1077 Punisher Part 1 (2/2)

After hearing this, both of them were elated. While their mission was clearly to serve as cannon fodder, it was still better than being taken away by the Tribunal to be used for experiments.

”Of course, we can't just let you off the hook.” As the fourth head inquisitor waved his hand, a black-robed holy master came around the table and stood before the two men. He then took out a whip and whipped them hard with it!

Both of them held themselves still, not daring to try to evade it. The whip had a massive amount of holy prose on it, so every single lash left very apparent marks on their faces.

It was actually a very light sentence, more like a shame whipping. The wounds created by the whipping were not severe, but the holy prose left deep marks not only on their bodies, but in their souls as well. This was because holy prose would continue to torture them until they finished their given tasks.

After dismissing the two runaways, the head inquisitors looked into possible solutions for their problems. Their wardens were indeed elites, and they had brought the hidden power of the Tribunal with them this time, which was the Blood Army!

The Tribunal had not fought in any wars for hundreds of years, and they had the highest number of divine smiths with them. The Blood Army was also a force that was rarely seen in the Holy See.

The soldiers were born in the Tribunal and were raised by dark holy masters, who brainwashed them into being the most loyal warriors that ever served the Tribunal. The gruesomeness of their training was done with the sole objective of preparing them for truly brutal battles.

However, it was still difficult for a 120,000-strong army to take Daliang City. Worse still, the necessary large scale equipment would only arrive in a week.

This was why the fourth head inquisitor had tasked Morpheus with gathering the scattered units within the week. It was done in preparation for the arrival of the large scale equipment.

The Tribunal had mobilized millions in order to take Daliang City and loot the rumored ruins. They had even gotten the Cloudflow people to mobilize armies in the hundreds of thousands to help them.

Their operation had resulted in a great number of casualties, which made the three feel lucky that their armies had not arrived sooner. Otherwise, they would have suffered the same fate.

After all, none of them were idiots. They knew that a magical catastrophe that had damaged over a hundred miles surrounding the city was not something that a lone mage could face.

In fact, it would ever be difficult if all of the mages in Alchemy City were to face it. But, since the place was being guarded so heavily, it certainly seemed that the rumors about some ancient ruins sitting beneath the city were true!

The fourth head inquisitor then said to the other two inquisitors beside him, ”Fifth, sixth, should we call for backup from the great head inquisitor?”

He had used a casual tone when asking the question. Those two, who had been his partners for many years, understood exactly what he meant.

One of them replied, ”If we call for backup right away, it would make us look incompetent. We have no enemies within Kroraina anyway, so we'll just call all of the forces around the city here.”

The sixth then added, ”Furthermore, we still have the punishers. The great head inquisitor did give us the permission to mobilize them when we left...”

”Punishers? But… They are meant to use when we take Holy Rock City!” the fourth quipped in a half-joking manner.

The fifth then added, ”The punishers are just being sent to their deaths if they attack Holy Rock City! After all, the only ones capable of threatening Holy Rock City are the terminators. Daliang City is considered a second class city, after all, so it won't be seen as leaking secrets if we use the punishers here.”

He paused to take a breath, then added, ”We've messed up Northern Qin enough, but it would still take us three to five years before we can attack Holy Rock City. By then, who would can guarantee that our weapons will still be under wraps?”

”It's good that you two are not against it, and I sure hope that the great head inquisitor will understand what we're doing and why we're doing it. After all, we just don't have enough troops...” The fourth head inquisitor sighed.

Then, paying no heed to the fact that the holy masters were standing right behind them, he started issuing orders immediately.

The area that was once the Titan Duchy territory was now the main camp of the Tribunal. News from the frontlines was delivered through the divine rune charm array.

When the inquisitors in charge of the camp read the orders from the head inquisitors, they felt rather surprised. Nonetheless, they did as they were told and mobilized the punishers.

The punishers served as the main weapons of the war. Every army with 20,000 men had 1,000 among them who were in charge of transporting the punishers.

The punishers were a type of large scale equipment that was developed by the Tribunal. They looked like thorn dragons on the outside, but were much larger, measuring around 18 meters in length.

The punishers' scales were made of metals that had been forged by divine smiths, and they had spikes that were over a meter long each all over them. The punishers all had human faces, and huge divine crystals were embedded where human eyes would have normally been.

The two armies had a total of 40 punishers with them, all of which were mobilized and transported to Daliang City immediately. As the punishers' huge bodies ran forth, a huge rumble was heard with every step they took. Pained wails and shrieks were also heard coming from within the punishers' bodies.

It was terrifying to see such massive machines of war moving in such a nimble manner. This alone made them even more terrifying than true thorn dragons!

The punisher armies consisted of only cavalry units, which were running at great speeds, following right behind the punishers. If one looked at the scene from above, one could see 40 dusty trails that were streaking for several miles from the east to the west.

The head inquisitors' orders were to have all 40 punishers reach Daliang City within a week. This was no easy task!