Demon Lord

The lieutenant's heart was pierced and he fell to the ground softly without a word. The murderer was the waiter who followed Dean to the door. The swordman's eyes were cold, and after pulling the sword, he kicked the body back into the tent without a word of silence. Then he turned around and stood in front of the tent door. Earl Milnor's soldiers have long since disappeared, and the only one standing is a clergyman wearing the "Viper Cross" robe.

"you…"

Milnor never thought that he would have such an encounter. He couldn't help regretting that he thought it was easy to lead a soldier to fight. Where would I think that the forces of the various roads would be so unfriendly after the army went out ... In Charles II's palace, he had a hundred ways to scold Cardinal Dean and cause him heavy losses, but on the battlefield of real swords, his set was completely useless.

"Viper Cross hopes to recapture what belongs to us, and it won't be troubled by this. Earl Milnor can rest assured." Dean was very relaxed, his long and dry fingers held up the delicate milk tea cup that belonged to Earl Milnor. The cup was brought by the earl, and was made by the craftsmen who made porcelain for the royal family, with fine lines and bright colors. Dean didn't mean to drink tea. He just looked down at the cup and ignored the trembling Count Mirno, and said to himself: "If you are right, this cup should be worth more than sixty silver coins. ? "

Milnor looked iron-faced, and the body of a trusted friend fell aside. His team that was supposed to protect himself had disappeared. Obviously, he was now under house arrest in disguise. Under this situation, where could he still answer the other party's questions?

"Master Earl is a nobleman of the kingdom, so too lazy to think about what this tea cup means to ordinary people. So you also do n’t understand why I would bring people and the Rose Cross to declare war. Some things are too far apart, there is no need to explain, because You won't understand when you say it. "

He lowered the tea cup and raised his eyes. When the cold eyes stared at Mirno, the latter snored because of his strong mental strength.

"So no matter what happens next, I will give you the task of explaining to your Majesty. I think you know what to say and what not to say."

After speaking, he got up and left without giving Count Milnor a chance to speak at all. And when the corpse's body was also pulled away, Mirno sitting in the tent had changed from anger to deep fear ...

He knew that no matter how big the Viper's Cross had done, it was only himself who could carry it.

*

The village outside the temple city experienced a series of fierce battles in the morning, and the temple guards who rushed out basically won the victory with equipment advantages. However, after successfully driving away the "Holy Religion" who looted the food, the exhausted war horses had no strength to return, so various teams invariably chose to rest and rectify in the village, but did not wait for them to have lunch, and successively called the Malay revenge " The "Holy Religion" knights swarmed in, from at least fifty to two hundred cluttered teams. No matter what their strength, the number of temple guards was completely crushed by the number of people.

In this case, the stunned temple guards had no time to escape, and could only brace themselves and fight on the spot. The only thing they could do was send the soldiers back to the temple for help immediately.

The news that five teams were calling for help was passed to the temple in the afternoon, and the bishop in charge of defense was astonished.

He knew that this kind of thing could not be mastered by himself, but he hurried to the churches in the inner city and urgently asked to see the Pope and the Cardinals to resolve the matter.

However, a group of old men of the Cardinals has not experienced such an urgent situation for a long time. When they received the notice of the meeting, they all came to the church to wait for the pope. After the current situation explained, these cardinals looked at each other, but none of them responded ...

"What do you mean? Count Milnor intends to declare war on the 'Rose Cross'?"

"Probably not. This may just be a failure to manage the friction caused by his subordinates ... The knights he temporarily brought in were mostly mercenaries, and if it could not be suppressed, it would not be a surprise to have such a robbery."

"But what happened now? What should we do? The village has been robbed and the temple guards have been besieged. Do you just look at it like this?"

The chaotic discussions echoed in the church, making the Pope upset, but because of the sectarian rules, he couldn't decide on the issues at hand. He could only try his best to guide and summarize, and let the Cardinals come out as soon as possible. A practical resolution comes.

However, the old men discussed and discussed, but suddenly found a problem: Rubens was gone.

In the morning, when Rubens left suddenly, the news that he left the temple had not even spread in the inner city. At this time, the cardinals of Rubens's line were silent. Others only found out that Rubens had "run away." ".

Choosing to retreat in political struggle basically means that there will be no more action in the future. Many old guys finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the subsequent resolutions were quickly unified ...

Now that the "close to Everta" faction has completely disappeared because of Rubens' absence, almost everyone else on the scene believes that "being good with the royal family" is the main purpose of future actions, and their opinions are also very inclined to "take things easy." ": Now send troops to rescue the temple guards to calm things down, and then everyone puts things on the negotiation table to talk.

This is the prevailing idea in the entire Holy See right now. If Rubens is here, he will definitely put forward a stronger opinion. He is a person who has experienced the battlefield in Everta. For this kind of "little contradiction" or "Friction" has a deeper understanding. But helplessly, he was not here at the moment, and the cardinals who lived in the temple for a long time almost forgot the appearance of war.

They have never been able to calm down to the final war, and this truth has been completely ignored by them.

It is not that no one in the Holy See is willing to raise objections, but that the "opinion leaders" have reached a consensus and are no longer open to objection. So the Pope quickly sorted out and published the opinion, and when the bishop received the order to execute it, two hours had passed since he reported the news.

Counting the preparation time for the next mobilization of the armed forces throughout the city, when the rescue forces set off, there was already no "fighting" in the villages.

*

Cardinal Rubens, who has left the temple since the early hours of the morning, has traveled thirty kilometers westward in the afternoon.

If you follow the speed of the carriage, he can actually go further. But obviously Rubens is not in a hurry. The team has to stop for a rest almost every hour. After all, he is old, and this kind of bumps and shaking is really a lot of energy for physical strength.

It stands to reason that you must wear comfortable casual clothes when you are on the road, but Rubens always wears a very formal tunic. This robe not only has bright and gorgeous colors, but also receives extremely powerful sacred blessings. At the same time, he also held the cardinal scepter, which was only used for "ceremonies of grace," and even wore a crown inlaid with magic crystals.

The accompanying followers did not quite understand the cardinal's intentions, and Rubens did not explain much along the way. He just keeps his eyes on the rugged winding road in the distance ...

Convenient to the northeast from here is the edge of the Bogdo diocese. Rubens's hometown is just south of Bogdo, but at this time he is obviously not looking at the location of the small village where he was born. When a dark shadow appeared on the mountain road in the distance, the cardinal finally exhaled and immediately straightened his crown, and said to the followers around him, "Pack up and let the road go."

"Master ... is that the army?"

The driver who was driving was frightened and his legs were a bit weak, because they could also see the shining armor in the sun and batches of tall horses. They have never experienced a war. This is the first time they have seen a real army. On the way to the village without a village and the store behind, it really puts a lot of psychological pressure on people.

"What is it, not what? The army is also human, not Warcraft."

Rubens was obviously in a better mood than before, and the matter was even willing to chat with the coachman. But the latter obviously couldn't get up easily. After panicking away the carriage and salute, the leading scout in the distance had already rushed to the front on the fast horse.

The four scouts had the "Rose Cross" badge on their leather armor. They came to see Rubens's clothes before and after, and immediately turned over and dismounted, rushing to the front to pay respect.

"Benjamin was not late."

He nodded ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ but then turned around and looked back into view, the smoke column near the temple was gradually dissipating into the sky ...

When the decisions of the Cardinals and the Pope were implemented, the remaining six or seven hundred guards in the Temple City were basically deployed.

Because they are in the name of "rescue", they don't split into five teams like they did before. Instead, they move forward in a group and go to the nearby village from near to far. But when they arrive at the nearest village, Later, what I saw were buildings that had fallen to ashes and incomplete corpses on the ground.

Rescue? The battle had been completed two hours ago ... three or four thousand cavalry attacked and surrounded hundreds of Templars who did not even have the ability to escape.

Many people think of this kind of thing, but the Cardinals and the Popes have underestimated the brutality of their enemies and overestimated the control of Count Mirno ... until now, they still think that they are facing "Earl Milnor's disobedient men" just need to clarify the misunderstanding, and find some reasons and supplies have been passed.

However, the "Viper Cross" had no intention of giving them a chance to respond.