After Becoming The Tyrant CH 170 Going Against Destiny
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A thunderous roar exploded in the dark night.
The alchemical knights galloped out of the darkness, and huge spear-like lances were thrown in unison. Under normal circumstances, cavalry charges were useless against castles, but this did not include the alchemical knights. Because an entire team of alchemical knights was an entire siege army with unparalleled sharpness.
The lances shaped like those used by giants to hunt mammoths in the legendary era turned into the large arrows shot by siege crossbows at this time. After being thrown by the alchemical knights wearing thousands of pounds of armor, the strength and terrifying speed all added into a terrifying attack power that was unbelievable.
They flew through the air like meteors in the dark night, and finally hit the solid black iron gate of Herid City.
The ordinary defenders on the city wall only felt a pain in their eardrums at the sudden sharp metallic hissing, but the defenders behind the city gate were already horrified.
After the Holy Court occupied Herid City, in order to build the Throne of God pier, it concentrated a large amount of resources to repair and strengthen the military defenses that had been destroyed by the black dragon, including this heavy city gate made of black iron. However, at this moment, the city gate was as if it was being struck by hundreds of hammers at the same time. It vibrated endlessly, making a sound like a bronze bell being struck. The shock made everyone nearby feel their blood surge and become physically nauseated.
"Quickly retreat!"
Behind the city gate, a soldier who responded quickly shouted to his companions.
The moment he finished speaking, sparks lit up in front of his eyes, and the tip of a lance, like a giant spear, broke through the iron and penetrated the chest of the soldier standing behind the city gate who was trying to spy out from the gap.
Blood splattered.
While the alchemical knights took turns throwing lances in batches to bombard the city gate, other alchemical knights took off the ancient giant bow that had once been used to bring down the black dragon from their backs, attached an arrow, and shot towards the city gate.
At the same time, the black iron gate of Herid City was blasted open by these weapons that were absolutely impossible for humans to match. The sound of iron chains rattling seemed to be endless as the huge and terrifying alchemical knights pulled the iron chains and withdrew their lances.
Immediately afterwards, there was only a loud noise, and the power of the dragon bone arrowheads exploded on the city wall. That small section of the city wall collapsed in the smoke and dust, and the noose of the suspension bridge behind the city wall was violently destroyed.
The suspension bridge fell heavily.
The black-haired queen stood behind the cavalry with a curved sword. With a wave of her curved sword, she led the cavalry that looked like ancient ferocious beasts and charged through the city gate without hesitation.
This was an outstanding attack, and the method of siege was even more brutal and violent than ever before. The alchemical knights did not need light and were not afraid of ordinary arrow rain. The ordinary Holy Army guards on the city wall lost their effectiveness at this time. The only ones who could stop them were the adjudicators who also possessed unusual powers.
“You think you can block the way?"
Eleanor raised her snow-like curved sword, with a cold and contemptuous smile on her lips.
After the alchemical knights charged through the city gate, a group of people appeared in their way.
The gloomy dark night was not only the stage for the half-undead, half-alchemist beings like the alchemical knights, it was also the stage for the shadow blades of the Holy Court.
At this time, the figures of the adjudicators wearing black robes and masks disappeared from the city wall, and then appeared like a ghost on the avenue behind the city gate. This was the only avenue that led directly to the Swan Harbor of Herid City.
None of the adjudicators answered Queen Eleanor's question. They were like lifeless puppets who appeared here just to execute an "interception" order. All the adjudicators' hands dropped to their sides, and the flaming swords on their sleeves seemed to be burning——and indeed they were burning.
In their right hands, they all held flaming swords that looked like replicas of the "Sword of the Holy One" and which were blazing brilliantly in the night.
In the firelight, the black iron masks on the face of the adjudicators grew a pair of pure white eyes.
The alchemical knights gathered around Queen Eleanor. They hung their lances on their saddles and drew the broadswords hanging from their waists. Charging lost its power at this time, because as the adjudicators appeared in front one after another, the blazing fire that surrounded their bodies connected together.
The fire formed a true “unbreakable wall". If they wanted to break out of this interception circle, they must first kill these adjudicators.
These were also beings that could no longer be described as humans but instead…
The Servants of God!
"What are you if as a servant of God you can only obey Theolde's orders?" Eleanor slowly rotated her wrist, and the curved sword swept an elegant semicircle in the firelight. The expression on her face was mild and held a hint of ridicule, "A puppet of an ambitious man?"
The war horse jumped out, and she led the alchemical knights to charge towards these inhuman holy servants who blocked them.
In the Warrior Queen's dictionary, there was never "fear".
Whoever blocked her path would all be cut down!
As the alchemical knights charged forward, on the other side where the Swan Harbor Pier near the sea in Herid City was located.
The Holy Court fleet with white sails were arranged in a semi-arc shape in the harbor, and silver-plated iron cables connected these holy ships to the docks. Candles were lit on the decks of these ships. The light of the candles was incredibly bright, and they did not waver at all in the sea breeze.
Beside the pier, each member of the choir wearing pure white holy robes held a lit candle and stood on the sand with bare feet.
The black water was rolling, as if it was resonating with something in the dark, but the ships remained motionless.
In this strange and solemn atmosphere, the choir began to chant the seventh chapter of the holy book. Their voices were not loud at first, but as the chapter of the holy book was chanted, the candles on the deck became brighter and brighter, and little white spots of light like snowflakes floated from the ritual candles, making it seem as if the sky and the earth had welcomed a dreamy snowfall.
In the snow-like light, the chanting of the holy book gradually grew louder, and was finally carried by the sea breeze, echoing with the waves, revealing a thunderous power.
The choir of only a hundred people created a sound like ten thousand people singing together.
In the midst of this magnificent chanting, the sea water became turbulent and the waves broke on the surface, as if something was about to break out of the ground near the sea. And its appearance would surely bring cause a storm in the world.
The sun.
It was a sun rising from the sea and the mud.
Don’t know when the candles went out, but the entire dock was still as bright as day.
Thousands of bright rays of light burst out from the ground, piercing the surrounding darkness like brilliant swords. In this light, all filth and evil would be dispersed and dissolved. The original Herid Swan Pier began to crack and disintegrate.
The head of the Inquisition Bureau stood in this daylight, staring at the cracked Swan Harbor Pier that had transformed into a divine throne. The Holy Court no longer had that much time to build a true throne like the one in Eagle Mouth Bay. This temporary “Throne of God" could not carry the power of the coming Holy Ark for a long time.
However, Pope Theolde never planned to have this temporary “Throne of God" exist in the world for a long time!
It had only one function——to act as a medium to summon the holy ship, the Holy Ark.
The moment the Holy Ark arrived was the moment this divine throne disintegrated. Therefore, the summoned Holy Ark would have no place to rest in this world. Except for the Throne of God, there was no place in the world that could carry its power. Once the Holy Ark loaded with heavenly fire landed on the ground, all the water on the earth would immediately evaporate, the forests would burn, and everything would dry up.
Just like the Holy Lord was known as the Savior as well as the Lord of All Hosts, the Holy Ark also had dual natures.
On the one hand, it symbolized "blessing new life", and on the other hand, it proclaimed "reestablishing rule after destruction." This was a warship, the ship of hosts! In the chapters of the holy book about the Doomsday Judgment, it was described as having another appearance. It would no longer be a ship of life that steered people through disasters, but a ship of disaster that brought destruction to people.
As of now, this war had already slipped into a direction where no one could predict the outcome.
The end would probably come, and all lives would be harvested in the final judgment.
The head of the Inquisition Bureau thought.
He felt the majestic power coming from the void, and saw countless clouds gathered in the sky.
Those clouds were like another sea. They collided high in the sky, and the edges of the clouds surged with silvery electric light, like white waves. Among the clouds, the head of the Inquisition Bureau vaguely saw the shadow of the Kingdom of the Gods recorded in the secret scrolls——the Mountain of the Gods and the Tower of the Gods.
The lightning became more and more dense, and the projection of the Kingdom of Gods disappeared, replaced by a brilliant warship that had never been seen before.
"What can mortals do to change the outcome determined by destiny?"
The head of the Inquisition Bureau sighed.
He was about to move forward when he heard a dull roar coming from the other side of the earth amidst the sound of strong wind. Compared with the thunderous movement in the sky, this sound seemed less fearful, but it was still fresh in the memory of the head of the Inquisition Bureau.
He turned his head sharply.
The smoke and dust rolled up, and under the radiance of the divine throne and the lightning in the sky, the alchemical knights, wearing armor weighing a thousand pounds, tore apart all the fences they had set up and pierced through like sharp knives. The female knight at the front, her black hair undulating in the wind, was in front of the head of the Inquisition Bureau in an instant.
The blade in her hand was slashed with fierce killing intent.
Clang——
At the critical moment, the head of the Inquisition Bureau drew his sword and blocked it dangerously. The price was that the flesh of his hand burst apart in an instant, blood spattered, and his whole person skidded more than ten meters back. He thrust his sword into the ground, stopping his retreat.
Seeing two priests in black jumping in front of the head of the Inquisition Bureau, Eleanor tightened the reins.
She looked down at the head of the Inquisition Bureau who coughed out a mouthful of blood.
"What can mortals do to change the outcome determined by destiny?"
The thunder of heaven and earth illuminated the black-haired queen's eyes. She and the knights behind her stepped over the corpses, covered in blood and full of murderous intent.
"With your life!"