At noon, on the border of the Empire, on the plain about a hundred kilometers away from the Holy City, tens of thousands of Imperial cavalry dressed in silver armor and heavily armed were waiting in battle.

Cardinal Nicks, who was the leader, looked at the crowd and said solemnly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, according to the spies' report, the two cities on the border of the Empire have now been captured by wizards, and those demonic minions have wantonly slaughtered and mutilated the followers of the Lord, and now they have reached the heart of the Empire, ready to spread pain, calamity, and death throughout the continent!"

"The end has come! And behind us is the Holy City, and you and I have no way back......"

Under the painful words of the Nix, tens of thousands of cavalrymen couldn't help but show fear, but soon the Nix's voice became higher and higher, ringing in everyone's ears like a bell.

"But we don't need to be afraid, we don't need to panic, we don't need to be afraid! The Great Lord is watching from above Heaven at this moment on everyone who fights to the death for the empire and the church! ”

"Death and faith are the keys to heaven and peace for souls forever!"

"Now shout, most godly people of the Lord, the end is not worth fearing, our sacrifice will be engraved in the long river of history, and in the near future the Lord will descend in the kingdom of heaven to dispel the gloom of the end and turn the earth into an eternal pure land......"

Nix's impassioned statement made the knights present forget the panic and fear in their hearts, and they raised their weapons one after another, shouting loudly, venting their inner madness and determination.

"Kill the blasphemers......" "May the great Lord dispel the gloom of the end and turn the world into a pure land!" "May the glory of our Lord shine on all things!"

In this moment, everyone abandoned the fear of death, even though everyone knew that there would be a crushing defeat and destruction that awaited them, but there was no hesitation.

For death is not the end of suffering, but the ladder to heaven.

In the kingdom of the Lord, there is no sickness or old age, where the great rivers flow with good wine, where the wheat fields will automatically produce full ears of wheat without cultivating themselves, and where every branch of the tree is covered with fat and juicy steaks...... All will dwell in palatial mansions and enjoy endless peace and joy.

In the midst of the shouts of the crowd, Nix suddenly turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground with great reverence in the direction of the holy city, kissed the dirt under his feet, and chanted the name of the Lord in his mouth.

More and more people spontaneously dismounted for the final prayers, praying to the great Lord for sheltering them for ultimate victory.

Amid the louder and louder prayers, a milky white light emerged from the direction of the Holy City.

A faint brilliance of magic appeared around everyone, and a fanatical emotion gradually occupied everyone's minds, and at this moment they all felt the Lord's gaze, and there was only one thought left in their hearts, that is, to use the blade in their hands to slash all the enemies who dared to stop in front of them, and defend the glory of the Lord with blood and life......

"Praise be to you, my lord, for your power has dimmed the stars!" In response to the Lord's gift, Nix stood up, led tens of thousands of cavalry to turn over his horse, pointed his sword forward, and shouted with his arms raised.

"Now...... Charge! ”

"Charge, charge!" With a roar, tens of thousands of cavalry instigated their horses at the same time, rushing away like a landslide and tsunami.

At the end of the horizon, a torrent of steel composed of thousands of armored vehicles had appeared in everyone's field of vision, the wheels pressed over the earth and rocks and raised puffs of dust flying in the sky, and under the hideous armor, a machine gun was erected, and the muzzle of the gun flashed with a cold chill, as if it could shoot a deadly barrage at any moment.

Of course, Nicks knew that this was a new type of war weapon developed by wizards, with powerful protection and offensive capabilities, but he believed that under the power of the Lord, nothing was invincible!

Even if the final outcome is defeat, he will do his best to deal the heaviest blow to the enemy......

The charging cavalry got closer and closer to the advancing torrent of steel, and soon crossed a dangerous distance - two kilometers!

The roar of artillery was the first to resound, and hundreds of shells flew into the sky, falling from the sky like a rain of meteors.

"God is with you and me!" Nix raised his sword and shouted loudly, and the magic brilliance that appeared around everyone immediately gathered together.

The 10,000 Divine Punishment Army that had taken the Divine Grace Potion was at the forefront, with a large number of priests and bishops as the core, and a subtle magic circle quietly unfolded.

The invisible magic enchantment appeared out of thin air, and immediately enveloped tens of thousands of cavalry brigades, and the fierce artillery bombardment on it, blowing up the ripples, and obvious cracks appeared on it, but they were quickly repaired.

Relying on the divine energy blessings of thousands of priests and bishops, Nix led tens of thousands of cavalry to advance rapidly under the attack of artillery fire, and soon approached a range of one kilometer.

At this moment, hundreds of red streamers flew from the opponent's array, almost instantly shattering this layer of divine protection.

In the rapidly generated heat, the iron balls that had been burned to the point of reddening and almost melting quickly passed through the entire array, and both the silver armor on the knights and the flashing divine brilliance around them were as weak as paper under such terrifying speed and power.

One of the Divine Punisher Knight in the front row didn't even see how the streamer flew through, and the whole person, along with the mount under him, was beaten into a cloud of blood mist and debris......

Such a scene happened everywhere on the battlefield, there was no pain and no howl, because everything came too fast, and in an instant, there were more than a hundred death paths full of flesh and blood in the cavalry array, and the rich smell of blood filled the air, but it made this cavalry team charge forward even more frantically.

However, this was only the beginning, after defeating the magic protection with the electromagnetic cannon, the airships broke their invisibility and appeared high in the air, the bomb bays at the bottom suddenly opened, and projectiles the size of human heads fell on the top of their heads.

Considering the follow-up battlefield clean-up problem, the airship was not loaded with white phosphorus fire, but these projectiles were equally deadly, the huge projectiles exploded again in mid-air, and the flowering bullets inside were scattered to cover most of the battlefield, and in bursts of violent explosions and fires, nearly 10,000 cavalry died directly under this round of blows!

The machine gun mounted on the armored vehicle also rang out in sync with the barrel.

Connected artillery fire, galloping iron pellets, flowering shells sprinkled from the sky, fierce crossfire, countless Divine Punishment Knights were blown to pieces every second, falling in rows like wheat harvesting.

However, under the influence of powerful divine magic, they completely forgot their fears, and they also forgot to escape, and perhaps only at the moment of death could they break free from this frenzied state.

Seeing his colleagues fall in front of him under the attack of artillery fire, Knicks's heart was filled with endless anger, and he shouted with red eyes: "Charge, charge, end the apocalypse, kill them!" ”

"Kill, kill them!" "End the Apocalypse!" "The Kingdom of Heaven...... The kingdom of heaven is coming! ”

Tens of thousands of Divine Punishment cavalry roared angrily, desperately ramming into the steel torrent composed of armored convoys in front of them, trying to completely crush them with a powerful impact like they had done in the past to defeat the rebels and cultists of the evil gods!

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and the 50,000 cavalry who charged rapidly, after losing about seventy percent, finally crossed this long road of death, like a sharp knife plunged into the torrent of steel.

It's just that they soon discovered how unrealistic the previous fantasy was, the supernatural cavalry spear stabbed at high speed on the armored car, only hitting a small pit, and then the huge reaction rebounded along the curved cavalry spear, and suddenly there was a scene of flesh and blood flying sideways, people and horses flipping on their backs.

The priests and bishops mixed in the cavalry regiment also used their magic to blast deep dents in these steel bumps, but the effect was limited to that.

With the strength of the bishops, if they are in good condition, they will not be able to help but have a lump of steel, but most of the magic energy in their bodies is used to protect against the invasion of artillery, and they have no time to pray for the blessing of divine power, and there will be no way to break through the protection of the armor for a while.

Only a few cardinals such as Nicks could easily blow up the armored car and destroy it, but such a dazzling existence quickly received attention, and more than a dozen electromagnetic cannons directly bombarded him, blowing him into a cloud of blood mist.

As the target of the attack, except for a few armored vehicles that were hit in the wheel or forced to stop the fire at the weak point, they did not even stop, the cold and solid armor was like a moving wall, crushing the enemy in the way into pieces, leaving corpses everywhere, and the blood gathered into a river and slowly flowed across the battle line.

"Are they crazy? So that it will not collapse? ”

Seeing tens of thousands of Imperial legions rushing towards the torrent of steel without fear of life and death, and then being crushed all of them, but still rushing up one after another, Raphael and the others on the airship who were observing all this with farsighted magic were numb in their scalps, and so far they had killed the legions sent by the five waves of churches to block them.

The number of people is not too much at a time, about 40,000 to 60,000.

As for the meaning of the division of troops, he probably guessed something, and one of the purposes was to prevent them from using [Sky Dome Fall] to kill all of them in one go.

But attacking in batches like this is almost no different from sending them to death!

The church should be well aware of this, but it is still sending a steady stream of people.

"Maybe they're trying to use these people to deplete our ammo and mana reserves and gain some advantage in the decisive battle later." Harrov guessed.

Hundreds of thousands of lives in exchange for combat readiness?

The wizards present couldn't help frowning, only to feel a chill welling up from the soles of their feet.

If this is the case, the madness and ruthlessness of the church will be beyond their imagination, but it has to be said that after six major battles in a row, more than seventy percent of the ammunition they have spent a year stockpiling has been consumed.

Fortunately, their core combat preparations were not used, and the magic power of the wizards has always remained in a considerable state, and the four legendary wizards such as Lynn, Vittorio, Haroff, and Aurora have not made much of a move.

First, such small situations can be solved by the kingdom's army alone, and new recruits can be trained by the way, and secondly, they need to be in the best shape to deal with possible threats.

According to their information, there are at least three legendary clergy in the church, hundreds of cardinals, countless bishops and priests, plus a false god of unknown strength, the strength is actually much stronger than them.

"It's also possible that these legions are pawns thrown by the church to slow us down." Lynn muttered a guess.

It's just that this is obviously meaningless, and under the torrent of thousands of armored vehicles, these Imperial legions who came to send them to death can't even stop them from advancing.

The longest stay was when seven cardinals led tens of thousands of people to stay in a forest.

As a result, he directly let airships, warplanes, and artillery bombard several rounds for several hours, and then with the armored convoy as the vanguard, he could directly drive over and flatten everything.

Six crusading armies, more than 300,000 elite troops, plus the border legions that attacked the kingdom from other directions and intended to let them divide their forces to rescue, should be all the regular forces that the empire can take out!

Lynn stared down at the Imperial knights who had suffered heavy casualties and were still working fearlessly until the last moment of their lives in the face of a group of iron bumps that could not be broken, and he was also a little emotional.

I have to say that in the study of psionic magic, the gap between them and the church is very obvious.

Lynn can imagine the psychological pressure that such a blood-soaked army of magicians and punishment knights would put on the enemy, and it is no wonder that the Church and the Empire can rule the continent.

It's a pity that the swan song of the old era has ended here......

As he pondered, the battle below had quietly come to an end, and after a tenth of the damage had been paid by thousands of armored vehicles, the 50,000 Imperial cavalry had all collapsed.

The entire plain was turned into a slaughterhouse, littered with burning corpses, and mutilated armor, weapons, weapons, and armor were everywhere.

The torrent of steel has no intention of stopping, there will be special people in the rear to deal with these troubles, and all they need to do is move forward, forward, and move forward!

Target the Holy City!

Midnight soon fell, and the Kingdom Legions, which had been on the road for days, finally stopped and prepared to rest.

It is now less than sixty kilometers away from the holy city in a straight line, and if you leave your supplies behind and travel lightly, you can set off tomorrow morning, or it won't be long before you reach the city.

A proper recuperation before the Great War was clearly necessary.

Lynn looked up at the sky, a bright moon hung high in the sky, shining incomparably, and every wizard sensed the presence of a magical tide.

But he remembered that today should not be the day of the moon......

(End of chapter)