From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Shortly after.

The western outskirts of Jerusalem, about a hundred kilometers away from the Gate of Hell;

There are endless buildings and streets here, together with the bloody walls covered with bone spurs and flesh, forming a line of defense that blocks the western side from advancing towards the core area of ​​Jerusalem.

A large number of creatures corrupted by the breath of hell, as well as completely fallen humans, knights, and even nuns who have defected from the church, live behind the bloody walls of this line of defense.

The city, which stretches as far as the eye can see, is littered with rotten, rancid flesh and bones. There are even numerous cages to imprison the knights and nuns who still maintain their inner bottom line and refuse to surrender to hell.

The heretics, whose hearts and appearances were severely distorted, were wantonly inflicting inhumane torture on these knights and nuns.

For example, after eating flesh and blood, transforming with medicine, and before engraving cursed scriptures on their bones, the fallen knights who chose to defect, relying on the tyrannical power of receiving the "blessing" of hell, directly entered the cage -

Either they would peel off the flesh of the knights and nuns alive, or they would use the blasphemous viruses and corruption potions of Hell to keep the knights and nuns conscious, take out their organs and tissues, and then force them to swallow them.

Some fallen knights who hated the power of God and heaven would use sharp blades to scrape the bones and scriptures of the knights of the Order after "skinning them with their bare hands".

And they will witness with their own eyes that when the oath text is physically erased, God and the forces of heaven will bring down "divine punishment" on those knights who still maintain their bottom line and remain loyal, that is -

Amplify the pain until it is burned to ashes and dregs.

After witnessing those knights being burned to death, the Fallen Knight would laugh loudly and say to the knights who were also watching:

"Look! Look! This is the God you serve and fear!

He clearly did not rebel, but he was still punished by God and burned to death!

Why should we believe in and be loyal to such garbage that can't distinguish right from wrong and even enslave humans? ? Come to us! Hahahaha, as long as you follow us to hell and come back alive, you can get true freedom!"

The "freedom" in the mouth of the Fallen Knight is actually just changing camp and continuing to serve and be loyal to the Lord of Hell and the Demon of Hell.

Moreover, the Fallen Knights abused their former fellow humans not only to satisfy their already twisted psychological desires, but also to complete "performance".

They can move freely in the physical universe, but the lords and demons of hell are subject to various restrictions. Therefore, the fallen knights must not only perform extreme rituals to sacrifice to the lords and demons, but also seduce knights and nuns to betray God and heaven.

In this way, they can continue to gain more powerful strength.

Otherwise, if they really "give up", and enjoy their freedom without any worries, they may die from the "divine punishment" in hell one day.

No matter which side one chooses, the result is that one is destined to become a "slave", allowing heaven and hell to gain enough "power of faith".

Skinning, deboning and eating one's own organs raw are the most basic forms of torture.

Some fallen knights and fallen nuns who serve the second layer of hell, lust, or the third layer, gluttony, will use their most "specialized tricks" to torture the loyal ones.

For example, cutting off the loyalists' sexual parts, and then using blasphemous potions to stimulate the loyalists' sexual desires.

But because their genitals had been removed, the loyalists were in excruciating pain.

As for the fallen heretics who served the "great devil" Beelzebub, each of them was transformed into bloated and blasphemous creatures.

Rotting flesh, smelly pustules, swamp green skin color, and other features make Beelzebub's servants look like Nurgle followers in Warhammer 40k.

In the absence of large-scale wars, life here is a living hell for ordinary people, but for traitors and heretics, it is commonplace.

At every moment, there were horrifying and shrill howls and unbridled and evil laughter.

However, the current Western Front

Boom! Boom!

Da da da! !

There was a burst of dense gunfire.

The elite troops of the Holy Roman Empire were seen relying on long-abandoned trenches or gun craters created by heavy artillery bombardment as shelters, slowly advancing towards the flesh-and-blood walls of the western defense line.

The soldiers of the Roman Empire were all fully armed and wore octopus-face-like filtering masks to resist the toxic fog and corrupt atmosphere that permeated the area.

Similar to the tanks and armored vehicles at the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II in the main universe, as well as heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 400mm and even up to 1000mm, followed the army forward to launch an offensive.

Thousands of knights and tens of thousands of nuns charged under the cover of elite soldiers, specifically fighting against the huge and disgusting demonic creatures and fallen knights and nuns.

On the other hand, the army of hell also broke through the wall of flesh and blood and started a fierce battle with the elite troops of the Roman Empire.

The fight between the two sides was evenly matched.

The Hell side did not seem to expect that they were the first to organize countless "cannon fodder" to launch a raid on the towns located on the border, and humans were also thinking of launching a raid deep into the hinterland?

The elite troops of the Roman Empire seemed to be determined to fight to the death and not give up, but in fact they were leaving some room for maneuver, as if they were just pretending to attack.

The Roman Empire, as well as the Hungarian Empire, Orthodox Russia and African tribes that also launched attacks in the north and south, also "unintentionally" launched offensives that seemed fierce but were actually feints.

Because they need to provide cover for the paladin who sneaks into Jerusalem alone and prepares to break into the gate of hell and attack hell.

Only the Paladin can withstand the high temperature of the Hell's Gate and avoid the corruption and destruction of his will by the breath of hell.

If ordinary people approach the gate of hell, their consciousness will be instantly destroyed, and they will become madmen who have lost their minds, and then instantly become "loyal" servants of hell.

Heretics living around the world frequently organize so-called "Dark Pilgrimages," which involve attempting to approach the Gate of Hell, located in the heart of Jerusalem, in mortal form.

And those few heretics who can withstand the test of hell will become official believers of the "Dark Church" or elite soldiers of the lords of hell and the devil.

However, the price these heretics have to pay is also eternal curse.

From the moment they were branded by the Lords of Hell and the Great Demons, they were already slaves of Hell. How could there be any freedom to speak of?

So whether it is heaven or hell, from a certain perspective, they are all the same.

It didn't take long.

The Roman Empire's army, which numbered in the hundreds of thousands, gradually began to become overwhelmed in the face of endless heretics and traitors, as well as the hellish creatures living near Jerusalem.

The Roman Empire’s logistical supplies were simply unable to support a real “expedition”.

The consumption of ammunition and medicines, the maintenance of weapons and armor, as well as daily necessities, etc., with the national strength of the Roman Empire, it can only support the current army for four months at most, and then it will declare "bankruptcy".

But in hell, there is no such worry at all.

Traitors and heretics can no longer be judged by common sense, and they may not need to consume calories to maintain their physiological state.

What's more, the elite army organized by the Roman Empire was fighting in the territory of Hell, where it had the home advantage.

So after this elite army fought for a while, the commander-in-chief and generals of various units began to think about how to retreat.

Either return along the same route, or take the risk of continuing to advance northward, join forces with the armies of the Kingdom of Hungary and the Knights, and then return to the territory of the Roman Empire.

Anyway, according to the time calculation, the Paladins responsible for stealth and advance should have arrived near the Gate of Hell, so their feint attack mission has also been completed.

What needs to be considered at this moment is how to lead this living force to retreat while maintaining its intact size as much as possible.

However, before the commander-in-chief and the generals could plan a retreat route, a large number of fallen knights, fallen nuns, and seemingly endless zombies and heretic soldiers emerged from the flanks and rear of the army.

The situation immediately reversed.

The originally evenly matched battle turned into a one-sided scene.

The army was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and the front and rear could not take care of each other. The troops responsible for covering the flanks were unable to compete with the fallen knights and fallen nuns.

There was even a group of fallen knights with huge bodies, bone spurs on their armor, and helmets stuck to their scalps. They forcibly broke through the right wing of the Roman Empire's army and were about to attack the army's command center.

The elite guards responsible for protecting the commander-in-chief and a group of generals, as well as a few knights and nuns, had to fight desperately to avoid the complete defeat of the army.

The front-line troops facing the wall of flesh and blood have been "cut" and "split" into small groups, and are almost fighting each other back to back.

It won't be long before those elite soldiers, knights and nuns who are still holding on will be swallowed up by the endless heretical demons.

Dadada——click——!

At this time, a soldier had emptied his ammunition.

He pulled out the bayonet hanging at his waist, and his expression beneath the filter mask revealed extreme fear, but his eyes were unusually firm.

It seems that even if it means death, this soldier is unwilling to give up his faith in God.

But more than that, I hate hell to the core.

After all, the humans living in the Trench Crusaders universe have their already difficult lives made even worse by the invasion of the forces of hell.

Click, click——!

The comrades used up their ammunition one after another.

Divided and isolated, there were only a few dozen of them.

Before their eyes were fallen knights whose number was more than ten times theirs, as well as heretic soldiers with twisted and distorted appearances.

Seeing that this soldier and his comrades had run out of ammunition and were taking up close weapons to fight to the death, this actually aroused the "mocking" hearts of the traitors and heretics.

They also drew out their respective close-range weapons, namely bone knives, bone swords, and even whips that emitted a strange luster and were also twisted and deformed, and slowly approached the soldiers and others who were surrounded by them.

"Kill!"

"Even if I die, I'll take a few people with me!!"

The soldier who first used up his ammunition and several of his closest comrades took the initiative to launch a fearless charge towards a fallen knight who was 2.6 meters tall.

"kill!!"

"For humanity! For glory!"

Seeing this, the remaining teammates also rushed forward and launched the last charge of their lives.

"Ah."

But the fallen knight was quite disdainful.

In its eyes, the soldier and his comrades were all moving in slow motion.

The Fallen Knight lifted the whip with ease, then swung it forward with controlled force.

Thud—bang~—bang—! !

The whip was so powerful that it directly whipped the soldier and half of his comrades away.

The other half of the comrades died instantly because the whips hit their heads and chests. Their bodies fell backwards limply and turned into lifeless corpses.

As for the soldier

"Huff. Cough. Cough!!"

Due to the impact, his mask fell off and he was lying on the ground spitting blood. He was also corroded by the poisonous fog and fell into a half-dead state.

He tried to struggle to get up and continue his "death charge" towards the fallen knight.

But his consciousness gradually became blurred, and it was extremely difficult for him to even move his fingers. He could only watch the Fallen Knight slowly approaching.

“Ouch!”

What was most difficult for the soldier to accept was that his comrades who had died suddenly began to stand up unsteadily.

However, those comrades who stood up again became like walking corpses, and driven by instinct, they surrounded him and his seriously injured comrades.

See this scene.

The Fallen Knight stopped and looked around at the soldiers and comrades present with his scarlet eyes. He then said in a nasal voice:

“Your courage is commendable, but you should not overestimate your own capabilities.

Now you can either be eaten up by your former comrades and partners, or abandon your faith in that damned God and join us."

After saying that, the Fallen Knight and the traitors and heretics around him began to wait in silence.

Of course, while waiting for the soldiers and comrades to make a decision, they also hope to enjoy a "wonderful performance" up close.

What could be more interesting than the despair and pain of being bitten and eaten to death by comrades you once trusted but who have turned into zombies?

Anyway, it doesn’t matter to the Fallen Knights whether the soldiers and seriously injured comrades surrender or not.

"Fuck you"

The soldier Fallen Knight cursed angrily and tried his best to sit up, then stretched out his left hand which was still unbroken, tried to pull out the dagger next to his military boots, ready to give himself a quick death.

“Uh-huh!”

But his comrade, who had become a walking corpse, had already arrived in front of him and pounced on him with his mouth open.

! !

thump!

The soldier, covered in wounds, could not withstand the attack of a zombie and was knocked to the ground.

Moreover, his neck was bitten and eaten by his zombie-like comrades, and a piece of flesh was torn off.

The severe pain allowed the soldier to regain consciousness for a short time, but he also realized that he was about to be "swallowed" by his former comrade-in-arms.

However, when his consciousness was about to die, he seemed to see an extremely dazzling golden beam of light?