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Unlike the wizards who were celebrating, Purson, who had witnessed everything and was still alive, was dumbfounded and fell into an extremely embarrassing situation.
The expelled God did not take him away, and Edwill had been burned to ashes, which meant that now he was left alone to face two legendary wizards and an enemy of the church who could manipulate the fire of hell and dared to attack God!
Pulson swallowed hard, and silently wanted to use his magic to make a last stand, but the next second he felt a pain in his body, and his hands and feet were cut off by the flying blade of time and space!
Large amounts of blood spurted out. It was obvious that Harov had vented all his anger on the cardinal. He only spared his life for the sake of obtaining intelligence...
Chapter 366: The Eternal Flame Spreading to the Capital
Noticing that Harof had already taken action and dealt with the only enemy in the courtyard, Lin En relaxed his heart. He silently recited "Interrupt the Magic Network" in his mind. The surge in mental strength disappeared in an instant, and his body shook violently, almost falling to the ground.
Vittorio on the side hurried forward to support Lin En, thinking that he was hit by the magic that Ella cast last, until he used magic to investigate and found that it was not the case, but the situation was just as serious.
Since he had eaten and drunk well in the wizard's land and had not neglected exercise, Lin En's body shape had always been very good. But now he had lost a lot of weight, and looked like a homeless man who had been hungry for several days and nights. The magic power in his body was completely consumed, and his mental strength was severely damaged!
Vittorio's face darkened slightly. Considering the legendary-level electromagnetic cannon that Lin En had just released, he quickly guessed that this should be the aftereffect of some magic that could increase combat power in a short period of time. He immediately took out a bottle of dark blue potion and fed it to the already drowsy Lin En.
The icy liquid rolled down his throat into his stomach, bringing with it a bone-chilling chill, and rushed all the way up. His brain, which was originally in unbearable pain, immediately received a certain degree of relief, but then another bottle of red potion was poured into his mouth.
The cold body suddenly became extremely hot, as if it was thrown into a boiling pot. Under this interweaving of ice and fire, Lin En shivered and couldn't help but take a breath of cool air. He immediately felt refreshed, but his body still felt very tired, just like the sluggishness after intense exercise.
"You'd better not use magic in the near future and take a bottle of [Advanced Blizzard] every day, otherwise it may cause irreparable damage!" Vittorio reminded.
Although he was very curious about what kind of magic could cause such serious sequelae, he was still rational and did not ask more questions.
For wizards, magical knowledge is extremely precious, sometimes even more important than life!
Great wizards would be embarrassed to show their magic tricks to the public if they didn't have one or two hidden magic tricks. After all, they have plenty of time and powerful strength to study various magical theories, and the latest research results are often kept highly confidential before they are perfected.
In fact, the power of many spells lies in their own unknown nature. Once the intelligence is analyzed, it is easy for the enemy to figure out how to crack them.
This also leads to the extremely poor circulation of high-level magic models, which are often only communicated between familiar great wizards, exchanging magical knowledge with each other.
He just hoped that Lin En didn't use any magic that would shorten his lifespan or consume his potential...
Thinking of this, Vittorio sighed, because this was very likely, after all, the increase was too exaggerated.
"I understand. Thank you, Lord Vittorio." Lynn rubbed his head which was still aching, and said gratefully.
If he had fainted just now, he might have been brain dead or turned into a vegetable...
Because the computing power increase provided by the magic network link this time completely exceeded the upper limit of his ability to bear!
According to previous intelligent brain calculations, using the magic network to double the computing power, it is relatively safe to reach the level of a five-ring wizard. Once exceeded, there will be a risk of severe mental damage. This is why Lin En is not in a hurry to incorporate a large number of wizards into the magic network system.
Fortunately, there are convenient things like potions. Lin En could naturally recognize that the legendary potions Vittorio gave him were [Ysera's Full Moon] and [Water of Life], which are things that are impossible to buy on the market.
The former is the best mental recovery potion and can even repair the trauma of the soul, while the [Water of Life] can reconnect broken limbs and allow a dying person to recover within three minutes.
However, even if these two potions were taken together, they could not completely eliminate the aftereffects of being connected to the magic network.
On the other side, after dealing with Purson, Harof immediately rescued the frozen Raphael.
"How is Master Raphael?" Lin En, trying to hold on to his tired body, looked at Raphael, who was lying on the ground unconscious like a dead body, and asked worriedly.
"He's still got a breath left. The [Water of Life] should be able to bring him back!" Harof sensed it and said thankfully. Since he was frozen for a short time, he could still be saved. If it had been longer, he would have been dead!
Vittorio's painful expression was clearly visible on his face, and he took out another bottle of scarlet potion and gave it to Raphael to drink. The materials for these legendary potions were not easy to find, and the more they were used, the less they would have.
The birth of every bottle of legendary potion means the fall of a powerful monster!
The shouts and roars of artillery outside the city were still ringing, but on one hand, they needed to protect Lynn and Raphael, who were patients, and on the other hand, they needed to clean up the mess left after the battle. Neither Harof nor Vittorio could spare a hand to help...
Because they still have to face a big trouble, that is the 'Eternal Flame' that has spread outside the courtyard!
Lin En's inability to use magic meant that these things were completely out of control. If he didn't find a way to put them out, the fire might spread to the entire capital...
"Tell me, how do we destroy this thing!" After failing the vacuum isolation method, Harov was too lazy to continue trying and looked directly at Lin En.
"To be honest, I don't have any good ideas. Generally speaking, I just use magic to peel off the things it's attached to and wait for it to burn out!" Lin En shrugged. "It can react with any known element. In particular, don't use water to extinguish it, otherwise it will explode and be highly toxic!"
Harrov looked at Lin En with a strange expression. There was no effective solution, but they dared to use it on such a large scale. This was a strategy of mutual destruction.
"Could it really come from hell?" Vittorio couldn't help but ask.
After all, this is very similar to the characteristics of hellfire in the Bible, which burns everything!
"How is that possible? It's just a special synthetic element." Lin En shook his head, but then he thought that the so-called hellfire might be something similar.
[Ella] It must have been used in the past to punish blasphemers, which is why it was recorded in the Bible and mentioned repeatedly... I just don't know which one is more powerful than chlorine trifluoride.
"It's not that there is no solution. For example, that person can stop the movement of the element to extinguish it!" Lin En added, and then looked at the two speakers expectantly...
Chapter 367: Missing Aurora and the clarion call for counterattack!
"Then give it a try!"
Following Lynn's suggestion, Harof and Vittorio immediately expanded their domain to cover the area where the Eternal Flame was burning, trying to stop it.
However, this process was more difficult than everyone imagined. It took the two legendary wizards more than half an hour to completely stop the spread of the Eternal Flame.
Although manipulating elements is the wizards' specialty, it does not mean that they have 100% control over the elements. The precision that wizards at each level can achieve varies.
For example, a formal wizard's mastery of elements can only be regarded as influence, and his mental power cannot reach metal elements and composite elements.
In comparison, the great wizard is obviously much more powerful and can command the mimic elements within his own domain, but that's all. They can make the elements speed up, slow down, or move left or back, but they can't do something like [Ella] to stop the movement of all elements and create something as incredible as time and space standing still.
Any element is moving all the time, and even if it changes from gas to liquid or even solid in a macroscopic state, this movement will not stop.
Lin En had tried it before. Once the threshold is crossed, which is about minus 200 degrees, the magic power and mental energy required for each degree of reduction will increase exponentially!
As for whether the legendary wizard has this ability, Lin En is not sure, but judging from the responses of the two speakers, he probably can't do such an exaggerated thing, otherwise it wouldn't take so long to "extinguish" the flame derived from chlorine trifluoride.
The goddess froze the Eternal Flame with just a wave of her hand.
While Harof and Vittorio were busy putting out the fire, Lynn and the others were not idle either, because besides them, there were hundreds of people in the Alchemy Institute, but they could not help at all, and were tortured to death by the area-effect magic cast by Edwell.
Even some of the guards had been completely brainwashed and became the most devout believers of [Ella] after being illuminated by the divine light. Lin En could only knock them all out with his fists and tie them up, and then find a way to change their ideas.
"By the way, Lord Harof, didn't you say before that you would reach the royal capital as soon as possible? Why did it take so long?" Lin En suddenly remembered this and asked in confusion.
If Harof hadn't arrived by coincidence this time, they would have been dead, and the entire kingdom would have fallen...
"I was just about to ask you, hasn't Aurora arrived yet?" Harrov frowned.
As early as a week ago, after discussion, the parliament had passed a resolution to fully support the Kingdom of Hadratha, and Aurora led the new army to go there first.
They traveled by land and sea. After all, most of the airships had been mobilized by Lin En, and the carrying capacity was far from enough. After the alchemy ship in the Wizard Land was equipped with an internal combustion engine, its speed was not slow either. It took about four or five days to cross the sea from the Wizard Land to the kingdom.
Judging from the time, Aurora should have arrived in the capital a long time ago.
"But the spies I sent out didn't see her." Lin En shook his head and said worriedly. "Could something have happened?"
This is an extraordinary period. Disappearing may mean danger or even death!
"Maybe he got lost, or encountered some trouble at sea and was delayed," Vittorio said comfortingly.
In terms of combat power, Aurora is not the strongest among them, but when it comes to the ability to save his life, he and Harof are ashamed of themselves. The other party has made great use of polarizing magic, and even if they encounter obstruction from the Holy See, retreat will always be no problem.
"In short, we should destroy this Vatican coalition force first, and then dispatch personnel to search." Harov made the decision quickly.
Even if Aurora encountered some danger, it was too late to provide support now. The top priority was to win the war, and then more than a hundred airships could be mobilized and sent out to search. That would be much more efficient than them wandering around in the vast ocean like headless flies.
……
At the same time, at the gate of the royal capital, the sounds of artillery fire and clashing swords rang out continuously.
After several hours of fierce fighting, which lasted from late at night until early in the morning, everyone's physical strength and energy had been exhausted.
Ham replaced a dead gunner and, relying on his will, mechanically loaded the bullets, ignited and fired the next round.
Those crazy Allied soldiers were like crazy, rushing forward like a tide. They would never retreat in the face of the artillery attack and did not give them any time to rest.
The bricks and stones on the city wall were smashed into pieces, and even the closed city gate was blasted into pieces by divine power, revealing the solid concrete wall behind it.
The broken bodies below had piled up like a mountain, even filling up the trenches and traps dug before the war, some of them were from the enemy and some were from their own people.
Woohoo~
Just as Ham was loading the bullets mechanically numbly and felt that his hands were about to break from exhaustion, a clear horn sounded from the city.
Ham suddenly shuddered, with obvious excitement on his face, because that was the clarion call for the agreed counterattack!
Outside the city, about 1.5 kilometers away from the battlefield, beyond the range of the artillery, a well-equipped cavalry regiment of more than 10,000 people was ready to go.
Although this battle was the final decisive battle, Cardinal Gerke, who was in charge of the command, did not put in all his strength. The knights who were not suitable for siege stayed outside the city, where the artillery could not reach, and waited for the opportunity to strike at the right time and completely defeat the tired and demoralized enemy!
And this opportunity will never be too far away, because Edwill personally led more than 2,000 God's Punishment Army into the royal capital through the secret passage, and was assisted by secret guards.
As long as the frontal battlefield continues to attack and these wizards are not given the opportunity to return for reinforcement, the fall of the royal capital is only a matter of time!
"Is this... the power of the Lord?" Suddenly, a cardinal sensed the strong divine light in the royal capital and became excited. However, this power came and disappeared quickly, and before he could investigate carefully, it had disappeared.
It seems that the evil god believers in the city have been killed!
The surrounding bishops were also extremely sure of this. Although the minions of the evil god were very tenacious and resisted their round after round of attacks, all resistance was in vain under the power of the Lord!
The facts seemed to be just as they expected. Along with the shrill sound of horns, the sound of artillery fire on the city wall suddenly stopped, and the city gate that had been tightly closed and still standing under the bombardment of divine magic was finally opened!
Chapter 368: Steel Torrent, the armored vehicle’s debut!
The moment the city gate opened, the knights, who were ready to go, launched a charge at the command!
Rumble~
The huge horse hooves trampled on the ground, splashing a cloud of dust. The knights, clad in iron armor and holding spears, rushed into the open city like a surging dark cloud.
"For the glory of the Lord!" "Kill the blasphemers!"
One after another, earth-shaking roars and waves of roars like the roars of wild beasts rolled out, especially loud in the morning light, as if to tear everything apart!
The leader was Gerk, who was wearing black armor and holding a giant scimitar. He had been watching the fierce battlefield for a long time and had already reached the limit of patience. After receiving the order, the blood in his heart was burning.
The sword in his hand was already thirsty for blood, eager to chop off the heads of those blasphemers and use the blood of those wizards to please the great Moon Goddess!
However, unlike what they expected, what came out of the city gate were not the God's Punishment Army that came to greet them from both inside and outside, nor were they the ragged citizens fleeing in panic, but rather a group of strange-looking iron boxes over two meters tall with a thick, long pipe in front of them.