Chapter 1162 Empty City

"The opponent's absolute defensive barrier has collapsed!"

Seeing this scene, Thor's eyes lit up and he shouted: "The magic artillery bombardment will cover three more rounds to clear the living forces on the opponent's wall, and then attack the city immediately!"

Under Thor's order, neat and dense footsteps sounded, and our camp on the south side of Huangyao City quickly began to change formations.

The magician corps and numerous infantry corps responsible for building the magic bridge waved their war flags and began to press forward in large numbers. The archers deployed around the magic cannon positions also prepared their bows and arrows, ready to support the siege troops at any time.

Not long after, when the magic bombardment completely stopped, magical bridges with attributes of earth, plant, and even ice sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and finally set up on the walls of Huangyao City. .

"Everyone, we are the main force in this siege. We must not let down the Holy Lion Prince's high expectations and let the other party taste the wrath of the mad lion!"

Thor held his long sword high, pointing the shining sword tip directly at the city gate tower. He waved his big hand and said: "Fifth-level strong men, charge with me and fight your way to victory!"

After saying that, Thor let out a deep lion's roar, immediately took the brunt of the attack, and flew towards the towering city gate tower.

Behind Thor, a group of kings and powerful men of the country also showed their talents and displayed their weapons one after another. The monstrous momentum that exploded was extremely shocking.

However, when our fifth-level warriors were the first to rush up to the city wall, they found that except for broken masonry and broken flags, there was not even a shadow of an enemy soldier.

"Could it be that the opponent knew they were outmatched and all of them evacuated before the absolute defense barrier was broken?"

Thor looked at the vast empty city wall with suspicion, and immediately said to Abner, who was in charge of liaison: "Inform His Royal Highness the Holy Lion Prince everything!"

When the other party pressed his chest and accepted the order, Thor immediately began to make the next deployment and ordered: "The situation in the city is currently unknown. First occupy the area around the city wall, open the south gate, and don't continue to rush in!"

In the east area of ​​Huangyao City, Lei Xiao quickly received the news from Sol.

"Did the other party actually abandon the city wall? Although they didn't directly open the city gate, it felt like an empty city strategy."

Lei Xiao gently rubbed his chin and ordered to the herald: "Tell our troops on the south side to continue to stay on standby and wait and see the situation in the other three directions first."

Not long after, as armies from all directions climbed onto the city wall one after another, the same news came from both the east side where Lei Xiao was located and the other two sides where Catherine was responsible.

"Your Highness, what tricks are the enemy troops playing?"

Under the roaring banner of the Shadow Lord, Burt's old face was full of confusion, and he asked Lei Xiao with a frown.

"It's really incredible. What is the purpose of the other party doing this?"

Lawrence's old face was also full of doubts, and he pondered: "Could it be that the other party has laid a dragnet in the royal capital to invite me into the trap?"

"There is a possibility that if the other party converts all the residents of the royal capital into puppet warriors, when we enter the city and the other party appears to surround us again, it will indeed pose a great threat to us."

Hod nodded thoughtfully, and could not help but frown tightly, obviously remembering the crazy scene during the siege of Sunset Fortress.

"At present, it is impossible for the opponent to use the puppet warrior as a trump card. Now everyone knows that the Temple of Light is assisting the Kingdom of Grim in defending the city, and the figure of the black-robed man No. 1 also appeared on the city wall just now. Although This time he used his superficial identity, which is Gusta, the chief cardinal of the Temple of Light."

Through the intelligence summary and Esther's confirmation, Lei Xiao obviously already knew about Gusta's situation. He waved his hand to Hodder and said: "If the Temple of Light now shows this trump card, it will be equivalent to directly admitting that he Ties to the Black Abyss Brotherhood.”

"After all, before this, he only admitted that it was the believers who initiated the matter, which caused our internal chaos, and has been pushing the issue of the puppet warriors to the Black Abyss Brotherhood and Holy King William."

"The entire human world is paying attention to this battle, including of course the other two neutral organizations. If Naganilon IX now admits that he is the mastermind behind the Black Abyss Brotherhood, I am afraid that the other two neutral organizations are still waiting and watching. He will be our helper."

Speaking of this, Lei Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly.

During this period of time, through the offensive of innocent priests in the Kingdom of Grim and other human countries, I have already spread the ins and outs of the matter to every corner of the human world.

Although most of the forces have not yet believed our side of the story and are in a wait-and-see state, as long as Ganelon IX leaks a little bit of information, the answer will naturally be self-evident.

In other words, the other side once tried to isolate us from the entire human world and was criticized by thousands of people. Now, we are using the same means to lower the other side's prestige in the human world.

At the same time, it will also make the other party use the power of the Black Abyss Brotherhood more cautiously to ensure that their image will not collapse.

Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao smiled lightly and said: "So, at least until the other party is forced into a desperate situation by us, we will only use the surface power of the Temple of Light, so as not to arouse the suspicion of other forces."

"His Royal Highness the Prince is right. Naganilon IX has been using the Black Abyss Brotherhood to complete unspeakable evil deeds. Now he is finally bound by the Black Abyss Brotherhood and cannot attack us unscrupulously."

Lawrence nodded heavily and looked at Lei Xiao with admiration.

Hearing the sound, the other generals also felt excited and cheered.

However, although Lei Xiao appeared calm and calm and kept inspiring everyone, he clearly understood in his heart that no matter what, the other party was a behemoth that had stood in the human world for three thousand years.

Even if we leave the power of the Black Abyss Brotherhood aside for the time being, it is still an extremely difficult existence for us to shake.

"Okay, let's talk about the next countermeasures. Although the opponent does not know how to use the puppet army, we still cannot rule out the possibility of setting up an ambush in the city. At present, we have an arrow on the string and cannot be restrained here."

Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Let Thor bring 30 summoned legions into the city to check the situation. The armies in the other three directions are divided into two groups. One group will occupy all the city walls and surrounding related areas to guard, and the other group will be on guard. We are on standby to establish a defense line and be ready to support the summoned legions in the city at any time!"

"At the same time, our sky knights are divided into two groups. One group is led by Duke to monitor the outside of the city in case other armies of the opponent come to support. The other group is led by Sean and enters the city to provide support for Thor in the air. Summon the legion to alert and explore the path!"

"Finally, Shirley cooperated with Sol's actions to detect possible illusions to prevent the other party from playing tricks again."

After saying that, Lei Xiao slowly took a deep breath.

Including Thor and others, even if the summoned legion suffers losses, it will regain its vitality after a period of time, so letting them explore the way is undoubtedly the best choice.

At this point, the huge war machine with an army of 1.3 million people immediately started operating at full speed and began to move under Lei Xiao's order.

Among them, 30 summoned legions from Sol and others began to enter the city from the south gate of Huangyao City.

Half of the remaining 100 legions climbed onto the city wall and controlled the entire city wall and the surrounding areas within the city. The other half stood by and established a defense line to prevent possible enemy forces.

Under the bright sunshine, the shadows of the pterodactyl knights high in the sky swept across the street.

Immediately afterwards, the rumble of the cavalry of the summoned legion's vanguard followed like a shadow, appearing at the end of the block.

This is the legion of earth-walking dragon knights led by Perrin. These knights, wearing heavy magic-resistant armor and riding strong earth-walking dragons, can charge at extreme distances and break through any obstacles. When retreating, they can dismount and become heavy infantry. , forming an impenetrable line of defense, is undoubtedly the best choice for exploring the road.

The heavy treading sound of the Earthly Dragon Knights echoed in the empty streets. Through the lookout port of the fully enclosed heavy helmet, Perrin was quite surprised to find out.

Not only is there no trace of fortifications or traps here, but there is not even a trace of murderous intent, no, life, as if it were an empty city.

"How is this possible? There was a sea of ​​people on the other side of the city wall just now. Why did they suddenly disappear?"

Peilan lifted up the face shield on his heavy helmet. His wheat-colored face was full of confusion, and he thought thoughtfully: "Is it another illusion?"

"No, there are no traces of illusion. The other party has indeed disappeared in the physical sense."

Shirley flashed to Peilan's side and frowned: "General Peilan, let's continue to look forward."

After saying that, Shirley's slender body merged into the air again and disappeared in an instant.

Following the footsteps of the leading cavalry, a group of infantry regiments following behind, under the command of Thor and others, began to gradually spread to the surroundings and penetrate into the entire city.

Until Saul and others approached the inner city where the opponent's palace was located, they came to an incredible conclusion.

That is, in this huge city that can easily accommodate millions of people, not only the soldiers of the other side, but also the shadow of the residents are not seen. The whole city is eerily quiet, as if it is really just an empty city.

In the blink of an eye, the news reached Lei Xiao's ears outside the city.

"Until we approached the palace, we didn't even find anyone? How is this possible?!"

Hearing this, Lawrence's old face was full of confusion, and he blurted out: "During our march, Huangyao City, which has been under martial law, did not have any large-scale movement of residents. If Hall and his soldiers were shrinking, If it makes sense to defend the palace, then where have such a large number of residents gone?"

"You know, even ten palaces cannot accommodate the entire population of the royal capital."

As soon as the old prince said this, the other generals looked confused and looked at each other.

“Do you remember that residents disappeared in other cities?”

Lei Xiao froze his eyebrows, nodded thoughtfully and said, "Maybe there is some connection between them."

"What His Highness the Prince said is absolutely true. Things are really getting weirder and weirder."

Lawrence was surprised and asked again: "Then what should I do now?"

"I have asked Thor to check the other side's palace. Let's check the situation first. We currently have too little information."

Lei Xiao nodded to Lawrence and said seriously: "The other party is obviously setting up a big picture, and what we can do now is to explore the truth while remaining unchanged in response to all changes. Only then can we hope to break the situation."

After hearing Lei Xiao's words, all the generals nodded thoughtfully and quietly waited for new news.

However, only a moment later, what Lei Xiao was waiting for was not Thor's report, but the astonished voice of Captain Sean of the Winged Dragon Knights: "Qi, Qi, Lord Qi, His Majesty the King of Valor and others, as well as the huge summons All legions have disappeared!”

"What?!"

Lei Xiao was stunned for a moment, then said with a face full of surprise: "What happened?"

"Back to the lord, my subordinates are also confused. Our summoned legion that was surrounding the palace disappeared in an instant, and His Majesty the King of Valor and other generals who had been commanding in front of the formation also lost traces!"

Sean's voice was full of disbelief and panic, and he stammered: "In the blink of an eye, everyone was gone!"

"Continue to conduct reconnaissance in the air and don't miss any clues."

Lei Xiao closed his mouth and immediately began to try various means to contact Sol and others.

The result was just as Sean said, not only were the magic communication and communication scrolls unable to communicate, but Shirley and a dozen heralds who were following the summoned legion also disappeared.

Lei Xiao even tried to contact Sol and others through Ariel, but still got nothing.

"Through Ariel's visit to the Lion King's Palace, it can be confirmed that Thor and others are still in a state of survival."

Lei Xiao looked at the summoned legions of the Phantom Tribe who were still guarding him, and clenched his fists.

Although Shirley handed over the command of this summoned legion to herself before leaving, in the blink of an eye, 30 elite legions and 21 fifth-level experts disappeared inexplicably from our side. This is undoubtedly a huge loss.

Just when Lei Xiao suppressed the anger and confusion in his heart, frowning and thinking about what to do next, the change happened again.

"Lord, look, our soldiers on guard on the city wall have all disappeared!"

Hong Ye's startled voice suddenly reached Lei Xiao's ears.

Following the sound, Lei Xiao found out as expected.

Our soldiers who originally had war flags flying on the city wall have disappeared, as if they had never appeared.

Before Lei Xiao could react, more reports came in like snowflakes. Not only the city wall on the east side, but also the other three city walls and our soldiers in the surrounding auxiliary areas all disappeared inexplicably, causing The entire wide city wall became empty again.

For a moment, the entire Huangyao City was like a huge bottomless black hole, ruthlessly devouring everything that entered it, making people feel trembling in their hearts.