In any case, Horli Kingdom does not have the hundreds of Holy Light Cannons as rumored, which is good news. Benjamin felt much calmer, took a deep breath, and started casting the spell.
Not only him, but hundreds of mages on the city began to cast spells at the same time, condensing more magic shields and attaching them behind the rune defense array, just in case.
"Those things you have prepared...can't we start counterattack now?" Benjamin turned his head and asked while condensing the frost.
"The distance is not enough. They have to get closer so that the falling rocks we prepared can exert their power." The president replied as he was also concentrating on constructing protective magic.
Benjamin sighed.
Rock City is located at the top of the uphill slope, which is a very favorable defensive terrain. The Horli Kingdom also seems to be planning to launch an offensive. It would be really uncomfortable for them if they could only retreat here to defend.
Just like now, it seems that they can only wait on tenterhooks for the enemy to fire, like suspects waiting for the unknown judgment - if the rune defense array cannot stop the offensive of the Holy Light Cannon, they may even be taken away in a wave!
However, there is nothing they can do except defend...
"Master Dean, it's not good. Those people down there are making trouble. They want us to open the defensive formation and let them leave." Suddenly, several mages responsible for controlling the formation flew up and whispered.
"It's impossible to go out of town now. You don't need to pay attention to them." Benjamin said without hesitation.
"But... there are some government officials with high status inside, and they have many soldiers. We can't let them cause trouble there."
Benjamin frowned when he heard this.
These guys... besides being a drag, what else do they know
After thinking about it, he turned around and flew down the city. There are already enough mages to help with the defense, and the lack of one of them will not affect them. However, if the situation in the city becomes chaotic, things will become very troublesome.
He flew towards the crowd gathered near the city gate.
"... We can't stay here. When the cannons come, everything will be gone! Those mages want us to die with them, but why should we die here with them? The church is here for them. It’s not us…”
As soon as he got closer, Benjamin heard similar words coming from him. The volume was not low, as if he was giving a speech, and it sounded very inflammatory.
His face suddenly darkened.
"Sir, I promised to ensure your safety, but now I want to go out of the city in a hurry. What do you mean? Do you think so low of the ability of the Magic Academy?"
Falling from the sky, Benjamin's voice was as cold as a gust of cold wind, which stunned several officials present.
——Needless to say, the officials present happened to be the leaders and factions who danced the most. At that moment, they turned their heads and found that the person who came was actually the person who said the bad things, and they couldn't help but look a little embarrassed.
After a moment of daze, an official coughed a few times and walked over with a smile: "No... Mr. Dean, you misunderstood. We just think there is no use staying here. Could it be that we are doing you a disservice? Why not go back to Regina?" , and it can also help stabilize people’s sentiments.”
"Stabilize the people's sentiments? I think you are disturbing the people's sentiments, right?" Benjamin snorted coldly, turned his head and said to the crowd around him, "Don't panic, everyone, as the dean of the Magic Academy, I am willing to compensate In my last life, I will stand here and advance and retreat with you. Do you think those ghost cannons are really that easy to blast in?"
"Rock City...will it really not be lost?" someone in the crowd asked hesitantly.
"Of course not." Benjamin replied without hesitation, "If it falls, I will be the first to die. Do you think Rock City will fall?"
In fact, he was very unsure, but at this moment, he couldn't show any hesitation.
"You... But you are a mage after all, and you have so many ways to protect yourself." The official suddenly said, "You can fly away with a wave of your hand, but once the city is broken, we are just ordinary people, what can we do?"
Benjamin did not argue with him, but said in a calm but unquestionable tone: "Rock City will not be broken."
"So many Holy Light Cannons! Let's blast them together. Do you really guarantee that this place won't be razed to the ground?"
"Of course, I said, Rock City will not be broken."
"Why are you so confident..."
The expressions of those officials became a little anxious. It seemed that after witnessing the power of the enemy with their own eyes, their confidence became even lower. At this moment, they just wanted to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible. The instinct of survival caused them to abandon their awe of Benjamin, and their words became more and more sharp.
However, at this moment, there was a loud sound in the clear sky!
boom!
Everyone turned around in shock.
Before they realized what was happening, a series of extremely dense loud noises also followed. It was as if there was a thunderstorm in the sky, with countless roars stacked together, almost deafening their ears.
The officials froze in place, their hands and feet cold.
"It's over... it's over, they fired... they fired!"
When they realized what was going on, their faces were filled with regret.
The Horli Kingdom's march was too fast. They originally planned to evacuate before the army appeared, but they failed to predict the time. Now they and Rock City would be buried under the church's artillery fire!
Looking up, they could see dozens of small shining dots suddenly rising in the sky. Seen from a distance, they are very small and bright... and extremely conspicuous under the sun, like dozens of shining diamonds.
Those light spots rose from the direction of the enemy, drawing beautiful parabolas in the air, and soon began to fall towards Rock City.
The size of the light spots continued to expand and expand in people's eyes... until officials could confirm that each of those so-called "light spots" was actually as huge as a house.
A huge and dazzling light group, this is the greeting from the Holy Light Cannon.
Ikol also owned the Holy Light Cannon before, and the officials knew very well how powerful this thing was.
They are going to die here...
Out of desperation and fear, and also because the Holy Light cannonballs were too bright to be seen, they closed their eyes hard, covered their heads, and lay on the ground - all based on instinct and subconscious behavior. At this moment, their minds has gone blank.
There may be only one sentence in reply**.
I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die…
In this desperate process, the dense cannonballs of Holy Light in the sky soon descended on Rock City.
boom!
At that moment, it was as if time stood still, and the heartbeats of everyone in the city skipped a beat. Immediately afterwards, a dazzling light bloomed. Even if they closed their eyes and turned their heads to the ground, they could feel their eyelids being reflected red, as if the whole city was plunged into a terrible bright light!
Officials felt like they were in hell.
They even suspected that if they had not had time to close their eyes, they might have gone blind.
Because of this, the fear in their hearts became more intense, and they buried their heads harder like ostriches, their whole bodies trembling, and their brains went blank. It seems that they would rather bury their heads and close their eyes for a lifetime than open their eyes and face the cruel reality.
They have lost all sense of time because of fear. They don't know how much time has passed, and they don't dare to think...
Until Benjamin's voice woke them up.
"See, I told you a long time ago that Rock City will not be broken."