"Damn it, these damn wizards, minions of the devil, they should be sent to hell!"

In Badas Territory, on top of the church, Cardinal Mod looked at the huge fighter plane that was flying over the city in a show of force, his heart filled with anger.

The priests and bishops in the church also had angry looks on their faces. It was like being slapped hard in the face, but there was nothing they could do.

Because this thing was so fast and incredibly agile, no magic they had mastered could bring it down from a distance of thousands of meters.

Seeing that the fighter plane had already flown out of the city, Mod had to suppress his anger and said in a deep voice, "Can you tell what it just threw?"

At the moment when Lydia dived down in the fighter plane, Maude thought the city was doomed, but to everyone's expectation, the other side did not seem to come to attack.

"It looks like paper?" a bishop said uncertainly.

Could it be that there was some kind of plague or curse on it? At this moment, several servants ran in from outside in a panic, holding dozens of leaflets in their hands, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Excellency the Cardinal, I think you may need to take a look at this!"

Maud couldn't help but frown, and a bad feeling arose in his heart. He immediately took a copy and started reading it.

The other bishops were no exception. After reading the above content, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

The entire leaflet is divided into front and back sides.

The front side was for the poor to see, and it advertised the various changes in the City of Fire Oil in order to dispel the church's rumors that wizards were spreading doomsday.

The reverse side was specifically intended for the local nobles, wealthy businessmen, and clergy, detailing the results of several battles between the Magic Kingdom and the Empire.

"How is it possible? Lord Joshua and Lord Gustav were both captured by the wizard..."

"Two Saints died in battle, and several expeditionary armies were completely destroyed. It's all over, all over..."

The whole church suddenly exploded, and the priests and bishops present all had expressions of horror and disbelief on their faces.

In order to avoid panic, the church concealed the losses of several wars to a great extent, especially the information that Joshua and Gustav were captured and the two saints died in battle. Now, these leaflets have revealed it! If it were just a few lines of text, it would certainly not be enough to cause such an uproar, but the author of the leaflet, Luo Er, was very considerate and added many photos.

A large number of captured clergymen undergoing transformation, a battlefield full of artillery craters, and a close-up of the most critical commander of the God's Punishment Army, Gustav! The picture was so real, like a portrayal of reality, that it shook the priests and bishops present.

"Enough, this is nothing but a scam carefully woven by those minions of the evil god!" Mod's loud voice continued to echo in the church, pulling the clergy back from their panic, but the wrist holding the flyer was shaking slightly.

As a cardinal, Maud naturally knew more than the other bishops and priests, so he knew very well that the above description was most likely true.

"Yes, it's ridiculous. It says here that divine arts is also a kind of magic? The great Lord is actually a wizard?" The tall and thin bishop sneered in agreement.

These words were quickly recognized by everyone. The clergy present came to their senses one after another, and felt more and more that these were lies made up by the wizards to try to shake their beliefs. Their vicious intentions were evident.

The curses and rebukes echoed in the church, but some bishops did not participate because they found that the leaflet actually gave a method for verification, and it was extremely simple! According to Lin En's inference, divine energy is a special kind of magic power, and since it is magic power, it means that clergy can also cast magic! So on the last page of the leaflet, Luo Er directly gave the five simplest basic magic models, which even wizard apprentices can learn.

For the bishops, it can be said that just having hands is enough.

In other words, as long as they wanted, they could immediately verify whether the divine art was magic or not, and they could give the answer on the spot...

The truth was right before their eyes, but the bishops hesitated and no one dared to try.

Cardinal Maud also obviously saw this, his expression changed, and he couldn't help but think of the iron rules within the church.

That is, you must never touch, check or observe the wizards' magic notebooks! It is said that the notes contain the knowledge of the devil. Many clergy who have studied the notes in depth often become crazy, hysterical, and even abandon their faith in the Lord!

Even several cardinals were not spared.

In the past, Mod could not understand why this happened. He just felt that the power of the devil was too strong, and even devout believers like them could not resist its erosion.

But now another thought popped up in his mind involuntarily. Is it possible that those people understood the research notes above and then used magic?

This thought was like a devil entangled in Maud's heart. He couldn't help but stretch out his hand, wanting to test whether he could use magic according to the magic model given on the flyer, so as to prove that it was all lies of the wizards...

Because as a believer of the Lord, I can never use the power of the devil!

Until the last moment, Maud suddenly came to his senses and stopped what he was doing.

No, that's not right, this is the devil's temptation, it's a questioning of the Lord! Maud's firm belief in the Moon Goddess freed him from confusion and doubt, and he was already sweating coldly from the shock.

I almost fell into the trap set by the wizards. If these spells were a ritual to trigger some kind of curse, I would be doomed.

"Immediately send people to collect and burn all the leaflets scattered in the city. If anyone dares to hide or discuss the contents of the leaflets, no matter who they are, they will be treated as believers of the evil spirit!" Mod glanced at everyone present with a cold gaze.

"Yes, Lord Maude!"

A group of priests and bishops suppressed their doubts and hurriedly led their people out of the church to collect the leaflets. They were not stupid and could naturally imagine the impact that would be caused by allowing the leaves to scatter in the town.

But the title written in black and white on the flyer, which was specially enlarged and bolded, seemed to be mocking everyone's powerless actions.

Because it was too late now, thousands of people in Badas territory picked up the flyers on the ground.

Among them, there were illiterate poor people, nobles and wealthy businessmen, and even guards guarding the city...

In any case, blocking the news has become impossible, and similar scenes are happening in almost every city in the kingdom! The truth... cannot be killed! ...

On the other side, in the sky above the border of the empire, Lydia had already finished dropping flyers in three cities and was rushing to the last destination of this trip - the Holy City! The journey was extremely smooth, which made Lin En feel a little relieved.

I just wonder if the bishops of those churches will actually try out the method he gave...

The corners of Lin En's mouth curled up slightly, but soon closed again.

Because ahead, the magnificent holy city is already in sight.

"I didn't expect there is such a big city in the empire!" A look of surprise appeared on Lin En's face.

From a distance, the walls of the holy city are thirty meters high, and the area is probably more than one hundred square kilometers.

Just as the spies had reported before, the entire city was shrouded in the projection of the Kingdom of God. One could only vaguely see a huge statue standing in the center of the city, with all kinds of strange patterns painted on it and a unique power flowing through it.

Is it the statue of Ella? Lin En thought so and then said, "Lower altitude, prepare to dive, open the protective shield!"

Lydia nodded and did as she was told without asking why.

The fighter plane quickly tilted and rushed downward, and its speed increased to more than 300 kilometers. The extremely strong wind kept blowing on its body, as sharp as a knife.

As the distance got closer, the melodious hymns began to ring in my ears...

Lin En took out a copper ball that he had prepared long ago from the fighter plane, aimed it at the huge statue, and prepared to test the protection level of the holy city.

Flashes of lightning soon appeared around his body, and after building up momentum for about three seconds, the copper ball flew out rapidly under the push of electromagnetic force.

The speed was extremely fast! The huge sonic boom made the entire fighter plane vibrate. Lydia endured the buzzing feeling in her head and held the joystick tightly to avoid the risk of the fighter plane overturning.

Under Lin En's gaze, the copper ball flew straight towards the holy city at a speed of more than fifteen times the speed of sound.

It only took 0.3 seconds to cross a distance of 1,500 meters!

However, about three hundred meters away from the holy city, the copper ball that was rushing past like a red stream of light suddenly made an extremely strange obtuse turn without any deceleration.

It is like the refraction phenomenon that occurs when light is shot into water.

But the difference is that the flight path of the bronze ball is actually arc-shaped. If there is no interference, it will just fly over the holy city.

Lin En understood that this was not a sudden change in the flying direction of the bronze ball, but the distortion of the space outside the holy city. This was somewhat similar to his deflection force field, which would direct the attack in other directions.

We must try it again.

Lin En's expression remained unchanged as he spoke slowly. "Explode!"

The copper ball that was flying at a very fast speed exploded immediately, and countless copper blocks shot in all directions, but their flight paths were extremely strange, even upside down, which made people's scalps numb.

The good news is that this offset is not absolute. If the curvature of space can be calculated and there is enough speed, it may not be impossible to successfully strike.

It was like a skilled fisherman holding a steel fork, relying on his skillful technique to stab the fish swimming in the water at an angle that would seem impossible to hit from the outside...

For example, several copper blocks scattered by the explosion successfully passed through the force field protection and entered the holy city, but they were completely destroyed in less than 0.1 second. If it weren't for Lin En's good eyesight and focused attention, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Obviously, the deflection field covering the entire holy city is only the first layer of protection.

If a large nuclear explosion is used here, the power will first be greatly weakened by the force field magic, and then the remaining energy and shock waves will be reduced layer by layer, and it is difficult to say how much effect it can have.

It seems that after enduring two nuclear explosions of different levels, Ella has also summed up some ways to deal with it.

Lin En was not surprised by this. For wizards, in addition to the actual realm gap, the importance of knowledge level and magical intelligence is also particularly important!

For enemies of the same level, often only a new technique launched for the first time can achieve the effect of surprise.

Lynn frowned, thinking about how to crack it.

The first step, of course, is to use force field magic to break through the defenses, or restore the distorted space to its original state. However, such a large-scale divine art is most likely the work of [Ella] himself, and it would be extremely difficult for one person to reverse it.

After Harof and Aurora have completed their promotions, we can give it a try with the combined strength of the four of us.

The second is to use great force to create miracles, using a hydrogen explosion with an equivalent of millions or tens of millions to directly bombard, so that even one thousandth of the energy that escapes can cause devastating damage!

I just don't know if the [End - Atomic Breath] at close range will be effective...

Lin En thought of several plans in a flash, but before he could think about it further, an inexplicable sense of danger surged into his heart. Almost subconsciously, Lin En turned his arm and hit the steering wheel of the fighter plane hard.

The fighter plane, which was diving towards the holy city at maximum speed, immediately lost balance and flipped nearly ninety degrees. Lydia, the pilot, was frightened and wanted to ask questions in fear.

Before that, an extremely strong beam of light shot out from the interior of the Holy City, targeting the flying fighter! It was supposed to be aimed at the cockpit, but because the fighter was deflected, it hit the tail directly, leaving a deep scratch on the protective layer made of mithril, and even cutting the steel layer below! Lydia was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she didn't even have time to close her open mouth.

Only then did Lin En understand where the sense of crisis in his heart came from. It must be someone using focusing magic below.

"She has even learned laser techniques? It seems like she hasn't stayed in the Kerosene City for nothing." Lin En muttered to himself, but then he realized that it was probably just an imitation, an extreme version of focused reflection.

Otherwise, even at such a long distance, with the power of the fifth-level laser, the tail of the fighter plane would be cut off instantly, instead of just cutting off the protective layer like this...

(End of this chapter)