"Lord Hussein, the information sent by the brothers of the Diocese of the River Valley has already left the city of Bolai, and it is estimated that it will be there in two days."

"Hmm"

The man named Hussein nodded a little perfunctorily, and mumbled, as if he was a little absent-minded,

As the contemporary knight chief of the Cult of the Rising Sun, Hussein is one of the few strong people in the church.

At the beginning of the Golden Dragon Kingdom, the Cult of the Rising Sun was suppressed by the founding monarch, Charman I, like a thunderbolt.

In addition, several kings of the kingdom unswervingly carried out the ancestral teachings left by Charman I, and always maintained a high-pressure policy against the Cult of the Rising Sun.

The power of the Cult of the Rising Sun is extremely weakened compared to hundreds of years ago.

However, after all, the Cult of the Rising Sun God was once the number one religion of the human race, and it even had a cooperative relationship with Charman I in the founding battle of the Golden Dragon Kingdom.

Originally, Charman I was supposed to be the state religion of the Cult of the Rising Sun, but after completing the great cause of expelling the orcs, Charman I began the brutal suppression of the Cult of the Rising Sun with his backhand.

However, the Cult of the Rising Sun has a large base of believers among mankind, and the kingdom has never been able to completely eradicate it.

After the Cult of the Rising Sun God collided with the regular army of the kingdom a few times at the beginning, he also realized that he could not be the opponent of the regular army of the kingdom, especially when the ultimate force dragon knight was still on the side of the kingdom.

More often than not, the Cult of the Rising Sun is trying not to cause the kingdom to hibernate and develop,

Now he has secretly managed a lot of power, and he has gradually recovered some vitality.

The chief knight Hussein is one of the hole cards of the church,

The Knights of Discipline was the main force of the Church back then, and it was also one of the few church armed forces that could fight against the elite regular army of the kingdom without falling behind.

Although the scale of the Punishment Knights is not the same as it was back then, Hussein's ability to sit firmly in the position of the Knight Chief of the Punishment Knights also shows its strength from the side.

Under the Pope's order, Hussein took nearly a third of the elite of the Knights to live in the small town of Rich, a few hundred kilometers south of the river valley.

This town is located on the road from the river valley to the Golden Dragon, and it takes a day or two to get around the town of Rich.

Richard has no reason or need to go around the town at the moment,

As long as they stay here, they can almost 100% wait until the goal is caught in the net, and the church can develop again under the siege of the kingdom.

Richard's whereabouts were almost counted to death by them, and the only mistake that could be the miscalculation of the strength of the guards around Richard,

After all, Zebul and the Venomous Mantilion have only appeared in the wilderness, and only the ogres and Richard soldiers have seen them, so there is no way for a trace of news to come out, and no matter how strong the Church's intelligence ability is, it is useless.

"Lord Hussein?"

Probably seeing that the knight chief was a little absent-minded, his subordinates on the side shouted again.

"yes, I see."

Hussain was indeed thinking about other issues, and he was a little apprehensive about the operation,

His worries were not about the success or failure of this operation, in his eyes, with him and dozens of knight elites taking action, it was very safe to kill the northland upstart.

He was mainly worried about the consequences of this operation, and it was certain that it would attract the attention and suppression of the kingdom again.

After all, killing an upper-class nobleman who is about to be a marquis is not a trivial fight.

He can't judge whether the benefits of this operation are compared with the price paid.

But as the head of the Knights, one of the top echelons of the Church, he can clearly feel that the actions of the current Pope are becoming more and more radical.

The previous generations of popes followed the principle of low-key development, gradual infiltration, and no head-on conflict with the official kingdom.

The Cult of the Rising Sun has been dormant for a hundred years and has finally recovered some vitality now.

It seems that the rules of the church have also undergone some changes, and they have begun to become more radical again.

is not only preparing to attack and kill Richard this time, but also in exchange for the conversion of the current head of the Lancet family,

The Pope seems to have made arrangements in the royal capital, and he does not know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

"Look at the position, the poison on the arrows is quenched, the knives and guns are sharpened for me, this operation can only succeed and not fail!"

Although he did not agree with the Pope's radical approach, the matter had come to this point, and Hussein had to try to get things done.

"Yes, Lord Hussein, don't worry!"

There was a sound of cheering around,

Quite confident in tone,

These people are the elite of the knights, in addition to Hussein, there are two masters of the great knight rank alone, and there are more than ten knight-level masters,

In their eyes, this ambush of an Earl from the Northland is simply a knife used to kill chickens, and there is no possibility of any accidents.

…

On the official road southward from the valley,

Richard and the others traveled hundreds of kilometers out of the city of Berley.

At this time, he had left the confines of the valley and came to the core territory of the kingdom, the central plain.

The official road is almost parallel to the Jinlong River, built along the Jinlong River, and the population is also visible to the naked eye.

This fertile land, with its dense population, is also one of the foundations of the kingdom's command.

Richard looked left and right on his horse, observing the rich land up close, as if he had looked at his own home.

From time to time, you can still see a few peasants passing by, although these peasants are dressed in tatters, but their mental outlook is not bad, at least they have no yellow muscles.

It seems that most of the civilians in the Great Plains of the Central Plains can still eat with their mouths, and if there are no external factors, it will not be easy to rebel.

When the surrounding peasants saw Richard's team, although they were a little afraid, they did not hide far away like the people of the river valley.

First, because although the peasants on the central plains are not rich, they have a wider range of knowledge, after all, the commodities and strange things from all over the world are gathering in the royal capital.

They have all seen more curious creatures, and they are a little surprised to see the poisonous scorpion lion brought by Richard.

The second is that Richard learned the lesson of his time in the river valley, put a collar on the poisonous scorpion lion, and tied a rope to the horse, indicating that he was a war beast with a rope, and everyone should not be afraid.

Of course, this ordinary rope is more like a pretentious ornament for the poisonous scorpion, that is, to give a psychological comfort to the people around him, anyway, without Richard's order, the poisonous scorpion lion will not break free from the rope and run blindly,

It's just that the poisonous scorpion lion, who could have been happy at will, can now only follow Richard around, and his eyes are occasionally a little melancholy.

"Lord Richard, we're going to speed up a bit, if we don't make it to Richie before dark, we'll probably have to spend the night in the wilderness."

The cavalry on the side had obviously been to the royal capital, and they had some experience with the route and knew where to rest, so they would ask Richard at this time.

"Well, let's speed it up."

Richard also accepted the suggestion from the good, he was not a maniac, he could live in a small town with better conditions, why should he have to live in the wilderness to find himself unhappy.

…

"Drive, drive!"

"Phew!"

Richard and the others finally arrived at Ridge Town just after nightfall.

"Boss, open ten rooms."

"Okay!"

Because there were not many people with him, Richard also took everyone to live in the largest hotel in Rich Town.

As soon as everyone walked into the hotel, they attracted the attention of the people around them.

As an important node on the official road, Rich Town has a lot of people coming and going every day.

There are caravans of dozens or hundreds of people, but the swords and armor on Richard's group are obviously not simple.

As soon as you enter the door, the originally noisy hotel lobby is quiet,

The people around knew at a glance that Richard's gang was not easy to mess with.

"Guest, upstairs, please."

Richard was not ready to delay here, so he led people upstairs into the room to prepare for rest, and drove for several days, even if his body could bear it, his spirit was a little tired.

…

"Lord Hussein, the target has entered the town and stayed in the largest hotel in the center of the town."

"Hmph, get ready."

"Yes, sir..."

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