Chapter 118

"You really don't know how to appreciate art at all."

Even though she said that, Solitier still reached out and gently tapped the brilliance of the barrier.

——Bang!

The impregnable national defense barrier was like tiles on the floor at this moment. When the magic circle in her palm touched it, spider web-like cracks appeared.

Then, the double-layer national defense barrier with a core collapsed and disintegrated.

The sky covered by the aurora suddenly returned to its former calmness, replaced by a clear sky.

But when the defenders of the Demont Pass in the distance noticed this scene, they fell into a dead silence.

The Buried Flyllian·The Official Beginning of the Journey: Chapter 46 The Fall of the Pass and the City·The Ingratitude of the Empire·Solitier's Expectations

Under normal circumstances, if you want to analyze the cumbersome and extremely complex national defense barrier that can be called a treasure of mankind, even if a first-level magician does not eat or drink, it will take more than a year.

It was this idea that made the defenders of Demont Pass wait quietly for the reinforcements from the empire after sending people to seek support.

However... no one could have imagined that before the reinforcements arrived, the national defense barrier that supported the morale of the army was broken first.

This made all the soldiers shaken, and even Baxter, who replaced his son as the ruler, could not hide his emotion.

"Grandfather! What should we do now?!" Keynes, a young man who gave people a heroic feeling, looked at his grandfather with a horrified expression.

"...You retreat first, take your family members back to the family territory."

"But Kesman has no national defense barrier, and he can't stop them..."

"Now, even here, he can't stop them! I'll stop them here, and I'll delay as long as I can. By then, maybe Kesman can wait for the reinforcements from the empire."

"...Can we stop them?"

"We have to stop them even if we can't. If everyone leaves and surrenders without a fight, our family will be finished!"

Baxter slapped the bricks and stones of the city wall with a tone that could not be refuted. The final decision was made:

"....Of course, if it is necessary, if I really can't stop it, you can run to the imperial capital. The family still has some connections in the imperial capital. As long as you are still alive, you have a chance to regain the territory and make a comeback, and I may be able to wait for reinforcements here."

"Grandfather..." Although Keynes wanted to say something else, he opened his mouth and lowered his head unwillingly. Finally, he took a look at his father who was eaten by crows outside the city. He could only turn around and leave with grief and overwhelming hatred.

Because he also knew that this was the only way now, and the safest way, but he just listened to his grandfather's words, even though he knew that this grandfather who had watched him grow up since he was a child had already decided to die... and didn't have any hope for his survival.

After all, the barrier of Demont Pass was broken now. It was hard to say whether it could survive for three days with only the tall walls and well-prepared garrisons. It was really hopeless to want to survive for a week until the fastest batch of reinforcements arrived..., but at this point, this was the only way.

At this moment, Baxter could only watch his grandson leave on the city wall, and quickly summoned the garrison to prepare for a desperate resistance.

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Opposite the Demont Pass, a temporary camp was built with magic and further repaired by prisoners of war.

A large number of kingdom troops had already received the time for the barrier to be broken, and all of them were ready to go.

Solitaire, who had not slept for five days, was still immersed in the exquisiteness of the national defense barrier, but after returning to the camp, he went back to sleep in the tent under the persuasion of Ash.

After Ash learned that the other party refused to surrender again, he drove Linie back to sleep, and took over the control of the monster.

As soon as he raised his hand, a large number of rocks that had been prepared in the camp were gathered together, forming hundreds of rock balls with a diameter of more than two meters, and slowly flew into the sky.

The next moment, all the rock balls flew towards the enemy camp like a meteor shower.

Under the abnormal driving force, the rock balls swept towards the enemy at a high speed, accompanied by a large number of various magics of their own magicians.

On the Demont Pass, the simple defensive barrier created temporarily flashed a few times, and then unfortunately broke apart, causing these attacks to hit the city wall directly.

In an instant, rocks flew everywhere, human bodies also flew all over the sky, and the sounds of pain and screams were endless.

But the defenders had no spare energy to regroup, and saw another huge rock ball flying in the sky, with a diameter of more than 300 meters, almost equal to a small mountain.

"...Are you kidding me?"

"Mom, Mom..."

Looking at the huge object that was flying higher and higher in the distance, and then suddenly descended at a high speed and flew towards them, blocking the sun and the sky, all the soldiers' faces were filled with despair, and they even unconsciously thought of their mothers. The armor on their bodies was shaking, making a clanging sound.

However, at this moment, more than half of the people did not run away. Apart from their weak legs and forgetting thoughts other than fear, they all knew... that they could not run away at all.

That is to say, under such circumstances, some people fled in a hurry, while others stood there blankly, waiting for death in despair.

At the next moment, the rock ball that looked like a meteorite, with terrifying power, ripped the earth apart and crashed into the city wall, instantly detonating an earth-shattering disaster.

Boom——! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

There was a huge roar, like thousands of thunders.

Along with the impact of the wave, it directly (penetrating three weeks) encountered the internal organs of all the people in Lin, shaking every eight inches of space=.

Just the overwhelming mass, the destructive power it released, was like a violent torrent that ruthlessly swept through everything on site.

In just the blink of an eye, this ancient fortification was completely blown to pieces and changed beyond recognition.

As the shock wave of the impact swept across, dust and gravel poured down from the sky like a sudden rain, covering the sky.

For the defenders who had escaped further away, the entire world seemed to be covered by a thick gray curtain, and the entire city was shrouded in smoke and dust.

After a long time, the smoke slowly dispersed, revealing the completely changed landscape.

The ancient fortress that has stood for thousands of years, its once majestic figure no longer exists, replaced by a mess and huge craters.

What was once solid and glorious seemed extremely vulnerable in the face of the nightmare power.

As for the soldiers who once guarded the city wall, their fate is needless to say.

Just by staring at the Guansai ruins, where a huge crater was created by the "meteor", you can deeply feel the cruelty and ruthlessness of that disaster.

In this world shrouded in despair and destruction, the word "war" is obviously beyond description. Perhaps it can only be described as divine punishment.

The soldiers who were lucky enough to survive at the far end of the barrier stood up from the ground tremblingly. The soldiers had not yet recovered from the catastrophe, but the enemy soldiers and a large number of magical beasts had already rushed in as if they were in an uninhabited land.

Ash also walked at the front almost as a matter of course, and all despair began. The last will of the defenders to resist was completely crushed by the fierce explosions and violent magic.

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In order to make people surrender, Ash once again went to the battlefield in person and directly used his ultimate move to destroy the city wall and break the will to resist.

But now looking at Jiang Bing who had put down his weapons and was kneeling on the ground, he felt a little unhappy.

"...Why don't you surrender when you know there is no hope? It's really stupid...No, no, to them I am an intruder, so resisting like this should be considered heroic."

Ash, who was still shaking his head, muttered something, then remembered his position again, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

But at this moment, one of the kneeling soldiers in the crowd quietly grasped the sword blade in his hand as he approached.

Ludwig's father, who had long known that it was impossible to defend, survived with the desperate protection of the magicians. It was also because Baxter saw that he was being protected by the heavy armored guards at this moment, and was silently protected by Ash in the middle. Distorted face.

His left leg crushed the floor tiles under his feet, he picked up the sword blade and instantly crossed the distance of no more than 10 meters between them, and stabbed him in the abdomen.

Although he was entering old age, as one of the three great knights, if he were a magician, he would definitely not be able to react in time to his surprise attack at a distance of no more than ten meters.

At this time, it would normally depend on the abilities of the guards, but it was impossible for ordinary guards to stop him. The people beside him were only ordinary elite soldiers, which meant...

Got it! ! ——Listening to the sounds of shock and anger coming from the helmets of the guards on both sides, it was obvious that they were unable to stop Baxter's distorted face, and a hint of joy suddenly flashed across his face.

Although he didn't know who actually killed his son, it was definitely right to kill the big shot who was protected by the guards.

Even if the other person might just be the son of a big shot, it doesn't matter. At least he also made the other person feel the pain of losing a son.

But at the moment when the sword blade was about to touch the enemy, he found that the tip of his sword suddenly deviated from the planned trajectory and tilted upward, inexplicably out of his control.

Even his arms and body lost control for a moment, unable to move even if he wanted to, and his vision was slowly shifting.

....Am I being beheaded? when? How? Why? ——When Ash's head flashed sideways, Baxter just saw his body and the arms that had been severed from the neck, and finally understood what had happened.

But he couldn't figure out why he died suddenly? But the candlelight of consciousness was quickly extinguished, and he was not allowed to understand this at all.

but.....

"What, this person? He's so rude. He suddenly pounced on him. Is he another shadow warrior? In terms of hiding his aura, he's very different from the previous ones, isn't he?"

In the flash of lightning, Ya Xiu drew out the guard sword with his backhand. He looked at the man who fell down not far away and his body was missing, but he had a baffled look on his face.

But he didn't care, and was too lazy to pay more attention. He returned the sword to the guard and began to lead his men to move forward, preparing to collect prisoners of war and rebuild the pass, using the pass as a stepping stone for attack, and also preparing for the counterattack of the imperial army.

But it was just a short rest. He left the local legion stationed near the magic city and asked them to watch the prisoners of war rebuilding and serve as a garrison to guard the fortress.

And he took the remaining three elite legions drawn from other places and continued to move towards the largest city on the border of the empire behind the pass-Kexman City.

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On the way to Kexman City, no town or village along the way dared to resist.

The cavalry, totaling more than 10,000, as the vanguard, only took a short rest on the road under the leadership of Ash, and arrived at Kexman City without any hindrance with the monsters in the early morning of the next day.

Compared with ordinary urban fortresses, which have at least two walls for protection, the barrier here is a large city defense barrier, but it is only a slightly improved version.

After all, even if the Demon King's army invaded in the past, as the southern region of the empire, Kesman City, which did not face the threat of the northern demons, had always been a rear safety zone and was always protected by the national defense barriers of other regions.

It had never fallen for thousands of years and had never faced direct threats. In the past unified period of the empire, it was considered a city in the core area. Today, the empire has lost a large area of ​​land, but it has not lost this city.

But at this moment... a thousand years have passed, and for the first time, the enemy has arrived under this city wall.

The escaped imperial soldiers and Keynes who fled back to the family territory looked at the enemy troops who were chasing them like ghosts under the city wall, and their faces were full of shock and anger.

The enemy's rapid advancement meant that his grandfather... could not even hold on for a day.

However, now, no one asked them to surrender.

A man in a cloak and a mask flew out from the Kingdom Army.

This scene made everyone dare not be careless. The archers on the city wall fired thousands of arrows at once, and the magicians also generated various magic arrays, intending to shoot him down directly.

But eight black and purple light balls appeared beside Ash, and the next moment a black and purple light column with a diameter of more than two meters - the light of killing magic, swept downward.

Whether it was arrows or magic along the way, they disappeared in an instant like bubbles, allowing the dark light to directly reflect on the barrier that was immediately reopened.

"Is this... the killing magic of the demons?"

From the light, it is obviously not the attack magic analyzed and reversed by humans. After all, the attack magic imitated by humans is white, but it is obviously the genuine killing magic of the demons.

This made the magician on the top of the city completely confirm the identity of the other party after recognizing that this was the killing magic, and was directly shocked.

"The kingdom actually colluded with the demons?!"

"Don't they know the lesson of the Empire in the fortress city of Wei Ze? How dare they interact with the big demons??"

Cooperation with the demons is rare in the human world, but it is not absolutely impossible.

Although the troops fighting against the demons are very opposed to this by those actual magicians, and the church even criticizes it as betrayal of race, they can't hinder the actions of the nobles or the country at all, and can only condemn it morally.

In the past, in the Empire, Golden Town Mahat, who was nominally loyal to the local lord, killed the remnants of the Demon King's army and a demon general. The convenience and use of the demons against the demons made everyone in the Empire quite happy. At that time, no one condemned the behavior of the local lords. Now that the matter has come to them, they can't help but curse.

Some people even worry that from the huge magic fluctuations and the continuous magic bombardment, it is obviously another big demon.

Will the other party directly annihilate the entire city? After all, more than fifty years ago, there was an unknown demon (Solithir) who annihilated the entire fortress city alone.

"No, it's impossible to break through! After the corresponding defensive magic was developed, the killing magic has been completely analyzed, and this barrier has overcome the penetrating properties of the killing magic. He can't do anything to us!"

Seeing that he never changed the magic, Keynes' heart, which had been raised to his throat, slowly fell.

Most demons only study one magic in their lives, and this guy is a freak. He learned the killing magic that had long been analyzed and reversed, so there should be nothing to be afraid of... Everyone thought so at the beginning.

But the killing magic bombarded the barrier, and instantly set off a fierce light, causing the morning light and the brilliance of the barrier to be distorted, causing strong waves to ripple on the barrier, as if it was about to collapse.

Although everyone thought it was impossible, in fact... before it could last for more than 30 seconds, the entire barrier surrounding the entire city was pierced with a huge hole, and the whole thing was shattered in the next moment.

At this moment, everyone's head was buzzing, unable to believe what they saw, and they only suspected that they were having a nightmare.

Facing the sweeping beam of light, the magicians instinctively held up defensive magic.

However, compared to the improved ancient barrier, the personal defense magic melted the ice and snow in a short contact, without any sign of blocking.

The city wall was wiped out by the killing magic in a blink of an eye, and the people on the city wall who had not had time to escape were not even left with dust.

The people who jumped over the wall in panic had no chance to resist at all, because the light column swept across in a blink of an eye.

The magician who was caught off guard faced the killing magic that could easily penetrate the defense magic for some reason, but he finally understood at the last moment... The opponent's killing magic was also no longer the first generation version.

The l,i they faced three people in a row was no longer an ordinary big demon, but a controllable Lingliangmeng of Ni Weijiuzhi and Wu Buba.

This fear, like a cold tide, silently submerged everyone's heart, making people struggle in despair, but unable to escape.

As the darkness of the killing magic gradually dissipated, the city directly welcomed the cavalry outside the city with their knives sharpened.

However, the defenders in front were completely annihilated in the darkness of the killing magic. The city walls and even the streets and buildings behind the city walls had been completely wiped out. Nothing could stop the cavalry from advancing.