And that was this night.
The land of the kingdom, which should have been silent, was trembling with the heavy trampling of horse hooves.
"Cooster is ahead!"
The bishop followed Grant and flew for most of the night. Finally, he saw the city shrouded under the barrier on the distant horizon and couldn't help shouting. And Grant seemed to be relieved when he saw the glimmer of light emitted by the rune defense array.
"...They didn't withdraw."
The bishop immediately echoed: "Yes, we are rushing so fast, they can't run away in time!"
Behind them, there was still a dark group of priests, but it seemed that they had been flying for too long, and everyone had a tired look on their faces. Below the entire aerial team, the cavalry troops of the Royal Army followed all the way. The sand and dust raised by the horses' hooves flew everywhere, like a diffuse mist. Under the cover, the red blood in their eyes seemed not to be so obvious.
As for the more Royal Army troops, because they could only rely on their legs, they were already far behind at this moment. According to the plan, the vanguard troops would rush to Koster to prevent the Black Nightmare Army from escaping, and wait until the rear troops joined them before launching a general attack.
This plan is actually a bit of a gamble. After all, their main combat power - multiple Holy Light Cannons - are in the rear troops. If the Black Nightmares bravely go out of the city to fight the vanguard, the Royal Army itself will suffer heavy losses. But... there is nothing they can do, the matter has come to this, they can't do anything but gamble.
"When will the fleet arrive?" Grant turned around and asked.
"They are already trying their best to speed up, but... the wind direction is not good tonight, so the speed is really difficult." The bishop hesitated and said cautiously, "Given the situation, they may not arrive until late at night."
"The second half of the night...then the second half of the night."
Soon, after moving forward for a while, the vanguard led by Grant stopped about 800 meters away from Coster. They adjust their status here and wait for the main force to join. And at this distance, even if the Black Nightmare Army planned to take this opportunity to fight or escape, they would still have a chance to react.
The priests fell back to the ground, and all the soldiers were panting. Many horses fell directly to the ground, and some even ran out of breath.
The bishop's mood immediately became tense. This is the point when they are at their weakest, most of them are exhausted and have little ability to fight. And the remaining combat-effective people must be vigilant and keep their eyes fixed on the city under the night.
- Coster was very quiet at this moment, as if thousands of families were already sleeping peacefully, and they didn't know that the Royal Army was coming to them.
The bishop suddenly felt a little weak again.
According to the investigation, the rune defense array requires the mage to activate it every once in a while, which is certain. However, just because the barrier is still on does not necessarily mean that the Black Nightmare Army is still in the city. They may have activated the runes for the last time to confuse the outside world, and then left the barrier and the entire city here and ran away.
If that were the case, then their whole night of running around would be in vain.
"You...and the two of you, go over and investigate the situation and confirm how many people are still defending in Coster City." He quickly turned around and appointed a few priests who still had strength as sentries to confirm whether the Black Nightmare Army was there. Really still in town.
The priests nodded and flew over carefully.
The bishop couldn't help but take a deep breath, even clasped his hands, closed his eyes, and prayed silently.
I saw the priests flying near the Coster City Gate, circling around the outside of the barrier, then turning around and flying back quickly.
"There are people in the city." The one flying in front reported, "There are many Black Nightmare troops on the city wall, and they are very vigilant. As soon as we approached, they immediately glared at us, and there were even mages who tried to attack us, so we Don’t dare to stay too long.”
The bishop was relieved after hearing this.
In any case, it is enough that the Black Nightmare Army did not run away.
Therefore, the vanguard of the church waited here, slowly recovering their physical and mental strength, while the city of Coster was extremely quiet and motionless. About two hours later, as the ground trembled, a large, dark army of the Royal Army rushed over from behind. Suddenly, everyone in the church became energetic.
"...That's it. Surround Koster and wait for the fleet to arrive before launching a general attack."
Grant gave the order, and the Royal Army rushed toward Coster, divided into three groups, and formed a blockade outside the three gates of the east, west, north, and west. As for the west exit of Coster, the pier, Grant himself flew there with a group of priests and blocked it to prevent the enemy from escaping by sea.
The armies on all four sides are quite powerful, and the priest flies directly from above the barrier to provide support at any time, ensuring that each side is far superior to the Black Nightmare Army's strength.
However, when Grant was flying high in the sky, looking down at the unusually quiet Coster, he couldn't help but frown.
So quiet…
The streets in the city were all pitch black. There were no soldiers moving back and forth, and there were no people fleeing in panic. It didn't look like a city about to face a war at all. And if you look carefully, the soldiers on the city wall seem to be quite sparse, so sparse that they don't even form a whole team.
Everyone in the church began to feel that something was wrong.
And at this time, suddenly, there was a big noise in Coster City, and the priests flying in the sky were shocked. Looking from the perspective of the Royal Army, what they saw was Coster's three city gates, all of which were opened at the same moment!
At that moment, everyone was stunned.
Through the wide open door, they could see that there seemed to be many chariot-like things lined up behind the city gate. The moment the city gate opened, those chariots suddenly started running. There was no sign of anyone on them, but they were activated somehow, and they accelerated towards the Royal Army's team.
"This, this is..."
Their sudden burst of speed startled the Royal Army.
It was as if someone suddenly knocked open the stable, and a large number of frightened horses galloped out of it. The speed was beyond the reaction ability of ordinary people. And just before the chariot rushed over, the soldiers seemed to see... the car was carrying a bunch of red, moving things
And the next second, the next second they couldn't see anything.
Because, at the moment when the chariot rushed into the crowd, the surrounding fire elements suddenly started to move violently. Immediately afterwards, fat bodies jumped down from above and ran into the arms of nearby soldiers. At that moment, people around him could even smell a strange stench.
Then, there was a loud noise.
boom!
Astonishing loud noises were heard outside the city on the east, west, north, and west sides of Coster. From the perspective of the priests in the sky, it looks like three fireworks blooming on the ground, which look extremely gorgeous in the dark night.