This tacit question was raised, and several people looked sideways at the same time.

As the great nobles of the Hori Kingdom, even if they lose power temporarily, they still shoulder the responsibility of defending the elite class. And right now, the only royal bloodline is the little princess who is not yet sensible, and she is obviously unable to take on the heavy responsibility. They must be responsible for the kingdom of Hori and, more importantly, find a backer for themselves.

At this moment, their backer is Benjamin, and the military power is also in Benjamin's hands. When the church collapses, the Black Nightmare Army will inevitably become the new official army of the Horry Kingdom, this army belongs to them in name, but they don't actually have a strong voice.

It is for this reason that the old nobles raised this question.

"Lord Earl, this is a bit too early for the plane...... Let's wait until we really get rid of the church and then discuss these things. Duke Colin said with a dry laugh.

"It's never too early to prepare. The old nobleman lowered his voice, "Do you have any other candidates?" Although the Reeser family was deposed, they were also former nobles, and they could barely be justified. ”

"Her Royal Highness the Princess is still alive. ”

But she had nothing in her hands, and she couldn't even write the names of her parents. ”

"She's going to grow up one day. Duke Colin's tone was quite resolute, "All in all, the church is our real problem now, and we will talk about it later." ”

The old nobleman stared at Duke Colin for a few seconds, and finally, nodded.

"Okay...... Since the adults insist on it. ”

The six of them all shifted the subject away as if the conversation hadn't happened.

Over the past week, the Dark Nightmare Army has continued to attack the small towns of the Kingdom of Hori, destroying countless churches and weakening the church's control over various places. At the same time, the plan to capture Koster was also slowly worked out by them.

- According to the investigation, there are not many garrisons in Koster City, the number is about two thousand, and there are only a dozen priests. Because it wasn't in the Dark Nightmares' habitual activity zone, and there weren't any bandits around, the church didn't send reinforcements, and the city felt a little out of the way.

However, as the birthplace of the Black Nightmare Society, there are still many rebel forces left in the city. The church kept them down for the time being, but the initial strike remained in everyone's mind, and there was only one chance that they would surely come forward again.

As a result, Benjamin found that they didn't need much troops.

"I can personally lead the team, and with only 3,000 men, I can make sure that Kost is taken down without fail. He ordered at the combat meeting, "After that, the rest of the people slowly moved through the tunnels." ”

Everyone nodded.

They had already arranged their team, dispersed from the exit of the tunnel and left early, disguised as ordinary people, and slowly gathered towards Koster. And Benjamin, after preparing for the transfer of supplies, himself left with a group of men to join the army in the south of the kingdom.

Another day had passed, and west of Koster, the Dark Nightmare troops had gathered here.

“...... The people are ready, ready to attack. ”

In the night, Benjamin looked back at the silent city, nodded, and spoke calmly. As the first step in establishing a stronghold, tonight's battle is extremely important. But for the Black Nightmares, who have already been in battle, tonight is just another ordinary raid.

Under the cover of the night, they crept within a hundred meters of Koster, and then, with the sudden sound of a trumpet, Benjamin flew up, hundreds of mages followed him, and three thousand soldiers roared in unison, slapping at Koster like a tidal wave.

Benjamin flew to the front, and he saw the countless panicked faces of the soldiers at the head of the city.

- I've seen it many times.

"Yes—there's an enemy attack!"

The shouts came from afar, but Benjamin didn't care, scanning Kost from the air. The lights of the dark city gradually lit up, and several figures flew in the same direction with the holy light......

The city was as defenseless as in intelligence.

So, Benjamin flew directly over the city walls, took out a special magic loudspeaker, and shouted, "What are you waiting for?

The sound exploded in the city like a thunderclap.

People took to the streets with shocked expressions. The priest who flew towards Benjamin was stunned, and then they turned and fled without hesitation.

"You can't run away. ”

Benjamin summoned the water elemental spirits, and with the flickering water threads, the figures wrapped in the holy light suddenly trembled, and then fell one by one like ripe apples.

His army and mages also broke through Koster's gates at this moment.

The shouts of killing resounded throughout the city.

But...... This time the voice was clearly lacking in stamina.

After about ten minutes, the sound of killing died down, and the panicked people peeked out through the crack in the door to see the Kingdom Army kneeling on the ground, and the soldiers in black tied them up one by one. The appearance of the Kingdom Army at this moment is completely different from people's impressions, they let out a painful wail, like a hound that has lost its fangs, bowing its head and trembling.

The black-clad soldiers escorted them in the direction of the town hall.

From that moment on, people suddenly realized that Kost had changed hands.

Half an hour later.

In Koster's town hall, Benjamin stands in the center, looking at the crowd below. After a battle that could not even be described as a bitter battle, they wiped out all the priests in the city, and the kingdom army was completely destroyed, and a third of them surrendered to the prisoners. He finally walked into the administrative center in the open light, and all the officials of Koster were lying on the ground, trembling uncontrollably.

The soldiers were busy dealing with the prisoners and cleaning up the battlefield, he thought about it, first put the officials in the city in prison, quickly sealed off the whole city, and then took a few mages and began to set up a rune defense array in Koster.

- Without this thing, he would never be sure.

Of course, on the side of the underground camp, he also passed the news and asked the Black Nightmare Army to start moving in batches.

"As far as we know, the church will get the news of Koster's fall by tomorrow morning at the latest. The person in charge of the dark department of the academy also rushed over and reported so.

"Tomorrow morning......

Benjamin touched his chin.

Keeping Koster wasn't that hard for him. In another half an hour, the rune defense array could be built, and it would definitely be difficult for the church to attack it, and he was worried about the unexpected situation that the Black Nightmare Army might encounter when it moved over.

If the Church blocked all the routes around Koster, they would be in trouble.

"Is there a way to spread some false news to them?" Benjamin suddenly asked, after a moment's thought.

"What fake news?"

"For example...... We are playing a conspiracy, the real goal of the Black Nightmare is the royal capital, pretending to capture Koster, leading the Church to dispatch, and then a large army will raid Haven Lite. Benjamin didn't make up his mind, and hesitated, "It's this kind of false news that confuses the eyes of the church and makes them dare not act rashly." ”

When the person in charge heard this, he immediately nodded.

"See, we can get this kind of word spread around the city right away. The church has some eyeliner in the city, and after they hear about it, they will also spread it to the royal capital. ”

"Good. ”

Benjamin nodded, and the pressure on his heart was relieved a lot.

Slowly walking out the door of the town hall, he stood on the steps and looked ahead. After a short battle, the night was unusually quiet, except for the faint smell of blood in the wind, like an ordinary night.

But he knew that no one would sleep well tonight.