Chapter 40 The glory comes from you
After stabilizing the rescued people, the paladins divided into two teams of five, and continued to search and rescue in the ruins in batches.
The three of Yahiko watched as the priests brought back more and more people, and each person's face became more and more tired, but their eyes were bright and lively. They had never thought before that this place was full of rats. In this city, there are still so many people alive.
"Captain, come on, look what I brought back?" the female priest said happily.
Other priests also gathered around, "Ah! It's actually a baby. What a lucky little guy."
"This chubby little face, it seems that his parents have protected him very well!" Ollie smiled and teased the little guy's face with his rough fingers.
"Yes! I found him in the rice vat! The little guy didn't cry, but his parents must be gone. We saw two skeletons not far outside the house. We probably lured him away for his safety. Get rid of the rats!" the female priest said sadly.
"Don't worry! The church will take good care of him!" Ollie said seriously.
Suddenly the child, who had not cried for a long time, started to scream loudly. The priests immediately panicked, "What should I do?"
"Maybe he's hungry!" A cleric replied.
"We didn't bring any milk powder!"
Looking at the panicked priests, an aunt stood up and said, "Bring it here quickly, I have milk!"
Ollie quickly handed the baby to the aunt and watched the baby suck milk gurglingly. Everyone laughed for a while.
Xiaonan felt that these clergymen were particularly tolerant towards children, and asked in confusion, "Why are you so kind to children!"
Ollie smiled, "It's not a question of whether they are good or not, they are our future! The faith of the Holy Light also needs to be spread from generation to generation, and children are the best seeds. We must give them a happy future!"
"Captain, this is bad!" The armed man at the signal machine suddenly shouted.
"What's wrong?" Ollie asked hurriedly.
"According to reports from the airship, another large wave of rats is coming! And this wave of rats is mutated and extremely big!"
"Do a good job of defense. Don't go out for search and rescue for the time being. Concentrate your efforts and guard the barrier!"
"Yes!"
Then the priests began to set up a defense line within the barrier.
Ollie looked at the rats that were twice as big as before, "Armed men, don't attack in groups yet, come one by one to save your holy power! The Holy Sound Master should pay attention to controlling the number of rats. Once the rats gather, I will control them. , the priest focuses on treatment and supports us at any time, and the knight follows me to guard the last line of defense of the barrier!"
"Yes!"
Accompanied by fire, slashes, and occasional ninjutsu from Yahiko and the others, a new round of fierce offensive and defensive battles began in this ruined city.
"Airship, airship, we need artillery support, the rats are too dense!"
"Aircraft received! Prepare artillery support!"
"Boom! Boom!"
Following the massive artillery bombardment, the rats seemed to be enraged. Instead of decreasing, more rats emerged from the ground.
"Damn it, where did so many rats come from? There's no end to them!" Ollie said angrily.
"Continue to call for artillery support!"
"It's the captain!"
With the continuous bombardment, "Captain, we have no reserves of holy light bombs!" When the captains heard this report, they suddenly felt a sense of despair in their hearts.
"Contact the main force and ask them how long it will take to arrive!"
"Call Commander Leach. The war in the disaster area is tense. How long will it take for the main force to arrive?"
When Leach heard the request for help from the front line, his cold face frowned, "It will take another three hours at the earliest!"
"Please send troops as soon as possible. The rat swarm is getting more and more serious now. The airships are out of Holy Light bombs. I'm afraid the troops on the ground won't be able to hold on for long!"
"I know, we will come as soon as possible!"
"May the Holy Light bless you!"
"May the Holy Light bless you!"
"Come here, tell the troops that if there is any obstruction in all the cities ahead, there is no need to negotiate. Tell the nobles to open the city gates or die!"
"Yes!"
Ollie looked at his companions who had exhausted all their holy power and said, "Continue to call for potion support!"
"Yes, Captain!"
"All ground troops, listen up. This is the final supply of holy power potion. It will take three hours for the rear troops to arrive. Everyone... everyone must stick to their own defense lines and wait for the arrival of the large troops!" on the airship The announcer said tremblingly.
"It seems that the desperate moment has come. Let's fight for the glory of the Holy Light!"
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
"Captain Oli, why don't we withdraw!" At this time, Nagato came over and said coldly. He didn't care much about the life and death of these civilians. As long as Yahiko and Konan were still there, as for the others, they could only be said to be within their capabilities. He would definitely save her within a short period of time, but it was beyond his ability, so he could only say sorry.
When the people heard what Nagato said, they all panicked and stared at Ollie uneasily.
Ollie looked at Nagato seriously, "Our duty and honor do not allow us to abandon the people and retreat. You are ninjas. If you want to leave, we can't control it, but we will not retreat unless we are dead."
Nagato wanted to say something else, but Yahiko suddenly pulled Nagato, "Okay, Nagato, stop talking! Captain Ollie, don't worry! We will persist until the end!"
"Thank you!" Ollie didn't say anything more and led the team to continue fighting!
"Yahiko, if it doesn't work anymore, we must retreat. You don't want Konan and I to die here!" Nagato said quietly to Yahiko.
Yahiko nodded helplessly. After all, he didn't want his two companions who depended on each other to die here.
As time passed, the attack of the rats finally began to slow down. "Captain, I have no more holy power, and I only have enough holy power potion for each of us!"
"Huh!" Oli let out a deep breath, turned around and looked at the uneasy people, as well as the babies in the women's arms who had eaten enough and had fallen asleep. Looking at the crowd, the half-grown children who were not yet sensible were all confused. He looked at himself and others with admiration.
"Everyone, the time has come to practice our beliefs with our lives. This is really unfortunate news. We may not even be able to write my last words. I can only say goodbye in the arms of the Holy Light!"
"Captain, no need to say more, we all know what to do. May the Holy Light last forever!"
"May the Holy Light be eternal!"
"Come one by one! The youngest one goes last!"
"Why captain!" the youngest cleric said unconvinced.
"You hope to become the seed of our team. If you are still alive, go back and tell our families so that they don't need to be too sad. We have not lost the glory in our hearts. We have shouldered our responsibilities! And I hope you don't feel guilty. Take good care of yourself. Live and bring us the next seeds of the team." Ollie's tone became gentler at the end!
"Captain, I am also a priest, and I don't want to lose the glory of the Holy Light. I also want to shoulder my own responsibilities!" He Xia said stubbornly with tears falling uncontrollably.
"He's going to die, and he's the last one! Now just obey the order! He Xia."
"You brat, do you really want our team to die and be expelled?" The older priests couldn't bear it anymore and punched He Xia on the head.
"Yes, this brat doesn't understand the captain's intentions at all."
Looking at the seniors who were still laughing and scolding him as before, He Xia cried with red eyes and gritted his teeth, "Captain, don't worry! Our team will definitely continue to exist!"
"Long live the Holy Light!" After saying this, Ollie swallowed the holy power potion in his hand and rushed out of the barrier, heading towards the center of the dense rat swarm. Countless rats surrounded Ollie.
"Boom" a huge white light flashed! The surrounding rats were immediately annihilated into molecules!
When the rats gathered again, another priest rushed out, "Long live the Holy Light!"
"Long live the Holy Light!"
At this time, in this city, such explosions were heard one after another, and the priests used the most extreme method to fulfill their promises to the rescued people. "Don't worry, everything is fine!"
"How can such a warrior defeat them?" Xiaonan said in disbelief as he watched the priests self-destructing one after another.
"They are all madmen!" Nagato looked at all this with wide eyes and said with clenched fists, but he still would not change his decision to retreat.
"One day, when we are faced with using our lives to practice our own ninja, will we have such courage!" Yahiko murmured to himself.