55: The current state of Kartim

With the convoy a day away from Kartim, the Rogge scouts, who had just arrived at the shore and were sent out by Flavi, brought a piece of not so good news and one piece of not so bad news.

The bad news is that Asila and the Lying King of Lies, who took possession of Hakan II's body, have been exposed and have been convicted of treason by Belel in the name of Hakan II.

The not-so-bad news is that no one wants to listen to Belle, except for the Janissaries, which have just been formed for a long time, and a few new magnates who have emerged from unknown horns.

Hakan II was welcomed back by Asila's Iron Wolf Mercenary Regiment, and Hakan II was still a suckling boy when he was greeted back.

Add to that the relationship between Asila and the Sakaram Church...... Even though the Holy City has been corrupted, the priests who are in charge of the mission are still alive and still the backbone of the faith.

This is evident from the fact that at least half of the daily prayers of St. Hugh are "Praise be to Akarat."

The result of all these reasons is that no one wants to believe that Asila will betray, but instead finds Hakan II a little inexplicable.

If this were the case, many people would still want to see the excitement, but the problem is not to know who was intentionally or unintentionally promoting the matter of the mad king of Canduras, Leorick, more than twenty years ago.

People who have always had a lot of imagination in this regard look at Hakan II, whose personality has changed dramatically for some reason, and Leorik, who was known for his wisdom before his madness.

Hakan II was too young to do anything that could be praised and virtuous.

But no matter how bearish it was, there was a limit, and it belonged to the breasts that could be dealt with by Mama Rong from anywhere.

What he did now was not something that Xiong could explain, so a large number of nobles and wealthy people followed Asilla's advice and left Kartim under Asila's arrangement.

The rest of the people who did not have enough money to cross the Twin Seas, and who had taken refuge in Ru Gayne, stayed in Arcanas with Asila.

"Arcanas?" Mishan, who learned the name from the Iron Wolf mercenary who came to the convoy with Rog's scouts, was stunned for a moment.

Mishan remembers that in the game, the town called Arcanas was slaughtered by the Cult of the True God, and Nephilim was also the leader of the Cult of the True God who was killed in this town, Magtan.

How did Ashira run out there and set up there?

"Under Your Excellency's reminder, the regimental commander has been paying close attention to the movements of those cultists." A pair of double-stranded swords hung from his belt, and the Iron Wolf Mage in the big red plate armor explained to Mishan.

"When the cultists began to summon demons at Arcanas, the Commander led us to exterminate the cultists there."

As an iron wolf mercenary group that had been facing the demons that occupied Cui Vank twenty years ago, there was no psychological pressure to face the demons directly, not to mention that these were just cultists who believed in demons.

However, in order to solve the matter of the Cultists of Arcanas, too many troops originally stationed in Kartim were transferred.

Causing an imbalance of power between the two sides in Kartim, Belel, who seized the opportunity, made a surprise attack and drove the remaining Iron Wolf Guards out of Kartim.

"From what I know about Asila, she shouldn't have made such a low-level mistake." Mi Shan asked a little strangely.

"Yes, the regimental commander has been prepared for a long time, but the demon that only occupied His Majesty's body in Hakan did not know where to get reinforcements, and those reinforcements disrupted the situation." The Iron Wolf Mage said.

Needless to say, everyone knows that this must be because of what Misr Shan did in New Tristem, and the True God Cult in Kaltim.

In the normal plot, most of the forces of the Cult of the True God will be wiped out by Nephilim in the Prison of Pain at Leorik Manor, and the number of True God believers who run to Kaltim in the second act is not very large.

But now, according to Kirara's survey, at least two-thirds of the True God cult members have run away.

Two-thirds of the True God followers ran to Kartim and the result was that Belel had the power to pull Asila out of Kartim.

The King of Lies, Belliel, deserves to be the least combative of the Seven Demon Kings.

"So now Kaltim has all fallen?" Mishan asked.

"Yes, Your Excellency." The Iron Wolf Mage's expression stiffened slightly, and then he continued, "According to the Captain's plan, she wants to move all the residents of Kartim out first, and then confront that demon head-on. ”

As the current capital of Kajistan, Kartim, the pearl of the desert, has a permanent population of one million, inherited from the time of the Mage Wars.

It's not like the kind of game that saves twenty or thirty people in one lap.

If you don't care about opening the film directly with the demon king who occupies the palace, no matter how good you pay attention, it will cause great sacrifice.

And being afraid of causing the sacrifice of ordinary citizens may make the Demon King take advantage of it.

Therefore, Asila did not startle the snake, but quietly touched the most correct choice to transfer the population.

It's a pity that the biggest problem is that if you touch it quietly, you can't transfer it quickly.

"How many people are still left in Kaltim?" Mishan asked the Iron Wolf Mage.

"At least a third of the inhabitants remain." The Iron Wolf Mage wasn't too surprised that Y. Shan would ask this question.

"One-third, and that means 300,000...... Did the demons do anything to the inhabitants? This made Mishan frown slightly.

This means that 300,000 people are being held hostage by a demon who already knows that his identity has been revealed.

"Nothing happened for the time being, but according to intelligence, the entire city is locked down." The Iron Wolf Mage replied.

"Blocked? Is there enough food in Kaltim? The question that first came to Mishan's mind drew the attention of both Kirara and Dr. Ziegler.

I probably didn't expect Mi Shan to care about this problem, and the iron wolf magician who was in charge of reporting the information was stunned for a few seconds before saying:

"As is the custom of Kartim, most families will have at least a month's worth of food rations, and as the capital of Kajistan, there is always enough food for a million people to eat for a season."

"Oh, it's okay." Mishan nodded, not dwelling on the issue any longer, and continued, "Are those Rogue warriors already fighting you?" ”

"It's already converged, and if it weren't for their assistance, many of my comrades might not have been able to leave Kartim." The Iron Wolf Mage who said this glanced at Mishan with grateful eyes.

He at least knew that the Rog warriors of the Order of the Blind Eyes had been arranged by Mishan.

"Well, that's fine." Mishan said that although his actions had made the True God Cult a help for Belier, it was fortunate that he had arranged for the Rog warriors to go here, which was considered a level.

"Is Ashira still in Arcanas now?"

"Yes, the regimental commander is gathering forces to recapture Kartim." The magician nodded.

"Hmm" Mishan thought for a moment, then turned his head sideways and asked Kirara, "How far is Arcanas from Kaltim?" ”

"It depends, if the road to Arcarnas is not blocked, it will only be a day's journey, and according to the previous rounds of detours from the Gale Desert, it will take several days." Kirara recalled.

"And do you remember the location of the secret camp?" Mishan immediately asked.

"Should be remembered...... That's right, I remember where. Kirara recalled.

"Then let's go there first." After Mishan finished speaking, he turned back to the Iron Wolf Wizard and said, "Go back and talk to Asila about what I'm going to get closer to monitor what Belel is doing, so I won't fight with her for the time being." ”

After a pause, he said, "As for where we are, I will take the initiative to contact you, and before that, I will tell Asila not to act rashly and not to expose our existence." ”

"Okay."