Chapter 63: Theocracy and Imperial Power
Longinus charged forward unhurriedly.
A large group of Imperial soldiers stood in front of him, but no one could stop him.
Longinus's arrogant sneer, a faint, drunken pleasure welled up from his heart, making him flutter all over.
This feeling is like a majestic lion king, rampant in a group of gray and dirty hyenas.
No matter how much these lowly, tiny hyenas bark and struggle, they simply cannot be the match for the Lion King.
Behind Longinus, hundreds of silver-armoured, white-robed knights of the Church armed with swords followed Longinus' striding charge. The silver torrent was mighty and unstoppable, directly smashing the iron-gray array to pieces.
If it weren't for Longinus's failure to give the order to kill, the Imperial soldiers who blocked the way would have been killed and wounded.
The knights of the Golden Oak Church, each of them has received the most rigorous knightly education since childhood, potions, breathing methods, actual combat drills, etc., and the educational conditions they get are definitely the strongest in the Metland continent.
How could these soldiers of the Imperial Army, who were just ordinary people before enlistment, be comparable to them in terms of combat effectiveness?
"Lay down your weapons!" Longinus roared loudly: "I declare you guilty...... When you have turned the weapon of sin against the believers of our Lord, you have borne the unpardonable sin! ”
Longinus strode closer.
Joe glanced at the Lieutenant Colonel, who was covered in blood in front of him, and he muttered, "I forgot to ask your name...... Dear Lieutenant Colonel. ”
Raising his sword, Joe roared loudly and rushed towards Longinus.
The sword sliced through the air with a piercing sound, and Joe slashed at the giant sword in Longinus' hand with all his might.
Tooth and a few other Vetto masters followed Joe closely, while Mr. Stans frowned helplessly and disappeared into the crowd without moving.
Joe ran with all his might, striking with all his might.
Longinus shook his right hand in disapproval, and the giant sword in his hand was like a fluttering goose feather, swinging a gorgeous arc, and the latter slashed at the side of Joe's sword.
There was a loud bang, as if two giant steam locomotives were colliding head-on.
In the splash of sparks, Joe couldn't help but fall to the side. The tremendous force from the war knife made his five fingers painful, making him almost unable to hold the war knife in his hand.
He staggered to the right, stumbling headlong into a building on the side of the road.
'Boom'!
The three-story building trembled violently, and then heard a loud and messy noise, and thousands of red tiles on the roof of the building continued to slide down, pouring down like a torrential rain, and smashing into the streets.
"Lord Longinus, stop!" The stabbing sword in Fang's hand brought a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and hundreds of extremely thin silver lights quickly stabbed at the giant sword in Longinus's hand: "On the orders of the Duke of Garcica, we are here on a mission. ”
When Longinus charged, it felt like an indestructible mountain moving forward.
The sword of the tooth is like a storm of countless sharp knives pouring wildly.
The silver storm crashed head-on into the moving mountain, and a series of dense crashing sounds rang out continuously.
Longinus snorted coldly, he easily blocked up and down with the sword in his right hand, and his movements didn't look fast, but he easily blocked all the attacks of the teeth.
'Bang'.
While Longinus was blocking, he blasted out an abrupt punch with his left fist.
Fang's left fist met it in time, and the fists of the two slammed into each other, and a circle of air exploded, Longinus stood still in place, while Fanga snorted, and his body staggered back a dozen steps.
Joe shook his right shoulder, which had been hit in severe pain, and dragged his sword to stand up straight.
The exterior wall of the building that he hit was sunken inward, and the wall with a diameter of more than ten feet was sunk inward more than a foot deep, and all the windows on the exterior wall were shattered, and the screams of women and children were everywhere in the building.
Joe cursed in a low voice.
A faint crimson glow flickered in his pupils, and Joe stared at Longinus.
In Joe's vision, Longinus was a white humanoid flame, burning all over, constantly emitting a violent light and heat.
The power of the light and flame on Longinus's body was so powerful that most of the streets were completely enveloped in the light and heat emanating from him. Under the cover of his aura, there are still several masters of the Vetu family, all of whom are obviously weaker than a notch.
O power of the Golden Oak Church!
Joe gritted his teeth, endured the sharp pain in his right shoulder, and strode back to the door of the Golden Anchor Club.
Longinus had already stopped, and he stood in front of the club, roaring with great divine majesty: "I don't care what you are doing, you have no right to kill any of my lord's devout disciples. ”
With a vigorous swing of his right hand, the huge sword was inserted into the street with a 'click', and it was more than three feet long.
Longinus clasped his hands on his chest, proudly looked at his face a little pale, and put his left hand behind his back with his teeth that kept flicking: "I declare that all believers here are under the protection of the church...... You, after kneeling and repenting, may step back. ”
Roland burst into tears with excitement, she clasped her hands in front of her chest, and assumed a posture of sincere prayer: "O High My Lord, it must be you who have listened to my prayers and sent His Excellency Longinus in time to save your most devout believers!" ”
Just after a salvo, more than 30 bullets were hit on his body, and his hands were even more inattentive, and the body of Kassi Rong Kaban, who was cut off by Qiaoqi's wrists and palms, convulsed, and woke up from a brief coma.
The dry and thin muscles of his body squirmed violently, and there were a few 'clanging' sounds, and the bullets that were only more than an inch deep into his body were squeezed out of his muscles.
The muscles near the wrists of his hands contracted violently, and the blood vessels were squeezed with great force, and there was no longer a trace of blood flowing from the wound.
Cassie Rong Kaban was so seriously injured, he didn't need to be helped, but with a force on his waist, he stood up directly, and even a member of the Kaban family behind him, who had been shot and killed, also changed from falling to the ground to half-sitting on the ground.
Gritting his teeth, Cassie bowed deeply to Longinus: "Your Excellency Honorable Longinus......"
A fierce light flashed in the triangular eyes, and Cassie exhaled heavily: "I want to complain to the Golden Oak Church that this is a premeditated framing and massacre of my lord's followers...... You see, you see, these children, these children, every Sunday, they go to the Golden Oak Church to pray to our Lord. ”
Cassie's voice was more resolute and tragic: "Look at it, look at it, are you familiar with their faces?" In front of the icon of our Lord there are lamps that they offer, and they often go to add whale oil to the lamps. ”
'Add whale oil to the lamp in front of the icon', that's a very euphemism.
Cassie actually wanted to tell Longinus that the children of his Caban family often went to St. Hilde's Cathedral to offer incense money!
Remember, the children of the Cabans often go to the Golden Oak Church to deliver money...... Send money, that's the most important thing!
Longinus' eyes swept over the men and women who had been killed on the spot, and then nodded solemnly with a sad face.
Hell, he doesn't know these kids from the Kaban family, where does he have time to deal with these people on weekdays?
But among the women who had also been shot indiscriminately, Longinus's pupils constricted slightly, and he recognized several familiar faces.
Damn it, those beautiful women who are as delicate as flowers, those noble ladies who have a unique style, and who are pious and generous.
Longinus has a long-standing and deep connection with them.
They are the most devout followers of our Lord, and Longinus has been working hard to spread the glory and power of my Lord to them.
"Your actions are close to heresy." Longinus finally muttered.
"Your Excellency Longinus, we are acting on orders, they colluded with foreign enemies and plotted treason, and we have solid evidence." Joe gritted his teeth, resisting the sharp pain that had spread to a large muscle in his right back, and stood in front of Longinus.
"This is an imperial internal affair, and you should not interfere." Joe, who was two or three inches taller than Longinus, stood in front of Longinus, less than three feet apart, staring at each other.
"Under the radiance of our Lord, all believers are protected by the Church." Longinus said coldly: "The laws of the world cannot bind the believers of my lord...... Tiny First Class Lieutenant? Get out of here! ”
Longinus' icy gaze gently swept over Joe's epaulettes.
"In the territory of the Empire, the laws of the Empire are above all else!" Joe gritted his teeth and said sharply, "Do you have to interfere in the affairs here?" ”
"The grace of God is like the sea, and the power of God is like hell, and the laws of the world have no meaning under the light of my Lord." Longinus said coldly: "I declare that they are not guilty...... You must repent, make amends, and even ...... for your massacre of our Lord believers Reparation with blood and life! ”
Joe and Longinus glared at each other.
Behind Joe, a large group of Imperial soldiers formed a formation and confronted the Church Knights on the opposite side.
The purge of the indigenous forces in Port Tulum and the raid on the Golden Anchor Club suddenly turned into a head-on collision between the imperial power and the church theocracy because of Roland's call.
Joe's heart was a little hairy.
Longinus was also a little uneasy.
In the distance, one after another red light rose into the sky, and huge fires continued to burst out in the air.
The Imperial Army is on the alert, and on all sides of the port of Tulum, it is conceivable that a large number of elite troops are urgently reinforcing this side.
Joe stared straight at Longinus, and suddenly he lowered his voice: "Your Excellency Longinus, although it is the first time we have met, you must know me...... The Rita family is also the most devout believers in our Lord. ”
Jo leaned in front of Longinus and whispered, "My father, Hessian Jon Wittou, is no less pious, and in front of the icon of my lord he also has the lamp of faith offered by my Wittus. ”
Longinus's taut skin eased in an instant.
The people of the Ritu family, of course he knows the Ritu. In the internal secret ledger of St. Hilde's Cathedral, the incense money offered by the Wittu family every year is enough to rank among the top three in the port of Tulum.
The homes of believers in the top three in Tulum port for devotion certainly deserve preferential treatment.
Longinus coughed, and Miss Roland on the side cried with great resentment: "Your Excellency Longinus, isn't my Caban family the most pious in Port Tulum?" ”
Longinus's expression became holy and majestic again, and then he slapped his palm on Joe's chest.