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Chapter 1632: High-Tier Magic. Bronze Age!
"It seems this is the final hurdle."
Armstrong faced the situation without any nervousness.
With a hearty smile on his face, he was the first to step past Guiche and come to the front of the team, looking directly into Father Anderson's gaze.
He ripped off his blue military uniform, revealing his strong muscles, and at the same time struck a pose like a bodybuilding performance.
"Come on!"
"Let you witness the Art passed down through the Armstrong family!"
This action instantly made the atmosphere on the scene awkward.
Guiche turned his head away, Dietrich's cheeks flushed red, and Aburame Naoki silently lowered his head.
Their captain was too eccentric.
Father Anderson and the others on the opposite side were in a state of dead silence.
"Looks like a hopeless idiot..."
Father Anderson came back to his senses, grinning coldly, then roared, "Betrayers!"
"Hah————"
The hundred priests and sisters behind him, belonging to the Thirteenth Section of the Papal Court, responded in unison.
"We Apostles are not Apostles, Believers are not Believers, Followers are not Followers, Betrayers are not Betrayers! We serve but one thing, bowing only to receive Grace, bowing only to suppress rebellion!"
As soon as the words fell, Father Anderson, holding twin blades that gleamed with cold light, was the first to charge towards Armstrong.
But his chant continued.
"A mere dead soldier who wields a short sword in the darkness and poisons the meal!"
"We are Dead Apostles, a cluster of Dead Apostles! We are assassins, Judah the 'Betrayer'!"
In an instant, he swung his arms, throwing out streaks of throwing knives from his ten fingers, drawing dense flowing light through the air.
The whistling sound was continuous.
Armstrong showed no weakness. His steel fist, imprinted with an Alchemy Array, suddenly struck the lawn in front of him under the flashing golden electric light.
[Bang bang bang bang bang!]
Large amounts of earth spikes broke out of the earth, blocking the countless incoming throwing knives head-on.
However.
Father Anderson had already closed in.
The dozens of earth spikes behind him had already shattered into pieces and completely collapsed, demonstrating astonishing speed.
"When the time comes, we will throw thirty silver coins to God's place and hang ourselves with a rope!"
The criss-crossing blade light transformed into a dense net covering Armstrong.
"What a fanatic, my blood is heating up too!"
Armstrong laughed heartily, his punches wrapped with Alchemy Lightning, met Father Anderson's blade head-on.
In an instant, fists and blades collided, the clanging sound unceasing.
At the same time.
The hundred black-clothed priests and black-robed nuns behind them echoed Anderson's chant while transforming into streaks of afterimages, attacking Guiche, Dietrich, and Aburame Naoki.
"Then we will gather followers and go to Hell together, only wishing to fight the seven million four hundred and five thousand nine hundred and twenty-six demons in Hell!"
This was the fixed procedure for the Thirteenth Section during every group battle.
Its effect was to strengthen extreme faith, making them fearless of death and pain, and bravely engage in fierce slaughter against the enemy.
Because they often faced monsters!
"What terrifying aura, I feel like they are even more fanatical than the Holy Order Knights of the Brimir Religion..."
Guiche was startled by the scene.
"Stay focused, we just need to hold out until the transport plane arrives."
Aburame Naoki, surrounded by his insect swarm, reminded him in a deep voice.
He then controlled the insect swarm, forming three tornadoes made of black mist that swept over, charging straight through the crowd of priests and sisters, bringing forth screams and wailing.
On the other side.
Dietrich once again transformed into a massive Awakened Being.
Wherever she went, a bloody storm constantly scattered.
Wantonly crushing group after group of 'ketchup'.
Seeing his teammates were so powerful, Guiche's originally somewhat panicked gaze gradually became firm.
"Remember! Think about what I can do!"
"Didn't I make up my mind to become stronger, to become a man capable of protecting Montmorency!"
"I am the Regimental Commander of the Water Spirit Knights, Guiche the Bronze!"
Instantly, magic power surged between his fingers, and the magic wand in his hand transformed into a bright red rose.
Then the handsome blond youth forcefully inserted it into the lawn in front of him.
"High-Tier Magic. Bronze Age!"
[Buzz————————]
Centered around the bright red rose, white radiance spread outwards along the ground.
And when the ripple-like white light swept over.
The ground, plants, earth and stone, all turned into bronze-gold metal.
Until nearly half of the Ancient Roman Circus Ruins was completely bronze-ified.
Although this range seemed not small, it wasn't very large for 'High-Tier Magic'.
One could only say that the learning difficulty of this magic might have reached 'High-Tier'.
But his magic power was clearly not enough to fully display the effect.
Yet this was already enough to shock all the black-clothed priests, black-robed nuns, and even Father Anderson on the entire field.
Then they saw the surrounding bronze-gold ground constantly rising up.
Forming Bronze Knights, one after another, holding bronze spears and riding bronze warhorses!
The true effect of Guiche's magic was that these Bronze Knights would be automatically generated and would no longer consume his own magic power.
The maximum number was linked to the area of the bronze ground.
If damage occurred during combat, as long as the Bronze Knights were within the bronze ground, they could rapidly recover.
However, these were just the current effects.
Guiche could completely continue to optimize and supplement them in the future.
Completely solidifying the title of 'Bronze Mage'.
Therefore.
Twelve Bronze Knights appeared on the scene.
"Charge, Chevalier, destroy their formation!"
Guiche formed a new rose in his hand and waved it forward spiritedly.
As for the surrounding Bronze Knights, they continued to stay by his side to be responsible for protecting him, as well as to capture Takagi Yumie and another black-clothed priest alive.
Following the order.
The twelve Bronze Knights quickly adjusted into a wedge formation.
They immediately transformed into streaks of bronze-gold afterimages and launched their charge.
Their galloping speed was quite unusual, clearly not the level of normal cavalry.
Those priests and sisters who had undergone rough body modification and long-term severe training unexpectedly failed to react in time and were directly knocked flying into the air, their bones and flesh shattered, and blood splattered everywhere!
People nearby who were not affected attempted to attack with firearms, but found it difficult to cause too much damage to the Bronze Knights.
Even if there was a certain degree of damage, it would rapidly recover under the effect of the bronze ground.
A moment later.
The Bronze Knights passed through the crowd, stepping on the road paved with blood, but immediately turned their warhorses' heads and launched another charge.
Guiche saw this scene with a smile.
But before he could be smug for a few seconds, a fierce autocannon sound suddenly rang out overhead.
The next moment.
The Bronze Knights were shot until they shattered to pieces, and at the same time, the nearby priests and sisters who had luckily survived were also affected by the autocannon and blown into a patch of blood mist.
That attack helicopter was unexpectedly indiscriminate between friend and foe!
But one had to admit, this was indeed the best choice to reduce casualties.
The premise was whether the Bronze Knights were truly dealt with.
Clearly, they were not.
The priests and sisters indeed died, but they reassembled again.
At the same time, the bronze spears in their hands turned into bronze longbows, one by one.
As the bowstring was drawn, bronze-gold arrows were automatically generated in the radiance of magic power.
This caused the pilot in the attack helicopter's expression to change greatly, and he immediately pressed the switch to launch the mounted rockets.
Because he understood that the possibility of successful evasion was too low.
[Swish swish swish swish!]
[Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!]
Rockets with jetting exhaust flames and arrows that transformed into green light shot at each other in mid-air.
In an instant, there was constant rumbling and continuous explosions.
The rockets landed, blowing up the Bronze Knights, the arrows passed through the smoke screen, and the helicopter fell towards the ground.
But the dead cannot be resurrected, and a destroyed machine cannot fly again.
Only the Bronze Knights recovered as before under the resentful gaze of those around them.
However, in the night sky shrouded by moonlight, more attack helicopters were flying towards them.
This was ultimately the Vatican's base camp.
End of Chapter
"It seems this is the final hurdle."
Armstrong faced the situation without any nervousness.
With a hearty smile on his face, he was the first to step past Guiche and come to the front of the team, looking directly into Father Anderson's gaze.
He ripped off his blue military uniform, revealing his strong muscles, and at the same time struck a pose like a bodybuilding performance.
"Come on!"
"Let you witness the Art passed down through the Armstrong family!"
This action instantly made the atmosphere on the scene awkward.
Guiche turned his head away, Dietrich's cheeks flushed red, and Aburame Naoki silently lowered his head.
Their captain was too eccentric.
Father Anderson and the others on the opposite side were in a state of dead silence.
"Looks like a hopeless idiot..."
Father Anderson came back to his senses, grinning coldly, then roared, "Betrayers!"
"Hah————"
The hundred priests and sisters behind him, belonging to the Thirteenth Section of the Papal Court, responded in unison.
"We Apostles are not Apostles, Believers are not Believers, Followers are not Followers, Betrayers are not Betrayers! We serve but one thing, bowing only to receive Grace, bowing only to suppress rebellion!"
As soon as the words fell, Father Anderson, holding twin blades that gleamed with cold light, was the first to charge towards Armstrong.
But his chant continued.
"A mere dead soldier who wields a short sword in the darkness and poisons the meal!"
"We are Dead Apostles, a cluster of Dead Apostles! We are assassins, Judah the 'Betrayer'!"
In an instant, he swung his arms, throwing out streaks of throwing knives from his ten fingers, drawing dense flowing light through the air.
The whistling sound was continuous.
Armstrong showed no weakness. His steel fist, imprinted with an Alchemy Array, suddenly struck the lawn in front of him under the flashing golden electric light.
[Bang bang bang bang bang!]
Large amounts of earth spikes broke out of the earth, blocking the countless incoming throwing knives head-on.
However.
Father Anderson had already closed in.
The dozens of earth spikes behind him had already shattered into pieces and completely collapsed, demonstrating astonishing speed.
"When the time comes, we will throw thirty silver coins to God's place and hang ourselves with a rope!"
The criss-crossing blade light transformed into a dense net covering Armstrong.
"What a fanatic, my blood is heating up too!"
Armstrong laughed heartily, his punches wrapped with Alchemy Lightning, met Father Anderson's blade head-on.
In an instant, fists and blades collided, the clanging sound unceasing.
At the same time.
The hundred black-clothed priests and black-robed nuns behind them echoed Anderson's chant while transforming into streaks of afterimages, attacking Guiche, Dietrich, and Aburame Naoki.
"Then we will gather followers and go to Hell together, only wishing to fight the seven million four hundred and five thousand nine hundred and twenty-six demons in Hell!"
This was the fixed procedure for the Thirteenth Section during every group battle.
Its effect was to strengthen extreme faith, making them fearless of death and pain, and bravely engage in fierce slaughter against the enemy.
Because they often faced monsters!
"What terrifying aura, I feel like they are even more fanatical than the Holy Order Knights of the Brimir Religion..."
Guiche was startled by the scene.
"Stay focused, we just need to hold out until the transport plane arrives."
Aburame Naoki, surrounded by his insect swarm, reminded him in a deep voice.
He then controlled the insect swarm, forming three tornadoes made of black mist that swept over, charging straight through the crowd of priests and sisters, bringing forth screams and wailing.
On the other side.
Dietrich once again transformed into a massive Awakened Being.
Wherever she went, a bloody storm constantly scattered.
Wantonly crushing group after group of 'ketchup'.
Seeing his teammates were so powerful, Guiche's originally somewhat panicked gaze gradually became firm.
"Remember! Think about what I can do!"
"Didn't I make up my mind to become stronger, to become a man capable of protecting Montmorency!"
"I am the Regimental Commander of the Water Spirit Knights, Guiche the Bronze!"
Instantly, magic power surged between his fingers, and the magic wand in his hand transformed into a bright red rose.
Then the handsome blond youth forcefully inserted it into the lawn in front of him.
"High-Tier Magic. Bronze Age!"
[Buzz————————]
Centered around the bright red rose, white radiance spread outwards along the ground.
And when the ripple-like white light swept over.
The ground, plants, earth and stone, all turned into bronze-gold metal.
Until nearly half of the Ancient Roman Circus Ruins was completely bronze-ified.
Although this range seemed not small, it wasn't very large for 'High-Tier Magic'.
One could only say that the learning difficulty of this magic might have reached 'High-Tier'.
But his magic power was clearly not enough to fully display the effect.
Yet this was already enough to shock all the black-clothed priests, black-robed nuns, and even Father Anderson on the entire field.
Then they saw the surrounding bronze-gold ground constantly rising up.
Forming Bronze Knights, one after another, holding bronze spears and riding bronze warhorses!
The true effect of Guiche's magic was that these Bronze Knights would be automatically generated and would no longer consume his own magic power.
The maximum number was linked to the area of the bronze ground.
If damage occurred during combat, as long as the Bronze Knights were within the bronze ground, they could rapidly recover.
However, these were just the current effects.
Guiche could completely continue to optimize and supplement them in the future.
Completely solidifying the title of 'Bronze Mage'.
Therefore.
Twelve Bronze Knights appeared on the scene.
"Charge, Chevalier, destroy their formation!"
Guiche formed a new rose in his hand and waved it forward spiritedly.
As for the surrounding Bronze Knights, they continued to stay by his side to be responsible for protecting him, as well as to capture Takagi Yumie and another black-clothed priest alive.
Following the order.
The twelve Bronze Knights quickly adjusted into a wedge formation.
They immediately transformed into streaks of bronze-gold afterimages and launched their charge.
Their galloping speed was quite unusual, clearly not the level of normal cavalry.
Those priests and sisters who had undergone rough body modification and long-term severe training unexpectedly failed to react in time and were directly knocked flying into the air, their bones and flesh shattered, and blood splattered everywhere!
People nearby who were not affected attempted to attack with firearms, but found it difficult to cause too much damage to the Bronze Knights.
Even if there was a certain degree of damage, it would rapidly recover under the effect of the bronze ground.
A moment later.
The Bronze Knights passed through the crowd, stepping on the road paved with blood, but immediately turned their warhorses' heads and launched another charge.
Guiche saw this scene with a smile.
But before he could be smug for a few seconds, a fierce autocannon sound suddenly rang out overhead.
The next moment.
The Bronze Knights were shot until they shattered to pieces, and at the same time, the nearby priests and sisters who had luckily survived were also affected by the autocannon and blown into a patch of blood mist.
That attack helicopter was unexpectedly indiscriminate between friend and foe!
But one had to admit, this was indeed the best choice to reduce casualties.
The premise was whether the Bronze Knights were truly dealt with.
Clearly, they were not.
The priests and sisters indeed died, but they reassembled again.
At the same time, the bronze spears in their hands turned into bronze longbows, one by one.
As the bowstring was drawn, bronze-gold arrows were automatically generated in the radiance of magic power.
This caused the pilot in the attack helicopter's expression to change greatly, and he immediately pressed the switch to launch the mounted rockets.
Because he understood that the possibility of successful evasion was too low.
[Swish swish swish swish!]
[Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!]
Rockets with jetting exhaust flames and arrows that transformed into green light shot at each other in mid-air.
In an instant, there was constant rumbling and continuous explosions.
The rockets landed, blowing up the Bronze Knights, the arrows passed through the smoke screen, and the helicopter fell towards the ground.
But the dead cannot be resurrected, and a destroyed machine cannot fly again.
Only the Bronze Knights recovered as before under the resentful gaze of those around them.
However, in the night sky shrouded by moonlight, more attack helicopters were flying towards them.
This was ultimately the Vatican's base camp.
End of Chapter
