"When human beings dug up the devil's tomb, they did not listen to God's admonition, and tried to rely on the devil's burial goods to fight against God and betrayed the old contract. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And the day of judgment will come, and the walls of Babylon will fall. In the cockpit, Noel whispered. This was not his past experience, but his own admonition, and it was Archduke Ether of Tudor who told him this.

The destruction of the new Roman Empire was not entirely without reason, and it was reasonable to be sad that that powerful country finally collapsed and destroyed under internal and external troubles. Externally, recklessly, internally, iron-blooded suppression, the officials and nobles were greedy and corrupt, but they did not care about the safety of the country, and he was a victim, a political victim, if it were not for Ann Roester at that time, his life might have been so miserable and ridiculous.

As a Herodian, he hated this empire deeply.

But now the kingdom of New Brad seems to have repeated this mistake, destroying the kingdom that Ann Roester wanted to protect.

For the past ten years, the kingdom of New Brad has carried the Holy Church behind its back, and has chosen excellent children in the former lands of New Rome, brought them back to Constantinople, and tried them repeatedly to make them endure pain and resonate with mechas, hoping to fully master this cursed machine, but it has never been completely successful. Most of them have been completely devoured by the mechs and turned into mobile golems, they still have breathing and heartbeat, but they are dead, but they are still stuffed into the mechs and used as tools. These people are the origin of Ether's Chosen Guard. Noel closed his eyes, and what appeared in front of him was the so-called partner who had grown up together.

He watched these children his age, who were promised freedom and happiness, who joyfully accepted the machines, but gradually became uncontrollable and eventually devoured their souls and became the walking dead. Except for the time of battle, forever sleeping in the cold mecha cockpit.

It was the best of times and it was the worst of times, he ascended to heaven and his friends fell into hell. All people have the right to pursue happiness, but many more people cannot even seek a place between heaven and earth.

The only person who could reassure him along the way was Ann Lother, whose gentle nature kept her original heart at all times, and she was like an angel who was not tainted by evil, which is why he was able to survive so much suffering.

Noel smiled silently wryly. Even though he knew that his life was coming to an end, he felt a sense of happiness when he recalled it. Maybe it's a very beautiful thing to end your life like this at the last moment.

All of this is about to become a thing of the past.

……

At this moment, thousands of miles away from Trebizond, a quarrel was going on, and they were discussing the military campaign of the Crusaders against Trebizond.

It had been months, and the advance on the Seljuk Empire had stalled for too long, and many people were impatient, especially since the Holy See had drawn so many men to attack the projectile land of Trebizond.

"What is your purpose in bringing about this crusading holy war this time?" Questioning, the man looked at Ether with a coldness in his eyes.

But Ether was not touched at all by such a question, and instead asked softly: "I am very strange, what is the basis for what you say?" If I am not mistaken, Secretary Agustino, this action was approved by the Holy See. ”

"Yes, but the Holy Church never does anything without a reason. If you really have a clear conscience, as you say, then why don't you tell us, Grand Duke Tudor? Agustino's tone was aggressive, and he certainly had such confidence as the commander of Genoa's army, although the main force of this great war was the kingdom of New Brad, but there was no doubt that the two powerful navies of Genoa and Venice must be relied upon to cross the strait. Even if the man Esher is a complete madman, it is absolutely impossible to lose the most basic sanity, and if there is no sea dominance, the outcome of this holy war can be imagined.

Now Agostino was not in doubt about the order of the Holy See, but in doubting whether Esher would have something to hide.

The reason for this great battle is too strange, since the fall of the new Roman Empire, although the Holy See had the power to destroy Trebizond, Nicaea and Epirus, leaving the Herod with no hope of recovering the country, but in the end he did not. It was more than the contradiction between the Crusaders and the Holy Church itself, but also because those kingdoms objectively formed a natural barrier to avoid the conflict between the West and the East. But this time, their main goal was to solve the plight of Jerusalem, and they were only holding the Seljuks in check. However, not long ago, an inexplicable order caused the already victorious Crusaders to abandon the continued siege of the Seljuk Empire and instead turn the spearhead to Trebizond, which Agustino could not understand.

The geographical location of Trebizond was not particularly important, it was the northern region of Anatolia, and even the new Rome was indifferent to it at the time, and the local nobility seemed to be impermanent, mainly because it could not control the situation in the slightest, and only dispersed the forces in vain.

Then there is only one reason why the Holy See is still insisting on attacking: the former possessions of the new Rome. Aside from that, it's hard to imagine what else the Holy Church with a great appetite would be attracted to. It is not surprising that Agustinos had the privilege of taking part in the attack on Constantinople at that time, and after the capture of that glorious city, the Pope, who was said to have failed to catch the self-immolation because he had nothing to gain, planned to raze Constantinople completely, and of course the final decision was that the cardinal opportunity could not be allowed. However, one can imagine the desire of the entire Holy See for the legacy of the new Roman Empire. This is a very amazing thing, but the most bizarre thing is not that, but that he is ignorant of any official explanation of this military operation.

This is simply impossible!

Agustino could not understand that even if it was true that Trabizon was hiding something shady, according to the style of the Holy Church, he would not be so careful, and he dared to be the great nobleman of Genoa, as if he did not know anything.

It was so abnormal that now he could only wonder if it was Ether who was deliberately hiding something.

And looking at the menacing Venetians and Genoians, Esher did not change his face, but sneered slightly.

"The gentlemen are just for these reasons, which makes people feel too ridiculous, right? I didn't expect you to be so concerned about the affairs of the Holy Church, and if the adults of the cardinal had known, they would have rewarded you. ”

"Don't be so ugly, I'm just fulfilling my obligations, can it be said that His Royal Highness the Grand Duke Tudor doesn't even have this kind of energy?" Agostino retorted at Ether's taunt, and the guards behind both sides looked tense and almost drew their swords at each other.

"I have already made it very clear that the order given is the original text of the Holy See, do you want me to repeat it again? Does Agustino-kun still have questions? Ether looked at the other and asked in a loud voice, and the two of them spoke louder and louder. Seeing this, Agostino didn't want to believe Ethher, and Ether didn't bother to waste his tongue to explain.

And at this moment, a rather majestic voice came to mind, attracting everyone's attention, and that voice echoed in everyone's ears for a long time as if it were a king, and more importantly, it also caused great waves in their hearts. This is not an imposing force that ordinary people can have, nor is it a sense of oppression that ordinary superiors can give. This feeling is like that only the executioner who has killed many people has it, not dozens of people, but hundreds of thousands of blood standing in his hands, and the momentum cultivated by such immersion naturally makes everyone shudder from the bottom of their hearts.

It's-

Even Esher restrained his arrogant face, although he was also an unruly existence, but this did not mean that he was a fool who did not know how to take it seriously, and now appeared in front of them, the real New Brad Kingdom of another grand duke with military power, the Grand Duke of Athens, Alfonso. It's different from Ethher. Because he is the nephew of King Baldwin, the only son of the original crusader hero Count Pierce, he can dominate one side and rely greatly on the old department of the original Count of Pierce, that is, the military aristocracy, and Alfonso completely relied on his own strength to defeat the Herod who was stationed in the Peloponnese and obtained that incomparably rich fief, the so-called obedience to the kingdom of New Brad will also be in vain, he is a real king himself.

Although Esher is arrogant, he knows that he is only a knight who can be qualified to be on par with Alfonso, but his military talent is beyond his reach, as a person who is moving towards the status of king, he naturally has to have an ambitious side, his enemy is not just a small knight king, but the whole world is enough to compete with him.

One day, he will also become an existence that can truly call the wind and rain on the world stage!

Only now, he must bow his head, because his strength is far from enough for the time being.

I saw--

The masked man walked up and down with an eerie aura, and Alfonso had lost his face and one eye blind during a major battle in his early years. But this man did not succumb to fate, but became more and more courageous, before the Crusades, he started from scratch as a mercenary of the Kingdom of Naples and made great achievements, even faster than the sea to fight the Crescent pirates of Northern Africa, his fierceness can be imagined.

"What the hell are you arguing about, I don't think it's time to care about these things at all, right? Why waste time? Under that mask, Ether and Agastino couldn't help but subconsciously take two steps back even if they couldn't see that hideous face.

Is this the knight of the powerhouse of that era? couldn't help but say in their hearts, they had to admire this man's prestige, and it was difficult for ordinary people to put such pressure on them.

However, this did not mean that Agostino and Esher suddenly turned into docile little white rabbits, and they immediately restrained their fluctuating emotions and became calm and looked at the man who suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Nothing, Your Excellency Marshal, I am just a little confused about the order given by His Highness Ether."

"Confused? What do you have to wonder? Alfonso asked in a cold voice, and he glanced coldly at Agustino with that eye. And the other Venice and Genoa guards who felt the man's afterglow couldn't help but gasp.

This terrifying momentum makes them feel creepy, it turns out that this is the power that powerful people have?

"That's right, it's about the Holy See, and if I'm not mistaken, we were originally the crusaders who delivered Jerusalem, weren't we?" Agstino asked fearlessly, not seeming to be infected by the other man's terrible eyes.

"Yes." Alfonso's words did not have the slightest emotion in them, but he did not deny the other party's words, and generously admitted them, which was a little surprising to Agostino cleanly.

After a pause, Agostino then said, "Very well, I hope the marshal can give us a clear explanation." "In this crusade, Alfonso is nominally the absolute leadership, so the most basic respect must be given, and Argustino knows this very well, even if he does not take the New Brad Kingdom in his eyes at all.

"Why is there no clear explanation for the reason for the Holy See's dispatch of troops this time? It would be difficult to use even a large army without enough reason to convince us, and hopefully, the marshal will give us a reasonable explanation! Otherwise, of course, I would have raised our objections. ”

"Dissent?!" Looking at Agostino, Alfonso also snorted coldly, "But the Holy See's order is like this, does it mean that you can't tamper with it?" ”

Tsk - Is that the case too?

The undying Agostino starred, obviously unwilling to be convinced. But since even Alfonso swore an oath, he didn't have much to say now.

"Then in that case, I have no choice but to take my leave." Argustino said awe-inspiringly, and then turned and left with his own people, leaving only Alfonso and Esser, but it was clear that the aftermath was still going on. (To be continued.) )