Chapter 1: The Pope's Invitation

The news that an uninhabited town in the western part of the Fayele Empire had been destroyed by massive magic did not attract much attention from the people on the continent, and most of the attention was drawn to the all-out war that took place thousands of miles away on the galaxy continent

Nearly two months after the start of the Fifth Prune War, it has gradually become clear that the land power is finally no match for the powerful fleet of the sea overlord Sealand blockaded the west coast of the Kingdom of Medin, and the navy of Metin has organized several crazy counterattacks, not only failed to tear the blockade line of the Sealand Fleet, but instead made the little navy that was already left of itself exhausted, and the poor Western Fleet of the Kingdom of Madin had to sink the remaining warships into the mouth of the Ishpar River, the largest river in the kingdom, in order to delay the invincible Sealand fleet along the river to penetrate into the interior of Madin, which was very tragic

The aggressive Sealand Navy even entered the Olopa Sea to attack merchant ships on the east coast of Medin, and one transport ship loaded with strategic materials such as iron ore, grain, and magic crystal nuclei sank to the bottom of the sea, and Messi's sea supply line was completely cut off

Even in the battle on land, the army of the Kingdom of Medin, known as the land power, was so vulnerable, the heavy cavalry regiment that the Medin people were proud of, was defeated in front of the Sealand strong bow and crossbow, the flexible and capable Western Army was reduced to pieces on the battlefield, and avoided the main force of the Mei army, so that the opponent's heavy punch was as weak as beating cotton, and then they went around to the rear of the Mei army to assemble and stab the Mei army's ass, relatively speaking, the commander of the Mei army was dull-minded, did not know how to be flexible, and would only blindly fight hard and rush, even if he had three times more troops than the other side and the advantage of fighting at home, but still could not take advantage of it, but was divided and annihilated by the opponent, and soon the two richest provinces had been replaced by the westFlag of the Kingdom of Lan: The Lion's Heart Roscrisse FlagThe city of Paris, the capital of Medin, was exposed to the Sealand army

In the face of the situation of the army approaching the city, not only the civilians fled in large numbers, but even the royal family was ready to move the capital, and under this circumstance, the ruling layer of Medin was divided into three factions: the main and faction built yì temporarily gave up part of the interests of the kingdom and negotiated peace with the Sealand army; the main faction was the most powerful faction among the ministers and the most direct promoter of the capital move; and the remaining main battle faction, led by the Duke of Bucks, Paul Ebel, engaged in a rather fierce debate over their respective ideas, and the three factions did not give in to each other until the crown prince Louis openly supported the Archduke Paul Ebel

In order to clear the way of the Bright Age, on May 5, 1686, Prince Louis openly launched a long-planned palace coup d'état under the danger of the army, seized power from his father Charles III, and then in the name of the new king Louis V, he wantonly hunted and killed the leaders of the main peace faction and the main escape faction

After sending his father and a large number of his daughters to the safer interior, King Louis and Archduke Abel stood hand in hand on the huge grandstand of the Royal Palace, and solemnly announced to the people with a resolute gesture that the king and the archduke would live and die with the city of Paris

However, war is just a small game played by the powerful, and no matter who wins or loses, it is always the common people who suffer, which is an eternal truth

A terrible plague spread in a village in the southwest of the Great Medin Kingdom, although the war did not extend there for the time being, but in the face of the loss of nearly half of the country, the nobles who ruled there were already restless, how could they think of saving those innocent villagers when they had arranged a way out for themselves, the only way for the lord to fight the plague was to completely lock down the village, and he never thought of sending doctors or priests to the village to treat the villagers, as long as the plague did not spread to the outside world

A month ago, a veiled priestess came to the soldiers of the closed village and asked to enter the village to treat the villagers, and the soldiers received an order that no one from the village was allowed to go out, but did not say that no outsiders were allowed to enter, and the soldiers did not want to see the female priest lose her life in vain, so they tried hard to persuade her, but at the insistence of the female priest, the soldiers had no choice but to let her enter the plague village

Unexpectedly, after a month, the veiled female priest actually led the fully recovered villagers to appear in front of the soldiers, at first the soldiers didn't believe it, but the local doctor's rash did prove that these villagers had been completely cured, and there was no sign of plague in the village, it was a miracle that a village plague was cured within a month with the help of one person, it was really a miracle, even those senior priests of the Central Church were afraid that it would be difficult for them to do this, this news attracted the attention of the local lord who was suffering from tuberculosis, although he did not know what the origin of this mysterious female priest was, but in the case of the helplessness of the group doctors, this news undoubtedly gave him a great shock, but it was justBy the time the lord's messenger arrived in the village with a large amount of gold, the masked priestess had long since disappeared

The mad lord sent a large number of men to search for him, and gave a death order to his people, who must intercept the priestess before she left his possessions, and take her to the castle to heal herself, but he underestimated the priestess too much, and overestimated his subordinates, if the lord of his small place could find her easily, how could the Central Church, which had been searching for her for more than twenty years, be embarrassed

At this time, the mysterious masked priestess was walking on foot in a valley to the south of the lord's possessions, and to the south of this narrow valley was the smelly ogre territory: the horror forest did not go to the ordinary people - which is why the lord did not send anyone to search there, but she was definitely not an ordinary person

Suddenly, the priestess stopped

After following for so long, you should come out too, her eyes narrowed into a line, and she said lazily into the air

A few seconds later, five men on horseback appeared behind her, their bodies wrapped in gray cloaks, and their faces were not visible

True to the Radiant Saintess, ordinary people would not be able to detect our whereabouts, and the man in the middle patted his mount and took two steps forward, apparently he was the leader of the group

I thought it was the Templar Order, but I didn't expect the Pope to send someone from the Inquisition, which is really ironic, and the female priest didn't have to look back to know the origin of these men

The leader froze for a moment, obviously a little surprised by the female priest who revealed his identity, but he thought about it, since the other party was the Holy Maiden of Radiance, it was not surprising to know their identity, after all, the Inquisition was once in the hands of the Holy Maiden, and although after so many generations of changes, the contemporary Holy Maiden had some understanding of the actions of her predecessors and former subordinates

In front of your Highness is the territory of the ogres, please do not go any further, we are ordered to come to protect your leader, and it is very beautiful, but judging by the hostility that emanates from them, they do not look like they are trying to protect people at all

Protection: I don't think you bastards can protect me, and your position is like a little more of a thief, and the female priest is completely unmoved by the hostility emanating from the people behind you

The female priest's ridicule stunned the leader, and she could even feel his anger at being ridiculed, but after two seconds, he returned to normal: Your Highness, you are too humorous, His Majesty the Pope just wanted to invite His Highness back, and His Majesty said that the Holy See was originally the co-head of the Pope and the Holy Maiden, and the Holy Light Sect without the Holy Maiden was not complete, so His Majesty invited His Royal Highness the Holy Maiden to go back and preside over the affairs of the Holy See together

Hehe, did the Holy Maiden and the Pope co-lord still think it was two thousand years ago, the female priest disdained the head of the leader, and the reason that Frio I found was really ironic, when the papal department suppressed our holy women's line, wasn't it to end this era of 'co-master', okay, you go back and tell the Pope that their papal line had already achieved complete victory two thousand years ago, and now that the holy woman department has completely declined, there is no threat to him, tell him not to bother me in the future

Your Highness, please don't embarrass us, what we got is a death order, seeing that the other party is so uninteresting, the leader's attitude has changed from respectful to threatening, if His Highness refuses to go back with us, then it will only be disrespectful to His Highness

With that, the leader waved his hand, and five crossbowmen stood up from the mountains on both sides, and ten cold crossbow arrows were aimed at the priestess, and twelve more sergeants with melee weapons rushed out from behind the boulders on both sides of the path in front of the priestess, a total of 27 armed men, forming an encirclement of the priestess

Is this the sincerity of the pope, a cold light flashed in the eyes of the priestess, and she clenched the sharp blade hidden in the wide sleeves of the priest's robe with both hands, to tell the truth, everyone is a member of the Holy See, and I don't want to fight in the same room.