Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?-Chapter 1281 - 813: Fallen Once More (Part 2)

She began to feel impatient with this group of believers, for the first time realizing how torturous it was to lead troops in the Holy Light Church.

The lack of spirit among the believers might partly be due to the destruction of the Holy Light Festival, but there was also an aspect she hadn't anticipated at all—the monsters appearing at the festival carried elements of spiritual pollution to some extent.

For powerful individuals, these spiritual pollutions could be naturally ignored, but for these soldiers, they caused a series of mental issues. They wouldn't be injured, but their spirits could not match the usual state; ordinary Revitalization Techniques were useless, something more invigorating was necessary.

Misfortunes never come singly; just as the soldiers were in a slump, the defense magic that had been inscribed on the city walls and awaited activation during a siege suddenly malfunctioned.

All of the defense magic faced the same malfunction called "Magic Conductivity Obstruction" at the same moment! None could function normally, the barely visible barriers appeared sparsely near the walls, and the power of the attack magic against the enemy was significantly reduced. The huge fireballs thrown out shrank directly to the size of a fist.

The dwarves of the rebel army jumped and smashed those fireballs with their heads; such attacks did nothing but boost enemy morale even more.

Even the worst general in the world should realize what's happening upon seeing this.

Damn, there are traitors within our ranks!

It's totally impossible for these magic malfunctions to occur without someone secretly sabotaging from within!

"Who the hell did it!"

If it weren't for the lack of time, Anleisi would have loved to capture and thoroughly interrogate everyone responsible for maintaining the defense magic.

The soldiers' bodies had recovered, although their eyes were open, they were dispirited and lacked energy against the enemy.

The rebel army indeed timed their attack perfectly.

The automatically operated defense magic couldn't be triggered, but the weapons for city defense could still work to hold off the enemy; the only issue was they needed manual operation by the soldiers.

How can the soldiers be energized?

Anleisi glanced at the rebel army, her eyes gleamed, and she promptly used amplification magic to shout loudly to the entire army:

"The real culprits who disrupted the Holy Light Festival have come to invade! Why are you still listless!? Do you want the glory of the Holy Light to be tainted!"

Her words made the soldiers lift their heads one after another.

"Think about it carefully, why do you think the enemy chose to invade now? It's because they calculated on your current pathetic state! In other words, they must have plotted the attack on the Holy Light Festival, designing it specifically to break you!"

"Are you going to watch yourselves fall into the trap? To see the Holy Light being harmed without responding?"

Anleisi's words successfully made a fire of hatred rekindle in some soldiers' eyes.

Although these words had many issues upon close examination, in such a situation, all she needed was a reason to incite the soldiers to kill, even if this reason couldn't withstand scrutiny.

Upon hearing that the attack on the Holy Light Festival was orchestrated by the rebel army, some soldiers' eyes turned red as they suddenly jumped up, grabbed their weapons, and hurried to the wall.

Anleisi infused the Revitalization Technique into her voice, continuously "enlightening" the soldiers with words, more and more soldiers gradually regained their spirit; she really managed to bring this stagnant force back to life.

The situation finally started to improve a bit, yet the rebel army was already at the gates.

The Holy Light Soldiers operated the city defense weapons to fire at the rebel army, but after a few days, the enemy had already mastered the United Strength taught by the magic professor, and the massive protective shield formed by the united rebel soldiers could even block an arrow from the Shattered Star General, let alone these clearly weaker attacks compared to Latan's great arrows.

Anleisi and Kaius personally took to the field, and within a very short time unleashed all their power, combining strikes to finally rip open a gap in the giant protective shield; only then did the soldiers relentlessly bombard the breach until they succeeded in breaking through the shield.

But this did nothing to boost morale, for the rebel army's battering ram had already crashed into the city wall.

The collision of the siege engine instantly propagated throughout the city walls; the intensified tremors from magical augmentation caused people and city defense weapons to be knocked around. Just as Anleisi was about to rescue, a bright red dragon scale flew in to interrupt her actions, a provocation so blatant that it immediately reminded her of an old acquaintance.

"Hevi! I don't have time to fight you now!"

"But I do~"

Hevi's voice came from somewhere unknown, and anyway, two red Flying Dragons formed of Weapon Dragon Teeth roared forth from the rebel army and soared into the sky. Once this thing was blasted, it would explode in a massive burst, forcing Anleisi to engage them far away from the city walls.

With sword in hand, Kaius was imposing; though he lacked the ability to support the overall situation, he could thoroughly kill the enemy, commanding the soldiers to quickly stabilize and defend the city.

And then, an unexpected twist occurred.

"Hmm?"

Kaius sensed a formless wave instantly spread throughout the city; it wasn't Fighting Qi nor magic, it was something unknown in nature.

Judging by the aura, it seemed more like... a kind of weapon?

Wait, something's wrong!

Hevi isn't the only weapon user on site!

In a flash, the entire Hepa Town sparkled with an overwhelming number of red lights, like hundreds or even thousands of red fireflies glowing, with light points floating beside every soldier.

However, the small lights rapidly swelled in a very short time, and seeing this, cold sweat broke out on Kaius.

The expansion speed of these light points was so fast that ordinary soldiers couldn't react in time to avoid them. If these red lights were a kind of explosive magic, possibly in no time could cripple an entire army; whose magician is this heaven-defying!?

Nevertheless, even when these red lights expanded to the size of an average adult, they still didn't explode. At this time, the soldiers finally reacted and began to flee towards areas away from the light points.

However, they only ran a few steps before stopping their pace voluntarily and turning around to stare blankly at the light points, nearly everyone doing the same.

Why? Because those light points were gradually taking on shapes somewhat familiar to them.

"Mom, Mother?"

"Dad! You didn't die!?"

"Brother? Impossible, how could you be..." 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Those red light points actually transformed into the figures familiar to the soldiers, not only relatives but also friends and lovers.

In short, as long as a glance could make their hearts ache, the deceased appeared here.

Even Kaius saw familiar faces, and his usually cold expression changed significantly, almost dropping his sword from his grasp.

People were paralyzed for a few seconds by this sudden twist, until the resounding crash of the breached city wall jarred their spirits back to reality.

Kaius's body suddenly trembled, angrily shouting:

"Hell's March! Get out here for me!"

To produce such an effect, there was no other way but the infamous weapon Hell's March!

The next moment, those deceased who caused the soldiers heartache turned hostile, launching attacks all around. Many soldiers couldn't defend themselves, and the rebel army simultaneously flooded into Hepa Town, led by a valorous blonde youth swiftly elbowing aside several Holy Light Knights as he swept across the battlefield.

Hepa Town, under the defense of the Holy Light Church, declared its fall today.