Seeing Rubens beckoning, Andrew asked the other soldiers to continue his patrol, took a few steps himself, walked into the shadows behind the building, first saluted, and then asked strangely, "Why did you suddenly come here today?"

"It is true that there are some things that need to leave the 'temple' and it is uncertain when they will return. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Rubens' expression was serious, not like small talk, which made Andrew's otherwise relaxed mood tense.

"What do you mean..."

"The College of Cardinals was so busy that I was a little overwhelmed and wanted to go back to the countryside to rest. ”

This is actually a disguised admission of his failure in the political struggle, Andrew naturally heard the voiceover, and he didn't have any other nonsense, and said bluntly: "When will the adults leave? I'll go with you." Where you go, I go. ”

This kind of loyalty made Rubens very satisfied, but he shook his head and reached out to hand the other party a money bag: "I don't know when the news will be settled, I just came to say hello to you first." So... You have a vacation these days, take your close brothers to have a few drinks, and have a good relationship with those guard captains, so that the guards you have cultivated will also have an explanation. ”

This is actually the usual practice, and each guard captain has good seedlings under him. If Andrew leaves, it is impossible for these originally optimistic seedlings to follow, and if they don't take care of them well, the original genius will be buried soon. Rubens's hand is obviously thoughtful for Andrew, and for him, the most important thing to do is to remember to take care of your own people at all times.

"Your Excellency..."

Andrew's eyes were a little red with emotion, and he reached out to push the money bag, but Rubens was directly stuffed into his arms, and the heavy feeling made him know that it was not a silver coin but a gold coin.

"The only person I can trust in the temple is you, so... Do as I say. ”

"Yes, sir!"

Andrew had no doubts about Rubens' words and bowed his head. There are three gates in the inner city, with a total of twelve guards on rotation, a total of less than 200 people, and in addition to this, there is also a "Holy See Guard" with a number of 200 to protect the safety of the core church.

However, after a long period of peace, it is not difficult for the captains of the guards to take a leave of absence to go out for a meal, as long as each of the three inner city gates has a team on duty, and the rest of the soldiers are still free to move.

In terms of the strength of the guards, Andrew's team should be the strongest of the twelve guards. He commanded his troops well, and the overall combat ability of the team he led was more outstanding - but in this day and age, the trait of "strong combat effectiveness" was nowhere to be highlighted, so no one cared if he took a leave of absence from dinner with a few old buddies.

After a few more words, Rubens turned and returned to the church, walked up the stairs, and stepped into the eight-meter-high wooden door, where a bishop began to read the scriptures. He walked through the huge lecture hall with ethereal echoes, and then through the high white masonry corridor, his gaze paused for a second as he passed a large iron door.

Behind the iron door is the path to the underground chamber, where the "Viper's Kiss" scepter was moved after driving the ascetics who guarded it insane, and the Pope himself cast a spell to seal it to reduce its mental effect on others.

Rubens' brow furrowed slightly, he remembered that the Pope had been much weaker since then, and that his face had been extremely poor lately, and he had been unable to speak, apparently at a great expense.

The cold iron door was still the same, but when he stared at it, Rubens could no longer hear the faint whispers in his head as he had before.

Rubens' slightly narrowed eyes looked away, and then he continued on, to the white hut where the Pope was.

Even cardinals cannot directly confront the Pope's discussions. Therefore, through the papal chamberlain, he first solemnly expressed his opinion that "we should be wary of the coalition forces of Count Mirno".

The chamberlain came into the house to convey the news and was quick to respond - Pope Peter said "I know".

Such a response is actually "noncommittal", because if this kind of warning is really taken seriously, the Pope will immediately send someone to mobilize the guards in the city to integrate and guard in advance.

Rubens sighed, lowered his eyes slightly raised, looked at the young chamberlain, nodded his acceptance of the answer, and then made his request to "go back to the country for some rest."

The Pope hesitated for ten minutes, and when the chamberlain returned, he returned with an "approval" response. Rubens knew that the Pope's move meant that he had given up on working with Evta, which was traditionally rejected two or three times, but now Rubens approved his first application.

He didn't look disappointed, saluted as respectfully as before, and then turned away. Without much hesitation, the old man quickly packed his little bags and set out on the path out of the temple.

The "Temple" is a small city with more than twenty villages under its jurisdiction. Although this area is nominally under the administration of Count Lane, in fact, Lane, as a devout believer, basically ceded the management to the "Rosicrucles", so it can be called "***** territory.

Rubens left with only three attendants. Walking out of the inner city and through the outer city, he watched the sparse patrols and the slumping soldiers on the city walls, but the old man did not say anything, but left this land of intrigue and power in silence.

On the other side, in the camp only a dozen kilometers away from the "Temple", Luo Di was sitting in the tent absorbing the last part of the energy in the Shadow Dragon Crystal.

After getting up early, the group did not advance from the camp, because of the lack of food, and the "Holy Cult Army" sent an order that they must collect enough food in the nearest place before leaving. This kind of thing was originally done logistically, but now the villages in the territory of the "Rosicrucifix" go to the empty villages, where can they find food?

Self-reliance.

The large and small teams spread directly to the surroundings, and when Roddy joined this team, he specially bought a horse that looked like a war, but he refused to go out together on the grounds that he was not good at riding, and justifiably stayed in the camp and continued to advance to level 30. His choice made Zack Knight and others in the same camp laugh, and before leaving, he did not forget to mock Roddy as "a coward who did not dare to go to war".

In this regard, Luo Di replied with a look of ignorance: "Didn't you go to collect grain?

This made Zach and the others feel a little embarrassed, after all, being a robber and robbing a farmer is really not a fair battle, Roddy asked, they really couldn't take it, so they had to leave with their heads bored, so that Roddy was happy. (To be continued.) )