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More and more Griffin Knights realized that escape was futile, so they shouted "For the glory of the Lord" and "God is with me", and then launched crazy suicidal attacks.
Although most of the Griffin Knights only possessed the divine arts at the level of a priest and could not break through the magical protection of the airship in a short time, their numbers were simply too large!
This time, in order to conquer the kingdom, Edelweir brought a full eight hundred griffin knights!
Even if we exclude the unlucky ones who died in the white phosphorus and lightning nets before, all the members of the Griffin Knights are present, which means that each ship needs to face five opponents.
Under the suicidal attack of the Griffin Knights, more than 20 airships were hit by successive divine arts and fell into the capital below...
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As the battle in the sky began, the fighting in the royal capital had also entered a fierce stage.
"Don't panic, hold on!" Old York shouted at the top of his lungs, his face full of solemnity and panic.
When he was transferred to the slums of the royal capital for auxiliary defense, Old York felt very regretful. Being safer in the rear also meant that he lost the opportunity to be promoted based on his military achievements.
Who would have thought that after the war started, enemies suddenly appeared one after another from nowhere and appeared directly in the royal capital.
They could still barely deal with the secret guards in black, but after losing the protection of the shadows, facing several rounds of musket fire, the other side did not dare to show their heads easily.
But after those Divine Punishment Knights, who were like human-shaped ferocious beasts, arrived at the battlefield, the front line that had been stabilized with great difficulty was directly broken through in just a few minutes.
They had been retreating again and again, and the number of their fallen comrades and guards had exceeded two thousand, under such adversity and heavy casualties.
Old York could only continue to comfort everyone, saying that support would arrive soon and they just needed to hold on, just hold on a little longer!
The sound of dense gunfire continued to ring out in the streets. Every second, a musketeer who had run out of bullets would charge forward waving his bayonet, using his own life to slightly block the enemy's advance.
Time passed minute by minute, and the people who persisted finally got the support they expected...but the number of people was much smaller than Old York had imagined, only more than a hundred people, led by Alok and Lydia.
"Lord Alok, is it possible that there are no more men to be mobilized from the royal capital?" Old York's face showed deep disappointment, but he knew in his heart that there were battlefields everywhere and the wizards might not be able to get away for a while.
"Indeed, it's just us!" Alok nodded, and Lydia beside him added confidently.
"But that's enough!"
There weren't many of them, but they were all equipped with the most advanced percussion rifles and three super killer weapons. They were originally planning to support the frontline battlefield, but after learning of the emergency situation here, Lydia immediately brought people over...
Chapter 358: The roar of heavy machine guns, this is not a battle, it is a massacre!
While the defense line in front had not been completely breached, Lydia and Elok immediately directed everyone to get busy, setting up three machine guns on both sides of the street, and the soldiers equipped with percussion rifles were neatly lined up in two rows.
The enemy arrived much faster than they expected. Almost the next moment after they formed their array, hundreds of God's Punishment Army soldiers wearing sophisticated armor rushed over from a distance. Dozens of people in the front row held greatswords and giant shields in their hands, forming a solid shield formation.
"Are they the God's Punishment Army? They don't look anything special..." Lydia muttered softly.
The corner of Old York's mouth twitched involuntarily, and he quickly warned, "Lady Lydia, don't underestimate them. These people are very powerful. Even if they are besieged by several people at the same time, they can easily win. Moreover, the giant shields in their hands are blessed with magic, and even muskets can hardly penetrate them!"
Although most of the musketeers were on the battlefield for the first time, they were facing some powerful monsters during their training in the wizarding land, and their bayonet skills were not weak after hard training.
These God's Punishment Army were still able to kill them quickly like chopping melons and vegetables. Even though the number of guards in this area was much greater than that of the enemy, they were still inevitably defeated all the way...
"Then let me see it!" Lydia straightened her face and raised her hand to gesture.
The musketeers behind him immediately understood, placed a red bullet into the chamber, and then raised their guns and aimed at the enemy who had entered the range.
"Shoot!" As the girl gave the order, a hundred musketeers divided into two rows and launched a volley. Bursts of sharp gunshots rang out in the narrow street.
Dense bullets collided with the heavy shield and then exploded violently. This was the armor-piercing shell produced by the Alchemy Research Institute. The effect was very significant, causing more than 20 casualties in an instant.
Old York and the others immediately showed a look of surprise on their faces, because their biggest headache before was how to break the turtle shell!
However, as the most elite legion of the Holy See, no soldier of the Divine Punishment Army flinched because of the tremendous power of the new muskets. They simply ignored their fallen companions and rushed to a range of seventy meters before the second row of musketeers' volley arrived.
In previous battles, they already knew that this kind of witchcraft weapon would require at least one minute to reload ammunition after an attack, which meant that after withstanding this round of volleys, the enemy in front of them would become cowardly sheep that could be slaughtered at will.
However, along with the second volley of fire, there were also three machine guns mounted on the street!
Under the cover of smoke and flames caused by the explosion of the armor-piercing shells, bursts of rapid-fire roars began to blast!
Da da da da…
Bullets from the three machine guns poured out madly, creating sharp sonic booms in the air and spewing out fierce tongues of fire.
As soon as the soldiers of the God's Punishment Army rushed out of the smoke-covered streets, they were met with overwhelming gunfire. Regardless of the fine armor they wore or the strong physiques they were proud of, they seemed extremely fragile in the face of this dense barrage of bullets that was enough to tear apart steel...
The dozens of God's Punishment Army soldiers in the front row were surrounded by red blood mist and were instantly beaten into sieves!
The long and narrow streets are undoubtedly the best place to exert the power of machine guns. There is no possibility of hiding at all. All they can do is charge, charge, and charge again!
As long as they can get to these people, they will win!
Unfortunately, they lost the bet. When the three machine guns were shut down, only broken bodies were left on the street.
Old York and the others were stunned when they saw this scene. The massacre lasted only a little over a minute. The hundreds of God's Punishment Army that had troubled them and caused huge chaos in the royal capital were completely wiped out!
"It seems that we are still more powerful!" Lydia smiled proudly, but after taking a look at the depleted ammunition depot, her face suddenly fell.
A total of three thousand rounds of fixed-load ammunition, which was the amount that dozens of wizard apprentices had spent three whole days preparing. And they had all been used up just like that. How could they support other battlefields?
The machine gun is powerful, but its bullet consumption is horrible.
Old York had recovered from his shock and spoke quickly, "Lady Lydia, the enemies we killed were only a small part of the invading army. I estimate that at least two thousand God's Punishment Army reached the capital through a secret passage..."
"So many!" Alok frowned.
Even though they just killed more than four hundred soldiers of the Divine Punishment Army with ease, Alok was not like Lydia who looked down on these elite troops of the Church.
The fact that these people were able to defeat the capital's guards, which were several times their size, showed that they were not to be trifled with.
Without the assistance of the powerful firepower of machine guns, it would not be easy to deal with so many God's Punishment Army, even if the new army equipped with percussion rifles was included.
"Do you know where they went?" Alok asked.
"A part of the people dispersed and created chaos in the royal capital. As for the main force, judging from the direction, they should be heading towards the Alchemy Research Institute." Old York said solemnly.
"Then there's no need to worry." Lydia breathed a sigh of relief. The Alchemy Research Institute had strong defenses, and most of the new troops equipped with percussion rifles were guarding there.
However, the development of the matter was obviously beyond Lydia's expectations, because following the God's Punishment Army to attack the Alchemy Institute were two cardinals, Purson and Arno.
"It seems that this is the core of the entire royal capital's defense force!" Pulson stepped into the Alchemy Research Institute filled with blood and shouts of killing, and used divine power to explore it. Just as he had expected, all the magic power was gathered here!
As long as this place is destroyed, the capital city that was once as bright as day will sink into darkness again, and the protective magic set up in various places will instantly collapse.
Arno, who had just been pulled out of prison, had a ferocious look on his face. During the few days he stayed in the royal capital, he was tormented by those damn psychic wizards, but he had no choice but to endure it. He managed to escape from the cage only when the royal capital was in chaos. He was already burning with anger!
"Let the glory of God cleanse the sins here!" Arno shouted fiercely, and a huge divine power began to surge around him. A huge roar resounded through the sky, and crisscrossing deep trenches spread on the ground. Large areas of buildings collapsed and shattered under the ravages of the divine power!
Countless ruins flew in the air, like a doomsday storm, rushing towards the wizards who were still resisting...
Chapter 359 Arno: The fire of hell is nothing more than this!
"Apocalypse Storm!"
Arno shouted wildly, wantonly squandering the powerful "divine power" in his body.
Peirce and the others who retreated to the courtyard looked desperate, and could only watch helplessly as the powerful divine power, carrying all the rubble and debris, rushed towards them...
The power of the cardinal is on another level. If there were no wizards of the same level to take action, they would not be able to compete with the two cardinals in front of them with just their few people.
However, this decisive attack was blocked!
A fierce wall of fire rose up, and the surging flames went against the trend and swept the incoming divine storm into it, and then rolled it back with even greater force...
This is the fourth ring magic——【Red Dragon Breath】
The difference is that this fire is not an ordinary flame, but a dangerous and difficult white phosphorus fire...
Purson had a solemn look on his face and did not dare to take it head-on. Even Arno, who looked crazy, gave up the idea of a head-on confrontation and raised his hand to set up several magical barriers.
"Boom~!"
The horrifying explosion sounded throughout the courtyard. When the smoke cleared, the entire area was reduced to ruins by the huge shock wave. The surrounding street lights flickered continuously until they went out.
Arno and Pulson, who were protected in the center by the divine barrier, were unharmed, but two of the three divine barriers that had been set up before had been broken. Not only that, the flames also attached to the divine barriers, slowly and steadily corroding the power of the barriers.
"Is this the so-called hellfire?" Arno showed a hint of disdain on his face and raised his hand.
【God’s Gift】
The azure light of divine magic swept out, and under the cover of water mist, the flames attached to the barrier were immediately suppressed.
Just like what Edwell said, water can suppress it temporarily. If divine magic is used, in addition to stripping it of air and temperature, it can also extinguish this thing.
"It seems that's all there is to it!" Arno sneered.
Purson's gaze turned to the courtyard. The one who had just cast a spell to interrupt their destructive intentions was naturally Lin En who had arrived. Raphael who stayed in the royal capital also came with him.
"Dean Lin, Master Raphael!" Pierce wiped the cold sweat from his head and shouted happily.
Everyone stationed in the Alchemy Research Institute also showed joy on their faces, which meant that they were finally safe!
"It's a good thing you kept a trick up your sleeve, otherwise the capital would be in real danger now." Raphael looked at Purson and Arno in front of him and said with fear.
Fortunately, they did not rush to the front line together, otherwise no one in the royal capital would be able to stop the two cardinals.
With the fall of the Alchemy Research Institute, the entire defense line might collapse. After all, the generators and the protective magic arrays were set up here, and a lot of research results would be leaked as a result.
Lin En did not reply. Although he had made some arrangements as much as possible, the current situation was not optimistic. They had to solve the trouble here as soon as possible and quell the chaos in the royal capital.
"Let's choose an opponent, Arno? You go first!" Purson glanced at Arno indifferently and spoke.
Arno grinned and said, "In that case, I'll take the 300,000, and you go deal with the other one!"
Purson nodded, and was quite happy about it. He was not so keen on wealth and glory, and he also knew that a guy who received a bounty of 300,000 was not easy to deal with.
Three hundred thousand? Lin En frowned, not quite understanding what the two cardinals were talking about, but he thought it would not be a good thing.
In any case, just catch someone alive and ask him and we’ll find out!
Lin En's face suddenly turned cold, and the index and middle fingers of his right hand trembled slightly, as if he was plucking the strings of a guitar.
Invisible ripples spread forward in a semicircular shape at the speed of sound...
Arno and Purson both felt as if their brains were hit hard by someone, and their bodies froze.
Raphael, who had fought alongside Lin En before, naturally knew that this was some kind of unique sonic magic, and would not miss this opportunity.
【Disintegration Ray】