When Meyer returned to the station, he slept peacefully, and the next day he woke up to the ringing of alarm bells in the churches of the Holy Capital. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Guys, let's go, and we can fight to our heart's content today, because our goal is to annihilate the enemy. ”

"Hehe, I can finally move my body. ”

"Yes, dear Chieko, today you will be able to show your skills in the Holy Capital, this time it is different from the last time in Franços, it is a street battle between thousands of people. Be careful, anything can happen in a scuffle. ”

Meier climbed to the top of the building with the Black Dragon Girl, the Sword Hero Ghost Queen, and the Dream Weaver Witch, and from here the soldiers of the two island republics could be seen entering the Holy Capital through the wide open city gates.

However, the seemingly well-groomed team was somehow disjointed, with a long distance between the soldiers in shiny breastplates and deerskin gloves in front and the team with huge pulley crossbows in the rear.

Perhaps thinking victory was a foregone conclusion, the army rushed into the civilian quarters behind the walls, where the spearmen and halberdiers wanted to plunder the spoils of war and have some more fun to relieve their wallets and mental stress. At the time. This can be said to be one of the regular activities of mercenaries with bad military discipline.

As soon as they stepped into the dark alley, they found that the streets were deserted, and the doors of each house were blocked from the inside by heavy objects. Eventually, the procession of thousands of men entered the cramped and crowded ghetto, but the pulley archers behind them did not follow their companions, and the mercenaries of the Westport Republic lined up at the gates of the city, standing still. But wouldn't it be better for the spearmen to divide the spoils of five hundred men and women less?

Unfortunately, the Holy Capital is not comparable to the ordinary towns of Itkanlia, and the people who control her are not fools, although they are conflicted, and they will be united at this moment for their own money and their wives and daughters.

The men went into action when the soldiers of the two island republics entered the residential areas. The soldiers of the Holy Capital garrison sealed off all the intersections leading to the outside world and quickly erected barricades with pre-prepared stones. Then Meyer, who was watching all this from the commanding heights of the Holy Capital, lit the smoke generator in his hand, Batista was waiting for this moment, he immediately ordered his five hundred pulley crossbows to fire arrows in the direction of the civilian area, the people of the Holy Capital knew that there would be a heavy rain that would kill people today, and they had made all preparations a day in advance. These nearly one-meter-long iron-tipped arrows all fell on the hateful Interventionists, and in an instant, this bustling street became a hell on earth, and countless soldiers let out a ghostly cry wolf howl, and they did not expect to be betrayed by the mercenaries of the Westport Republic until they died.

After shooting all twenty arrows in the quiver, the team immediately put on their pulleys and bows, retreated from the gates of the Holy Capital, and returned to the camp where they came, and of course they would not leave until they had the rest of the bounty.

Meyer and the three girls watched the real baptism of arrows from the bell tower, and the mercenaries who had experienced the storm had lost about half of their men and almost all of the rest were wounded, and they were even more demoralized when they found that their retreat had been cut off. At the same time, all the windows on the second or third floor of each house were suddenly opened, and the convoy and the inhabitants of the Holy Capital threw hot oil or stones that had been prepared long ago at the intervening forces in the streets, and the already chaotic ranks were completely crushed, and the corpses were scattered all over the field. Just as these people were panicking and running in all directions, the gate by the side of the road suddenly opened, and a hooked spear suddenly stretched out and pulled some poor creature into the door, and he was greeted by countless spears and short swords that pierced his body.

"Hehe, this group of people is even more vulnerable than I expected! It seems that we don't even have a chance to play, and it is enough to rely on the guards and people of the Holy Capital. ”

"Alas, it's a pity that my treasure knife has not been unsheathed. Chieko said disdainfully.

A one-sided battle finally came to an end, and the Holy Capital, which had experienced countless ups and downs, quickly returned to calm. The next morning, when Meyer returned from the camp of the pulley archers, he found that even the blood on the pavement of the streets had disappeared, as if the thousand-strong party had not appeared yesterday.

Perhaps the defeat caused Cardinal Plessy to lose confidence, or perhaps the Lieutenant Chancellor bought off a few more recalcitrant cardinals. A week later, the tense Holy Capital boiled again, as people finally saw white smoke rising from the chimneys of St. Paul's Cathedral.

The papal commissioner, Dravino, immediately led someone to pry open the brick wall that sealed the door of the church, and the personal attendants walked out one by one with the help of the exhausted cardinals.

The entrance of the church was crowded with the residents of the Holy City waiting for news, and everyone saw that Alex Borhafa, although his face was haggard, but his smug expression had already told everyone that he was the new Holy See. He casually took the money bag from the hand of the strategist Sirius, who had been waiting at the door, grabbed a handful of copper coins from it and threw them at the crowd, and the square immediately erupted in amazing cheers.

At this moment, from the bell towers of all the churches of the Holy Capital, countless snowflakes of paper fell, on which the surname "Borja" was written in Itkanlian script, informing all those who were in the Holy Capital that their new papal master had arrived.

Finally, at the Apostolic Palace, Meyer was brought to the new Pope by Resache, and after the ceremony of giving the most glorious kiss to the Pope's shoes, Pope Alex VI said to Meyer who was kneeling in front of him.

"Hehe, my child, dear Meyer, you have done a good job, I have heard Sirio say that you have done a few days to resist the interference of the two island republics, so how about I promote you to the vice-captain of the garrison of the Holy Capital. ”

"His Majesty, the contract with the Duke of New Mark is still to be fulfilled. ”

"Oh, it seems that the Duke treats you well! But there's one thing you can't shirk, not even the Duke of New Mark!"

Alex VI looked at Meyer with a surprised expression on his face and continued.

"The most important weight for me to ascend to the Pope is Princess Eudora, and now is the time to form a cathar for the princess and rescue the city of Severus!"

"Well, Your Majesty, if this is the case, then there is no other thing to say about it. ”

"Hehe, that's good. The establishment of a new order by Duke New Mark will be raised at the Holy See Council as soon as I take full control of the Holy Capital, and as for the 'Evangelical Society for Salvation', I don't like these guys and won't give them any more support, do you understand!?"

"Thank you, Holy See, and the Duke of New Mark will be informed that an official envoy will be sent to the Holy Capital. ”

Meyer bowed in understanding. He understands that without the support of the Holy See, the "Evangelical Society for Salvation" will eventually come to an end in the future, but at this moment, these sanctimonious gods are still searching for the people's fat and ointment in the Divine Grace Empire.

Then, the future great Pope Alex VI said bitterly: "Unfortunately, the hearts of the people are not ancient, and there are not many people with noble religious fervor nowadays, only the character of the Duke of New Mark is worthy of praise, and I will organize a new cathar army, led by the princess, to break the siege of the city of Severus by the Turde Empire." ”

Meyer knew that this old fox now held the absolute moral high ground, the original intention of the Holy See to establish the Knights was to launch an apologetic holy war, and Salian also founded the 'Knights of the Absolute Soul' for this reason, and all of them were now completely in control of the initiative and could not resist at all. It's just that the power of the Turde Empire is in full swing, and it is not easy to defeat them. However, for the sake of the peace of the Divine Grace Empire, it is also necessary to resist the surging army of the Sun-Seeking Divine Cult.

Meyer was heard shouting, "The Duke of New Mark will do his best for the great cause of apologetics." ”

"Very well, my child, step aside. ”

"The ministers retired, and the Holy See took over. ”

In the days that followed, Meyer was busy again. The rest of the semester must have been lost, and it seemed impossible to attend the wedding of his good friend Viscount Manstel von Barenberg.

"Oh, dear Chieko, I'm going to accompany Princess Eudora on the road again to support them in their war against the Empire. You'll have to go back to the academy alone. ”

"Your strength may be a drop in the bucket. Chieko said with concern.

"Nothing will change if I don't do it, maybe I can kill Sultan Suleiman, or maybe one of their provincial governors will rebel and the Great Viqi (i.e. Prime Minister) suddenly wants to put the Sultan's younger brother on the throne. Anything can happen in this world, and I must give it a try. ”

"Then I will go too, one more person will have more strength. ”

"Dear Chieko, you have been through many crises with me since you came to me, so this time you should go back to the academy and rest. "The battle against the terrible heretics is too dangerous, and Salian doesn't want the princess of the Far Eastern Islands to slip up.

"Salian, I don't learn this skill to please others, but to show my own value, so don't worry about my condition. ”

"How can I be so virtuous that I can be favored by a talented and beautiful person like you. Salian was also very moved at the moment.

"Hehe, I see in you the patriotic feelings and dedication that others have long lost. ”

"Your Excellency, now that a new Pope has been elected, and the good fortune of the Evangelical Society for Salvation has come to an end, then my mission here will be completed, and I will go with you to the East. ”

"Dad, I want to see how terrible the heretics you call the Sun-Chapel cult are. ”

"Thank you so much. Hilda, you will definitely go to the East, only I have more important things for you to do first. ”

"Oh, what is it?" asked the black dragon girl curiously.

"You're the fastest of us, and I want you to send a few letters. ”

Hilda is just a young black dragon, still far from an adult. There are quite a few people who can kill her at this stage, and she is not much better than Chieko in the frontal battlefield, but her long-range flight ability after transformation is something that no one in the New Mark Principality possesses. And her interests are closely related to Sally's and are absolutely reliable. Although Lil has a powerful ability to spell space-time, she is useless because Salian can't trust her, so she can only be used as a vase.