The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 67: Battle of Hermes (Part 2)

The final expected battle did not take place. A soldier went to a woman who was standing on the front line and pressed her sword to hold her back.

"Retreat."

His voice was not loud, but it was still clear and strong. Alicia realized that even after the intervention of this unknown person, her side still held their position.

Looking closer, he could see

"I" on the man's arm and underneath it was written

"The Force of God's Punishment"

He tilted his head, and not far from them, a team of tall warriors rushed out from the North gate.

They all wore the same full-body armor, which had a silver luster under the rain, and their red robes waved in the wind.

However, they all had different weapons, some wielding swords and shields while others held spears or Iron Axes.

After they crossed the bridge, they did not march as a team. Instead, they spread out and directly fought the incoming demonic beasts.

What kind of tactic is this?

They created total chaos! They were facing demonic beasts with strength and speed that exceeded human capabilities so far.

Do they want to fight the demonic beasts completely alone and without orders?

Moreover, how can we let the God's Punishment Army fight alone against demonic beasts?

“We must support them!”

"No," the unknown man shook his head, looking rather grim,

"You need to stay behind. If you rush into a fight, you'll just drag them down. ”

Drag them down?

Alicia looked at the man angrily, could it be that her impression of the man was wrong?

Is this guy just a coward?

He clenched the hilt of his sword, ready to immediately join in the battle of – even though the future of the New Holy City is unknown,

at the time of their greatest crisis when they had to face the enemy, he was only allowed to stand up like everyone else.

Before he could even take two steps forward, an incredible scene occurred in front of him. Something flew down from the sky; it was shaped like a Fallen Angel.

Its large wings were covered in gray feathers, and were completely exposed, having a wingspan of over twelve feet.

It had a bird-like head, but also a pair of long horns and spiked claws capable of cutting through the warrior's breastplate like butter.

The vertical droplets from the sky were the kind of attacks that the beast favored, veiled and difficult to defend against.

Even while holding a heavy shield, soldiers would not be able to defend themselves; the force of the huge impact would crush their arms and crush their ribs.

Many soldiers had already died from their attacks without any chance to retaliate.

Their only chance to let go was to throw themselves to the ground, away from that dangerous blow.

But the members of the God Punishment Army did not think of dodging.

A soldier wearing silver armor took a firm stance against the enemy, and at the last moment he stretched out his hand and clasped the incoming claws with his hand.

The force of the impact was so strong that a shrill voice could be heard. The soldier bent his right leg while straightening his left leg,

stretching out his hands and forming a straight line with his body, creating an opponent with enough strength to withstand the impact.

When the other soldier saw that the demon beast was stopped in midair, he threw a javelin. The javelin was so fast that Alicia could only see a flash of silver.

It precisely pierced through the beast's head, instantly smashing it at the moment of impact.

The soldier who was still holding the claws of the beast threw away the twitching body. His arm was abnormally bent, it seemed like the bone in his arm had been broken.

Apparently, he did not survive the impact unscathed, but he calmly took his iron axe and started killing the demonic beast again.

They only relied on human power to hold back this herd of monsters. Seeing this, Alicia could not believe his eyes.

Hundreds of soldiers of the God Punishment Army flowed into the swarms of demonic beasts. Because of their red robes, it seemed like they had merged into a powerful flood of blood,

suddenly stop the enemy from moving forward. He now understood what those soldiers meant when he said they would

"dragging" them down.

This warrior seemed to have the ability of ten people. Each one of them had strength, agility, and reaction time comparable to a – demon beast

no, they seem stronger. In front of them, ordinary demon beasts looked almost like a child.

“They are too many!”

Alicia could feel joy from the bottom of her heart. With such a powerful group of warriors, Hermes Cathedral would never fall!

“Ah, yes, I never asked your name, my name is Alicia Quinn, and what is your name, Captain?

It seems that you already know the God's Punishment Army's fighting abilities? ”

The captain looked directly into Alicia's eyes, his gaze as cold as rain. When he finally answered, he did not give his name, he just muttered: 'She:

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“It seems we will win.” said Bishop Mayne,

who stood at the very top level of the Cathedral, looked out the window. Here, at the highest point of the New Holy City, he used a telescope to look at over half the battlefield.

"Let the mangonel stop their attack, our army will immediately start an attack to retake the city wall."

“You know that winning is not the main point, right?”

Suddenly, another voice could be heard. The owner of the voice was wearing the same golden attire as Bishop Mayne, but the only difference was that the voice was much older,

"The important part of this fight is that the armies of the four Kingdoms are destroyed."

"That's fine. This way, their defensive line will become useless.” said the last person.

She appears to be the youngest person in the trio, apparently in her early thirties and is also the only woman in the three archbishops.

“Their army of more than 5,000 soldiers were well equipped and well trained and also nearly a thousand knights were immediately put away.

It will take them four to five years to rebuild their army.

Ah ..."

He groaned, and happily continued,

"It's really a beautiful day."

“But to achieve this goal, we have to sacrifice many of our own soldiers, they are the backbone of the Church,”

sigh Mayne, mayne,

“If this is not the fastest plan to reach the goal we want, I really do not do it. I don't want to send all our soldiers to this purgatory.”

The old man stroked his beard while thinking and then said,

“We have no other choice, a wild beast has appeared, which is described in the Scriptures. Following the description in the book, there was not much time left.

So, if we don't unify the entire continent and force all the Kingdoms under one rule, only death will await us.”

"Destruction is really nothing bad."

said the woman while laughing recklessly,

“Humans are always greedy, have evil intentions, and see nothing but personal gain.

Under the name and banner of truth they do far worse things than demonic beasts, maybe even demons from hell will treat us better than we humans to each other.”

"Primadona!" the man shouted furiously while pulling his beard,

“Your comments can be considered treason and heresy beyond the will of God, do you want to die?!”

"You don't have to put it in your heart, Tayfun,"

Heather shrugged ignoring, her face full of disapproval,

"The person in charge of this court is me, not you. Besides, the,

do you really think that it is important to God whether we are saved or not?

How do you know that he cares more than the devil? ”

"You …!"

"Enough! have fun!

The primadona!"

mayne yelled unhappily,

“It's enough for today. I need to report to the Pope, the two of you will leave now and complete the mission.

” ..... After they left, Mayne stood in front of the north-facing window –

with the Mountain of despair in the background, the land of endless snow-covered winters, and in the west, laid a barbarian territory. That's where the beginning of everything is.

He knew that Bishop Tayfun was right, the soldiers in the God's Punishment Army were too precious.

To join, one not only needs to be loyal but also a strong will to survive the transformation afterwards. After nearly a century of accumulation, the Church was only able to save a thousand soldiers.

If they wanted to fight the demons, this amount was not enough. But the North could only support so many soldiers. If they wanted more warriors, they had no other choice but to unify the continent.

Bishop Heather was right, too. He served as a judge of the Church, holding trials for thousands of witches.

Whether they were good or evil witches, they were all gathered and killed by the most barbaric methods. The higher you are in the Church, the clearer you can feel,

God is not good, but He is not evil. "How do you know that he cares more about us than the devil?"

When she thought of Heather's words, Mayne couldn't help but laugh out loud.

I was worried that only he had the talent to annoy Tayfun until he had nothing more to say.

God does not bless the world, nor does he show concern and concern for the devil. God will only like the winning side.