words, her eyes lit up, but she shook her head.
"I have nothing to give you."
The little girl looked sad. Here, food is the most precious thing, far more than life.
"You are going to be my guide. How can you have the strength if you don't have enough to eat?" Downton made an excuse, took out a piece of cheese and handed it over, "Would you like to have a taste?"
Little Twilight felt that today was the happiest day in her life. The eldest brother was so clean, handsome, and generous. He brought out a lot of food.
Little Twilight had never seen this kind of scene even in her most wonderful dreams, so she thought for a time that she was already dead.
I heard my mother say that the child who dies can go to heaven, eat black bread and drink something called milk every day.
"Humph, the children of heaven must have never eaten ham."
Little Twilight was very proud, then she clenched the small bottle on her chest and brought this to her mother. She would definitely be happy.
"By the way, return the gift!"
Remembering the etiquette taught by her mother, the little girl opened the bottle and took out the two largest maggots. After thinking about it, she added another one, then held it in both hands and handed it to Downton.
Downton was stunned.
"Too little?"
The little girl licked her lips and remembered how delicious the food they gave her was. Sure enough, three maggots were not enough, so she added another one.
"Thank you!"
Downton took it. He didn't know that the weight of a maggot was the weight of life. Only when she was most hungry would the little girl be willing to eat one. It was these maggots that raised her to such a big size.
Little Twilight smiled and looked at Downton expectantly.
Downton understood what the other person meant, smiled, picked up a maggot and stuffed it into his mouth.
A fishy stench rushed straight into the nose, and gritted teeth.
"Is it tasty?"
Little Twilight embraces expectations.
"Um!"
Downton nodded vigorously.
Little Twilight cheered and hugged Xiaobai. Her gift was indeed not bad.
"Would you like some juice?"
After Downton finished speaking, he secretly cursed himself for being stupid. In the little girl's mind, there was no concept of this kind of food.
"Twilight, my name is Twilight."
The little girl held a bottle of watermelon juice and said her name.
Beside the warm campfire, there was gentle chatter.
Through Little Twilight's intermittent narration, Downton also knew that after the evil god awakened, the Holy War broke out and had been going on for more than twenty years.
Resources are exhausted, supplies are scarce, mankind is retreating steadily, and the entire continent has fallen. Only the Ark of Light, the last gathering place of the Westerners, still ignites the flame of civilization.
"Is this the world of the future?"
Downton's thoughts were in a state of confusion. Little Twilight wrapped herself in a blanket and huddled together with Xiaobai to sleep. This was probably the most comfortable dreamland in her life.
As the banner of mankind, Queen Dilan fought against the evil gods and dedicated everything to the continent. Therefore, these Twilight people named their girls Twilight, which is not only commemoration and hope, but also represents the unyielding flame in their hearts.
The western land is already like the broken setting sun, and the rivers are as low as the sun!
Little Twilight took a huge risk when she went out, so she would not go home until she dug up a hundred maggots. However, because of Downton, she ended her hunting trip early.
The ruins of a city appeared in view.
"Go from here!"
Little Twilight took Downton through dog holes, climbed houses, walked through sewers, and made a long circle before arriving at a gathering place.
Looking at the sewage flowing horizontally and the smelly sewer, Downton couldn't imagine what kind of life the people inside were living.
"Mother!"
But as soon as Little Twilight entered here, she relaxed and ran to find her mother to present the treasure, while Little Bai also went off to have fun on his own.
Under the dim light, some figures were lurking, secretly looking at Downton.
Twilight's home is a section of renovated sewers. Downton stood inside and couldn't even straighten his waist.
"Thank you for saving Twilight. Ahem, I only have a little water here. Please forgive me."
The woman lying on the bed vomited blood every time she coughed.
"No need to bother, I am a paladin, let me help you heal your body?"
Downton stopped him. The past few days of life had made him realize that even clean water was a luxury.
This clear water was obviously brought back by Little Twilight's father through all the troubles for his wife.
"Don't waste your magic energy. I'm cursed by a blasphemous priest, and it can't be cured."
The woman smiled bitterly. If she hadn't been reluctant to leave her husband and daughter, she would have committed suicide long ago. But as soon as she finished speaking, her face turned into surprise.
As the holy light shines, the curse lingering on the soul disappears, and the body feels much better.
"you are……"
The woman was dumbfounded. The sacrilegious priest was a legend. If he could easily lift his curse, how terrifying must Downton's rank be?
Haven't all such people already gone to the Ark of Light?
"Big brother is very powerful!"
Little Twilight shows off.
With the hope of life, the woman became very fond of Downton and no longer vigilant. All Downton's questions were answered carefully.
This is indeed the future Western World, but it is so cruel that Downton cannot imagine it.
The wedding of the century between Heinrich and Di Lanxue, due to Downton's intervention and the subsequent outbreak of the Holy War, half of the Twilight City was destroyed. Historically, it was called the Imperial Blood Marriage Incident.
At that time, Downton defeated Heinrich, but due to the intervention of the Holy Coffin and in order to fight against the evil god, Downton let Heinrich go.
No one expected that this would later become a turning point in the jihad.
His Royal Highness Di Lanxue led the Western-Turkish Allied Forces to fight to the death with the Evil God Army during the Battle of Beiluo Division. However, due to Heinrich's sudden betrayal, the entire army was wiped out.
When Fomalhaut fell, Shishiji, who was severely wounded, did not escape. Instead, she entered the core furnace and detonated the entire fortress, destroying the three main armies of the evil god and temporarily blocking their invasion.
Downton was fighting in the abyss. Due to the fall of Fomalhaut, his supply lines were cut off. In addition, when he heard the news of Di Lanxue's death, he was desperate and did not choose to return to the army for a while. Instead, he marched in one go and continued for a month.
He conquered seventeen fortresses of the Evil God Army and attacked the Peak of Despair. Unfortunately, the backup force was entangled by Heinrich, and he could not get support, and finally died of exhaustion.
Also killed at the same time was Saint Lily, the saint who accompanied the army in worship.
After Heinrich took revenge, he became the emperor of the new Maki Demon Empire, openly rebelled, and launched a surprise attack on Saint Jutland, resulting in the fall of the entire empire.
The remaining Western-Turkish coalition forces, under the command of Sissi and Elaine, fought three wars in Saint Laurent, Lombardy, and Britannia, all because Heinrichli interfered and seized control of the Star of Bethlehem.
, leading to a great rout.
The royal families and many wealthy families of the three empires also suffered numerous casualties in these three battles, and the three empires fell.
The three-nation coalition of Kuta, elves, and orcs launched the Market Garden Plan, assembled an elite army, and airdropped into the Maki Demon Empire to carry out a raid and beheading operation.
Because of Heinrich's spies, the flagship of the combined fleet, the Holy Goddess, was blown up, and other warships suffered varying degrees of damage. They had to make an emergency landing and fell into the encirclement of the Maki Demon army, where they were completely wiped out.
Later, in the Sunset Prairie, Heinrich led the Death Star to defeat the three imperial coalition forces and completely control the north.
The Elf Queen and King Kuta led the remaining regiments and returned to their own subcontinent to survive.
Sissi and Elaine built the last fortress of mankind on Thousand Sky Island, taking advantage of the easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack terrain. It was called the Ark of Light, which means the last beacon and hope of mankind.
As the evil god came to the Western Continent, the entire environment began to change harshly. Various extreme weathers occurred, volcanoes erupted, earthquakes continued, and the alternation between day and night became irregular.
What's even more terrifying is that the evil god and Heinrich don't know what plan they are carrying out. The magic energy in the entire continent begins to dry up, the activity of elements declines, and a large number of vegetation and animals die...