However, at the same time she watched Elia go in to fight Lillian one-on-one, a crisis erupted within the Blood Clan that had not been seen in a hundred years.
Kiz stared hard at the distant horizon and said in a low voice, “The Holy Grail Order.”
As her words fell, countless black dots appeared in the Blood Clan’s field of vision and rapidly approached them.
Leading them were the seven archbishops wearing robes of different colors. Moreover, each of them held a sacred artifact of varying shapes. Behind them were dense masses of Holy Grail Order followers, their numbers completely impossible to see.
“Have they come out in full force? It seems these bastards want to annihilate us while both saints are away,” Lisa said in a low voice.
Then Kiz used magic communication to ask Selina, “How many are coming?”
“At least a hundred thousand. Moreover, it’s not just the City of Shadows. The City of Blood Spirits, the Royal Capital, and other cities of our Blood Clan have been attacked simultaneously.”
Upon hearing this, Kiz’s expression grew even more grim.
She had originally thought this was just a solo challenge for Elia, but it turned out these bastards from the Holy Grail Order wanted to take this opportunity to attack the Blood Clan.
But what made Kiz wary were not the archbishops, but the so-called Holy Grail — a forbidden artifact that can seal all non-Holy Light system powers.
Even the Blood Clan’s self-healing ability is greatly weakened in front of the Holy Grail.
Just as Kiz was gritting her teeth and thinking of a countermeasure, Selina’s voice came again:
“Your Highness! The Royal Capital has already started fighting! Also, our self-healing ability is suppressed by at least seventy percent — we can only rely on healing magic to hold on! And the casualties… the casualties are huge!”
Hearing this, Kiz clenched her fingers, then took a deep breath to calm herself and said, “Elder Selina, I’m leaving the command of the Royal Capital to you! Also, inform the lords of each territory — they must hold their ground to the death!”
“Your Highness, what about you?” Selina asked.
Kiz stared hard at the enemy forces now right before her and said in a low voice, “I’ll stay here… First, the City of Shadows is closest to the border, and second, those bastards’ primary target will definitely be me and Elia who are in the domain… So this place absolutely, absolutely cannot fall!”
After speaking, she turned to look at Lisa, who gave a slight nod.
“And what about Vian?” Kiz asked.
“She has already returned to the City of Blood Spirits using teleportation magic.”
Upon hearing this, the corners of Kiz’s mouth slightly rose. Then she raised her scythe, transformed into a cloud of blood mist, and rushed onto the walls of the City of Shadows, shouting loudly, “To battle!”
“For the Blood Clan!” the soldiers above and below the walls shouted in unison.
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The Royal Capital. Holy warriors clad in golden armor surged toward the walls.
“Release arrows!” Elder Selina shouted loudly.
Immediately, countless shadow arrows rained down from above the walls.
But after the first row of holy warriors fell, the second row stepped on their corpses and continued charging… The arrows did not cause them any significant damage.
“Mages, prepare!” Selina shouted.
The Blood Clan mages on the walls simultaneously raised their staffs.
And when the enemies charged to the base of the walls, a massive wave of magic came overwhelming them.
This wave eliminated at least tens of thousands of enemies, but the enemies were just too many — they still managed to close in on the Royal Capital’s walls.
“Hold the walls!” Selina drew her longsword and personally joined the battle.
As the first elder joined the battle, the other elders of the Council of Elders also descended from the sky and charged into the enemy ranks, cutting down wave after wave of enemies.
Of course, the Blood Clan soldiers were also fighting fiercely against the Holy Order warriors.
At this moment, the outskirts of the Royal Capital were filled with the sounds of battle, screams, and the clashing of weapons… However, the Blood Clan’s self-healing ability had almost become ineffective under the suppression of the Holy Grail, and every drop of blood consumed their life force.
“We cannot retreat, do you understand! We have no way back! Behind us is the Blood Clan’s Royal Capital! For the Blood Clan!” Selina used amplifying magic to spread her voice across the entire Royal Capital battlefield.
Inspired by Selina, the Blood Clan soldiers and elders fought even harder… Ordinary soldiers fought against the weaker enemy warriors, while the elders targeted the stronger generals. Of course, they also casually threw magic as if it cost nothing — anyway, non-destructive high-tier magic had targeting properties, so it would never hit their allies.
And at that moment, a young Blood Clan soldier was pierced through the shoulder by a holy warrior’s spear, but he gritted his teeth, grabbed the shaft, and with his other hand, drove a dagger into the enemy’s throat… Then both of them fell at the same time.
Seeing this, Selina immediately rushed over, kicked away the corpse that was on top of the soldier, and reached out her hand, asking, “Can you still stand?”
The soldier struggled to get up. Although his shoulder wound was still gushing blood, he grinned and said, “Yes, Elder…”
Selina cast a healing magic on him, then returned to the battlefield.
After an unknown amount of time, Selina’s longsword was completely destroyed in the prolonged battle, so she picked up a dead soldier’s weapon and continued fighting.
Her body was covered in countless wounds, some of which were fatal for an ordinary person. Every step, every sword swing, every spell casting was torture, but she still fought on.
She was an elder, and also the commander of this battle. If she fell, the army’s morale would surely collapse! So she had to persevere.
[Tenth Tier: Blood Shadow Burning Flame]
Selina released this magic again, annihilating a large group of enemies in front of her.
Over at the City of Shadows, Kiz was fighting three archbishops alone.
Although as the Blood Clan princess Kiz was extremely powerful, those archbishops were not weak either, and their cooperation was flawless.
To be honest, Kiz really never imagined that this organization would have the combat power to oppose an entire race… How did they manage that?
“Blood Clan Princess, your saint is already trapped in the domain. No one can save your Blood Clan,” said one of the archbishops in black robes calmly.
Kiz didn’t waste a single word with him; she directly spun her scythe and slashed at that archbishop, but the attack was blocked by another archbishop’s shield.
The next second, the third archbishop took this opportunity to attack from the side, using a golden light blade to slash her arm. A piercing pain shot through her.
Probably, this light blade was imbued with magic that intensified pain.
Holy Light naturally had a restraining effect on the Blood Clan, and with the suppression of the Holy Grail, every hit from these guys on her body dealt true damage.
And Kiz could only endure the pain and continue fighting.
At the same time, the City of Blood Spirits was also burning with the flames of war.
Vian stood on the wall. Her beautiful and lovely dress had several burn holes, and blood was smeared on her face — it was impossible to tell if it was the enemy’s or her own.
“How many more are there?” she asked, looking at her adjutant.
The adjutant, his face pale, said, “At least… at least twenty thousand more, Your Highness. The forces of our City of Blood Spirits are already less than three thousand…”
Vian looked at the dense enemy forces below the walls, took a deep breath, and said in a solemn voice, “Send the order — bring up all the reserve troops!”
“But Your Highness, those are the last of our forces…”
“Go! Do you want to disobey my orders?” Vian roared sternly.
The adjutant had no choice but to obey.
“Now it’s time for my playtime,” she said softly, then directly jumped off the wall. A large burst of flame exploded around her and turned into a huge fire dragon that charged into the enemy formation.