It wasn't until a minute and a half later that Miles reappeared on the street below, wearing new clothes.
"No one should have recognized me just now..."
He rubbed his eyes, which were still a little uncomfortable due to the bright light, talking to himself and looking outside.
At this time, Benjamin had flown from the sky to the north of the town, and the barrier was still intact. A large amount of mud and water accumulated outside the rune defense formation, surrounding the entire town, but it no longer had the turbulent momentum it had at the beginning. The northern slopes no longer poured mudslides down, and they seemed to have withstood this wave of offensive.
Farther north, Miles even discovered that the Royal Army had appeared in another narrow path. They stood on a high slope, but just looked at Crewe Town from a distance, motionless - obviously, because the rune defense array was not blown up and the mudslide did not damage the Black Nightmare army at all, their plan failed completely. We must rethink our next strategy.
Miles was secretly relieved when he saw this.
It was his mistake not to investigate the mudslide rushing into the city. Fortunately, he had just made up for it and saved the entire town. It's a pity... In order to preserve his reputation as a legendary mercenary, he absolutely cannot claim the title of "hero".
"Hey, are you okay?"
However, as soon as Miles arrived at the north of the town, Benjamin discovered him, and then he was able to fly down from the sky and asked with a frown.
"...What?" He had to pretend to be stupid.
"You saved the town of Crewe and the Black Nightmare Army." Benjamin completely ignored his pretense, patted him on the shoulder forcefully, and said, "What you just did reversed the entire situation. I don't know what to do. Express your gratitude! Don’t worry, the clothes you just scrapped under the gunfire, I will definitely find someone to make you an identical set!"
“…”
Miles thought he did it on purpose.
He quickly changed the subject: "So... how is the situation outside?"
After hearing this, Benjamin turned to look at the Royal Army in the distance, and finally let Miles go, and replied seriously: "It's better than expected. The mudslide did not destroy the barrier, but instead piled up outside the barrier. The Royal Army Even if you want to charge, there is nothing you can do.”
As he spoke, he pointed to the muddy water accumulated outside the barrier.
Water, mud, stones... the mess was piled up several meters high outside, and it was even growing under the influence of the rain. There is no doubt that this has become the natural city wall of Crewe Town. The Royal Army cannot get close to them unless they come by boat.
Seeing this, Miles couldn't help but nodded in surprise.
"Then what are you going to do now?"
"Delay." Benjamin took a deep breath and spoke slowly, "News just came from Elizabeth. Wood's army has just successfully rendezvous. They are only a few kilometers away from Havenright. As long as we delay here, the church will be chronic. die."
"The church will not let you drag it down."
"I know."
Benjamin nodded, suddenly stood up, and flew into the air again.
Under the heavy rain, he stopped in mid-air, looking at the Royal Army in the distance. Although everything was blurry and he couldn't see clearly who was who, he seemed to feel Grant's angry eyes penetrating a long distance and staring at him.
Therefore, he suddenly raised his chin and made a provocative gesture.
Ding!
Sure enough, in the next second, a beam of extreme light came towards his face, but was eventually blocked by the rune defense formation and did not hurt Benjamin at all.
Benjamin also looked thoughtful.
Grant must be in a very irrational state at this moment. Therefore, he can rely on provocation to interfere with his opponents and prevent them from coming up with new strategies so quickly, but... this method cannot affect the overall situation. No matter how much he delayed, the church's cannons were still hidden in the mountains, preparing for the next round of bombardment.
Miles was right, the church would never let them drag it on.
"...Maybe we should take the initiative?"
"Come on." The system immediately appeared, "There is a big quagmire outside the barrier, how can you take the initiative?"
"What I mean is to wait until the quagmire disappears." Benjamin shook his head helplessly and said in his heart, "The church's army was forcibly put together and has poor cohesion. If we can find a way to instigate them, there is no need to be a coward here. Turtle!"
"Instigating rebellion? How do you instigate rebellion?"
"I'm still thinking."
"cut!"
Benjamin ignored the system's contempt, touched his chin and fell into deep thought. Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed feasible to incite rebellion. At least according to some information he learned, many people were reluctantly captured and enlisted in the army.
But it doesn't seem that easy to implement it. The key is... they have no way to contact the Royal Army. It’s impossible for Benjamin to wave his hand from high in the sky and shout some slogans at them with a loudspeaker, so that they can instantly wake up and turn against the church, right
Gotta think of something...
In this way, with the two sides in a stalemate, the night passed little by little. The people in Crewe Town basically didn't sleep much, and they were always worried, thinking that mudslides might fall from the sky, or that a burst of artillery fire might level the place. But in the end, nothing happened. It wasn't until the light came back in the east that people knew it was already the next morning.
The rain has stopped, and the mudslides piled outside the barrier have gradually evaporated and dried up with the appearance of the sun... and finally turned into low and fragile soil slopes, piled outside the town, no longer an obstacle to the Royal Army's attack.
So, they also launched an attack at that moment.
"Army attack!"
Grant shouted, and all the soldiers rushed towards the town of Crewe, and the priests also rose into the air in groups. Along with dozens of holy light cannonballs rising from the mountain, Grant took the bishops and flew at the front, hoping to defeat the rune defense formation in the first wave of charge.
- Crewe is just a town after all, it has no walls. As long as the barrier is broken, the royal army will be defeated and everyone will be drowned in the sea of people.
Faced with all this, about three hundred mages within the barrier flew up, came to the same height as Grant and the priest's team, and began to cast spells across the barrier. Runes flashed in their eyes, and then, dense wind blades and ice arrows appeared above the barrier.
"Humph... It's just a dying struggle." Faced with this, Grant didn't care. He and the priest also started casting spells during the flight.
The holy light condensed in their hands and turned into crosses one after another. Then, as if they had made an appointment, the crosses in everyone's hands soared into the air at the same time, floating forward like dandelions, facing the crosses created by the mages. The magical attack finally turned into a huge flag made purely of holy light.
All attacks were instantly eliminated as soon as they hit the Holy Light Flag.
Grant also had a sneer on his lips.
However, at this moment, some strange movements were heard from the Royal Army below, and even the shouts of killing suddenly became chaotic.
The priests above immediately looked down and saw that some soldiers rushing in front stopped for some reason and stood still, and some even started to retreat. Because of this, the entire charging team instantly became a mess, and many people shouted "Who wants to help them fight" and other words, the sound was so loud that they could hear it in the sky.
"what happened… "
Grant was astonished. However, when he looked into the barrier below, he saw about a dozen strange people standing inside, closing their eyes tightly, and strange and powerful waves were emitted, penetrating the barrier. , fell on those soldiers.