Chapter 799 The Descent of the Gods
"Despicable"
The priest's eyes widened instantly, his composure vanished, and his distorted scream was swallowed halfway by the explosion.
The steam tank beneath him also fell silent, occasionally a round ball would smash into the hatch, followed by a muffled explosion and then slowly billowing black smoke.
"What's this?"
"I heard it's a new weapon from Castel, with both grenade launcher and mortar modes. What we just saw was the grenade launcher."
Gwen's voice came from the side.
The soldiers of the Principality of Tis did not stop. They took out grenades again and put them into grenade launchers. These simple weapons could be fired by holding them to the ground. If a mortar mode was needed, the tripod could be deployed.
The soldiers only wanted to fire quickly, shooting directly at the ground. Naturally, the accuracy of the grenades thrown in this way was somewhat poor, but the quantity was simply outrageous.
Both steam tanks were engulfed in flames. Just as the smoke from the explosions began to dissipate, a second wave of grenades were thrown up.
boom!!!
The explosions rang out again, and the soldiers reloaded for the third time without hesitation. But suddenly, several huge black shadows appeared in the smoke.
"Watch out, there's another steam tank!"
The steam tank wobbled out, one of its wheels missing, its turret jammed, and its armor plating covered in black soot.
But it is still moving forward.
"Tsk, these grenades are no threat to the tank. I thought they could at least blow it to smithereens."
“It might work with an internal combustion engine, but a steam engine isn’t that fragile.” Nora shook her head and started the fire.
She and Gwen had been waiting here for a long time.
The two cannons fired at close range, and the steam tank immediately exploded into a fireball.
"This steam tank is nothing special." Gwen's voice came from the speaker, and even with a slight static, her excitement was still evident.
It's clear that she really likes this self-propelled artillery.
The feeling of complete control was unlike any vehicle she had ever driven before. It was said to have used the technology of the Mechanical Sanctuary, but in reality, she was operating the machine together with the Machine Soul.
The soldiers of the Duchy of Tis hesitated whether to launch another bombing run, but Gwen had already driven the self-propelled gun forward.
"This iron thing looks pretty big."
Nora frowned, for some reason, she had a vague feeling of unease.
Suddenly, her urgent voice blared from the loudspeaker: "Gwen, get out of the way!"
roar!!!
A twisted roar rang out, and Gwen turned the turret to see a huge figure burst out of the smoke.
It was a hideous, twisted monster with a bulging, muscular upper body and a conspicuously thin lower body, wedged into half of a circular hatch. If you looked closely, you could even see the tattered white robes of a priest.
"That priest just now? He lost control and turned into a monster?" Gwen was shocked and immediately floored the accelerator to reverse.
But the monster was faster. It braced itself on its hands, leaped up, and pounced straight at Gwen!
"Gwen!" Nora's voice rang out amidst the explosion of the cannon. She risked firing a shot at close range, but the spreading flames were a step too late for the monster.
boom!
Gwen opened fire as well, blasting the monster's lower body to pieces and scattering its twisted internal organs all over the ground. But it seemed to have its sights set on Gwen, its eyes filled with hatred, and pounced on her self-propelled artillery!
Sizzle—
A sickening metallic scraping sound rang out as the monster ripped a large hole through the already not-so-thick armor plate of the self-propelled artillery.
"Fire! Damn it, fire on that monster! Don't use the grenade launcher!!!"
The commander of Tiss, who was standing nearby, also lost his temper. He roared and snatched the gun from the soldier next to him, pulling the trigger at the monster.
The soldiers opened fire, but the monster was enormous and stubbornly continued to dismantle the self-propelled artillery despite the incoming bullets!
Nora was in a panic, but dared not continue firing. The monster was already on Gwen and they would both be blown up!
Nora gritted her teeth and charged straight at the monster with all her might!
But all of this was a step too late.
The monster that the priest had transformed into had completely dismantled the armor and structural layers of the self-propelled gun, forcibly pried open the crew compartment, and pulled Gwen out.
Its eyes flashed with a crazed red light, and it grinned as it clenched its fist and slammed it towards Gwen, seemingly preparing to take her down with it!
Time seemed to slow down at that moment.
The monster's muscular arms, carrying immense power, hurtled towards Gwen, bullets piercing its body and drawing blood. Nora's furious charge was already upon them.
But it didn't care, its eyes filled with the pleasure of venting its hatred.
Then it saw that Gwen, whom it was holding, had reached out her hand.
A moment later, the monster tilted its head in confusion, looking at its empty right arm, where foul-smelling black blood was falling like rain.
what happened?
Gwen held the monster's arm in her hand, an arm several sizes larger than her entire body, and spoke in a trembling voice:
"My brand new car, I only fired three shots, and you ruined it?!"
The monster couldn't understand, but it instinctively began to tremble. It looked around in panic and found that everyone had stopped, even Nora's charge had stopped halfway.
"My artillery, my self-propelled guns!!"
The soldiers stared blankly at everything before them.
After the monster dismantled the self-propelled artillery into parts, Gwen, who emerged from the artillery, dismantled the monster into parts as well.
Some soldiers even looked at the monster's corpse with lingering hope, worried that something else might jump out from inside.
Nora, feeling somewhat embarrassed, subtly turned away. She couldn't help but feel that Gwen had become stronger without the cannons.
Damn it, will I need her to submit an investigation report when we get back? How am I supposed to write that?
"The collapse was like an avalanche; nothing could stop it, not even me, the [Named One]."
Lina turned to look at the Gear Sage standing to the side, which remained silent and motionless.
“You know what, Sage Gear, I didn’t want to awaken you.”
"You are your father's last possession."
“But Castel is just too powerful; I have absolutely no way to overthrow it.”
"Steam tanks won't work, mechanical temples won't work, the Candlelight Society and that madman Jules won't work either."
"But my father's orders are absolute, and I cannot let him down!"
"So... I have no choice but to sacrifice you."
Lina turned to look at the Gear Sage, reaching out to gently stroke its cold, steel face, tears welling up in her eyes.
"A thousand years. My friend and companion, Lord Bruno."
Lina lowered her head and sobbed for a long time. When she raised her head again, there was no more hesitation in her eyes.
"Proceed according to plan, and let the gods descend upon the world."
After Lina finished speaking, she walked straight towards the fleeing soldiers.
She gathered her power, her eyes shone with blue and white light, and her voice resounded throughout the area.
"Believers of the Unextinguished Candlelight, I have come here to reinforce you on the orders of the Pope. I will hold off the enemies behind you. Follow the Gear Saint, and it will protect you!"
The soldiers and priests looked at her, their expressions hesitant.
She certainly looked like a clergy member of the Vatican; at least her robes and accessories were in good condition.
This place is some distance from the main battlefield, and the terrified soldiers are gradually regaining their senses.
Some priests began to rally the defeated soldiers, but the possibility of pursuit from behind made them anxious.
Now someone's actually blocking the enemy?
That's great!
The soldiers didn't care who their commander was; they just wanted to survive.
The priests on the other side, however, were filled with doubt, especially when they looked at the Gear Sage—hadn't the Gear Sage betrayed the Candlelight Order?
Lina had anticipated all of this. She produced the Pope's warrant for everyone to read, for the extraordinary mark could not be faked.
All the secret marks match.
Besides, if things don't go well, even the Sage of Gears wouldn't be able to handle so many of them, right?
In the ensuing chaos, the priests ultimately decided to follow the Gear Sage.
Lina nodded in satisfaction and turned to walk towards the other side of the line.
Gradually, the routed soldiers on the entire battlefield began to converge in one direction.
The Duchy of Tiss naturally noticed this as well, and they
They were overjoyed.
Defeated soldiers on the battlefield are not combat-effective just because they are gathered together. Without time to rest and regroup, they remain a disorganized mess.
Now someone has gathered this clump of sand together.
A thousand pigs could be caught in three days and three nights, but if those thousand pigs were kept in a pigsty, they wouldn't be enough for a slaughterhouse to consume in half a day.
The Duchy of Tis even instructed its soldiers to slow down, fearing they might scare away the superhumans who had come to do good deeds. Tis's new army was not afraid of superhumans.
Leaving aside Nora and Gwen, superhumans pose almost no threat to the regular army; at most, the soldiers just can't catch them.
Lina might not be caught, but surely the soldiers who have gathered together won't run away?
However, this could also be a conspiracy by the Papacy; perhaps they have hidden a few steam tanks behind them. The soldiers of Tiss slowed down their speed again.
Lina gathered the fleeing soldiers together, while the Gear Sage led them to a valley.
Now the new army of Tiss following behind became even more cautious, as this looked like an ambush!
They maintained a fairly safe distance and even set up their weapons in advance before sending scouts to investigate.
The scout returned shortly afterward, bringing astonishing news.
There was some confusion on Tiss's side, and after a while, a troop of cavalry followed Nora to the valley.
When they reached the mouth of the valley, everyone stood frozen in shock. Even Nora stopped the engine and stared blankly into the valley.
In the valley, the gathered Papal soldiers neither lay in ambush nor rested and lined up.
They lay neatly on the ground, already lifeless, their bodies shriveled.
The corpses seemed to have been carefully positioned, all pointing in one direction.
Castells' direction.
(End of this chapter)
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