Chapter 488: Thief Zel
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This time, to resist the church invasion, Gerves prepared to suppress it with cannons and muskets.
Blacksmith Bernard is already on his way to the City of Glory. As soon as he arrives, he will bring the original blacksmiths of the City of Glory to start forging a large number of cannons and muskets.
As for the saltpeter, Gervis also asked them to bring Wall-E over, and then exchange it for a blue kiwi fruit for it to eat. Then Wall-E will be able to become an elf, the space will expand tenfold, and the saltpeter will be able to increase again.
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While Gervis was busy dealing with the church, Pope Longfellow was also holding a meeting to arrange the attack on the City of Glory.
Although Longfellow is still injured today, he can move freely. After a while, when his injuries are completely healed, it will be time for them to launch a general attack on the Principality of Zee.
"Bishop Ferdinand, please tell me about the movements of the two principalities in the past few days!"
Longfellow himself was very clear about the movements of the Principality of Jean, but other members of the church were unaware of it, so he asked Ferdinand, the bishop who was in charge of intelligence work, to explain it to everyone first.
"Yes, sir!"
Ferdinand certainly had no objection. He responded respectfully to the Pope and then spoke to the crowd.
"According to the latest news, King Lawrence of the Principality of Jean died of his injuries the day after returning to the City of Glory. The current King of the Principality of Jean is the White Flag Knight named Gervis."
"Moreover, King Hayden of the Principality of Alban expressed his loyalty to the new king and became a vassal earl of the Principality of Jean!"
"Currently, the Principality of Zeon has more than 20,000 soldiers in the City of Glory, most of whom are elite soldiers."
"They are also strengthening the defenses of the City of Glory. In addition, they are stepping up the forging of two types of weapons, called small steel cannons and muskets."
"Although these two weapons do not do much damage to titled knights, they can cause considerable damage to ordinary soldiers! The soldiers we captured have all witnessed their power."
"These are the news that the spies have received from the City of Glory!"
After saying this, Ferdinand nodded to Pope Longfellow and then sat down again.
After hearing Ferdinand's words, the people below did not whisper to each other.
Because the church is not a duchy with an aristocratic system, the hierarchy here is more strict. At this moment, the Pope is present, and no one dares to speak much unless they are allowed to discuss.
Even if they were allowed to discuss the matter, the final decision would rest solely with Pope Longfellow.
"Everyone knows the situation of the Principality of Zeon now! Those pagans are not willing to be covered by God's grace, so we need to completely wipe them out from this island and make this island a place of development for us to welcome the arrival of the new God."
"Although the Principality of Jean has a White Flag Knight as its king, I have already come up with a countermeasure, so you don't have to worry."
White Flag Knight!
Even in the Holy Continent, it is an existence that cannot be underestimated.
Now, a white flag knight appeared on this isolated island and seriously injured himself. Longfellow knew that this would bring considerable pressure to his subordinates.
Therefore, he gave a direct guarantee at this meeting so that his subordinates could do their work with peace of mind.
As for how to deal with Gervis, Longfellow would naturally not tell them for the sake of confidentiality.
"Ferdinand!"
After saying this, Pope Longfellow turned his gaze to Ferdinand again.
"Sir, I am here!"
"The Temple has sent news that the orcs have already negotiated and agreed to send troops ahead of schedule this year! So you pass the news to the Principality of Zeon and order them to start the action!"
"Yes, sir! I will give them the order to activate the teleportation array in a moment."
Ferdinand immediately agreed.
But he secretly thought that the sudden appearance of the White Flag Knights really made the Temple's top leaders anxious.
Although the orcs have cooperation with the temple, in previous years they would only go out in the winter and come here through the portal.
Because every autumn the orcs need to plunder the human territories on the Holy Continent, they are naturally unwilling to send cannon fodder here at this time.
Only when winter comes, the orcs will start to eliminate the weak due to food shortage, and drive the weaker races here to plunder, leaving them to fend for themselves, and will only let them return in the spring of the following year.
At that time, not only would the weak have been eliminated, but the remaining orcs would be able to return to the Holy Continent to do hard labor, farming, hunting and serving as slaves for other powerful orc races.
If the orcs can agree to cooperate with the Temple's operations in the fall this year, it will definitely cost a considerable price.
"Conid!"
"Your Holiness, I am here!"
"Those captured soldiers will be managed by your Principality of Xis from now on. You must make them make enough siege equipment as soon as possible!"
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
In front of the Pope, Conid, the King of the Principality of Xis, completely lost his dignity, as if he were really a humble servant.
"Very good, then you guys go out first!"
Now the church and the Principality of Jean have already started a war openly, so this time it is a clash of strength, one side attacks and the other defends, and Longfellow has nothing else to tell these people.
"Zel, you stay!"
"Yes! Sir!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Soon, everyone in the parliament hall left, and only the man named by Pope Longfellow remained.
This man named Zel is about thirty years old, with an ordinary appearance. He would be inconspicuous anywhere. There is no sign of cultivation on his body, and he is no different from an ordinary person.
In addition, he did not have a staff in his hand, which meant that he was not a magician.
"Zel, this time the task of dealing with that Gervis is left to you!"
"Sir! Has the teleportation scroll been delivered?"
Zell asked.
Zell is a thief, and a very good one.
Although there is no visible fighting spirit in him, his real strength is actually that of a Silver Knight. The reason why his cultivation level cannot be seen is simply because he has practiced special thief secrets.
"Yes, the messenger has delivered the teleportation scroll!"
"Don't worry, sir! Now that I have the teleportation scroll, I will make that Gervis disappear forever!"
"Well! I have great confidence in you. You did a great job with the matter of Count Odell of the Jones family last time!"
Pope Longfellow nodded and said in approval, obviously thinking highly of this subordinate named Zell.
"I dare not take credit for it. This is all because the Temple gave me the teleportation scroll. Otherwise, with my strength, I would only have a 50% chance of succeeding in assassinating the White Flag Knight!"
"Haha! Zel, you are still young, you are only thirty years old now. Although the teleportation scroll is also very precious, by comparison, you are what the temple needs most!"
"Thank you for your appreciation, sir. I will swear allegiance to the temple until death and welcome the arrival of the new god!"
After hearing what Pope Longfellow said, Zell was immediately filled with gratitude and excitedly shouted out words of allegiance.
"Well, go and prepare first! I'll have someone send you the teleportation scroll, and the date of action is set on the night before the battle."
"Then their king will suddenly disappear, which will catch them off guard and reduce our losses when we attack the city!"
"Yes! Sir!"
Thanks to "Yuan" and "Zhuifeng Shusheng" for the reward!!!
(End of this chapter)
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