"Me?" "It's not the first time that Fei De has encountered this kind of sudden name calling, the last time the Pope made himself, a nameless little leader, the chief head of the regiment in front of all the regimental commanders, and now he wants to push himself to the position of the first meritorious person, what is his intention?

"Of course, even if the first meritorious person is highly meritorious, the other regimental commanders and generals are also highly meritorious," the Pope continued, as the others were slightly surprised, "and we in the Papal States will certainly not treat you badly. With that, he clapped his hands, and some servants brought out chests of reward from the back of the council hall and placed them beside Lord Martin, who was writhing and writhing.

"These are for the highest meritorious, each of whom will receive a box of gold coins, and Chief Head Fed will also receive an additional box by me... No, a treasure voluntarily given away by all the loyal believers of the Holy Light City. As he spoke, he asked his servants to mark the treasures separately for the recipients. Fide noticed that these servants were no longer the servants arranged by the archbishop at the Pope's side in the past, but members of the Pope's personal guard, and it seemed that the Pope's power was getting bigger and bigger.

The archbishop coughed lightly, and the chief knight Kiro, who was standing behind him, immediately said: "Since the Pope thinks that the first person to be the chief regiment is Captain Field, then I, a person who has no merit, also want to hear about the heroic deeds of Captain Field." ”

The Pope said "hehe" twice, he asked his personal guard to distribute the gold coins of the treasure chest, took the chests full of treasures separately, and sent them directly to the settlement places of the various regimental commanders, and then continued: "I heard that the mercenaries of the vanguard regiment of the Church League were not completely wiped out by the cavalry of the rivercastle under the command of Captain Fielder the other night, and I have also heard that Captain Fielder had made a suggestion, which now seems to be very likely to be able to gain insight into the trap of Viscount Hollis. "The Pope first spoke of the crushing defeat that night, and that it was indeed a mistake by the chief knight Quiro.

Quiro's face immediately turned green, he didn't expect the Pope to be fully aware of the fiasco in the middle of the three small cities, because of his own arbitrariness and Arturas's recklessness, the mercenaries of the Church Alliance instantly lost half of their combat effectiveness. The handsome knight was sweating, and his expression was twisted, but Archbishop Arthur Auerbach calmed him with his hand.

Seeing that Kiro no longer dared to speak, the Pope continued: "I also know the details of today's battle, and it is the chief regiment who has long been ambushed on the bank of the river and wants to protect the safety of the archbishop, so that this stupid pig does not dare to do anything. With that, he pointed to Lord Martin, who was still bound to the ground.

It was only at this moment that Phyllum was completely convinced that Rashad was the one who was on the Pope's side. Because the reason why he would ambush the upper reaches of the river bank with the potato mercenary group was because of Rashad's proposal. This could have been the archbishop's questioning of himself, but the Pope turned it into his own credit. Fei De didn't know why Lord Martin, who came to sign the agreement, didn't do anything to the archbishop, but the other party's failure to make a move must have little to do with him.

The Pope also offered other credits for Fidel's work, but everyone, including the white-haired general of the Kingdom of Salins, already had a disgruntled expression. In addition to tearing the leader of the mercenary group, "Sharp Claw", he was the first to stand up and echo the Pope: "This kid is really powerful! He sent cavalry to capture those trebuchets, otherwise we would have been stoned to death." ”

However, the archbishop did not care who was the first to take the lead, and he ordered Kiro to untie Lord Martin's ropes, and then let the other man stand up and speak.

"Do you remember me, Lord Martin?" asked Arthur Auerbach.

"Of course, it's the archbishop," Lord Martin was unwilling to give in, he stood upright in the hall, staring at the Pope and the archbishop, "if you want to kill, you can do whatever you want, I, as the lord of the rivercastle, will not give in to the others!" At this time, he was still as resolute as when he came to sign the agreement, and there was no weakness at all.

"Kill you, you're going to kill you, just see if you use my steel claws or something else. "Sharp Claw" threatened from the side. Even so, Martin still didn't frown, although he and his uncle had discussed choosing one of the three lower homes, but he didn't expect to be captured by the other party because of Juan's strange spell, and now he was in a state of extreme chagrin.

"I'd love to know why Viscount Hollis would backtrack. The archbishop then asked.

"We've always been loyal to the East Oguna Empire, and it's just a trap to coax you, you know, invaders!" Martin roared with his eyes closed.

Everyone present didn't expect him to be so strong, could it be that the so-called secret agreement was a lie?

The Pope thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "It's better to take our Lord Martin into custody first, and then meet us when he calms down, after all, he is also a nobleman with a head and face in the Riverland Castle." The Pope's proposal was nodded by the archbishop, after all, many nobles in the Riverland region had been hacked to death, and if the remaining people could turn against each other and stand on their side, it would definitely be beneficial for them to control the region.

After escorting Martin away, the group began to discuss their strategy for the castle in the future. Some advocated sending envoys to discuss cooperation with each other, others suggested that Hollis should hand over the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army in East Oguna and then talk about anything else, and still others proposed to surround the castle between the rivers and wait until the mountains and rivers inside were exhausted before attacking the city.

You must know that it is winter, and the riverhouse castle has already harvested all the grain and prepared for the winter. And the defensive weapon "Thunder" in the castle is really intimidating, so whether it is siege or strong attack, it is the next strategy. The people in the conference hall were inclined to engage in diplomacy with Viscount Hollis to see if there was a chance that he would actually turn against him and hand over the Imperial troops who had fled into the castle.

In the end, after more than an hour of deliberation, the leaders of the Papal States did not reach a unified conclusion, so they had to wait until the next day. The deputy head of the Church Order, Rashad, immediately decided to send 3,000 church troops to start the construction of siege fortifications on the periphery of the castle between the rivers to prepare for possible sieges in the future.

After the twists and turns of the council room, Fed, who was already tired, felt even more uncomfortable, and he dragged his black plate armor along the road of the town, worrying about Kosi all the time. When they returned to their residences, the captains said that the two large boxes were full of gold coins and some valuable gold and silverware, which was enough for the potato mercenary group to recruit another 1,000 people.

When Fid returned to his room and wanted to take off his armor and rest, Ayana pushed the door open. The fourteen-year-old girl held some food in her left hand and a letter in her right, "This letter I found in the closet of Sister Koss's room, hidden in a woman's dress. ”

Feder looked up at Ayana and noticed that the other party looked serious, "Have you seen it?"

"No, she's your person, and I certainly shouldn't be peeking. ”