At the same time (?), on a hill five kilometers outside the Vatican City.
"It's awesome, the fighting was really fierce." Verne raised his telescope and kept observing. Arthur and others did not use telescopes to observe the details, and watched from a distance as various sea beasts emerged from the seashore to attack the Holy Land.
Several giant sea beasts poked their heads out of the water and fired crimson wave cannons towards the Vatican. Before the cannon fire even touched the city, it was blocked by some invisible protective wall, deflected, and landed in the open spaces and suburbs on both sides of the main city.
, triggering a series of explosions.
The church's troops (although no one could be seen from this distance) also made a fierce counterattack, using their "miracle" (actually magic) to launch thousands of magic bullets and hit the sea beasts. Magic bullets
The power was actually quite powerful. After hitting the sea beasts, they exploded one by one with great force. Unfortunately, the sea beasts are all huge monsters with a body length of more than a hundred feet. Being hit by this kind of thing still doesn't hurt or itch, at most it only affects the upper layer of the skin.
The layer of moss was peeling off. The sea beasts continued to push forward despite the fierce artillery fire, and were already within half a kilometer of the coastline of Vatican City. Apart from the threat of the sea beasts, there were sea beasts that opened the way, and the ship that had been following behind
The team has not yet shown their true strength. They are probably planning to conserve their combat power and only start hand-to-hand combat after landing ashore.
"Amazing." Johnny Zuster whistled: "The Saints of France are actually able to control such a powerful sea beast. There is still a large group of them."
"The powerful one is not the [Saint Faction], but Grand Marshal Giles, the lunatic who made a deal with the devil." Arthur hummed.
He wondered whether Grand Marshal Giles was holding a "District of the Abyss" in his hand. Summoning and using such a large group of powerful sea beasts was not something that magicians of this era could do. No, it would have been nine hundred years ago in Asia.
In Se's original world, there are probably not many magicians who can achieve this level. Those who can do it are generally respected as magicians and occupy their own position in the ivory tower.
As for Giles, he may be a genius among magicians in this era, or he may have sold a large amount of his "price" to the abyss in exchange for such huge power. That man has almost lost his mind and is a madman.
Could it be that the "price" he paid to the abyss was his own sanity?
Despite this, what was going on with this unhurried atmosphere? Arthur squinted his eyes and thought carefully. Faced with the onslaught of sea monsters, the priests of the Vatican did not resist, and they even resisted fiercely.
Not only did the protective shield not stop, but the crimson wave cannons that blocked the sea beasts, and even the magic bullets launched by the priests never stopped bombing. But it still felt strange, as if--
It was as if the Vatican had anticipated this wave of attacks from the beginning and was pretending to be unable to resist, while in fact it was leading the enemy step by step into the trap it had set.
King Arthur frowned.
"Not good." He said: "The real battlefield is not in the Vatican."
"What?" Everyone was surprised.
"That's what my intuition told me. I don't understand the specific principle." Arthur touched his chin and hummed: "In short, the people in the church are luring people from the [Saint Sect] deep into the Vatican. They probably have some plans. Wait [St.
When all the members of the Women's Faction land and enter the city to engage in hand-to-hand combat, the trap set by the church will be activated."
"Isn't this terrible?" Bayoletta smacked her lips and said, "We have to inform the people of the Saint Sect!"
"No." The King of Knights continued to urge Johnny to drive forward in the carriage: "Let them be the bait. Now it is more important for us to infiltrate the Vatican."
"Are you going to die without saving me?!"
"Yes." Arthur replied decisively. In order to win a difficult battle, these are necessary sacrifices.
The problem is, even if Arthur and the others enter St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, whether they can find Joan of Arc (Greenville) is also a problem. What if Joan of Arc has been moved elsewhere? If even St. Peter's Basilica
Is the temple also a trap?
A drop of sweat broke out on his forehead. It was really uncomfortable to be unable to contact Elaine who was deep behind enemy lines at such a critical moment. The Holy Land Vatican was protected by that huge protective shield. As long as that thing was there, Merlin would not be able to contact him.
He can't invade the Holy Land and get in touch with Elaine.
etc.
Since that protective shield is in the way, can it be disabled?
The protective shield is nothing more than a type of barrier. It is a force field that requires a barrier generator to generate and a huge amount of energy to maintain. It can create such a powerful barrier and block the deep sea wave cannons of sea beasts.
It came down, and it proved that there is an amazing energy source somewhere in the Holy Land Vatican that provides huge energy to the Holy Land's barrier generator.
If the barrier generator or its energy source is found and destroyed, the entire Vatican's defense system will be instantly incapacitated. As long as the church's plan can be disrupted, then the trap they set next may be self-defeating——
The question is, how to find it?
The carriage was accelerating and approaching the Vatican. Because there was a fierce battle going on along the coast, the east and inland side was not so tightly defended. No sentries were seen along the way. Arthur became even more suspicious. The church might not only be
It is so simple to gather the army in the west, and let the army hide somewhere, waiting for the [Saint Faction] army to enter the trap set in the Vatican, and then use some method to flank and destroy the Saint Faction army.
Sure enough, it was better to take advantage of the chaos and sneak into the city at this time. Whether it was destroying the barrier or finding Joan of Arc, it all needed to be done inside the city.
"Put on your mask, Johnny." Arthur reminded as the carriage was almost reaching the edge of the Vatican wall.
"Well," Johnny still chose to hide his identity deliberately, so he covered his face with a black mask. Naturally, the vampire hunter's equipment couldn't be used, but he got the Legend of Old Bedivere from the Brotherhood of Shadows.
Whip [Holy Demon Hunter], just use this almost unknown artifact to deal with enemies.
"Stop! Who are you!?" The soldiers on the city wall shouted when they saw a carriage approaching at high speed. The city gate was naturally locked at this time, and even the drawbridge was raised. If the carriage rushed past like this, it would only
Fell into the moat below.
"Don't slow down, just rush over." Arthur held dozens of pieces of [gold powder] pressed into lumps in his hand: "Verne!"
"Here it comes!" The young man poked his head out of the carriage compartment. While Arthur was throwing out the lumps of "gold powder", he also shot with a crossbow arrow. The crossbow arrow accurately hit the lumps in mid-air. "
"gold powder", knocking them away, and finally nailed them to the city gate and the drawbridge. The next wave of burning crossbow arrows also followed, once again accurately hitting the gold powder blocks nailed to the gate and the drawbridge.
They were instantly ignited.
Boom!!
The deafening explosion was no less than the sound of fierce fighting on the battlefield in the west sea of the city. None of the buildings in this era were enchanted to supplement their strength, so they were actually quite fragile. The people of the church originally thought that the city gates made of strong wood could resist the attack.
Some of the invaders (they may be right) did not expect that the city gates and suspension bridges would be blown to pieces so easily by the "gold powder"! After all, the "gold powder" made by Arthur was not something that should be available in this era.
It is a very basic scientific product, but it still surpasses the understanding of the times!
"Drive!!" There was nothing blocking the road, but the carriage needed to jump over a moat that was ten feet wide. Johnny then whipped the two horses pulling the carriage hard, making them rush forward desperately!
Perhaps even the horses knew that they had no way out. Even if they stopped directly, they would crash into the moat. They ran very hard and jumped up when they reached the edge of the moat. Arthur also walked around to the back of the carriage carriage.
I found the right opportunity and used my alchemy gloves to release three vacuum shock waves in a row, giving the carriage enough boost from the rear!
Whoosh!! The carriage jumped up, took off, and then landed heavily. The wheels reinforced with rubber made by Arthur using alchemy were not only strong, but also had the effect of slowing down the impact. The impact of the landing did not make the carriage fall apart! The soldiers guarding the city
They were all dumbfounded as they watched the carriage rush into the city menacingly, passed the blown-out city gate, and drove away!
"Stop, stop them!!" After being stunned for almost half a minute, the captain of the defenders looked at the shadow of the carriage dozens of yards away and shouted: "Invaders! Don't let them escape!!"
However, most of the soldiers in the city are concentrated in the west of the city, participating in the defense together with the mage (priesthood) team. The troops in other places are very loose. The Vatican is at war with the Saint Sect, and the battlefield information is not transmitted efficiently. Most of the troops
They had no idea that Arthur's side had already broken into the city.
"Don't stop!" Arthur shouted: "Go straight to St. Peter's Basilica! If we can break in, we have hope of victory!"
Johnny then drove the car and rushed forward! On the street in front of him, a group of soldiers rushed over carrying heavy shields, intending to stop the carriage. Arthur threw bricks with "gold powder", and Verne also fired flaming crossbows at the same time.
The "golden powder" ignited! After an explosion, the group of soldiers were blown up and down, and the defensive formation completely collapsed. The carriage took advantage of the momentum, knocking away several soldiers who had not completely fallen, and easily passed through the enemy's defense line.
!
In front is St. Peter's Basilica. And there are only a few dozen guards at the main entrance of the cathedral, holding long guns and trying to block the progress of the carriage.
"This kind of guy -" Arthur held the other two "gold powder" bricks and planned to throw them over and use the explosion to clear a bloody path.
It was at this time——
Boom boom boom boom!!
There was a loud noise throughout the city!
The sea monsters from the west have landed, and they are attacking the Vatican's protective shield, so the whole city is shaking!
No, that’s not right?!
The source of the earthquake did not come from the west of the city at all, but from the ground! Something was shaking violently under the ground of St. Peter's Cathedral. It even shook St. Peter's Cathedral to the point where it was shaking, cracks appeared on the walls, and the bricks and tiles began to peel off.
The church itself is falling apart!!
Something is slowly rising from the ground of the church!
"Oh my God," Johnny exclaimed, "What is the church hiding?!"