In the direction of the impact of the ice boat, there were only about a few dozen priests, and there were no bishops. In the face of that huge magical creation, the only thing that could protect them was the holy light that had just gathered.

They even had a bit of a blank mind at that moment.

"You want to run away?"

Grant's voice came quickly, though. Immediately after, the spiritual power that only belonged to the Pope swept past them, controlling the holy light they had gathered, and instantly formed a large shield as high as a fortress.

The big shield stopped in front of the iceboat, like a moat, trying to force Benjamin and the boat to stop.

However, Benjamin also seems to have expected Grant to intervene to stop it.

As the iceboat rushed, a huge ball of water suddenly condensed on the bow. The water balloon spun rapidly, and combined with the friction with the air during high-speed flight, it quickly turned into a whirlpool of water-shaped drills. The iceship hit this drill bit and slammed into the Holy Light Giant Shield in a daze!

There was a loud bang.

The strong wind that erupted violently cleared the sky of the thick smoke at once. The priests around him were protected by the Holy Light, but they couldn't help but subconsciously take a step back. The bishop looked up at the collision between the two, his eyes widening nervously.

I saw that under the impact of the ice boat and the water drill bit, several cracks appeared on the giant shield in an instant. In about two seconds, the rift grew rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it was covered with shields that shone with holy light.

Immediately after, the entire giant shield collapsed!

The iceboat rushed straight over, and the dozens of priests in the original direction ...... At least from the position of the bishop, they are no longer visible.

A cold snort of dissatisfaction came from Grant's mouth.

"Give me chase!"

With the blessing of divine magic, this command rang like a bell and spread throughout the sky of Pearl Lake. After a brief pause, the priests immediately turned their heads, looked at the iceboat that had not had time to fly far, and hurriedly chased after it.

"Your Majesty the Pope......" the bishop shouted from behind as he struggled to keep up with Grant's speed.

"What are you afraid of, chase!" Grant said without looking back, "We have an absolute numerical advantage, he can only escape, and he will not dare to fight with us." ”

When the bishop heard this, he could only take a deep breath, suppress the fear that he had just seen the great shield easily broken, and continue to chase after him.

There was an astonishing sight in the sky.

An iceship flies in the air, and the sunlight refracts from its every edge, as if the whole ship is shining. And immediately behind the iceboat was a black and oppressive figure. The priests flew fast and slowly, and the ranks quickly split into a narrow triangle, with Grant at the tip of the pyramid and the bishop behind him. As for the remaining priests, they cast a large shadow on the ground like a huge and bloated dark cloud.

As for the paladins on the ground, they were stunned for a while before coming back to their senses. But they don't seem to be able to do anything but be in a hurry.

But...... The paladins chased after them, though they couldn't keep up with even the slowest priests.

Soon, the bustling Pearl Lake area gradually cooled down again. Only the charred black earth and the collapse of potholes are a testament to what has happened here.

However, about fifteen minutes later......

"Well, it looks like it's over. ”

About north of Lake Pearl, less than 500 meters away, the ground where the rocks had been piled up suddenly moved. There seemed to be something underground, and the rubble piled up there was pushed away little by little, revealing the opening of a black hole, and then a series of figures began to crawl out of it.

This group of people looks a little embarrassed, and the clothes on their bodies are tattered*** In recent days, the refugees in the country have been miserable, and some of them are obviously injured. But...... There are also people who are unscathed and fly out of the hole.

As soon as they crawled out of the hole, they quickly searched for cover around and carefully hid themselves.

“...... I don't know what happened to the others. ”

One of the young men stopped in the cavernous cavern, gasping for air. He suddenly raised his head, looked at the brilliant sky that he hadn't seen for a long time, and said in a daze.

- On the shattered armor on his chest, the mark of the Black Nightmare Army was faintly recognizable

"There are only a few escape escapes that you can prepare urgently, and if you don't have time to hide in them, it will definitely be difficult to survive. A mage landed beside him, sighed, and said with reluctance.

The young man turned his head: "What the hell is going on? The tunnel can't collapse for no reason. ”

The mage lowered his head and was silent for a while, then said, "It can only be the church...... You should have heard the loud bang before the collapse. An explosion of that magnitude, I've probably never seen that much gunpowder in my life. ”

When the young man heard this, he couldn't help but swing his fist and hit it the charred dirt.

"Damn!"

He remembered more than an hour ago in his mind.

At that time, the entire Black Nightmare army was busy moving. Koster had been captured, and they could finally avoid staying in the dark underground, and they had already formed a team and left the tunnel exit in order. However, not long after their transfer began, there was an astonishing bang. And when everyone's tinnitus stopped, the whole earth began to tremble, and the originally stable tunnel ...... Then began to collapse.

At that moment, the whole underground was in chaos. He was following the group at the time, and he couldn't even remember what was happening, except that he followed the crowd and kept running...... Run...... The falling rock hit his left shoulder, but he didn't seem to feel the pain, just ran along.

He heard someone shouting for help, he heard a terrible scream, and he heard as if someone was shouting words like "secret passage" and "escape...... His mind went blank until he fled into a narrow corridor with the crowd and found that there was no sign of collapse.

And it was only at that time that he learned that Master Benjamin had suddenly ordered people to dig a few escape passages a few days ago.

The Secret Passage has been reinforced many times by earth-based magic, so it will not collapse under the shock. As for why there is an escape passage, according to other escape mages, it seems that it was because Gen Benjamin felt that things were "too smooth" and "wrong", so he let people dig them.

Then, waiting for the shaking to subside, they climbed out little by little along the secret passage. He had seen a lot of people in the secret passages, and there were many familiar faces, but he knew that compared to the entire Black Nightmare army, this result was ...... It's already tragic.

Because of this, in the process of their escape, few people even spoke. Suppressed and heavy emotions permeate everyone's heart.

"I ...... I should have pulled Carl along for the run...... I'm really useless......" Thinking of his embarrassed appearance when he fled, and thinking of his comrades who had been standing beside him before the collapse, the young man lowered his head and covered his face in pain.

"It's not something we can change. The mage sighed again and patted him on the shoulder, "You saved your life and saved a piece of strength against the Church. You've done what you're supposed to do. ”

The young man's body trembled, but in the end, he stood up on his own.

“...... That's right, the church. ”

Under the sun, the remnants of the Black Nightmare Army crawled out of several escape passages little by little. They looked at the devastated land, their eyes shining with grief and anger.