Void Ancestor City, now the city's border defense has been completely taken over by the Crusaders, and the nobles who were originally in the territory of Void Ancestor, except for the group that just took advantage of the chaos to plunder were killed, the remaining nobles were calmed by the Holy See's iron-blooded means, and there was no more blatant robbery of civilians.

And the army of the Void Ancestor King, which was scattered, also slowly disappeared under the encirclement and suppression of the whole country.

"I have long said that capturing a city and ruling a city are two completely different things," Archbishop Lang looked at the desk full of reports, most of them from villages and towns across the border, "We have just entered the Void Ancestor, except for those important positions, we have no need to move the remaining grassroots officials, first, to show our tolerance, and second, they are familiar with everything here, so that the people can quickly settle down." ”

"Your Excellency, it makes no sense to say this now. "I thought that the middle-aged nobleman was standing in front of him, he was the only remaining grand duke in the city of the Void Ancestor King, and he was also the first nobleman to clearly express his support for the Holy See after the crusaders entered the Void Ancestor," Lord Xilan arrested and imprisoned a large number of former officials, and the mayors of those villages and towns were panicked all day long after hearing the news, and even the officials in some places had already begun to flee for their lives, and the thieves took advantage of this opportunity to loot money, and the city halls and public security departments in various places were in a semi-abandoned state, and if this continued, sooner or later a rebellion would break out that would be even more difficult to quell than before!"

Archbishop Lan Ge rubbed his eyebrows in great distress, he really had no way to dissuade this misbehaving Xi Lan, so far, the soldiers in the Void Ancestor City only listened to Xi Lan's orders, and even the officials were desperately trying to curry favor with the Ruling Temple, and no one cared about his own opinions.

Xilan, this bastard, the good situation has been messed up by you, His Majesty the Pope is really, is it also because of the injury that has become old and confused?

Let an idiot who only has killing and war in his head take charge of politics and govern the country, and it is strange that he does not make the country jump!

The policy formulated by Xi Lan to arrest all the officials in the territory of Xuzu and put them in prison for retrial will definitely provoke a large number of desperate officials to resist, and then Xi Lan will lead troops to suppress and cut off batches of heads, which is simply a waste of precious troops and resources.

"What can I do ......" Lan Ge threw a report aside in annoyance, under Xilan's high-pressure policy, some areas have begun to openly resist the Crusaders' arrival, and under the instigation of some people, they burned down churches and sank the clergy to the bottom of the lake, although this trend has not yet spread, but if Xilan still adheres to the purge policy, then this little spark will definitely become a prairie fire in the territory of the Void Motherland.

"Three white-clad priests have already been confirmed dead at the hands of the mob, and the black smoke from the burning church in Liland Town is clearly visible for dozens of kilometers. The young grand duke's face was heavy: "Without farmers, no slaves, and no one to grow crops for us, Void Ancestor City will not be able to become a supply depot for the Holy See!"

"It can't go on like this. Archbishop Lange breathed a sigh of relief, "I want to report this matter to His Majesty the Pope, and I must withdraw Xilan!"

"My lord, there is no need to write a letter. The door was suddenly pushed open, and a red-clothed priest walked in, his face was gloomy: "The temple has just delivered an urgent letter, there is a change in Iron Rock City, and Archbishop Xilan is about to go to the Shadow Mountain Range!"

Rang's expression froze.

......

The Crusader light cavalry assembled in a neat queue and slowly walked out of the gate of the Void Ancestor King City, and the sound of horses' hooves and armor colliding was connected, and it seemed to fit very well, without any chaotic sound.

These light cavalry are the most elite and swift in the Temple of Judgment, it can be said that this is the most powerful force under Xilan's command except for paladins, they have followed Xilan to conquer one powerful opponent after another, and occupied countless cities, it can be said that all of them are battle-hardened veterans, as for fighting monsters, their experience is incomparably rich.

But even so, the look on Xi Lan's face was still very heavy, and he remembered the news from the temple, and the eagerness and panic revealed between the lines were something Xi Lan had never seen before.

O apostles......

Xilan squinted at the western sky, which was in the direction of the Shadow Mountains, and although it was thousands of miles away, he could feel the extremely uncomfortable aura coming from that direction.

In the history of the Temple, the arrival of seven apostles has been recorded, and those monarchs from hell have different powers, but each of them has brought unimaginable disasters to mankind, and in order to defeat them, successive popes have paid a terrible price, and on two occasions, the papal tradition was almost severed.

Although he had never seen the horror of the apostles, from the records of ancient books, Xilan could see that some terrible monsters seemed to be born for destruction, and their purpose was very simple, that is, to invade the human kingdom, kill human beings and destroy civilization.

If the apostle's advent date is really advanced, then the Holy See's plan is likely to change because of this, and it is impossible for the human kingdom to complete the unification in a short period of time, so that the forces to deal with the apostles will be very scattered, Xilan has never doubted the selfishness and indifference of the human king, and they will never send troops to support the Holy See until they see the trend of being threatened.

Considering the terrible degree of the apostles, Xilan mobilized 38,000 crusaders stationed in the city of the Void Ancestor King, and prepared to bring them all to the Shadow Mountains, leaving only 12,000 soldiers to guard the Void Ancestor.

"Lord Lange, after I leave, the Void Ancestor City will be handed over to you," Xilan stood on the city wall, looking at the crusaders lined up below, their armor reflecting a dazzling light in the sunlight, "Be sure to pay close attention to not let the rebels sneak up on you." ”

Void Ancestor City is guarded by tens of thousands of crusaders, and those rebels have long been dispersed, who has the courage to sneak attack?

Lange muttered in his heart, but his face didn't show it, and he nodded: "Don't worry." ”

"By the way, there's one more thing," Xilan was silent for a moment, he remembered the two monsters that attacked the crusaders' tents at night a few days ago, and felt a little uneasy, "Remember what I told you about the attack we were on in camp?"

"Isn't it the two monsters that have already been killed?"

"I always felt that those two monsters had other purposes, maybe just to test our reactions," Xilan said in a deep voice, "After I leave, I must increase the defense level against the Void Ancestor. ”

"You're saying someone is manipulating them?" Rang reacted.

"Even their bodies are artificially assembled, there's no reason not to believe that they are not manipulative, if it's just a crazy scientific monster experimenting on their own works, there's no need to worry, but if the other party is deliberately targeting the Holy See, then be careful, the other party must still be hiding somewhere we can't see, watching us all the time, once the crusaders reveal their weaknesses, they will immediately pounce and bite us!" In order to kill those two monsters that night, the Crusaders killed and wounded more than thirty people, although it was in the case of a sneak attack, but it was enough to show that their combat effectiveness could not be ignored. ”

"If you find traces of this kind of monster again in the territory of the Void Ancestor, you must not take it lightly, and immediately let the cavalry brigade track it down, find their lair, and completely annihilate it!"

......

"It seems that something important has really happened in the temple, and Xilan has led more than two-thirds of the garrison to evacuate the Void Ancestor," the councillor on the hill, wrapped in a pitch-black cloak, chuckled softly, "Our chance will come soon." ”

"Remind you, even if Xi Lan took away a large number of troops, there are still more than 10,000 crusaders in the Void Ancestor King City," the goddess Wang is fierce, even if she takes off the expensive costume, she still has the majesty of being on the top for a long time: "My troops have not been assembled yet, and to provoke them now is to seek death." ”

"I don't want to enter the Void Ancestor King City," the councilor explained his thoughts very dryly: "I am not arrogant enough to dare to confront tens of thousands of troops alone, what I want to say is that if Xi Lan leaves, then the defense force of the villages and towns under the Void Ancestor will be very significantly weak, and the number of those patrols and guards will be reduced by at least half, and he has killed a large number of nobles and dismissed their armies during this time, so that the Holy See will not be able to defend with the help of the nobles' army." ”

"We can start with those villages and towns," the councillor laughed, "and with dozens of soldiers, there is still no pressure to solve it." ”

"What if the villagers don't cooperate?" asked the princess, squinting her eyes.

"In your capacity, I don't think you should ask such a question," the councillor looked at the princess with some surprise: "Those villagers, to put it realistically, are just cattle and sheep raised by some superiors, and the change of power is just a change of master for them; ”

"If they insist on resisting ......" the councillor scratched the tip of his nose: "What will the master do with the sheep and cattle who refuse to obey?"

"Whip it, beat it with a stick, or simply kill it, anyway, there are a lot of cattle and sheep," the councillor grinned, showing a mouth full of teeth: "I also recently figured out that cattle and sheep are not qualified to negotiate terms with herdsmen, they can only be forced to accept." ”

Wang Nu stared at the parliamentarian's face for a long time, and then sighed lightly: "Just do as you say." ”

"Hopefully this time, it will go a little bit better. ”

"It won't be long before we can return there, banish the enemies, and establish a kingdom that belongs to us," he said, pointing to the towering castle in the distance, which was once the symbol of the royal family of the Void Ancestors. ”

The princess obviously didn't want to continue the topic, she closed her eyes, looking a little tired.

"Let your monsters, get moving!"