Benjamin could only give up the pursuit.
He was flying in the air, with Coster behind him. This city is their only stronghold in the kingdom. Civilians, soldiers, mages... the densely packed streets are connected to the harbor. Countless people gathered here. At this moment, they all raised their heads and looked at the dozens of white lights that cut through the night sky.
Not everyone has time to escape, and not everyone wants to escape.
Once the artillery fire falls, at least two-thirds of the buildings will be razed to the ground, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people will be reduced to dust. No one could have imagined that the church would be so ruthless and destroy it if it couldn't get it, and judging from their quick actions, this was definitely a backup plan they had thought of long ago.
"Quick! Evacuate the crowd! Run as far as you can!" In the short time remaining, Benjamin suddenly spoke and shouted loudly to the mages behind him.
After saying that, he flew straight up and stopped in the path of the Holy Light Cannonball.
- There was no way, the north city gate was broken, and the two mages guarding the rune defense formation were also affected and had to join the battle. Therefore, they were not able to repair the defense formation at this time. It was no longer possible to rely on a large barrier to withstand artillery fire, and he could only rely on himself.
No matter what, he couldn't let Coster be destroyed by gunfire like this.
Benjamin instantly activated the advent of water, summoned the water elemental spirit, and skillfully drew the string of runes with his fingers.
"Elemental Command·Defense!"
Holy light cannonballs don't fly very fast, but for this city that is about to be destroyed, this time is too short. Benjamin had no time to care about anything else and was focused on controlling the water elements he could command. He took out the few remaining water element crystals in his pocket, crushed them and threw them away as if they were free...
In a hurry, he racked his brains and used all the means he could think of to build a barrier as strong as possible over Coster.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt a huge wave of magic power coming from behind him.
Benjamin looked back and saw countless familiar faces. Joanna, Frank, Maurice, a student whose name he didn’t remember but who greeted him often in the academy, Tony, the proprietress of the textile shop who had long since turned into a production mage... Probably all the mage from Coster, they all flew up at some point. . Runes flashed in their eyes, and various elements intertwined and converged, like rivers pouring into the ocean, converging towards the sky above Coster.
Everyone is casting spells, condensing a barrier to block the trajectory of the holy light cannonball. The barriers were spliced together, and based on Benjamin's barrier, they quickly formed an extremely spectacular barrier, spanning the entire city, like a magnificent curtain covered with patches of various colors.
In the distance, Grant, who was retreating, turned back and saw this scene, his eyes changed. He was silent for a moment, and finally let out a cold snort.
"Hmph...a bunch of fools."
At the same time, Benjamin turned around and looked at the group of mages behind him in astonishment.
"you… "
"You've been out of the limelight, so what's the point?" Morris sat in a floating wheelchair, staring intently at the flying shells like everyone else. While casting spells, he smiled and said, "We also I want to be a hero.”
Benjamin couldn't laugh or cry.
These people...
In fact, no matter how terrible this round of bombardment was, he could escape by relying on the state of nothingness. The addition of the mages only made him feel more pressure. He must block all these shells, otherwise, all the mages will be wiped out here, and no one will survive except him.
However, there was no trace of blame in his heart, but he seemed to have more strength.
If you think about it carefully, if you are forced to enter a state of nothingness, it means that Coster will inevitably be destroyed by gunfire. So... what's the difference between that and failure
He... Oh no, they don't accept defeat.
"Artillery Battalion! Fight back hard! They don't want to give me an easy life either!"
Before the Holy Light shells came over, Benjamin turned his head and shouted again towards his own artillery camp through loudspeaker. And the next second, before he could see the Holy Light cannonballs rising from the central square, more than sixty cannonballs from the church directly hit the barrier they built.
boom!
The distance was extremely close and there was no barrier. This time they felt the power of the Holy Light Cannonball more clearly. A large number of light elements collapsed inward, and then suddenly burst out in an instant. The heat and impact of the burst had exceeded the legendary forbidden spell. The light was so dazzling that it was useless even if they put on sunglasses. They could only close their eyes hard and turn their heads, so that no one could see the collision between the two.
And when that power spread across the barrier, a sharp sting erupted in every mage's head, as if someone had stabbed a hole in the back of the head. The heartbreaking pain made many people almost fall from the air. Some people almost fell from the sky. A large amount of blood immediately flowed out of the person's nostrils and ears.
But... the huge spiritual power is still intertwined, flowing forward, towards their barrier, without interruption.
And below, the citizens of Coster had come out of their homes. From the street to the end of the street, from adults to children... the streets of this city have never been so lively in the past few days. In the bright night, they lived together one by one. Everyone squinted their eyes and looked up at the sky. They were scared, nervous and desperate. The expressions at that moment were so complicated that they exceeded the limit of description in words.
In addition, six Holy Light artillery shells were launched from the central square, flew from a lower position, and slowly fell towards the retreating Royal Army. If Benjamin and the others failed to block the artillery bombardment, this would be the last thing the city would do before it died. A roar.
"Damn... I don't want to live in peace even if I'm going to die."
In the Royal Army, General Press retreated with him. When he looked back and saw this scene, he couldn't help but cursed secretly in his heart. However, seeing the cannonballs getting closer and closer, he was so panicked that he just rode his horse and followed closely behind the retreating priest team.
With His Majesty the Pope here, how could these shells hurt them
Sure enough, when the cannonballs were approaching, Grant also flew up from the crowd. Countless priests gathered the holy light and rushed toward him, but he just tapped the cannonball a few times, and six runes slowly floated over. With a bang, the cannonball just exploded and then gradually disappeared.
"His Majesty the Pope is so awesome! Are those ignorant mages now okay? Aren't they all going to hell?" Preiss quickly patted the horse loudly.
However, Grant acted as if he had not heard anything and was still floating in the air, staring in the direction of Coster.
When Price saw this, he was also stunned, and then turned his head.
I saw that Coaster was intact on the coast. The magnificent barrier blocked the sky over the city, and it looked a bit dilapidated at the moment. Under that colorful barrier, the number of mages was densely packed...the same as before being bombarded by artillery fire.