Chapter 120: A Separate Meeting on
Fed left the Moon Shield at the camp, and with only a "silence", he followed the three Church Knights to the exit of the town in the Land of Amy. Satnam, the head of the Papal States' reinforcements, was already waiting for Fidel there, and he motioned for Fide to ride with him to the city of Doret to the east.
"Rashad is gone, I know, among the rest of the people, you are the more capable of the deputy head of the regiment, and it shouldn't make you feel uncomfortable to let you go to the defense meeting with me as my staff officer, right?" Satnam kept looking sideways at Field, trying to find out if the other party had any intention of leaving the reinforcements. But Feder looked ahead with a blank face, and only responded simply.
"All that grain has been sent to the granary of Doret City, and there is no choice but for our people to continue to starve," Satnam said, shrugging his shoulders, "It's a shame that you and Lay used their lives to protect it." ”
"It's a pity, we don't worry about running out of food. "What Fei De is telling the truth is that ordinary mercenary groups manage their own food, and rich and capable mercenary groups don't need to go to the regular army to get food at all, and they spend their own money to eat better.
Soon under the protection of dozens of knights of the Church, Satnam and Feder arrived at the capital of the Theoguna Empire, the city of Dorret.
This large city is about the same size as Mallot, the capital of the Kingdom of Salins, and is a riverside city surrounded by a large river. The city of Doret was built with high walls and turrets. Moreover, there are three sub-cities around the main city, which is a special city-building technique that is conducive to stationing more soldiers. Moreover, the three sub-cities are located in the east, south, and north directions, which just divide the great river on the outskirts of the city of Dorit. Satnam introduced the name of the river as Shallow River, but the river is not shallow, but more than three meters deep, and it is estimated that the person who named it deliberately called the deep river "Shallow River". The shallow river runs from the east to the east of the sub-city, passes through the interior of the sub-city, and then continues north at a corner.
In addition to the high walls and the sub-city, there are a number of camps to the southeast of Doret City, and many refugees can be seen living in these camps. It is estimated that they are all civilians from the south, and these civilians did not continue to flee to the north, but lived in front of Doret City, probably wanting to live and die with Doret City.
"Look over there. Satnam pointed to the entrance of the city gate, where there were some preachers from the City of Light, books on the Illuminati in their hands, their mouths chanting the secret language of the Church, while the people around them folded their hands and listened to what they were saying.
"I thought they would think of their holy daughter Goliath as a god, but I didn't expect that there would be people who believe in Heavenly Father. Satnam said to Fett with interest.
Maybe they all believe it. "Fid heard Avi talk about the state religion of the Oguna Empire, they don't have a unified name, but it turns out that the people of the Oguna Empire believe in a two-faced holy goddess. This goddess is kind on one side and majestic on the other, representing peace and war respectively. However, due to the propagation and mental control of the rulers, the vast majority of the imperial citizens have long forgotten the benevolent side, and instead made strictness the purpose of the state religion, which is why the sheriff has become the most terrible person in every city.
Now that the Theoguna Empire calls itself the Holy Oguna Empire, Golia, who claims to possess mystical powers, is worshipped by her supporters as a god, the descendant of the Holy Goddess of the State Religion. The power of this religious belief brought many commoners together autonomously, and they all believed that the Holy Goddess was Golia, and that Goliath was their god.
After many layers of checks, Satnam and Fyde finally entered the city of Dorret. From the entrance of the city all the way to the front of the inner city in the center, the spacious streets are packed with people. It took a lot of effort for their group of dozens of horsemen to slowly approach the inner city from the crowd. Fidel noticed that although the fighting situation on the front line was worrying, the civilians here did not appear to be chaotic, but a very large number of merchants and travelers poured in to provide supplies for the large number of floating people.
Merchants and mercenaries are everywhere, and they can always smell the fortune and follow it. Fed saw that there were almost no patrolling soldiers in Doret City, and there were only a few people on some of the watchtowers in the city, and they didn't look very vigilant, and they were all right with the comfort on the faces of the civilians here.
Upon reaching the gates of the inner city, the captain of the guard there demanded that all the Church knights who were guarding them must wait outside the inner city, and that only Satnam and his staff officer Feder were allowed in. Fide discovered that the inner city was several times larger than the city of Dry Sands, and it seems that the city that was called the largest city in the western frontier of the Oguna Empire lived up to its name.
The two dismounted and were led inside by more than a dozen guards. As he walked towards the center of the inner city, Fidel could see that the palace that was supposed to be under construction had been suspended, presumably due to the effects of the war. Judging from the location of the palace, Xiu Mo, the city master of Doret City, had plans and plans to build the palace for a long time, otherwise he would not have left such a large vacant land.
In the center of the inner city there was a hill, and on the hill was a bunch of buildings built there, and it was there that they were headed. The guards who followed them to the doorway in front of a building, then moved out of the way and stood at the door. Satnam and Fylde entered the stone arch and found behind it a garden with many pools. The garden is large and there are quite a few servants who are cleaning and pruning the plants.
"Are you from the Papal States?" a young man with his hands crossed over his chest, dressed as a servant, was sitting by a pool, and there was not a single guard near him.
Satnam looked ahead, there was a white building behind this garden, it was estimated that this was the place of the defense council, "That's right, we are from the Papal States, I don't know how to get to the place where we can attend the meeting?"
The young man swept the water from the sink with his hand, and with curly black hair, he glanced at Field, who had the same black hair as he did, and said, "My name is Ayrne, and I am the keeper of this garden. He stood up, and then held out a hand to shake hands with the two, but Feder ignored the other and just looked at the building in the distance ahead. "Well, come with me, you two, the Lord Regent and the Virgen Golia are already waiting in the hall. ”
The three of them walked towards the white building, but the hall was empty. The hall was already set up with seats, and tea and fruit were placed in every position, and it seemed that they were the first to arrive.
"There's no one. Satnam asked.
Ayrne smiled and nodded, "Please wait, I'll go and get my master out." He let Satnam and Fett choose their seats as they pleased, indicating that this was what Virgen Goliath meant. Satnam felt a little strange, after all, meetings have always been clear about status, and it is impossible to sit down when there is a vacant seat, which would be too uncourteous. But Ayrne ignored the steaming Satnam, and walked straight to the back of the hall.
"What do you think?"
"What to see. ”
"Don't you think it's weird? There's no one, and let's sit casually. ”
"Maybe it's just the two of us in today's meeting. With that, Feder sat down in the middle. Satnam had no choice but to sit next to Fielder and take a sip of black tea.
"That's right, there are only two of you here today. A gentle female voice came from the back of the hall, and Satnam and Feder immediately stood up.
A woman in a white robe walked slowly. Her hair was thick and supple, draping down her robe, her face was so clean and delicate that she could not tell that she was thirty-seven years old, and her eyes were gentle and a little charming, as if she were in love with her lover.