Under the cover of night, the Vatican's expeditionary force quietly arrived less than two kilometers away from the city gate.

The loud hymn came to an abrupt halt, and a cardinal in the front row of the priests opened his arms, and the light of divine power immediately bloomed outside the city!

[Summon——God’s Kingdom Guardian]

In an instant, the mountains shook and the earth trembled. Seventy huge stone statues, each five meters tall and clad in armor, rose from the ground, holding a solid giant shield in their hands and blocking it in front of them. A powerful roar came from their empty mouths, and then they took heavy steps and crashed into the city wall.

"Hurry up and send someone to notify Dean Lin!" Sanchez shouted loudly, then turned to look at the stunned people and shouted loudly. "What are you waiting for? Get the electromagnetic cannon ready!"

Under the control of several wizards, the seven electromagnetic cannons installed on the city gates immediately emitted several deafening roars.

Seven dazzling streams of light shot out, aiming directly at the huge stone statues. The powerful electromagnetic shells immediately collided with the thick earth shields.

Just like passing through a thin sheet of paper, with a teeth-grinding explosion, the thick earth shield immediately collapsed, and the projectile that was burned into a red color instantly hit the [God's Kingdom Guard] behind it, and then exploded violently, smashing half of the stone statue's body into pieces.

However, almost at the next moment, six of the seven broken stone statues began to repair themselves automatically, and even when only half of the body was left, they did not stop running.

"Attack the abdomen, that's the core!" The sharp-eyed Yolande immediately noticed the problem and reminded loudly. The destroyed stone statue was pierced by the electromagnetic cannon right through the center of the body and directly disintegrated.

The gunners immediately adjusted the trajectory, but it was now late at night and visibility was extremely poor. It was not an easy task to hit the [God's Kingdom Guard] while it was running under the cover of the giant shield and to hit the core accurately.

After five rounds of electromagnetic artillery fire, only ten [God's Kingdom Guards] were killed, and the rest had already rushed into the range of the artillery.

The sound of continuous artillery fire rang out, and nearly a hundred artillery pieces continuously bombarded these huge stone statues. However, the power was much weaker than that of electromagnetic cannons. Even if they hit the front, they could only slightly block the opponent's momentum... At least three to five shells were needed to hit at the same time to knock down or disperse a [Guardian of the Kingdom of God].

Under the protection of the huge stone statue holding a large shield, tens of thousands of the Vatican's crusade troops also launched a charge! "Kill these blasphemers!" "For glory! For victory!" "God is with us!"

The war drums sounded like thunder and mad roars resounded throughout the battlefield. In the light of the fire, tens of thousands of the Vatican's expeditionary force rushed to the front line like a black tide. The towering and majestic city walls in front of them seemed like an isolated island drifting in the sea, as if they would be submerged in an instant.

Ham and others on the city wall felt their scalps tingling, and the muskets in their hands never stopped for a moment, constantly firing, reloading, aiming, and firing again in an endless cycle.

However, due to the poor vision at night, most people could only shoot randomly in the direction where the enemy was rushing, which obviously could not stop the punitive army blessed with divine magic.

The situation has reached an extremely critical moment...

At this moment, two hundred official wizards suddenly stepped forward and cast spells together. The coalition soldiers who were about to rush to the city wall immediately felt the solid ground under their feet collapse, revealing a dark abyss below, and the sharp spikes at the bottom could be vaguely seen.

The width was twenty meters, and the depth reached more than fifteen meters! This was the third-level magic - [Earth Trap]! However, this magic alone was obviously not enough to create a pit surrounding the entire city wall. These traps were dug long ago, and then the elemental wizards created a not-so-thick layer of earth and rocks on top to cover them.

During the last battle, due to the limited intensity of the war, they had been holding back from using this trap, just for this moment to come!

The more than 2,000 coalition soldiers who rushed to the front all fell down, and some were killed on the spot, or had their bodies pierced by sharp objects. Those huge [God's Kingdom Guards] were no exception. Nearly half of them were trapped in the pit and could not climb out for a long time.

The traps set in advance effectively blocked the offensive of the punitive army and also gave the defenders on the city wall a chance to breathe. But before Sanchez and others could breathe a sigh of relief, the pit caused by the ground sinking technique was broken.

Green branches emerged from the ground, emitting the light of magic. They were entangled with each other like vines, forming dozens of magical bridges that were sturdy enough to withstand artillery fire for a short period of time.

But it was the bishops who took action!

Not only that, countless flashing points of light lit up on the dark battlefield, gathering together to form an extremely terrifying energy wave that rushed towards them. Under the extremely fierce explosion and energy impact, the magic barrier protecting the defenders on the city wall was broken...

Whether it was the numerous [God's Kingdom Guards] or the punitive army's strong attack, they all had one purpose, which was to protect the bishops from entering the attack range of divine magic! Sanchez, who realized this, immediately understood that the most difficult moment had arrived. Fortunately, the time they had bought was not meaningless. The guards on the city wall had been reinforced from the original 8,000 to 25,000, half of whom were musketeers and the other half were royal guards.

But even so, they needed more support! Because the griffin knights in the sky were already in place, and the rain of fire fell again! ...

At the same time as the frontal offensive began, Purson, who had already infiltrated the capital, had also begun to move.

A large number of secret guards took advantage of the chaos and cover of night to start removing the guards on the streets, and then under Pulson's order, they were divided into two parts.

Some of them went to the prison to rescue Arno who was captured, while others quietly went to the Alchemy Research Institute, which was the most heavily guarded in the capital! Not only that, the elite of the Church and a large number of God's Punishment Army also arrived in the capital through secret passages. Edelweir led the army personally to break through from the inside and decide the outcome in one battle!

(End of this chapter)