However, when they reached about 100 meters from the city wall, it was as if they had collided with something solid.

The wave was intercepted.

The black armored soldiers waiting nearby were instantly dumbfounded.

Where's the path? Huh? Is this it? I thought there would be some clever trick.

I had already buried earth pillars around the city, dreaming of raising an earthn slope.

Huh? Watching the black armored army below, the city commander sneered contemptuously.

Then the next second, countless shadows fell from the sky like a torrential rain.

While the defenders focused their attention on the ground troops, a legion had already arrived above the city using flying magical beasts.

They held specially designed long spears and leaped down from the backs of the flying beasts.

Gulg.

The spears developed by the research institute, specially designed to break energy shields, pierced into the energy shield, creating numerous large holes and causing cracks to spread outward, increase output, restore the city shield.

The city commander was drenched in cold sweat, and the mages desperately pushed themselves, continuously inputting elemental power, but it was still insufficient.

The rate of destruction far exceeded the rate of repair, and before long, the energy shield was completely shattered.

Chapter 171.

Visions of the future.

Mixed naval fleet.

The defenders of the city were given little time.

With the energy shield lost, a dozen legendary magic cannons immediately entered a state of overlimit firing, unleashing dozens of eighth tier elemental strikes towards the city gates.

On the city walls, special defensive inscriptions lit up, and under the control of the mages, a nearly 10-meter thick energy wall rose before the gates.

However, it was useless.

Boom! In an instant, the energy wall was breached and the remaining dozen cannonballs struck directly at the city gates.

Bang! A large hole appeared in the tall gates, and the terrifying aftershock of the cannon fire obliterated the soldiers behind the gates, sending them flying several hundred meters, smashing through dozens of buildings before finally dissipating.

Below the city walls, the black armored warriors, all of mid-tier extraordinary strength, quickly climbed up without the obstruction of the energy shield.

The dozens of meters high city walls posed no barrier to them, and they soon ascended the walls.

At this moment, the airborne troops were engaged in fierce combat with the defenders on the walls, disrupting the situation and buying time for their comrades landing.

As more and more black armored warriors entered the city, a bloodier and more brutal battle unfolded.

However, it was intense yet not overwhelmingly so.

Once the soldiers of the Eternal Knight Empire gathered, the situation tilted overwhelmingly in their favor.

to capture this main city.

The Eternal Knight Empire specifically dispatched a sixth tier Epic Legion, and the other tens of thousands of regular soldiers had also reached the level of sixth tier elite guards.

As for those servant soldiers, their strength was indeed inferior to the Empire's army, but according to the systems classification, they had all reached elite levels.

Under these circumstances, the Alliance warriors could hold out with the city and defensive equipment.

But once it came to direct confrontation, they stood no chance.

At least the current defending forces could not compete.

D.

A black armored warrior said coldly, and with a swing of his long knife, an Alliance warrior fell.

Blood staining the ground.

The Alliance warrior beside him, eyes bloodshot, charged forward madly, trying to drive the Imperial soldiers back.

The long knife struck down, hitting the black armor with sparks flying.

It did not break through the defense.

This the Alliance warrior's eyes showed a trace of astonishment.

Seemingly unable to comprehend how this damned defense worked.

The Imperial warrior glanced over, revealing a cruel smile.

With a sweep of his long knife, a head flew off.

With the elite of the Empire leading the charge, the defensive line of the city was directly breached.

Fight, fight, fight.

The black armored warriors roared, continuously slaughtering the enemies before them.

Under the Imperial soldiers assault, the defending army was pushed back step by step, showing almost no resistance.

In less than a night, the entire city fell completely.

Unlike other border cities where the defending commanders fled, the defenders of Soo City all remained.

This was not due to their bravery or a desire to hold the city at all costs, but rather a very realistic issue.

They wanted to run but could not escape.

Unlike the undead army and monster army, the troops attacking Soo City were regular Imperial forces.

Their strength was greater and their commanders were more formidable, leading to more comprehensive deployments.

Under these circumstances, the defenders had no place to flee.

This time, the Empire achieved remarkable results.

They killed over 50,000 enemies and captured nearly 100,000, suffering losses of less than 20,000 themselves.

A significant portion of the Empire's casualties came from the servant soldiers.

There was no way around it.

Those Imperial elites were indeed too tough.

While the defending warriors could injure them, killing them was very difficult.

Therefore, they could only focus their targets on the servant soldiers.

Even so, from the perspective of the casualty ratio, the empire still held an absolute advantage.

Moreover, this was a siege battle, and achieving such an advantage in a siege could only indicate a significant disparity in strength between the two sides.

Upon occupying Soo City, the Imperial Commander quickly issued the same order.

Aside from not being allowed to leave the city, all other aspects of life would continue as usual.

For these ordinary Alliance citizens, the Empire did not carry out a large-scale purge.

Sushing Yu's benevolence still influenced the Empire today.

Of course, this did not mean that the Eternal Knight Empire would do nothing and let things drift.

It was just that the management personnel had not yet arrived, and they wouldn't manage anything.

So, the status quo was maintained.

Once the management personnel arrived with their staff, changes would undoubtedly be made.

Not to mention that faith must be established, and it could only be in the dark deities.

In fact, this has been the Empire's handling plan for those conquered powers in recent years.

After all, with so many factions and people, it was unrealistic to incorporate them all.

They simply couldn't manage them all and didn't have enough resources to support them.

Thus, for those surrendering factions, the main transformations would focus on two points.

First, changing their faith.

Second, tribute.

Changing faith was to ensure stability as long as the number of believers in the eternal knight church was sufficient.

The empire would not worry about rebellion.

Tribute goes without saying.

The empire also needed money.

So any good resources should be sent up quickly.

For the 100 kingdoms alliance on the northern continent.

If they could successfully conquer it, a similar handling plan would apply.

After all, the scale of the 100 kingdoms alliance was too large enough to drain the eternal knight empire.

fully absorbing.

It would only disrupt the Empire situation.

For such a force, there were not many handling plans.

Either assimilate or let it drift or slaughter them all.

The first two options were unsuitable.

As for slaughter, with the strength of the Eternal Knight Empire, it was indeed possible.

After all, they could unleash a necroantic disaster, and the human wave tactics would have no effect on them.

However, Sushingi was not a bloodthirsty person.

He would not hold back against rebels.

They would be killed when necessary.

But for those citizens who posed no threat, he would not engage in meaningless slaughter.

From a fundamental value perspective, even if these kingdom citizens did nothing but pray at home every day, they still created value.

And it was a higher value than killing them and turning them into skeleton warriors.