At that moment, everyone fell into silence, as if time in the entire world had stopped.
And within a few seconds, the sound of horns sounded throughout the city.
"There is an enemy attack!"
The sleeping Coster was instantly awakened. The Black Nightmare Army rushed out of the camp and rushed toward the city gate. The mages also flew into the sky. The dark night was illuminated by dense torches in the blink of an eye, and what was illuminated was also the team outside the city who was planning a sneak attack.
It was only then that Benjamin and the others saw the team clearly.
There were about five to six thousand people, and judging by their attire, there seemed to be quite a few priests among them. But at this moment, they were frozen in place, with expressions of surprise and uncertainty on their faces. Many people had fallen in the front row of the entire army. The sparks caused by the self-destruction had not completely dissipated. The charred corpses fell to the ground, as tragic as a fire scene.
-Like the Black Nightmare Army, they seemed not to have expected this to happen.
"What, what should I do..."
In the Royal Army camp, the cavalry brigade was originally prepared for a surprise attack. When the captain saw this scene, he could only turn his head in confusion and look at General Press to the side. General Press was completely panicked. He looked at the disturbed Coster with shock and fear in his heart.
How can it be? How could the Black Nightmare Army discover their sneak attack force
No... things shouldn't be like this, their sneak attack cannot fail! Can't be like this... This is already the third time he has failed in front of His Majesty the Pope. His Majesty the Pope will kill him!
These were probably the most difficult few seconds in his life. His whole body was shaking like a sieve, his clothes were soaked with cold sweat, and his heart was jumping to his throat. How will His Majesty the Pope react? He didn't dare to look back, for fear that as soon as he turned around, Grant would burn him to ashes with a ray of holy light.
A few seconds later, the Pope's voice came from behind him.
"Army attack!"
The amplified sound echoed in the camp. Press felt a buzz in his head and almost fell off his horse. Then he breathed a sigh of relief.
So, just as planned, the cavalry brigade rushed out of the camp, kept accelerating, raised their spears, and headed straight for the north gate of Coster. The follow-up troops followed closely, shouting loudly and charging. The priests flew like a flock of birds. At the back of the camp, densely packed holy light cannons were set up one after another, aiming at the rune defense array.
As for the leading sneak attack force, after receiving the order, they immediately recovered from their daze, changed direction, and rushed towards the north gate like the large force.
The shouts of killing were deafening and the earth trembled.
From the perspective of the city, it looked like someone had poked a... oh no, it was a hornet's nest. The originally empty field of vision was instantly occupied by wasps, swarming toward them overwhelmingly. No matter where you look, it's so dark that you can't breathe.
The soldiers standing on the city wall subconsciously took half a step back.
"Don't panic. Act according to the originally discussed defensive plan." At this moment, Benjamin's voice suddenly came from above, making them tremble and take another half step forward.
The soldiers looked up and saw that Benjamin was slowly flying into the sky. He turned a blind eye to the mighty force of the royal army, his expression was calm, and his robes rustled in the wind. Waves of water surrounded him, like birds with independent life, ready to emerge at any time.
The huge barrier formed by the rune defense array also closely guarded Coster, emitting a faint light in the dark night.
Seeing this scene, everyone in the Black Nightmare Army became calm and looked at the Kingdom Army charging toward them again with firm eyes.
At this time, the leading cavalry team of the Royal Army had almost reached about 300 meters from the city gate.
"A team of earth mages, take action!"
Benjamin immediately gave the order. Afterwards, about a hundred mages flew out of the team. Runes flashed in their eyes, their spirits condensed, and thick magic waves spread. Along with that spreading wave, the ground outside Coster City suddenly turned into a soft quagmire. The leading cavalry stepped forward and immediately lost their balance and fell heavily into the mire.
When the Black Nightmare Army saw this, they all looked excited. However, there seemed to be little panic on the part of the Royal Army.
"It's still the same trick. Do you think we are really unprepared?"
Price did not join the charging team, but followed behind. Seeing this, he let out a cold snort and muttered to himself.
Suddenly, the cavalrymen who fell into the mire at first emitted a wave of magic power. Then, a cold air spread across the mire, and soon the soft mire became extremely hard. The following cavalrymen stepped over the corpse and continued to charge without being affected in any way.
Coster’s mages suddenly frowned.
"Shameless! They say we are demons, but they have incorporated the freezing technique into magic props and used them on the battlefield."
But the matter had come to this, no matter how much scolding it was, it was useless, Benjamin immediately issued new instructions. Another team of mages came up, and the power of the runes gathered. Soon, a gust of wind fell from the sky, blocking the cavalry in front. The enchanted armor on the cavalry lit up at that moment, blocking the hidden wind blade. However, the strong wind suddenly put them in trouble.
- The strong wind howled, making the armor clank, and the galloping horses immediately felt like they were struggling.
The Black Nightmare Army's offensive has not stopped yet.
While the wind mage maintained the strong wind, another team of mages rose into the sky. Along with the sharp rise in temperature, they summoned balls of flames. In the blink of an eye, the vast flames were like a big net, covering the cavalry's heads. In the strong wind, the cavalry had no choice but to take over.
"snort… "
Grant stood at the entrance of the camp and let out a cold snort.
At this time, the priest also flew near the North City Gate. At that moment, they clasped their hands together in unison, and the light elements gathered together, turning into a thin film on the heads of the cavalry below. The next moment, the flames were blown by the strong wind and hit the film. For a moment, holy light and sparks flew everywhere, but... not much fell on the cavalry.
What's even more troublesome is that not only the flames were blocked, but even the strong wind that restrained the cavalry was mostly blocked by the holy light.
With the assistance of the priest's group, the cavalry once again began to accelerate.
However, the offensive of the Royal Army seems to be much more than that. When the cavalry was about to charge over, a series of loud noises suddenly came from the enemy camp. Everyone looked up and saw dozens of dense white lights rising from the Royal Army's artillery battalion, drawing a smooth parabola in the night sky, and falling towards Coster like a meteor shower.
Everyone in the city felt nervous in unison.
The Holy Light Cannon... fired!