Volume I: The Vanishing Land, Chapter 46
"Why do you do this? The death of Prince Huaiyi and I will be enough for Samon to send troops to Red. Forge was helped by Taylor to the depths of the Dazzel Desert, the same path they had followed to Red a year earlier.
"Remember when I asked you a question at Fortress Red a year ago?"
"Remember, you said that if one day Brett faced the same life and death as Red, which side would I choose. Folches recalled what Taylor had said to himself at Red.
"Now that you have made a choice, then I have also made a choice, if it is really like you said, the royal family, the military department and even the sacrificial church are all making deals with Blatter, then the whole Brett is too terrifying, they put the lives of the people of Brett as a bargaining chip on the negotiating table with Blatter in exchange of interests, it is too sad. Taylor listened to what Phooches had seen and heard in the Ares Legion on the front line when he was trapped in Red, and he knew that there had always been transactions between Blatter on the border and the royal military headquarters, and it was not just a simple transaction of money and resources, but also a lot of intelligence transactions even more terrifying. The recent raid on Camp Red's Southwest, in which a large number of royals were involved, made Forge feel sick, and he never thought that the royal family, whom he had always admired, would do such a dirty thing.
"Lord Taylor, Lord Fogches. In the midst of the wind and sand, a familiar voice appeared, and Taylor was surprised to find that it was actually the High Priest of Kule.
"Priest Kule, it's been a long time. Taylor smiled bitterly, in fact, he was very unhappy to come to Red, because Taylor and Phoches knew that Huaiyi's death would definitely make the royal family turn their anger to Red, whether it was the military department or the royal family, they had always coveted Red, and wanted to completely annex and complete the unification of the continent.
"The Bishop sensed your breath and specially asked me to pick you up, and I haven't seen him for a year, and His Excellency Taylor has become so strong. Kule was very happy, he always wanted to see Taylor again, he had too many questions to ask him for, and Taylor also obviously felt that the current Kule sacrifice was like two people before, more calm, it seems that the Emerald Temple and his party have also benefited Kule a lot.
"There's the chief priest of Law, but we're here to bring bad news, hey. Taylor said awkwardly, unexpectedly going around and back to Red.
"Let's go back to the fortress, by the way, the old priest from before died in the Battle of Tiracus, so now the Red Fortress is still a national taboo, so everything is simple, please forgive me. Cooler's sad look made Taylor feel even more guilty.
Returning to the fortress of Red again, Taylor can feel that now Red is no longer a twilight, the originally empty streets are now full of shops, especially near the center of the fortress, people come and go, endlessly, I didn't expect that after only a year, Red has changed so much.
"Chief Priest of Kule, the people of Red have become more confident. Taylor looked at the passers-by around him, their faces more confident and satisfied.
"Yes, at the beginning there was no hope for the people of Red, but since the good news from the front, a large amount of lost land has been regained, and a large amount of resources and land have been received, the people's lives have become richer, and they have a confidence in the future, thanks to the two of you, Lord Taylor and Lord Fogches. Kule's face was filled with joy.
"We?" Taylor wondered, the two of them hadn't done anything to Red.
"At the beginning, in the church chamber, Fogches's words made many people understand that Red has always been self-contained and conservative, and has always felt that if he is cowering in the fortress, Red people will be able to survive, and the appearance of the two of you, especially the talent and strength shown by His Excellency Taylor, gave Rader a deep shock to the senior management, and if Red continues like this, not to mention continuation, he no longer has the strength to protect himself, so the bishop decided to fight back, to open up, and to regain everything that Red lost. Kule's impassioned tone came from the heart.
"I see, there are a large number of children from Red in the Brett Sacrifice Church, I was puzzled at first, but now I know, the Bishop has begun to understand the importance of talent, and no longer relies on the older generation to hold Red alone, and has courage. Taylor was also happy that Red was strong.
Kule led them to the sacrificial church, familiar scenes, familiar buildings, familiar people, the only difference was that this time Yisi led the officials to greet the two of them in front of the gate of the sacrificial church.
"Lord Taylor, Lord Fogches, on behalf of all the people of Red, I welcome you again. "Eth was dressed in casual clothes this time, not as mysterious as the first time I saw them, but with a sense of intimacy.
See Bishop Red. Taylor and Phoches knelt down on one knee and saluted, and Eth lifted them up and invited them into the church.
In the familiar council chamber, everyone sat in their seats, looking at Taylor and Forkess, but this time it was less hostile and more respectful. Bishop Iss handed a letter to Taylor, with Bishop Ritchie's handwriting on it, that read: Taylor himself. This is a bishop's secret order, but it has not yet been opened, after Iss handed it to him, he said: "Richie asked people to give me this letter, saying that one day when you return to Red, I will give it to you, but I can't open the bishop's secret order on it, it should be opened in some special way of your Brett sacrifice church, but Kule went to Brett several times and couldn't find you, so now the thing is returned to its original owner." ”
"Bishop's Secret Order?" Taylor glanced at Phooches, he said that he didn't know, since it was a Bishop's secret order, it needed a bishop-level person to open it, and now Taylor's strength was not enough, so Richie didn't let him open it now, and Richie also knew that he would return to Red again.
"Thank you, Bishop. Taylor bowed his head in thanks, then said, "Your Excellency, we have brought bad news this time. ”
"Bad news?" Eth thought it was Richie who had asked the two of them to come for something.
"Yes. Folches, who had not spoken, said: "A royal legion has penetrated deep into the territory of Red, and the bishop must already know about it. ”
"That's right, they then temporarily retreated to the border of Losar Gorge under pressure from our Red. Naturally, Yisi will not forget this incident, and he remembers it very clearly.
"This group died, died at the Losar border station, including a member of the royal family, Prince Huaiyi. Folches said.
"Royals?" asked Eth. She always thought it was just a royal legion, but she didn't expect that there were royals involved.
"That's right, Prince Huaiyi is one of the three major Milok in the Samon royal family, and he is very powerful, but not long ago he led his troops into the territory of Red alone to hunt down a summoner, and then he was seriously wounded and forced to return to the border station of Bretlosar Gorge, where he later died. Taylor said.
"So, the people of the royal family want to blame us for the death of this prince?" one of the legion commanders immediately understood what they meant.
"That's right, the royal family has always been looking for an opportunity to march into Red, does the Bishop remember that after Taylor's sacrifice left, there were a large number of spies in Red's territory? Folches continued.
"Hunt down Lord Taylor?" Culle wondered, why did he hunt down Taylor?
"Yes, the royal family wants to know what Taylor found in the territory of Red, and this thing was hidden by the sacrificial church, but then there was a spy who died in the territory of Red, and the royal family took the opportunity to send people deep into the territory of Red, ostensibly to find the murderer, but in fact to hunt him down. Forkches said that Taylor didn't know about these things, and he had always thought that the agents around him were just trying to get information.
"But at that time, both the Brett military department and the sacrificial church suppressed the matter, and Taylor was safe and sound under the protection of the sacrificial church, but since then, I have found out that the royal family is plotting something with Blatter. "Later, I accidentally learned that the royal family made a deal with the Fourth Legion of Blatter, and they secretly helped the Fourth Legion to seize the Southwest Camp and the Tyracus, in exchange for which Krone would give the secret sealed in the Tyracus, and this secret was the secret of the Awakened Power. ”
Hearing Phoches say this, Iss confirmed what he had suspected before, and the royal family was indeed related to Blatter in the Battle of Tiracus.
"Later, I was imprisoned by Queen Samon for a year, and not long ago, I was brought out of the royal prison by Prince Huaiyi, and the first thing he asked me to do was to come to Red to kill a summoner, his name is Vane. Hearing Vane's name, Kule raised his eyebrows, the royal family actually knew about Vane's existence?Forches continued: "And this time the killing operation did not go well, the summoner is far more powerful than Huaiyi imagined, he and I were seriously injured, and when we woke up, we were already in the Losar border garrison. ”
"One of Huaiyi's purposes is to take revenge, because the agent who died is Huaiyi's cousin, and besides, he wants to learn the secret of the power of awakening from the summoner. Taylor continued with Fogcheth's words: "If the summoner is killed, the royal family will definitely unite the military department and the sacrificial church to use this as an excuse to send troops to Red, the secret that I discovered in the Emerald Temple with the chief priest of Kule a year ago must also be known to the Bishop, and the royal family will not give up this opportunity, so once the tripartite alliance attacks Red, I think the Red soldiers have just fought for a year, and it will be difficult to defend in the face of Brett's three forces attacking at the same time." ”
Hearing this, Yi Si understood, all this was planned by the royal family a long time ago, Blatter must have leaked some secrets about Vidor to the royal family, so that they coveted the power of awakening, I thought that I could rely on the Fourth Legion to restrain Red and release Vidor, but it didn't work, which is not difficult to explain that when Krone just captured the southwest camp, the royal army took the opportunity to go deep into the territory of Red, and as soon as he died, the royal army immediately retreated, so the southwest camp was raided not accidentally, but an agreement was reached between the royal family and Blatter, and the mysterious person with the original breath that he met in the Turing passage must also be a member of the royal family。
"In order to prevent the royal family and the military department from reaching a complete agreement, Forches decided to sacrifice himself, provoke the contradiction between the royal family and the military department, and let the entire alliance collapse, he asked me to kill Prince Huaiyi and him, so that the two royal family members died in the military camp, and the people of the military department and the royal family would have irreconcilable contradictions, so I killed Huaiyi and the entire remnants of the legion that escaped from Red. Taylor said.
"You killed Prince Huaiyi?" Cooler was shocked to hear Taylor's words, he was under the impression that Taylor was not like this.
"Yes, but I couldn't bear to kill Phoches, so I took him out of the army and came to Red. After Taylor had finished speaking, the whole chamber was stunned, and Brett's sacrifice and the rebellion of the royal prince were things they had never heard of or thought about.
"In this way, there is a conflict between Brett's royal family and the military department and the sacrificial church, so Lord Taylor is helping us Red?" Issie heard Taylor's thoughts, Taylor nodded, secretly surprised in his heart, worthy of Bishop Red, can see through his intentions, as Iss said, Taylor's identity is not only a centurion, but also a registered priest, and his status in the sacrificial church is not low, the royal family and the sacrificial church have never dealt with each other, but once it involves the secret of the power of awakening, it is difficult to guarantee that the sacrificial church will not agree to cooperate with the royal family because of this, Taylor's defection and the tragic death of the royal family in the hands of the military department, planted a seed between the three of them that will sprout at any time, even if they can unite for a while, but such a legion does not trust each other, unable to completely defeat Red together.