Waves of dizziness plagued Sonia. Her mental strength was close to drying up, and she struggled to support herself amidst the cold and dizziness so as not to collapse due to exhaustion.
A dozen Beyelan nobles who were resting and recuperating in the summer palace in Odessa heard indescribable gibbering without warning. The crazy and chaotic atmosphere made the sensitive spellcasters tremble. By the time they and the guards gathered, they were already outside.
Surrounded by cultists, shouting that the Beyeland rat should be burned to death.
The people of Odessa were pouring into the palace and attacking the palace. The nobles and guards retreated to the depths of the summer palace, relying on the deep corridors and intricate rooms and stairs to buy time. Even Sonia had to join in arranging magical defenses or
To counteract the work of enemy spellcasters.
Odessa's strength was far superior to theirs, and with some calculations and unintentional calculations, they repelled the nearby Bayeran army that wanted to come for support in a blink of an eye, and continuously compressed the area within the Summer Palace.
Logically speaking, Beyelan's limited power cannot withstand it. It can sustain until now because Odessa has also fallen into great chaos due to the breath of the New God Sanyi; secondly, Odessa's strong men
Most of them were on the periphery to contain and block other forces, and the strong ones who stayed in the city were mainly focused on presiding over the ceremony.
Even so, under the attack of enemies with overwhelming numbers and extraordinary strength, the defense line in the summer palace was in danger. Everyone retreated to the last hall, blocking the long corridor with bows, arrows and magic spells, and made a final resistance.
After Sonia deployed several shield spells and used up her magic power, she was finally replaced by someone to rest. She walked to a corner of the hall. Kallen and other guards pushed up to the defense line at the bottom of the building, with only her personal maid Anna beside her.
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As soon as she sat down, a group of bats rushed in from the window and gathered into a familiar human shape.
"Griffith!" Sonia's tired eyes immediately became like morning stars, and the gloomy room became brighter. However, she soon realized that the visitor was not her knight. Although the appearance was exactly the same, the temperament was the same.
An unclear feeling told her that this was not the same person.
"Minos, come here under the orders of the knights," Minos knelt down on one knee and respectfully reported, "The assault force has been assembled near the square. Please wait a moment, young lady, to join us."
"Yes!" Sonia nodded, "Minos, we need you to contain the enemies outside to buy time for us to reorganize our defense line."
"Your will is my action," Minos stood up, "After the knight's assault begins, the psychic signals in this area will be blocked. If there are any orders that need to be conveyed, please let me know."
"Why is it blocked? Ah, forget it, please tell Griffith to pay attention to his safety and not to be impatient," Sonia suppressed her surging curiosity and added, "And there is
"I have no doubts about his victory."
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The setting sun at dusk reflects on the spear thorns, painting the silver forest of spears with the golden red of the sunset.
1,200 soldiers formed a strict square formation, with a rectangular gun formation in the middle and a small square formation at each corner, composed of sword and shield soldiers, crossbowmen and ballistae. The 16 square formations were arranged in a rectangular formation in three rows at the front and back.
They are spaced twenty-five to thirty meters apart to facilitate the passage of messengers and cavalry.
In the open space between the 20,000 phalanx soldiers and the cathedral, as well as on the balconies of nearby buildings, one hundred thousand believers gathered on the roof. More believers were scattered in the corners of the city. They held hands, knelt on the ground, and followed the holy priesthood.
They chanted indescribable incantations in unison, calling for the coming of the great new god.
Shining lights and arcs appeared on the square. A huge magic circle had clearly been buried underground. Hundreds of thousands of people stood on this huge magic circle, chanting unidentifiable prayers.
Even the great memorial ceremonies of the Holy Light Holy See in the past could not reach such a scale.
In the past half month, I have been tortured by fear and grief, and I have witnessed the pure saint reveal her twisted and disgusting true face. The most pious faith has turned into the most complete betrayal. The believers have the same emotions,
Rise up and call upon a new god to shepherd His lambs.
There is nothing more important than praying at this moment. Everyone is bathed in the gentle light, calling for the same country, one faith, and one god under the leadership of the clergy who have converted to the new god!
There is also the same leader. "Mysterious Lord" Seydlitz von Kurtzbach thought silently in his heart. He saw this magnificent and pure scenery, and his heart surged.
This magnificent scene and devout faith are the perfect fusion of order and power. How sacred and beautiful it is.
Great times are coming!
This is a great moment when new gods replace old gods and change the world. How can we not make the believers of the Lord ecstatic and trembling!
Some commanders objected to the dense formation in the square, believing that there was no need to concentrate so many troops in the square and that they should be sent out to assemble outside the city to meet the main army that was surrounding Beyelan from all over the world. However,
This suggestion encountered an insurmountable obstacle. The new god is about to come. The center of the ceremony is the square of the summer palace. Everyone near here has the possibility to become the Lord's elect and receive beautiful blessings and gifts.
The gaze of the new god is the highest blessing to the believers who have just collapsed from the faith of the Holy Light, just like a fish longing for water. It is not enough to not be able to witness the Lord's coming to the world up close. Moreover, the Beyelan army is still far away
It's quite far away, so there's no need to go out of the city to attack now.
"My brothers and sisters! This resonance of the will to abandon the past and run towards new life is the great spirit of our time. Under the guidance of the ceremony, the door to the world will be opened for the coming of our Lord!
Wearing a purple robe, Seydlitz raised his hands high, announcing like a great commander and the spokesperson of the gods. The sky in Odessa was violently windy, outlining a breathtaking illusory vortex. The great fabric of life is about to pass through.
The barrier of the plane.
The ceremony was about to be completed, and everyone cheered in unison.
Seydlitz then issued orders one after another with unparalleled momentum and nobility.
"Mobilize some of the phalanx soldiers to eliminate the remnants of Bayerland who have occupied the bridgehead position on the river bank. I see that their formation is getting tighter and tighter. There must be six or seven hundred people. What's going on with the artillery that came off the boats?
Why didn't Dillaz's team sink them into the river?"
Bishop Horus stood aside and looked at the worshipers who were chanting like a tsunami and the small Beyelan army that was crossing the bridge and spreading out on the shore of the square.
"What's on your mind, Bishop?"
"I have a bad feeling," Horus said, raising his hand and pointing to the north. "The meteorites and impacts that fell just now are the gods testing their weapons."
"Oh, um, it's okay," Seydlitz said with a relieved smile. "The power of the Lord will give us eternal life and evolution with infinite possibilities, and even surpass those immortal elves. The Lord said
Now, let him handle it as a demigod. We can organize the ceremony and open the passage as soon as possible."
Horus added: "That Bijran army, I heard that their commander is Griffith de Ravenel. He is a young man, but he is different. He is a very wise commander.
, it is impossible to launch a suicide attack with such a small number of troops. He must have some kind of conspiracy, some kind of plan that he thinks can defeat us and destroy the ceremony."
"Let him do it," Seydlitz chuckled, "I don't care."
Horus pondered for a while and said:
"Lord Seydlitz, please send more people to take down the recalcitrant Byerland nobles in the summer palace. There is Count Larmore's daughter there. Using her to sacrifice will definitely satisfy the god."
"What's the use of that little girl?"
"It is very useful. The ceremony to welcome the gods requires the emotions of hundreds of thousands of people as energy. The purer and more intense it is, the faster it is.
"Burn her to death in front of the believers, or behead her in front of her knights, wrap her up and send her away. The moment the pure and beautiful girl dies, the impact of grief and despair will make the resonance of the believers even more intense. You understand me.
Meaning. She is of no use, but her withering away can become a catalyst for the ritual, making the passion of the believers more intense. Yes, it is better to burn her to death."
"Okay, okay," Seydlitz sent some people for reinforcements, but still muttered, "Although she is an enemy, she burned the nobles, especially the countess, to death for the sake of common people's emotions. Alas, this will not happen again."
The mysterious lord waved his hand to drive away the gray emotions and looked at the troops waiting in the square.
"Horus, we succeeded.
"After so many arrangements, worries and operations of the sun and the moon, this day has finally arrived. From the moment the Angevin girl lost control, the faith of Odessa has been controlled by us. Our army is growing stronger every moment,
Our followers are endless.
"Do you know how many troops we have in the square? There are 16 phalanxes composed of 20,000 people. Each phalanx has 1,200 pikemen, crossbowmen, and sword and shield veterans of the regular army as the core.
"Such a powerful force is enough to restrain the curse of a large-scale attack. Behind us are our extraordinarys. Extraordinaries and officers are responsible for the organization and operation. 16 square formations are stationed in the square. When the ceremony is completed, we will be under the blessing of the gods.
When they go into battle, once the god's warriors join up with the other armies outside the city, the Bijran army will disappear.
"Now that the matter has come to this, we have already dealt with Beyelan's methods. Can they still take out something we haven't seen from their pocket and kill us?!"
Lord Seydlitz smiled, calmed down his mind, and carefully experienced the eve of the coming of greatness. Then, he contacted the extraordinary beings present and asked them to strictly guard their positions.
The three extraordinary wizards Lei Jin, Solan, and Killian, the secret peepers, are leading their respective extraordinary teams to maintain the order of rituals among the army and believers. They spread out the magic detection network and collect the nearby movements.
Form a three-dimensional image.
Stalker Bema organized a vigilance force to guard against sudden destruction by the extraordinary beings of Beyelan.
They have already cast a detection and communication spell. As long as the enemy makes the slightest movement, they will notice it. The army and believers are like a whole, and everyone is connected through the transcendent and becomes a tentacle reaching out to the world.
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Eager and crazy emotions are like a pair of big hands, stirring the sky. Such a large-scale surge of emotional resonance has surpassed the mysterious level, and has become like wind, water, charcoal, kerosene and dust crystals pushing certain things.
Things move forward.
This is like the phlogiston used in potions courses, igniting a stronger power and igniting the initiation of miracles.
Griffith felt uneasy, and even began to vaguely understand why the gods longed for such power.
He looked at the Odessa army in formation. There was a huge disparity in the numbers between the two sides. A large square formation of 20,000 Odessa city defense troops and training militiamen had filled the entire square. With them as the core, there were countless more troops surrounding them.
The nearly crazy citizens, all of whom are both warriors and believers, are praying to the evil god who is about to come. Under their prayers, the sky changes.
The artillery had been delivered. Griffith glanced back at the less than 700 infantry and artillery assembled behind him and looked away. An Odessa officer rode over and demanded the surrender of Beyeland's troops.
"Captain, the artillery is ready." Bernard came to Griffith's side, "Also, Lean has not come back."
He paused for a while, and his eyes radiated no less fanatical fighting spirit than the fanatic believers opposite him: "We can bombard the cathedral at any time to shock the cultists."
"Church?" Griffith shook his head slightly and said in front of the officer persuading him to surrender,
"No, blast the crowd.
"Abandon the lead bullets, use double shots for the eagle cannon, load the 12-pounder eagle cannon with chain bullets, and continue bombarding the troops and mobs facing them."
Griffith took the bloodthorn and put on the command: "Bernard, I leave this to you. After the bombardment starts, the wizards and extraordinarys on the opposite side will attack you. You have to fight until the moment of victory, or until the last person standing.
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"Understood," Bernard shouted, "the 603rd Special Test Squadron will fight to the last man."
Griffith gave up his shoulder armor, leggings and all vests, and only wore a breastplate and mounted his horse. The squadron of storm troopers formed a dense formation, hiding in the shadow of the house, waiting for the moment to attack. A second lieutenant asked
:
"Captain, are you really only wearing the breastplate without the vest and other parts of the armor?"
"That will slow me down. If I can't cross the square before the extraordinary spellcaster finds me, then my survival has nothing to do with the thickness of the armor."
The officers and sergeants then asked: "Aren't you waiting for orders from the base camp?"
"I am Sonia's Shutoral. If she cannot give the order, the command of the battle belongs to me. After I launch the attack, you will attack in depth, just like the battle in Kazika Village."
Before attacking the sixteen large phalanxes, you must pass through the open square. It is almost impossible not to be discovered by Odessa's spellcasters. Their attack spells will be interfered by the surging battlefield, but they can still pass through the prefabricated
The magic circle conducts reconnaissance and observation and provides many assistances.
The number of cavalry in the Storm Squadron is too small. Once discovered by the enemy, the dense forest of guns and storm-like crossbows will instantly destroy them.
Griffith left the squadron behind and walked alone through the dark alleys, walking under the shadow of the terraces and spires, and came to the exit facing the square. He murmured in his heart.
Krista, why do you want me to protect the residents of this city? Without them, you wouldn't... Besides, they are now believers of the outer gods and are our enemies.
The horse's hooves stepped on the cool stone slabs, and the knight caught a glimpse of a small pink flower between the stones. The moment became so silent.
Why do you want to grow up here, so weak and so stubborn? Well, since you hope so, then I will turn your wish into reality.
The knight tapped the ground with his lance, and a crimson lightning surged up. The whole world seemed to hear this roar, waiting in amazement for the coming future.
After disappearing from history for more than a thousand years, the War Knight has returned to his battlefield.
The power of extraordinary beings is divided into two types. One is the projection of external power. The Templar Knights, Secret Seekers, and Knights of the Star and Moon can deploy their spiritual energy to the outside world in a powerful lethal or defensive form. The other is the inherent power.
Field, Erza wraps herself in the field and sweeps across the battlefield with a roar that transcends factors.
The most powerful power of the War Knight comes from his inherent domain. However, this extraordinary power is very special and does not act on himself like the Edge of Light and Shadow.
Griffith activated all his strength and unleashed the new power he gained after being officially promoted to the extraordinary "War Knight"
Extraordinary characteristics: psionic invisibility. Powerful blood surrounds the War Knight. Magic, divination and prophecy cannot be detected or locked. Vision and listening have become the only means of cognition. The ferocious figure and thundering footsteps of the War Knight make it clear.
At the moment when the scout witnessed it, it was already too late.
Extraordinary characteristics: Super level riding skills. War knights have unparalleled riding skills. Any creature or even object that can be conceptually ridden can be mastered proficiently. Under the energy gain of extraordinary power, the vehicle will break through the inherent
The physical limit can greatly increase the speed and cruising distance, and can explode with amazing power in a short period of time at an alarming speed.
Extraordinary characteristics: Super agility. After expanding the inherent domain, the power of the war knight gives him and his mount the mobility to complete incredible tactical actions in high-speed assaults, greatly improving the agility from zero to top speed, and from top speed to zero.
Extraordinary characteristics: Super battlefield perception. The War Knight possesses one of the most powerful observation, calculation and positioning abilities among all extraordinary paths. It can keenly capture the most threatening enemies in the army and interact with them with a large amount of low-value information.
Differentiate, and even share this information with other Beyonders to guide their attacks and actions.
This is the power used in war!
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"Did you see that lightning? That's the captain's signal!" Bernard raised his command knife, "Ready for artillery attack."
Six eagle cannons and seven snake cannons turned their muzzles and prepared to attack under the cover of the assembled infantry squadron.
"Hey, we entered a strange unit. I thought we couldn't go to the front line at first, but I didn't expect to fight from start to finish," Sast said while leading someone to adjust the muzzle of the gun. "After today, we will become legends, right?"
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"It's not necessarily a legend, but it can definitely be used to scare disobedient children," Bernard chuckled. "If you cry again, Tiger, ah no, the 603 Squadron will come to eat you!"
With a long trumpet sound, Odessa's phalanx troops surged up like black clouds, and their golden-red spears formed a sea of light. Unwilling to wait any longer, they began to wave their flags, preparing to attack Beyelan's troops.
Rush to the river.
Trumpets were blaring, guns were fluttering, and thick phalanxes were pressing forward, each one twice the size of Beyelan's troops on the shore. Another unit, led by the Extraordinary, stormed the Summer Palace.
Amidst the frenzied prayers and shouts like a tsunami, the muzzle of the gun turned around.
"Artillery fire!" Bernard pulled out his command knife and swung it hard towards the enemy formation.
Raindrops of shotgun whistled out, and the heavy phalanx made a slight commotion after hearing the astonishing sound.
Thirteen artillery pieces sprayed out thick smoke, and groups of black shadows roared towards the dense crowd. The soldiers in the first two rows were knocked down in pieces like paper toys, and lead bullets penetrated their faces and ribs.
Along with the flying fragments of limbs, bone fragments hit the soldiers in the third and fourth rows.
The 12-pound snake cannon fires two solid shells connected in series rather than shotgun shells. Unlike the shotgun shells embedded in the human body, the chain shells rotate rapidly, cutting through the crowd like the scythe of death, or bouncing on the ground and rolling forward.
, plowing a long bloody ditch in the formation.
Rows and rows of soldiers had their heads blown off by medium and close range artillery fire, their breastplates and bodies were torn apart, and their arms, legs and feet were torn off.
With just one salvo, the advancing phalanx was hit with broken corpses everywhere. After the chain bullet penetrated the crowd, it fell to the ground, so slowly that it seemed that you could step on it with one foot, but those who tried boldly
The soldier's calf was immediately torn off without mercy.
The frantic prayers turned into shrill screams that were not like human voices in an instant. Tens of thousands of believers were struck by the roar and the screams one after another. Even the chaotic gas clouds were disturbed uneasily.
With the continuous loud noise and dense spray of fire, the artillery and the gunners were shrouded in white smoke, and the huge recoil pushed the artillery to jump back. As soon as the artillery stopped, the artillerymen immediately rushed to push the running wheel to reset.
"Brush and load!"
The second salvo is approaching.
The Odessa wizards hiding behind had not seen the volley of artillery fire. They were startled and looked for suitable positions to counterattack with magic spells. However, the crazy will and chaotic blood seriously interfered with the casting of spells.
"Fight back, fight back!"
While commanding the army, the Odessa extraordinarys also strengthened their detection to guard against the enemy's cavalry assault. They discovered many threatening signals, and with the blessing of magic, they launched response operations with astonishing efficiency. Among these signals,
They noticed a psionic unit approaching the phalanx. This psionic unit was the only one, and as it approached the edge of the phalanx, it would hit the soldiers and defenses there. Even if no countermeasures were taken, it would be fine.
What's more, the psionic unit quickly disappeared.
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Griffith and his mount were wrapped in a bloody shimmer, moving backwards in the howling wind. The wind pressure in front of them was like a wall, and even speaking became very difficult.
The knight and horse were immediately surrounded by red light, forming a shield like water droplets, and the howling wind suddenly subsided. The acceleration almost caused Griffith to fall from the saddle. All the bones and armor in his body were trembling.
His retinas were filled with red blood, and he even fell into a state of temporary blindness.
"snort!"
Griffith snorted softly and forced his body to lean forward. The dizziness and blindness dissipated, and he adapted to the extremely fast sprint like flying close to the ground.
He rushed out of the street and flew across the open space in the square. The thick gun array was pressing towards him like a city wall. The dense gun array was shaking under the bombardment. Some people glanced hastily and found a crimson lightning piercing their chests.
Queue gap.
Thousands of target information poured into Griffith's brain. In the dim light of fireflies, he discovered several huge balls of blazing light.
The corners of his cold mouth couldn't help but outline an arc.
"Found, Odessa's extraordinary being. This blow will change history!"
Griffith zigzagged through the heavy spear array, the howling wind had become the sound of whipping in the ears of the phalanx soldiers, and the sharp point of the blood thorns was directed at the unconscious transcendent in front. His body and mind were moving together.
Violent resonance.
"O gods, bow down before me!
"Go to the deceased and pay tribute to the deceased (touch日TU日TESaLUtant)!"
Lei Jin, the extraordinary wizard and secret spy of Sequence 6, was watching Beyelan's army from the left wing of the battlefield. He saw the shelling smashing open the nearby phalanx, causing it to shake.
"Byelan's artillery looks quite scary, but God's eh!"
The lance penetrated his body and tore off half of his chest. The wound initially looked like a penetration and laceration, but the psychic energy of the Bloodthorn instantly melted the wound, and the high temperature ignited the magical materials on the wizard's body, forming a hot stream of fire.
Heavy rain. The extraordinary wizard who is using all his power to activate his magic power is like lighting a firework, and the red flames spread crazily outward.
"boom!"
Lei Jin didn't even feel the pain. After Griffith left, he exploded into a rapidly expanding fireball. The roaring shock wave knocked everyone dozens of meters nearby to the ground. The entire battlefield was struck by a terrifying
Bright light illuminates.
The nearby wizards and Beyonders watched as lightning swept across and one of the commanders exploded into a fireball. Some saw the explosion, while others saw phantom cavalry passing by rapidly.
"Lord Lei Jin, Lord Lei Jin has been knocked down. In the direction of 11 o'clock, there is a crimson flash, and no enemy unit has been found!"
"I saw it, the one attacking was the red armored knight!"
"Archers, spread out to the left wing and shoot him down."
"Are you kidding? The enemy's cavalry is still hiding in the alley, isn't it?"
Griffith continued to move forward, sweeping through more troops in a straight line. Behind him, the heads and severed limbs severed by the unstoppable blood spines were connected together, and the sprayed rain of blood fell on the ground with a rustling sound.
When he swept through the rightmost phalanx of the first column, hundreds of officers, sergeants and orderlies had fallen along the way. They only saw Hechi's lightning sweep, and when they turned to look, their heads fell from their torsos.
Fall down.
Until this moment, Odessa's extraordinary wizards had not made any reaction.
The extraordinary wizards Solan and Kilian were in other positions on the battlefield, and their ears were filled with chaotic messages. They established a psychic network between various troops, and they could maintain relatively clear communications as long as they did not leave the square. However, the current mutation
It's beyond their control.
They were organizing a counterattack against Beyelan's artillery, mobilizing magic grids and detection to control the battlefield. The extraordinary ones noticed a series of fractures and collapses behind the first row of phalanxes, and collected a large number of terrified screams. Various
The various reports were put together without any logic, as if the soldiers had gone crazy.
There are only two things they can be sure of: first, the enemy's assault force presents a straight line; second, this force is invisible to our observation methods.