V.50 Fate VI
Arc watched as the twenty thousand droids formed a massive cannon, now he was looking forward to seeing one hundred thousand droids forming a cannon, he can only imagine the size of the cannon it would be able to form.
And when the twenty thousand droids canon began to charge, he was a bit afraid of the damage it can cause. But it was just a passing thought.
However, to his enemies that were on the receiving end of the canon, It was a totally different experience.
Many of them put on a brave face but inside they were terrified. Especially those low-ranking priests and bishops. Many of them are on the point of breakdown.
Despite their training, they never experience something like this before.
Only those in the rank of cardinals are somewhat still calm inside. Their mentality is much stronger. Afraid, yes they are. But not to the point of panic.
As Lucia ordered Babel to enter a full defensive mode without any reservations, the tower of Babel exudes an almost ethereal radiance that has never been seen in millennia.
Arc noticed the changes in the tower. "Haha, bring it on!!" he shouted inside his warbot. Even though in his mind it was already game over, the moment he saw the tower trying to escape he knew his enemies were on their last leg.
And the changes in the tower are nothing but a vain attempt to survive the twenty thousand droids canon blast.
ZIIIZZT… [sounds of the cannon firing]
There were no loud sounds typical to canon, instead, it sounded like a ship exiting a warp and breaking the space.
But to his surprise, the tower shield was able to hold back the Chaos Blast, for a few seconds before cracking and breaking completely. And when the Chaos Blast hit the tower, a loud rumbling sound can be heard. The tower itself was protected by powerful symbols and runes. And was trying to fight back the attack.
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Inside the tower panic and chaos started to spread if not for the cardinals maintaining order, there would be total chaos, the tower is shaking violently and pieces of it are breaking apart. Ceiling collapsing and walls breaking are happening all over the tower. And because of the size of the tower, the pieces of ceiling falling are the size of a bus, and people can be seen running and escaping all over the place trying to evade the falling debris after all it wasn't just member of HOC are living inside the tower, slaves and workers are also living inside the tower serving the HOC members and their family.
It took a couple of seconds for the attack to finish, and when it was over a huge part of the tower was missing. It's like a giant monster took a bite at the tower tearing it apart.
Lucia and the rest of the Cardinals heave a sigh of relief when the rumbling stops. And them surviving the ordeal.
"Babel Damage report!!" shouted Lucia.
Tower integrity 65%...
Babel started reporting damage reports. Giving Lucia A headache.
Just one blast and Babel took significant damage, she knew another attack, and they are done.
She looked at the monitors and saw the droids entering some sort of standby mode, which is understandable after expending so much energy.
"Babel, bring down the draw bridge" Lucia ordered.
When the Cardinal heard it they were stunned.
"Lucia what are you doing?" questioned one of the Cardinals
"That's right!! Are you out of your mind?" bellowed another.
Lucia looks at them like they are some kind of brain-dead idiots.
"What? Why are you looking at us like that?"
"Do you know what would happen if we don't let them in? Do you really think we, no Babel would survive if they fired once more?"
They wanted to retort, but when they thought about it Lucia was right but being called in front of all the Cardinal still leaves a bad taste in their mouth. Now they felt like idiots.
Arc noticed that the drawbridge is going down.
"Looks like they are inviting us in, they should have done that in the first place," Arc said with a smug look on his face. And clearly, they made the right decision, because he was getting ready to summon another thousand droids for another attack.
"Eve, Specter, it's your turn," said Arc.
Originally it was Eve's job to took over the droid's control as they storm the sanctuary, but he suggested that giving Specter a chance to participate in the attack, to give him more experience. In truth, it was really unnecessary for Eve can simply share her experience with Specter, but none of them contradict him, since there's no harm in it. And so he decided to divide the droids between Eve and Specter.
In truth the droids comes with its own AI, and it's more than enough to deal with any situations, But Arc is so used to asking Eve and Specter to control any Droids or Drones.
And as soon as the drawbridge was completely down opening the way inside the tower. The droids immediately started marching towards it.
Lucia heaved a sigh of relief when she saw the droids marching, she was afraid that the droids would ignore the drawbridge and simply fire again. That would be a death sentence for them.
Lucia looks at the Pope, "your Grace." the pope nodded he knows Lucia's job is done. Her job is to protect the tower, but she can't order other cardinals, that's The Pope's job. Only a Pope has the power to command the cardinals.
As Lucia kneels down other cardinals follow suits.
The Pope looks at the kneeling cardinals, I order you all to protect the tower with your life. May the Divine be with you.
"For the DIVINE!!" everyone shouted…
Outside Arc and his group are watching the droids marching into the sanctuary, he also checks at Gideon's and his team. Who were still rampaging in the Cathedral making as much chaos as possible.
"Boss, the connection to the drones are back"
Eve's voice rang in his head.
"Oh, great!! Let's see," suddenly the image on his screen changed, he then saw people running around inside the sanctuary.
One look, and he knew he fucked up, this scenario never crossed his mind, but when he thinks about it, it makes sense, but because of the report that only HOC are allowed inside the sanctuary, it blinded him to the fact that those HOC members will surely have servants serving them, servants that are not HOC members.
His smiles receded. He can only imagine how many people have died because of the attack. To be honest he didn't really blame Gideon and his group for the intel. As they are indeed correct. That no none HOC members are allowed inside the sanctuary, but those only apply to the guests. And another thing the servants once they entered the sanctuary they will never be allowed to leave the sanctuary for the duration of their lives.
But just like what He said not knowing about it does not make him innocent. Arc's group can feel the changes in Arc's mood, and they know the reason for it, after all, they are watching the same video.
Nobody said anything, it was at this time they missed the appearance of Tiffa, only she can calm Arc down in this kind of situation.
"Sigh, what a blunder, Eve divert half your droids to rescue missions, Specter continues with the assault, just be careful to cause unnecessary collateral damage, to the servants and slaves. I don't care about the members of HOC." Arc's mind has been tempered enough unlike before, now he can calmly tackle the problems without being affected too much.
He didn't know if this was a good thing or not. In a way, he knew this kind of thing would happen eventually no matter how careful he was; he just didn't expect it to happen this soon. His more than two weeks of planning feels like a wasted time when this kind of thing happens.
"Let's go and Finnish this!!"
"Yes, Boss!!", none of them are in a joking mood anymore, not even Jem who was the most playful of them all, is now very serious. Even Lilly was sitting quietly on Jem's shoulder quietly.