The sound of horse hooves came into his ears. The bishop standing on the city wall heard the sound of the hinges rubbing when the city gate was closed, and also heard the sound of the iron chains being rotated. He shouted loudly to ask the city defense troops to prepare for defense, but he kept praying in his heart: "It must be closed...it must be closed..."

"Bang!"

The huge city gate wrapped in brass was closing, making a dull sound, but the sound was like a natural sound in the ears of the city defense force - there were even cheers of many soldiers around.

At the same time, the sound of horse hooves roared completely rushed to the city gate. The more than ten knights in the lead did not slow down. The spear in their hands suddenly flashed, and while sprinting, he stabbed towards the door that had just closed but had not had time to catch the door bolt!

“Mush…”

The war energy impact of more than a dozen advanced knights gathered together, and the noise even made the soldiers above the city wall feel the vibration from the soles of their feet - but the quality and defense of this gate were not shaking the knights at all, so the gate with an iron door bolt firmly resisted the opponent's attack!

"The Holy Light is on..."

The bishop on the city wall almost collapsed on the ground. At this moment, he felt as if his legs were gone. He took a few steps and looked down and saw that the troops who had arrived under the city wall were actually carrying a simple siege ladder, and then they were ready to attack the city!

"Quick support! Report the message to the inner city!"

The crisis that the city gate was almost broken suddenly spread throughout the Temple City, but after the alarm bell rang continuously, the cardinals in the inner city did not realize what was going on - didn't they say they were going to negotiate? What does ringing mean?

Fortunately, the "Rose Cross" did not really neglect defense because it had not been in war for a long time. After the alarm bell rang, the remaining troops in the outer city immediately reinforced the city wall. At the same time, the city quickly began to collect auxiliary troops to assist in the transportation of defensive materials - but in this operation, the shortcomings immediately appeared...

"There are not enough temple guards!?"

There was a burst of exclamation in the cardinal regiment, but then they immediately realized that it was the decision they had just made that allowed the last temple guards left in the city to go out of the city to participate in the "rescue".

Before they could express their opinions on this, news of the emergency of the outer city wall came one after another... The "Virgate Cross" team, which originally had more than 2,000 people, came from the beginning with the purpose of raiding the "Shrine", so they used simple ladders to bring huge pressure to the not-tall wall of the temple.

The main reason is that the soldiers defending on the city wall are too weak at this time. Logically speaking, this kind of defensive task should be handed over to the fully armed temple guards, but now there are a group of patrol soldiers who are not well-dressed and have not received much military training to defend. The effect can be imagined - if it weren't for the remaining one hundred temple guards gritting their teeth and holding on, I'm afraid that the other party would take it down if they met the city wall!

"Send a signal to the surrounding parish immediately and ask for support!"

"No matter what, the city wall must not be lost at this time!"

The Cardinal Order and the Pope had a very consistent idea at this time. The "Temple" is the core city of the "Rose Cross". If it was broken so easily, it would be a shame. The two sides had fought for decades, and there had never been such an act of one side fighting to the other side's lair... because whether it was successful or not, the price paid was unbearable to their respective sects.

"Why do they do this?"

The Pope was still calm at this time and immediately thought about the reason why the other party was so impulsive. Naturally, he thought of the artifact "Virgium Kiss" that he had been suppressing...

“Is this so important to them?”

The aura of the artifact is powerful and difficult to suppress. Even as the Pope, he also felt the vast power of this artifact - he had tried to control the other party, but in his limited attempts, he was almost retaliated by the scepter. Therefore, he did not underestimate the attraction of the "Viridian Kiss" to the enemy at all, so he ordered to strengthen the guarding power, and pointed the names of eight cardinals and ordered: "There is not enough personnel in the city wall, you can support it with all the power you can use!"

The eight cardinals whose names were named were the strongest in the entire Cardinal Party. Their joining also meant that at least twenty bishops and fifty guards entered the battlefield, which naturally could alleviate casualties and losses on the battlefield.

Although the eight cardinals were old at this time, they had no hesitation in the war against the pagans. After receiving the order, they turned around and left.

"The inner city guards on duty were drawn half of the support of the outer city walls! The guards were drawn to 150 people for the reserve team rotation!"

This is the final plan to increase troops. There are 12 guards in the inner city. Now half of them are drawn, and only about 80 people are left. The Holy See's guards, who are far stronger than ordinary temple guards, have only more than 80 people left.

In other words, the current defensive power of the inner city is less than half of the original one.

After reaching this conclusion, the Pope frowned and suddenly felt that today's battle came too strange. It seemed that every step was out of judgment and could not control it...

"Virida Cross" really intends to attack the city like this?

After listening to the number reported by the soldiers, the Pope knew that the number of people attacked by the opponent was less than 2,000, and this number was really not much for the siege. But he could only gather six or seven hundred defensive forces on the wall. Whether he could defend it can only depend on the support of the Cardinals's organization.

After all, the roles who can enter the Cardinal Order are all priests who are advanced to level 25 or above, and many of them are over level 30. In terms of strength, no one is a vegetarian. When it is really time to need all the old bones to push them, the Pope himself will never hesitate.

The "Sanctuary" is the face of "Rose Cross" and you cannot lose it no matter what!

*******

In the city, the rushing army and bishops roared from the street to the outer city wall. The alarm bell rang over and over again. The pedestrians who were walking on the street also ran home in panic. The market was now almost empty, with only chicken feathers and vegetable leaves all over the ground, but the taverns that provided accommodation for tourists were still lively. At this time, merchants from all over the country were discussing the situation outside the city in a mess. Most people didn't understand what was going on, but they were not worried that the city would be captured.

After all, the "Sanctuary" has not been broken and robbed so far. For merchants who do not understand urban defense, what they need to worry about now is whether their business will be affected.

However, while they were chatting, the other three caravans who originally lived in the tavern were surprisingly silent. At first, they just thought these people were "cowardly" and "uninformed". However, when several teams ran from the street and rushed towards the outer city, the group of people suddenly stood up and rushed out of the house together!

"Hey? You guys..."
Chapter completed!