Chapter 495: The Burning Purgatory City

Purgatory City, Hermitage, Gagawan's private rooms.

"I've seen Lord Bishop!"

Ten elite knights in black heavy armor different from death armor half-knelt in front of Gagawan and said in unison.

Because of Aldrich's status as the son, the vast majority of people in Purgatory City refer to Gagawain as 'His Highness', showing Gagawan's noble origin. However, in private, Gagawain actually prefers to be called 'Bishop Gagawan', and the ten heavily armored knights in front of him are personally trained by Gagawan, so they call Gagawan 'Lord Bishop' just now.

"Get up. Gagawain nodded slightly, and then looked at the ten people with a solemn expression, "One thing I want to tell you, not long ago, my father personally led the knights to raid the enemy on the shore, but unfortunately fell into the enemy's trap and was finally defeated by the enemy!"

"What?!"

"How is this possible?!"

"The knight lord was defeated?!"

Although the words of these ten people were different, they were undoubtedly all shocked and incredulous by Gagawan's revelation of the defeat of the Death Knights.

"Quiet!" Seeing his master frowning, no one dared to say anything about the ten people, and Gagawain continued: "According to my estimates, it will not take more than a day at most for the enemy to officially launch an attack on Purgatory City, and the remnants of the Knights have made a strategic retreat, and now there are only about 10,000 defenders in the city - this shows that the breach of Purgatory City has become a given!"

"Even if we fight to the last man, we will fight those heretics to the end!"

"That's right!"

"Stupid, our first priority at this time should be to escort the Bishop out safely!"

"I agree!"

The 10 pro-soldiers expressed their opinions one after another, some of them were the main battle, and some of them were making far-reaching considerations.

Gavin raised his hand to signal, and after all the ten people had quieted down, he said with a slight smile: "I can feel that even in the face of an invincible enemy, none of you are really afraid of this, which makes me feel very gratified!"

"My father has already left instructions on whether to fight or stay - all the defenders of the city will be evacuated from the Weeping Wall into the Hocker Mountains, and so will you. Hearing this, some of the ten pro-soldiers showed unwilling eyes, and some secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"As for my safety, you don't have to worry about it at all—I'll be escorted away by Captain Michio shortly. Hearing that it was actually the famous half-faced knight, when the ten people looked at each other, they all noticed the look of surprise in each other's eyes, but for the safety of their master, they were completely relieved.

"Before you leave, I have a very important task for you. Gavin suddenly stared at the ten pro-soldiers with an extremely serious expression.

"Your Excellency, please!" the ten people immediately said one after another.

"This is the key to the arsenal. As he spoke, he saw a huge key suddenly appear in Gavin's hand, and he immediately put it on the table, "Wait a while, you take this key and enter the arsenal, and you can take the contents of it, and what you get will be your own!"

"This, this?!"

Looking at the key that Gagawan put on the table, the eyes of the ten people all showed a strong look of disbelief, and at the same time, there was a trace of uncontrollable greed hidden at the same time-you know, it was the arsenal of the Winter Palace! Although they had never entered it, they could be included in it by the knight elder, and now they were able to keep the weapons and armor inside for themselves?!

Noticing the change in the expressions of the ten people, a hint of mockery flashed through the depths of Gavin's pupils - it was true that he took out the key to the Winter Palace Arsenal, but the arsenal was actually divided into two rooms, the outer arsenal and the secret vault, and the outer arsenal was actually just the weapons and equipment reserved by his father's own soldiers, and as for those that were really cherished by his father, they were all placed in the vault! And the key to the vault was not even available to him! But to send his own subordinates, even the outer vault was far enough!

"I want you to get some more alchemy bombs and oil, because the mission I secretly gave you is to burn down this city!" Gavin said suddenly with incomparable madness.

"Burn, burn the city?!" The ten pro-soldiers who were still in excitement looked at Gagawan with a crazy look on their faces in shock, and everyone's faces were as ugly as their parents who had just died!

"Lord Bishop, isn't this a little too crazy?" After a slight silence, one of the soldiers couldn't help but say.

"For example, if we do this, it will definitely cause a large number of innocent casualties!" "So, please think twice!" said the bearded soldier, who had been the most belligerent before, with a look of unbearability on his face.

"Are you accusing me of being cruel?" Gegavin looked at the ten people with gloomy eyes, especially the bearded personal soldiers, who were even more panicked by the gaze of his master.

"We don't dare!" said the ten pro-soldiers, bowing their heads.

"I've thought about what you're worried about, but I have a reason why I have to do it!" Gagavin's voice became deeper and deeper, and his slightly upturned face looked a little melancholy and compassionate, but it gave people more of a sense of perseverance, "Have you ever thought that once Purgatory City falls into the hands of those heretics, the prosperity of Purgatory City will bring more resistance to the enemy, and this will indirectly cause more casualties to the Empire!

"Besides, this city has been run by my father for decades, and I grew up here, so I don't have the same affection for it as you do?

"What the Bishop said is true!" After hearing this, several pro-soldiers nodded their heads one after another, and even the bearded pro-soldier nodded in response with a complicated expression.

"As for the possible innocent casualties," Gavin continued, after a pause, "it is unavoidable, war and death are twins!"

"But their death was not in vain, but a noble dedication to the Inquisition's fight against heresy!The pious, believing that after death their souls will rest in peace, and at the same time ascend to the kingdom of the gods of Razor!As for those who disagree, they may become our enemies in the future! Therefore you need not have any worries, just do it!" said Gagawan with a deep demagogy.

"Yes, sir!"

"Finally, I would like to remind you that in the next operation, you and your men are not allowed to carry anything on them that will prove your identity! Although you are my own soldiers, there should not be many people in the city who really know you, but I don't want to hear any rumors!"

"Yes, my lord!" the ten pro-soldiers immediately responded.

"Then you go. Remember, move as fast as you can, or you risk falling into the hands of the enemy!" Gagavin concluded.

With a wave of his hand, the ten pro-soldiers suddenly left his room silently.

"Bang!"

An hour later, a huge explosion suddenly sounded somewhere in the inner harbor area, and a shop of hundreds of square meters was suddenly blown to pieces, and the white wooden wall panels and black wooden roof fell into the waterway next to the store, directly pressing the bow of a small cargo ship upward.

"Ahh

Immediately after, there was a scream of pain from the ship, which was the dock coolie who had been resting in the ship, because the cargo ship was crushed, causing his upper body to fall directly into the waterway. And the water in the waterway is actually the water of the Devil's Lake!

Fortunately, the waterways in the inner harbor area are treated, and there are no murderous manta rays in the water. However, the water of Devil's Lake itself is highly toxic and corrosive, and this dock coolie is just a mortal who has not awakened, so his upper body that fell into the waterway suddenly rotted at a speed visible to the naked eye!

But at this time, no one cares about the life or death of a dock coolie, and at this time, the entire inner harbor area is filled with the sound of explosions! At the same time, many people clearly feel that the air has suddenly become hot, and with the explosion that has just awakened them from their sleep, many people have already sensed that something is wrong! As they pushed open the windows of their homes, they were greeted by the raging flames that kept jumping, and the debris that kept falling from the sky!

Holy King, can anyone tell us what happened?!

"What do you want to do?!"

In the Hyde Park area, when a man in black was pouring fire oil on a resident's attic, he was accidentally discovered by the male owner of the neighbor's house.

Looking at the middle-aged man holding a kitchen knife and looking at him with fierce eyes, a trace of panic flashed in the eyes of the man in black instinctively, but then, noticing the kitchen knife in the other party's hand, the weak body of the other party that did not have any strength at all, and the delicate body of the thinly dressed and seductive woman hidden behind the window, a cold and cruel smile flashed in the eyes of the man in black.

The man in black first picked up the torch that had been placed on the ground, and threw it casually to the attic where he had splashed fire oil just now, and the attic suddenly burst into flames! The wooden attic made a "creaking" sound under the scorching flames, and at the same time, the middle-aged man could vaguely hear the screams that seemed to come from his neighbor's family, which couldn't help but fill him with fear, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble!

"Yo, I'm scared, what, don't want to be a hero anymore?" The man in black looked at the middle-aged man mockingly, licked his lips, and then saw him staring at each other gloomily and like a poisonous snake and laughing, "A garbage mortal like you dares to stand up as a hero, I really don't know how to write the word 'death'——"

"To encourage your bravery, I will kill you with one finger, then take possession of your wife, then take all your possessions, and finally burn down your house - how, am I kind enough to you?" After speaking, before the trembling middle-aged man could say a word, the man in black suddenly disappeared from his eyes, and the next second his pupils suddenly widened, and his eyes were filled with intense confusion - his heart had been pierced by a finger of the man in black!

Throwing the middle-aged man's body to the ground casually, the man in black raised his head and looked at the woman behind the window who was completely speechless in shock, and smiled evilly: "Beauty, I'm coming-"

As he spoke, the man in black flashed directly into the attic, and then heavy gasps and terrible cries continued to come from the attic. Three minutes later, the man in black dodged away, and the attic was engulfed in flames......

On this night, the entire Purgatory City was filled with explosions, and the flames relentlessly engulfed everything - here, it became a real purgatory!

(End of chapter)