Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

The former city was burning, and the fire spread from the night mountain tops to the city walls and distant fields.

Dark red ashes remain in the wheat fields after harvesting. The stink bug-shaped machinery passing through the city makes strange noises from time to time. The spiral mouthparts protruding from the chest and abdomen keep thrusting out, piercing the closed thick wooden door, and then rush in. in.

The clash of swords and roars resounded in the tower, and then a mouse-eared tribesman wearing knight armor was pushed through the wall with a spear. The spiral spear penetrated the chest and protruded from the back, and then spun again, bringing with it splashes of flesh and blood. , and then the mouse-eared knight slipped from the tip of the gun and fell into the ashes and debris below.

The buzzing cockroaches formed a formation and patrolled back and forth in the city. They breathed out flames and ignited various wooden buildings along the way. Many burning houses slowly fell down in the light of the fire, raising a large amount of sparks and gray smoke.

At the end of the night, a team rushed to the city on the eve of dawn.

The black steel knight armor has the emblem of the snow-cracked flower on it. On one side of the waist under the cloak is a long sword and shield, and on the other side is a long lance. They are the Knights of the Guards of the Iron Rat Kingdom. He belongs directly to the royal family and is also the most elite soldier in the Iron Rat Kingdom.

When this elite cavalry force of several hundred people arrived, they stood on the top of the hill and did not rush into the city immediately. Instead, they looked at the war-torn city from a distance.

Half an hour later, groups of figures climbed up the hill one after another and appeared on this hill. They were wearing thick coats, carrying square backpacks like boxes, and wearing helmets specially designed to fit with exposed ears. Each of them held a hand in his hand. The Iron Rat Kingdom's standard firecrackers, soldiers like this one after another, formed a huge crescent arc outside the city, surrounding the fallen city.

These are all the remaining fighting forces of the Iron Rat Kingdom. They were summoned from various strongholds and villages and towns, came from all over, and finally gathered here.

"Everyone, check the ammo and prepare to reload!"

A Mouse-Ear knight on horseback walked out of the cavalry. He raised his sword and rode back and forth in front of the formation, passing orders to every soldier standing on the ridge.

In silence, everyone began to take action, and various rustling sounds were heard, including the sound of pulling gun bolts from time to time.

When these mouse-eared tribesmen gathered, the robots in the city performing cleaning and harvesting tasks gradually reacted. They took off again, overlooking the formation below, and then rockets were shot from the chest and abdomen of the flying cockroaches, passing through the cold air. Rush towards the Mouse-Ears below.

"Iron crossbow, fire!"

A roaring sound was heard from the Mouse Ears formation, and then bursts of tense ejection sounds came from behind the formation.

Several large crossbow bolts were shot out as powerfully as spears, piercing the flying cockroaches in the night sky. Under the spell cast by a group of mouse-eared priests, those arrows were blocked by the erected barrier, exploded in mid-air, and shattered into countless sparks. .

When they were fighting these flying cockroaches in the air, the originally closed city wall also slowly fell down, and a huge mechanical beetle squirmed out. It was as tall as the city wall, and its body was covered with layers of ring armor, and its lower body was densely packed. Thousands of sharp claws are constantly crawling, pushing the entire body forward.

When this large mechanical beetle appeared, the array on the hilltop began to fire concentrated fire under the command of the commander. The dense bullets hit the armor, sending out tinkling flying sparks, and then the double tubes in the middle of the mechanical beetle The muzzle of the gun was protruded, the dark blue light flashed away, and the powerful electromagnetic bullet was shot out, penetrating the mouse ears in the array.

Such an electromagnetic bullet penetrated seven rat-eared tribesmen with just one shot, bringing up a burst of blood mist. After a gap appeared in the line, the reserve personnel filled it and fired again.

"Get ready to throw stones!"

"emission!"

The heavy black stone was thrown high, then hit the mechanical beetle at the city gate, and then exploded violently. The silver powder in it was ignited, and nearly incandescent sparks erupted. The violent burning sparks melted the mechanical beetle's body. Shell, those molten metallic liquids seep inside. Emits a sizzling sound and white smoke.

"emission!"

Several more black stones were thrown up and landed around the huge mechanical beetle. Some burned through and corroded the armor on its back, while others fell into the city gate and exploded with boiling white flames to block all kinds of attacks that rushed out of the city. Mechanical body.

After several rounds, the originally oppressive mechanical beetle stopped and fell to the ground. Its body stopped and stood still, surrounded by various other small mechanical units that shuttled out.

Although they were far smaller than the fallen mechanical beetles, they were particularly numerous. When they swarmed out, the buzzing sound made people's scalp numb.

Intense firing sounds resounded in the Mouse-Ears formation, and the flickering firelights almost formed a line in the wilderness. Many individuals in the mechanical unit array on the opposite side also stopped shooting, but the firepower was far less neat and dense than the Mouse-Ears' side.

Soon, the mechanical units at the forefront approached the Mouse Ears' line. The Mouse Ears who had just finished firing were forced into close combat. Panic began to spread. Many of the recruited Mouse Ears were not familiar with close combat, and the opponents were still with steel bodies. Mechanical life.

In order to stabilize the soon-to-collapse front, the Guards Knights on the hill walked out of separate arrays. They were all Sequence 3 and above Transcendents, holding large lances specially designed to deal with mechanical bodies, and began to accelerate continuously.

Like a cone, a large lance surface was covered with circling patterns, and bursts of cold light appeared on the lance tip. When it accelerated to a certain degree, it was like a flashing cold star swaying in the firelight. Then these flashing lance tips slammed into the mechanical bodies along the way, piercing the solid alloy shell, penetrating the electronic components inside, and disintegrating these mechanical bodies in the exploding sparks.

Because of the charge of these guards knights, the mouse-eared soldiers on the front line finally got a chance to breathe. They began to retreat and reorganize the front line, while some shield-bearing soldiers wearing full melee steel armor came forward.

These short mouse-eared people formed a shield line that stretched for a thousand meters. Soon, with the sound of wheels rolling, a large iron crossbow was transported to the top of the mountain. Under the deployment of the engineers of the mouse-eared tribe, these iron crossbows lowered the center of the crosshairs and aimed at the dense mechanical bodies below. More than a dozen engineers behind began to turn the winch to wind the strings.

The specially made silver iron crossbow arrow was pressed into the crossbow string, and then the trigger was pulled, and it was shot out quickly, setting off a field of mechanical self-discipline units on the ground.

At this time, the mechanical bodies in front of the battle line gradually changed their previous swarming combat strategy. The units that could shoot from a distance began to climb the city wall and kept firing. Among them, the powerful individuals unfolded the barrels like honeycombs, and the surging shooting flames drowned their bodies.

A large number of bullets fired, causing the barrier built above the Mouse Ears line to quickly shatter and dissipate. After losing the shelter, the line began to suffer a large number of casualties. At this time, the commander of the Mouse Ears had to order the entire line to retreat to the shady side of the mountain and use the slope of the mountain to block the enemy's shooting.

The messengers rushed on the line, shouting for everyone to retreat in an orderly manner, and then reorganized the line, with long spears erected one by one, slanting upwards to the sky. When those mechanical bodies climbed over the hill, they would face this forest of long spears.

For mechanical bodies, these spears cannot cause much damage to them, but if they cannot break through these gun forests, they will become targets of the dense musket line in the back.

The guns filled with special gunpowder kept firing. At this time, the front line slowly entered a stalemate. Both sides were consuming each other. The members in the front kept falling down, and the rear replenished them. If they were soldiers of other races, they would probably have panicked and fled because of casualties, but the reason why the mouse-eared tribe was able to establish a country on this land was because they had unique characteristics.

If they were a single mouse-eared tribe, they would probably be as timid as ordinary little mice, but when they formed a group, both courage and will would be blessed. It seems that as long as they die with everyone, it is worthwhile and acceptable.

Such characteristics make it easy for the mouse-eared tribe to unite and become stronger on this land, and finally defeat the other local races to form their own kingdom.

"My lord, all the melee shield guards in the front were killed." The mouse-eared tribe messenger with blood on his face came to the commander to report.

At this time, due to the fierce battle, the shield-bearing soldiers responsible for maintaining the front line were almost completely lost, and there were still many mechanical self-discipline units on the hilltop.

"Let the second reserve team move forward!" The commander ordered.

Then, teams of mouse-eared soldiers withdrew the bullets from their muskets, inserted bayonets, and moved forward under the order. There were men and women among them, but the gender characteristics of the mouse-eared tribe were not obvious, and they looked very similar. At this time, their eyes passed through the space under the brims of their steel helmets, breathing heavily as they watched the mechanical bodies that kept rushing over.

The nearly 10,000-man team that arrived at dawn is now only half left. The hillside is full of fallen corpses and broken mechanical bodies, and the air is filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke.

Replacing the shattered front line, this team holding muskets and bayonets fought with the mechanical bodies that rushed forward, and there was a continuous sound of musket shooting in the back.

Because they were not equipped with steel armor and shields, their battle against the mechanical bodies was far less easy than that of the previous soldiers. Almost as soon as they came into contact, various casualties occurred, and the sharp mechanical sickles harvested these fragile creatures.

"Fire! Fire!"

Faced with such a situation, the commander also became anxious. He knew that relying on such a reserve team alone would not last long. If he could not kill a large number of enemies in this precious time, the consequences would be disastrous.

But at this time, there were not many people in the Mouse Ears team who could fill in the line of support. There were only a few elite knights who had charged before, and they were all dismounted to fight, maintaining the most dangerous and fierce central front.

Originally, with the strength of the Iron Rat Kingdom, more troops and combat forces should have been mobilized, but the internal conflict a month ago consumed a lot of manpower, and then the mechanical bodies sleeping in the ruins awakened, which made the two sides put aside their previous grudges and work together again.

"Is it too late?" Seeing that the front line began to break, even if there were people in the back to supplement, it would not be able to stop the collapse of the gap. As the commander, Hyacinth's fingers clenched the hilt of the sword.

She had no choice but to try her best. She made up her mind and raised the cross sword in her hand. The dazzling light flashed on the sword.

"Members of the Knights, follow me!" At this moment, there were only more than 30 remaining Mouse-ear Knights behind her.

They gathered behind Hyacinthus, forming a solid triangular arrow. They drew their two-handed long swords and began to follow Hyacinthus.

The team of 30 people charged in the opposite direction and crashed into the dense cluster of mechanical bodies, hoping to disrupt the rhythm of the opponent's attack and reduce the pressure on the front line.

In the early stage, they kept swinging their two-handed swords with shining cold edges, tearing apart the mechanical bodies along the way, giving everyone hope. However, as the battle continued, the number of knights around Hyacinth became fewer and fewer.

The visor of the knight's helmet was covered by red-hot metal fragments, and the armor on her body was covered with all kinds of blood stains. After slashing down one enemy after another, Hyacinth's consciousness became more and more blurred. If it weren't for her well-trained body maintaining reaction movements, she would have fallen in the swarming mechanical cluster.

Even though she had tried her best, the endless enemies still could not be seen. In the end, her consciousness fell step by step, until at some point she could not resist the dizziness of blood loss and physical exhaustion.

Her world darkened.

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A few days later, a small plane flew across the sky, overlooking the ruined battlefield below. There were piles of corpses everywhere, some of them were from the mouse-eared tribe, and some were mechanical bodies. Broken muskets and bayonets were inserted diagonally into the ground. Some flies and flying insects kept rising and falling, gnawing at the rotten flesh and blood.

After the last living force of the Iron Rat Kingdom was defeated, the mechanical cluster began to spread unstoppably in the kingdom. They passed through villages and towns like locusts, destroying everything they went through.

"This is the sixteenth town we have passed through." Looking at the ruined city below, Tilan muttered.

"There seems to be a weak signal of life below." Flying in the air, Lololia came to the cabin.

"Are there any alive? Let's go down and take a look." Tilan felt a certain joy. Although she had no relatives or friends with these mouse-eared people, she was still a little relieved to see the survivors in this tragic scene.

The plane circled and slowly descended. Celitia flew out directly, and only Orles and Tilan walked down.

Orles was a little uncomfortable with the environment here. She leaned behind Tilan, holding Tilan's sleeve and walking slowly, covering her mouth and nose with her sleeve, but her eyes were still curiously looking around. Even though there were many corpses here, she was not afraid, or perhaps she did not understand the sadness.

Tilan carefully crossed the wreckage on the ground and walked to the hill where the corpses and mechanical fragments were piled up. After thinking for a while, she raised her hand and let the piled things float up one by one, revealing the buried figure below. It was a mouse-eared tribe whose life signal was almost endangered. Judging from the armor on her body, she should be a knight of a high rank.

Let it slowly fall to the open space in front of her. Tilan bent down, carefully checked her condition, and began to treat her, while Celitia watched curiously on the side, very interested in Tilan's treatment method.

Just like that, about 20 minutes later, some clear water flowed down from the air and fell on the face of the weak mouse-eared tribe. Some of it seeped into her mouth, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Blue sky...

Looking at the blue above her head, after a few seconds, she gathered some consciousness and recalled what happened before she fell into a coma.

She was still alive. She wanted to move a little, but the soreness and numbness from all parts of her body told her that she couldn't do it. Even her consciousness was particularly weak, and she thought about problems much slower than before.

With tired eyes, she tried her best to turn her eyes and look at the people around her. One of them seemed to see what she was thinking, helped her up carefully, and handed her a glass of water.

Just like that, as the clear water slowly poured into her throat, she felt a little more conscious.

"I am the leader of the Guards Knights, Hyacinthus, who are you?"

"We are passers-by from afar. We saw a lot of ruins along the way, but we found that you are still alive." The black-haired girl behind her said, and handed her another glass of water.

The weak Hyacinthus looked up and looked at the other winged woman beside her, and the girl with silver hair and pointed ears opposite, thinking about the race with such appearance.

"Thank you, can you tell me what you saw along the way?"

Tilan thought about it and decided to tell her the truth.

"The situation along the way is not very good. There are ruins everywhere after the ravages of mechanical bodies. The remaining settlements have begun to migrate to other places."

"It's good to be able to migrate out." Hearing this, she seemed a little relieved.

"Huh, I don't have much time left. Ask whatever you want to ask." She didn't think these people saved her just to give her water.

"This... can you tell me what you found in the ruins?" Celitia said.

"For the ruins? It seems so." Hyacinth sighed and then slowly told the story.

"...I was not the first person to know the news, but the queen did ask me to lead people to the ruins and block them."

"The location of the excavation of the ruins is in Mulan Manor, where there are several large ranch lords. They have many clansmen and subordinates, and also have their own combat teams. They are very dissatisfied with the people sent by the queen to seize the ruins."

"At first, the conflict was not fierce. They just hoped that Her Majesty would give more compensation, such as 100 sets of knight armor and weapons, which are within the permissible range."

"But as the excavation progressed, the things inside became more and more amazing. There were not only intact spacecrafts, but also electronic equipment preserved in them, and some electromagnetic weapons were also usable."

"These things caused disagreements within the excavation team. Some greedy members wanted to steal them for themselves, and then internal fighting broke out because of uneven distribution."

"Later, the news leaked, and the local large ranch lords also knew about the amazing treasures inside the ruins. They began to be dissatisfied with Her Majesty's gift, so they led people to surround the ruins and wanted to take out the treasures directly."

"This clashed with our stationed personnel, and then it intensified until it finally awakened the sleeping mechanical bodies inside..."

"What happened next was a disaster. The mechanical bodies began to kill any living creatures they saw and began to send signals to summon more mechanical life."

"Seeing that things were out of control, the two sides that were originally fighting had to put aside their disputes and began to deal with the attacks of the mechanical bodies. Then I led the summoned troops to here for blockade and decisive battle."

"As you can see, I failed in the end." She looked at the scene that stretched for several kilometers under the hillside and sighed silently.

"No, no." At this time, Lololia, who had been silent all the time, jumped out.

"These mechanical bodies are extremely backward models, and they are not left by the spacecraft that fell on the planet thousands of years ago." She followed Lady Olivia to come, and the mechanical bodies under her command were very familiar.

"If it was the mechanical bodies of that era, there would not be such a fierce battle at all, but a one-sided massacre." She pointed out the loopholes in it.

The mechanical tribes roaming the planet today are all inferior and crude products that have degenerated several versions. In order to replicate production, many weapons and accessories have been reduced, and the alloy materials used are far inferior to those of the past.

Otherwise, the mechanical bodies made by the Mechanical Council of that era, with their solid metal armor, are simply not something that these mice can penetrate and blow up.

"I don't know about this." Hyacinth shook her head, and the information she knew was also limited.

Looking at Loloria talking on the side, Celitia's eyes flickered, as if she was thinking about something, and then several people helped Hyacinth, who had recovered a little, to the plane.

"Just tens of kilometers away, there is our temporary camp, and there are also your fellow mouse-eared people there, who should be able to take good care of you." Tilan told Hyacinth and left her own handwritten letter on the plane.

"Take a nap first, the plane will take you there in a while." After that, the unmanned plane slowly lifted up and returned, sending Hyacinth inside to a distant place.

Watching the small plane slowly disappear in the sky, Tilan continued to think about the news he had just asked.

If it is not a troop transport ship from a thousand years ago, then it must be a spaceship built in the later era. In other words, there are still high-level personnel left in the Mechanical Council hundreds of years later, and they have tried to use the spaceship to leave the planet, but failed in the end. The spaceship crashed and could not leave.

Recalling that the Rose Federation had investigated the entire galaxy and monitored countless silent galaxies, it did not find the existence of this planet. This shows that this planet must have special concealment methods, otherwise it would have been discovered by the Rose Federation long ago.

In other words, even if a spaceship can be built, it may not be able to fly out of the planet. She came to this conclusion vaguely.

The situation is not good, but it is too early to worry about this now. Let's go to the ruins excavation site first. There should be some discoveries there.