() The great battle on the Sauron Plains caused a sensation on the three continents. No one would have believed that the world-famous "Model of Kings" army had been wiped out and completely disappeared from the battle sequence of the Sealand army. Although the Southern Route Army did not encounter a strong enemy like the "Eight-winged Golden Eagle", the destruction of the Northern Route Army caused great pressure on the psychology of the soldiers, and their march was slow and passive, and the Sealand people's plan to clamp the royal capital of Medin from the north and south completely failed, and the pattern of the war underwent subtle changes. Many historians in later generations regarded the battle of the Zoro Plain as a turning point in the whole war, because since then, the Kingdom of Medin has changed from a strategic defense to a strategic offensive......

The news of the destruction of the "canon" of the king returned to the Sealand palace twelve hours later, and the king was stunned and fell ill, but eight hours before that, the detailed report of the battle had been delivered to the Pope.

At this time, St. Papal Island is at dawn before the sun comes out.

Frio I put the report away, and he didn't seem to care about such a sensational news. "What about Prince Harun, did the Medin catch him?" the Pope asked Sixtus, the chief judge of the Inquisition, who was standing beside him.

"Nope. "According to the eyeliner we have planted in both countries, it seems that Prince Harun has disappeared since he fled disguised as a messenger, and now Madin's army and Sealand's spies are going all out to hunt him down, and neither country will let him go." From this point of view, there is only one place that Harlan can go: Paris City. Except for defecting to the 'Eye of the Condor', the fallen crown prince is already homeless. I have made arrangements so that the Medin can intercept Harun before he enters the city. ”

"Who told you to do that? Don't use our intelligence agents at will. "The Pope is downplaying.

"Your Majesty, Harun's escape is already unplanned, and if he succeeds in escaping back to Sealand, won't it ruin our plans?"

"Sixtus, you have to learn not only to have a vision, but also to learn to adapt to the times. ”

"His Majesty, I don't understand. ”

"Although a rebellious prince will help us to control the kingdom of Sealand by purging his brother the crown prince and helping him to ascend to the throne, it is also possible that the other party will cross the river and tear down the bridge, just as in the case of Duris. Now that Harlan has survived, we might as well change our plans. ”

"But...... Will Harlan listen to us?"

"There is no need to make Harun subservient, he is just an opportunity, and there are other ways to command the entire kingdom of Sealand. ”

"What's the solution?" said an impatient Sixtus.

"When it's time for you to know, you'll know. ”

The Pope didn't explain much, and Sixtus knew he shouldn't ask.

After a moment, it was the Pope who broke the silence first: "Do you know, O Sixtus, what is the most fearful thing in my heart right now?"

"The ...... that Your Majesty is afraid of" Sixtus thought for a long time and thought of many answers, but he rejected them one by one, so he had to shake his head in response, "Your Majesty, I really can't think of it." ”

"Duris Heath. The Pope said word by word, with caution.

"Duris?" Sixtus almost jumped, "Didn't we already ...... two months ago"

"Never underestimate this man. Although we dealt him an unprecedented blow, he did not mess with himself. This man has too many secrets in him, and he will always be the most unpredictable enemy until the secrets of his body are completely unraveled. Recently, it seems that something big has happened again in Hansha City, and we have a lot of intelligence stations destroyed, but it doesn't seem to be directed at us. I wondered what Dulis was up to. ”

"I see. I will personally arrange the matter of finding out the information of Hansha City. But on the side of Sealand and Medin......, "Sixtus eventually returned to the old topic.

"You don't have to worry about the affairs of the Galaxy Continent, I will arrange for others to deal with it. At this point, the Pope shifted, "Well, there is still half an hour to go, and the morning Mass will begin." ”

"His Majesty the Pope wants to pray to God in the light, and I will not disturb this sacred ceremony. Sixtus understood what the Pope meant, and he immediately withdrew.

Who else will the Pope send to deal with this? As he walked, Sixtus pondered the question.

"Pu. As the door to the room closed, a sneer came from somewhere in the meditation room.

"What are you laughing at?" the Pope didn't look into the corner, but he knew who the other was.

"Sixtus may be a fool, but what better subordinate than a fool?" a figure emerged from the shadows in the corner, the black cloak almost blending into the shadows.

"Meritgar, watch your words. The Pope reproached, but his tone did not sound angry, as if he also agreed with Meritgard in some way.

Meritgar smiled, and he saluted the Pope very casually: "Your Majesty, I'm back." ”

In fact, the reason why Meritgar laughed was because he knew that what the Pope said was to command the entire kingdom of Sealand was actually a sword.

Of course, the Pope understood what Meritgar was thinking, but he didn't pick it either, and after a while, a voice without any emotion came from behind the silver mask: "Meritgar, have you been in charge of monitoring Sophia's whereabouts, why did you leave your post without permission?"

"Because I found something more interesting than spying on this exiled princess. ”

"Tell me. ”

"For the past few months, Princess Sophia and her companions have not been in Hansar City, and they have left Hansar City on the airship 'Gagarin'. Although I couldn't keep up with the airship, I knew their destination was the Snowy Federation, so I went there early. ”

"Snowy Federation?"

"Yes. His Majesty doesn't seem to know what's going on in the snowy federation that's been completely locked down. Everything was so funny, so funny that I almost lost my life there. ”

"Is there anything heavy to discover?"

"There are a lot of discoveries. But there are only three things that can be useful to us: first, the Snowy Federation, as a force that can threaten the Holy See, no longer exists, and second, I have discovered the whereabouts of a 'Star Key'......"

"'The Key of the Stars'?" Hearing the surprising news, the Pope interrupted him before Meritgar could say the third thing.

"Not bad. It was the one that the Leglis family of the Rocal Empire kept secretly. Meritgar seemed to have expected such a reaction from the Pope, but what he said next was something that the Pope did not expect, "In fact, there is more than one, the seven 'Star Secret Keys' that were kept by Puternin and the other seven people back then are definitely in Sophia's hands now." ”

"Is Sophia still in the Snowy Federation?"

"No, she should be in the Kingdom of Loma right now. ”

"Then why don't you bring Sophia back with the 8 Star Keys?"

"Because I'm not completely sure. ”

"Oh, a few little ghosts would make you say something like that. ”

"One or two paladins or royal knights, for a few imps, are out of mind. ”

"Even if their strength has improved, it is still difficult to speak. I remember giving you the power to mobilize all the churches along the way. ”

"It's not going to work. Meritgar shook her head, "Because Sophia has allied herself with the barbarians of the plains of Thransia." ”

"Barbarian, it is really a very interesting thing to hear you say. The Pope nodded slightly.

"That's exactly the third thing I'm talking about. ”

"No wonder Sophia, a girl, dared to openly declare war on the Central Church, it turned out that she was also in such a backstage. ”

"Because of this, it doesn't work for me to stay there, I might as well come back. Then Melitgar pulled out a thick stack of reports, "I've written it all down in detail. ”

The Pope took the report and flipped through it cursoryly, and although he couldn't see the expression behind the silver mask, Meritgar knew that the Pope must be getting more and more surprised at this point.

It was only after a few minutes that the Pope raised his head and concealed the surprise in his heart in a commanding tone: "Meritgar, since you are back, go and do another thing immediately." ”

"Your Majesty, please command. Meritgar replied confidently, presumably having guessed what the Pope's new assignment was.

"Deal with the restorers. ”

"Regent?" Meritgar thought for a moment that he had misheard, but then he realized that it was not his own mishearing but his misguess. Originally, he thought that the Pope had branched Sixtus from the Star River Continent to the Pole Kingdom in order to hand over the mess in the west to him to deal with.

"That's right. It's the so-called restorers of the Pole Kingdom. In the past ten years, we have contributed money and efforts to feed this group of lost dogs, but they have achieved nothing, but even so, the funding from the Central Church has not stopped, just to control this army in our hands after the death of that old fellow Dustsk, but now, these people have come into contact with Sophia's little girl. Last year, the destruction of the Hansar stronghold responsible for connecting with the regents is believed to have been caused by the sinners. ”

"I understand this, if Sophia succeeds the old fellow as the leader of the Restoration, then all our previous efforts will be in vain. "Actually, Meritgar knows more than he can tell. Although the old marshal Duszk was old, he was still in good health, and if it were not for the secret actions of the Central Church, how could he be so sick? But not telling the Pope, even if he knew it, was the way Meritgar got along with this so-called "spokesman of God on earth."

"Therefore, we must not allow those who have returned to the country, and their poor lion mercenary group, to continue to sit on their laurels. With that, the Pope waved his hand slightly.

Merit Gaar knew it was a signal from the Pope to let him go.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll do it. As soon as the words fell, the Shadow Paladin disappeared into the shadows once more.

Who will be the person sent to the Galaxy Continent, and what kind of trick is this old god stick doing? When he left, a question was entrenched in Meritgar's mind, and he actually said that there was such a person, who did things for the Pope and was not known to him, Meritgar, and Meritgar found it not only interesting, but also very exciting, and the more so, the more Meritgar wanted to find out.

Hmph, you don't have the right to know what kind of intentions this man, Meritgar, is hidden in your loyalty? At the same time, the Pope is suspicious of the other party.

The morning light of dawn pours down through the glazed tiles of the roof, forming pillars of pure white light, sacred and solemn. However, where there is light, there must be darkness, and the shadows under the cover of light are quietly stirring......