prologue: the invasion

The sky was clear, and the sun shone brightly over the small village of Millfield. The birds sang their melodies, and the flowers bloomed, as if nothing was amiss. Yet, an ominous feeling lingered in the air, and the villagers couldn't quite put their finger on it.

The day started off like any other, with the farmers tending to their crops and the blacksmiths working on their tools. Children ran around, playing games, and the elderly sat in the shade, enjoying the warmth of the sun. But as the day progressed, strange things began to happen.

The first sign of trouble came in the form of a low hum that gradually grew louder. It sounded like a swarm of bees, but there were no bees in sight. The villagers looked around, trying to identify the source of the noise, but they saw nothing.

Then, the ground began to shake, and the villagers stumbled and fell. They clutched onto whatever they could find to stay upright, but the shaking was so intense that it felt like the earth was about to split open.

As quickly as it started, the shaking stopped, and the hum grew louder. The villagers looked up to the sky, and what they saw made their blood run cold.

A massive spacecraft descended from the clouds, blocking out the sun. It was like nothing they had ever seen before, with sleek lines and metallic plating. It hovered over the village for a few moments, and then a beam of light shot out from the bottom of the ship.

The beam struck the ground, and a blast of energy rippled outwards, tearing up the earth and throwing the villagers off their feet. When the dust cleared, the villagers saw that their homes and fields were now ablaze, consumed by flames that burned so hot they turned the air into a blur.

As the villagers scrambled to escape the inferno, they saw strange figures emerging from the smoke. They were humanoid in shape, but their skin was a sickly shade of green, and their eyes glowed with an eerie light.

The aliens were armed with weapons that fired bolts of energy, and they began to systematically hunt down the villagers. The screams of the dying mingled with the crackle of the flames, and the smell of smoke and burning flesh filled the air.

The villagers were no match for the alien invaders. They were outmatched in every way, and they fell like wheat before a scythe. Mothers and fathers were cut down in front of their children, and children were slaughtered without mercy. The elderly were no exception, and even the animals were not spared.

The aliens showed no emotion as they carried out their slaughter, and they seemed to be enjoying themselves. They laughed as they killed, as if it was all just a game to them.

It wasn't long before the village was completely destroyed. The buildings were reduced to rubble, and the fields were nothing but ash. The few survivors fled into the surrounding woods, hoping to find shelter and safety.

But the aliens were not finished. They continued to hunt down the survivors, determined to wipe out every last trace of them. They seemed unstoppable, and the villagers began to despair.

As the sun began to set on the smoldering ruins of Millfield, the aliens boarded their ship and took off, leaving nothing but death and destruction in their wake. The village was gone, and with it, the hopes and dreams of the people who had once lived there.

The invasion of Millfield was just the beginning. The aliens had come to conquer, and they were not going to stop until they had taken over the entire land. The villagers knew that they were in for a long and brutal war, and they wondered if they had any hope of winning.

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