Some people wanted to go directly to the capital, some wanted to go to the military district, and some wanted to go wherever they could...
In this chaos, the portal's anchor point was confirmed to be the capital one second ago, but the next second it was confirmed to be the military district...
Not to mention that with the lack of communication, merchants from other towns who wanted to participate in the celebration were also entering and exiting through the portal...
In addition, for a whole year, the steam factory had been demolished and the necessary parts for maintaining the portal could only be produced manually, so the condition of the portal was getting worse every day...
Even if the portal has a device called a "safety valve", this valve will not be able to function effectively if it cannot be maintained at the steam plant!
Under the influence of various unfavorable conditions, the portal was finally overwhelmed and turned into a huge "bomb" under the chaotic flow of magic power, which exploded directly in the crowd.
At first, it was a wisp of purple flame. The people in the chaos did not notice the signs of the portal's collapse, but just rushed forward like crazy, trampling the injured who fell to the ground.
Then, the "mirror" of the portal suddenly shattered - the businessman who came out with a dazed look on his face, the farmer who had just squeezed half of his body in, and the baggage that had not been transported out or in in time were directly turned into countless smooth-cut pieces of corpses under the shattering of the mirror.
Finally, when the people at the front were unable to move forward or backward, purple smoke rose and the portal exploded.
The entire land was illuminated in purple, and the area around the portal was turned into a purple hell. The purple magic flame was not only more lethal and threatening than ordinary fire, it even burned the magic in the town to ashes, turning it into "magic residue" that could not be used by most mages.
Ordinary mages are useless now. On top of the church tower, Kagad III turned around and looked at his mage advisor. After finding that he couldn't even release a fireball under the raging magic flames, he gritted his teeth and gave his order to the herald:
"Immediately let the police in the city maintain order at all costs! Don't let those guys on fire spread the fire further! Quick!"
After the herald left in a hurry, he knelt on the ground humbly, then bowed his head and kissed the boots of the priest of Kagad Town:
"And... Mr. Priest! Please cast a soothing spell here, and then head to the city wall immediately. We must withstand the enemy's attack before reinforcements arrive, otherwise we may all die here, or suffer the humiliation of not being able to make further progress in our respective careers!"
"No need to say more, I have my own arrangements."
The priest also understood the seriousness of the problem. If he failed to protect the Earldom of Kagad, he would be punished by St. Petersburg.
All priests want to become bishops, but "punishment" from the diocese can interrupt the priest's only path to advancement.
He praised the greatness of the God of Light with a pious attitude, and released a soothing spell to the entire town of Kagad to calm the chaotic people so that the police could restore their order. Then the priest left the church with his entourage.
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When the priest and his followers arrived at the city wall, the morale of the guards, which was already in danger, was immediately boosted to its peak.
The guards shouted the name of the God of Light and knelt in front of the priest with emotion, begging the priest to use his divine power to fight against the stone monster that was slowly approaching the city.
"It's okay, please continue to perform your duties."
The priest casually walked around the kneeling guards and used a low-level "suffocation spell" to cover the burning tower and put out the fire. The morale of the guards was boosted.
They returned to their posts and shot with bows and crossbows at the tall figure that was approaching the city wall.
The priest knew that the other party was a magical creation just by looking at it. Magical creations can be easily broken by using the "dispelling spell" -
But judging from the destroyed defense equipment on the city wall, the enemy commander must have a backup plan. There should be more than 30 magical creatures here, but at least 50.
You are a tough foe - but you were foolish to attack the town of Kargad with magical creations instead of flesh and blood.
The priest sneered, raised his hands high and chanted the sixth verse on page 27 of the Holy Book of Praise to the God of Light -
"The Lord said that the created should return to its mother body, rather than walking on the earth in a hideous posture—"
This is the dispelling technique of the Church of Light.
A golden light appeared on his hand, and he threw it towards the figures below, expectantly waiting for these magical creations to turn into rubble.
As a result, the golden light that hit them was of no use at all except for causing a few shorter ones to shake slightly.
What's going on
The guards turned around and looked at the priest in astonishment, and the priest also looked at the magical creation underground in surprise—
He cast the dispel spell again, and when he found that these magical creations were still almost motionless, he realized the problem.
"Lord, please give me light!"
He immediately released a magic spell called "Light". As the whole area was illuminated by golden light, the priest finally found the problem.
There is no doubt that the stone giant stumbling on the ground is indeed a magical creation.
But the problem is, these magical creations are actually wearing "armor"? !
On top of the stone, there is actually a layer of stone armor that is not controlled by magic? ! Which genius came up with this plan? !
The priest was speechless because the armor was really useful - after all, dispel magic can only work on creatures controlled by magic, and those armors that are embedded in magical creatures and are not controlled by magic can help the fragile flesh underneath block the effects of divine magic.
This is really... I don't know what to say.
The priest shook his head. Realizing that dispel magic could not effectively kill these stone giants, he could only choose another more dangerous divine magic.
That is the "Spear of Light", a divine art that can physically injure enemies and directly destroy magical creations.
But this magic, not only does it take a long time to release, but the process of releasing it is also particularly eye-catching. For this reason, he must prepare for his own safety.
"My Lord..."
First is a holy barrier - it can directly block the huge crossbow arrows fired by the ballista. Although it can only block one or two arrows, it is enough.
Then, the priest panted and looked at the stone giant closest to the raised drawbridge under the city wall—
The stone giant was holding high a thick tree trunk in his hand, intending to smash the hook on the suspension bridge directly with brute force!
If we let it succeed, the consequences will be disastrous!
"In the name of God—"
The priest shouted, and a spear made of pure golden light appeared above his head.
The guards behind him who were completely useless cheered, thinking that as long as the priest was there, the battle would end in victory.
What happened next was exactly what they wanted.
The priest shouted "My Lord!" and threw the golden spear. The golden spear of light directly penetrated the thick stone armor on the stone giant. While nailing the stone giant to the ground, the remaining divine power was also constantly destroying the fragile magic circuits of the magical creation.
The stone giant struggled for a few times, then became motionless and completely turned back into stone. The morale of the guards was greatly boosted, and the priest did not dare to neglect it, but continued to throw a steady stream of light spears while the magic was still in effect.
One, two.
Ten, twenty—
Under the illumination of the light magic and under the protection of the holy barrier, the priest did not stop for a moment. In less than ten minutes, he used spears of light to nail twenty stone giants to the ground.
Thanks to the inexhaustible power of the God of Light, the priest only needs to worry about his own physical fatigue, and does not need to worry that the power of the God of Light will be suddenly interrupted like the poor power of those totem gods.
He was panting, with a slight smile on his face: Because if the opponent only had this kind of slow-moving stone giants, no matter how many came, they would all be defeated by him!
These stone giants will die in his hands, and the merit of protecting the town of Kagad will become a stepping stone for him to be promoted to bishop!
Is there anything more beautiful and joyful than this?!
Of course not!
The priest laughed loudly, and another spear of light appeared above his head - but for some reason, his right eyebrow began to twitch continuously.
What's going on? Is it because of too many magic casts that my body is exhausted
Before the pastor could figure it out, a sound of breaking air was heard in front of him.
"W-what?!"
Zi-
A heavy javelin made of earth and stone shot out from the darkness. The stone spear head drilled cracks on the golden shield of the sacred barrier one after another, and the constantly rotating spear body tried to make the spear head go deeper...
Bang-
Not just one javelin, but two!
Another slightly smaller javelin suddenly shot out from the only ten remaining stone giants below.
The stone spear head may not be as powerful as the iron one, but this force, which is stronger than a crossbow, puts a huge physical burden on the priest.
He was now unable to move forward or backward, and if he wanted to move, he had to remove the barrier that was nailed by the stone spear. But once the barrier was removed, he would undoubtedly be killed by the stone spear.
They are not lambs to be slaughtered, but are gathering strength to kill themselves? !
The priest looked at the stone giant under the city wall in despair. He could clearly see that two stone spears were rotating and pointing at the body of the eight-meter-tall stone giant who came out of nowhere...
Slurp—
Two javelins were fired in unison.
As the guards and retainers stared in amazement, the two javelins shattered the priest's sacred barrier, one piercing his heart and the other his shoulder, sending him flying over the wall and nailing him to death on the outer wall of the church in the town square.
The people in the city, who had finally been calmed down and restored to order, looked up in horror at the body of the priest nailed to the wall.
This time, no one can appease the confused people.
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"Go ahead, use your javelins to break the iron chains of the drawbridge. You can't break that thing with wood. Don't worry about the guards on the city wall. Now that the only priest who poses a threat to us is dead, the rest are just a bunch of scum."
On the roof of the mill, Yang Hao turned around and gave orders to the leader of the Ling tribe.
Accompanied by the javelin being shot out again.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, the gate of Kagad town was breached.
The fifty golems in the rear followed the footsteps of the front line. Except for a small number that surrounded the other two entrances and exits, the rest all bombarded into the town of Kagad, bringing more chaos and wanton crushing raids to the town that was already in chaos.
The Ling people are looking for their own people while carrying out their own revenge.
Isn’t it the same for Yang Hao
His whole body was shaking with excitement.
But just when he was about to lose his mind and was about to go there himself to see what kind of hell this town that had wronged him had fallen into, Mother Teresa at the side held his hands tightly.
Her gray eyes were full of worry. But in the end, this worry turned into encouragement and love.
"Do what you want, little dog," she said, "but don't forget, we have to get the people out first—get them out first before we do anything else."
"I know. But Theresa, you—"
"Me? I'm not afraid. You're my little dog anyway. That won't change. Let's wait until the golems have dealt with the threatening soldiers before we go in. Oh, and here's this."
She took out the surgical kit she found from the farmer's house.
Yang Hao looked at the surgical kit and carefully put it in his arms.
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At the same time…
He was originally waiting in the cellar for his next fate.
Joseph suddenly noticed the chaos above.
Although he was not sure what had happened, he realized that this might be his and those demons' only chance to escape.
Perhaps because these demons lost their ability to resist after their organs were removed from their heads, these barbarians did not put them in shackles. Even Joseph's family only had their valuables taken away - this was really great.
With his hands and feet still able to move, Joseph endured the severe headache and moved out everything that could be moved to block the cellar door. He turned around and shouted to his wife and daughter, and to the demons who seemed to have realized something and stood up at the same time:
"Everyone, give me a hand! Hold on a little longer! We can escape if we hold on a little longer!"
Who knows whether he can escape
But this is an opportunity. Opportunities only come to those who are prepared.
Chapter 25: The Final Bell
After the Golems broke through the city gates, the people of Kagad were doomed to face catastrophic destruction.
Even after their villages were breached, the barbarians would still fight the invaders to the death with whatever weapons they could find.
And after the Kagad people broke the city.
They chose chaos and a final indulgence.
Kagad III was forced to concentrate all his remaining troops in the church for defense. The people who had obtained weapons did not dare to advance towards the breached city gate to stop the stone giants' advance with their flesh and blood, nor did they dare to open the other two city gates and escape without knowing the situation outside.
With no way out, the desire to survive and despair finally turned into madness and tyranny before the end of the world.
They seek revenge before dying, commit adultery in desperation, or rob people of their belongings in the hope of escaping with a glimmer of luck.
Naturally, some people tried to put up a strong resistance - but faced with Golem's heavy stone fist and the thick tree trunk in his hand, the resistance of most militiamen became futile. The best result was that they became corpses stuck to Golem's body, and the worst result was that not even any body parts were left.
The golems were unable to expand their formation in the narrow streets, so naturally, a steady stream of golems walked and trampled the corpses on the streets into sticky meat paste.
The sewage in the drain was dyed scarlet, and the giant's clubs scraped down some people hiding on the roofs -