By this time, Colonel Camp had sensed the chaos in the city, the Knights were ramming into the streets, and the violence was intensifying, while the Archbishop himself remained eeriely silent.

The rapidly deteriorating situation has left Colonel Camp uneasy, unable to guess what the archbishop has in mind, and at the same time worrying about his future: as the commander of the sheriff, he is obliged to maintain order in the city, and now that the street petition movement has escalated into bloodshed, whoever wins the situation must find a "scapegoat" to take responsibility for the loss of order. Seeing that this "black cauldron" was about to be buckled on his head, Colonel Camp was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, but he didn't know what to do.

At this moment, Erwin and his party arrived at the camp and showed the archbishop's edict asking him to hand over the command.

Colonel Camp looked at the edict suspiciously, and couldn't help frowning. He was not very literate, but as a close confidant of Philip, he was still very familiar with the handwriting of his boss, this so-called handwritten letter...... The handwriting looks suspicious, but the seal is indeed the hand of the archbishop, and the magic emblem cannot be faked.

Faced with the impatient urging of Knight Elwin, Colonel Camp gritted his teeth and decided to surrender his military power. The duties of the Commander of the Peace were like a hot potato to him, and he was happy to leave it to Elwin, and no matter how much trouble he caused in the future, it had nothing to do with him.

Erwin took over the security forces and ordered the militia-turned-policemen to immediately go on duty in the streets and use sticks against the rioters.

The public security police, who had originally received an order to patrol passively, suddenly received a new order to reverse 180 degrees, and they couldn't help but feel inexplicable. Some police officers can't bear to poison their fellow villagers and neighbors, but there are also people who have to harden their hearts and work hard to save their jobs.

The entry of the security forces took the pressure off the order, and the crowd was driven by the knights and police, and the slow runners were rarely hit with batons, and their heads were bleeding on the spot. Those who resisted fiercely were knocked over by the knights, and the police immediately pounced on them and arrested them.

The combined harsh crackdown by the military and police had an immediate effect, with the flow of people in the streets being divided and expelled, the wounded and fallen to the ground being dragged away, and the gradually empty streets left stains of blood and garbage.

However, just as the military and police joined forces to restore order, a group of masked thugs suddenly appeared in the street shops, lit wine bottles filled with grease, fiery glue and cotton wicks and threw them at the area where the military and police gathered, and a large fireball exploded in the sound of glass shattering, and the spewed grease stuck to the knights and policemen and burned violently, and the frightened war horses neighed and jumped wildly, knocking the knight on his back to the ground, struggling in the sea of fire.

This apparently prepared attack was devastating to the unprepared military police, and the encouraged populace was not satisfied with the useless "peace petition", and regarded the Knights and the vigilante as the spokesmen of the tyranny of the Empire, following the example of the masked men, covering their faces with toils and lighting lamp oil in wine bottles as weapons against them. In an instant, the surrounding neighborhoods, centered on the Grand Temple, turned into a battlefield, and the streets were filled with flames and billowing smoke over the city.

The Knights and the vigilantes were attacked with Molotov cocktails, and casualties soon followed. At this time, they realized that they were no longer going to suppress the unarmed people, and that they could lose their lives if they were not careful. The situation has become so dire that the military and police have to prioritize their own survival. Klautz had decreed that the use of lethal weapons against the population was no longer heeded, and the knights threw away their whips, cursed and replaced them with the more advantageous Morning Star Hammer, and urged their horses to charge at the mob that was raising flasks and trying to throw them at them, smashing them in the face.

The "Morning Star Hammer" is a type of heavy mace, the heavy hammer head is cast from stainless steel, with radial edges or spikes, similar to mace, extremely lethal, the armor can not stop the heavy hammer beating, those civilians who lack armor protection are hit by a hammer, the skin is broken and the bones are broken, and the brain is burst on the spot.

The violent clashes lasted from morning to dusk, with 246 protesters killed, more than 600 seriously injured, and nearly 1,000 arrested. The military and police also paid a lot of casualties, with more than double-digit knights killed by the rioters, and more than 100 police officers killed or wounded.

As the sun sets, the clashes in the streets have eased, but this does not mean that peace has come. The anger in the hearts of those who had been injured in the street clashes and lost relatives and friends was not extinguished, and the young revolutionaries gathered in secret basements or warehouses to escape from the military and police, and they discussed with great enthusiasm how to get weapons, and gathered more colleagues to unite to continue the fight against the eagle dogs of the Empire.

Some people proposed to go out of the city overnight to join General Rudolph, some people reluctantly suggested attacking the prison to rescue their arrested brothers, some whimsically wanted to sneak into the barracks and poison the wells to poison all those brutal knights, and some pointed the finger at the church from "tithes" and planned to set fire to the Temple of Perro with like-minded partners......

Scarlet twilight envelops the Fort of Atonement, and in the streets filled with gunsmoke and gore, the seeds of hatred sprout in the hearts of the people. Now no one mentions any more "peace petitions", and the insurrection of passion for wisdom and blood for tooth for tooth has become the consensus of the majority; No one but Dennis and his group of reformist priests had illusions about Philip, and the people who stood guard outside the walls of the temple during the day and shouted "We need Philip" were already disappointed, and when they mentioned His Excellency the Archbishop, they couldn't help but purse their lips and curse the "old turtle with a shrunken head" disdainfully......

"Philip has been abandoned by the people, and the Far Easterners need a new revolutionary leader, a stronger and more powerful leader who can lead us against the tyranny of the Empire."

Lady Evgenia returned to the "Club of the Awakened", like a restored queen to her court, and proudly proclaimed to the dejected gentlemen present: "We need not Philip, but Rudolf Kolas!" ”

The core members of the club had no objection to this, and Philip's clumsy performance disappointed them, and the investment in the archbishop was lost, which taught everyone a lesson: no matter how good they say, the key to leading the revolution is to master the army, and only armed prophets can win, and unarmed prophets are doomed.

Analyzing the situation according to this principle, it is clear to any discerning person that only General Rudolph can stand up to the brutal rule of Klautz. As for Philip, it's better to forget about him as soon as possible......

Pastor Denis didn't attend tonight's meeting, and probably no one here misses him. Evgenia had a keen premonition that Klautz had taken control of the street order, and the next step would be to crack down on the dissident community represented by the "Club of the Awakened", so she warned the members to evacuate as soon as possible, and it was best to flee outside the city to avoid the limelight, waiting for her to inform the time and place of the next meeting.

Everyone shook hands and cherished each other, and left in a hurry with different moods.

Evgenia was also ready to evacuate, the "House of Friendliness" was temporarily closed, and all his agents were evacuated from the city overnight.

In the middle of the night, Evgenia took care of everything and was about to take two high-ranking female rangers out of the city in disguise, when there was a sudden knock on the door outside the house!