At the moment the city gate opened, the knights, who were ready to go, launched a charge at the sound of the command! Rumble! The huge horse hooves stomped on the ground, splashing a cloud of dust. The knights, wearing iron armor and holding long spears, rushed into the wide-open city like a surging dark cloud.

"For the glory of the Lord!" "Kill the blasphemers!"

The roars were deafening, like the roars of wild beasts, rolling out, especially loud in the morning light, as if they were going to tear everything apart! The leader was Geerke, who was wearing black armor and holding a giant scimitar. He had been watching the fierce battlefield for a long time and had been patient to the extreme. After receiving the order, the blood in his heart was ignited.

The sword in his hand was already thirsty, eager to chop off the heads of those blasphemers and use the blood of those wizards to please the great Moon Goddess! However, unlike what they expected, what came out of the city gate was not the God's Punishment Army that came to greet them from inside and outside, nor were they the ragged and hastily fleeing people, but a group of two-meter-tall, strange-looking iron boxes with a thick and long pipe in front.

Is this a new thing developed by those wizards?

Gerke couldn't help but frown, vaguely sensing something was wrong, but the cavalry's charge could no longer be stopped. All they could do was charge, charge, and charge again!

“God is with me!”

Gerk shouted loudly, the light of divine arts flashing around him, and then condensed on the long sword in his hand. He believed that the power given by God was enough to tear everything apart! However, they had no chance to get close at all, because the thick and long barrel soon emitted bursts of roars.

Facing the flying shells, Geerke realized that the iron boxes in front of him were actually movable artillery pieces! "Break them!" Geerke roared and swung the long sword in his hand, which was shining with divine power, and went straight to meet the rapidly approaching projectiles!

The next moment, the long sword and the projectile collided with each other. Amid the roars and the neighing of the warhorse, Gerke's blow actually cut the artillery fire in half!

The knights at the back were not so lucky. They could not stop the flying projectiles. Dozens of knights screamed as their armor was pierced through. The powerful impact force broke their bodies in two, and the remains were smashed dozens of meters away.

Gerk's eyes were red, and he swung the long sword in his hand again. The sharp sword energy hit the iron armor, creating a dent and causing the entire alchemy vehicle to shake violently. However, it continued to move forward without stopping, and the thick gun barrel once again emitted a deafening explosion...

Along with the sound of artillery fire, there was also the sound of machine gun fire...

Over the past few days, Lydia and others have manufactured a total of five machine guns. In addition to the three that were taken out to quell the chaos in the royal capital, the remaining two machine guns were placed in the Alchemy Research Institute.

This thing had little effect on the Cardinal, so it was not used. Now it was mounted on the two Alchemical Armored Vehicles in front! Hot flames spewed out from the two machine guns, and the continuous barrage of bullets streaked across the sky like meteors.

Although Gerk could cut off the oncoming artillery fire, he could not stop this dense barrage of bullets. He could only divert the divine energy that supplied the long sword to defense.

The torrent of machine guns and armor was just the beginning. Huge airships also appeared above the city walls, and white phosphorus rained down from the sky, completely turning the tide of the battle!

Even if the bishops were slow to react, they realized something was wrong. The neat array and the strange and powerful steel boxes made them realize that it was not the God's Punishment Army that had sneaked into the capital, but a counterattack by their enemies! "How is this possible?" An archbishop whispered in horror, with a chill in his heart. The current situation undoubtedly meant that Edelweir had been defeated! But they had clearly felt the Lord's divine light just now. Those damn wizards had no chance of resisting the power of God!

Even if the bishops present were unwilling to believe it, they could not change the reality. A great defeat was almost imminent, but now even escape was a luxury!

Their two legs could not outrun four wheels at all, and the swords and long knives in their hands could only create tiny sparks when they chopped on the thick armor, not to mention the airship in the air.

This battle soon turned into a complete massacre!

The pursuit lasted for most of the day, stretching from the capital to more than ten kilometers away. The blood dyed the entire land red. The remaining 30,000 people surrendered one after another, and it was estimated that the number of people killed exceeded 70,000!

After the battle, Ham and the others, who had been exhausted for a whole night, could no longer hold on and fell in a pool of blood. Cheers resounded throughout the capital! However, compared to the ease of the last battle, although they completely defeated the Vatican's punitive army in this battle, the losses were also unpredictable.

Because the God's Punishment Army rushed directly into the capital, coupled with the continuous divine bombardment on the front battlefield, the casualties alone have reached tens of thousands! The majority of them were the Royal Guards of the Capital, because they had no muskets in their hands and could only wield swords in close combat, and were directly defeated.

Nearly one-third of the area inside the capital was damaged to varying degrees. More than one hundred formal wizards and more than five hundred apprentices died on the battlefield...

Whether it was the casualties or the extent of the destruction, Lin En, who received the report, sighed. As for the reason why the Divine Punishment Army was able to appear quietly in the royal capital, he had also been tortured out of the mouths of those who were captured.

It was a passage that led directly from the slums to the dense forest outside the city. It was built secretly by the eldest prince. Very few people knew about it, and it had not been recorded in any form.

After learning this, Lin En immediately sent people to destroy and bury the passage to prevent the next tragedy from happening.

The pilots of the airship did not have a moment's rest either. They were all sent out. Some were responsible for exploring and monitoring the enemy, while the other part went to the Sea of ​​Misty Sea to look for the missing Aurora and others.

(End of this chapter)