This Lich Needs More Money

Chapter 82 The Paladin is coming

The City of Alchemy has a tall city gate, thirty meters high, made entirely of steel, and its weight alone exceeds a thousand tons. This city gate is the symbol of the Alchemical City and its strongest defense. The city gates are carved with various mysterious magical symbols and can withstand almost any type of attack.

To break through this city gate, you must first consume all the magic energy stored in the Alchemy City, otherwise all attacks will be offset by the magic defense above.

Alchemists' personal combat effectiveness may not be very good, but their alchemical creations are enough to make up for the gap. Even if Gareth charged with all his strength, he could not shake the city gate.

But at this time, the indestructible city gate was slowly opening, and the various gears rotated and collided, making a sound like the roar of a big bell.

James Watson led his legion of paladin and walked into the city gate with a gloomy look.

He knew he had been tricked. When James Watson searched the phylacteries around Amberxiu's territory and returned to the Alchemy City, he found that the city gate was closed and the entire city's magic defense system had been turned on.

 Looking at the dozens of magic cannons on the city gate, James Watson did not dare to approach them at all.

Even a legendary level priest of light will die if he forces a siege on the city now. He will be blown to pieces in one round of artillery bombardment.

　　It was clearly agreed that the phylactery would be used in exchange for the captured paladin and his son Alan. As a result, this group of alchemists closed the city gate, obviously because they wanted to default on their debt.

But James Watson still couldn’t figure out why these alchemists did this.

 Are there any disadvantages for them in this transaction?

Although he does not know all the details like Ambrose, James Watson has also been the supreme judge for so many years. A fool cannot control the laws of such a huge empire.

 There must be internal problems in the Alchemy City, and it is very likely to fall into a state of extreme chaos, so they closed the city.

Thinking of this, James Watson ordered all his men to start praying.

Rather than praying for the Lord of the Morning to come and slap those alchemists to death, they simply created a strong holy light effect outside the city through prayer.

 A pillar of light soaring into the sky appeared, changing its shape as they chanted scriptures.

 Then, it’s a long wait.

 James Watson waited for the response from the paladins in the city.

Allen and the other ten members of the Knights of Conviction have been sent to the Alchemy City. Perhaps they are under guard and may not be able to see this holy light rising to the sky, but this is James Watson's only hope.

James Watson made the right bet. When the city gate opened, his son Alan Watson knelt in front of him and greeted his arrival respectfully.

 Behind Allen, there were nine other paladins and a special army of less than a hundred people.

 "Father..." Allen only said one sentence, and then he was speechless.

Allen was lucky. He didn't suffer much torture in Amberxiu's castle. He was only beaten up by Gareth, but his muscles and bones were not broken. He recovered with just a few healing spells.

 Except for Fanxing, the injuries of the other captured paladins were not serious, and they were all within the range that divine magic could treat.

 Because they were rescued people on the surface, Alchemy City did not send them to prison. After being transported into the city by airship, the group of paladins were sent to a hotel and given some healing potions, which allowed the paladins to recover faster.

 So after seeing the Holy Light message outside the city, these paladins discussed how to seize the city gate and let James Watson in.

Although all their equipment was stripped off by Amber Xiu, their combat effectiveness was reduced by most of it. But even with bare hands, the paladin is still a profession with amazing combat effectiveness. In a successful sneak attack, Allen knocked out two administrators, snatched the puppets from their hands, and then began the paladins' counterattack.

After rushing out of the hotel, the group of paladins ran to the street. They first found a store selling armor and weapons. Although the store door was closed, the paladins broke into the store and bought it for zero yuan to arm themselves.

With the equipment, they became more daring. They directly captured the governor of the Alchemy City as prisoners and interrogated everything in the city. Although these administrators didn't know much, they still provided the paladins with very important information.

That is the siege of the undead. Most of the power of the Alchemy City is contained by the group of undead, so the defense in other areas is empty.

At this time, the paladins were divided into two groups. One group believed that the undead were class enemies and must be eliminated first. The other group believed that the water in the Alchemy City was too deep and should first join James Watson before considering purification. The problem of the undead.

Allen was junior and could be regarded as half of the "culprit", so he had no say at all. It was not until the weak Fanxing spoke and ordered everyone to attack the city gate with all their strength that a split was avoided.

Then ten paladins made a sneak attack, seized control of the city gate, and opened the impregnable door from the inside.

Allen was even more heroic and fearless in the battle. He was injured in many places. Even after receiving treatment, he still looked embarrassed with his armor torn and his face stained with blood.

James Watson did not show any mercy when facing his son who was covered with scars. He just said coldly: "Paladin Alan Watson, you should call me the Supreme Judgment. Your reckless behavior has caused losses to the empire." It's very serious and your crimes will be tried after you return home."

Allen lowered his head, without refuting or explaining, but responded loudly: "I am willing to accept the trial, Your Majesty the Supreme Judge." James Watson then turned to look at the strange-looking army behind Allen. Looks more like a civilian.

“Tell me what’s going on in the city and who are these people behind you?”

Allen quickly explained: "The City of Alchemy encountered a large number of undead siege, so it entered a state of chaos. As for the civilians behind them, they are all believers of the Lord of the Dawn. We promised before that they would join the empire and become our Ryan's followers. People…”

These hundred or so people were the civilians and serfs that Fanxing had recruited before. However, after Fanxing was plotted and all the Conviction Knights were captured, no one cared about these people anymore.

Fortunately, Fanxing had paid in advance when they settled them, so that they would not run out of food that day, but after the paladins were captured, most of them still ran away. The Lane Empire cannot go, they must find another way out.

Some people returned to their original lords to make a living, while others tried to establish a foothold in places like the Alchemy City.

Only a few people are still willing to wait for the future promised by the stars.

Geronimo is one of them. After seeing the power of the Holy Light, he can no longer be willing to be a serf. Even if the stars have been captured, he is not ready to give up.

 Therefore, when the pillar of holy light appeared outside the city and the city was in chaos, Geronimo organized the remaining people. Whether it’s fishing in troubled waters or protecting yourself, it’s always right to stick together first.

As a result, I met Alan and other paladins on the road. The power of the holy light was so familiar. Geronimo quickly led people to follow them. Both sides are their own people, and Allen will not refuse their help.

However, the counterfeit artifacts they brought were robbed by Amber Xiu. This group of mortals could not help much in the battle and could only be used as cannon fodder or as an atmosphere team.

There were many casualties along the way. Some people died, and some were afraid and chose to run away.

The total number of people who can follow Allen and the others to join the large army is less than sixty.

Allen tried his best to tell James Watson what happened in the Alchemy City in as concise language as possible. But he didn't know about the ritual magic in the sewers, so he just thought it was a simple undead siege.

James Watson felt something was wrong.

"If the undead have already entered the city, why do we waste magic energy to open the city's external defenses? Moreover, to deal with the undead, why don't those group of alchemists ask us for help? This is unreasonable."

  James Watson pondered for a moment, and now there were two choices before him.

 One is to lead people directly out of the Alchemy City. No matter what the chaos is inside, he has this powerful legion of paladin, and no one can stop him from leaving. Anyway, his goal has been achieved, Allen and other paladins have been rescued, and going back now can be considered a triumph.

 The second is to choose to wade into the muddy waters and join this unknown undead siege, and he can only stand against the undead and work for the Alchemy City.

 There seems to be no need to hesitate between the two choices. Normal people should choose the first one.

 But those are undead!

Although the Alchemy City is a city of mixed races, there are still many humans in it. Allowing the undead to slaughter humans is not in line with the teachings of the Lord of the Dawn.

 When beliefs conflict with interests, most people will choose to flexibly change the standards of belief.

But from James Watson to a random soldier in the Legion, they are all fanatical believers of the Lord of the Morning, leaving the undead alone?

 No, I simply can’t help it.

So James Watson knew that he was making a stupid decision, but he could only clench his fists and declare loudly: "Holy Light, please protect us and dispel all darkness! Everyone, follow me and purify those Dirty undead!"

The bright white-gold light shines on this group of Lane people, like the sun setting on the mortal world.

The Paladin Legion began to move towards the place with the strongest atmosphere of the undead in the city. No matter what conspiracies and tricks the Alchemy City has, those undead are there!

 At this time, Amberxiu was on top of the tower, loudly asking everyone where James Watson and his paladin army were.

Then, the holy light that was so strong that he could feel it without seeing it relieved his doubts.

This group of religious lunatics were shouting Holy Light, Glory and so on, and rushed towards him.

Amber Xiu made a decision as quickly as possible - run away immediately and hide in the sewer first.

　　　To celebrate today’s opening of “Another Bottle”, I will update 9,000 words today.

As usual, there are two more chapters tonight

 (End of this chapter)