"Arthur-kun's proposal was rejected by you outright?" Preskars said with a smile.

And Constance Dante, who was walking beside him, said coldly: "If it is an order, I have no right to refuse." If it were proposed, I would not have traveled to the East. ”

"Well, maybe it's better when you want to." Preskars smiled and said to himself, "But today's business isn't over yet." ”

"What else do I need to do, Professor Preskas?" Constance, on the other hand, appeared somewhat indifferent.

"When the time comes, you will naturally know, for me it is dispensable, but if you miss today, you will regret it for the rest of your life, right?"

With an uncomfortable smile, Preskars and Constance and Dante disappear into the dark streets.

However, they didn't notice that a pair of eyes were secretly peeking at them.

"Theodosius, do you want to continue to follow them?"

"Forget it, the affairs of the Doria family are still left to themselves, since they have nothing to do with that matter, there is no need." The old man said in a deep voice, as if everything was under his control.

"Follow your instructions." Under the cloak, the man's cold face was revealed.

It turned out to be the executive officer of the Inquisition, Colonel Lepida!

"This tragedy is destined to start in this city. And the time of God will come here, and all we have to do is wait in silence! Theodosius, along with Lepida and the black executive behind them, disappeared into the shadows again.

・・・・・・

Dark, damp underground, heavily armed soldiers on guard, the ground was littered with ruins and corpses. Although the Findel district was completely destroyed, the soldiers of the New Bullard Kingdom still patrolled above, clearing the corpses and rubble. The last remaining strength of the Resistance is here, frustration and anguish among them, most of their families have been slaughtered or buried at the bottom of the sea, and now their lives are counting down, and the only thing that sustains them is empty loyalty. Perhaps because most of them were the Praetorian Guards of the new Roman Empire ten years ago, loyal to Merides, this is why they did not go crazy out of despair.

At this moment, there were bits and pieces of footsteps in the tunnel, and they were getting closer and closer. Everyone was nervous in unison, grabbing the repeater gun in their hands, after losing the mecha unit, this was the only thing they could rely on.

"What man, stop!" One of the resistance soldiers summoned up the courage to rush out, pulled the trigger and shouted.

"It's me, Nikitas." The big man raised his hands and said, followed by a woman.

After seeing Nikita's face clearly, the soldier named Sauron was freed from his tense and nervous state, and said with a smile: "Captain Nikita, you are finally back. We've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Don't worry, even if I get caught by the Rastins, I won't confess here." Nikita coldly pressed the muzzle of Sauron's gun. Vivien behind him also felt a subtle atmosphere, and there was something abnormal on everyone's face.

Hearing Nikita's words, Sauron's face turned red.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Vivien broke the awkward atmosphere and said, "What's the matter, how are my grandfather and Berthes now?" ”

"Vivien, let's go. These people are not worth talking to them. Nikita said with a still unkind face.

And the other Herod soldiers listened to Nikita's words, and their faces became even more ugly, "Captain Nikita, if you say that, it is too much. Sauron finally couldn't take it anymore and slammed the repeater in his hand to the ground.

Suddenly, the smell of gunpowder at the scene became strong.

"It may have been wrong for us to stop you from rescuing Miss Vivien, but we're here for everyone's safety. We gave everything for this damned country, our families were killed, our homeland was destroyed, we lived in the lowest strata of the world and struggled, but we didn't refuse or complain, but we couldn't bear to be trampled with our own blood. ”

And Nikita's eyes became colder at this moment, and there was more real anger in them, because every word that the soldier named Sauron said was the same as what Constance Dante said.

"No one denies your efforts, but there are some things that you can't prevaricate by saying, 'I did my best.' It's just a reason for cowards to escape from reality. ”

"Enough!" Vivien suddenly shouted loudly, breaking their argument. The slightest carelessness at this time will lead to the consequences of a mutiny, which will be tantamount to a disaster. And the only one who can stop her is her.

"At all times, we are Herodians, the Rastines have occupied our homeland, and we have only the same hatred, and we have never been for the New Roman Empire but for Herod." Vivien's voice became a little excited, this was the first time everyone had seen this icy woman show such emotion.

About ten years ago, she came to the barracks as a little girl, and everyone saw it as a joke, but she used her iron blood and military exploits to make herself recognized by everyone.

"Eight hundred years ago, the arrogance of the Romans caused the city of Rome to fall, and now I do not want the last hope of the new Rome to be extinguished."

"Miss Vivien..." Sauron and the other soldiers bowed their heads, as they seemed to be infected by Vivien's words.

"I'm sorry! Miss Vivien. The soldiers collectively bent down to apologize to Vivien.

"Nikita, I think you've gone too far before. In any case, do not forget that we are Herodians. Vivien said as she looked at Nikita solemnly.

Vivien was desperate to quell the commotion, and Nikita's cooperation was essential.

And Nikita's original anger was also calmed down by Vivian's words, her face and eyes became softened, and she looked at the brothers who were born and died with her and said, "I'm sorry, my words are a bit too much, but I didn't..."

But before Nikita's words could be spoken, the keen senses and intuition he had cultivated over the years made his body subconsciously pounce on Vivien. "Lie down!"

The next moment the words fell, the roar of the heavy machine gun was like the roar of a steel monster. The entire underground tunnels trembled, and bullets rained down through the loose layers of soil, tearing apart the bodies of Herod's soldiers.

"We're exposed!" Screams and curses mingled as Herod's soldiers threw weapons and ammunition at their comrades. "Damn it, how could this be!?"

Outside the underground tunnel, men in black uniforms drove huge mechs to rain down large-caliber bullets without any scruples.

And those black mechs are different from the mechs of any country, they are painted with silver angels, and only one country will have this kind of symbol, and that is - the Holy See.

It has been said that the white priests rule over the light of Christendom, while the black angels dominate the night of the world. As long as it is a heresy, those black angels will definitely send them to the execution ground of sanctions.