Chapter 159: The Unification of West Hartland
The same was true in several other cities, where Acoste's decision had already been informed to the subordinates who were in charge of the city through the Mage Tower, so each city expelled the temples at almost the same time and convened this assembly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Naturally, there were many people in other places who opposed it, but alas, these people were also ruthlessly expelled and suppressed.
It's just that in the end, Acoste still didn't kill them, and all of them spared their lives.
Of course, it's not that I'm too soft-hearted, what the half-elves want is just a deterrent effect, these bloody massacres are a bit Thai, and the target is still some helpless ordinary people, even if this can have a better deterrent effect, but this result is not what Acoste wants.
A few days passed.
The turmoil in the Starry Night Leader Temple has finally passed a little, and those ordinary civilians have also returned to their daily life tracks, everything that happened a few days ago is like a passing cloud, and now no one dares to talk about it like this.
However, the whole West Hartland region is not as calm as the Starry Night Collar.
Although the gates of hell created by the Destruction Lightning closed on their own due to the expiration of the duration, a large group of bloodthirsty and hideous demons still roamed the wilderness plains.
A small town was ruthlessly destroyed, and just like what happened to Yuanwang Town, it was turned into a barren land under the attack of demons.
Tragedy befell here, but no force could stop it.
The West Hartland region is a place where there is no unified royal power.
In this land, countless small forces are dotted here like sand and stones, some small lords only own one or two villages, hundreds of people dare to claim themselves as barons, and many dilapidated families do not even have a serious fief, only an ancient castle or a few villas as a stronghold.
In the face of the resistance of these stragglers, the demons can be described as devastating along the way, and they will not encounter any decent pressure at all, if the aristocratic forces of the West Hartland region have been scattered like this, even if these demons sweep this area, it will not be unexpected.
But fortunately, as time passed, those forces that had been sealed and entrenched finally realized that something was wrong, and they found that if they continued to disperse like this, one day they would be defeated by those murderous demons one by one, and under pressure, these nobles quickly established an alliance of nobles, and gathered the power of the entire West Hartland together.
This head was naturally led by the four archdukes of the old city, Baldur's Gate, in fact, Baldur's Gate had this plan for a long time, wanting to establish such an alliance to achieve their dream of unifying the region, and Baldur's Gate had also launched many similar invitations in the past peaceful years, but few people came to respond.
And now, because of the threat of family ruin, these lords who originally wanted to be independent finally attached to the foot of Baldur's Gate, which made the four Grand Dukes led by the Duke of Silver Shield very happy, they believed that as long as this demonic incident was over, then what they were about to rule in their hands was not as simple as an ancient city.
Just if the nobles agree, there will definitely be a territory that refuses.
Needless to say, there are some slightly stronger or remote territories that have rejected the invitation of the Baldur's Gate again, in this world, not everyone is a fool, and some far-sighted lords have long seen the calculation of the Baldur's Gate in their hearts, if they really want to join their own territory into the so-called broken alliance, it is estimated that they will be swallowed by others after the demon event and there are no bones left.
For these stubborn elements, the Grand Duke of Silver Shield didn't care much, after all, they had gathered 9 percent of the nobles in this land in this lord alliance now, and had more than 10,000 warriors and private soldiers, so they wouldn't care about those cats and dogs.
With these armies, the first thing the four archdukes did was to concentrate their forces in their own city, the Baldur's Gate, and to help the Temple of Justice first solve the serial skinning case with absolute strength.
After a period of investigation, they had long known that these things were made up by the Killing Church, but they had no choice but to have a few legendary Sons of Slaughter in charge, and a high priest who could not see through the depths to rule the overall situation, so that the people of Baldur's Gate did not dare to declare war on the other party until now.
It's just that it's different now, some of the temples of the good faction have mobilized a lot of high-end forces from other places, and they also have a well-equipped and well-trained army, so it's time to talk to each other.
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On the last morning of the Harvest Moon, a group of clergy and several powerful professionals stood in front of the council hall at Baldur's Gate.
This group of people are all high-level professionals, and among them are four legendary professional leaders, they are all elites specially selected from the army and the temple by several major dukes, and a team that is ready to directly smash and kill the Yellow Dragon of the Church.
"Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I would like to thank all the citizens of Baldur's Gate for your willingness to participate in this operation and rid this place of a great evil!"
A middle-aged man with half-white hair walked out of the council hall, although he was old, he was in good spirits, wearing a luxurious but very solemn dress, his body was straight, his hair stood on end, although he was an ordinary person, he could give people a certain amount of momentum.
"Grand Duke of Silver Shield, this time we will definitely eradicate the evil and give the Baldur Gate a peace!"
The paladins and uniformed warriors solemnly assured them that they were either fighting for their faith or as guardians of the place, and that this operation was both an obligation and a great honor.
"Your Excellency, please don't forget the reward you promised us!"
Of course, not everyone is as selfless as they are, and the people who say these words are a group of people dressed as mercenaries, most of whom are hired by several dukes from the adventurer's guild, and some are the personal bodyguards of the private lords, these people are naturally not as noble as the previous group.
"Don't worry, what I promised you, I will never regret it!"
Duke Silvershield frowned slightly, he was just about to be happy for the loyalty of those Templar Knights and his subordinates, but he was in a bad mood by this group of "rat".
But he didn't show these things on his face, and Gu Bo's unfazed facial expression made it impossible for outsiders to see anything wrong.
"You are all the elites I have chosen, now that we have investigated the hiding places of those demons, let's go and destroy them!" (To be continued.) )