Judgment Day(6)
The walls of the Holy Land, Caladrell, were high and thick.
Despite the fact that during the long history of the Cult of Cadral, the Holy Land has rarely been invaded.
The masons loyal to the church made the best wall by burning their efforts and talents without hesitation.
It was the determination that this land, where the church’s headquarters was located, could not be given to foreign enemies.
There is not a single hair gap between the bricks that make up the castle wall, and each brick is built one by one, so its strength is like steel.
The walls affected by Shinji can easily withstand the firepower of wizard players.
There are three layers of such walls inside and outside the Holy Land.
You can see where all the money extorted from the followers and adventurers of the church was spent.
However, those who stood on top of the wall looked very uneasy.
The defending troops, most of whom were clerics, saw through the identity of the chains summoned by their opponents at once.
Of course, so did Chris, the other owner of the chain.
“Is there anyone out there with a necrophobic class?”
“Ancient god Arios is the creator of the status window. So it’s no surprise that Arios priests have it. With the ability of the God-haters class, he could have avoided the divine punishment of the Church Alliance.”
When Elgar spoke in a calm voice, Chris understood it too.
The onlookers who were a little away from them seemed to have not yet grasped the situation, and kept uttering anxious voices.
The allies of the Church Alliance have long since entered the Holy Land, so it is safe to say that those who remain here are on the side of the evil god.
“What the hell is Argal thinking? It’s not another monster, but you’re trying to deal with the Church Alliance by using death knights.”
“You must have an idea. Let’s just wait.”
After grasping the general circumstances, Chris and his party calmly predicted the odds of winning for both sides.
As long as there is a god-hater class among death knights, being undead is no longer a weakness.
As far as Chris knew, the necrophobic class was the most perfect counter to clerics.
The excited Tyrone muttered in a rather loud voice.
“Isn’t it divine power that works a little for death knights? But now the divine power is not working?”
“The only thing left is the skills of the nerds.”
As Elgar quietly added, Chris turned to his teacher.
For some reason, Gearrick seemed excited.
“Master, how strong were the Paladins of Arios? If they were active on the forefront of the Demonic War, can we say that everyone is at the level of the Sword King?”
“Don’t say anything funny. The Sword King was born in a time of leisure, so he suffered a lot. If he had been born during the Demonic War, he would have been remembered as a mediocre swordsman.”
Gearrick laughed at the loneliness of the Sword King and shook his head slightly.
As much as Chris’ question was a question, an underestimation of the Sword King is an overestimation of them.
As a proud knight, it was very rare for him to make such an assessment.
In fact, Gearic is pushed back even by the King of Swords unless it’s a defensive battle.
The knight who had declared war by blowing a horn rode forward riding an undead horse-like creature.
Soon after, he reached a place where arrows could barely reach, and shouted a command to the enemies.
“Cadral, the traitors, and their servants. Arios’s five knights have arrived for revenge!”
“Wow, look at what that man is saying? There must be many other people besides us who have been hit by the church union.”
“Are you okay?”
Chris smiled lightly at Tyrone’s admiration.
Rather than refute the death knights, the Church Alliance immediately cast a divine spell.
However, as soon as the blue lightning strikes the chain wrapped around the armor, it crumbles powerlessly.
The knights who confirmed the enemy’s answer quickly scattered.
Three people, including the leader, are at the front. The other two are far behind them.
Even so, it is an ambiguous herpes for a small number.
However, Chris, a former mercenary, tilts his head when he sees a strangely familiar figure.
“What are those gentlemen doing now?”
“That formation is only used when catching fugitives… … .”
“what?”
As soon as Tyrone’s bewildered reaction was over, the knights in front moved.
Taking a formation that could be called arrogant, they dismounted and approached the gate with strides.
Countless spells and arrows flew from the high and steep walls, but the advance of the knights did not stop that much.
Originally, death knights were not an opponent that only a lot of numbers could defeat.
Furthermore, their attitude is more like that of a judge giving punishment rather than that of warriors in battle.
Now, all the terrified followers could count on was the wall they stood on.
It was clear that even Chris or Gearrick would find it difficult to climb the slope boasting a mirror-like smoothness.
Is that why? The death knights did not dare to go up there, but aimed at the gate in front.
The priests who saw it were relieved for a moment.
The castle gate of the Holy Land, Caladrell, is a solid metal gate that is over 50 cm thick.
It weighs more than 10 tons, so it uses a mechanical device every time it opens and closes.
Normally, the gates are the weakest part of the wall, but the situation is different for the gate of Caladrell.
However, when the knight who pulled out the long sword raised his magic power, the smiles on the faces of the priests disappeared.
“Pay the price for scorning Arios.”
The air shuddered from the unbelievable amount of mana.
The shaking was enough to be felt even by Chris and his friends who were far away.
The knight who sharpened it by refining it cut through the thick castle gate.
The castle gate that was hit by a weapon that could be called a toothpick compared to his weight class exploded as if it exploded into pieces.
What followed was a one-sided massacre.
The clergy, who did not think that the strong gate would be destroyed in one blow, could not retreat to the second wall.
The guards at the second gate tried to open the gate belatedly, but the people inside stopped it.
“Everyone, open the door right away and let the survivors in… … .”
“Stop! If I open the gate now and they come in, what will I do!”
Originally, the castle gate was not something that could be easily opened and closed at will.
The doors of the 2nd wall were thicker and heavier than the 1st, so it took at least 30 minutes to open and close.
The pride of Caladrell in the Holy Land. The walls without even a small gap became a prison for the survivors.
The knights who pushed through the gates slowly butchered the followers inside.
The two people in the back guarded the gate, and the three people in the front advanced.
The followers who had become livestock in the slaughterhouse anxiously knocked on the next gate, but the door of the second wall was not opened.
The guards on the next wall watched their comrades shed tears of blood.
“Open! It’s not too late to open right now!”
“Cadral, why are you abandoning us now!”
“I received your call and ran and fought, but this is the reward!”
The death knights were in no hurry.
As if they knew that the church union would come out like this, they carefully killed each one one by one.
Even the guys hiding in the weapons warehouse or the watchtower are pulled out one by one and killed as if to show off.
It was a work that revealed the persistence of not letting go of women or the elderly if you were a member of the religious union.
As a result, it took about 5 hours to clean up the inside of the first wall.
“Anyway, aren’t you being too relaxed? The ceremony of uniting the denominations should be completed in six more hours… … .”
When Tyrone said a little worriedly, Elgar sneered.
In fact, his concerns were quite reasonable.
The three-layered walls of the Holy Land, Caladrell, get harder and harder the further you go inward.
Even with the five knights of Arios, if they consumed 6 hours each from the beginning, they might run out of time later.
But Elgar liked their strategy very much.
She pointed to the believers above the 2nd wall and said in rapture.
“Look at them. Can’t you see the fraud has already fallen to the ground? I don’t like him, but his underlings seem to know how to use fear.”
The remnants of the Church Alliance looked like living corpses.
Even so, they had to listen to the screams and cries of the survivors of the 1st wall for a whopping 6 hours.
Remorse for letting their comrades die, and fear that their turn has come, eat away at their fighting spirit.
Some of the sentinels, weak in faith, had already insisted on retreating.
“We have already reached the second wall. Rather, let’s abandon this place and retreat to the 3rd to defend.”
“Sounds stupid! Secondary walls are much stronger than primary walls. No matter what happens, you have to buy time by defending this place until the end… … .”
“sh*t! If you want to die, die by yourselves!”
The people on the wall, which are still intact, begin to disintegrate as they fight among themselves.
The mercenaries leave first, and the church’s collaborators follow them.
Of course, even if they retreated, the door to the 3rd wall would not open.
But while the death knights were breaking down the gates, the people who needed to get in the way disappeared.
No matter how strong a wall is, it is useless if there are no guards.
A few believers remained and fiercely resisted, but they suffered a particularly gruesome death after the gates were breached.
Death knights scattering organs and blood and blasting heads, as if bragging to the rest.
In the end, the second wall lasted only about 3 hours.
The believers who protected the last 3rd wall were violently shaken.
“Three hours ahead! It only takes 3 hours to complete the ritual! Everyone stay seated!”
“If we can hold out for 3 hours, won’t they give us a step back?”
“What nonsense are the guys who abandoned my friend outside! I wasn’t listening to you guys.”
“Hundreds of people could have lived if the city gates had been opened earlier… … .”
The last gate was much harder than the previous ones.
However, the sentinels’ resistance was the weakest of the three.
The Church Alliance has placed most of its troops at the primary gates, so there are very few left.
Originally, I was going to retreat step by step, defending the frontmost wall, but it was broken through too futilely.
The five knights of Arios hit the gate with excitement without even a slight hindrance.
about an hour after that.
Elgar laughed as he watched the castle gate collapse helplessly.
“It must have been poisonous to gather all of them in a hurry. If only there were fanatics of the Cadral Church, it would have been better than that.”
“The knights of Arios are also knights, but there are too few people in the church union. Their religion has really declined to an astonishing extent.”
Gearrick, who was watching his old acquaintances, spoke calmly.
The knights who infiltrated the deepest part of the Holy Land mercilessly cut down the priests who were conducting the ceremony.
A scream that gave goosebumps just to hear it reached Chris and the other onlookers.
The knights who enjoyed the slaughter in peace came out of the Holy Land after a long time.
Armor covered in blood and weapons with missing blades proved their deeds.
If it was a weapon of that level of skill, it would of course be a famous magic weapon, but how much would you have to kill to ruin it?
Frightened by the thick smell of blood, Illesis hid behind Chris.
Not a single life could come out of the burning sanctuary.
The knights who were trying to return after a series of slaughter operations belatedly found Gearrick and pretended to know.
“Tommel’s Gearrick… Is that one still floating on the ground?”
“I never thought I would be able to meet the Paladins of Arios again. What happened to all of you… … .”
“There is no point in releasing old things. I will go this time, but if you stand in the way of Argal, I will consider you an enemy.”
The knights who had evaded Gearic’s question climbed onto their horses and turned their backs.
The spectators gathered on the snowfield did not even dare to catch them.