Volume 2 Wild Ambition Chapter 23 The Invitation of the Church (II)
Rashad immediately withdrew his hand, and he even grasped the hilt of the knight's sword at his waist with his hand, staring warily at the "sharp claw". Even Marcus, who was behind Fed, moved his steps slightly, not daring to get too close to "Sharp Claw".
Fetter noticed that the head of the regiment, Satnam, still showed a gentle expression, and did not scruple because of "Sharp Claw"'s faux paw, but he personally took out a new agreement from the pile of papers and handed it to "Sharp Paw" himself. This time, the commander of the Tearing Mercenary Group did not break the agreement given to him by the other party in person, but only let his subordinates take it.
"Your Excellency, the man you want will need to be tried by the Church before you can decide whether to acquit him or execute him," Satnam said respectfully to Sharpclaw, "I'm afraid this is not the right time to hand him over to you." ”
"Hmph, I already know the way your church behaves, anyway, if you don't hand him over to me, I will let people guard those churches day and night," the leader of the tearing mercenary group had fire in his eyes, and ripped the penetrating agreement to the ground with his other claw, "The agreement can be signed, but that person's life must be kept for me." ”
"If your regiment kills an innocent and innocent person, then it will bear the judgment of the church. Satnam replied quietly.
"Oh, the man who killed my daughter said he was innocent?!" Sharp Paw stood up, lifted the chair she was sitting on with her steel claws, and then threw it into the air, slashing it in half with her steel claws. Half of the chair flew in the direction of Fidel, and Satnam immediately used his armor to block it, while the other half was slashed aside by the knight's sword that Rashad had just drawn.
Seeing the angry "Sharp Claw", Kesi, who was in a daze, was also startled, she just thought that the chair was going to fly towards her, but fortunately Greif was already standing in front of her, and didn't even touch some sawdust. It's just that she remembered Marcus's description of "Sharp Claws" in front of the Mercenary's House, which gave her goosebumps again.
Satnam walked back to his place, and instead of responding to the other man, he just asked Rashad to bring him one more chair.
The leaders of the other two mercenary groups watched quietly as "Sharp Claw" vented his anger, but they didn't say anything, instead Greif, who was standing behind Fed, asked the other party, "Your daughter was killed?
Everyone looked at Greif, and the "Talon" immediately said, "Of course I should pay for my life!"
It's the Knight Chiefs of the Church Knights again, Riley and Kiro in the past, and this one now, it seems that these Knight Chiefs are also bullying guys. Feder remembered the two men before, could it be that one of them killed the daughter of "Sharp Claw"?
Satnam hurriedly said to Greif, "This is the squadron leader of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, right?
"Greif. ”
"Captain Greif, you don't know, this case has been handed over to the church, whether it was suicide or homicide, the result has not yet been reached, we should not jump to such a conclusion. ”
"Suicide? Hmph, it's really thick-skinned," Sharp Claw sneered, "Although I know that I have killed countless people myself, my children will definitely be punished, but I didn't expect you to say that she committed suicide? Don't think that other people don't know, just when I don't know the secret work of your church, I know very well, hum!"
Feder noticed that the leader of the Ripping Mercenary Regiment was not the kind of ruthless person, and when he heard Marcus's description of "Sharp Claw", the image of a battlefield demon ripper appeared in his heart, taking pleasure in tearing each other's bodies, and now he seems to be just an ordinary person, at least he still values his children.
However, "Sharp Claw" immediately "slapped Field" in the face with his next words.
"If you want to kill, I'll kill it myself, I haven't tried to tear open my daughter's body, hehe!!" As soon as the words "Sharp Claw" came out, Kesi couldn't help but cover her mouth, she has always been pampered by Archduke Webster, and she is not even willing to beat her, how can she accept a father tearing his daughter with steel claws?
Marcus and Greif couldn't believe their ears, they were righteous and awe-inspiring fathers just now, and now they said things like demons.
Satnam frowned, he asked Rassad, who had been wary of "Sharp Claws", to stand back beside him, "Today is about joining the council of the Church Alliance, we won't deal with that case here, let's discuss the matter more appropriately." ”
"Sharp Claw" just snorted coldly, and walked to the outside of the tent, the other members of the Tear Mercenary Group followed their leader and left, only the subordinate who accepted the agreement stood in front of Satnam, "Our head of the group will personally discuss with the archbishop about joining the alliance, and people of your level should not give us any more invitations, understand?" After this person finished speaking, he tore up the agreement in front of everyone, and then sprinkled it on the ground and walked out. This time, even Satnam, who had a good temper, couldn't help but show a murderous gaze, but despite this, he just sat there and watched.
"Oh, that's a big deal. Greif crossed his hands over his chest, he had never seen such an arrogant subordinate.
Satnam glanced at Greif, sighed and said, "Your group has just come to the Holy Light City, so I don't know it, the Tear Mercenary Group has a strong strength, and our church should also be afraid of three points, but we still won't discuss them, let's get back to business." ”
Fei De also sensed that the tearing mercenary group was not simple, even the powerful Church Knights of the Papal States did not pay attention to it, and openly provoked the head of the Church Knights, which was really incredible.
"I would like to hear your opinions, and I hope that my personal efforts will satisfy the heads of the Mission, and then join the ecclesiastical coalition organized by the archbishop. Satnam sat on his high seat and spoke aloud to the three mercenary groups.
The head of a mercenary group asked: "As far as I know, this alliance is composed of the forces of the entire Papal States, so how many troops have joined the alliance now?" Commander Satnam, you have to understand, our mercenary group is just a mess, and you want us to fight against a country..."
"I can understand what Your Excellency meant, our alliance now has a total of thirty-three mercenary groups joined, plus the armed forces within the Church of the Papal States, there are nearly sixty thousand or so troops, including all the reserve military service and logistics forces of the Papal States. Satnam said proudly.
The leader of the mercenary group showed a surprised expression, and Fei De and the others were also a little surprised by the number. That time, Jack poured out of the depths of the territory of the Kingdom of Kosai, and only sent a total of 100,000 infantry to attack the Republic, and it was not easy for the Papal States, which had only one city in the territory, to gather 60,000 combat strength. If the average number of mercenary groups in each mercenary group is 1,000, the church's own strength is nearly 30,000, which can be regarded as taking out all the chips.
When Fide and Kesi were recruiting mercenaries, they noticed that the mercenary groups of a slight size in the Holy Light City were all more than fifteen hundred, and the slightly weaker mercenary groups were at least five hundred, so the average number of 1,000 people was not made up, but it did exist. On the other hand, the target number of people recruited by his potato mercenary group is only a hundred, which can be said to be a miniature mercenary group. This also had to remind Fei De of the parade before the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment set out for the Kosai Kingdom, when the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment was a large group of thousands of people, and the scenery was infinite.
The leader of another mercenary group asked, "Let's not talk about the authenticity of this number, just the fact that the Eastern Oguna Empire has dominated the continent for so many years, this mere 60,000 people is not enough for the other party. ”
"Your Excellency, the East Oguna Empire is now disintegrated internally because of the rise of the West Oguna Empire, and they are short of food, grass and weapons, and they no longer look like the military giants they used to be," Satnam stood up and pointed to the map hanging by the camp behind him, "And this cult country is under enemy on both sides of the northwest at the same time, even without the strength of our Papal States, the East Oguna Empire will automatically collapse, and we are just profiting from it!"
According to Fettnam's analysis, Fitnam's analysis made sense, as the Papal States were bordered by two principalities to the northwest, the Kingdom of Sahlins and the fledgling Western Oguna Empire to the south, and a small territory of Eastern Oguna to the east. With such a unique geographical advantage, the Papal States naturally had the best chance to wage war against the East Oguna Empire, which was mired in war.
Coupled with the internal and external troubles of the empire itself, and the people of the Papal States were very disgusted with the empire that was the only one in the continent that professed their own religion, all these favorable conditions were placed in front of them. On the other hand, the Church League was only a nominal alliance, and it could justify sending troops to Grimmko under a different name.
Subsequently, under Satnam's continued analysis, it also confirmed Feide's idea that this time the Church League was indeed a nominal alliance, but in fact it was just a gang that went to take advantage of the fire to rob.
Although the head of the Knights of the Church tried his best to talk about the benefits of attacking the East Oguna Empire, the leaders of the two mercenary groups still showed a worried expression. They were concerned about two main things: first, the true strength of the Eastern Oguna Empire, and second, the benefits of joining this ecclesiastical union.
It is true that the big tree of the East Oguna Empire is shaking in the wind and rain, and it looks like it is about to fall, but many of these mercenaries are Imperials, and they may not be willing to point the tip of their knives at their home country. The second is the benefit of sharing, although Satnam guarantees that each mercenary group can share a lot of wealth, but there are already thirty-three mercenary groups, and it is unlikely that these "swing factions" who joined last will be taken seriously by the archbishop. Coupled with their own limited strength, their hearts became very shaken.
"We join. Fett spoke to the head of the knights as Satnam tried to persuade the two mercenary leaders.
"Great!" Satnam shouted, "I wonder how many of your subordinates plan to lead to join the Alliance?"
"Forty for the time being. ”