In this way, after several trips, the strongholds, villages, towns, mines, etc. in the four directions around the City of Holy Light, especially the strongholds, villages, towns, and mines in the three directions of north, east, west, and south, were attacked successively and suffered heavy losses and casualties!
Although the angry Gus, Shirji and Farnese had been working hard to catch up and support, in the end, they only killed three to four hundred apostles and rescued broken villages, camps and strongholds. , and got nothing.
"call!"
call! call!
Breathing heavily, after running around for almost a whole day, and now it was almost dusk, Gus was a little tired. Of course, he was more tired in his heart.
"Shirji?"
"Is this the first place we have been attacked?"
Looking at the dilapidated southern border stronghold in front of me, looking at the hundreds of defeated soldiers and broken walls that were originally guarding the border fortress camp that originally guarded at least a thousand soldiers, I had just wiped out the last remaining remnant in the camp. Gus, who had been torn into pieces by the apostle, was seizing the time to rest while asking the witch Shirji bitterly as he landed.
"fifth……"
"No!"
"This is already the sixth one."
Looking at the mess and countless corpses all over the ground, Witch Shirji couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness and helplessness flashing across her face.
"Gus!"
"We are really too passive..."
"It's not okay to be led by the enemy like this all the time. Let alone a human, even a giant dragon has a bit too much physical strength."
Seeing the giant dragon behind him lying on the ground after landing, gasping for hot breath and unwilling to move, Shirji knew that continuing to run like this was not an option, so he couldn't help but say something like this.
"..."
Hearing Shirji's words, Gus first closed his one eye in pain, and then after a while, he suddenly opened it and pointed at the corpses around him and sighed:
"Of course I know we can't do this, but..."
"You saw it too."
"We are the only mobile support force!"
"If we don't come, none of these people will survive in the end. What else can we do?"
Looking at the surrounding soldiers who were searching for survivors and treating the wounded among the broken eaves and broken walls, and looking at their frustrated and demoralized faces, Gus could only say with a sad smile and gritted teeth.
"..."
Hearing this, Shirji didn't know what to say, so he could only stand aside silently holding her big wand.
"call!"
"alright."
"Next..."
"The enemy will probably attack the forest farm to the west of us, right?"
Immediately afterwards, after taking a breath, Gus picked up his black giant sword, which was now bloody and stained with the blood of the apostles and internal organs, and then hung it directly without caring about the filth on it. After hanging it on a hook on his back, he turned to look at Shirji and said with a wry smile and a sigh:
"Let's go!"
"Although I may not be able to catch up, but..."
"I have to go after all."
"how?"
"Did the enemy touch the new barrier?"
At this time, just like his huge black sword that frightened the enemy, after chasing and fighting all the way, his whole person became as if he was fished out of blood. His whole body was dyed red, and his hair was also stained. The blood was stuck into strands and solidified together, making him look particularly horrifying when he smiled.
The reason why Gus became like this is of course because at least two to three hundred apostles were killed by the black giant sword he carried on his back.
"have no idea……"
"I haven't sensed any signs that the magic barrier in the forest farm to the west has been touched or destroyed..."
"Do we need to go now?"
As she said that, she turned to look at her giant dragon. Although Shirji was also a little distressed, thinking about the enemy's attack route from the north to the east and then to the south today, she also felt that the opponent's next move The place to be attacked is very likely to be the large forest farm to the west.
Therefore, Shirji didn't mind pursuing them in advance now and seeing if he could intercept the group of at least several hundred attackers and the cunning minotaur monster 'Immortal Zuod' in advance.
"certainly!"
"I have to catch them!!"
"Just today!"
Thinking that he had been wandering around for a long time today, and that the number of soldiers, villagers, and miners on his side had probably exceeded three to four thousand, Gus didn't even think about it, and gritted his teeth and said this decisively.
"Farnese!"
"hurry up!"
"We're ready to go!"
"Let Shirji send a message on the way, and ask the Paladins, Serpico and Asan who are about to arrive here to turn around."
"Let's continue chasing to the west, and we must wipe out all the apostles before dark!"
"They can't run far!"
Since such a high price has been paid today, and since the large forces have been mobilized, no matter what, they must completely annihilate each other and obtain a result that satisfies everyone.
Otherwise, their City of Holy Light will never have peace from now on!
When the time comes, let alone fight against the evil Griffith and those "Hand of God" demons in the south, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for them to continue to survive in this world. That's Gus no matter what. No matter what, I don't want to see it.
"don't want!"
"Wait a minute!"
However, at this moment, surprisingly, Farnese, who also looked tired and was covered in blood, ran over quickly and firmly refused Gus's order just now.
"Gus!"
"I find……"
"We were fooled!"
With that said, without waiting for Gus to speak and say something, following Shirji's puzzled gaze, Farnese took out a map she carried with her and spread it out in front of the two of them.
"Look!"
"This is now the southernmost part of our City of Holy Light territory, and it is also the farthest away from our city!"
"With this distance, even if it's a giant dragon, it would take at least two or three hours to fly back. Isn't that right?"
"And our reinforcements..."
"Serpico and Asan's troops are not fast, they should still be here and here!"
"As for the other group of thousands of Silver Hand cavalry, they have been running for a day and are exhausted, so they should still be here now."
"Although they are the closest to the City of Holy Light, if they want to rush back, with their horsepower, they will only need more time than us, let alone Asan and Serpico!"
Farnese did not care at all about the blood of the apostles still remaining on his body. He just pointed at various places on the map with his slender fingers, and also left scarlet bloody handprints on them, clearly giving Gus and Shirji marked the approximate location of the three of them and the reinforcements.
"so……"
"Gus, now do you understand our situation?"
"When we all thought about surrounding and annihilating that group of enemies, we were led by them to mobilize them instead!"
"Their next target should be here!!"
"so……"
After saying this and tapping a certain position in the middle of the map with his finger, Farnese had no intention of continuing. He just retracted his hand and looked at Gus and the tight-knit man whose expressions were also gradually becoming a little ferocious. Shirji and the two frowned and looked at each other.
Before, they all naively thought that the group of apostles only wanted to destroy and surprise the surrounding strongholds and camps, and wanted to consume and bring down their City of Holy Light. But now it seems that the other party's purpose is not just that?
The other party's appetite is not just to exhaust them and destroy the stronghold villages and towns around their city, but to completely destroy their city and the territorial city they rely on for survival - the City of Holy Light!
And if their city is really rushed in by hundreds of thousands of apostles and wreaks havoc and massacre, even if they finally succeed in annihilating or driving away the other party, in that case, they will basically be finished and will never be around again. Any hope of competing and confronting the city of Falconia!
That was the worst and most horrific situation that none of them wanted to see, and it could not be allowed to happen under any circumstances.
"!!"
After listening to Farnese's analysis, Gus also came back to his senses and instantly widened his one eye.
"That's too late!"
"Shirji!"
"Let's use your magic to rush back immediately!"
"Now!!"
Then, Gus, realizing the seriousness of the problem, immediately changed his original idea of continuing to chase west. Instead, he hurriedly turned around and shouted orders at Shirji with a ferocious face.
"No, it can't be done!"
"I……"
Shirji was startled by Gus's expression, but she quickly calmed down and explained:
"Gus."
"I have consumed too much in the fighting all the way. Now I have almost no magic power, and my mental load is also very heavy!"
"I really can't help it..."
"The door key was given to Crete before..."
"Anyway!"
"I need at least an hour or more to meditate before I have the confidence to use that kind of demanding magic!"
Yes!
Everything Shirji said was true.
Although, during this period, she has been called the 'Witch of the Holy Light Legion' by others. She possesses powerful magic, can communicate with the spirits of the four directions, and can even emit terrifying sounds that destroy a city. Forbidden spell-level magic, but in fact, she is just the apprentice of Teacher Flora, the witch of the Spirit Tree Hall, who has just graduated.
No matter what impression she gives others, or how powerful the magic she can use is, it cannot hide that she is only twelve years old, and strictly speaking, she is still just a 'magic apprentice' or The fact that she is an 'apprentice witch'!
Therefore, after a day of high-intensity chasing and fighting, when she was extremely exhausted mentally and exhausted her magic power, which was somewhat unsustainable, she still wanted her to immediately use the difficult magic of apparation to transfer Gus and Fa If Ernese teleported back together, it would really be a bit difficult for her.
Before, the reason why she had not thought about using Apparition directly to rush on the road was not only because she was worried that her lack of proficiency would lead to mistakes and serious consequences, but also because she had the idea of saving magic power and using it for combat. Otherwise, if she could use it, she would have used it earlier. It's already been used.
"What?!"
"this!"
"Then fly back!"
"immediately!"
"You can rest and meditate on the dragon's back!!"
Gus's face darkened and his expression became more ferocious. Although Gus was very unwilling and almost wanted to roar angrily, in the end, he suppressed it and just sighed in his heart without going to Shirji. Say anything harsh.
"Farnese!"
"You must be tired too, so just take charge of the situation here!"
"Shirji and I can just go back!"
Then, seeing Farnese putting away the map and preparing to follow, Gus quickly stopped him and said this in relief.
Then, regardless of what Farnese wanted to say, he hurriedly climbed onto the back of the giant dragon with the solemn-faced Shirji, and then, there was a tired cry from the giant dragon. With a wailing sound, it slowly took off again and circled towards the north.
"..."
Farnese did not refuse Gus's kindness, because she had indeed reached her limit now, and even if she rushed back, it would not be helpful to the battle.
"Gus..."
"Shirji..."
So, she just stood there, looking up at the sky with her head raised, letting the strong wind blown by the dragon take off blowing her hair, which was also stained with blood, just standing on a broken eaves and broken wall. Zhong watched as the giant dragon carried the two of them and flew away little by little and finally disappeared from her sight.
…
clang! clang! clang! clang!
clang! clang! clang!
And basically consistent with Farnese's guess and what Gus was worried about, at this moment, the City of Holy Light was indeed ringing the urgent alarm bell when an enemy attacked.
Because, at a distance of more than a thousand meters outside the city wall, the enemies from Falconia City, those demon-like demon warriors, had indeed arrived at the city.
In front of those messy formations of war demon soldiers was Aba Ying, the demon archer under Falconia City's 'Eagle of Light'. It was the same man that Anne had seen once. His appearance looked like a The halfling apostle growing on the butt of the one-eyed 'wolf deer' seems weird no matter how you look at it.
At this time, he, together with the hornless bull-headed monster apostle Zuo De, led nearly two thousand war demon soldiers to gather here, staring unkindly at the red golden holy light that was flying. The flag-bearing City of Holy Light smiled ferociously.
As for how they secretly came here to join forces and at the same time clearly grasped the action routes of various troops in the City of Holy Light to prepare for a time difference, it is currently unknown.
Anyway!
Just like what Farnese and Gus were most worried about, their conspiracy succeeded. Not only did Gus, Shirji and others struggle, they also successfully mobilized the most elite Holy Light Legion outside the City of Holy Light. The main force arrived here in advance at this critical time.
"Jie!"
"Abaying!"
"Your plan seems to be working quite well!"
"look!"
"There don't seem to be many troops in the city, and the black swordsman isn't here either. We should be able to destroy this place easily?"
Looking at the soldiers and civilians on the top of the city who were running back and forth to pile up arrows, gunpowder, cannonballs and other defensive supplies, the 'hornless Minotaur' who had been fighting for a day but was still in high spirits at this moment, did not look tired at all. Apostle Zuo De then praised with a ferocious smile.
Before, their master Griffith ordered them to destroy the City of Holy Light in front of them. He had always thought that it would be difficult to accomplish it with such a small amount of troops, but now it seems that it is really easy to do it with such a small amount of troops. It seems that the magic soldiers are basically enough?
"Zuo De, don't be careless!"
After listening to Zuo De's words, the demon archer Abaying, who looked like a halfling apostle growing on the butt of a one-eyed wolf deer, first shook his head in disbelief, and then pointed at a man in gold armor at the top of the city. The girl said coldly:
"there!"
"Did you see the woman in golden armor on top of the city?"
"Her name is Clete!"
"He is the leader of the Silver Dawn. He is said to be very powerful. He is also known as the 'Spirit of Vengeance'?"
According to his information, that woman is said to be second only to the Black Swordsman Gus, the Great Lord, in the Legion of Light. If that is the case, it must be more or less hindering their next actions. of.
"Just her?"
"How powerful can a woman be?"
Zuo De's face was full of disdain, but after thinking about it, he still suggested this:
"How about this!"
"You hand her over to me, I will be responsible for twisting off her ridiculous head, and you will be responsible for leading this group of losers into the city to kill and destroy!"
"how?"
Zuo De's ultimate target is only the black swordsman Gus, and the other party is probably still on his way here, and he won't be able to make it for a while.
Therefore, before the other party arrives, he does not mind killing one of the other party's generals and using the other party's head to provoke and anger the other party.
"oh?"
"You want to take your time?"
Hearing Zuo De's proposal, Abaying was slightly surprised, and turned his head and looked Zuo De up and down.
"also!"
"It's getting dark. We should have about two to three hours to destroy this place before their large forces come back, and the darkness is also conducive to our actions. If you want to play, then go ahead! "
First he pondered for a while, and then soon, Abaying chuckled and nodded, without any intention of stopping Zuo De's elegance.
"but……"
"I just hope that guy isn't here, right?"
Then, after muttering this to himself, Abaying began to scan around the city with the sharp eyes of his magic archer, comparable to the eyes of an eagle, until he was sure that there was no small After the red figure appeared, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"??"
"What were you talking about just now?"
Of course Zuo De didn't know what Aba Ying meant, so he asked a little strangely.
"No!"
"Nothing!"
"I'm going to command the troops to prepare for the siege. As agreed, I'll leave that woman to you, and leave the rest to us!"
"remember!"
"Don't waste time!"
After giving these final instructions, before Zuo De, who looked impatient, could respond, Demon Archer Aba Ying kicked off his four hooves and ran towards the distance.
"attack!!!"
"Kill!!"
"Roar!!!"
"Ouch!!!"
"%...#%#￥!"
"Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie!!!"
"Come in!"
"Kill them all! Kill them all!!"
“Leave no one behind!!!”
"Kill!!!!"
Soon, after a brief mobilization, the halfling apostle Abaying, who looked like a one-eyed wolf deer on the buttocks, took the lead, leading at least two thousand war demon soldiers. Rushing towards the city in front like a tide.
While those war demon soldiers were roaring, laughing, and shouting, they did not forget that they turned into a huge, weird-looking monster in the middle, that could fly, crawl, or run.
boom! !
boom! boom! boom!
Almost at the same time as those war demon soldiers charged, the dozens of artillery on the City of Holy Light roared at the same time, causing hot solid shells to violently bombard the huge war demon soldiers that had just completed their transformation. formation, and easily smashed or penetrated the body of a huge monster.
At the same time, almost the same number of catapults and densely packed crossbows, bows and other city defense weapons were also densely bombarded and shot down at the running War Demon Soldier monster apostles.
that's all!
A fierce offensive and defensive battle broke out at the head of the city in an instant, and soon entered a fever pitch.
Immediately afterwards, the sounds of fighting and screams from both sides, the sounds of explosions one after another, the collision and roar of various weapons, and the ferocious inhuman roars of the apostle monsters, accompanied by blood, fire and flying severed limbs, corpses and cannonballs, began. Such an extremely tragic drama is taking place here.
This……
It’s a life-and-death war! ! !
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