Surrounded by the sergeants around him, Caesar went against the flow of people rushing towards the east gate and came to the city wall that was completely shrouded in flames.
Caesar decided to correct his mistake of thinking that Florence would still have its walls left.
But now——————
The bricks burned by the blazing flames even began to melt like toasted butter at high temperatures.
This is not a simple fire at all, the flames burning on the city wall itself are mixed with magic power.
Under this high temperature that can even melt rocks, Florence may only be left with a pile of ashes and a puddle of white land in the end.
In an instant, the entire city could be ignited with flames. Caesar himself would not believe it if there were no hands and feet of Nero's servant among them.
Ordinary people would probably have no choice but to wait to turn into charred bones if they were even slightly exposed to such flames.
"Crazy... really crazy."
Caesar frowned and cursed Animusfiya, who had made him embarrassed before.
Although he lost an entire legion in this burning city, in terms of true losses, Nero, who directly destroyed an important city, was only a lot more than him.
It can be said that the enemy suffered a loss of 100,000 and a loss of 8,000.
He would rather burn the entire city to the ground than leave it to him to use, but Caesar had no way of doing this.
Caesar, who was invincible in this era, had never seen such a decisive tactic, nor had he thought that anyone would do it.
Now we can only gather the troops and rush back to Pisa to the west, and do the next best thing.
The flames on the west wall burned more intensely, and even Caesar, as a servant, felt a hint of threat from it.
"Hey, the fire attack is particularly efficient..."
The opponent is probably a strategist-type servant who specializes in leading troops.
Surrounded by three and missing one, all that has been presented to Caesar so far is a conspiracy.
To pursue or not to pursue, to enter the city or not to enter, to flee eastward or not to flee.
Caesar was keenly aware of the risks of every choice, but as long as he stayed in the choice given by Animusfia, Caesar would definitely be the loser.
........
The one behind the east gate may be a trap set by the opponent in advance, and Florence will also be like a wall of fire, completely cutting off the connection between him and the army behind the west gate.
Continuing like this will only lead to endless opportunities for the opponent to seize the opportunity. Caesar decided to jump out of the choice dilemma given to him by Animusfia.
Only in this way can we recover from the series of disadvantages caused by the loss of that little bit of advantage, which pile up like snowballs.
Since you will fall into the opponent's trap no matter which way you choose between A and B, it's better to find another way and choose the non-existent "C" option.
Caesar raised the golden sword "Yellow Death" in his hand and looked directly at the burning city wall in front of him.
"If you want to trap Caesar with just such a cage of flames...then you are miscalculating, unknown Caster."
The sword blade once again glowed with golden light, and the Noble Phantasm with the concept of conquest was completely liberated.
"I come, I see, I conquer! Death of Huang! (Crocea Mors)"
The narrow but gorgeous blade of the ceremonial weapon produced a huge slash that was completely incompatible with its appearance.
The golden light struck the flames and the city wall, and then disappeared as if there was nothing there before.
It was not Caesar who destroyed the wall with brute force, but the fire and the wall itself that Caesar conquered.
The legions who had been surrounding the city wall for a long time but had been blocked by the flames rushed forward.
"Don't enter the city! Listen to my order and throw away all the sundries except weapons. The same goes for shields. Now the whole army is heading back to the west to catch Pisa! Don't stop for a moment!"
Caesar ignored his soldiers who were still in the city and fled towards the east gate, and directly ordered the march towards Pisa.
The weapons and baggage can wait for Octavian's fleet to be transferred, but if they are now herded like livestock in the mountains and forests of the Italian Peninsula, the army will really be defeated.
Caesar had to take a city strong enough to establish a foothold.
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The lightning that was constantly branching like a tree branch finally found its connection object. All the branches disappeared together, and after a very brief dimming, it suddenly became brighter.
The loud sound that penetrated the air reached Animusfia's ears again.
A large number of people fell in front of the east gate, but there were still many people who didn't know the truth and fled outside.
There were soldiers under Animusfia in the city who were constantly hunting down soldiers and driving the crowd to the east gate.
At this point, he couldn't accurately distinguish between Caesar's soldiers and ordinary citizens, so he could only massacre them indiscriminately like this.
Just like the US military who didn't know who the Vietcong was, they bombed the woods and villages indiscriminately.
When faced with the fighting power of Servants, the gap between ordinary people and them was so huge that it was despairing.
Suddenly there was a loud rumbling sound from the west, and then, visible to the naked eye, the west side of Florence suddenly opened up.
"ha."
Animusfiya's mouth curved slightly.
Caesar may have thought he had broken his trap.
In fact, if Caesar really arrived to the east, it would be difficult for him to deal with it.
After all, the one left here is only a clone, not Animusfia herself. Although the magic power is limited, it cannot suffer too much damage.
Not to mention that even if Animusfia came here in person, she might not be able to completely defeat Caesar.
But since Caesar has decided to abandon this legion in the fire, that's easy to say.
Although there were some mistakes, overall Animusfia's plan basically achieved its goal.
Now the gap in military strength with Caesar was no longer so desperate.
Coupled with the existence of Animusfia herself and Nero, the combat power is even much higher than that of Caesar.
In terms of combat effectiveness, compared to Caesar's legions who ran back and forth all day without stopping and even abandoned supplies and equipment, the Romagna First Legion, which was waiting for work in Pisa, was even higher.
The balance of victory has begun to tilt towards Animusfia's side.
It was also a surprise. Animusfia unexpectedly discovered that the cube she thought was stolen some time ago was actually consistent with Caesar's movement trajectory.
It looked like some greedy soldier had taken it with him.
Not even throwing away the shield but this one.
This not only gave Animusfia a real-time positioning of Caesar's military formation, but also allowed him to easily deduce the location of Caesar's landing.
Lightning no longer struck the crowd, and Animusfia put away the magic in her hands.
The soldiers fighting in the city also returned to his side.
Now there is no point in chasing down the soldiers abandoned by Caesar. The most urgent task is to pass the message back to the original person waiting in Pisa.
"I will now transfer the command to the Centurion. You will continue to disguise yourself as civilians to detect the enemy's movements."
Animusfia ordered to her soldiers.
"Don't act rashly until you get new orders from me."
After saying that, Animusfiya's figure turned into black fragments and disappeared into the air.
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"Governor, it's been so long since midnight. Will the enemy really come?"
Just after resting, a sleepy Nero walked up to the high platform and asked Animusfia.
"Ah, Your Majesty, you came just in time."
Animusfia pointed to the plain in the distance and said:
"Look, isn't this coming?"
More and more figures emerged from below the ground.
What is particularly eye-catching is the huge Caesar at the forefront of the phalanx.
