Such a large number of storm troops also made the Prince of Andorra understand why the storm army was able to send troops to the northern defense line while fighting against the ice demons, because they were far more numerous than he had imagined.

Now the Storm Army has occupied Alpine City, absorbed the previous Alpine Army, and the Prince of Andorra has also received news that the Storm Army has expanded again a month ago, and the number has reached as many as 20,000, which means that the current number of the Storm Army is at least 50,000.

However, the number of the current army of the Prince of Andorra is only in the early 30,000s. And the storm army is well-equipped, this is basically a matter of consensus of the French Empire, when the storm army went on an expedition, but it almost crossed the entire empire, the other party had an advantage in quantity, and even in quality, if it were not for the defense of the castle, the Prince of Andorra really did not have the confidence to fight with the storm army.

Faced with the Prince of Andorra's question, Ole and Ryder's faces were also a little ugly, and even this question was a little difficult for them to answer. Because according to the rules of the Holy See, the Holy See army is not allowed to participate in the war between the lords, if nothing else, the note letter from the Duke Storm Army will be delivered soon, and even Kasmai will send a letter to himself, asking the Holy See army to withdraw from Andorra City as soon as possible, which is also the rule.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Papal Army to directly participate in the war between the lords, unless a good excuse is found. This excuse is actually easy to find for other lords, saying that they suspect that there is a heresy lurking in the city, and the Holy See army will not evacuate. Or just send a direct note to the other lord and ask them to withdraw their troops.

Normally, in the face of this situation, the little lord would not dare to offend a big man like Ole at all, so they would obediently choose to withdraw their troops. Then the Holy See can also take this as a merit to publicize it to the civilians, saying that the Holy See has avoided the occurrence of war and ensured their lives, so that the civilians will also be grateful to the Holy See, and their faith will be more pious.

But this may not work at all with Duke and the Stormtroopers, and if the excuse of heresy is used, Ole has no doubt that the Kasmai guy will tell them to deal with it, and even report it to Cardinal Leonard. This guy's backer is also too hard, and Ole can't even understand how a clergyman who climbed up from the lowest priest has a relationship with a high-ranking person like a cardinal?

As for the aspect of letting the lord withdraw his troops, Ole didn't even have to think about it, Duke dared to go to war directly with the Holy See army before, this kind of thing is an extremely rare scene on the mainland, at that time, Duke was completely a small lord with this leopard guts, and Duke would still care about his withdrawal order today?

And Ole also had an indescribable feeling, that is, he felt that Duke did not have the slightest respect for the Holy See and the Cult of the Illuminati, and even had a hatred. This feeling Ole had seen in heretics before, but he did not find any evidence of heresy in Duke, as the son of Duke Otto, Duke can be described as a red seedling, and there is no need to do heretics at all.

And Duke has always had Carsmail by his side, this is the middle level of the Bishop of the Holy See, there is no possibility of being controlled by the lord, at most it is to take bribes and receive a little money, heresy is impossible for Carsmail to cover up for Duke, because the risk is too great. Not to mention that Duke is related to Archbishop Leonard and Andre, the Paladin of Light in the Imperial Capital, it is impossible for these two people to be bought by Duke, right?

Therefore, Ole can only treat Duke as the second generation of the lord who has a tougher means and an unusually deep background. It's just that he also can't understand why Duke has always had the name of straw bales in the imperial capital before, could it be that Duke or Duke Otto behind him is so hidden?

In fact, Ole's conjecture is not wrong at all in theory, that is, as a bishop of the Holy See, he put his own position as a superior person, but he became a puppet of a small lord, and did a headless rebellion with him?

But in fact, this is how strange this happened, Kasmai has betrayed the Holy See and the Cult of Light in every part of his body except for his mouth, and has completely become a grasshopper on a rope with Duke, and he is enjoying his current life more and more, at least he feels much better than being a low-level bishop in Stormcastle who may be finished at any time.

This is not just a matter of life, but a promotion of status, you must know that even if he bribed a cardinal like Leonard before, at most he would hold a name, and basically he didn't even have the right to say a few more words. But now it was different, he was not only the bishop of Alpine City, but also the archbishop of Andorra City, and Cardinal Leonard spoke to him more politely, completely treating Casmai as his confidant.

All these changes also made Kasmai gradually accept Duke's heretical, and even the two of them became a group of interests. Seriously, Kasmai has become a subordinate of Duke, but the Holy See does not allow the protagonist to be called a liege. Naturally, whatever Duke did, Kasmai had to help cover up, which created an aspect that Ole didn't understand at all, and he didn't think that Duke would be the biggest heresy in the world.

As for Cardinal Leonard, it is purely related to Duke's interests, in layman's terms, Duke has the money in place, and Leonard is very satisfied with the efficiency of his work, and he is willing to cooperate with Duke. In addition, the paladin Andre, basically has nothing to do with Duke, but the influence of the royal banquet at the beginning was too great, causing everyone to think that Andre and Duke also have a very close connection, so Duke is now so big, ordinary people really dare not touch him.

Faced with this situation, Ole could only tell the truth: "Prince Andorra, you also know that the regulations of the Holy See do not allow us to participate in any war between lords, and Duke has a very strong background, so it is basically impossible to force him to withdraw his troops, and we can't do anything about it." ”

For Ole's words, Teutonic Knights Captain Ryder also nodded in agreement, in fact, the two of them discussed it on the way here, they don't plan to lie down on the troubled waters of the Prince of Andorra, the advantage of defending the city plus more than 30,000 troops, if you can't even beat a lord under your command, it is really too wasteful, and this kind of waste can be abandoned.