[First Update]
There was still one day before the follow-up army of the Inquisition would arrive. Salin was not in a hurry to chase away the twelve Magic Shooters. The army in the city had to be reorganized within a day. The defense was a little messy, and the Magic Shooters were needed to ensure the safety of the city.
The new blueprint of Great Liang City was sent back to Metatlin City. The mages of Serrig Island had to design the blueprint of the magic net as soon as possible and produce all the materials needed for the magic net in the alchemy factory.
The area of Great Liang City was much larger than that of Ceylon City. The magic furnaces and metal towers needed to set up the magic net were also several times more. Rex had to return to Metatlin City through the teleportation circle and send the metal Titan back. Without the metal Titan, the mines of Metatlin could not quickly produce a large amount of qualified metal.
Salin no longer cared about the consumption of the teleportation circle. Even if it was all level-nine magic cores, it was worth it. Rex's God Sieve Ring could carry a large amount of resources. This was an ability that all the equipment of Salin's subordinates did not have. If Neris's 12 Movements of Purgatory were all completed, it would not be larger than the space of the God Sieve Ring.
More than six hundred miles west of Great Liang City, an army of 120,000 people was slowly approaching. Most of this army were prison guards in black armor. The central army was a legion of 10,000 people, all wearing purple-red armor.
The sky was about to turn dark. The army slowly stopped and pitched camp in accordance with the rules. The scouts of the vanguard army discovered the defeated soldiers outside Great Liang City.
The defeated soldiers of the allied army were in a miserable state. All the resources could not be brought out, and the main camp was completely destroyed. Most of those who escaped were from the periphery and the stronger warriors. Low-level mages and mages all died in the magic disaster. Even some great mages and mages above level four were unable to fly because they were in the center of the magic disaster and were stuck in the ground.
The officers of the defeated soldiers forcibly gathered the remaining troops. The troops in the west had less than 10,000 people, and the soldiers who had fled in panic could no longer be gathered. These more than 9,000 people were already the largest size of the allied army.
There were already few elites in the army of the Holy See. The scene of the magic disaster made the soldiers think that it was the wrath of the gods, so most of the survivors were even unwilling to continue fighting with the army. Instead, they fled into the wilderness. If Great Liang City could be entered, those soldiers would probably choose to surrender.
The magic disaster created by Salin killed 90% of the enemies, and the remaining people were basically scared out of their wits.
For these people, the most fatal thing was the collapse of their faith. When the disaster struck, all magic became ineffective, which was why 90% of the army was killed. In previous battles, as long as the soldiers of the Church did not die, they could be saved easily. It was different this time. The surroundings of Great Liang City were like hell.
The remaining nine thousand soldiers were taken under the control of the vanguard and their weapons were confiscated. A dozen high-ranking officers and a ninth-level mage were brought to the center of the army.
In the central camp, in a huge tent, three middle-aged men sat behind a square table. The ground was covered with wooden planks and thick blankets. There were many crystal lamps in the tent, which was covered with magical beast skins, illuminating the inside of the tent.
The ninth-level mage and a Silver Sword Saint were pushed into the tent, their faces pale with fright.
There were more than twenty mages standing behind the three middle-aged men. They looked at the two men coldly.
"Name." The youngest of the three asked the two kneeling below. On his collar, there was a cyan symbol of a snake wrapped around a halberd-like weapon. That was the symbol of the Inquisition. Even if the two men had never been to the Inquisition, they knew what level the commander of such a large army was.
The hierarchy of the Inquisition was strict, but the division of symbols was not as detailed and complicated as that of the College of Cardinals. These three men were the three new Chief Inquisitors of the Inquisition. They were all at the peak of the ninth level. The arrival of the divine emissary also brought benefits to the Inquisition. These three new Chief Inquisitors had divine weapons in their hands.
All things that could be made into divine weapons had to be above the thirteenth level in terms of materials. The divine emissary was only at the twelfth level. Of course, he could not make divine weapons. However, the Inquisition was very rich. The wealth left by the strong who founded the Church was incalculable.
The equipment in the hands of the three new Chief Inquisitors were all heavily sealed until the arrival of the divine emissary. Their power suddenly increased by leaps and bounds.
There were many people like this in the Inquisition. The fact that these three were able to stand out was enough to show that they were far luckier than their peers.
"Morpheus."
"Christian."
The two men's names were very ordinary. They were born at the bottom of society. It was not easy for them to survive until now. They instinctively feared the three middle-aged men. They were afraid of offending them.
"We have no names. We are the Fourth Chief Inquisitor, the Fifth Chief Inquisitor, and the Sixth Chief Inquisitor." The middle-aged man in the middle said slowly. The two kneeling below him were already trembling.
"Alright, let's not talk about your crimes. Tell me, what happened?"
The mage Morpheus hurriedly described what happened that day. He did not know the specifics. He only knew that the disaster around Liang City was caused by magic. Because he was in the periphery, he did not know what happened in Liang City.
"That's it?" The Fourth Chief Inquisitor showed a look of displeasure. He originally thought that he could get some useful information. The only thing he knew now was that there was no one alive within a hundred and twenty miles of Liang City.
The mage and the Saintly Constitution shivered. If the Chief Inquisitor was angry, they would not be able to die.
"I'll give you a chance." The Fourth Chief Inquisitor dragged his voice and said: "Within a week, gather all the fleeing soldiers together and form a legion. The resources will be allocated by the Inquisitor. The two of you, as the commanders of the legion, will be responsible for the first wave of attack. "
The two were overjoyed. Although it was still a mission of cannon fodder, it was better than being directly captured and sent to the Inquisitor for experiments.
"Of course, we can't just let it go like this." The Fourth Chief Inquisitor waved his hand. Behind him, a mage dressed in black walked around the table and came in front of the two. He took out a whip and lashed at them with force. The two straightened their bodies and did not dare to dodge. The whip was entwined with a large number of divine runes. Every lash left an obvious mark on the two's face.
It was indeed a very light punishment – humiliation and whipping.
The whip did not cause serious scars, but the divine runes had penetrated deep into their bones. If they did not complete their mission, these divine runes would continue to torture them.
After reprimanding the two deserters, the three Chief Inquisitors began to discuss countermeasures. Their prison guards were indeed elite, and this time, they brought the hidden power of the Inquisitor, the Blood Legion.
The Inquisitor had not participated in wars for hundreds of years, and it was also the place with the most divine refinement masters. This Blood Legion was also a rare divine refinement army in the Vatican. These soldiers had been in the Inquisitor since they were young and had been brainwashed by the dark mages. They were the most loyal soldiers of the Inquisitor. The cruelty of their training was no less than that of a real war.
However, it was still difficult to attack Daliang City with 120,000 soldiers. The worst part was that it would still take a week for the large equipment to arrive. That was why the Fourth Chief Inquisitor wanted Morpheus to use a week to gather the fleeing soldiers and wait for the large equipment to arrive.
For the legendary ruins, the Inquisitor had mobilized millions of people to take over Daliang City. They had even asked the Yun Liu people to send out hundreds of thousands of soldiers to help. This time, it could be said that they had suffered heavy losses. The three of them were glad that their legions did not arrive in advance. Otherwise, they would not have survived.
They were not idiots. This magical disaster with a radius of more than a hundred miles was not done by a single mage. Even if all the mages in Alchemy City worked together, they would not be able to do it.
It seemed that the ancient ruins under Daliang City were true!
The Fourth Chief Inquisitor said to the two beside him, "Old Five, Old Six, should we ask the Chief Inquisitor for help?"
He asked the question in a declarative tone. The two who had been partners with him for many years understood. One of them said, "If we ask for help now, it will show that we are useless. Since there are no enemies in Jialou Lan, we might as well gather the troops around Daliang City."
The Sixth Chief Inquisitor also said, "Also, we can send out the Punishers. After all, when we left, the Chief Inquisitor had already authorized us."
"The Punishers? They will only be sent out when we are planning to attack Holy Rock City. "The Fourth Chief Inquisitor looked at the two brothers with a faint smile.
The Fifth Chief Inquisitor said, "If we attack Holy Rock City, the Punishers will also die. The real threat to Holy Rock City is the Terminator. Daliang City is a second-tier city. Sending out the Punishers will not be considered a leak. The north of Qin Yin has been destroyed by us, but attacking Holy Rock City will take about three to five years. Who can guarantee that our weapons will not be leaked? "
"It's good that you have no objections. I hope the Chief Inquisitor can understand us. We don't have enough troops … "The Fourth Chief Inquisitor sighed. He did not hide from the mages behind him and began to give orders.
In the former territory of the Titan Duchy, in the current base of the Inquisitor, news from the frontline was transmitted from the divine runes. When the Adjudicators in charge of the base saw the Chief Inquisitor's order, although they were a little surprised, they still followed the order and began to mobilize the Punisher Army.
The biggest characteristic of the Punisher Army was their main weapon. Each army had twenty thousand people, and every one thousand people was responsible for the operation of a Punisher.
The Punisher was a large piece of equipment developed by the Inquisitor. It looked like a Bramble Earth Dragon, but its body was much larger and it was eighteen meters long. The scales on the Punisher's body were all made of metal forged by the Divine Alchemists and were covered with meter-long spikes. The Punisher had a human face, and its eyes were inlaid with huge divine crystals.
Two armies of Punishers, a total of forty units, were mobilized and set out in the direction of Daliang City. The Punisher's huge body ran forward, and the ground rumbled as it stepped on it. The Punisher's body let out painful groans and roars at the same time.
Such a huge Divine Alchemist was more agile than a real Bramble Earth Dragon. The Punisher Army was composed entirely of cavalry, and they were galloping madly behind the Punishers. If one were to look down from the sky, they would see more than forty plumes of smoke and dust exploding on the continent, forming a line of several kilometers long that stretched from east to west.
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