There are three main military forces in Boulder City: the Guards, the Guards, and the Royal Knight Academy. At the beginning of the coup, the Guards and the Guards were soon under the control of the coup group, with the help of two powerful internal counterparts, Hoynin and Andrei. Only the Royal Knight Academy, which had remained firmly in the hands of Willford Lead, a close confidant of Emperor Vettels, could not penetrate. This is also an important reason why the father and son of Yuss escaped from the astrological palace and did not return to the palace and came to the knight academy.

When they learned that His Majesty the Emperor had been hunted down by the Templars, the cadets who were attending the class were immediately organized, and as soon as these young men of seventeen or eighteen years old heard that they were protecting His Majesty, they were immediately filled with enthusiasm, and under the slogan of "loyalty, integrity, bravery, and good fighting", they brandished their spears for training and launched one charge after another towards the Templars, trying to stop the Assassins outside the courtyard. But under the golden fighting light of the Great Swordsman, they only witnessed the knightly creed of "loyalty, integrity and bravery", and as for "good fighting", they were not a little worse than their opponents.

The resistance lasted less than half an hour, and the Knight Academy was already stained red with the blood of its own people. When Gutsian used the Salamander King's core on his greatsword to create a pillar of fire dozens of paces long, the morale of the young knights completely collapsed, and the remnants fled in all directions. The Templars had no time to pursue the enemy, and were about to search for the whereabouts of Yuss and his sons, when an area in the academy suddenly flashed with yellow light, and a semicircular earthy yellow shield slowly rose from the ground, the diameter of the shield reached more than a hundred steps, and the height was more than thirty steps, covering a corner of the knight academy, and the yellow light on it fluctuated, and it looked very spectacular from a distance.

This vision attracted everyone, and needless to say, Yuss and his son must have been hiding in their passports. The Templars surrounded the shield and immediately launched an attack.

The Templar Turner, who was eager to do his job, rushed to the front, and slashed his sword at the shield, but the shield only caved deeply inward at the position of the middle sword, and did not break, and the yellow light from other positions on the shield immediately surged over to make the position of the middle sword more tough and thick, and when the momentum of the sword was exhausted, the shield bounced back violently, making the unprepared Turner almost fall on his head.

"What is so tough?"

The other Templars were a little unconvinced, and they also drew their swords, and some activated the magic array on the sword, but they were helpless against this seemingly very thin shield, and the last to strike was Gutsien, whose unsturdy Celestial Star Sword was no different except for the deeper dent left on the shield than others. The shield quickly rebounded, and an earthy glow poured in from all directions, making it as indestructible as ever.

"Don't waste any more energy. “

While the Templars were taking turns, Cardinal Garcia arrived with some men, holding on to the surface of the shield and feeling the abundant magical power rippling inside, saying:

"It's Earth Guardian Magic!"

When it comes to the Earth Guardian Magic, everyone can't help but gasp at the same time, the Earth Guardian Magic Array has seen some of them, it is the most powerful defensive magic in the world, and it is said that the claws of the Beamon Behemoth cannot break through the protective shield of the Turtle Dragon Beast, which is good at Earth Guardian Magic. But don't say that you haven't seen such a huge Earth Guardian Magic Array, you haven't even heard of it, and you don't even dare to imagine it.

"Go and get the Duke here. ”

After confirming the identity of the magic array, Garcia calmed down, the Earth Guardian Magic Cover could make it impossible for people outside to enter, but the people inside couldn't get out either, so they didn't worry about Yuss and his son escaping now.

Duke Phelps was anxiously waiting for the results of the chase nearby, and as soon as he received the news, he rushed over, and he was also shocked to see the Earth Guardian Magic Array.

"No wonder the old fellow Fama Ux, who has been squatting in this little house all these years and refuses to go anywhere, because he is here to make such a thing. ”

The shield is transparent, and through it you can see a small two-story building inside, and at the entrance of the building, mages in robes enter and exit one after another. This is the office building of the dean of the Imperial Capital Academy of Magic, as well as the residence of the dean, Fama Ax. When the Duke was prime minister, he suggested that the emperor build a separate courtyard for the highly decorated Famakos, but Famakos directly refused.

"I came to the emperor to train magicians, not to enjoy my old age. ”

The old magician's reasoning sounded righteous and awe-inspiring at the time, but now it seems that things are far from so simple, and I am afraid that Emperor Vettels has already negotiated with him to set up this magic array as a refuge in times of emergency. This is also the fundamental reason why Vettels chose the Knight Academy instead of the palace when he fled, there is a vassal who is absolutely loyal to him, and there is a friend who will never betray him, he took advantage of the opportunity of the knight cadets to desperately resist the attack of the Templars, escaped into the magic academy and activated the Earth Guardian Magic Circle.

"Vettels is buying time for himself by doing this, and the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for us. ”

The Duke and the Cardinal moved to the Great Hall of the Knight Academy, the temporary commander of the coup, to discuss the next move, and the Duke was the first to speak, explaining the crux of the matter. As long as the father and son are still safe and sound under the protection of the Earth Guardian Magic Cover, then the news will leak out sooner or later. As long as the emperor and the crown prince are alive, the second prince will not be able to ascend the throne smoothly, and those officials and nobles who support Vettels will definitely take action, and the whole situation of the coup d'état may be reversed at any time.

"Before the gates open tomorrow morning, the Vettels father and son must be dealt with. ”

Duke Phelps said with a deep face.

Tomorrow before the city gate is opened, it will be a point in time, although at the same time as the coup d'état, Andrei has already closed the city gate, but there is no impermeable wall in the world, and the same is true of the city wall, I believe that the guards stationed outside the city must have known about the coup d'état in the city. If they learn that Emperor Vettels is not actually dead, but is trapped in the Academy of Magic, then a siege battle will be inevitable tomorrow. The Duke was not confident that Andrei's small Guards, with 8,000 men, would be able to withstand the majority of the Guards who were eager to save the Guards while they were charged with a coup d'état. In fact, the Duke can imagine that when most of the Guards shouted the slogan of the Savior of the Protector and launched a charge on the city walls, the small part of the Guards defending the city would immediately defect, and the officials and nobles loyal to Vettels in the city would also take advantage of the situation, and the advantage they had established in the early stages of the coup would be lost, and the Templars alone would not be able to stop thousands of troops unless the entire Templar Order was moved.

This was Vetels' wishful thinking, and he must not let him succeed, and the Duke gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"Pass Andre over. ”

Soon, Andrei rushed to the auditorium of the Knight Academy and saluted the bigwigs present.

"Grandpa, how can I help?"

"You can do me a great favor, go and fetch me the equipment for defending the city, preferably with a heavy crossbow and trebuchet. ”

"Grandpa, what do you want a trebuchet?"

"Attack the Earth Guardian Magic Cover!"

The Earth Guardian Magic is not invulnerable, and like other magics, the Earth Guardian Magic Array also requires magic elements to operate, and as a large-scale magic, its magic element consumption is extremely amazing. However, the Academy of Magic has been operating here for many years, and the amount of earth-based magic crystals accumulated is very considerable, and the attack of human beings alone is definitely not enough to exhaust the energy in these magic crystals, and if there is a large engineering equipment to assist, then the result is completely different.

Andrei was a clever man, and without much explanation from the duke, he understood the significance of this move, so he immediately mobilized his men and horses to disassemble and transport the ballistas placed on the tower and the trebuchet near the city gates.

By ten o'clock in the evening, the inside and outside of the Knight Academy had become a siege site, with more than forty ballistas lined up in the Knight Academy, and more than twenty trebuchets also assembled outside the Knight Academy.

"Launch!"

Andrei gave an order. The sapper who received the order immediately waved his blade to cut the rope of the trebuchet, and the trebuchet immediately made a "squeak" sound of the noose twisting, followed by the fifteen-step projectile lever driven by the huge torque of the noose, and threw the bag tied to the tail high, and when the bag reached the highest point, the stones with a diameter of more than two feet inside broke away from the bag and flew to the earth guardian magic cover three hundred steps away with the afterglow of the setting sun.

The huge stone smashed on the shield, each blow made the whole shield tremble violently, and a large crater appeared in the place where it was smashed, and then a circle of yellow ripples under the shield would move quickly towards the hole, and the hole was filled again, and the stone bounced a few times on the shield, rolling down the shield, but before it could roll to the ground, the second stone hit again.

The yellow light of the shield in the night sky was very dazzling, and the people of the entire Boulder City could see it, most of the people who didn't know the truth were watching and guessing what was happening while watching the excitement, and only a few powerful people understood that a battle to determine the fate of the Yuss Empire was raging around the yellow shield.

The attack continued into the second half of the night, when most of the trebuchets were broken, and the steel bolts of the ballista were barely usable, and the color of the shield became lighter and lighter, but it was still strong.

"This thing is so hard to beat. ”

Andrei cursed hoarsely, he was now running out of strength to wave his hand.

"Hold on, it won't last long. ”

The Duke did not rest, he stood in the bright courtyard illuminated by torches, staring at a pair of bloodshot eyes, cheering for his men.

"My lord, there are no more stones. ”

A soldier pointed to a piece of rubble.

"Tear down the walls. ”

"The wall has been torn down, and all the big stones have been used. ”

"Then use this. ”

A Templar walked up to the statue at the entrance of the Great Hall, a statue of Bach Yous, the Founding Emperor of Jus, in a charging position on horseback.

"Boom!"

The sword light swept by, and the statue of the founding emperor turned into a stone block. The soldiers immediately stepped forward and removed the stones and put them in the trebuchet's pocket to be fired.

"God of Light bless!"

Duke Phelps pharmed silently with his hands crossed on his chest, saying that if they could not take the Academy of Magic after dawn, then what awaited him and his family would be a flight away from their homeland.

"Lord Duke, Bishop Garcia, please come to the Great Hall. ”

An attendant walked up to the duke and reported.

"What's the matter?"

The Duke replied impatiently, he was not in the mood to go back to the Great Hall now.

"The bishop said reinforcements were coming. ”

Perhaps it was the prayers of Duke Phelps that helped, and the Holy See actually sent reinforcements at a critical time.