Above the high mountains, the golden battle flag of light fluttered in the wind, but below it was a neat army formation.
At the forefront are the noble knights. The vest shaped by King Kong reflects dazzling golden brilliance in the sun. The cavalry, small shield, and long sword are all worn with the help of the attendants, and they are ready to charge.
But judging from their uneven armor and vests, it's clear that they didn't come from one country, but fought under one banner.
At this time, the horn of the charge has not yet sounded, and the knights tightened their reins to avoid the impulsive horses from disrupting the formation. Behind the knights, there were dragon gunners in heavy armor and guard soldiers with tower shields. Not cruising, the archers and catapult troops were nervously calculating their ballistics.
At the end of the line, the chants of the priests lingered, the air was filled with the fragrance of holy water, and there were even a few big figures in red archbishop uniforms haunting them.
Although the cardinals are obviously the top ranks of the army, at this time the banner of the Holy Light is not only the warriors of the Holy Light. Unknown emblems and flags are all emblems here. Under the call of the Holy Church, the camp fighting for the Holy Light includes countless devout believers, local lords, and even just an ordinary farmer. It is also possible to raise it. His own wooden spear is involved.
On the opposite side of them, it is not an opponent that is easy to deal with. It is an empire's frontier army.
They may not be as well-equipped, well-prepared, or one-tenth the size of the other, but they have a reason why they must never retreat... This is their hometown, and they are the 1st Regiment of East Eckenfeld that guards it, He is also a disciple of the city of Ekenfeld, 100 kilometers away.
"Holy war? No, just another ordinary war that hates each other and aims to kill each other."
They have been surrounded by raids, and they can't outrun these knights in the plains, and even in the face of opponents ten times or more, perhaps their feet are shaking instinctively, their hearts are still as hard as a rock, and their shield-holding arms may not be enough. Steady, the rookies even dropped their weapons to the ground, but no one flinched.
"All are there, ready to deal with the charge."
The battle order has been issued for a long time. In the face of an army that is impossible to defeat, every frontier soldier of the Baier Empire is waiting for his own death.
Finally, the silver-haired general of the invaders completed the final preparations. The paladin marshal in lion-patterned gold armor rode back and forth to patrol the front of the formation. His eagle-like eyes were looking for the weakness of the enemy formation, but he still could not wait for his opponent. Ran and shake.
Finally, he gave up the extravagant hope of winning without fighting, and made the mental preparation to make an equal sacrifice. His eyes were still sharp, but there was an instant change on the old face. First, he nodded in agreement with the opponent, and then seemed to be for both sides. The fate of the soldier is about to die and sadly shook his head.
He made up his mind to fight quickly, so the military sword representing Zhan Qi was unsheathed. It was inspired by the holy light and shone with golden brilliance in the sun.
"Woooo!"
When the command sword inlaid with blue tearstone fell, the ancient beast horn sounded, the holy priests completed the last mass, and the golden swords of the warriors were condensed water droplets of holy water, which were originally equipped differently. They are a bit ridiculous, but in the eyes of their opponents, they are powerful bargaining chips for doubling their combat power.
The mixed battle formation was always a bit noisy, but when they really moved, the sound of horse hooves, footsteps, and battle roars mixed together, and finally formed an earthquake-like roar, and the huge army formation slowly fell like a landslide, pressing towards the The position under the hillside.
"For the Holy Light!"
All the shouts were mixed into one sentence, and the name of the Holy Light sounded again in the holy war, but this time, both sides of the war were still human beings of the same race.
"Bair! Wansheng!"
The spear of kingship and the scepter of divine power are intertwined in the void, and when the landslide and the rock collide, time condenses at this moment.
The tower shield with the cross pattern slammed into the war hammer carved with the dragon head, the golden spear nailed the crossbow shooter who was stirring the strings on the ground, and the neatly roaring slings were lashing the earth in their own way.
Bayer's fighters were not fools, they did their homework for the toughest Cavaliers striker.
The impact of the knights was stopped by the pits and tripping ropes, and the ten-meter-long super dragon spear array harvested the lives of the noble knights, but the difference in the number of the two sides was huge, as if the small flames could not burn the river, when these obstacles and distances After the corpses were filled, the double gap in quantity and quality made the First Army a target to be harvested.
There were screams and wailing everywhere, and within five minutes of contact between the two sides, the war lost its balance. It was already a massacre of many to few.
The flesh and blood mill was harvesting life, and they dared not close their eyes and screamed one after another, and dark clouds gathered in the sky, as if the gods did not want to witness such a tragedy and raised the curtain.
honor? brilliant? courage? The blessing of the Holy Light? There is no such thing on such a battlefield. What the soldiers have to do is to insert the long sword in their hand into the opponent's chest before they die.
mercy? justice? friendship? On the stage under the dark clouds, the blade dancer has only two choices, kill the opponent, or be killed by the opponent.
The huge gap in numbers made the bloody battle end quickly, but the raid without prisoners turned the battlefield into a sea of corpses and blood, and still on that high mountain, the legendary veteran with the reputation of the Eagle of Begasso did not. The victor's consciousness.
"The whole army was destroyed and the battle to the death did not retreat. It caused more than twice the battle losses of the dead. Is this the super empire Baier? Actively invaded such a country, such a war is not easy to fight."
Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, it seems to indicate that this war is not a clear result. Facing the super empire among human beings, Baier, even as the nominal supreme commander of the jihad coalition, is ranked seventh on the list of veterans. Gordon was no longer sure of winning, but there was no turning back when he started work, and his command sword was already pointed at the next target.
"Ekenfeld City, where is already an empty city, he will be our first victory."
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"Bair Empire offered to make peace? How is this possible?"
If the opposite is Margaret with a frosty face, I am afraid that instead of exclaiming, I will just say nonsense.
This is a small cafe attached to the Garden of Thorns. Apart from me, Heloise, and Margaret, there is only Adam sitting there playing poker with him. He is obviously very bored. As for Margot The reason why Rita looked unhappy... It seems that I really caused it.
Of course I can understand why Margaret is upset. After all, they still don’t have much leisure to spend their two-person world after completing the task. Every time they go out alone for a long time, they are repeatedly driven back by me, and this time In order to grasp the situation of the tower in the cloud, they were called back again.
It really wasn't my intentional mischief, after all, some things really had to be done by her.
Adam's addition is not mentioned for the time being. Although she was born as a wild mage, as a hero mage in the eternal night battle, the calm and graceful Margaret's reputation in the Tower of Clouds is not low, at least her mage organization is also in the clouds. A member of the top of the tower.
When I was in the country of mages, I could only be regarded as a small shrimp. Except for those friends who were in contact with the original Arcane Blade, I did not have deep contact with the upper layers of this country, but Margaret was a candidate for the master of truth. , but having lived here for more than 30 years, he can be regarded as a local.
An outsider is always an outsider. It takes time and opportunity to gradually smooth the gap, and the worst thing we have right now is time, but if there is a local archmage to help, many things will be much more convenient.
I already knew from Adam that if she expected, she would have the opportunity to pass the internal selection of "Star Revelation" and become a member of the truth controller when she returned home last time, and now she has rejected the "Star Revelation" request and ran out Yunyou, being pulled back here by me again, was a little embarrassed to face familiar faces, and naturally very unhappy.
At this time, Margaret not only returned to the "Star Revelation" cheekily, but I found out the news for me but I didn't believe it, so naturally she was even more upset.
"Is there anything else? If not, I have to go back and write a report. It is the "Report on Whether There Are Signs of the Lord of Eternal Night's Activities in the North" that was late for half a year. Hmph, you are really capable of making trouble."
The delicate fingers tapped on the table, obviously the sage was not in a good mood.
In a sense, this was really the trouble I caused. At that time, Margaret and Amyra used the investigation of the "undead" and "Eternal Night Lord" in the north as an excuse to investigate the Tower of the Clouds. The group set off in the name of the group, and the result is that so many days have passed, but no one has come back to hand in the investigation report...
Public travel? From a certain point of view, it’s really not wrong. So, isn’t Amyra, who is sleeping for a long time, accidentally turned into a vegetative state while on a business trip, and can still enjoy public medical treatment
Ahem, let’s be serious, um, obviously you can’t expect Emira to submit a report now, and as the last truth-level mage in the investigation team, Margaret who returned to the Tower of Clouds must complete this report, even if it’s doomed Pointless, but procedurally there must be an end to previous work, and even an explanation of why Amyra didn't come back with it.
So, the unfortunate great sage Margaret is like those bear children who forgot their summer homework because of playing too much fun. Under the urging of the teacher and driven by infinite regret, she did those things that no one was destined to take seriously. Pointless homework, and it is said that the most annoying thing for this sage is meaningless things.
"I'm very busy, and that report has to be handed in by the day after tomorrow."
It's no wonder that her resentment is so deep, and it's no wonder that Adam is pretending that he doesn't know anything, trying to reduce his presence in the corner, just not wanting to be angered by the way for talking nonsense.
"Sorry, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just that this matter is too bizarre. How did Baier and the Kingdom of Mage meet and reconcile? This is completely impossible, right?"
But I can't blame me for making a fuss and suspecting him, after all what Margaret said was too bizarre.
Once the superpowers like the Kingdom of Mage and the Bayer Empire enter a state of war, they are like two fast-moving trains. The weight and kinetic energy attached to them are astonishing. How can they stop when they stop.
Especially the damage caused by the previous Forbidden Spell bombing is still fresh in my mind. The confrontation between the Dragon Knight and the Archmage on the Eastern Front is still the latest news. It may be that the two sides meet to greet each other and then go back to their respective homes.
The dragon knights fight for honor, and the archmage is arrogant. Since the two sides have met, if they don't try to test each other, I'm afraid no one will believe it, and once the fight is angry, how can it be so shrinking.
And as far as the kingdom of mathematicians intends to negotiate peace, the Bayer Empire has no chance of agreeing. A fortress in its own country is gone, so many people are gone, the dragon knights must find their way back, and the emperor must give the result of revenge, otherwise there is no way to make peace at all. National account.
Even if Baier's upper echelons were able to exercise restraint under the threat of the undead, they would inevitably initiate a provocation. Under such circumstances, the two countries were going to negotiate peace, which was completely beyond the scope of comprehension.
But in the face of my doubts, Margaret remained silent, but Adam couldn't stand it any longer.
"Cough, that's because..."
"Don't say it!"
"..." Facing the annoyed sage, the two of us exchanged glances, and then kept silent together.
"At least someone's going to help me with that pointless report," Margaret seemed to be muttering to herself, but I almost knew what to say.
"I'll write the report. I'm the best at writing the report."
Well, let’s not mention how incomprehensible and how strange it is that the Great Emperor Yongye wrote the “Report on whether there are signs of the activities of the Lord of the Night in the North”. How much brains will I spend on this damn report, but at least at this time, the sage finally nodded with satisfaction, and threw out the confidential information that not many people know about the tower in the cloud.
"The holy war has begun."
Margaret's words were simple, but Adam added.
"The holy war coalition army called by the Church of the Holy Spirit crossed the Airodon Mountains and raided the city of Ekenfeld on the southern border of Baier, and the war broke out in full force."
I've grown my mouth, and I've thought about it for a long time, but I can't imagine that the Church of the Holy Church would join in at this time. According to expectations, it is impossible to fight in a short period of time.
Eckenfeld City? Looking over the map, their territories don't even border!
"Irondon Mountains? Isn't that the territory of the Penryn Alliance? They don't believe in the Mother Earth, so how could they let the allied forces of the Holy Church pass through?"
"One day before the war, the highest priest of the Church of the Mother Earth Goddess in Penglin converted to the God of Light, and the whole country changed its beliefs, and then the coalition army entered, and also brought the top ten mercenary groups in the Penglin Alliance and the Holy Spirit of the church. Knights Templar."
Well, it seems that there are a lot of tricks in it. Maybe Peng Lin has already joined the Holy Light camp, but no matter how unexpected the process is, at least this sudden attack on the Holy Church was very successful.
"How's the battle going?"
"The defenders of Ekenfeld were wiped out, the city was lost, and... jihad, you know."
As a hapless bastard beaten by jihad, of course I understand!
The target of the crusade of the jihad is heresy, and the women and children of the heretical are evil and must be "purified", and the property and land will be used to reward those saints who fight for their faith, and they are beaten down in the jihad The city has only one result...
"The city was massacred?" Although it was a question, it was in a positive tone.
"Um."
There was silence in the small room, and from the magic of Margaret's brows, it wasn't just the damn report that she was in a bad mood.
The reason why Baier and the country of mages are willing to negotiate for peace is already obvious. Once the holy war of believers is started, it will not stop at all. Coupled with the army of undead that gradually corrupts and grows like a tumor in the abdomen, the Baier Empire is equal to three enemies. Faced with such a desperate situation, no matter how crazy the king is, he will find a way to temporarily negotiate with one of them to reduce the pressure.
"... Hehe, don't be stern, at least there is good news. At least the kingdom of mages can make peace with Baier, and our plan will become a lot easier."
"This is the second piece of bad news. According to the latest results, 90% of the peace talks will be rejected. The war between the kingdom of mages and the Bayer Empire will not only not stop, but it is very likely to escalate! It seems that the mages will not stop. I hope to take this opportunity to solve the always restless neighbor once and for all!"