Chapter 492 Assassination!
As the news of the church's departure spread, the entire City of Glory fell into a solemn atmosphere.
The soldiers and small lords all had expressionless faces and walked in a hurry, because they knew that the number of people from the church who came this time was two or three times theirs.
In the meeting room of the palace, Gervis convened another pre-war meeting, and all the earls and legion commanders gathered together.
"The church has set out! They will arrive this evening! This time it's a life-and-death battle between us and the church!"
Gervis had a serious expression on his face, and sitting in the main seat he already had the air of a ruler.
"Lord of the North!"
"Your Majesty, what do you want?"
"From now on, you will be responsible for patrolling the city again. You must find out the spies hidden in the city. I don't want any accidents to happen in the city during the war!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The Lord of the North did not say anything more and responded respectfully.
The church has been plotting against the three duchies for so many years, so naturally there are many spies in the Duchy of Jean.
A few days ago, three incidents of sabotage by church spies occurred in the City of Glory. One was arson of grain, and the other two were attacks on blacksmith shops that forged cannons and muskets.
Fortunately, Gervis had already issued strict orders to several earls to be more cautious, thus reducing the losses.
However, there are still some spies in the city at this moment. Gervis is worried that those spies will take the opportunity to cause chaos when the church launches a general attack, so he must let the Lord of the North lead people to investigate thoroughly.
"Alice! Give the order later and have the soldiers start moving the rolling stones, wood and other supplies to the city wall!"
"Okay, Gervis!"
Alice also nodded in agreement. Her status as queen was there, and Gervis had also told her so, so she didn't need to call Gervis "Your Majesty".
"Very good, everyone else go back and prepare, there will be a fierce battle tomorrow! Everyone disperse!"
After the order was given, Gervis directly cleared everyone out, and everyone knew that the situation was urgent and walked out of the hall one after another.
Alice stood up and looked deeply at Gervis, her eyes full of tenderness, then she walked out of the hall.
After all the earls had left the hall, Gervis picked up the letters on the desk and began to read them.
These letters all contain reports about orc attacks within the principality. Although the orcs' strength has not increased this year, their numbers are much greater than in previous years.
The orcs had only been there for over a week and had already breached two lines of defense. Although the situation had not yet reached its most serious point, the consequences would be disastrous if it dragged on for too long.
As for Gervis' own Storm Territory, because they were lucky enough to seize the spy caravan last time and the teleportation array had been seized by them, the Storm Territory was spared from the attack of the orcs.
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In the evening, just as the rangers had reported, the church's army appeared at the end of the horizon.
Looking at the huge army filling the entire horizon in the distance, Gervis had a blank expression on his face. He talked with Hayden and others on the city wall for a few words and then returned to the palace.
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It's night!
After returning to the manor, Gervis went back to his study after dinner and kept thinking about the details of the war.
After realizing that there was nothing extra to replenish, I breathed a sigh of relief. I had prepared everything I could. Life or death depended on this wave, so there was no point in worrying any more.
So Gervis put those things aside and opened his system panel.
Since the war is about to break out, Gervis plans to draw two more prizes to see if he can win some useful kiwi fruit.
At this time, the energy value slot in the system panel shows 35 energy points.
A few days ago, he still had 45 points, but Gervis spent 10 energy points to exchange a blue kiwi for Wall-E, allowing Wall-E to successfully transform into an elf.
"The big, stupid turntable, start!"
Gervis didn't hesitate. He moved his mind, and after the system deducted 10 energy points, the damn turntable started to turn!
As the pointer slowly stopped moving, Gervis unsurprisingly got another black kiwi fruit.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Just when Gervis was about to check the effects of the black kiwi fruit, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
Gervis was not in a hurry. He temporarily closed the system panel and shouted to the outside of the door.
He knew that at this time, the only people who could knock on the door without notifying him were the few people he had told about, and they must have important business to talk to him about.
"His Majesty!"
When the door was opened by the guards, it was indeed as Gervis had thought, the person was brought in directly without any notification.
The man who came was Bernard, the blacksmith.
As soon as Bernard entered the room, he knelt down respectfully to Gervis.
This made Gervis raise his eyebrows slightly, but he did not stop it. Instead, he spoke in a calm tone.
"Bernard, you've been working hard lately! Why did you come to see me so late?"
"Your Majesty, I have been researching weapon forging for a while now. I have created a new type of weapon, so I specially sent it to Your Majesty for inspection!"
After Bernard finished his salute and stood up, he stood carefully in his place, holding an object wrapped in black cloth in his hand.
"Oh? What new weapon?"
Gervis immediately became interested, and his tone sounded expectant.
"Your Majesty, this is the weapon! Although it is not as good as your musket, its power is no less than that of the musket and the longbow, and it is very convenient to use!"
Bernard carefully opened the black cloth, and an exquisite weapon appeared in front of Gervis.
After seeing this thing, Gervis was indeed a little surprised.
This turned out to be a crossbow arrow. When he first became the lord, he also thought about making a crossbow, but later he had muskets, and he was busy making money at that time, so he did not tinker with this deadly weapon.
After being stunned for a moment, Gervis asked Bernard with a smile on his face.
"Bernard, what kind of weapon is this? How do you use it?"
"Your Majesty, this thing is called a crossbow. It can kill enemies at a long distance like a longbow. I have been researching it for a long time and just made it recently. I only have this one now!"
"Oh? Bernard, show it to me! There are weapons like this."
Gervis was surprised, stood up from the soft chair, and spoke to Bernard impatiently.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Bernard saluted respectfully, then came to Gervis holding the crossbow in both hands.
Gervis took the crossbow in amazement and began to examine and touch it carefully.
At this moment, Bernard in front of Gervis's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, and his right arm hanging by his side trembled slightly, and a sharp dagger appeared in his hand.
Then Bernard's whole body suddenly moved, and the fighting spirit that had been hidden exploded to the extreme.
There was no shouting, nor any excessive noise; from grasping the dagger to stabbing it towards Gervis' heart, everything was done extremely quickly, as if it had been practiced thousands of times.
At this moment, Gervis was still staring at the crossbow in his hand, unaware of the approaching danger.
“Go to hell!”
"Not only can I complete the mission this time, but I can also save the teleportation scroll. Lord Longfellow will definitely reward me handsomely!"
Thanks to "Sao Cha Cha" for the reward!!!
(End of this chapter)
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