What Roddy admired the most was the Viper Cross' Elder Claude, who was leading the army. Faced with such a disorganized and undisciplined army, he did not exert pressure on them, nor did he give out orders everywhere. Instead, he let his men mixed in the army use persuasive words to subtly influence the thinking of all the knights on the battlefield.
Using Greed to control the behavior of the soldiers, the chaotic and disorderly scene quickly became orderly. This made Roddy feel terrified … He lived in a civilized era, and his understanding of the army mostly stopped at "brainwashing" to achieve "absolute obedience". But in such a backward era of cold weapons, he saw with his own eyes a commander using "human nature" as the rudder, easily controlling more than five thousand soldiers to fight continuously with high morale …
Roddy sighed with emotion. When he raised his head, he saw the back of Zach and the others marching towards the Holy Temple like they were on steroids. For the knights, plundering a city without taking responsibility was definitely a good thing … It was simply impossible to refuse.
The army marched towards the Holy Temple, and in the process, Roddy suddenly noticed that the Holy Temple in the distance was emitting a golden light. The vast holy aura that engulfed the surroundings made the knights' footsteps slightly stagnant.
"Is this … the wrath of the God of Light?"
Fear of gods was very common at this time. In this day and age, except for sorcerers, basically everyone was very "superstitious". This "superstition" had a stubbornness that was difficult for modern people to understand, and even caused many people who were blinded by greed to mutter about quitting. But before they could say anything, the golden light suddenly dimmed, and then suddenly disappeared.
Roddy's eyes narrowed, and only after more than twenty seconds did he hear the thunderous sound of the barrier shattering. At the same time, he felt a slight tingling in his mind. He glanced at the battle record and found that it said "You are immune to mental attacks".
"Mental attacks?"
He immediately swept his gaze around, and found that the knights who were a little hesitant just now were now looking determined and full of fanaticism, and some even shouted the slogan "Charge in and kill them all" …
An indescribable fanaticism suddenly swept through the entire army, and among them, it seemed that only Roddy and the calm Elder Claude were exceptions.
*****
In the Inner City of the Sanctum, the battle had reached its climax after a short pause.
It was because the pope and the Grand Cardinals had activated the Holy Shield, which could last for several days. It was the last defense of the Rose Cross. Once it was activated, it would be difficult to break it from the outside or from the inside. Even if the enemy attacked with all their might, it would take at least several days to break it.
This barrier was also known as the 'Divine Domain'. It was the foundation of the 'Rose Cross' Church, and it was also a divine formation personally established by the most powerful Pope.
After activating the shield, the Pope and the Grand Cardinals looked dispirited and dispirited. Although the magic circle was embedded with a large amount of Magic crystal, it did not mean that they could ignore it after it was activated. Instead, the Pope and the Grand Cardinals had to use external forces to forcefully calm the chaotic rhythm of the Magic crystal. This kind of "control" required a continuous supply of magical power from the person who activated the formation. Fortunately, the high-level members of the Rose Cross were quite powerful. If there were less people, the shield might not last long before collapsing.
However, they were not in a good mood at the moment. Not knowing that the enemy was at the gates of the city, it was definitely a disgrace to say it out loud. No one would have thought that the "Viper Cross" would be able to launch such a sudden attack on the Holy Temple, and even successfully charge into the inner city. Obviously, to the entire sect, the cause of their current predicament was not weakness or ignorance, but the "arrogance" hidden deep within their hearts.
For the past ten years, the 'Rose Cross' had been suppressing the 'Viper Cross' in terms of form. The failure of the war last year was perhaps the only setback, but the achievement of obtaining the 'Viper's Kiss' gave everyone the illusion that the enemy could not withstand a single blow.
Thus, the Grand Cardinals grew even more ambitious. They tried to control the entire Kingdom of Karen, and did not care about the 'Viper Cross' at all.
The defense of the 'Holy Cathedral' became more and more lax, and the garrison was reduced again and again. Only when the enemy reached the gates did they realize in horror — Why was the strength of the guards in the inner city so weak?!
But when they found out that the three most powerful captains had coincidentally taken a leave of absence to have a meal today, these old fellows collectively fell silent.
Numbness, carelessness, the bitter fruit that they had sown could only be experienced by themselves.
Therefore, as the soldiers outside continued to attack the shield, these old fellows in the inner city looked at each other and sighed.
However, they did not expect that at this time, among the attacking troops outside the inner city, a team with an obviously extraordinary aura suddenly stepped out. There were a total of thirty people, and they did not have a uniform. Some were holding swords, some were carrying bows, some were mages with magic staffs, and there were also burly men carrying huge flails.
Those who knew about the 'Viper Cross' would know that this group of people were the elite team under Elvis, known as the 'Shadow Blade'.
Different from the 'Rose Cross', the 'Viper Cross' implemented a high-pressure rule. Back then, even a Holy Priest with strength like Akasha would also be punished for failing to complete his mission. Naturally, the strong people produced under such a system were not to be trifled with. And this group of people that appeared outside the inner city, were all outstanding people below the 'Elder' and 'Grand Cardinals'!
According to the classification of levels, they all had the strength to advance to Level 15 and above.
However, they did not line up to attack the shield, but to set their eyes on the figure at the forefront of the team — Elder Dean took out a scarlet Magic Crystal from his robe, then slowly raised his hand, and softly chanted a spell.
The 'Holy Shield' could defend against most damage, but it was not an airtight shield that could even isolate the air. Therefore, the Magic Crystal in Dean's hand quickly spread out, and the special waves of the Magic Crystal that belonged to snakes quickly affected the 'Viper's Kiss' that was sealed in the lower chamber, causing the originally silent scepter to instantly start vibrating!
The name 'Divine Artifact' was not just for show, or else there would not be such a huge gap between it and the 'Epic Level' equipment. There were only a handful of equipment that could truly be called 'Divine Artifacts' in the entire continent.
Because other equipment was' dead ', but' Divine Artifacts' were alive.
Equipment that had a consciousness meant unlimited growth, and the older a 'Divine Artifact' was, the more unimaginable its power would be. The 'Viper's Kiss' that was in the 'awakened' state was such a powerful scepter, and when it clearly captured the diffusing Magic Crystal waves, this scepter naturally displayed an extremely strong 'desire' …
Its aura instantly skyrocketed, and at the same time, like a black hole, it tried its best to absorb all the gathered energy in the surroundings —
This sudden change instantly caused the Pope and Grand Cardinals in the square to change their expressions. They could all feel the sudden unstable state of the shield, and at the same time, they could also feel the magic power in their bodies rapidly dissipating.
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