Chapter 66 The Battle of Hermes (Part 1)

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The icy rain was flying, diluting the bloody atmosphere in the holy city, and Alicia was panting violently with her big sword in place.

This is not the first time she has participated in the defense of Hermes, but she never thought that the new holy city might fall one day.

The walls are completely gone.

Alicia has never seen such a terrifying monster. A huge worm-shaped hybrid beast sprang out from the ground, its body stuck to the glacier cliff, its bony claws embedded in the wall like barbs, and it climbed up to the top of the city wall step by step. Its body is not completely exposed to the ground.

It would be fine if it was just a huge body, but no one expected that the monster opened its bloody mouth and spit out a lot of mixed-species evil beasts from its mouth, and the city wall exploded immediately.

The originally well-ordered team was smashed to pieces by the evil beasts, and the advance battalion of the Judgment Army where Alicia was located was also divided. She watched her comrades being engulfed by the evil beasts one by one, but there was nothing she could do. The warm human blood mixed with the black blood of the monsters, flowing along the cracks on the stone floor.

With the sound of the retreating horn, the trebuchet placed in the holy city was also activated, and granite blocks half a person's height fell from the sky, completely ignoring that there were still many of their own people and the kingdom's army at the top of the city.

Alicia only remembered that a boulder happened to hit Captain Dikato who was guarding her side. After getting up from the ground, she saw that he was embedded in the cracked and concave stone slab together with the armor, and his body was like A piece of wrinkled parchment, intestines leaking from the slit in his abdomen, and steaming blood formed a small puddle under his body.

If she hadn't jumped before the stone fell to the ground, she might end up like him, she thought.

As for how she broke out of the siege and retreated under the city wall in the end, Alicia couldn't remember clearly. There were screams and curses all around, and everyone brandished their weapons and slashed wildly. They didn't know whether they were fighting evil beasts or fighting with their companions.

A team of more than a hundred people of the Judgment Army survived, including himself, only twelve people.

"What to do next, Captain!"

"Captain Alicia!"

Alicia suddenly came to her senses. That's right, according to the Judgment Army's regulations, if the captain is killed in battle, the vice-captain should take over the captain's position and lead the team to continue fighting.

She bit her lips tightly until the smell of iron filled her mouth, "Let's go to the north gate of the holy city. If the evil beasts want to attack the new holy city, they must pass through there." All the residential areas were surrendered, but she had no choice, no place could be more important than the church center - Hermes Cathedral.

And there was another sentence she didn't say, even the glaciers and cliffs couldn't stop these monsters, so what role could she and the remaining eleven people play?

Perhaps today is the day she dedicated herself to the kingdom of heaven, may you be merciful, she prayed in her heart, and at the same time shouted, "The Judgment Army will never give up! Let's go!"

"The Judgment Army will never give up!" The others shouted in unison.

Twelve people trotted all the way to the north gate in a column, the fighting sound in the city wall area gradually weakened, and finally disappeared in the sound of wind and rain.

After arriving at the north gate, Alicia saw that many judges had gathered in front of the suspension bridge. It seemed that everyone was thinking the same idea, which made her feel a little better.

But in this moment of crisis, the drawbridge was lowered. Frowning, Alicia walked up to a handsome warrior wearing a judge-style red robe, saluted with fists and said, "Master Judge, I am the captain of the fourth team of the advance battalion, Alicia Quinn! "

"I'm Tucker Thor, the person in charge of the defense of the north gate. Thanks for your hard work," the man nodded. "We have set up an emergency station behind the north gate. If there are wounded in your team, you can send them there."

"My lord, I don't understand why the suspension bridge is not raised at this time? The evil beasts on the city wall may swarm over at any time, we must ensure that the inner city is not lost."

"Calm down, captain, I know you and your team members are not afraid of sacrifice, but unnecessary sacrifices are meaningless, the church is far from the last moment." He reached out to wipe the rain from his forehead, "Go to the assembly point and wait for orders. If you run out of cold-dispelling pills, remember to ask the quartermaster for them."

After the presiding judge said this, Alicia realized that she was freezing badly. After she got out of the battlefield, the sweat on her body mixed with the cold rain, almost freezing her whole body in ice. The biting cold wind was blowing on her face, and she couldn't help shivering.

He took out the sheepskin bag in his underwear pocket and shook it in his palm, but only some viscous liquid flowed out. It seemed that she accidentally crushed the pill during the battle. She sighed and raised her head, only to find that a maroon dispelling cold pill was handed to her.

"Eat mine first," Tucker Thor smiled at her, "Just pay me back when the time comes."

Alicia was not polite, she took the ball and chewed it into pieces and swallowed it in one gulp, "Maybe we won't have the chance to eat this again."

"Yeah, that's pretty good too," Tucker nodded in agreement, "This thing is really unpalatable."

As soon as the voice fell, a strong fishy smell rushed from Alicia's stomach. Even a battlefield full of dead bodies would not emit such a disgusting smell. She felt that what she had eaten was not a pill, but a pill. A mass of flesh and blood that had rotted for a long time, the unbearable numbness continuously poured from the abdomen to the whole body, the chill suddenly faded away, followed by scorching warmth flowing along the blood vessels. The temperature of her body gradually recovered, the frozen sweat began to slip off again, bursts of white air came out from the top of her head, and the numbness of her toes regained consciousness again.

"But not today," the presiding judge waved his hand when he saw her take the cold-dispelling pill, "The God's Punishment Army is coming from the cathedral, and the evil beasts can't pass through the north gate. Take your people and go to the assembly point, remember Check their pills. Don't be like you and find out they're gone when you use them."

God's Punishment Army, the most elite army in the hands of the church! Alicia had heard about it for a long time, but had never seen it with her own eyes. But... Even if the God's Punishment Army is as powerful as the rumors say, they are still human after all. With this body alone, no matter how much you train, it's impossible to easily defeat a large group of mixed-species evil beasts.

But since the presiding judge said so, she had no choice but to leave the north gate with eleven team members and move closer to the gathering place in the west.

Hundreds of retreated Judgment Army have gathered here. They stood in the rain in twos and threes, letting the rain flow over their cheeks, and some even sat directly on the ground, looking listless. Only a small number of people are still lined up neatly, waiting for the enemy that may appear at any time.

If it was a few days ago, Alicia would definitely stand up and scold them, but now, she is also at a loss. In order to establish this new holy city, countless compatriots died here. It can be said that every brick and tile here is condensed with the blood of believers and the Judgment Army. Bishops often say that occupying Hermes is equivalent to owning the kingdom of God on earth.

Today, however, the Kingdom of God seems to be about to fall into the hands of the devil's minions.

"The evil beast is coming!" Someone shouted, "Get ready to meet the enemy!"

Alicia pulled herself together, raised her giant sword, stared at the rapidly approaching black shadow in the sky, and shouted loudly: "For Hermes!"

"—For the new holy city!"

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