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A rough roar resounded through one house, but soon there were angry yells of men and screams of women. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Not long after, there was another chaotic noise one after another, as well as the sound of tables and chairs overturning, pot lids falling to the ground, and porcelain shattering. Immediately after, the woman's screams quickly turned into pleading, and then into a terrible cry.
Several stout men quickly rushed out of the house.
With hideous looks and crazy eyes on their faces, they moved roughly, and their eyes were full of ferocity, looking around as if they were picking their next target. They carried several packages on their backs, and in their right hands they carried a variety of weapons: rolling pins, kitchen knives, and wooden sticks, but the most threatening was probably a double-edged sword that was clearly sharpened.
In normal times, thugs like them would certainly not have any chance to rob their homes.
But now it's different.
The flames reddened everything around them, and on both sides of the street alone, several houses were already in flames, and people were fleeing for their lives and rioters looting while the fire was taking advantage of the fire.
There were several women who were still in good shape, but in a rush to escape, they were caught up by another group of thugs.
The two men who were supposed to be the husband and the eldest son quickly turned around and tried to protect their wives and daughters, but the stalemate did not last a minute before the two were knocked to the ground, and the middle-aged man who was supposed to be the husband was stabbed in the abdomen, and blood gushed out; The young man, who was supposed to be the eldest son, was stabbed in the chest with a dagger, and he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, motionless.
Some women lay on top of them and wept, but they were quickly pulled away by the mob, and no matter how much they struggled, they only tore their clothes apart by the mob.
However, an old man next to him soon stepped forward to defend him, but this old man was obviously too old, and he was rudely waved by a thug and fell to the ground.
The cries of mournful cries, the crackling of burning flames, and the frantic roars of the mob resounded through the city like a doomsday music.
This is the border city of Gnes, Saitan.
The matter of the Knight Order's army, the Holy Knights of Gnes, which is the proudest of the Kingdom of Gnes, was raided by the Sanctioner Legion of the God of War Kingdom only came from the front five days ago. However, at that time, the front-line report only said that the military strength of the two sides was stalemate, and several small-scale battles and conflicts had won and lost each other, and it was not yet clear which side could win easily, but on the whole, the Kingdom of Gness still had a great advantage, because the main army of the Kingdom of Gnes had arrived at the main battlefield.
No matter who knows, the fate of the Kingdom of Gness must be determined by the Void Empire Expeditionary Force on the main battlefield.
However, just when all the people of Gnes thought that the war would not break out so soon, in fact, the Void Empire Expeditionary Force had already launched the first attack on the army of the Kingdom of Gnes the next day. And by the time the border city of Gnes received the news of the outbreak of the border war, it was already three days later, and at this time, in fact, the main force of the Gnes Kingdom had been completely annihilated, and the Void Empire Expeditionary Force had already driven straight in.
In the next two days, although the front line of Gness continued to gather and rout, trying to block the entry of the Void Empire Expeditionary Force, it had little effect.
By the time Saitan learned the news of the rout on the front line, the vanguard of the Void Empire Expeditionary Force had already arrived at the gate of Saitan.
The rest is the well-known story.
After the failure of the Void Empire's persuasion, a siege battle officially began, but Saitan's combat power was not as strong as the city lord imagined. This siege battle could not be held out for even half a day, and in less than an hour, the city walls were completely lost, followed by the opening of the city gates, the Void Empire expeditionary force captured the city walls, and the Saitan City Lord turned the war into street fighting.
It's just that by this time, the entire city of Saitan has completely turned into chaos.
A large number of civilians began to flee towards the north gate, and thugs who fished in troubled waters began to do evil in the city, and soon the whole city became a post-apocalyptic scene.
Civilians who have died as a result of mob abductions are not a small number.
Similarly, died by the mad and blatant rape of the mob. Lewdness, not to mention the few.
At such a time, even if it is a noble, if there is not enough deterrence, there will still be thugs who dare to fight hard.
On the road leading to the north gate, there were no less than five noble carriages that overturned on their sides and were inlaid with family crests, and there were not a few rich men who died on the side of the road and were richly dressed.
"Whoosh-"
There was a whistling sound in the air.
The thug who threw the old man to the ground and rode on top of a plump woman was instantly knocked over half of his head by a feathered arrow, and the red and white liquid instantly sprayed the woman under his crotch, causing the already unclothed woman to let out an even more terrible scream.
Several thugs saw the tragic death of their companions, especially the kind of lewdness that still remained on his face. Desire. This made several of them feel even more frightened and their scalps tingled.
Ignoring anything else, these people immediately got up and wanted to leave this place of right and wrong.
They knew very well that with the military quality of the city guards, it was absolutely impossible for them to have such a strong combat effectiveness, after all, they were all natives, what kind of goods the city guards of Saitan City were, and how could they not know it.
But soon, several sharp whistling sounds sounded in the air one after another.
The thugs who tried to escape were immediately killed by arrows fired from the center of their backs, and they did not even have time to run five paces.
The eyes around me quickly followed the location of the arrows, and then I saw a group of twelve soldiers running out of an alley.
These twelve soldiers are wearing black leather armor, which should be leather armor processed by special technology in terms of material, although these civilians do not understand the specific performance of these leather armor that is not ordinary at first glance, but this does not prevent them from being able to see that the soldiers wearing these leather armor are definitely well-trained elite soldiers, which can only be found from the spirit of these twelve soldiers, and the spirit of those city guards they usually usually see.
Each of these soldiers had a black longbow, an arrow bag behind his waist, three small axes pinned to his right waist, a battle broadsword on his left waist, and a round iron shield behind his back, and the long handle that protruded from his boots was obviously a short dagger.
It's a bunch of elites armed to the teeth!
This unit is the famous Cecilia Guard - almost no one in the southern continent does not know the attire of this army, basically just by looking at this equipment that is armed to the teeth, they know the horror of this army.
Because of the direct showdown between Hela, Alfred and Clov, Clov has already recognized the current situation in the empire, so he has no further objections. After all, he himself knew very well that no matter how much he did, if Cecilia really didn't mean to be emperor, then everything would be in vain. And most importantly, Cecilia is not the kind of puppet who can be manipulated at will, she has extremely strong strength, and if Clov really wants to force the palace, then there is only one final result.
So after recognizing the situation, Clov shifted all his motivation to the battlefield.
This time, the vanguard of the attack on the Kingdom of Gnes was also served by him and the legions under Alfred's command.
At present, the Thunder Lion is responsible for defeating the remnants of the Kingdom of Gnes, and by the way, he is cooperating with the Legion of the Sanctioners from the Kingdom of the God of War to encircle and suppress the Holy Knights of Gnes, so the heavy task of conquering the border city of Setan of the Kingdom of Gnes naturally falls on the Cecilia Guard.
At the moment, although these Gnesians did not know which unit these elite soldiers belonged to, all the thugs present knew very well that they could never be the opponents of these soldiers.
The leader of the twelve soldiers was a young man with an indifferent expression.
He didn't look very old, no more than thirty years old, and he wasn't very handsome—especially at the corner of his right eye, where a hideous scar fell straight from the corner of his forehead that would blind his right eye at the slightest deviation, which ruined his appearance even more. But contrary to his slightly hideous appearance, there was a very sharp aura on the young man's body, like a sharp sword out of its sheath.
He glanced around at the grim scene, and many of the thugs felt a panic in his indifferent eyes that made their hearts palpitate.
These thugs didn't want to stay here for even a second, but for some reason, they couldn't move their way out of here.
It's as if you've been fixed by a magician, and you're firmly anchored here.
"All the thugs, shoot them all." The young man said coldly, and then immediately shot the first arrow.
The feather arrow struck a thug with a sharp whizz through the heart of a thug armed with a wooden club, and then nailed firmly to the wooden door of the wooden house he had just run out of after the robbery. The strong piercing force even caused the arrows of the feather arrows to penetrate the thug's body before they pierced into the wooden door three minutes deep before stopping, leaving only the feathers that still trembled slightly at the end.
The thug looked down at his chest in disbelief, and a three-finger-wide bloody hole was clearly visible in his chest.
The next moment, his consciousness sank into darkness, and then he slowly fell to his knees, and the belongings in the cloth bag on his back were quickly scattered on the ground.
This arrow seemed to blow the horn of attack, and the surrounding eleven soldiers immediately began a new round of free fire.
Almost all the thugs present were shot and killed on the spot in less than ten seconds. Even though a few of the thugs were clever enough to find temporary cover and hide, as Cecilia's guards moved forward, it was impossible for them to escape being killed. Occasionally, a few thugs tried to take hostages as shields, but these tactics were not a threat to the already hostile Cecilia Guards, and there was almost no possibility of mercy in the shooting.
However, although this frightened the hostages, they soon discovered that the enemy soldiers in black leather armor were very good at archery, because the thug who held them hostage was dead, and they were still alive.
The only troublesome thing was the thugs who saw that the situation was not good, so they ran into the nearby houses.
However, this is only a little trouble, far from the level of intractability - and the so-called trouble is not the difference in combat effectiveness, but the current team of Cecilia's guards is only twelve people.
After all, the Cecilia Guards are an all-terrain adaptable and all-round combat force, and there is no environment in which they cannot fight, whether in the field or on the plains, in street battles, indoors, etc. Even if they couldn't use a bow and arrow, they had shields and broad-edged swords, and even talisman daggers and delicate hatches that could be used for throwing.
And as more and more units of Cecilia's Guards arrived at the northern gates, it became easier to sweep the mob from the houses.
"The Fifteenth Squad of the 7th Regiment of the Cecilia Guard, reporting to Commander Spayne!" Another group of Cecilia Guards soldiers arrived at the front-line command center that had been occupied by the young man and then set up, but this group of Cecilia Guards soldiers was only five people, and it was obvious that the battle along the way was extremely fierce, "The captain and the vice-captain have been killed, and I will temporarily take the position of captain." ”
"Need a break?" The young man named Spayne asked in a deep voice.
"No, you don't!" The soldier who was acting as the captain of the temporary army spoke back.
"At present, only you and the eighth and eleventh squads of the seventh detachment have arrived, and you will temporarily form a team and advance five hundred meters to the west of the city, and then set up a temporary stronghold to be responsible for rescuing civilians and killing thugs and city guards." Spayne nodded slightly, then said in a deep voice, "The rescued civilians are temporarily placed in temporary strongholds, waiting for new orders. ”
"Yes." The soldier saluted, then turned and led the men away, meeting up with his new teammates and heading west of the city.
With Speyne's continuous integration of the Cecilia Guards soldiers who had arrived at the command point here, and then constantly giving new orders to these soldiers, the forces of the Cecilia Guards soon spread their control over an area within a radius of one mile. If you add in the completely captured South Gate and the route that is constantly being pushed from the South Gate to this command center, it can be said that two-thirds of the entire city of Setan has fallen into the hands of Cecilia's guard.
At this moment, only three hours had passed since the siege of Cecilia's Guards began.
By the fifth hour since Cecilia's Guards launched the siege, the entire city of Cetan had completely fallen into the hands of Cecilia's Guards, and the city defenders retreated to the Lord's Palace. However, there are still many city defenses and some sporadic resistance forces composed of civilians in the city, which still causes a certain amount of trouble for Cecilia's guards.
And when night began to fall, nine hours had passed since the siege began, the city lord's mansion had officially fallen, and the city lord and the commander of the city defense army were killed.
Later, as Clov took command of Spayne, Cecilia's Guards began a city-wide manhunt. And all of this is due to the fact that the border city of Saitan City only set up two gates in order to facilitate control at the beginning, so except for those residents of Saitan City who escaped from the North City Gate early in the morning, when Spayne took the North City Gate, the entire Saitan City was actually a turtle in the urn.
As the area was thoroughly investigated, swept away, hunted down, and killed, by dawn the next day, all living resistance in the entire city of Saitan had been completely wiped out. All those who were unwilling to surrender and obey the assignments and orders were all beheaded by Clov's order - Clov's name as "butcher" was clearly not a joke.
However, unlike in the past, those soldiers who were willing to surrender were not slaughtered by Clov, but were all taken into custody after their weapons were confiscated.
Then, after two days and one night of rest, Clov did not delay the time, but ordered Spane to lead the Cecilia Guards to continue advancing.
Because after the previous diplomatic rhetoric requesting military access was completely rejected by the Kingdom of Gnes, this all-out war affecting the Kingdom of Gnes was completely unavoidable. After all, the Kingdom of Gnes is a country that believes in the God of Dawn, and they are naturally the most loyal watchdogs of the St. Joels Empire, and in the face of the Void Empire, which is incompatible with the St. Joels Empire, it is naturally impossible to have any possibility of peace talks.
Therefore, once it is decided that war breaks out, Hela will certainly not give the Kingdom of Ganes any respite.
Especially after the Kingdom of Gness sent the main army of the entire kingdom to the frontline battlefield, it was even more impossible for Hela to let go of the Kingdom of Gnes, which was so empty in the rear. With the strength of the Void Empire's expeditionary force, after capturing the first border city of the Kingdom of Gnes, they can pull up a blocking line and completely prevent the army of the Kingdom of Gnes from leaving the front line to return to the rear of the kingdom's current empty forces.
This is also the reason why Hela will let Clov lead Cecilia's Guards in the vanguard battle.
And Clof, in addition to not obeying Sean's orders, is in fact a very clever military commander. Therefore, he naturally knew how to cooperate with Hela in order to make Hela's strategic plan more successful and bring greater war benefits to the entire Void Empire.
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In just seven days, the news of the complete fall of the Gnes border quickly spread throughout the surrounding kingdoms.
Although it was one of the three major legions of the God of War Kingdom, the Sanctioner Legion, the terrifying combat power of the Void Empire was enough to shock the small and medium-sized kingdoms around the Kingdom of Gnes. Especially after Gnes, the other two kingdoms that were listed as the advance route by the Void Empire Expeditionary Force fell into a panicked mood. They did want to send troops to aid the Kingdom of Gnes, but not all of the kingdoms adjacent to them were allies who supported the Empire of St. Joles.
The intricate intertwining situation in the Northern Continent is far more complex than the area controlled by any one empire.
However, soon, the appearance of a new piece of news once again shocked all the countries on the entire Miracle Continent.
A super powerhouse who didn't know the details of his identity tore through the spatial barrier and returned from the void.
On that day, the people of the entire Miracle Continent could clearly see that a huge crack appeared in the sky located in the south - even the people of the Northern Continent could see that the void broken by this crack was almost the size of a thumb cover, so it was not difficult to see how big this broken spatial barrier was. According to the description of the person closest to the incident, the space was broken to the point of a radius of almost a kilometer.
With such a grand and powerful momentum, it is impossible to hide it from anyone.
Especially when many people knew that the place where this super powerhouse appeared was near the Void Empire, it was said that many people were in the mindset of watching a good show.
It's just that this mentality of watching a good show became extremely depressed after a few days.
Because this new super powerhouse is said to have come to replace the missing spiritual leader of the Void Empire, Sean. Connally sent the letter. (To be continued.) )