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Chapter 325 God, bow down to me!

Waves of dizziness troubled Sonia.Her mental strength was close to drying up, and she tried to barely support herself in the cold and dizzy, not to collapse from exhaustion.

A dozen Bayeran nobles who were resting and recuperating in the Odessa summer palace heard inexplicable ravings without warning, and the crazy and chaotic atmosphere made the sensitive spellcasters shudder.When they and the guards gathered, they were already surrounded by cultists outside, clamoring to burn the Bayeran rats to death.

The Odessa men were filing in, storming the palace.The nobles and guards retreated to the depths of the summer palace, buying time with the deep corridors and intricate rooms and stairs.Even Sonia had to join in the work of arranging magic defenses or countering enemy spellcasters.

The strength of the Odessa side far overwhelmed them, and they did their mental calculations unintentionally. In a blink of an eye, they repelled the nearby Bayeran army who wanted to come to support, and kept compressing the area in the Summer Palace.

Logically speaking, Bayeran's limited strength is irresistible, and it can last until now because Odessa has also fallen into great chaos because of the lost breath of the new god; secondly, Odessa's strong Most of them contained and blocked other forces on the periphery, and the strong ones who stayed in the city mainly focused on presiding over the ceremony.

Even so, under the attack of the enemy with absolute numbers and extraordinary strength, the defense line in the summer palace is still in jeopardy.Everyone retreated to the last hall, blocked the long corridor with bows and spells, and made a final resistance.

After arranging several shield spells and running out of magic power, Sonia was finally replaced by someone to rest.She walked to a corner of the hall, and Karen and other guards reached the defense line at the bottom of the building, with only the personal maid Anna beside her.

As soon as she sat down, a group of bats rushed in from the window, gathering into a familiar human shape.

"Griffith!" Sonia's tired eyes immediately turned like morning stars, brightening up the gloomy room.It's just that she soon realized that the person who came was not her knight.Although the appearance is exactly the same, the temperament and inexplicable feeling tell her that they are not the same person.

"Minos, come here at the order of the knights," Minos knelt down on one knee, and respectfully reported, "The assault troops have assembled near the square, please wait a moment, miss, to join us."

"En!" Sonia nodded, "Minos, we need you to contain the enemies outside and buy time for us to regroup."

"Your will is my action." Minos stood up. "After the knight's assault begins, the spiritual energy signals in this area will be blocked. If there are any orders that need to be conveyed, please let me know."

"Why was it blocked? Ah, forget it, please tell Griffith to pay attention to safety and not to rush," Sonia suppressed the surge of curiosity, and added, "And there is——

"I have no doubts about his victory."

……

The setting sun at dusk reflected on the gun thorns, and painted the silver gun forest with the golden red of the sunset.

1200 soldiers formed a strict square formation, with a rectangular gun formation in the middle and a small square formation at each of the four corners, consisting of sword and shield soldiers, bowmen and crossbowmen. The 16 phalanxes are arranged in three rows at the front and back in a rectangular formation, with an interval of 25 to 30 meters from each other, which is convenient for messengers and cavalry to pass through.

Hundreds of thousands of believers gathered in the open space between the [-] phalanx and the cathedral, as well as the balconies and roofs of nearby buildings.More believers spread across the corners of the city. They joined hands, knelt down, followed the priests and chanted indescribable spells in unison, calling for the great new god to come.

Sparkling lights and arcs emerged from the square.A huge magic circle had clearly been buried underground, and tens of 10 people stood on this huge magic circle, chanting unidentifiable prayers.

Even the Holy Light Vatican's Great Sacrifice in the past could not reach such a scale.

In the past half month, I have been suffering from fear and grief, and I have witnessed the twisted and disgusting true face of the pure saint. The most devout belief has also become the most complete betrayal.With the same emotion, the faithful rose up and called the new god to herd his lamb.

There is nothing more important than prayer at this moment.All are bathed in the gentle light, calling for the same country, one faith, and one god under the leadership of the clergy who have converted to the new God!
And the same leader. "Mysterious Lord" Seydlitz von Kurzbach muttered in his heart.He witnessed this magnificent and pure scenery, and his heart was surging.

In this magnificent scene, the pious belief is the perfect fusion of order and power, how sacred and beautiful.

Great times are coming!
This is a great moment when the new god replaces the old god and changes the world. How can the believers of the Lord not be ecstatic and trembling!
Some commanders objected to the dense formation on the square, thinking that it was unnecessary to concentrate so many troops on the square, and they should be sent out to gather outside the city to meet the main army that surrounded Bayeran from all over the world.However, this proposal has encountered an unsolvable obstacle—the new god is about to come, and the center of the ceremony is the square of the summer palace. Everyone who is close to this place may become the Lord's chosen people and receive wonderful blessings and gifts.

The gaze of the New God is a supreme blessing to believers who have just broken from their faith in the Light, like a fish thirsting for water.It is impossible not to witness the coming of the Lord up close.Moreover, the Bayeran army is still quite far away, and there is no need to go out of the city to meet it now.

"My brothers and sisters! This is the resonance of the will to abandon the past and rush to the new, this is the great spirit of our time, which will open the door of the world for the coming of our Lord under the guidance of the ceremony!
Seydlitz, clad in purple, raised his hands aloft, declaring like a great commander and mouthpiece of the gods.The sky over Odessa is blustery, creating a haunting vortex of illusion.The great thread of life is about to pass through the barriers of the planes.

The ceremony was about to be completed, and the crowd cheered in unison.

Seydlitz then issued orders with incomparable momentum and nobility:

"Mobilize a part of the phalanx to destroy the remnants of Bayeran who occupied the bridgehead position on the river bank. I think their formation is getting tighter and tighter. There are six to seven hundred people. What happened to the artillery that got off the boat? Dee How come Raz's squad didn't sink them into the river."

Bishop Horus stood aside, watching the believers who chanted like a mountain roar and the tsunami, and the small Bayelan army that was crossing the bridge and spreading out on the shore of the square.

"What's on your mind, Bishop?"

"I have a bad feeling," Horus said, pointing to the north. "The meteorite and impact that fell just now are the gods testing their weapons."

"Oh, that's okay," Seydlitz said with a relieved smile, "The Lord's power will give us immortal life and infinite possibilities of evolution, even surpassing those immortal elves. The Lord said Alright, the demigod will be handled by him, we organize the ceremony and open the passage as soon as possible."

Horus said again: "The Bajelan army, I heard their commander is Griffith de Ravenel, a young man, but different, and a very intelligent commander. , it is impossible to launch a suicide attack with such a small force. He must have some kind of conspiracy, some kind of plan that he thinks he can defeat us and destroy the ceremony."

"Let him come," Seydlitz chuckled, "The Lord doesn't care."

Horus pondered for a while, then said:

"Lord Seydlitz, please send some more people to take down the recalcitrant Byelan nobles in the Summer Palace. There is Earl Lamor's daughter there. Using her as a sacrifice will definitely satisfy the gods."

"What's the use of that little girl?"

"It is very useful. The ritual of welcoming the gods requires the emotions of tens of thousands of people as energy. The purer and more intense, the faster the speed.

"Burn her to death in front of the believers, or cut off her head in front of her knights, wrap it up and send it to the past. The moment the pure and beautiful girl withers, the impact of grief and despair will make the believers' sympathy more intense, you know me Meaning. She is useless, but her withering can be a catalyst for the ceremony, making the believers more passionate. Yes, it is better to burn to death."

"Okay, okay," Seydlitz sent some people to reinforce, but he still muttered, "Although she is an enemy, she burned the nobles, especially the countess, for the sake of some civilians. Alas, I am not an example."

The mysterious lord waved his hand to drive away the gray emotions, and looked at the army in full swing in the square.

"Horus, we have succeeded.

"After a long period of planning, worry and operation, this day has finally come. From the moment the Anjou girl lost control, the faith of Odessa has been mastered by us. Our army is growing every moment, and our believers endless.

"Do you know how many troops we have in the square? 2 people form 16 phalanxes, and each phalanx has 1200 pikemen and crossbowmen, with sword and shield veterans from the regular army serving as the core.

"Such a powerful force is enough to restrain the spell of a large-scale attack. Our extraordinary people, extraordinary people, and officers are responsible for organizing and operating in the rear. 16 phalanxes are set up in the square. When the ceremony is completed, we will go out to battle under the blessing of the gods , once the fighters of the gods merged with other troops outside the city, the Byelan Legion would disappear in thin air.

"The matter has come to this point, we have all the means to deal with Byyelan, and they can still find something from their pockets that we have never seen before and kill us?!"

Lord Seydlitz smiled and calmed down, carefully appreciating the eve of the greatness coming.Then, he contacted the Transcendents present and asked them to strictly guard their positions.

The three extraordinary wizards, Lei Jin, Solan, and Killian, the secret peepers, are leading their respective extraordinary teams to maintain the order of the ceremony among the army and believers.They spread out the magic detection network and collected the nearby movements to form a three-dimensional image.

The stalker Bema organized a security force to guard against the sudden destruction of Byelan's Transcendent.

They had already placed the detection and communication spells.As long as there is a slight movement of the enemy, they will notice it.The army and the believers are like a whole, and each of them becomes a tentacles reaching out to the world through the connection of the extraordinary.

……

Eager and crazy emotions are like a pair of big hands, stirring the sky.This massive surge of emotional resonance has transcended the level of inscrutability, and has become like wind, water, charcoal, fire oil and dust crystals, pushing something forward.

It's like the phlogiston used in the Potions class, to ignite the fire for greater power, for the miraculous activation.

Griffith felt uneasy, and even began to vaguely understand why the gods longed for such power.

He looked at the Odessa army in formation.There is a huge disparity between the two sides.A large square of [-] Odessa city defense troops and training militia has filled the entire square.With them as the core, surrounded by countless almost crazy citizens, all of them are both fighters and believers, praying to the coming evil god.Under their prayers, the sky changed.

The artillery had already been delivered, and Griffith glanced back at the less than [-] infantry and artillery assembled behind him, and looked away.An Odessa officer rode up and demanded the surrender of Bayeran's troops.

"Captain, the artillery is ready." Bernard came to Griffith's side, "Besides, Ryan hasn't returned."

He paused for a while, and his eyes radiated a fanatical fighting spirit no less than that of the fanatics opposite him: "We can bombard the cathedral at any time to frighten the cultists."

"Church?" Griffith shook his head slightly, and said in front of the officer who persuaded him to surrender,

"No, boom the crowd.

"Eagle Cannon has double shots, the 12-pounder Eagle Cannon is loaded with chain bombs, and continues to bombard the troops and mobs in front of you."

Griffith took the bloodthorn and put on the dominion: "Bernar, this place is for you. After the bombardment starts, the wizards and extraordinary people on the opposite side will attack you. You have to fight until the moment of victory, or the last person .”

"Understood," Bernard said loudly, "The 603 Special Experimental Squadron will fight to the last man."

Griffith gave up his shoulder armor, leggings, and all waistcoats, and stepped onto the horse wearing only the breastplate.Squadrons of Stormtroopers formed a tight formation, hidden in the shadow of houses, waiting for the moment to strike.A second lieutenant asked:
"Captain, do you really only wear the breastplate and not the vest and other armor?"

"That will slow down my speed. If I can't pass through the square before the extraordinary spellcaster finds me, then my survival will not depend on the thickness of the armor."

The officers and sergeants then asked: "Don't you wait for the order from the headquarters?"

"I'm Sonia's Shutoral. When she can't give orders, the command of the battle belongs to me. After I launch an attack, you will attack in depth, just like the battle in Kazika Village."

It is almost impossible not to be discovered by Odessa's spellcasters before attacking the sixteen large phalanxes.Their attacking spells will be disturbed by the surging battlefield, but they can still conduct reconnaissance and observation through the prefabricated magic circle, providing a lot of assistance.

The number of cavalry in the storm squadron is too small. Once the enemy finds out, the dense gun forest and storm-like crossbow bolts will destroy them instantly.

Griffith left the squadron behind and walked alone through the dark alleys, under the shadow of terraces and spires, to the exit facing the square.He whispered in his heart.

Krista, why do you want me to protect the residents of this city? Without them, you wouldn't... Besides, they are all believers of the Outer Gods now, and they are our enemies.

The horse's hoof stepped on the shady stone slab, and the knight caught a glimpse of a small pink flower between the stone cracks.The moment became so silent.

Why did you grow up here, so weak and so stubborn.Well, since you wish so, I will make your wish come true.

The knight struck the ground with his lance, and a crimson bolt of lightning surged up.The whole world seemed to hear the roar, and waited in amazement for the coming future.

After disappearing from history for more than 1000 years, the war knight returns to his battlefield once again.

There are two types of supernatural powers. One is external power projection. The Templars, Secret Peepers, and Star Moon Knights can use their spiritual energy to attack or defend against the outside world.The other is the inherent domain. Erza wrapped herself in the domain and swept across the battlefield with a roar that surpassed the speed of sound.

A war knight's greatest strength comes from his inherent domain.However, this extraordinary power is very special, it does not act on itself like the front of light and shadow.

Griffith fully activated, unfolding the brand-new power he obtained after he was formally promoted to the Extraordinary "War Knight"——

Extraordinary Traits: Psionic invisibility.The powerful blood envelops the war knights, and magic, divination and prophecy cannot be detected or locked.Seeing and hearing became the only cognitive means.The ferocious figure of the war knight and the thunderous footsteps signaled his arrival, and by the moment the scouts witnessed it, it was too late.

Extraordinary characteristic: super-level riding.War knights have unparalleled riding skills, and any creature or even object that can conceptually be ridden can be mastered.Under the energy gain of extraordinary power, the vehicle will break through the inherent physical limit, greatly increase the speed and cruising distance, and can burst out powerful assaults at an astonishing speed in a short period of time.

Extraordinary characteristics: super-order agility.After expanding the inherent domain, the power of the war knight endows him and his mount with the mobility to complete incredible tactical actions in high-speed assaults, greatly improving the agility from zero to extreme speed, and from extreme speed to zero.

Extraordinary characteristic: super-level battlefield awareness.War Knight possesses one of the most powerful observation, calculation, and positioning capabilities among all extraordinary pathways. It can keenly capture the most threatening enemy in the army, distinguish him from a large amount of low-value information, and even compare this information with Shared with other Beyonders, guiding their attacks and actions.

This is the power used in war!

……

"Did you see that lightning? That's the captain's signal!" Bernard raised his command knife, "Ready for shelling."

6 eagle cannons and 7 snake cannons turned their muzzles and prepared to attack under the cover of the assembled infantry squadron.

"Hey, I entered a strange unit. At first I thought I couldn't go to the front line, but I didn't expect to fight from the beginning to the end." Suster said while leading the men to adjust the muzzle, "After today is over, we will become legends. ?”

"Legend, it's not necessarily true, but it's definitely used to scare disobedient children," Bernard said with a chuckle, "Cry again, cry again, Tiger, ah no, the 603 Squadron is coming to eat you!"

With the sound of a long horn, the Odessa phalanx surged like a black cloud, and the golden-red spears formed a sea of ​​light.Unwilling to wait any longer, they began to wave their banners, preparing to drive the Bayeran troops into the river.

The horns were all over the sky, the guns were in full swing, and the thick phalanx pressed forward, each of which was twice the size of the Bayeran troops on the shore.The other stormed the Summer Palace under the leadership of the Extraordinary.

Amid the frantic prayers and shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami, the muzzle of the cannon turned around.

"Artillery fire!" Bernard pulled out his command knife and swung it down towards the enemy formation.

Shots whizzed out like raindrops, and there was a slight commotion in the thick phalanx after hearing the astonishing sound.

Thick smoke was emitted from 13 cannons, and groups of black shadows flew towards the densely packed crowd while howling. The soldiers in the first two rows were knocked down in pieces like paper toys, and lead bullets pierced their faces and ribs. The scattered limbs and bone fragments hit the soldiers in the third and fourth rows.

The 12-pound Snake Cannon fires two solid shells chained in series instead of shotgun shells.Unlike the shotgun embedded in the human body, the chain bullets spun rapidly, cutting through the crowd like a death scythe, or bounced on the ground and rolled forward, plowing a long bloody ditch in the formation.

Rows and rows of soldiers were blown away by medium and short-range shelling, their breastplates and bodies were torn apart, and their arms and legs were torn off.

In just one round of volley, the advancing phalanx was hit with fragmented corpses everywhere.The chain bomb fell to the ground after penetrating the crowd, and it was as slow as stretching out a foot to step on it, but the soldier who tried boldly was immediately torn off his calf without mercy.

The frenzied prayer turned into an inhuman scream in an instant.Tens of thousands of believers were struck by the roar and the screams one after another.Even the mysterious air clouds in the sky were disturbed uncomfortably.

Along with the continuous loud noise and the intensive spray of flames, the artillery and gunners were shrouded in white smoke, and the huge recoil pushed the artillery to jump backward.As soon as the artillery stopped, the artillerymen immediately rushed to push the running wheel back.

"Brush chamber, reload!"

A second salvo was imminent.

The Odessa wizards hiding behind did not see the salvo of artillery.They were taken aback, and they all searched for a suitable position and counterattacked with magic spells.However, the mad will and chaotic blood energy seriously interfered with the spellcasting.

"Fight back, fight back!"

While commanding the army, the Odessa Transcendents strengthened their detection and guarded against the enemy's cavalry assault.They found many threatening signals, and under the blessing of magic, they launched countermeasures with amazing efficiency.Among these signals, they noticed a psionic unit approaching the phalanx.This psychic unit is the only one, and if it approaches the edge of the phalanx, it will collide with the soldiers and defenses there, even if no countermeasures are taken.

What's more, this psionic unit disappeared quickly.

……

Griffith and his mount were wrapped in bloody twilight, going backwards in the howling wind, the wind pressure facing them was like a wall, and even speaking became very difficult.

The knights and horses were immediately surrounded by red light, forming a shield like water droplets, and the whistling wind suddenly subsided.The acceleration nearly knocked Griffith out of the saddle.All the bones and armor of the whole body were trembling.

The retina was filled with red blood, and he even fell into a temporary blindness state.

"Humph!"

Griffith snorted softly and leaned forward, his dazzled and blind state dissipated, and he adapted to the extremely fast sprint as if flying close to the ground.

He rushed out of the streets and alleys, flew across the open space in the square, and the thick gun array pressed on his head like a city wall.The Odessans were shaking under the bombardment, and some glanced hastily to see a crimson bolt of lightning piercing the gap between their ranks.

Thousands of target information poured into Griffith's brain.In the dim light of fireflies, he found several huge blazing light balls.

The cold mouth could not help but draw an arc.

"I found it, the Transcendent of Odessa. This blow will change history!"

Griffith zigzags through the cumbersome gun array, the howling wind has become the sound of whipping in the ears of the phalanx soldiers, and the sharp edge of the blood thorn is directed at the unaware transcendent in front of him.His body resonated violently with his soul.

"God, bow down to me!
"To the dead and to the dead (Morituri te salutant)!"

Extraordinary wizard, Sequence 6's Mystic Regin is watching Byelan's army on the left flank of the battlefield.He saw the bombardment break open the nearby phalanx and shake it.

"Byeland's artillery, it looks scary, but in God's—uh!"

The lance pierced through his body, tearing off half of his chest.The wound looked like a penetrating and tearing wound at first, but the spiritual energy of Bloodthorn instantly melted the wound, and the high temperature ignited the magic material on the wizard, forming a fiery torrential rain.The extraordinary wizard who was fully driving his magic power was like a ignited firework, and the red flames spread crazily outward.

"boom!"

Regin didn't even feel the pain.After Griffith left, he exploded into a rapidly expanding fireball, and the howling shock wave knocked down everyone within a dozen meters nearby.The entire battlefield was illuminated by frighteningly bright lights.

The nearby wizards and Extraordinary saw the lightning sweep, and one of the commanders exploded into a fireball.Some saw explosions, others saw phantom cavalry speeding by.

"Lord Lei Jin, Lord Lei Jin has been killed. There is a deep red flash in the direction of 11 o'clock, and no enemy units have been found!"

"I saw it, the one attacking is the red armored cavalry!"

"Archer, spread out to the left and shoot him down."

"Aren't you kidding, aren't the enemy cavalry still hiding in the alley?"

Amid the confused reports from the Odessa, Griffith pushed on, sweeping more troops in a straight line.Behind him, the severed head and severed limbs of the unstoppable blood thorns were connected together, and the splashed rain of blood fell to the ground with a rustling sound.

When he swept across the rightmost phalanx of the first queue, nearly a hundred officers, sergeants and orderlies had fallen along the way.They just saw He Chi's lightning sweeping by, and when they turned their heads to look, the head fell from the torso.

The extraordinary wizards of Odessa have not responded yet.

The extraordinary wizard Solan and Killian were in other positions on the battlefield, and their ears were filled with confusing information.They have established an echo network among the various troops, and as long as they do not leave the square, they can maintain relatively clear communication.However, the current mutation is beyond their control.

They are organizing a counterattack against Bayeran's artillery, mobilizing the magic grid and detection to control the battlefield.The extraordinary people noticed a series of breaks and collapses behind the first row of phalanxes, and collected a lot of horrified screams.All kinds of reports came together without logic, as if the officers and soldiers had lost their minds.

There are only two things they can be sure of: [-]. The enemy's assault force presents a straight line; [-]. This force is invisible to our observation methods.

The most likely conclusion is that Byelan used some kind of long-range attack spell that cannot be disturbed by the battlefield!
(End of this chapter)