The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 66: (Battle of Hermes Part 1)

As the freezing cold rain fell, it melted the smell of blood that covered the entire New Holy City.

While in this inhumane condition, Alicia was fighting for her life by swinging her greatsword while panting.

This was not the first time he had participated in the battle to defend Hermes, but he never thought that there would come a day when the New Holy City could fall.

The walls are completely destroyed. All her life, Alicia had never seen such a terrifying monster.

A huge worm-like hybrid beast came out from the ground and pressed its body near the cliffs of the glacier, drilling its bone claws into the cliffs and climbing the walls step by step.

Even when it had reached the peak, its lower body still had not completely left the ground.

If it only had a large body, it would not be such a disaster, but none of them could expect what happened next.

When the large hybrid species opened its mouth, hordes of demonic beasts rushed out and turned the wall into hell within seconds.

Originally, it could still be said that everyone in his team was calm and prepared, but when the demonic beasts attacked, everything was broken and turned into chaos.

During the chaos, Alicia was separated from her army, so she could only watch helplessly as one of her comrades was swallowed by a demonic beast.

Warm human blood and black monster blood mixed into one and flowed along the grooves on the stone floor.

When the horn gave the signal to retreat, the Sacred City mangonel started shooting, dropping a granite block the size of half a person from the sky,

completely ignoring that many defenders are still fighting on the city walls. Alicia could still vividly recall the image when her Captain was hit on the side of her head by a stone.

When he got up from the floor and could finally see it, he saw that he was embedded in the stone floor along with his armor.

Collapsed together like parchment, his intestines dripped from his open stomach, and his hot blood pooled into a small puddle.

Alicia thought, If I don't drop myself to the ground at the last second when I find the stone, I'm afraid I'll end up like him!

As for how he actually archived to stay alive and come back from the wall,

Alicia could not remember it clearly. He was only surrounded by screams and curses; he was;

everyone frantically waved their hands, trying to defend themselves, but in the end, who they hit was unknown and it did not matter if they hit a demonic beast or one of their own.

Of his own team, which started with a hundred soldiers, only twelve survived, including himself.

"What to do next, Captain!"

"Captain Alicia!"

Since Alicia survived, she had to take over the captaincy, in accordance with military regulations. If the captain was killed during the battle, the vice-captain would take over the captaincy and lead the team to continue the war.

In order to clear her mind, Alicia bit her lips until an iron taste filled her mouth, then she finally made up her mind,

“We will go to the North Gate. If the demonic beasts wanted to leave the New Holy City, they would have to pass that point.”

Following this order meant that they gave up the area between the wall and the entire city center, but he had no other choice.

There is no place comparable to the Central Church – there is nothing more important than the Hermes Cathedral.

He did not say it out loud, but everyone knew that with only 12 people, they could not play a significant role in defending the wall.

In her heart, Alicia prayed, Maybe today is the day that I will die to defend the kingdom. May God be kind to me. However, to the outside world, he shouted,

“The decision will never give up! We will line up!”

"The decision will never give up!" yell the others in unison.

Team twelve Alicia followed him and ran towards the North Gate. As they ran, the sounds of war became increasingly obscure under the rain and the blowing wind until it completely subsided.

Upon arrival at the North Gate, Alicia saw that there was already a crowd of survivors from the other squads in front of the suspension bridge.

Apparently, they were thinking the same thing. It made her heart feel a little better. However, in this time of crisis, they were completely let down.

Seeing this, Alicia started to frown and walked towards the handsome soldier in charge who was wearing the standard red robe of the presiding judge.

He saluted her, though,

“Judge Chairman, Sir, I am the captain of the predecessor team of the fourth battalion, Alicia Quinn! “

“I'm Tucker Thor, in charge of the defense of the North Gate. You've worked hard,"

the man nodded in acknowledgment and said,

"We have set up an emergency area on the other side of the gate, if your team is injured, you can send them there."

Demonic beasts on the walls can attack us at any time, we must make sure that they do not conquer the city center.”

“Quiet, captain! You and your team are not afraid to sacrifice yourself for a greater cause, but that sacrifice now will be meaningless. We're still far from the point of no return from the Church,”

she tried to calm Alicia down, and remove the rain from her eyebrows then continued,

“We must work together. If you run out of pills to get rid of the flu, remember to ask the quartermaster for more. ”

When the Presiding Judge reminded her, Alicia finally realized that she was completely frozen.

After he left the heat of the battlefield behind him, the cold rain and sweat on his body mixed into one, almost turning him into an ice puppet.

Facing the ice-cold wind that blew forever, he could not help his body from shivering anymore.

He reached into the pocket of his sheepskin vest to take out a bag whose contents he then threw into his hand, only to find a thick liquid flowing out.

It seemed like he had accidentally broken the pill during the battle. Not finding anything of value, he sighed,

raising his head in disappointment, only to find a new cold expulsion pill in front of him.

"Take and eat." Tucker Thor said with a reassuring smile to her,

"When the time comes again, I may ask for your help to be returned."

Alicia did not try to be polite, she immediately took the pill and swallowed it,

"Maybe we won't have the next time where we need this kind of stuff."

"Yes, that's fine too" Tucker actually nodded in agreement, "

If I had to choose, I would choose death over eating pills."

Just as her voice fell, a strong fish smell wafted from Alicia's stomach. Even the stench of death that shuffled the stomach in the city did not have a disgusting taste.

He did not feel like he had eaten a pill. Instead, he thought he had eaten a mixture of flesh and blood, releasing an unbearable tingling feeling from his stomach into his body.

However, the coldness suddenly faded, followed by a stream of hot blood throughout his body. Alicia's body temperature was slowly restored to its normal temperature so that the already frozen sweat began to fall.

His head also started to let out water vapor and he could finally feel his numb toes again.

"But we're not going to die today,"

seeing him eat the pill, the presiding judge waved his hand,

"Right now, the God's Punishment Army was rushing over from the Cathedral. When they arrived here, the demonic beasts would not be able to pass through the North Gate.

Take your men and send them to the assembly, and also remember to let them check if they still have their pills

so they don't end up like you and find that their pills are destroyed when they need them the most.”

The God's Punishment Army was the strongest elite army in the Church! Alicia had heard of them long before, but she had never witnessed them fighting.

But ... Even if the God Punishment Army is as strong as the rumors say, they are still human right?

With the human body alone, no matter how hard they practiced, they could not easily beat the crowd of mixed species.

But because the presiding judge said so, he had no way out to send the eleven survivors to the north gate, close to the west side of the assembly.

Hundreds of troops had been gathered here after they retreated. They stood in groups of two or three in the cold rain, ignoring the cold water running down their cheeks.

Some of them even sat on the ground with lethargic expressions on their faces. Only a small number of people lined up neatly, waiting for the enemy to arrive at any moment.

If it was still a few days ago, Alicia would have definitely stood up and scolded them, but now, she was confused. To establish this New Holy City, many people were buried here.

It can even be said that each brick was built with the blood of believers and people sent by military courts.

Bishops often say that Hermes was built on the holy land, the Capital of the Kingdom of God. However, today, the Kingdom of God seems to be about to fall into the hands of demonic beasts.

"The devil is coming!"

someone suddenly shouted,

"take your position to meet the enemy!” Alicia shouted out loudly to arouse the soldiers' spirits, raised her sword, and stared at the rapidly approaching horde: the:

"For Hermes!"

"- For the New Holy City!"