"Wait! The Prime Minister also has something to say."
It's unclear how that black necklace with a white cross communicated with the royal family.
The emotionally charged sixth prince, Varian, argued several times in the tent before finally throwing the necklace to the ninth princess, Verosia, but also abandoned his plan to organize his men to support the capital.
After a long while, Princess Shiya walked out of the tent, looking somewhat dejected.
The Prime Minister spoke to her at length, even more than he had to to his sixth brother, but mostly he asked her questions...
For example, why did she flee the Temple of Light, what happened afterward, and why was the Fourth Prince looking for her...?
The more questions were asked, the more worried the Prime Minister became, looking towards the direction of the Emperor's bedroom.
The emperor... I hope he's not what I'm thinking...
That concerns the capital city, while the other concerns the demon invasion.
In fact, a large army of demons and undead had gathered near Welsh Castle, but with the help of the royal army and the sixth prince, they directly blocked a large number of demon troops. Even if some demon troops ignored the sky and the ground and continued to penetrate deeper, they could be easily dealt with by the troops in the capital.
What? These demons will gather in the rear and launch a sneak attack on Welsh Castle?
That's wonderful! The Sixth Prince begged them to come back, because if they were to sabotage things in secret, they might not be able to spare many troops to protect their rear.
However, the fact that both the Demon Clan's Ghost Clan and the Undead Clan have gathered here suggests that the Blood Clan's army has already infiltrated the capital.
They don't know, and they dare not imagine. Right now, they only dare to defend within their defensive line. The Ghost Clan is alright, but the Undead Clan can be resurrected by Undead mages if they don't use the power of Holy Light.
Therefore, five days ago, the Sixth Prince sent some knights of the Dawn Knights to the Temple of Light to ask for help.
The Empire's Light faction also had a force called the Holy Church, but unfortunately, it was already a thing of the past. Most of its priests had been taken away by the Temple of Light, and apart from the Pope and a few elders, its core strength had suffered heavy losses, and its high-end strength had also shrunk significantly with the departure of the twelve cardinals.
Even if we go there to ask for help, we won't get much support.
We should receive the message from the Dawn Knights soon. Once the people from the Temple of Light arrive, the demons here will have no chance of breaking through the Welsh Fortress.
In addition, there are three Nine-Star Knights stationed here, but they do not participate in command; instead, they confront the Ghost Kings and Undead Kings.
"But we can't just sit here and wait to die. I remember that the Witchers angered Fourth Brother two years ago, so he moved them outside the capital. But this move not only failed to make the Witchers in the capital leave, but also increased their expansion."
Ninth Sister, I remember you have a demon hunter under your command, right?
"The empire is currently in peril, and I do not ask them to come to the aid of Welsh Castle. However, I hope they can hold back the demons outside the capital, especially the hidden vampires. For this, I am willing to make a deal with them."
Just as Velocia was talking to everyone, her sixth brother suddenly sent a message, and everyone's attention turned to the demon hunter Bu Bai.
Bu Bai frowned, and asked with some doubt:
"Sixth Prince, are you saying... the vampires have gone into hiding and entered the capital?"
"Maybe it is, maybe it isn't, but right now we haven't found any vampire troops, and there's no news of vampire invasions on the border. Meanwhile, something bad has happened in the capital. I'm afraid the vampires haven't shown up yet because they're trying to achieve some kind of conspiracy."
Currently, other imperial generals are heading to reinforce the capital. With the help of the demon hunters, they should be able to hunt down quite a few vampires.
"Understood, leave it to me."
Bu Bai readily agreed. Originally, he had come to the capital with the Ninth Princess to see the headquarters of the largest demon hunter in the entire empire. Now that he learned that they had been expelled from the empire, he was spared the trip.
Moreover, this kind of royal punishment was not a punishment at all in Bu Bai's eyes. After all, when witchers entered castles, villages, and cities, they would always waste too much time due to the soldiers' checks.
If a Witcher receives a mission to leave the city, he doesn't really want to come back. If Bai remembers correctly, his master said that the royal family ordered them to move their headquarters to the capital because they didn't want the Witchers to be too free. Now they've been expelled again.
That's really strange.
While everyone was discussing what to do next, Mark frowned and pulled Xiao Dai aside to whisper something.
"Dai Shanren, this necklace... are you sure the Prime Minister gave it to you?"
“That’s right, Brother Liu Lang saw it too.”
"Where does the source of light within you come from?"
"It was also a gift from the Prime Minister..."
A black necklace with a white cross...that's such an ancient and sacred symbol of the Church.
Mark fell into thought.
He had seen such a symbol in the local church when he was a child, before he met Alex and the others.
However, when he enrolled in the Knight Academy, he heard that the Holy Church had a new pope, and in order to distinguish it from the previous Holy Church, it changed to the current pure white and gold-edged holy emblem.
However, under the leadership of the new pope, the Holy Church emerged from the fierce competition and eventually became the state religion designated by the empire.
And as the Prime Minister of the Empire... I never expected that he was a member of the previous Holy Church. But if I remember correctly, the Holy Church is not allowed to participate in royal politics. So... is the Prime Minister the same High Priest who defected from the Holy Church back then?!
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