But in the blink of an eye, soldiers from both sides met in the corridor.
The soldiers in the front row drew their swords and fought together. Seeing this, those who were following behind could only stop temporarily and hide behind the soldiers in the front row, waiting for an opportunity to squeeze through.
People further behind were confused about the situation and were still rushing in. The entire door corridor was not particularly spacious to begin with, and now it was even more crowded. Looking inside from the outside, all I could see was a group of heads in darkness, and I couldn't tell what was going on inside.
Suddenly, the commanders on both sides looked anxious.
"Masters, prepare your magic. As soon as I tell you to take action, you will all be released." The stalemate lasted for less than half a minute before the Queen waved her hand on the high platform and gave the order.
Obviously, because of the chaos of the situation, she was ready to cut through the mess quickly.
Hearing this, dozens of mages surrounding her nodded and started singing together.
On the other side of the gate, the priests on standby were not idle either.
The bishop and the queen had the same idea - now that nothing can be seen clearly in the corridor, it is better to withdraw the soldiers inside first, and then use magic to clear out the other party's soldiers, so that they can take the opportunity to seize control of the door.
Therefore, under the command of the bishop, the priests clasped their hands and chanted incantations, and countless holy lights began to condense towards them.
However, just when both sides were preparing to withdraw their soldiers.
"Report! The gate... there is someone on top of the gate!"
Behind the military camps on both sides, two sentries who specialized in observing the top of the gate ran up. I saw them shouting so loudly while running towards their respective commanders with nervous expressions.
"Are they those mages? Do they want to use flight to escape in the chaos?" Hearing this, the Queen frowned and asked.
"No... It doesn't seem like..." The sentry stopped in front of her, saluted, panted, and said, "Your Majesty, although I can't see clearly, but... it seems to be a group of people wearing clothes. Soldiers in uniform of the Royal Army.”
Suddenly, the queen's expression changed drastically.
The sudden appearance of the Kingdom soldiers on top of the gate was not good news for Ikol.
"How could it be? The Royal Army has already entered the gate?" She lowered her head and thought about the situation for a while, then suddenly turned around and said loudly, "We have fallen into a trap! Team Mage, it's time for you to take action. Come up now Go to the top of the gate, enter through the entrance at the top, and clear out all the people in the kingdom from inside.”
In her opinion, maybe one second later, the entire Crusad Gate would return to the embrace of the Kingdom of Hori, so she had no time to think too much and could only make a quick decision.
At the same time, only the mage has the ability to fly and can reach the top of the gate in a short time and implement her decision.
As soon as these words came out, all the mages were stunned. However, at the queen's urging, most of the hundreds of mages accompanying the army dispatched, used flying skills, and began to fly to the top of the gate, leaving only a few dozen mages to protect the queen in the camp.
at the same time.
On the other side of the gate is the Royal Army camp.
"Is there anyone on the roof?" After hearing the sentry's report, the bishop came back to his senses and suddenly sneered. He seemed to have thought of something and murmured to himself, "Grant Reese... you can't escape."
At that moment, the bishop recited a spell, summoned the wings of holy light, and flew straight up. Therefore, he did not hear the sentry running over and saying that the people on top of the gate were actually wearing the uniforms of the Royal Army.
In this way, the top of Crusad's gate soon fell into chaos.
The bishop was the quickest to catch Benjamin because of his impatience. However, when he came to the top of the gate and saw hundreds of people standing here staggering, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"No, this isn't... isn't this the soldier who was guarding the gate before?"
Confused, he walked over and searched among the people wearing the Kingdom's military uniforms, trying to find the familiar but disgusted face. However, he could not find any trace of the mages.
So, he grabbed the arm of one of the soldiers and asked, "Let me ask you, where are those mages?"
The soldier seemed to be in a very bad state of mind, as if he had been hungry for several days without eating and was a little unconscious. However, when he saw clearly that the person in front of him was the bishop, he suddenly cheered up and showed a look of fear.
"Lord, Lord Bishop, I'm sorry, we failed to guard the door and allowed those mages to be captured. Lord Bishop, please don't punish us, we... we have nothing to do..."
As he spoke, the soldier appeared to be in a state of mental breakdown and almost cried.
Seeing this, the bishop could only pat his shoulder impatiently, frowning, as if thinking about what was going on.
"... Oops, I fell into a trap." Suddenly, as if he thought of something, his expression changed drastically and he let go of the soldier.
He turned around hurriedly, as if preparing to rush back to the military camp.
However, when he summoned the wings of Holy Light again, the overwhelming fireball appeared from nowhere and drowned him.
At that moment, countless crosses on his body shattered, opening up layers of holy light barriers, buying him some time to react. He didn't have time to think too much, so he used several intermediate defensive magics one after another, and tried his best to block this wave of attacks.
After about half a minute, the flames all over the sky gradually dissipated.
The captive soldiers who were on top of the gate with him had long been reduced to ashes. In front of his sight, the group of hundreds of mages who came with Ikol's army had already stood at the gate, staring at him with murderous intent in their eyes.
Suddenly, the bishop felt his scalp numb.
"Sure enough, Her Majesty the Queen is right." The leading middle-aged mage took a step forward and said coldly, "I almost fell into your trap. Bishop White, we will not let you cheat so easily. Give up control of the gate.”
Hearing this, the bishop showed some astonishment.
"What did you say? You fell into our trap? What do you mean..." Halfway through, the bishop suddenly stopped. At that moment, he seemed to have finally figured everything out, with a look of enlightenment on his face.
Hence his eagerness to leave the top of the gate.
Unfortunately, it seems he can't leave.
"Still pretending to be stupid, you guys from the church are really good at deceiving people." The middle-aged mage snorted disdainfully and said, "You are the only one now. Even if you are a bishop, you may not be able to start from us. What advantage do many mages take in their hands?"
With that said, hundreds of mages started chanting together again.
Astonishing magic fluctuations spread from the top of the gate.
"No! You don't understand. They brought us all here on purpose. They are going to run away!" The bishop shouted anxiously to the group of mages. His expression and tone were extremely real, but he couldn't win the slightest trust from the mages.
—You still have to ask, they are enemies, how can they believe what the other party says
The bishop felt angry and desperate.
He wanted to turn around and leave, find Benjamin who had tricked him again, and crush him a hundred times with holy light. However, the only thing he could do at this moment was to try his best to prevent himself from being killed under the siege of hundreds of mages.
As for...Benjamin and his team he is obsessed with.
Benjamin and his mage team had just left the gate. At this moment, they were standing outside the gate, at the edge of Ikol's camp, facing off against the dozens of remaining mages in the camp, looking at the stunned queen with a smile.