Chapter 51: The Tempest On
Outside the rented house of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, a large group of guards who had been patrolling under martial law were running in the direction of the castle. Everyone in the Potato Mercenary Regiment was immediately woken up by the noise outside the house, and they all walked out of their rooms to see what was going on.
Avi rubbed his eyes, he was the first to walk out of his room, and Patrick, the champion fighter who had been scheduled to sleep in the hall, had already opened the front door and stood there looking out into the street.
"What's wrong with Captain Patrick outside?" Avi had slept soundly, and dreamed that Miranda and himself were playing in the Golden Hoof City, and the sound of the rainstorm outside was completely inaudible. However, he walked to Patrick's side, looked out the door, and found that the Holy Light City was covered in thunderstorms, and those torrential rains had turned the streets into small rivers, and even the guards running on the road had to lift their trouser legs to make it easier to walk.
"It's raining outside, and it seems like there's something going on, and the martial law patrols are running in the direction of the castle. Patrick knew that Ayana and Fed were out, and he was worried about them right now. After all, he found that when the two of them left here, the weather had not become so bad, and the patrol had not run in the direction of the castle, could it be that they caused the incident?
The other members also walked down the hall to check that all the windows were closed so that the rain would seep in. The Marcus brothers even ran to the yard behind where the apple trees were planted, and they only left their washed clothes behind them at night, who knew that this violent storm would invade the Holy Light City in the middle of the night.
More and more shouts began to be heard in the street outside the house, most of them from the patrols, who could vaguely hear the words "castle, pope" and so on. However, there are also some words like "enemy army, invasion".
"Alas, so many things have been done in a good night! won't those troublemakers find a good weather to make trouble again?" Big-nosed Fan lay on a soft bench in the hall, closed his eyes, and yawned heavily.
"yes, I'd better go back to sleep, if there's anything to call me again. Noor stood in the hall for a moment, then turned back to his room.
"Did you see Field?" Grass knocked on Fielder's door as soon as she left the room, but as soon as he pushed the door open, there was no one inside.
Only then did the others notice that Fede wasn't here. Avita checked and found that in the entire house, Ayana and the deputy head of the regiment were gone, but no one knew where they had gone. The champion fighter didn't say a word, just silently looked at the patrols outside the door.
Keth was nervous, she knew that the fourteen-year-old girl Ayana had a strange temperament, and that she could hear Ayana climb out of the window for several nights, not knowing where she went. This time Feyd and Ayana disappeared together, and it was the night of armed martial law in a church! The pouring rain outside made Keth even more worried, and she glanced at Greif, but the other party only shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know at all.
"It seems that the deputy head of the regiment and Captain Ayana have gone out. Hughes came with a concluding nonsense.
"It's possible that they're still there, but you can't see it. Big-nosed Fan made a joke, but it didn't make the sad Kesi smile.
At this moment a knight of the Church Order ran up and rushed into the house in the face of the rain. "You're a potato mercenary group, aren't you?" the man shouted out of breath as he took off his hood to keep out the rain.
Greif stepped up and said, "yes, is there any emergency?"
"A large number of troops have appeared outside the Holy Light City!" the knight shouted as he looked at Greif, "but because of the current weather, I can't tell how many people there are, but a large number of troops have indeed appeared in the southwest of the Holy Light City, and they are stationed outside the city!"
All the people present were taken aback, could it be that the army of the East Oguna Empire had already preemptively struck and came to the Papal States? Although the Potato Mercenary Regiment was only a mercenary group stationed in the Papal States, if it was really going to be a defensive battle, then as the chief mercenary group of the Church Alliance, it was very likely that they would have to join the battle to resist the invasion of the enemy ** team, so this matter could be big or small.
"Are they going to attack the city? Are they assembling siege weapons?" Marcus was drenched when he came back from the backyard, but he immediately asked the knight what he was most concerned about.
"No, the other side did not attack the city, nor did they send anyone to negotiate with our church, but the head of Satnam and the archbishop have immediately gathered the forces of all the church alliances in the Holy Light City and are ready to resist. And we, the Knights of the Church, have been guarding the walls, keeping an eye on the troops gathered outside the city. ”
Avi asked, "So we're going to assemble now?" but just now he had seen the patrols under martial law running in the direction of the castle in the center of the city.
"Yes, which one is the leader of the Field?" Captain Satnam asked me to confirm this, and by the way, to ask the Chief Leader's opinion. "This knight didn't even recognize Fidel, maybe he didn't go to the league's meeting that day.
As soon as the knight's words came out, everyone looked at each other, Fei De was not here now, and the other party didn't even see it! The people of the potato mercenary group exchanged glances with each other, all thinking about how to respond to each other.
"I am. Avi stepped forward, knowing he couldn't let the other party find out that Fede wasn't there.
"You're so young and promising!" the knight looked at the lanky Avi, "I've heard that Leader Fed is a very young mercenary, but I didn't expect to be so young. ”
Marcus nodded to Avi and praised the other party's way of breaking the siege, "Didn't you want to ask for the opinion of our deputy head of the regiment?
The knight suddenly showed a sly smile, walked slowly towards Avi, and asked quietly, "I wonder if the Chief Regiment, is it on the side of the archbishop?" The knight said this next to Avi's ear, but the other people standing together could hear it, and it seemed that this knight was just making a show, and he was originally going to let everyone hear.
Avi didn't react at the first time, isn't the archbishop's side not on the side of the Papal States? On the contrary, Koss, who was standing next to him, reacted and interjected: "Of course, we are on the side of the church and the Papal States. ”
The knight was attracted by Kesi, and then he glanced at the girl, and then saw that "Fidel" nodded, and said, "Okay, then this is the reply of your regiment to the commander." With that, he put on his hood and walked to the door of the house.
"And where are we going to meet?"
"Please wait a moment, and if there is no other news in half an hour, then ask the Chief Master to come to the camp of the Church Knights in person. ”
It wasn't until the knight had left that everyone praised Avi's impromptu reaction just now. Fortunately, this knight didn't know the real Feid, otherwise it would be very suspicious that the chief head of the Church League would have disappeared on a rainy night when foreign enemies invaded.
"I'm afraid that if I wait until I go to Captain Satnam, I'll still be exposed as a lie?!" asked Squad Leader Hughes.
"Don't be afraid, it's okay to have me when the time comes. Kesi patted her chest and responded, she just hoped that Feld wouldn't have an accident, those church knights or something, she should be able to deal with it. After all, she knows that the other party knows her identity, so the other party should give a little face for the sake of being the daughter of the duke.
"But sister, what do you mean by being on the side of the church?" Greif noticed the knight's expression, the question was definitely meaningful.
Kesi saw that everyone also showed puzzled expressions, in fact, they were very surprised that the knight suddenly asked such a question, and the other party was still mysterious, and they really couldn't figure out the situation. Coss decided to tell the crowd about the relationship between the Pope and the archbishop, and she also made her and Fett's inferences. Hughes, who had lived here for some time, echoed this, saying that he had long seen that the Church Order supported the Archbishop, and that they would only follow the orders of Archbishop Arthur Auerbach.
"But it's too strange to ask this question now, isn't it, could it be that the army outside was called by the Pope?" Leonard, the team leader, touched his head, his expression was dull, and his mind was now "mush", probably because he didn't sleep enough.
Avi remembered the direction in which the patrols were running, if the armies of other foreign enemies had already arrived in the city, it stands to reason that those people should run out, why did they run in the direction of the castle instead? That rebellion is still vivid, his predecessor Eddie Squadron Leader was killed by a sudden mutiny, could it be that there was also a rebellion this time?
Everyone else was talking about it, and the "Elder" Franklin took out a large number of hooded robes from his room, "These are the rain-sheltering robes I bought before, and you can use them when you go to the base camp of the Church Order." ”
At the same time, outside the Holy Light City, those soldiers who were standing under the heavy rain were staring at the Holy Light City without moving, as if this religious holy city was a beautiful gem, which made people unable to take their eyes off.
"General, when are we going to wait?" asked a staff officer on horseback.
"Wait a minute, we can't let the prince take risks," the white-haired, middle-aged general in full plate armor was already soaked by the rain, and even the war horse under his crotch couldn't open his eyes, shaking the horse's head constantly, "The prince will definitely give us a signal." ”
The staff officer leaned sideways, poured a little rain out of his clothes, and continued: "But the guards have noticed us, if we drag it any longer"
"The Knights of the Church are nothing but useless people. ”