Chapter 46: The Beginning of the Conspiracy
As soon as the results of Samier's knightly duel with Hogg came out, it caused a huge repercussion in the upper echelons of the Six Cities Alliance. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Some people believe that this is a political signal that Lotta is courting Berland, and there are even gossip that Berland and Lotta have a lot of private dealings.
And many knights thought that Samier was an insult to this great tradition, and that it was disrespectful to chivalry to let Hogg go.
In short, rumors spread during this period of time, and this matter has become a topic of conversation for many people after dinner.
But none of this affected the female knights.
After Samier let Hogg leave, Black Rock City, which had been part of the Bran Family City, was originally more resistant to the entry of the church, but under pressure, Black Rock City could only allow missionaries to spread faith in the city.
Moreover, Mien even went to Black Rock City in person, bought a piece of land in Black Rock City out of his own pocket, and began to work on the establishment of the church, and there will be a free church school.
It will be in charge of it with Frankie and Reggie, while Lucia and another young man are sent by Meen to the countryside near Black Rock City, where their main mission is to teach the people there to read and spread the gospel of the kingdom of God.
Spreading the faith is a very time-consuming thing, and now the power of the church is still very weak, and some things can only be accumulated by time, and cannot be rushed, so Mien is ready to form a Baptist church before forming the Holy Knights, and all missionaries will be provided by the Baptist church in the future.
The founding of the Baptist Church was much more low-key than the establishment of the Order, and in a service presided over by Mean, Meen simply proposed, and many fanatical believers were willing to participate in spreading the glory of the Light far and wide.
All members of the Baptist Church will have the opportunity to view the holy relics, listen to the teachings of the Light, and feel the presence of the Holy Power.
The first group of Baptists, Mean, selected only ten believers who had the strongest faith and a very good foundation in their own right.
Their leader was Barn Moran, a scholar of Lotta, who, since his faith in the Light, has devoted himself to finding the gospel of God and interpreting every detail of the doctrine.
At the beginning of the founding of the Baptist Church, Meen was completely in a state of letting go, except for Moran, who needed to submit to himself every month a list of new members and missionaries, all their funds could be applied to the church, and it was an organization directly under Mean.
The only thing Meen asks of them is that they must be cautious about recruiting personnel.
From their fanatical eyes and their awe of themselves, Mien completely handed over the mission to the Moran scholars, unless some large city churches were stationed in Minne's own responsibility, and some other small towns and villages were completely given to them.
And Mien has a feeling that today's Lota has a faint tendency to transform into a religious city, and has witnessed the arrival of the Holy Light countless times, and this small city with a population of only more than 30,000 has provided Mien with 20,000 faith points!
Perhaps it's time to consider Santa Lota as a holy city similar to Jerusalem, where the Light originated!
There will be a private banquet in Black Rock City today, and an invitation was sent to Samiyah and Mine a few days ago, inviting Sameer and Mine to attend.
Counting the previous rumors, the two sides are both families that are friendly with the Bolan family, which can be regarded as a small microcosm of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Black Rock City and Lotta as allies.
Now it's winter in Lotta, and the north wind is howling.
At noon, Samier, dressed in a pure black coat, stood in front of the carriage and waited for Mien, who had not yet been packed.
Mien is still his own custom-made teaching uniform, solemn and luxurious.
He hugged Samiyah gently, "I haven't seen you for a few days, but Your Excellency the Knight looks more beautiful." β
"Thanks to Black Rock City, at least I don't have to look at those damn papers for the next two days, let's get in the car first, it seems like the two of us haven't spoken in a long time in my image. β
Mien did not mind sharing a carriage with Samier, and ordered his coachman to follow behind, and the two of them walked into the carriage with a laugh.
Time flies, and Samier, who was once young and energetic, is now steady, and the momentum inadvertently revealed in his words is similar to that of the female knight who rode his horse and galloped wildly.
But what hasn't changed is her kindness and trust in Meen.
From a naΓ―ve hairy boy at the beginning, Mien has become the spiritual leader of Lotta City, the leader of the church with 20,000 believers.
But the fact that Samiyah was his lifelong friend would never change in Mine's heart.
In Minne's memory, no matter what kind of ball, he had never seen Samier in a backless dress, and that hideous and ugly wound, Minn still remembered clearly.
Thinking of the cliff jump, Minn still remembers it vividly, and when he talks to Samiyah about it, the female knight mostly laughs and deliberately avoids the question.
The knightess chuckled, "I have to say, Mien, your luck was terrible, I heard a thud even in the sound of the water, and then you were silent." β
Touching the place where he was hit, Meen smiled, "At least I'm not stupid." β
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The carriage and guards drove slowly along the paths of the Rotting Wolf Wasteland, and although it was never peaceful, Mien and Samiyah were not worried, there were few things that could pose a threat to the two of them.
However, I don't know if most of Lotta's mind was on city construction during this time, or if it was too long since the cavalry had been sent out to sweep, and Mine's carriage didn't travel long before they were targeted by a group of horse bandits.
The rotten wolves and horse bandits in the rotten wolf wasteland are like flies in front of the door of Lotta, and Lotta has little communication with the outside world, but these guys are indispensable, even the richest businessmen can't help the horse bandits and rotten wolves that roam everywhere here.
The carriage slowly stopped, and Mine lifted the curtains, "Looks like we're in trouble." β
Samiyah saw that there were at least two dozen of these men who were riding horses and showing off their might, and the six guards he had brought with him were not enough to see.
"Meen, you don't have to come down, they'll be handed over to me, I forgot what you told me last time, and after a few months, these greedy horse bandits seem to have forgotten the methods of the Lota cavalry. β
The eyes of the female knight were cold, and she, who had been dealing with these horse bandits since she was young, naturally had the means to deal with these annoying bed bugs.
Taking off the big hat, Samiyah opened the car door and walked down slowly, as beautiful as Samier, she got out of the car, and the eyes of the gang of horse bandits looked straight.
"Yo, look, it seems that she is still a beauty with status. β
"Hehe, let my brothers take turns to cool off, how about we let you go, haha!"
The horse bandits with weapons laughed unscrupulously and blurted out foul language.
And Mien looked at these people, this is the real horse bandits, compared to them, Levillen's gang is simply good babies.
However, there were only two dozen people, and in the face of Samiyah, they had no chance of winning at all, and Mien was lying on the window, almost knocking melon seeds to watch the play.
Dare to talk to the female knight like this, and then have fun watching it.
To be honest, there was no interest in these rabble Meen, and looking at them, there was not even decent armor, just some tattered linen clothes and animal skins.
The weapons in his hand are also uneven, good and bad, but there is one detail that catches Meen's attention.
"My lord, why are you getting down, and please go back to the car, and we'll deal with them!"
Facing several times the number of enemies on his side, the young guards were a little nervous, and the palms of the hands holding the long sword were slightly sweaty.
Samiyah patted the young man on the back, "Stand down, you haven't had a good time in your muscles, it seems that these bugs still don't have a long memory." β
"My lord, how can you..."
"Okay, that's it, I don't want my people to die for no reason, at least not at the hands of these bugs. β
Hook hands at the bandits, "Are you going to go up together, or one by one?" β
The horse bandits didn't seem to know that they were in trouble, and sneered, "I'm not mistaken, this girl actually let us go together! Haha, then I'll make you always powerful!"
The bandit shouted, and rode his horse toward Samier.
Sameer sneered, stimulating his fighting spirit! Shrouded in gold, his long hair mixed with energy embers danced gently, and Sameer summoned that blood-colored giant sword, the power of a sword!
Vindictive!
The rest of the bandits were like ghosts, and the weak-looking woman turned out to be a high-ranking knight!
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, I don't know who was the first to escape, and the other horse bandits also began to run away!
"Damn, that person shouldn't be the legendary Golden Knight of Lota, hell, how could he get into such a bad star!"
Samiyah was busy with government affairs during this time, and those horse bandits who had already died down tasted the sweetness after doing a few votes, and became more and more presumptuous, and today they found Mien and Samier!
But against a high-ranking knight, their numerical advantage is completely non-existent!
A rabble like this may take two or three hundred people to drag Samiyah to death with his life, but with these people, it is almost the same to warm up Samiyah.
Seeing that the gang of horse bandits was about to escape, Samiyah threw the giant sword directly!
The piercing sound of breaking the air made a horse bandit's face change dramatically, but in the blink of an eye, he was nailed to the ground by a flying giant sword, and he could not die again.
Seeing that Samiyah had no idea of chasing again, Mien instantly ignited the holy power, and a golden giant hand wrapped around an unlucky guy who was running away, dragged him directly to the carriage, and pinched it gently, and the horse bandit lay half-dead in front of the carriage.
Meen stepped out of the carriage, stepped on the bandit's chest, and smiled in the bandit's terrified eyes, "Congratulations, young man, on winning the lottery." β
Turning to Samiyah, he said, "Samiyah, I caught a live one." β
Meen looked at the tattoos on this guy's face, and if Meen was not mistaken, these people all had the same tattoo on their faces, then it was very likely that there was a larger criminal syndicate behind this gang.
If Lotta wants to go further in the future, these debris and those rotting wolves must definitely be disposed of, and it is best to cut the grass and eradicate it all at once.
Mean didn't want these disgusting flies to be running around on his territory.
"See this tattoo?"
Mien pointed to the 'M' tattoo for Sameer, "Every one of them has it on their faces. β
Samiyah glanced at it and frowned slightly, "That means there is a bigger group of horse bandits behind these people. β
Meen nodded, "If that's the case, then it's troublesome. β
"Ding! Trigger an optional chain of quests: Shocking Conspiracy, the first stage to find the truth about the tattooed horse bandits; Final rewards: You can choose a GrΓ cia family legacy weapon, a clergy advanced class template; no time limit, failure penalty: Immediately delete one career template held by the host, and then destroy five pieces of equipment generated by the system. β
"This task cannot be given up after receiving it, and the system will judge the task to fail if the host treats it negatively. β
The system beep that hasn't appeared for a long time startles Meen, but this mission...
Shocking conspiracy... Could it be that the forces behind this horse bandit are very involved? But the punishment for failing this mission is quite serious, Mien is a little entangled whether to take it, but the gains always coexist with risks, for the sake of the eighty-fifth level of epic weapons and advanced career templates, Mien resolutely took the task.
I can't bear the child's wolf!
Samiyah didn't notice Mien's strange appearance at this time, "You two, quickly bring this man back to Lotta, let the interrogation room take something out of his mouth, and keep him alive for the time being before I return." β
The two guards put the bandit on his horse, who had been beaten to death by Myen, and rode back.
However, at this time, the coachman, who was originally frightened by the horse bandits, and the few nervous guards, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw their city lord kill the horse bandits like killing chickens and dogs.
They all forgot that it was not an ordinary nobleman in the car, but a powerful knight and an even more powerful Miko-sama!
The strong are always respected, and they look at Samiyah and Mien in awe, but they are also proud of it, because they are both from Lotta!
In addition to this small episode, the group came to Black Rock City safely, compared to Lotta, Black Rock City is larger in area, and the tax revenue is twice that of Lotta, because in addition to paying a fixed amount of taxes to the Six Cities Alliance, Black Rock City also has more than six hundred cavalry!
That's not infantry! It can be said that every cavalry is smashed out of money!
What's more, there is also a team of thirty heavily armored cavalry in Black Rock City, these are all things that burn money, in general, everyone in Black Rock City lives under a lot of pressure, and the heavy taxes make Black Rock City full of poor peasants.
The Black Rock guards, who had already been informed, saw Samier and Mine's carriage and hurried to inform their city lord, Anderson Bennett.
In Mean's eyes, the lord of Black Rock City was about the same age as Prut, with a burly build, a well-trimmed beard on his face, deep eyes, and a tough facial line, which made him a suave man.
"My dear Sumiyah niece, I remember the last time I saw you, you were only so tall, and now you are so beautiful. β
Samier smiled and hugged Anderson gently, "Uncle is still so handsome. β
"It's cold outside, let's go inside. β
Holding Samiyah by the back, the two of them prepared to walk inside.
Although Samiyah kept laughing, he glanced at Mien intentionally or unintentionally, and Mien already understood.
This Anderson completely ignored Meen's presence, as if he hadn't seen Meen at all.
Niece Samier: It seems that this city lord is not a good person.
Samiyah is now a city lord, and it would not be an exaggeration to call it that way if the two of them met in private, but in front of so many people, in front of the ministers who came out with Anderson and the nobles of Black Rock City, Mien and the Lotta guards, this kind of title is inevitably a little inappropriate.
Meen seemed to see a hint of contempt in the faces of the smiling nobles, as was the case with those in power, even if it was just an innocuous greeting, it could be a hidden mystery.
I think about it, the first meeting between the two sides, Anderson invisibly gave the two of them a dismount.
But if you suffer such a big loss silently, will Mien swallow her anger? The Holy Light is above, and it has always been Mien who takes advantage of others, when has Mien ever suffered a loss?
Suddenly ignited the holy power, and a powerful momentum swept the audience, and the holy flame burned in Mien's eyes!
With the blessing of holy power, Mien's voice was solemn, but it was neither big nor small, just enough for all these people to hear.
"Wherever I go, the light shines. β
"Where evil hides, it is sin, Lord Bennett, why do I faintly feel a hint of the breath of an evil spellcaster here. β
As powerful as Mien, the momentum brought by the holy power made all the people present feel stunned in their hearts, although they wanted to give Mien and Samiyah a dismount.
But the dignity of the mighty mystical is not to be desecrated!
At this time, those ministers became dumb one by one, and a trace of cold sweat oozed from their foreheads, they only knew that Mien and Samiyah were extraordinary, but they didn't expect this mysterious person to be so powerful!
Anderson is worthy of being an old oilman, as if he suddenly remembered something, turned around and looked at Mien with some embarrassment, patted his head, and said with a smile, "Look at my memory, I haven't seen you for a few days, I have forgotten you, I am a little too happy to see my niece, and please don't be angry, and are you mistaken, how can I have evil here, the holy law walker is still in the city, there can be no evil hiding with him." β
Meen suddenly looked into Anderson's eyes, those burning eyes... If Anderson was hit hard, Mien's spiritual power was twice as strong as that of ordinary people, and under the increase of holy power, just by looking at it, Anderson broke out in a cold sweat.
But Mien couldn't do too much, and the staring lasted less than a second, Mien extinguished the holy power, and said to Anderson with a blank face, "Maybe I saw it wrong, and I ask Your Excellency the City Lord not to blame, it is my accusation to destroy evil." β
Although they only looked at each other for less than a second, Anderson felt that this second was extremely long, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead without a trace, Anderson smiled dryly, "Your Excellency must have seen it wrong, Black Rock City is a loyal supporter of the Holy Light, and there can be no evil existence." β
"Very well, may the Holy Light bless Black Rock City, and please lead the way. β
Samier pretended not to see the scene just now, and held Anderson's arm with concern, "Uncle Anderson, are you okay? β
Anderson Pi didn't smile, "The city lord of Samiyah is too worried, I'm fine." β
Obviously, in the first round of the meeting between the two sides, Lotta had the upper hand, but this did not affect the mood of both sides, and only by standing on an equal footing could everyone talk fairly.