Chapter 14: Tragedy
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Seeing that the gates had not yet opened, the Knights Templar squad panicked in the fear of death, crowding each other and trying to climb the walls.
"Defend me!"
Bishop Chloe shouted loudly but no one answered, and seeing that the insect swarm was about to enter, he hurried to use the fire barrier.
A thick circle of blue flames suddenly appeared around them.
The ant insect was immediately ignited when it came into contact with the flames, but did not flinch, hissing and continuing to rush into the crowd.
The screams kept ringing out, and the broken arm flew sideways, a tragic situation. Like a wolf entering a flock, the entire Knights Templar squad was overwhelmed by the swarm without much resistance.
"These people were originally the elite of the Holy See, but at the moment they are not even as good as the rabble. In terms of single strength, one person can fight at least a few ants, and if it is a formation defense and a mid-level senior mage pressing the formation, it will not be broken through so quickly. On the city tower, Zhao Wu couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the Holy See's army was so easily dispersed.
"They usually only work in the city, and they may never fight against insects. It's like our imperial army has to change guards every few years to the border of the Eastern Front to fight to the death against the aliens. The adjutant on the side chimed in.
I have heard that the walls of the Black Glenn Fortress are twenty feet high, and in less than a day in front of millions of insects, they will be built into a ladder to cross the city wall and invade it. The walls of our Kolos City are only seven feet high, and I'm afraid we won't be able to last long. Pass my order, and if you find that ants and insects are piled up to build a worm ladder, you must immediately carry a boulder and drop it to prevent the worm ladder from being built......"
At noon, more and more ants and insects gathered outside the city of Kolos, and the insect swarms gathered in the four city walls, and continued to accumulate with insect bodies, trying to build a worm ladder.
Whenever it was time to climb over the city wall, the soldiers and mercenaries who defended the city would always drop with boulders, but the corpses of the dead ants and insects were piled up higher and higher, and they were about to overflow the city wall.
Zhao Wu knew that as long as there was a steady stream of ants and insects, even if they relied on insect corpses, they could still pile up on the city wall in the end, and smashing them with boulders could only delay time. It's just that it's only noon now, and the insect corpses are about to pile up over the city wall, and the imperial army may have just received the news of the wormhole invasion, and when the imperial reinforcements arrive, they are afraid that it will be too late.
"Most of you grew up in this land, and behind it are your families and children! Now we have no way back, take up your weapons! If any insect dares to rush up to the wall, smash it!
Zhao Wu loudly encouraged the soldiers defending the city, the only thing they could do now was to resist desperately, as imperial soldiers, they had no way back.
"Huh... Huh-..."
The soldiers who were originally silent defending the city all shouted rhythmically, and their morale suddenly rose.
The invasion of the insect swarm did not stop for a moment, and continued to rush up the city wall through the piles of insect corpses that were seven feet high, and the spears and heavy swords of the soldiers defending the city were met and smashed out of the city. From time to time, soldiers were pierced through the chest by the sharp forelimbs of the ants that rushed forward one after another, and the city wall was miserable.
Time passed, and more and more soldiers were killed. The sealing of the gap is no longer so tight, and many ants and insects have broken through the barrier and jumped over the city wall and rushed into the city.
"Report!" The city wall led by Vice Admiral Wang Feng in the east has been broken through by the insect swarm, and a large number of ants and insects have rushed into the city, and they are in urgent need of support!" At this time, a guard came to report the news.
"What? Where are there so many people now, there is a shortage of people everywhere, so I will personally go to support!"
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Wu jumped on the furious earth dragon and rushed towards the eastern city wall.
At this time, the city lord's mansion was already overcrowded, and tens of thousands of residents in the city gathered among them. There were no more people in the mansion, and later people had to gather outside the main gate of the city lord's mansion to seek refuge, and Ping Lei also led the Belka villagers to mingle with the crowd outside the mansion.
The escort team led by Vice General Xie Ping had killed several ant insects that had wandered into the city and approached the City Lord's Mansion.
The sight of the antworm's ugly body up close drew a frightened scream from the crowd.
"I'm afraid you're about to lose it! Because my father knows that you are capable of running fast. You go now, you must do your best to find a way to escape, staying here is only a dead end!Do you hear?" Seeing that the situation was getting more and more critical, Ping Lei grabbed Ping'an's shoulders with both hands and shook it, staring at Ping'an's still immature face and said word by word.
"No, father, I want to be with you!" replied as Ping An looked at his father's eyes, which were still holding a glimmer of hope.
"Silly boy, you have to continue to live for me and your mother!"
"Both parents are dead for their children, what's the point of being alone there! Besides, now that there is no way out of the siege of the city on all sides, since they are all dead, they also hope that the death is closer to their father!"
If he escaped alone, Ping An was confident that he would be a little sure, but he couldn't let Ping An leave his father and run alone, so he had to reject his father's idea.
"Hey, promise me! Stay here for a while, no matter what happens, don't move!"
Ping Lei still has a little hope, and now he just wants the child to live longer, maybe until the reinforcements arrive.
"Yes, father, I'm not going anywhere!" At this time, Ping An could not refuse his father's command again, so he had to agree.
"The swarm of insects is rushing into the city!
At this time, someone shouted, and the crowd outside the house squeezed towards the house, wanting to get farther away from the strange insects.
A small number of lone ants and insects could not break through the defense line led by Vice General Xie Ping, but at this moment, hundreds of ants and insects from the east were scurrying into the city and attacking the crowd.
"All the soldiers are moving closer to me, keep the formation and don't be scattered!" Xie Ping shouted.
The only hundred-man squad quickly assembled, and most of the soldiers only had the strength of the Bronze Knight, but at this time, they firmly raised their shields and heavy swords and stood in front of the crowd, ready to resist the impact of this wave of insects.
"Don't crowd anymore! When all the soldiers who protect us are killed, we will be damned next! Even if you squeeze into the city lord's mansion, you can't survive, it's a man who will pick up arms with me and smash the damn ants!
Seeing that the situation was critical, Ping Lei knew that it was time to do something, and shouted and took the lead in picking up the heavy sword and rushing forward. After running a few steps, he suddenly stopped, looked back at Ping'an, and after a while, a tear squeezed out of the corner of his eye, and he roared again and resolutely rushed forward.
"Brothers, let's go too, don't be a bad seed who is afraid of death!"
Seeing that Pinglei stepped forward, Feng You also brought the strong men of Belka Village to come forward to support.
"What are you doing in a daze? Our Crystal Palace spent so many Pope Coins to hire you to guard, now it's time to show your usefulness!"
The owner of the Kolos Crystal Palace branch was also in the crowd outside the gate at this time, and when he saw someone taking the lead and rushing forward, he quickly ordered the hired guards to also come forward to help.
Infected by Pinglei's bravery, more and more people chose to come forward to fight against the insects, and there were thousands of people. Most of them have low strength, and some people rush forward with them before they even reach the strength of the trainee knights......