The other knights saw this and assumed the He Family's knights were trying to hog the credit, so they stopped everyone else from going in.
Someone even shouted over the public channel, "Brothers, charge! The He Family wants to keep it all for themselves!"
With everyone riled up, few could remain calm.
Knights were human too, with all the usual emotions and desires.
So, one knight after another rushed inside.
But once they entered the fortress, they did find the passageway.
However, every intersection in the passage was covered by armor plating. There was nothing there.
No, that was not quite right. There was also a glowing cannon muzzle.
Blinding light poured from the passageway, accompanied by the roar of the knights.
The ambushed knights were not entirely unprepared. It even stirred their ferocity, and one after another, they charged at the armor blocking the intersections.
This kind of temporary internal armor could not possibly be as thick as the outer walls, so there was still a chance.
Energy weapons needed cooldown time as well. How could they be used without limit?
A brutal close-quarters battle immediately broke out.
The occasional knight who broke through the line would find heavily armored troops moving forward to block them.
For ordinary people, this was the only clumsy way to stop Transcendent Knights.
In truth, those heavy weapons were meant to deal with all kinds of individual armaments, not Transcendent Knights.
Not far away, the reserve Sacrificial Civilization knights were itching to move. Although the Blue Star Federation Military Government had subtly treated them differently, they would not stand by and watch at a time like this.
"Captain, those crude imitation armors can't hold them back. Should we go in?"
The Sacrificial Civilization knight was referring to Mechanical Power armor. Before true Transcendent