"Oh, my majesty may have missed the best opportunity to establish his prestige, but even if he is with you, I don't think he can hide the dazzling brilliance of you, I must congratulate you in advance, under the spread of our believers, it will not be long before your greatness will spread throughout the continent, and the church will be under your leadership for the first time to truly sprinkle the majesty and mercy of the Supreme God throughout the north of the empire......"

Cardinal Ilya, who was also dressed in full red light, bowed awkwardly on horseback as much as he could, and kept piling up gorgeous words in his mind to please the pope in front of him

"Don't say that, my dear friend and brother, Your Majesty's help is also part of our success, and of course, you are right! We have sacrificed so much to give the gospel of the Most High God to these wicked people in the northern territories, but it is a pity that the brutal persecution of the pagans has made this city seem so bleak and deserted."

Although he was very satisfied with Elijah's praise and sycophancy, Nathaniel, who was walking at the front of the line, looked at the deserted streets, and was somewhat dissatisfied with the strange smell from time to time, in his opinion, he should be greeted by the cheers of all the people when he entered as a liberator, but fortunately, there are talents in the church who can embellish these details when they are propagandized in the later stage, and it doesn't matter what the real truth is, the important thing is to make the stupid civilians believe that these are the truth......

Just as the smug Pope was enjoying the praise of his men, and just as a large number of elite soldiers and knights of the Empire under Rolf's orders began to enter the city, three arrows with extra-long shafts and feathers flew high into the sky with the faint flame that could ignite everything under the full impetus of the Closing Bow, and then flew through the sky with a mocking whistling towards their destination......

"What sound?"

The deputy head of the Knights Templar, who could only listen to the bishops who continued to praise the Pope and could not intervene, was in a hurry, when a familiar voice suddenly came into his ears, and he looked left and right a few times in some confusion, and he subconsciously raised his head without finding anything......

The rocket like three meteors with an indomitable power, gradually widened in the pupils of the deputy head with a frightened look, and before the brain could react, the body that had been on the battlefield for a long time had already made a move, and the deputy head of the regiment with the body like a dog and bear flew out of the horse desperately, knocked the pope off the horse and then tightly protected it with his body, and roared wildly in his mouth

"Enemy attack!!! Alert! Protect His Holiness the Pope and your lords!! ”

Unfortunately, the three arrows were not aimed at the Pope, not even any of them, Ardalian was not yet the legendary elven god, and his long arrows were not guided missiles, so his target was only the towering bell tower in the center of the Grey Keep, the interior and top of which were filled with firewood and straw soaked in lamp oil

Nathaniel, who was thrown to the ground by the deputy head of the heavy full-body armor, felt that his internal organs had been displaced, and he desperately opened his mouth wide but it was difficult to breathe, and he barely opened his mouth before he could scold, but the violent fire that erupted in vain in the corner of his eye made him almost forget the struggle, and the whole person was completely stunned

Dry wood fire, except for one of the three rockets that accurately reached the end point, nailed to the outer wall of the bell tower, the other two drilled straight into it from the top, the small space and a large amount of oil made the inside of the bell tower just start to burn a fire dragon rising high, as if the mouth of a monster was spewing flames from hell

Finally, after a short pause, the entire bell tower completely disintegrated in a huge explosion, and the flames that finally broke out of the cage rushed to the surrounding buildings with joy along the flowing lamp oil......

"Phew~Bah~"

Nathaniel, who finally got back on his feet with the help of the people around him, didn't care about scolding the reckless knight, didn't care about the mud-stained crown at all, and was a little nervous and trembling, looking at the fire dragon that gradually spread more and more spectacularly not far away, his lips trembled for a long time but he couldn't say a word, and Ilya next to him could even hear the sound of the pope's teeth constantly colliding

The gaffe of the Pope and the clerical personnel made the knights of the guards extremely anxious, and the deputy head of the Templar Order did not bother to deal with the scars on his face from the rubble of the bell tower, and drew his sword and roared in a hideous roar against the firelight

"All the knights approached to protect the Pope and rushed out, and the rest of the soldiers scattered to find water and sand to stop the fire from spreading!"

It should be said that the deputy commander's thinking at this time is very clear and correct, before the fire has caused irreparable damage, he believes that the tens of thousands of soldiers who have entered the city are capable of stopping this, and protecting the Pope from here will also allow him to obtain unimaginable merits, but unfortunately, how can the ruthless enemy let him succeed easily......

Just as the soldiers were searching for water, and the quick ones were already on the ground with all the items they could find at hand to start collecting dirt, the shallow fires and fuel began to take off as the flames began to spread from the ground of the dense houses

"Ah~ah~~ Save ......"

A church soldier had just escaped a few steps in the face of the oncoming line of fire, when he was caught up in the tongue of fire gushing out from under the ground, and before he could subconsciously cry out for help, the whole person had already become a burning humanoid torch, losing his life and adding new fuel to the fire

The soldier's death seemed to be a beginning, and soon, in the continuous dull explosions, the entire Ash Fort seemed to become a volcano surging and erupting at this moment, and flames were constantly gushing everywhere, towering into the sky and even lighting up half of the sky, and it seemed that it was not cruel enough, and the strong wind that had been silent for a long time also blew again, and the area swept by the wind formed a tornado of flames, raging, harvesting all the lives in its path......

The fire borrows the wind, the wind fuels the fire, and after seeing that the fire is out of control, and the water sources are filled to death, even the most stupid soldiers know that they have entered a trap, a well-designed and vicious trap, and all the military orders in the chaos have lost all their effectiveness at this moment under the instinctive fear of human beings, together with the imperial army that entered the city in the later period, tens of thousands of soldiers ran around the city crying and cursing like headless flies, in order to fight for the only few roads leading to the city gates, I don't know who to start, Spears and swords slashed at the bodies of their once-intimate colleagues......

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, let the Pope and the adults go first, get out of the way, shhh! Damn it, I command! Kill them all, and kill anyone who stands in the way of the crown! ”

The deputy head of the Knights Templar, whose hair was dry and curled and his eyebrows were half burned, had the Pope almost unconscious under his armpits, wielding a long sword with one hand, and roaring hoarsely, but no matter how anxious he was, the road out of the city was still blocked by the soldiers in the chaos, and even a few soldiers in the chaotic army gave him a few beats with shoddy weapons

Similar to the south gate, the other part of the knights and soldiers who were separated by the flames in two sections, in the initial despair, unintentionally found that the north gate of the gray castle, which should have been closed, was already open at this moment, although it was half blocked by the collapsed city wall, but the remaining part could completely escape, of course, the premise was that these soldiers could break through the flames in front of them, as for the strange situation in front of them, how could these desperate people have the time to think about it......

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"Pop ......"

The well-made gold-inlaid whip in his hand fell to the ground and made a dull sound, but the owner of the whip did not react, his mouth opened wide and he looked at the blazing Gray Castle stupidly, his eyes were dazed, and it took a long time for Rolf to recover from his distraction, even if he was so far away, he could feel the unbearable heat wave in his face

Riding the horse back a little further, he licked his lips and looked at Saru beside him, but when he spoke, he found that the other party also had a shocked expression, coughed heavily, and after Saru turned his head, Rolf sighed with some difficulty

"Praise the damned Most High God, I know, I know! I had a hunch that something was going to happen," Rolf pressed his hands to his chest for the first time with great reverence

"Your Majesty...... Now is not the time to talk about this, such a big and fierce fire cannot be accidental, this is definitely a trap laid by the enemy in advance, I am afraid that under such a big fire, the Pope will ......"

Rubbing his face vigorously with his hands, the cold gauntlet made Saru sober up a little, and he quickly found the key point and spoke to Rolf

Raising an eyebrow, Rolf fanned his hand in disgust in front of him as if to drive away the heat, and glanced down at the horsewhip on the ground, a look of great confusion and contradiction flashed on his face, and after a while he was not sure to speak

"I don't know, Saru my friend I have to be honest with you, to be honest I wish Nathaniel that bastard died like this, but I have to worry about the loss of our strength after losing him, and ...... And in such a situation, even if we want to save him, I'm afraid there is nothing we can do......"

Pointing to the gates and walls that had been destroyed by the flames, Rolf's eyes flashed with fear for the rest of his life......

Shaking his head helplessly, Saru knew that this time his master did not calculate anything, and what he said was the truth, and now the two of them had no choice but to wait here quietly, waiting for the final tragic ending that was now predictable......

(To be continued.) Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo)