At midnight, in Lord Mist, fifty thousand imperial expeditionary forces arrived silently at the city under the cover of the legendary magic - the Realm of Illusion.

"It seems that these wizards are really capable!" Joshua muttered to himself as he looked at the towering city wall in front of him.

The last time they came here, there was only a low wall less than three meters high in this small border town, but now what appeared before them was a seven-meter-high solid wall.

The wizards used magic to accomplish such a miracle in just half a day!

On top of the city wall, a bonfire was burning, and more than 1,500 guards could be vaguely seen stationed on the city wall. It seemed that no trace of them had been found yet.

The number of guards was much smaller than Joshua had expected, but considering that the Musketeers had also suffered heavy casualties in the previous battle, most of them should be recuperating and receiving treatment now. Add to that the Musketeers guarding the rest of the city and those stationed in the city, the number was not much different.

Joshua raised a sneer. Those wizards probably couldn't imagine that they had restored the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards in just ten hours and launched a surprise attack overnight.

"Your Highness Lucia, Lord Judge, do you want to launch the attack now?" Silide asked respectfully.

Seven hundred meters was already the limit. If they got any closer, even if they were in the realm of illusion, they would be able to detect something was wrong! As for the lava dragon, Sirid had it stay ten miles away and wait until the battle started before flying over to avoid being sensed by the wizards.

Lucia stretched out her right hand, and boundless divine light gathered in the palm of her hand, shrinking into a thumb-sized ball, and then flew straight to the towering city wall seven hundred meters away.

The soldiers on the city wall could only see a bright firefly floating towards them in the dim night. It was moving at an extremely fast speed, and the distance of 700 meters could be reached in an instant!

Before they could even shout, the light expanded rapidly and then exploded! Boom boom. The deafening explosion resounded throughout the castle. The tall walls were shattered under the impact of the strong explosion, and the city gate was directly blown open. The rubble flew everywhere, forming a misty rain-like fog.

Dozens of patrolling guards on the city wall were knocked to the ground by the aftermath of the explosion, blood splattered everywhere, screams and wails resounded continuously...

At the moment Lucia attacked, the [Realm - Illusionary Realm] was instantly broken, and more than 10,000 Divine Punishment Knights shouted "For the glory of the Lord!" and rushed into the city gate. They raised their scimitars and long swords and chopped down the guards in the city one after another! Perhaps it was because they attacked too suddenly, and the enemies had not yet reacted, or perhaps their morale had been crushed in the midday battle and they had not yet recovered. In this assault, they did not encounter any obstacles, and the Vatican's punitive army had already rushed into the city!

It was too smooth... Joshua felt uneasy. After entering the city, they found that there were torches and guards on every street, but they did not encounter any effective resistance! There were no rows of muskets, no cannons, and no wizards!

The whole city was silent, with only the sounds of the guards running away and shouting in fear.

It was so weird that it was terrifying! "What on earth is going on?" Sirid was confused and had no idea what was going on.

What about their enemies? What about the wizards?

Just when everyone was wondering, a team of brave Divine Punishment Knights captured the leader of the guards.

He was a middle-aged man in his thirties, slightly thin, with fat cheeks. He knelt on the ground with a look of fear on his face, kowtowed repeatedly, and spoke with a trembling voice.

"My Lord Bishop, I surrender... I surrender! I beg you to forgive my sins. It was those damned wizards who cast a spell on us and forced us to help them guard this town..."

"They...they left fifteen minutes ago in a flying house." The thin middle-aged man answered timidly.

"You mean they have escaped?" Joshua frowned and said in surprise.

This is not impossible. After all, the power of the Empire and the Church is far beyond the reach of these evil minions. The wizards have just experienced a defeat and are carrying many wounded soldiers. It is normal for them to flee at the sight of the enemy.

It was just a coincidence that the timing happened just fifteen minutes before they arrived.

Their luck can only be described as bad! "Do you know which direction those wizards went?" Lucia suddenly asked.

"Yes...it's the north!" the middle-aged man answered hesitantly.

As soon as these words came out, the bishops present were all shocked, because the kingdom was to their west! If they wanted to evacuate, they couldn't fly to the north anyway!

"Is there anything to the north?" Lucia asked puzzledly.

"It's kerosene!" Joshua's expression was very solemn. After searching the memories of those captives, he had some doubts about this.

Because the wizards' first goal in launching this counterattack should be to recover the kingdom's lost territory, the fact that the other two legions had been stranded in the kingdom before can prove this point.

The legion they encountered was the only exception. It took the initiative to break into the empire and its target was the Mist Territory. It was most likely there for kerosene.

"These wizards must want to seize or destroy the empire's weapons of war!" Sirid said indignantly.

The importance of kerosene is self-evident. It has played a huge role in the wars against barbarians and demons in recent years, reducing a large number of casualties.

Lucia shook her head and did not agree with Sirid's guess.

Kerosene is useful, but it is nothing compared to the artillery that the wizards have.

"The Wizard Council must have found other uses for kerosene," Lucia guessed.

In the last campaign against the kingdom, the Griffin Knights led by Avidel brought a lot of kerosene, which was most likely seized.

Those wizards must have discovered some secrets after studying this thing, so they are very eager to get it, and even think that it can affect the outcome of the war to a certain extent, so they suddenly went to look for kerosene at such a critical moment...

(PS: Chapter 2 will be published around 3pm.) (End of this chapter)