[Chapter 253 Religious Beliefs in Winter City]

Nitrogen Zeus is a Decepticon who loves to show off. David gave him a chance to show off.

Perhaps this will allow the Decepticons to better integrate into Winter City, because this performance is a display of strength of the Winter Army. The appearance of Nitrogen Zeus will give the Decepticons a signal: We have become a member of the Winter Army.

Nitrogen Zeus did not disappoint David. He performed various maneuvers in the air. Although Sutton-Stewart and Princess Sofia did not know what these maneuvers meant, they knew that the metal bird flying quickly in the sky was very flexible. It was almost

impossible for the soldiers standing on the ground to attack these metal birds!

Nitrogen Zeus’s subsequent ground attack performance also made Sutton understand why the people on the northern plains were so afraid of the “flying dragons” owned by Winter City.

When ordinary soldiers faced these “flying dragons”, they had no power to fight back and could only passively take the beating. The destructive power of these flying dragons was also very amazing. In this round of attack, a fully staffed elite infantry battalion was directly wiped out.

Even if someone survived, they probably lost their fighting power.

Sutton-Stewart, who had been indifferent to many things, showed a serious expression for the first time. He began to think seriously: If Earl David Glamorgan of Winter City is not satisfied with the status quo and wants to become an independent kingdom, then will the Kingdom of Tiran be able to stop him?

“It seems that the new equipment cannot be limited to a small number of knights of the Tiran Knights. All members must change their equipment…”

Sutton, who was thinking about important things, paid a little attention to David beside him. He never thought that the young man who was not taken too seriously by him at the beginning actually possessed such a powerful force.

David, who was being looked at by Sutton, noticed the attention from the side, turned his head and smiled and nodded to Earl Sutton-Stewart, and then continued to introduce the current situation of the Winter Legion to Princess Sofia.

“Although the Winter Knights were established not long ago, there are only fifty soldiers at present. But these soldiers have received very strict training. In addition to having good combat capabilities and being proficient in using cold and hot weapons, they can also skillfully drive various ground vehicles…”

Earl Sutton-Stewart remembered all this information in his mind. When he visited just now, he already knew what ground vehicles were – those vehicles.

At the same time, he also knew what thermal weapons were. Nitrogen Zeus just demonstrated the power of thermal weapons very well.

At this time, David also introduced the standard equipment of the Knights of the Winter Knights to the two: Blizzard Power Armor!

Of course, it is useless to talk about system parameters, and David did not memorize those data. He just introduced this heavy armor in the simplest and plain language: Winter Knights wearing Blizzard Power Armor will gain stronger defense, stronger strength, and faster speed.

At the same time, they also have the ability to airdrop from high altitudes!

With David’s introduction, a Quinjet appeared in everyone’s sight, and then the Quinjet hovering in the air opened the hatch, and then two Winter Knights jumped out of it.

“Ah~”

Princess Sofia was surprised to see two knights suddenly jump down from such a high place, but then she noticed that the figures of the two heavily armored knights paused slightly in the air, and the momentum of falling was obviously slowed down, and finally landed steadily on the ground.

Although there was a dull sound and a cloud of dust, the two heavily armored knights immediately ran towards the “target” quickly, and jumped high, jumping out of a distance of dozens of meters…

“Wow~” Princess Sofia looked at this scene, as if she remembered something, but after rolling her eyes, she swallowed back the words that were about to blurt out.

Sutton-Stewart secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Princess Sofia’s performance, and then his expression became more serious. He felt that just changing the new equipment might not be enough, and the Tilan Royal Alchemy Workshop had to continue working hard to upgrade the new equipment again!

After visiting the Winter Barracks, today’s visit was basically over. Earl Stewart and Princess Sofia, who had been running around for a day, went back to rest, and of course they could do something else to pass the time.

The members of the delegation who came with the two of them also had free time to stroll around Winter City, a city they were still unfamiliar with.

In fact, many people wanted to take a good look at this city. Whether it was the knights of the Tilan Knights or the members of the Guards Knights, they were all curious about this magical city.

With the increase in population, the shops in Winter City have begun to operate normally. Most of those who came to Winter City later would work in a shop to make money.

After all, these people no longer have the “free” benefits that those people enjoyed at the beginning, and they now have to pay rent for their residences.

Even if they don’t consider the problem of living, they still need to make money to eat!

The arrival of this group of people has completely activated the economy of Winter City. Now the interior of Winter City finally has the appearance of a normal city.

Because of this, after the members of the delegation got free time, they also had more places to wander around, and they could also buy some rare things that could not be seen in the capital of Winter City and take them back as souvenirs or gifts…

Sutton-Stewart did not run around. He went back to the hotel to rest. He probably wanted to sort out the various intelligence information he saw today and think about how to report what he saw and heard here.

Sophia did not propose to visit again. She was thinking about her future!

She had already identified David as her marriage partner, and this would not change; but engagement and marriage are different, and she did not seem to need to rush to complete the wedding with David.

Perhaps, she could live in Winter City for a while and get to know David well for a while, so that she could get to know him closely and figure out the “interpersonal relationships” around David.

She could also make sure whether she could accept those situations. If she really couldn’t accept them, she still had some room for maneuver, which was much better than being determined directly.

Moreover, Sophia was keenly aware that if she forced David to marry her immediately, things might not develop in the direction she expected.

Her guess was right. David would definitely not be able to accept marrying Sophia immediately!

But David didn’t care if he just stayed.

If Sophia couldn’t accept his private life, she could leave at any time; if she could accept it, then David wouldn’t mind having another princess around him.

As for whether staying here would leak more information about Winter City? He really didn’t care about that.

Although hiding quietly at the border had many disadvantages, it also had many advantages.

For example, he could develop in a relatively undisturbed environment. At this time, he had already stabilized all kinds of basic bases, and the subsequent development was a matter of course. Even if the Kingdom of Tilan didn’t like him, it couldn’t stop the continued development of his territory.

David always believed that as long as he was strong enough, he could still win even if he played openly!

If he couldn’t win, it only proved that his strength was not strong enough!

“Are the guards of those envoys wandering around the city?”

“Yes.” Van Cleef was so busy these two days that he couldn’t see anyone. He was mainly doing various preparations, targeting these members of the envoys: “Most people were just wandering around, and only a very small number were collecting intelligence.”

In Edwin Van Cleef’s eyes, the few people who collected intelligence were also very conspicuous. They were probably ordinary knights or soldiers. They didn’t hide or cover up their actions at all. They just observed the various situations in Winter City very straightforwardly.

Van Cleef estimated that these knights were from the Tilan Knights and the Guards Knights. It was their professional habit to collect intelligence information from all over the place.

He had only found three professional intelligence personnel, one of whom was from the Tilan Knights and two from the Guards Knights.

These people behaved more professionally. In seemingly ordinary activities, they quietly visited the important areas of the entire Winter City.

For example, the industrial area, the military camp, the docks, etc., and even visited the Cathedral of Holy Light, and almost all asked similar questions: Is there any relationship between the Cathedral of Holy Light and the Temple?

In addition, they also went to the chapel of the Temple. The small chapel built by the missionary Rains in the north of the residential area was not very eye-catching. They learned this information from the trainee priests in the Cathedral of Holy Light, and then visited the chapel one after another.

From the reactions of these people, it can be seen that the various actions of the Temple have long attracted the attention of the Tilan high-level officials, especially the intelligence department. It can be seen that the Tilan high-level officials are very wary of the Temple.

“Speaking of which, how is the work of the Raines missionary here going?”

Speaking of this, even Van Cleef, who had always maintained a cold and serious expression, couldn’t help laughing: “The Raines missionary has successfully developed four believers in Winter City after a period of hard work.”

“Only four?”

“And these four believers, including Wilcox, are all our people.”

“…”

David didn’t expect that the Raines missionary from the Temple would have such a difficult time in Winter City; at the same time, he was also happy, it seemed that it was not so easy for the Temple to take root in Winter City.

“What about the Cathedral of Light?” He thought of the Cathedral of Light built by Liadrin, where many trainee priests had been recruited, but he didn’t know how long it would take for it to bear fruit?

“Archbishop Liadrin has recruited ten apprentice priests. These priests have ensured the normal operation of the church, but they have not yet truly realized the Holy Light.”

As for believers, even the new residents of Winter City have begun to get used to going to the Cathedral of Holy Light under the influence of the old residents. Holy Light has become the most important religion and belief in Winter City.

(End of this chapter)