Chapter 149: The Knight's Storm
"The Order of Santiago was first created in the Middle Ages, composed of knights from the Kingdom of Spain, of course, the Kingdom of Spain at that time also included later Portugal and other regions, originally intended to guard pilgrims, and later developed into a huge political and economic entity like other military warriors such as temples and hospitals, which once affected the stability of the Spanish regime."
Holding the tablet in her hand, Sarah said: "However, the Knights of Santiago are quite restrained, not as obsessed with power and money as the Knights Templar, nor as ambitious as the Teutonic Knights to establish their own country, so in the end even if it was disbanded, it was not liquidated, and later it was allowed to restore its rights, but it was already 1906 by then, and only a few of the thirteen knight families were still inherited." ”
"The Thirteen Knights are the leadership of the Knights of San Diego, and each generation elects one of them to serve as the Grand Master, and the Antlip family and the Gonzalez family are both members of the ancient Thirteen Knights' Families, am I right?"
Saying that, her gaze swept to the Gonzalez brothers and sisters on the side, and Franco nodded hurriedly: "That's it, now in addition to our Gonzalez family and Grand Master's Antelip family, there are only three of the thirteen knight families left, and the Grand Master wants to recomplete the thirteen knight families after reorganizing the San Diego Knights, but it has not been implemented." ”
"It's so easy to redistribute interests, and no one is willing to share the power in their hands."
Sarah sneered, put down the tablet in her hand and said, "Now it's up to you to elaborate." For example, how many people are in your order, how strong are they, and so on. ”
Franco's expression suddenly became embarrassed, no matter how immature he was, he knew that these secrets obviously could not be told to outsiders. But the form is stronger than people, since he has to ask for others, he has to be inferior, and at this time, he doesn't dare to offend Wang Chixiao and others.
"The headquarters of our Order is currently located in the family estate of the Grand Master in the Pyrenees, a vast estate that has been passed down for thousands of years by the Antelip family, and the inhabitants of several surrounding towns are the descendants of the servants and tenant farmers of the Antelip family, and are very loyal."
After hesitating for a long time, Franco finally gave in. He didn't dare to look directly at Sarah's gaze, and lowered his head and said, "During the Aberrations War, due to the complex terrain of the Pyrenees, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, many people moved there to take refuge. Among them was our ancient family Gonzalez, where we re-established the Pact against the Creatures of Aberration, and Miss Christine became the leader of the Alliance with unparalleled power. In accordance with ancient tradition, the League was reorganized into the Knights of Santiago. Knights of the Awoken, except for the descendants of our ancient families, as long as they can become the Awoken, they can also join the Knights. ”
"Don't talk about this uselessness, we don't want to hear you talk about history, boy."
Tyx suddenly snorted coldly, stood up and walked in front of Franco, his hands pressed on both sides of his seat, and the huge figure completely covered the young man: "We need to know the real situation of the composition and strength level of your knights, if you want to get our help, you must be honest!" ”
Bite a cigar in your mouth. Tekes, who almost wrote "I'm a villain" on his head, was undoubtedly more intimidating than the sexy and bewitching Sarah, and Franco, who was not weak but had not experienced any big scenes, was obviously taken aback. Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he turned his head away from looking at the ugly face full of flesh and scars, and said, "You asked me for the details of the Knights, of course I have to start from the beginning......
"Besides, I didn't mean to hide it, all the members of our knights did not register their abilities, nor did they evaluate the actual combat level, so if you ask me about the strength of the knights, I can't explain it to you, in short, there are forty-three regular knights in the knights, all of whom are combat-type awakened people, and seventy-four alternate knights are auxiliary awakened people, in addition, we have also tested ourselves according to the actual combat level evaluation, in addition to the grand master, there should be a seventh-order and four or five sixth-order."
"Among the more than a hundred awakened people, there can be one seventh-order and several sixth-order, and the strength is already considerable."
Sarah nodded, you must know that the seventh-order powerhouse is not a cabbage, no matter where it is, it is the absolute backbone, the top force, the dark night walkers with the British royal family as the core are only four seventh-order in total, and there are currently more than a hundred strong people in the world who have reached the seventh-order actual combat level, even if you add the hidden ones, I am afraid that the total will not exceed five hundred, and a small Awakened Warrior organization of more than 100 people in the Knights of San Diego can have an eighth-order and a seventh-order, which is already quite strong, Even without Christine, it's worth wooing and cultivating.
"Your current situation must be very difficult, otherwise Christine would not have asked you to come to me as an enemy for help."
Wang Chixiao, who had been silent, asked, Franco was immediately silent, asking for help from the enemy was simply a shame for a proud descendant of an old nobleman, but they really had no other way.
In the end, he still spoke: "We have a cooperative relationship with the Apocalypse Council, and I don't know the specific terms, anyway, sometimes there will be requests from the Apocalypse Council, and then we just send someone to implement it, usually to help solve some biological weapons in the dark world, etc., and it didn't take much effort until it was ...... more than a month ago."
He glanced at Wang Chixiao again, and Cecilia behind him was completely an ostrich, and he didn't dare to look at Wang Chixiao.
"After it was determined that the Grand Master could not be treated, the attitude of the Apocalypse Council changed, they sent people directly into the manor of the Knights, and slowly even the property of the Knights began to take over, and they often sent directly to the knights without going through the Thirteen Great Knights, we were very angry, but there was no way, until a few days ago, the Grand Master secretly summoned me and my sister and gave me the task of finding Your Excellency Wang Chixiao."
Franco spoke excitedly and helplessly, while Wang Chixiao nodded secretly in his heart. In line with his and Hua Qingyi's judgment, if it weren't for the last moment when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, that Grand Master Christine would probably prefer to be paralyzed rather than come to him for help.
The Grand Master said. As long as you can heal her, then all the grudges between you will be wiped out, and she will also lead the Knights to end the cooperation with the Apocalypse Council, and will never be an enemy of Your Excellency Wang Chixiao again. ”
When he said this, Sarah on the side immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "Only these?" It's too simple, isn't it, so that we can venture thousands of miles to save her? ”
"No...... And that's not all. ”
Franco's expression became extremely helpless, as if he was extremely reluctant to speak: "Grand Master also said that as long as she can recover. Then she is willing to serve Your Excellency Wang Chixiao for three years, but only in her own personal name, and does not involve the Knights of Santiago. ”
"That's what it sounds like."
Sarah nodded. The allegiance of an eighth-order powerhouse is naturally extremely precious, even if it is only three years, of course, all of this must be based on Wang Chixiao's ability to cure Christine, and if he can't cure it, everything will be in vain.
Christine is no fool. Naturally, he knew that it was impossible to empty the white wolf, so he asked Wang Chixiao to save her. Therefore, the conditions proposed are extremely tempting, you must know that there are only ten recognized eighth-order powerhouses in the world, and at the same time, she clearly stated that she would only use her own name to avoid the annexation of the Knights of Santiago again.
In Wang Chixiao's opinion, this is clearly another Serena, willing to sacrifice herself for her own people and subordinates, the only difference is that Christine's capital is obviously more abundant, so she is only willing to serve for three years and does not completely sell herself like Serena.
It's just that Hua Qingyi clearly wants to swallow Christine and her San Diego Knights in one gulp, and there is not even a bit of scum left. Facing the watchful eye of the "Empress of the Sea", Wang Chixiao could only say Christine, you should ask for more blessings.
Anyway, it naturally didn't hurt him. On the contrary, it is also very beneficial, not only can he break the wishful thinking of the Apocalypse Council, but also have an eighth-order subordinate, no matter how he calculates, it is very beneficial, so he is naturally optimistic.
The transport plane landed at a naval base near the Pyrenees, which according to Franco was not far from the Order's headquarters in the mountains, and Sarah wanted the base to send a helicopter to send them there, but Franco stopped them.
"The headquarters of the Knights was originally a fortress against aberrant creatures during the Aberrations War, and some of the surrounding towns were also blocked, and in recent years, many radars, anti-aircraft missiles and other defense facilities have been added, and if the helicopter is too conspicuous, I am afraid that it will be easy to be discovered."
Franco said with a look of embarrassment: "At present, the headquarters of the Knights has been controlled by the people of the Apocalypse Council, and the armed forces under the Knights will be no exception, so it is best for us to enter the headquarters secretly and not alarm them." ”
"Who told you to seek skin with the tiger in the first place, you deserve it!"
Zeratu said with a gloating face: "You Spaniards have always been high-eyed, thinking that you are smart and can control everything, and always want to take advantage of others, but in the end it will always be you who are unlucky enough to be used, those Hispanic gangsters were like this back then, and you are like this now, nothing has changed." ”
Franco smiled awkwardly, but heard Sarah say coldly: "I don't know how the local government did it, it can tolerate such an almost secession-like existence, even heavy weapons such as missiles, this is simply dereliction of duty!" ”
The faces of the Gonzalez siblings immediately turned white with fright, this is not to use the excuse of rescuing the Grand Master to get out of the headquarters of the Knights, and then eliminate it, right?
"Okay Sarah, you're still a world-class wanted criminal, when did you care about the interests of the government? Look at the two little guys who scared the people, if you really want to pursue it, more than half of us in the sea devils will have to go to prison, and they are also felons. ”
Seeing that the Gonzalez siblings were really frightened, Zeratu sang a white face to comfort them, and then pointed at Jim and Tex and said: "Not to mention others, the criminal records of the two of them alone are enough to kill several times, I remember that the two of them robbed the train three times, and in the end you caught them personally." ”
Even Wang Chixiao was a little surprised when these words came out, it is not surprising that the fierce-looking Tex would do those things, but he didn't expect that even Jim, who looks like a good old man, has a black history, is it really a person who can't be seen.
"Hey old Zeratu, don't expose people. Besides, you are the real villain, the former Mafia's No. 1 killer 'Crazy Old Z', who has been killing from the Prohibition period to the Aberration War. With the highest bounty in the history of the United States, who is really full of bloody murder and has the highest bounty in the history of the United States, what right do you have to say that someone else is a villain? ”
Tex directly exposed Zeratu's old bottom, making the Gonzalez brothers and sisters even more pale, who are these people, it seems that one is more evil than the other, are they really naval officers?
"Okay, don't delay any longer, I'll go and ask the base to arrange a car. All kinds of supplies are also prepared, and no one knows how long they will stay in the mountains or what kind of conditions they will encounter. ”
Sarah interrupted her subordinates from revealing each other's secrets. But then Wang Chixiao spoke: "Just prepare supplies, I have the vehicle, so I don't need to trouble the base." ”
"You have? Where is it? ”
Jim and the others were immediately surprised, but they saw Wang Chixiao walking to the runway of the base airport. With a snap of his fingers, a flash of light flew out of him. Then, in an instant, it spread into a black heavy off-road vehicle and appeared on the track.
"It's actually the JX2000, the latest model of Land Rover, how is that possible? How do you do it? ”
Jim immediately ran over and said with an incredible face, and at a glance he knew that he must be a fan of the car, and called out the model of the car in one mouth.
"Have you forgotten Ensign Wang's abilities?" 'Ah, this should be projected, tsk, the ability can still be used like this. It's enviable. ”
Zeratul couldn't help but be amazed, and Teks ran over with a puff of smoke. It seems that he can't put it down when he gets into the driving position, although the Sea Devil members are well paid, but after all, this is a top-level luxury car worth more than a million world coins, and even they only have a share of it.
Sarah's beautiful eyes flashed with surprise and doubt, obviously doubting whether the so-called "material projection" ability could really make such a top-level luxury car out of thin air, but she really didn't know much about this rare and rare side-door ability, so she could only hide this suspicion in her heart.
The interior of this Land Rover has a lot of space, even if there are six people on it, plus a large bag of arms and supplies, it still doesn't look crowded at all, but Jim's eyes full of longing and pleading make Wang Chixiao have to give up the driving position to him, and at the same time, he has to try his best to dissuade Coral from getting angry and eject Jim out.
I have to say that Jim's driving skills are indeed first-class, in the case of Coral completely handing over control to him, the vehicle is controlled as if it is a part of the body, all the operation actions are like flowing water, and the speed instantly climbs to an ultra-high speed that others can't imagine while maintaining the stability of the vehicle, Wang Chixiao has only seen this kind of driving skill in Serena's body.
"Jim was once the chief speedster of our Hyperion Gang, whether it was robbing a bank or a train, as long as he drove the strips, he never caught up, even if it was a classic car, he could drive the speed of a sports car!"
Tex brags about his old buddy with his thumb out, but he doesn't see the Gonzalez siblings looking at them more and more strangely, is it really okay to find such a group of villains who are not so much soldiers as criminals to help?
Under the guidance of Franco, the vehicle quickly drove into the Pyrenees, where there was a very complete mountain road, but due to the destruction of the distortion war and decades of lack of maintenance and repair, the road has been almost damaged, which is also an important reason why the Knights of San Diego can be almost divided, because the interior of the mountain is almost isolated from the outside world, and it is not easy to get in and out, but fortunately, the Land Rover incarnated by the coral has excellent off-road performance, which is much stronger than the original. Even on such rough roads, it is still able to maintain a high speed.
After a few hours of driving, the road conditions improved, and at the same time, a large number of buildings appeared in front of me, and the appearance of a small town in the mountains was faintly visible.
"That's Shining Silver Town, one of the outlying towns of the Knights' Headquarters, and it's also the only way to get to the Knights' Headquarters, and most of the town's residents are militiamen affiliated with the Knights."
Franco motioned for Jim to slow down and said, "I think it's better for us to walk into town, and it's better to disguise ourselves, we're in a closed environment, and outsiders can easily find out." ”
"Why didn't you say it earlier, isn't this just for us to leave all our arms and weapons and supplies?"
Tyx's gaze suddenly became fierce, and he stared at Franco and said, "Say, did you plan this earlier?" ”
Most of his combat power depends on the grenades, bombs and other explosives he carries, and his ability is directly abolished if he doesn't have a weapon, although his physique is also very strong, but after all, he is still an awakened person who mainly fights with the ability of Hell rather than a biological weapon that relies on his body to eat.
"How is this possible, I just remembered."
Maybe he was used to Tyx's hideous face along the way, but this time Franco didn't panic, and hurriedly said: "If you don't want to do this, it's okay, stay outside the town first, and then I'll arrange someone to send you quietly to the headquarters, but it will take some more time." ”
"Forget Teks, just leave the arms supplies in the car, even if the vehicles disappear, they will still be in the car the next time I summon them."
Wang Chixiao started a circle, this is still a derivative function that Coral just told him, which is equivalent to an alternative storage space, and the practicality is very good.
"How can this be?"
Tykes immediately exclaimed with jealousy, "Now I am sure that you must be the illegitimate son of God, king, otherwise all good things will fall on you?" Damn, why don't I have this ability to be both convenient and practical? (To be continued......)