It was a large hall, and more than a dozen people sat around a round table, as if discussing something.

"Take back the Cross Flag?"

The shepherds gathered around looked at each other, each seeing doubt and denial in each other's eyes, and then shook their heads in unison, as if they had been rehearsed beforehand.

Luo Lan stood aside and watched coldly, looking at Ondo Frontinus, who was sitting at the head of the round table, smiling like the most amiable businessman, and secretly speculating in his heart about the true intention of the other party's move.

Seventh-Order Paladin Ondo Frontinus, the captain of the Paladin's command, leads a squad of twenty Templar swordsmen.

At the banquet, he put on a wonderful show, sweeping away all the forces that opposed the religious war, and now, he has reached out to the priests like Luo Lan, who are not under the direct control of the pope.

In fact, it was the first large-scale religious war waged since the current pope took over the throne.

The dioceses that swore allegiance to Pope Pilduca II sent a large number of clergy to the Sedaon region, including papal lineage such as Ondor.

Other neighboring independent dioceses saw the stakes, land, alien populations, gold, which could be plundered by war.

In the eyes of those noble clergy, the swamp tribes in the south were just a group of intellectually inferior, ignorant and backward races, and their combat effectiveness was also pitifully weak, almost all of them fought by the strength and skills of their own bodies, and there were no sophisticated weapons and equipment at all, and everyone was confident that this was a war that would soon be over.

However, since the sheiers of the Sedaon region had always been clergy from the neighboring dioceses, and their power was intertwined, if the pope's forces wanted to intervene and take the benefits of the war entirely into their own pockets, they had to be either co-opted or defeated.

This is also a civil war in the Holy See, and some sensitive dioceses have realized that Pidoca II is already beginning to act for the unity of the faith of the Holy See.

In such a situation, of course, they will not obey the calls and orders of the papal forces.

However, a perfect conspiracy completely shatters their beautiful illusions.

In just this short month, not only Belier's territory Catherat, but also the military power of a total of five great lords in the Sedaon region were all held by the Pope's forces.

It's hard to imagine what kind of huge plan this is, from the early arrangement to the sudden launch, there is almost no mistake in the link, the end is seamless, Luo Lan believes that this is a conspiracy that has been arranged for three years, or even more than five years, he is really amazed by the incomparable patience and terrible resourcefulness of the person behind the scenes.

Ondo smiled softly, not at all caring about the uncooperative attitude of the shepherds, and he patiently explained: "According to accurate information, the cross flag that disappeared five hundred years ago is in the pseudo-temple of the Mordo Sect, it is located in the Ander Ridge, only five days away from here, in order to boost the morale of our holy army. We need an elite detachment to retake it," said Ondor, with a sigh of admiration, as the poet would say, "I am sure that you parishioners will be glad to take this glorious mission." ”

The reaction of all was again strikingly unified, and they remained silent.

They all knew very well that the so-called disappearance was just a scene, five hundred years ago, a human tribe that believed in the god of light took away a cross flag symbolic from the founding of the Illuminati, and the descendants of this human tribe were the Minniks, who are now the most numerous of the swamp tribes.

Although this human has always been regarded as a disgrace to rebel against the Holy See, this banner is what the Holy See has always wanted to recapture.

It's just that in the past hundred years, there have been constant disputes within the Holy See, and it has long been less brilliant than before, and this matter has gradually been forgotten.

Although it seems reasonable on the surface, a closer look at these candidates for the capture of the flag reveals that there is a lot of information about it.

Almost all of the people who went to Andleng were the original pastors and clergy of the Sedaon region.

The purpose of the Holy See is self-explanatory.

It won't be as smooth as they say.

Ondork placed his hands on the table and closed the tips of his palms together, trying his best to be sincere, and smiled, "The temple is guarded by only some Mordo deadwood guards, and these races who are afraid of the magic of light should not be difficult to deal with. ”

An old shepherd finally spoke slowly, "As far as I know, it is the temple of the god Emundoc, and in the language of the swamp people, it means the god of the horned serpent. ”

The corners of everyone's mouths sneered, the Horned Serpent God is one of the five main gods of the Modo Sect, and the temple guards will definitely not be so simple. ”

Ondorf spread his hands and smiled calmly, "What you said was two hundred years ago, and now because our human forces have gradually forced the territory of the swamp clan to the edge of the swamp jungle, this temple is no longer in the hinterland of their original domain, and the guards are not so strong. He smiled and said, "It seems that Pastor Deli knows this area well, but in fact we need someone like you who is familiar with the terrain and knows about the Mordo religion. ”

Old Priest Deli snorted and did not speak.

A few people couldn't help but interject and shouted, but his reason was weak, after all, the other party represented the Pope and was tenable in general righteousness.

Onduo's attitude is tepid, compared to the sharp momentum he showed at the banquet before, he is more like a sponge with great suction at the moment, no matter how many attacks, he can take it and calmly resolve it without hurry, this kind of character that can be released and collected actually appears in a person's body, which makes Luo Lan have to include it in the top dangerous category of targets.

Luo Lan shook his head, there was almost no point in talking about this, because everyone standing here was nominally subject to the Holy See's control except for himself. There are only two paths left for them, either to obey the orders and arrangements of the Holy See, or to renounce all their status here and return to the diocese to which they belong.

But these people have been operating here for so many years, and they have owned land and slaves here in the territory of Sedaon, and they do not want to leave in any way.

Luo Lan could have withdrawn at any time, but this was contrary to his plan to get close to Daphne, and he would never jump to conclusions, he would only observe patiently and wait until he was sure enough to make a decision.

However, the discussion in the hall gradually turned into a quarrel, and more and more priests expressed their opposition to Ondor, with a resolute attitude.

Ondor's expression of amazement, as if he was surprised, very surprised! He said in a stunned tone, "For the sake of loyalty, for the sake of faith, shouldn't we give everything for the God of Light?"

One priest was so blunt that he replied, "I am a servant of the God of Light, not yours." ”

Ondor smiled and said in a slower tone: "The Pope is the servants of God, and we are the servants of the Pope. ”

The priest looked disdainful, clearly dismissive of Ondor's claim.

Onduo smiled and nodded, muttering to himself, "Is that so......"

Suddenly, he drew the sword he wore at his waist, and everyone in the hall felt a chill.

"Boom!"

Ang Duo steadily retracted his sword and put it back into its sheath, and no one could see his movements clearly, even Luo Lan only saw a vague sword shadow.

The priest shook at first, then fell backwards to the ground with a "plop", and the skull rolled into a corner and was struck by the wall, and then staggered again, his face turned at everyone, and his eyes even had the mockery and sarcasm of his life.

This scene made the people around him stunned, and the cold in their hearts rose up, and they all showed extremely frightened looks.

"Oh!" Ondor waved his hand and said helplessly, "I thought the God of Light would stop me." ”

Ondorf slowly put the sword in his hand on the round table, he looked at everyone in the hall very sincerely and honestly, and said gently, "Is there any other servant of the God of Light?"

PS: Damn, isn't it stuck today? Why didn't I get it up a few times, and it always showed that I couldn't find the server, so depressed.