With the fall of Laun, the situation of the Brunswick defense gradually became clear.
The three Nurgle armies still had about 80,000 people outside the city to stop the attack of the Paladin Holy War Army. The current situation was that after the battle with the four demon armies of Chaos, the Paladin Holy War Army of about 100,000 people had less than 50,000 people left.
Laing was seriously injured, and the commanders were exhausted. Suria tried to reorganize the Holy War Army, but the Norska Dwarves were too few to win. After the tragic war, the Wood Elf army had been defeated, and the human army was on the verge of collapse. It was all because of Laing's personal prestige that no Brittany dared to turn around and escape.
He had already done his best, and even Diego was dragged back to the camp by the Great Gryphon Impris.
The Holy War Army from the south and the Undead Army from the east were in a state of sandwiching Cheese, besieging the Nurgle army. The eastern front belonged to the three brothers of the Maggot Cavalry and the Three Undead Kings Akhan, Gul, and Luther Haken.
The 60,000 men of the three brothers of the Maggot Cavalry were fighting fiercely with the 50,000 men of the Three Undead Kings. The Tara Beheim Massacre Army was facing Akhan's Tomb Guard Army, Gul's Nagashza Guard Army, and Luther's Deep Sea Guard Army.
In terms of elites, the Undead definitely had the advantage, but in terms of the quality of the miscellaneous soldiers, there was no doubt that a Northerner could deal with ten zombies or five skeleton warriors.
Both sides could look forward to the arrival of reinforcements. The Army of Chaos still had Zainaik's Tzeentch Army and the Orc Dark Prophet Malago's Beast Army to mobilize. The Allied Forces of Order were also looking forward to the reinforcements of Sol Hill's Governor, Great Alchemist Galt.
(What everyone didn't know was that these two reinforcements had bumped into each other on the way to support and had been fighting for several hours.)
The situation inside the city was very critical. Almost all of the northern part of the city had been lost. The southern part of the city still had the palace, the church area, and the Nur defense circle in the southeast of the city was still in the hands of the Empire. Other than the Nur army, there were still about 30,000 Empire soldiers defending the defense circle. There were less than 15,000 Empire soldiers under Marshal Helberg's command, and they were all scattered around the capital.
On the other hand, the main force of the three Grote brothers and Gortat's Spitter Army was still around a hundred thousand strong. Now, it was no longer the Empire's turn to resist the main force of the Nurgle Army in the city. In front of the Empire's palace, under the statues of Emperor Charlemagne and his twelve holy knights, it was a chaotic battle between Vlad's Army of the Living and Grote's Army.
The last palace guards of the Empire watched helplessly as the undead and the Northmen fought fiercely at the entrance of the palace. However, none of them dared to leave their post. This ironic scene made the warriors of the Empire feel ashamed and relieved.
At the same time, the corruption of Nurgle had deepened in Brunswick.
The combat wizards of the Empire had exhausted all their strength, but the infinite life of the Nurgle Garden had spread to every corner of the city. For this reason, a total of 53 Shadow-type wizards had turned their bodies into ashes in order to protect the sanctuary in the slums. In the end, they could not stop the corruption of Nurgle, and the entire sanctuary became a mutated hell. Teams of half-demonized workers who praised their loving father and spent their lives contributing to the prosperity of Brunswick walked out from it. They had already chosen to throw themselves into the arms of their loving father.
The Metal-type wizards who stayed behind in the Alchemy Academy weaved a huge spell and covered their chimney fortress with a layer of inert steel. The Nurgle Garden could not grow on it. However, even metal had to succumb to the power of decay: the thin plate soon rusted and cracked, revealing tiny buds and expanding molds. Gradually, the chimney fortress was covered by the Nurgle Garden. The Metal-type wizards woke up and found themselves in the realm of Chaos. What awaited them was a tragic fate. After all, Laing would no longer personally venture into the Nurgle Garden to rescue people.
The Academy of Light was protected by the Pyramid of Light, but there were still a large number of Light Wizards who risked entering the jungle-filled streets to fight with the Army of Chaos. They released the Light of Exile and the Flame of Light one after another to banish many enemies, but the demon army was endless. As time went by, these Light Wizards were gradually swallowed by the poisonous fog of Nurgle Garden. In the sound of coughing, screaming, and struggling, the Light Wizards fell one after another.
The tower of the Sky Academy had been covered by the mutated Nurgle Garden. The Hurricane Celestial Magic Ride had completed its mission after destroying three Chaos Demon Legions in a row. The Storm of Chaos swept it away, leaving only a pile of scrap metal.
The wizards of the Emerald Academy summoned the green life energy to fight against the decay in their courtyards, but the first to mutate were the trees in their courtyards. These ancient trees with magic power were the first to betray the Emerald Wizards, and then the Emerald Wizards themselves mutated into sarcomatous trees unknowingly in the midst of casting spells until everyone blended into the woods in the courtyards and achieved the great harmony of life.
Fortunately, the Amber Academy and the Amethyst Academy were not in Brunswick City and escaped this crisis.
If there was any academy in the Empire that played the greatest role in fighting against Nurgle Garden, it must be the Blaze Academy. The Fire Wizards were ferocious, and their flames were enough to stop the spread of the Nurgle Garden.
In order to guard the capital of the Empire, these Fire Wizards turned themselves into living flames, using their bodies to attack demons, flowers, and vegetation, burning them to ashes with the touch of burning.
For eight whole hours, the Blaze Academy was still burning with the Fire of Purification. The surroundings were filled with black trash that had been ignited by the Fire of Contempt. The Fire Wizards told Nurgle that they were not afraid of his rain. They were not afraid of his corruption.
Then the Blaze Wizards walked to their deaths.
Nurgle noticed this group of thugs who were unwilling to accept his kindness, and the loving father felt that it was necessary to teach them a lesson. So the storm blew more and more fiercely over the academy, and the violent downpour fell one after another. The tide-like milky white pus extinguished the glory and fury of the Fire Wizards to protect their homeland.
After several hours of heavy rain, the tower of the Blaze Academy finally dissipated the last trace of fire.
Their flames were extinguished one by one. These losers trembled and their bodies were covered in sticky liquid as they fell to the ground. Previously, they had turned Nurgle's creations into ashes. Now, they were like the wax left behind by a burnt candle. Their human forms could no longer be seen.
"We must protect the palace." Vlad Von Karstein, Kurfürst of Sylvania, had a gloomy face. He spat out mouthfuls of stinky bile. After being killed by Nurgle's goose-eared stalagmite seed, Vlad was immediately resurrected, but the influence of Nurgle did not disappear so easily. The decay of the God of Plague was still troubling the Lord of Death in Vlad's body, and Vlad had to use all the power of Nagash to resist it. This greatly reduced Vlad's strength, and also the strength of his undead army. The undead army that was originally responsible for guarding the area near the palace was soon defeated by the Northerners and was beaten back.
Vlad was in great pain, and yellow-green mucus flowed out of his mouth and nose. The curse of Nurgle troubled him, and this caused his strength to fall from the demigod level to the peak of the sacred realm. He needed a lot of time to dispel the curse of Nurgle, but he knew that he had no time, and he had to hurry.
At the same time, Grote and his brothers who were moving toward the palace of the Empire also saw the twin-tailed comet.
"That star! That star is coming! "
"The stars have aligned, big brother, third brother, we have to hurry!"
"Me too!"
Grote and his brothers also noticed the twin-tailed comet. As the three brothers had contributed to breaking through Brunswick, they had been bestowed with more blessings by Nurgle. Now, the three brothers were already Grote Authorizers, and they all had strength close to that of a demigod. The surrounding Northlanders knelt down and shouted the names of Otto, Ezrak, and Gurit.
As the combat strength of the undead army decreased, they were gradually forced back by the three brothers, but the gates of the palace were indestructible.
The three brothers did not care. Following their summons, a two-legged living bronze bull rampaged through the bloody and chaotic battlefield. The dark runes on its battle-ax emitted a white, scorching, and destructive energy.
Behind the living bronze bull, a group of Drakwald Minotaurs roared and charged forward. There were horns and bloody meat everywhere. When the Giant Brass Bull charged over, the pikemen blocking the way couldn't help but scream in fear. Their thick spears broke on the monster's metal skin, and the pikemen slipped back in the mud. Some of them were so scared that their formation was scattered. The bronze bull's rune battle-ax rose and fell with the force of decapitation, and each blow split a person in half.
The Minotaurs were too powerful for the remaining Empire defenders. The Empire defenders fled in all directions.
Kurfürst Marius led the remaining few Knights of the Golden Fleece to fight against the Minotaurs. The close-range handguns and revolvers produced sparks on the surface of the bronze bull's metal body, but in the end, nothing happened. The bronze bull knocked Kurfürst Marius to the ground. It first praised the power of the Blood God, but it did not kill Kurfürst Marius directly. Instead, under the orders of the three brothers, it forced open the gates of the palace. The bronze bull was proud of its great achievement. It raised its head and knocked its chest with the rune battle-ax.
At this moment, an amber light flashed, and a black arrow sank into the only part of the bronze bull's throat that was not covered by the metal skin. The Empire's Marshal Hunter, Markus Wolfhart, stood on the tower of the palace. He put down his amber bow and inspected the results of his battle.
The bronze beast gurgled in pain. Its eyes rolled back in its metal eye sockets, and it fell to the ground dead, squashing six skeleton warriors.
Although the empire and the army of the undead were still resisting, the gate of the royal palace had been broken. The three brothers personally led the 'Grote Army' and arrived. This was an elite army made up of about seven hundred Chosen Warriors of Nurgle, two thousand Warriors of Chaos, one thousand Champions of Northca, and another two thousand Marauder riders, Berserkers, Kurgans, Fishermen of Northca, and the forsaken. This was also the last trump card of the three brothers.
In contrast, there were only three hundred guards left in the palace, and the army of the undead summoned by Vlad Von Karstein.
Kurfürst Marius, who was in charge of guarding the palace, was seriously injured. He was dragged out of the battlefield by the Knights of the Golden Fleece under his command. Hordes of zombies jumped down from the nearby buildings like raindrops and pounced on the Northerners, entangling them. A large number of skeleton warriors with spears and shields formed a shield formation, trying to block the way under Vlad's command.
But they still couldn't win. Azrak's magic exploded in the shield wall, and Otto's scythe cut open the reinforced skeleton. The three brothers were now closer to demigods than anyone in the old world.
Theodorick Geisel, the Grand Duke of Nord and the Kurfürst, bravely led the Nord Royal Guards to fight against the undead. He used the Rune Teeth to cut down six Chosen Warriors of Nurgle before he was pierced by two halberds. Then, the Warriors of Chaos who were holding heavy weapons cut him into two from his shoulders to his waist.
Three steam tanks were activated. The third brother, Gurrit, directly rushed up against the cannons and grabbed the body of the steam tank. Then, he swung it hard, and the steam tank spun back and forth quickly like a top. Gurrit slapped one side after another, and the top spun faster and faster. In the end, it flipped over and released boiling water and hot steam in all directions. The engineers who were scalded screamed in pain and tried to crawl out, but they were quickly surrounded and dismembered by the Messengers of Plague.
The battle was still going on.
At this time, two large Griffins flew across the sky.
They flew towards the center of the city that was surrounded, and the Emperor's feathered helmet soared into the sky. Emperor Karl-franz and Chief Wizard Gregg Matak had finally returned.
The Emperor watched in disbelief as his city was burning.
In the east of the city, the battle between the three Undead Kings and the three brothers of the Maggot Knights was still going on. Gul, who was holding a black axe, was slashing and killing a group of Northerners. The strange soldiers of the Vampire Pirates were entangled with the strange demon creations of the Nurgle Demon Army.
In the west of the city, the Holy War Army of the Knights and the remnants of the three brothers of Grote were still fighting. Karl-franz saw Laing's iris flag and the Old Guard's tricolor flag, but distant water could not quench the immediate thirst.
And in the city, except for the Nur who was still defending the defense circle in the southeast, the northern and western districts were close to falling. Only the eastern district was temporarily safe under the cooperation of the undead and the humans.
What about the palace? Where was Charlemagne's throne? The Emperor could not help but confirm the location of the palace in panic. He vaguely confirmed the location of the palace from the direction of the huge building covered in vines, fungus, and poisonous moss.
The scene in front of him made the Emperor's mouth drop. He saw an endless stream of undead army and the elite army of the Northerners fighting in the palace of the Empire. It seemed that the undead army was not only on the Empire's side, but the cursed Von Kastein family leader was personally commanding from the nearby clock tower. In order to protect the palace of the Empire and the Chaos Army, he even joined the battle himself.
What about the humans? What about the army of the Empire? The Emperor looked at the palace that was full of undead and Northerners. He could not see the figures of the Empire's soldiers at all. He could not help but curse in pain.
“TMD！ How did the Empire become like this? "
Matak, who was behind him, was also confused by the situation. The Chief Wizard was not a strong military and political person like Galt. Matak did not even know how to manage the internal affairs of the Magic Academy. His first reaction was his old profession. "Your Majesty, we should go to the Empire's zoo immediately!"
"Why go to the zoo? Release all the monsters?" Karl-franz frowned.
"That dragon! Your Majesty, only you can awaken it. If we have the power of that dragon, we still have a chance! "Matak cautiously suggested.
"The dragon of the Empire? It's too late. " The Emperor thought for a moment. He saw the twin-tailed comet. The warm light of the star and the glorious power of the Empire made the Emperor's mind faintly appear some images and the ancient prophecy. "No, let's go to the Hall of the Holy Hammer!"
"The Hall of the Holy Hammer?" Matak's old face immediately became troubled. "But Your Majesty, Gail Maraz is not there!"
"Yes, I know it is not there." The Emperor nodded. "You can awaken the dragon of the Empire. I will give you the power. But I, as the Emperor of the Empire, must be with the Empire even at the last moment. I will accept the final test under Gail Maraz."
The Emperor ordered the Claw of Death to descend. Matak had no choice but to follow.
Grote and his brothers, who had broken through the undead's defense line, saw the Emperor of the Empire and the Chief Wizard of the Empire descending from the sky.
"Good! Good! Father above, the big one is coming! "
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