Volume II: Wild Ambition Chapter 41: The Appointment of the Pope
"I'm Field, the deputy head of the Potato Mercenary Regiment," Fielder once thought that he would make a name for himself in this small place in the Papal States, but he didn't expect that today, let alone the pope, would appoint him as the chief leader, "It is the chief head appointed by the Church and the archbishop in agreement." ”
Keth closed her eyes as soon as Feld spoke, she didn't want to see the disdainful and disdainful eyes from the audience, or even the laughter that came from the tens of thousands of mercenaries in the audience. She knew very well that no matter in terms of seniority or the strength of the mercenary group, the potato mercenary group should not be the chief mercenary group. The Duke's daughter now had only the pope's strange smile at the end, as if he had announced the answer to a mysterious question, to the astonishment of everyone present.
But just as no one would have expected the Pope to suddenly make Fidel the Chief Mission, Koth did not expect that after Fede finished his inauguration speech, there would be no sound in the audience, and there would be a dead silence - neither cheers nor sneers. Because the mercenaries and the church fighters were occupied by the big question marks in their heads.
Ayana, who had never smiled at Field, was probably the first to smile, standing behind the group of Potato Mercenaries with a short wooden bow on her back, looking at Field, who was standing straight.
"Big brother, how did you choose this chief leader?" asked Matthews, pressing his injured thigh, to the well-informed Marcus.
Marcus hasn't answered yet. Instead, he put his hands behind his head, and the big-nosed fan who was sitting on the chair opened his mouth and said: "It is estimated that the expressionless face of the deputy head of the regiment is very suitable for the taste of the pope and the archbishop, and then he was chosen." ”
"Could it be because those people just want to find a handsome person to be the chief leader, so that they will look a little more face-saving?" Hughes, the squad leader, is also the kind of person who is not very serious, so he went along with the joke of the big nose fan.
Nur said: "I didn't expect Fei De to be appointed chief regiment, it seems that the religious adults are quite discerning." ”
It's just that Avi, Greif, Patrick, and Marcus are not in the mood to joke, because they know very well that their mercenary group is just a small mercenary group that has just arrived, how can they be entrusted with such a heavy responsibility?
At this time, from the side of the tent, Marvin, the deputy head of the King's Knight Mercenary Regiment, had already walked out of the camp tent of the meeting just now, and there was a large group of knights beside him, all of whom were well-equipped knight mercenaries. As Marven and his men walked in the direction of the parked horses, he also looked up at the high platform and looked at the Chief Regiment Commander Fidel standing on it.
When Arthur Auerbach, Archbishop of the Papal States, invited the Mercenary Guild to join the Church Alliance, he promised that the mercenary group of the Mercenary Guild would be the head of the group and lead all the resident mercenary groups in the Papal States. Unexpectedly, this pope would break the originally negotiated agreement with a single sentence, and the archbishop would have no way to deal with the other party!
"Please tell the Mercenary Guild and the head of your regiment that we will deal with our internal problems as soon as possible," Arthur Auerbach waited until the Pope left, and then kept the rather surprised Malven, and whispered in his ear, "I am very grateful for the trust of the Mercenary Guild today, I didn't expect to send His Majesty's Knight Mercenary Group to join, I will definitely solve this matter!" The archbishop's promise allowed Malvin to find a step, which also made it convenient for him to go back and report the situation.
Just when the mercenaries of the other mercenary groups fell silent, the head of the Church Knights, Satnam, stood up, he let Field, who had only spoken a few words, stand beside him, he spread his hands and said to all the mercenaries in the audience: "Today is the day of all the mercenary groups in the Church Alliance, and due to the decision of the archbishop and the pope, we elected Fielder as the chief leader," he was afraid to pat Fielder on the back," The chief regiment leader is mainly responsible for leading other mercenary groups, if we fight with the East Oguna Empire, our mercenary regiments will be prone to problems when they fight separately, so the chief regiment is everyone's leader!"
Satnam spoke loudly as he observed the expressions of the mercenaries in the audience.
At this time, some mercenaries finally came out of silence and asked, "Why did you choose this guy?"
"What does the Potato Mercenary Group do?"
"Are your popes and bishops brainstormed?"
This last question made Satnam frown, he knew that there would always be some mercenaries with low quality who were unwilling to believe in the Cult of Light would make such an argument, but he ignored this person, and only explained why he had chosen Fid as the chief leader.
"First of all, the appointment of the Chief Regimental is a unanimous decision of the Pope and the Archbishop, and they also represent the Holy Father, since it is the decision of the Heavenly Father, there is no need for everyone to question it," Satnam took his hand away from Field's back, he noticed that Field's expression had not changed, but Keth had kept her eyes closed, as if she was afraid that the wind would blow sand into her eyes, "Secondly, there is no doubt that the Potato Mercenary Regiment is the resident mercenary group of the Holy Light City and a loyal supporter of the Papal States. ”
Some of the armed members of the church, who were standing in a neat formation and standing straight, began to nod their heads, and began to accept the church's decision from the bottom of their hearts, they were not mercenaries anyway, and it had little to do with them who these mercenaries chose as their leaders.
"I believe that all mercenaries living in the Papal States are equal, so no matter which mercenary group, which mercenary group leader..." At first, there were some mercenaries who didn't know what to do, thinking that the people above were joking, and there were also some mercenaries who didn't even think that Arturus, who was not the strongest and most prestigious, would be the chief leader. But now they have heard it clearly, the church has indeed pushed this guy named Fei De to the position of chief leader, and his potato mercenary group is an unknown small group.
Faced with the situation of arguing and talking louder and louder, Satnam could only keep shouting quiet, but such actions had little effect, and no mercenaries listened to him at all. "Sharp Claw", who was standing on the side, gloated at Satnam and laughed. Fyde and Koth don't know what conflict the leader of the Ripping Mercenary Regiment has with his brother, Archbishop Arthur Auerbach, but they can tell that Talon is happy with the chaos that is happening in the Church Alliance, and perhaps he is the biggest beneficiary of the situation.
Arturas, the leader of the servant mercenary group, stepped forward and shouted loudly, "Quiet down for me, little ones!" As soon as he spoke, a large group of mercenaries standing in the middle of the field immediately shut their mouths and listened quietly to their leader, "This is the appointment of the archbishop, so stop making noise!"
Since his boss said so, the servant mercenary group, which was the largest mercenary group in the Papal States, naturally immediately quieted down and stopped making a commotion. The leaders of some of the other mercenary groups also began to stand up and shouted at the mercenaries in the audience to calm them down.
Such a move really worked, after all, the mercenaries would only recognize their boss, and neither the head of the Knights of the Church, Satnam, nor the chief head of the Order, Fide, would take it seriously.
The group of the Potato Mercenary Regiment didn't say much, they were all waiting for their deputy leader Feide to come back and give them an explanation. Although they all know the strength of the potato mercenary group now, it should be a happy thing to stand out among the more than thirty mercenary groups and be appreciated by the bishops and popes of the Papal States! Especially Marcus, he has always been optimistic about Fide and Andre, even if Fide brings such a small number of mercenary groups to fame in such a short time, it is definitely possible!
But Greif, with the giant harpoon on his back, was not happy. He could see from Kesi's reaction that the so-called appointment of the chief head of the regiment this time must be related to Kesi, and the first thought was that the Pope and the archbishop knew Kesi's identity, and for the sake of her being the only daughter of the Grand Duke, they put the potato mercenary group in the position of the chief mercenary group. However, he also wondered why the archbishop and the pope wanted to curry favor with Coss in this way, and it stands to reason that they should curry favor in a low-key and private way. Putting the Duke's daughter in this place now only increases the likelihood that she will be in danger, which worries Greif very much.
After the loud reassurance of the captains, most of the mercenaries had returned to calm from the commotion, and Satnam continued to speak to all the mercenaries present.
"Although the Chief Regimental and the Chief Mercenary Regiment have been decided, the task arrangements originally scheduled to be decided today have been temporarily shelved due to time constraints!" said Satnam, nodding to the deputy regiment leader Rashad beside him, and asked him to invite the leaders of the thirty-seven mercenary regiments, including Fide and Kosi, who were still closed.
It turned out that the archbishop originally planned to divide all the mercenary groups into several forces today, so that they could become the helpers of the church's armed forces at the beginning of the battle. And he also plans to assign tasks to each mercenary group today, so that the leaders of these mercenary groups will have a bottom in their hearts and know what role they will play in the war between the two countries.
However, when appointing the chief mercenary group, the pope's sudden move ruined the archbishop's plan, so the people who left in a hurry broke up before they had time to assign tasks. This matter should have been the most important, if a mercenary group was appointed to be responsible for reconnaissance, then the mercenary training of the mercenary group after the mercenary group would definitely have to make corresponding changes, but now everything is messed up.
Satnam: "But I believe that our church will release the tasks of each regiment to all mercenary groups in the near future, if you have any questions in the future, you can directly find the knights of our church knights!