Before the bishops could figure out what was happening, strong lightning flashed on the walls of the royal capital. Even under the scorching sun at noon, it was extremely dazzling!
After about three seconds of accumulation, the seven electromagnetic cannons installed on the city gate emitted bursts of violent roars, and an extremely powerful aura burst out from the gun barrels.
Just like the flash of thunder, seven special projectiles, pushed by the Ampere force, turned into brilliant streams of light and flew towards them.
Although there was no lightning magic blessing from hundreds of official wizards this time, the speed was far less than the time when the projection of God was broken.
But in the eyes of Edwell and others, it was so fast that it was unbelievable. It had crossed a distance of 1.5 kilometers in just over a second. Some bishops had not even reacted before the projectile as big as a human head wrapped in lightning had already rushed in front of them.
However, the next moment, the electromagnetic cannon exploded with a bang with amazing power, and the flying fragments were like falling into a quagmire. The speed suddenly changed from extremely fast to extremely slow, and it lost power and fell to the ground before it really reached everyone.
That was the protective magic that Edelweir had set up in advance to guard against the wizards' plots - [Heavenly Protection]! This place was the realm of God, and even the most powerful spells would be weakened layer by layer when they entered it! However, they were not the only ones targeted by the electromagnetic cannon. The God's Punishment Army who were outside the protection range of the magic were not so lucky.
What met his eyes was a scene of beauty and death intertwined. Several gorgeous streams of light flashed through the dense array. The terrifying speed and high temperature instantly penetrated the bodies of dozens of silver-armored soldiers. Half of the bodies of several people in the front row disappeared without a trace, and several people in the back row were also beaten into a pile of rotten meat...
Waves of shrill screams resounded on the battlefield, blood splattered everywhere, corpses flew everywhere, and blood foam, broken flesh and a strong smell of blood continued to spread in all directions.
"Form a shield formation and retreat!" The adjutant shouted in fear. He no longer had the desire to attack and hurriedly gave Edelweir's order.
The power of the electromagnetic gun is undoubtedly terrifying!
You have to know that every member of the God's Punishment Army is selected from witch hunters or knights, but the strength and physical fitness that they are proud of are completely useless in front of projectiles that travel at three times the speed of sound. Their armor and bodies are easily penetrated like paper.
Fortunately, they were elite soldiers who had experienced many battles and possessed firm beliefs. Therefore, even in the face of such a horrific scene, there was no chaos or retreat. The front row of God's Punishment Army raised the sturdy giant shields that emitted the fluorescent light of divine magic in their hands, with no fear on their faces.
The second round of electromagnetic cannons soon came over. Although the giant shield blessed with divine power did not successfully block it, it did reduce the power of the projectiles by half. After piercing through the bodies of two or three people, it lost power and exploded.
Then came the third round, the fourth round... The roar of the electromagnetic cannon resounded throughout the battlefield. The frequency of firing was even faster than that of artillery. A projectile was loaded in just twenty seconds.
"These bastards, after we capture the capital, I will hang them all on the city walls!" Seeing the brilliant rays of light flying into the dense array, bringing up streaks of blood, a cardinal's eyes suddenly turned red, his facial muscles twisted, he gritted his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do.
At such a long distance, they could only passively take the attack, and had no means to hit the enemy on the city wall...
Devi, who had the good fortune to escape the thunder net in the sky, immediately wanted to lead the team down to provide cover for the evacuation of the legion, but the frightened griffins did not think so. After seeing the flashing lightning, they immediately had a stress reaction, screaming and not daring to lower their altitude.
The noble legions that had regained their sanity and were fleeing in panic were soon caught up in it. The golden divine light obscured everyone's vision and headed straight towards the royal capital.
Lin En and others did not dare to be careless at all. They used their strongest protective magic to resist this powerful attack.
However, nothing happened. The golden divine light quickly dissipated when it came into contact with the magic barrier.
"Turns out it's just something to fool people." Raphael sneered disdainfully. Just now he thought it was some powerful legendary magic that could launch an attack across such a long distance.
"If they had this ability, they would have used it to attack the city long ago. Why would they wait until now?" Sanchez said with a smile, then shook his head. "We were fooled. They run really fast!"
Taking advantage of the time when the divine magic obscured the vision, the elite army of the Holy See had already evacuated to two kilometers away.
After several rounds of shelling, the seven electromagnetic railguns stopped one after another.
Firstly, the distance is too far and the projectile will dissolve completely in the air. Secondly, such high-intensity bombardment can easily cause the electromagnetic railgun to enter an overload state.
"It's a pity, if there were more of these things, it would be better!" Dennis said with regret. Both the electromagnetic cannon itself and the projectile are special. It takes wizards who are proficient in thunder magic and alchemy to manufacture them. It is not suitable for mass production for the time being. Otherwise, if there were 200 electromagnetic cannons, the main force of the Church would have been defeated directly, and the war would be over! Watching the enemies surrounding the city retreat like a tide, Lin En did not order a pursuit. They seemed to have won a great victory, but the God's Punishment Army did not even disperse their formation when they evacuated, and still retained a strong combat power.
In addition, the group of griffin knights had set fire to the city, causing many casualties. The musketeers, who had been fighting for nearly two hours, also needed a good rest.
At the same time, in the royal capital, Glenn and others were leading people to capture the griffin knights that fell from the sky.
Falling from a height of hundreds of meters, even a clergyman would be smashed into meat paste. However, there are lucky people everywhere. With the help of the griffins as cushions, they still found five survivors.
The unlucky Arno was also among them. He himself was not seriously injured. When he sensed the danger, he immediately used his magic to block the lightning net that appeared in the sky. However, the griffin under him was paralyzed and carried him down into the royal capital, not far from the city wall.
After assessing the possibility of breaking out of the capital under the siege of the great wizards, Arno decisively gave up the idea of breaking out, pretended to be unconscious, and was captured by the wizards and musketeers who rushed over...
(End of this chapter)