The sudden turn of events threw the Greenwood Gate into chaos. The Ebon Blade knights had clearly not communicated with the sentries near the gate, and so the latter's reaction was slower by half a beat. This gave Hao Ren and his men a chance to break through.
The 'magic caravans', which were just fake caravans, instantly erupted with a powerful force that defied the laws of physics. The three caravans sped up and crashed into the raised barricades and the hastily assembled guards at the gate. The guards on the three caravans, who were disguised as the guards of the caravan, drew their weapons and began to fend off the spears and swords that were stabbing at them from all directions.
With a loud bang, the barricades in front of the caravan were smashed into smithereens, and the imperial soldiers on both sides of the barricades were sent flying.
"Close the gate! Lower the barrier! "
The imperial officer in charge of guarding the gate shouted. As his voice trailed off, the mages activated the magic-powered device that controlled the gate. With a series of tremors and the creaking of machinery, the ten-meter-tall green gate began to close, and a pale green energy barrier appeared out of thin air as the runic bricks near the gate lit up, and quickly descended from the sky.
"Leave no one alive!" An Ebon Blade knight roared. He saw that his target was about to pass through the Greenwood Gate, and he leaped from his horse. His black steel armor was covered in complex golden-red lines, and two faintly discernible magical wings lifted him into the air like wings. The knight raised his black saber high in the air, and slashed at the third carriage. "This is an order from His Majesty the Emperor!"
The chainsword roared at full power, and the intense heat gathered into a red crescent-shaped shockwave that cut straight at the roof of the carriage!
But the shockwave was suddenly blocked by a translucent barrier. Some kind of shield hidden in the carriage activated automatically, and the powerful shockwave was blocked and directed to the sides of the carriage. The sturdy bluestone ground quickly turned red, and in the blink of an eye, it shattered into pieces, and scorching gravel flew everywhere!
The third carriage's cover quickly folded and shrunk under the effect of the translucent mechanism, and became a low defensive bunker. Hao Ren switched to photon missile mode with his Gungnir, Lily gulped down a mouthful of water, and Vivian summoned Lightning. The three of them stood behind the bunker, and with a little aim, they threw all sorts of long-range attacks at the pursuing Ebon Blade knights.
The three Ebon Blade knights were defeated in an instant, and they turned into balls of fire and debris on the way. But the remaining knights did not seem to have any fear, and they all leaped from their horses as they activated the Mark of the Dragon, and in the blink of an eye, they exploded with a hundred times the strength and speed of a normal person, and split into two wings to flank them.
And at that moment, the three carriages finally reached the foot of the Greenwood Gate that was trying to close, and a personal guard shouted as he fought, "My Lady! There's a magical barrier in front! We're about to crash … "
Rheia looked up at the barrier in front of the carriages, and shot out a small energy bolt. "Don't disturb my study!"
Thousands of elven craftsmen and tens of thousands of normal spellcasters had poured their blood, sweat, and tears into the magic shield system, and it was the condensation of elven and human magic, just like that, it shattered into light particles.
An Ebon Blade knight with incredible speed had caught up with the speeding caravan. He swung his chainsword at Charlemagne, who was guarding Awenna. Beads of cold sweat formed on Charlemagne's forehead. He knew the power of the chainsword. The thousand-degree blade was enough to melt gold and iron, and the high-speed vibrating blade could cut any sturdy wall or armor in half like butter. But in this situation where he could not retreat, Charlemagne gritted his teeth and raised his family's sword to meet the steel-armored knight who was exuding an intimidating aura!
In the next second, he saw the terrifying knight crash head first into the carriage's barrier, as the armor and bones on his body let out a screeching sound as he slid down the translucent barrier, and the entire carriage shuddered violently under the impact, the tremors were so strong that one would suspect that the carriage would shatter into pieces in the next second, but the strange carriage managed to survive the collision, and charged into the depths of the Black Forest without leaving a trail of dust behind.
The Ebon Blade knights in charge of the pursuit and the imperial soldiers guarding the gate watched as the three magic caravans that were supposed to be 'clumsy and slow' burst forth with unbelievable speed. In the blink of an eye, they broke through all the barriers and barricades and rushed into the depths of the dark forest. They looked at each other in dismay.
Of course, they could not let this go, and a furious imperial officer rushed over as he looked at the direction where the carriages disappeared. "Form up the cavalry! Inform the rangers in the forest! Send out the lockdown signal! Do not let them leave the Black Forest alive! "
The soldiers immediately moved under the orders of the officer as they rushed to their respective posts, but just as they started to move, an Ebon Blade knight suddenly raised his hand, and an invisible pressure caused everyone to pause as they looked towards the direction the knight was looking at.
The knight did not say a word, and only raised his hand to point at the dark forest shrouded in shadows outside the Greenwood Gate.
The originally open entrance to the dense forest was shrouded in a cloud of greyish-white fog, and this fog was still appearing everywhere in the forest, rolling, and in the blink of an eye, all the known paths in the forest were blocked. In between the continuous stretch of trees, the fog had already formed a continuous wall-like barrier.
An imperial guard who was stationed at the entrance of the Black Forest muttered to himself as he saw this, "What … the hell is this?"
"The world is out of order, and the Black Forest will fall into the realm of fog, and the Shadow of Illusion will devour anyone who enters." One of the Ebon Blade knights spoke in a hoarse voice, but his words were as vague as an old wizard, "They will not come out alive."
An officer spoke hesitantly, "That fog …"
The knight glanced at the officer, "Lock the Greenwood Gate, inform all the outposts, and forbid anyone from entering the forest. We will report what happened here to His Majesty the Emperor, those who escaped are extremely dangerous, even the Ebon Blade knights could not stop them, and you do not have to worry about being punished. "
The junior commanders of the regular armies of the Empire were of the same rank as the average Ebon Blade knight, but generally speaking, the knights who answered directly to the Emperor were naturally respected by all soldiers of the same rank. Therefore, the 'gate officer' did not show any doubt towards the almost bossy attitude of the knight. Instead, he nodded with an expression that was half puzzled and half grateful.
He did not need to know what happened in the Black Forest, this strange and ancient forest had always been hiding countless secrets, even the elves with long lifespans might not know of these secrets, and the search for these secrets was the job of the robed scholars in the imperial capital and the Emperor on the throne.
The immortal Emperor possessed knowledge that mortals could never imagine, and so the officer firmly believed that the anomaly in the Black Forest was nothing in front of His Majesty Berentine.
And after giving the order, the Ebon Blade knight retracted his gaze from the Black Forest, and looked towards the messy Greenwood Gate.
The three comrades who were killed by magic and the strange light bullets were lying on the path of the charge. Their corpses had been burnt to a crisp, and their original appearance could not be seen from the twisted fragments of their armor. Three undamaged black swords had fallen not far from the corpses, and a few attendants carefully picked them up. Now, with solemn expressions, they were storing the swords into a special magical container.
Swords were the most important thing to the Ebon Blade knights, and their value was even higher than the knights themselves. These three swords would be sent back to the 'Sacred Armory' in the Black Steel Fortress, and when new qualified knights were selected, they would once again be given a chance to enter the battlefield.
And the Ebon Blade knight who had broken all his bones after using his face to clash with the Steel Membrane Shield struggled to get up from the ground, his armor was deformed in many places, and many of his bones were broken, but he was not dead, he had only temporarily lost his mobility after sliding off the shield.
After a seemingly impossible 'joint reset', the heavily injured Ebon Blade knight used a weird posture to stand up, and limped back to his companions.
"That shield, did you figure it out?" The knight who gave the order asked quietly.
"An energy shield I've never seen before, it's different from any magic shield we know of, it's very powerful, and has excellent protection against both magical and physical attacks." The knight who had 'tested' the shield answered, "The chainswords can't pierce or cut it directly, and the anti-magic property of the blades has no effect on the shield."
The knight who asked the question was obviously not satisfied with the answer, "Is there a weakness?"
"Maybe there is. That shield has a vibration frequency, and I've recorded it. Using the corresponding vibration frequency can weaken it more effectively, and a sufficiently powerful and sustained attack can also deplete the shield. It's not that it can't be broken, it's just that the power needed to break it is exceptionally great."
The knight who asked the question nodded as he turned towards the direction of the forest, his voice carrying a steely coldness, "They won't be able to leave the Black Forest alive, but I'm afraid that those strange shields and attacks aren't limited to just that, the knights might run into enemies like them … and we need to be prepared."
"For the will of the dragon soul."
"For the will of the dragon soul."
The knights swore solemnly. This was what every Ebon Blade knight had to remember after passing the trial. But as the knights swore in unison, there seemed to be a mix of metal and flesh sounds mixed with the solemn oaths of the knights …
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