While the defense line in front had not been completely breached, Lydia and Elok immediately directed everyone to get busy, setting up three machine guns on both sides of the street, and the soldiers equipped with percussion rifles were neatly lined up in two rows.

The enemy arrived much faster than they expected. Almost the next moment after they formed their array, hundreds of God's Punishment Army soldiers wearing sophisticated armor rushed over from a distance. Dozens of people in the front row held greatswords and giant shields in their hands, forming a solid shield formation.

"Are they the God's Punishment Army? They don't look anything special..." Lydia muttered softly.

The corner of Old York's mouth twitched involuntarily, and he quickly warned, "Lady Lydia, don't underestimate them. These people are very powerful. Even if they are besieged by several people at the same time, they can easily win. Moreover, the giant shields in their hands are blessed with magic, and even muskets can hardly penetrate them!"

Although most of the musketeers were on the battlefield for the first time, they were facing some powerful monsters during their training in the wizarding land, and their bayonet skills were not weak after hard training.

These God's Punishment Army were still able to kill them quickly like chopping melons and vegetables. Even though the number of guards in this area was much greater than that of the enemy, they were still inevitably defeated all the way...

"Then let me see it!" Lydia straightened her face and raised her hand to gesture.

The musketeers behind him immediately understood, placed a red bullet into the chamber, and then raised their guns and aimed at the enemy who had entered the range.

"Shoot!" As the girl gave the order, a hundred musketeers divided into two rows and launched a volley. Bursts of sharp gunshots rang out in the narrow street.

Dense bullets collided with the heavy shield and then exploded violently. This was the armor-piercing shell produced by the Alchemy Research Institute. The effect was very significant, causing more than 20 casualties in an instant.

Old York and the others were immediately surprised, because their biggest headache before was how to break the turtle shell! However, as the most elite legion of the Holy See, no soldier of the Divine Punishment Army flinched because of the huge power of the new muskets. They ignored their fallen companions and rushed to the range of 70 meters before the second row of musketeers' volley arrived.

In previous battles, they already knew that this kind of witchcraft weapon would require at least one minute to reload ammunition after an attack, which meant that after withstanding this round of volleys, the enemy in front of them would become cowardly sheep that could be slaughtered at will.

However, along with the second volley of fire, there were also three machine guns mounted on the street!

Under the cover of smoke and flames caused by the explosion of armor-piercing shells, bursts of roaring sounds like a string of cannonballs began to explode! Dadadadada The bullets from the three machine guns poured out crazily, leaving sharp sonic booms in the air and fierce flames spewing out.

As soon as the soldiers of the God's Punishment Army rushed out of the smoke-covered streets, they were met with overwhelming gunfire. Regardless of the fine armor they wore or the strong physiques they were proud of, they seemed extremely fragile in the face of this dense barrage of bullets that was enough to tear apart steel...

The dozens of God's Punishment Army soldiers in the front row were surrounded by red blood mist and were instantly beaten into sieves!

The long and narrow streets are undoubtedly the best place to exert the power of machine guns. There is no possibility of hiding at all. All they can do is charge, charge, and charge again!

As long as they can get to these people, they will win!

Old York and the others were stunned when they saw this scene. The massacre lasted only a minute or so. The hundreds of God's Punishment Army that had troubled them and caused great chaos in the capital were wiped out! "It seems that we are still more powerful!" Lydia smiled proudly, but after looking at the depleted ammunition depot, her face suddenly fell.

A total of three thousand rounds of fixed-load ammunition, which was the amount that dozens of wizard apprentices had spent three whole days preparing. And they had all been used up just like that. How could they support other battlefields?

The machine gun is powerful, but its bullet consumption is horrible.

Old York had recovered from his shock and spoke quickly, "Lady Lydia, the enemies we killed were only a small part of the invading army. I estimate that at least two thousand God's Punishment Army reached the capital through a secret passage..."

"So many!" Alok frowned.

Even though they just killed more than four hundred soldiers of the Divine Punishment Army with ease, Alok was not like Lydia who looked down on these elite troops of the Church.

The fact that these people were able to defeat the capital's guards, which were several times their size, showed that they were not to be trifled with.

Without the assistance of the powerful firepower of machine guns, it would not be easy to deal with so many God's Punishment Army, even if the new army equipped with percussion rifles was included.

"Do you know where they went?" Alok asked.

"A part of the people dispersed and created chaos in the royal capital. As for the main force, judging from the direction, they should be heading towards the Alchemy Research Institute." Old York said solemnly.

"Then there's no need to worry." Lydia breathed a sigh of relief. The Alchemy Research Institute had strong defenses, and most of the new troops equipped with percussion rifles were guarding there.

However, the development of the matter was obviously beyond Lydia's expectations, because following the God's Punishment Army to attack the Alchemy Institute were two cardinals, Purson and Arno.

"It seems that this is the core of the entire capital's defense force!" Purson stepped into the Alchemy Research Institute, which was filled with blood and shouts of killing, and used divine magic to explore it. Just as he expected, all the magic power was gathered here! As long as this place was destroyed, the capital, which was as bright as day, would sink into darkness again, and the protective magic set up in various places would instantly collapse.

Arno, who had just been pulled out of prison, had a ferocious look on his face. During the few days he stayed in the royal capital, he was tormented by those damn psychic wizards, but he had no choice but to endure it. He managed to escape from the cage only when the royal capital was in chaos. He was already burning with anger!

"Let the glory of God cleanse the sins here!" Arno shouted fiercely, and a huge divine power began to surge around him. A huge roar resounded through the sky, and deep trenches crisscrossed the ground. Large areas of buildings collapsed and shattered under the ravages of the divine power! Countless ruins flew in the air, like a doomsday storm, rushing towards the wizards who were still resisting...

(End of this chapter)