The next day, the sky was clear and the sun was shining, but the town of Blackcastle was overcast.

The Yorkist war order has been issued, and the members of the family scattered throughout the territory obey the order, abandoning all castles, villages, and farmsteads, and gathering with their soldiers and villagers in the town of Blackcastle. The population of Blackcastle swelled to more than 80,000, and the wide streets suddenly became narrow. The threat of monsters weighed on everyone's hearts, whether it was a lowly freedman, a usually arrogant lord, or a high-ranking vassal lord, they were all the same panic at this time.

"Look, it's a paladin!" shouted a pedestrian, pointing to the retreating crowd.

In the streets, three groups of holy warriors marched, wearing chained armor, locking caps and leather helmets, holding one-handed halberds, cross-body tower shields, and maces at their waists. In a group of three people, in a column of one hundred people, there were a total of three hundred holy warriors, and their movements were uniform, although there were only three hundred people, they had an unstoppable power.

"Holy Samurai! Holy Samurai of the Glorious Church!"

"The paladin is coming!

"Praise be to you, holy warriors of the Lord of Light, and may the glory of the Lord shine upon you!"

When the paladin appeared, the gloom that the bright sun could not dispel was like ice and snow in spring, melting away without a trace. Pedestrians on the street moved to the sides, clearing a wide path for the paladins. Some pious people even knelt on the ground and kissed the footprints left by the holy warriors.

The people's expectations, praises, and admiration made the young faces of the holy warriors become resolute and calm, and a momentum like mountains and mountains arose.

Bishop Perot quietly followed behind the paladin, as ordinary as an old farmer. Looking at the imposing paladin in front of him, his eyes were full of pride and sadness. If nothing else, these young paladins will be sacrificed in the centaur hills, but there is excitement, excitement, perseverance, courage in their bright eyes, but there is no fear.

All the paladins knew that they had been chosen to redeem the populace, and for that they were not afraid to die. Over the past 7,000 years, more than 100,000 Paladins have been killed, who have stopped the charge of the Centaur tribe and faced the sweep of the Ogre Overseer. In order to protect the people, the paladins were fearless and did not flinch.

As a high-ranking member of the Church, Pero knows the secrets of the Holy Warriors, who come from the common people, but not everyone can become a Holy Warrior, and only the most pious and glorious people can inspire the Holy Power and gain extraordinary power. The faith of the people is the root of the holy power, the holy power is the sword of the holy warrior, and the faith of sacrifice and redemption is the power of the holy warrior to pick up the sword. When the paladins take up the sword, it means that they are ready to die to protect the people.

If you want to wear the crown and bear its weight first, this is the agreement between the Lord of Radiance and the first pope, there is no power without faith, and power cannot be used without faith, all clergy are like this, and Pero is no exception. But every time you fight against a foreign race, it is always the paladins who suffer the greatest sacrifice, and they are true heroes!

Heroes have the courage to sacrifice, but they deserve glory. The powerful Bishop Pero was willing to follow the paladins like a farmer, and let the young men enjoy the treatment of heroes. However, Perot also knew that the power of the church alone was not enough to fight the surging ant tide, and he needed to unite the power of the knights.

Guided by his attendants, Pero walked into the Earl of York's office, his pupils narrowed. The Countess wore a blue gown, a thin waist like a willow, and a long skirt that reached to the floor, standing in front of the window and looking down on the whole town of Blackcastle. Her golden hair had turned bright red, and her dark blue eyes had a dark red color, which had a dreamlike magic.

Pero sighed and said, "Lady Sylvia, may the glory of the Lord of Light protect you. ”

"Your Excellency, please be seated. Sylvia smiled back, staggered to the table, and poured a cup of coffee for Bishop Pero with her jade hand. "This is Victor's coffee, please try it, maybe you will never be able to taste this unique drink of the Centaur Hills again. ”

Pei Luo raised his glass and took a sip gently, savoring the bitter taste in it, and sighed in a low voice: "Has the form been so grim?"

"Twelve days ago, this monster we call Ant-Man poured out of the Swamp into the Centaur Hills. On the same day, Baron Porta was killed in battle, the Viscount of Covaan was captured, and Baron Victor's fate is unknown. Subsequently, Ant-Man captured the Barony of Riodesi and the Barony of Tirac. They are still besieging the castle of the Counts of Terrandon, the castle of Baron Verpin, and the castle of the Baron of Escre. Sylvia whispered

"Ant-Man's strength is so strong?" Pei Luo never expected that in just a few days, so many lords were defeated by monsters, and they didn't even have a chance to ask for help.

"A reorganized brigade of the Fangs was wiped out while it was supporting the Earl of Turlandon. Two knights were killed in battle, and only the Grand Knight Gilles and four midshipmen survived. Sylvia said gloomily.

Perro was shocked, the Fangs Legion only had 3,000 men, but it was the most elite army of the House of York. A whole brigade of 1,000 people was completely annihilated under the leadership of the big knight, and two knights were killed, such a fiasco is enough to show the strength of Ant-Man.

"What are you going to do?" asked Perro, who had hoped that the House of York would hold on to the Centaur Hills as a line of defense against the Ant-Man army, and for this reason the Church had communicated with the Kingdom of Gambis and would do its best to support it. But now it seems that the York family may not last long.

"I have a few questions I would like to ask the Bishop before the family makes a decision. Sylvia said lightly, her gaze serene and deep.

Perro's heart sank, he knew that this must be a matter related to the decision-making of the York family.

"Lady Sylvia, please. "Pero is the color of the road.

"Did the Centaurs of the Forest migrate because of Ant-Man's problem, and how much does the church know about Ant-Man?" Sylvia's deep eyes became as sharp as a knife, and Pello was just as overwhelmed as her question.

After a long silence, Perro smiled bitterly, "Lady Sylvia, please don't get me wrong, the church doesn't know anything about Ant-Man's attack on Centaur Hills. ”

There is indeed a record of Ant-Man in the monastery of the church, but that was a long time ago, and Perot had just learned the specific details, and the church had no intention of framing them on the issue of the westward migration of the York family to the Centaur hills, and this misunderstanding must be explained first.

Pero pondered for a moment and said, "The reason for the migration of the forest people and horses is not certain for the church. As for Ant-Man......"

"According to church documents, 1,500 years ago, the legendary paladin Lord Fahilde led the paladin through the Everbright Forest to track down the remnants of the Pantheon. There, Lord Fahild encountered an Inhuman Empire, known as the Assyrian Empire. ”

"The Assyrians were cruel and wicked, and they sacrificed with the blood of the living. Lord Fahild destroyed their altar and was hunted down by the Assyrians. Eventually, only Master Fahild escaped, succumbing to his wounds shortly thereafter. ”

"Originally, the Church was preparing to form an expeditionary force against the Assyrian Empire, but the intelligence that Lord Fahild brought back showed that the Assyrians were fighting against a terrible monster. In order to prevent the monster from spreading to the human world, the church abandoned the expedition plan. That monster is Ant-Man. Unexpectedly, these monsters still invaded the human kingdom. ”

Sylvia snorted coldly, and although Pero was secretive, she still restored some of the truth of the matter. In the course of his pursuit of the sorcerer, Paladin Fahilde met the Assyrians and found that the Assyrians had traded blood sacrifices for strength against Ant-Man, so he deceived the Assyrians into trusting him, destroyed the altar, and was hunted down by the Assyrians. The Church does not tolerate blood sacrifices. However, the church was at its weakest stage and was again mired in internal struggle. If you want to destroy a powerful Inhuman Empire, you must summon the Angels of Light, but the Paladins have already set the Pope in the air. Moreover, the barbarians in the Turrell Mountains are also Inhumans, powerful but not within the protection of the Radiant Code, and for the Assyrians, who are also Inhumans, the Church does not regard them as human beings, so the expedition plan will naturally be abandoned. However, the Assyrian Empire, which had lost its altar, had apparently been defeated by Ant-Man, who had spread to the Centaur Hills and was hit by the House of York.

Obviously, the cause of the incident was that the church did not wipe its ass clean, which caused the family to suffer a heavy loss. However, Bishop Pero is not in the Paladin's camp, but has a close relationship with the White Tower. Sylvia could only suppress her anger and asked coldly, "What happened to the northern wilderness bordering the eastern border of the Sassan Empire?"

"Why do you ask?" asked Perro, who was silent for a long time.

"If it weren't for the problem with the Sassan Empire, it should be the Radiant Knights who support the Centaur Hills now, instead of letting those hairy holy warriors send them to death! If I'm not mistaken, the Sassan Empire is already threatened by the orcs, either the centaur tribe or the ogre lord, as can be seen from the sudden peace talks between the Sassani and the Duoduo. Sylvia chuckled.

"I don't know," Perro said, shaking his head. Although he is the bishop of the Church, he has been excluded from the core of the Church's power, and the Radiant Knights have not informed him of the details of the Sassan Empire, but have only recruited many elite paladins.

"In the face of an army of 100,000 Ant-Man, how is the Church going to support us?" asked Sylvia in a deep voice, this is the key to deciding whether the family will stay or not.

Pei Luo pondered for a moment and said, "The church is mobilizing holy warriors from all over the country, and no less than 1,000 holy warriors will enter the centaur hill within a month. At the same time, the Marquis of Goron will lead the Knights of the Swift Dragon to support you. ”

"If the church only has this level of support, I don't think we at York can stop Ant-Man. Sylvia shook her head and said, "In the face of disaster, our York family will go all out, but if we don't have enough support, we can only consider retreating, after all, there are still tens of thousands of people here." If the forest people choose to migrate because of the attack of the ant-man, it means that the attack of the ant-man is wave after wave, which is a disaster for the entire human world, and it is not something that one of our families can resist. The only way to do this is to build a strong fortress at the entrance to the Swamp, and before that, the Ant-Man of the Centaur Hills must be wiped out once and for all. To destroy the Ant-Man army, the Church must mobilize the Knights of Radiance. As for the Swift Dragon Knights, I don't think they can do that. ”

Perro knew that what Sylvia said was the reality of the situation, although the Knights of the Swift Dragon were powerful, they were much worse than the Knights of Radiance, and the royal family of Gambis might not secretly consume the strength of the York family. If the House of York chooses to withdraw from the Centaur Hills, the situation in the Human Kingdom will become unpredictable. The worst-case scenario is that the House of York will unite with the Emperor Rand to fight Gambis in search of a new place to live. This is something that the church does not want to see.

"I'll report back to Guangming Mountain about the situation here. Bishop Pero stood up and walked out the door, looked deeply at the countess before leaving, and said, "Sylvia, the church will do its best to support you, but the church will not allow a civil war in Gambis in the face of disaster. ”

Sylvia walked back to the window, and from here, she could see the whole town of Blackcastle.

"It's only one battle! Maybe it's Ant-Man, maybe it's Gambis. The Countess thought quietly.