August 31, 2020. On the 13th day of the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, 6 p.m. Rome City, Vatican, Italy.

The entire Vatican City is silent, but that doesn't mean there is no one in the city. On the contrary, the entire city was crowded with people. Just three days earlier, Pope Joseph had suddenly issued a papal decree requiring all the inquisitors, knights, priests, and bishops of the Holy See to return to the Vatican within three days. Now all the members of the Holy See are kneeling before the Pope. After making sure that all the men were present, a cardinal archbishop walked up to Joseph and said, "Your Majesty, two thousand inquisitors, fifteen hundred of the three knights, one thousand of the three priesthoods, and one hundred bishops. It's all here. It's time to go. After listening to the cardinal's report, Joseph opened his eyes, glanced at everyone under the throne, and then said slowly: "Three days ago, I received a letter. Pope Joseph's voice was not loud, but it was clear that it reached everyone's ears, as if Pope Joseph had said in his own ear: "This letter was written to me by Prince Charles of the Bloodlines. There is only one sentence in the whole letter, and I will read it to you. After saying that, Pope Joseph took out a piece of letter paper from his sleeve.

"Your Excellency, in three days, I will lead the Thirteen Princes of the Blood Clan and the leaders of the dark tribes to the Vatican to collect something. Charles Henry. "Pope Joseph reads very slowly, every word very clearly.

After listening to the letter read by Pope Joseph, the people of the Holy See immediately became angry.

"This Charles is too arrogant. Are you bullying us and there is no one in the Holy See?"

"This is a naked declaration of war. We're going to fight back. ”

"Defend the Holy See to the death. ”

"Are these dark tribes here to send them to death?"

"Swear to live and die with the Holy See. ”

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"Quietly. As soon as the Pope spoke, the entire Vatican became unusually quiet again, and Joseph continued: "I have already consulted with the four archbishops, and since Charles dares to send us a letter of war, then they must have been prepared to hastily summon everyone back from all over the world to deal with this matter. Joseph paused. "Just tonight, Charles is coming. ”

As soon as Joseph finished speaking, the sound of "buzz!" began to make noise again.

"Now, everybody listens. Joseph stood up. The entire Vatican was silent, with only the Pope floating in the air. "From now on, all personnel of the Holy See will be under the command of Archbishop Aldrich, and anyone who disobeys the order will be executed. ”

"The Lord is with us. Finally Joseph shouted.

"The Lord is with us. The Lord is with us. The Lord is with us. ............" everyone shouted after Joseph. The roof of the Papal Palace shook with a loud bang. Amid the shouts of the crowd, Joseph motioned for Aldrich to come forward. Then he sat down on the throne again. Aldrich raised his hands to signal everyone to be quiet. began to lay out combat missions.

At the same time, 50 kilometers north of the city of Rome. Inside an ordinary small European village. A group of orcs is gathering at the entrance of the village, this is a group of rat people, which belong to the lower race among the orcs. "Why don't you let us participate in this meeting, Prince Charles's summoning letter says all orcs and dark races. The patriarch of the nezumi shouted to the werewolf guards on duty. "Aren't we nezumi orcs?"

"Patriarch Atik, don't get involved in this matter, you nezumi don't have to get involved, your people are too many, I'm afraid we won't have enough food by then!" the werewolf guard Eagle scoffed.

"I don't need your military rations, this time all the warriors of my nezumi tribe have brought their own food. Atik said.

"That's not necessary! You nezumi are too strong in combat, I'm afraid that when the time comes, you'll exhaust the inquisitors and knights of the Holy See and give us no chance to make meritorious contributions! After saying that, he and Iggy laughed right there. Suffering such humiliation, a strong nezumi behind Atik immediately couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to pounce on Kent and Iggy, but was stopped by Atik.

"Oh, you see this strong little mouse is angry! What is an angry little mouse? ”

"I guess it's a little mouse. Iggy. ”

"Haha............"

"Patriarch, I .................." Calvin the nezumi clenched his fists angrily.

"Calvin, calm down, we're not here to fight. Atik said. "The big picture matters. ”

"Mr. Atik, he is so cultivated that he deserves to be the head of a family. At this time, a polite young man of the blood clan behind Atik said. "If all the elders of your orc clan were as calm and considerate as you are. I'm afraid your orc race has long been the only one among the dark races. ”

"Hey, vampire, what do you mean by that?" Iggy was very dissatisfied when he heard the words of the blood youth, and rushed towards the blood youth with a shout. At the same time, the upper body turned into a werewolf, and his hands turned into a wolf claw, and one claw grabbed at the blood clan. The blood clan and the werewolf have always been at odds, and this claw Eagle is also menacing, and he actually grabbed it directly to the chest of the blood clan youth.

"Childe be careful. Atik reminded. Before Atik finished speaking, Iggy, who pounced on the young man of the Blood Clan, saw his lower body running directly in front of his upper body. Eagle looked down in surprise and realized that he had been cut in two pieces from his waist at some point. But his legs remained in a forward running position. It didn't fall down until it ran out more than ten meters. Then Eagle felt the power and life force drain rapidly through his body. "Who killed me, so fast sword!" Ig closed his eyes forever with this question.

"Patriarch Atiq, welcome to the first plenary meeting of the Dark World. To introduce myself, I'm Charles. Prince Charles said as he took off his right glove, then smiled and held out his right hand to Atik.

"You are Prince Charles. Atik said incredulously, and quickly took Charles's right hand with both hands. "Hello Prince Charles, I ...... I...... My name is Atik, and I am the current leader of the Nezumi Clan, and after receiving your summoning letter, I immediately called on all my people to come and join the war. Now they are stationed in the sewers of Rome, ready for your call. ”

"Patriarch Atiq, your sincerity really touched me Charles too much. I promise to reserve a seat for you when the Dark Council is formed. Charles said.

"Prince Charles, are you making fun of me, are you gambling with the lives of my rat people just for the position of a councilor?" said Atik. "We nezumi are here to prove to the entire dark race that we are not cowards. ”

Seeing the impassioned Atik, Charles smiled and said nothing. He just made a gesture of please, and then led Atik into the village, and the werewolf guard Kent who had stopped Atik also curled up to the side after knowing Charles's identity, and no longer dared to stop him.

Atik's mood at this time was really mixed, the rat people had been bullied for thousands of years in the orc clan. In addition to their strong reproductive ability and survivability, they have always been the weakest existence among orcs in terms of combat. This time, Atik blocked the lives of the whole clan, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong. If it is right, then the nezumi will have a place in the orc clan in the future, and will no longer be the object of ridicule and bullying. If you are wrong, then there may be no nezumi in the orc clan in the future.

Look at the young prince of the blood clan who walked in front of him, and then think about his 30,000 people who are waiting in the sewers of the city of Rome. Atik suddenly felt that the responsibility on his shoulders might no longer be a matter of survival for the nezumen. Perhaps there will be a more important responsibility to be taken on by yourself.