At noon the next day, Marven personally led Hammond and others and two hundred heavily armed knights back to the city triumphantly, while Mance led his generals out of the city to greet him. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this battle, Marven not only successfully rescued Hammond and others, but also eliminated the rebels' stronghold in one go, which is undoubtedly another great achievement.

After this battle, the Moses rebels of the Iliad Kingdom were greatly wounded, and victory seemed to be in sight, and the day of leaving for the Marne Confederation should not be long, and in the evening of that day, Mance himself held a banquet to entertain everyone.

"God of light, for victory, cheers!" At the banquet, everyone was even more drunk.

At the climax of the banquet, the priest walked into the barracks with a few attendants with a straight face.

"Oh, Your Excellency the Reverend is here, would you like to have a drink too?" said the Pioneer with a smile on his face.

The priest snorted coldly and said angrily, "Your Excellency Pioneer Officer, you seem to be in a good mood today?"

"Of course. Mance took a sip to himself and said leisurely, "We have won the battle, and the threat of the infidels to our supply lines will soon be lifted. Seeing the displeasure on the priest's face, Mance wondered: "Why, Your Excellency the pastor seems to be in a bad mood today, shouldn't you bless us for such a big happy event?"

"The Pioneer seems to be too optimistic, although we have won the battle, the infidels in the city have not been purged, and you, as a mujahideen, intend to let the tens of thousands of heretics go unpunished? This is not in line with your usual fighting style. ”

Marven on the table next to him smiled faintly after hearing this, it turned out that this priest came to ask the teacher to ask for guilt, and by reading Mance's memory, he knew that this Mance used to treat the infidels coldly and cruelly, and he was ruthless, but although this guy was fanatical in faith, he was arbitrary, and he thought that this military priest might have been quite dissatisfied with him for a long time, and this time Mance unusually let the heretics in the city go, which was just a good time to use the topic.

"But, pastor, those people don't pose any threat to us. Mance shrugged, "Why kill them." ”

The priest looked at Mance in surprise as if he were a stranger, completely unable to believe that such words could come from the mouth of the bloodthirsty vanguard, in fact, how did he know that the Mance standing in front of him was just a puppet controlled by spiritual magic.

"Your Excellency, Pioneer!" the priest froze and exclaimed with a gloomy face, "It is really strange that you actually say that those heretics who believe in false gods and blaspheme the God of Light are not a threat?

The priest turned sideways, clapped his hands, and commanded his followers behind him, "Carry them all up!"

"Yes!" the attendant immediately withdrew from the tent, and a moment later four stretchers were carried up, and everyone craned their necks to look over, only to see that the white cloth covered with the stretcher was stained with a large and shocking stain of blood.

"Come and see, all holy warriors, and see what devilish atrocities those infidels have committed!" the priest gasped, his hoarse, loud voice echoing throughout the tent. Everyone turned their heads to each other and talked about it.

"You can't kill people like this, do you?"

"I guess so, otherwise the priest wouldn't have started such a big fire. ”

"It's strange, why didn't you say that the Pioneer Officer didn't order us to purge the heretics this time?"

"Who knows? Maybe Chief Mance has long been dissatisfied with the pedantic chaplain and deliberately embarrassed him......"

The priest walked tremblingly and turned over the white cloth from the three stretchers in front of him, revealing the pale and young face of the deceased.

"These three are missionaries sent by the church, and they are trying their best to spread the doctrine of God the Father to this group of false gods, but those heretics are simply a bunch of beasts and beasts, they are stubborn and uneducated, and they actually kill these three missionaries!"

There was an uproar among the people, and although they had been prepared for it, the killing of the three young missionaries still aroused their anger.

"And besides, the filthy, hellish infidels have done even more shameless and filthy things, they have blasphemed the great God of Light!" the priest roared in front of the crowd, his trembling hands lifting the white cloth from the fourth stretcher.

In the midst of everyone's astonishment and anger, a bloodless and handsome woman appeared on the stretcher.

"Look, everyone!" cried the priest, "this is our nun, devout and kind-hearted, but those brute heathens, they have raped our nun and killed her cruelly, poor child, she is only sixteen years old!"

The priest got up and walked towards the boiling crowd, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all holy warriors who fight for the Lord, and the infidels have brutally killed the devout believers of God the Father, and raped our pure nuns, are you going to turn a blind eye to such atrocities?"

"Kill all the infidels!" The crowd was completely enraged, and the generals waved their fists in anger.

"Your Excellency, the heretics have laid down such unforgivable sins and blasphemed our Father, and as a devout jihad, I hope you will uphold the teachings of the Father and cleanse all the heretics in the city!" the priest walked over the stretcher and came to Mance.

“...... Good ......" Mance covered his head and spat out a "good" word with difficulty, but in an instant, his whole body trembled involuntarily, and he waved his hand in a gesture of refusal.

The priest didn't know why, and asked, "What do you mean, Your Excellency?"

Marven secretly took out his wand, silently recited the incantation, and after a while, finally completely suppressed the turbulent soul of Mans.

Mance raised his head slowly and said coldly: "Your Excellency, I feel extremely sorry and sympathetic to the fate of the deceased in such a bloody incident, you can rest assured, I will definitely send someone to find the murderer and arrest him!"

"Find the murderer and bring him to justice?" the priest sneered, "Mance, this is not a criminal case, this is a holy war of faith!" The priest raised his voice, "All heretics are murderers! Their sinful souls should be completely cleansed and purified!"

"That will only create new unrest, my Lord Priest!" Mance snorted coldly and continued, "The task of the army is to secure the supply lines in the rear of the Empire, not to create and get involved in a new conflict. ”

"Doesn't it seem that Your Excellency the Pioneer is not going to send troops?" the priest asked Mance with angry eyes, his white beard unwinded.

Mance didn't answer, just knocked on the table in silence, counting as acquiescence.

"Yes, yes!" said the priest with two "yes" words on his face, "Since the vanguard officer refuses to help, then I can only have to doubt Your Excellency's devotion to the Father, you should stay in this place where birds don't, don't think about going to the Holy City, the Father will not welcome people with ungodly beliefs like you!"

Rogge was in a hurry when he heard this, and hurriedly chased after him, "Lord Pastor, don't be like this, we are all the most devout believers of the Father, and we all dream of going to the Holy City of Medina to witness the miracle coming, don't worry, I will definitely persuade our prefect well, and I hope that the Lord can believe in our piety!" After speaking, he kept glancing at Hammond and the others.

Hammond hurriedly rushed to Mance with a few other mercenaries and persuaded him to send troops to purge the infidels, but no matter what the crowd said, Mance just shook his head vigorously, but it was not allowed, and warned them that if they acted without permission, they would be court-martialed when they returned.

Hammond looked at the priest pitifully with a helpless expression, while Rogge held the cross in his hand and prayed with words in his mouth.

The pastor was moved to tears, and after hearing Rogge recite the contents of the "Light Bible", he couldn't help but step forward and hold Rogge's hands tightly, "Child, I have seen your devotion to the Lord, rest assured, God will not abandon those who truly believe in Him." ”

After pacifying Rogge and the others, the priest raised his eyes and looked directly at the vanguard officer who was sitting in a precarious position with a serious expression, "See, Mance, what you have done is no longer even your subordinates, as a jihadist, you are so ungodly to the Lord, you will never be promoted, and you will grow old in this barbaric border area!"

Walking to the door of the tent, the priest instructed his entourage: "Go back to the empire, tell the Bishop the truth about the situation here, and ask him to transfer some of the religious armed regiments to us." ”

"Yes, Lord Priest, I will ask the Bishop to send the most elite law enforcement team, and the Templars will help us get justice!"

"Let's go, don't send it!" After the priest had walked away, Mance hastily announced the end of the feast.

In the evening of the same day, Rogge and Hammond arrived at Marven's residence with a group of mercenaries, and Marven ordered the man to prepare dinner.

At dinner, Rogge held the wine glass and asked, "Marven, if I'm not mistaken, the vanguard officer Mance has been controlled by you with magic." ”

Marven didn't deny it, smiled and nodded.

"Master Marven is really powerful!" After hearing this, Hammond couldn't help but approve, and then frowned again, puzzled: "But why do you use him to protect those heretics, he offended the priest, this is not good for us, if the pioneer battalion has been stationed in the Iliad Kingdom, we can only return to the Marne Federation in the Year of the Monkey!"

Thinking of this, those mercenaries only felt scared for a while, but if it weren't for Master Rog's quick wits and leaving a good impression on the angry priest, it was probably unknown whether they would be able to return to the Marne Federation.

Marven smiled without saying a word, and after a while, he asked, "Won't your Holy Sword Mercenary Group reveal your employer's secrets under any circumstances?"

"I vouch for the honor of the mercenary group, Marven, I will not divulge any employer's secrets. Hammond stuck his two-handed sword on the ground and said with a sincere face: "What's more, you are our savior, no matter how terrifying the secret you have, we will not reveal it if we kill you!"

Marven hesitated for a moment, then slowly spoke: "Since that's the case, then okay......" He silently applied a dispel spell to himself.

"What are you ......" In the horrified eyes of the mercenaries, the person in front of him who looked like Morowin instantly turned into a black-haired and black-eyed Xia clansman, only Rogge looked calm, as if he had already guessed this result in advance.

"I myself am a so-called heretic. A trace of bitterness flashed across Marven's face, "I was once hunted down because of my pagan status, and it was the elves who saved my life, so I don't want any innocent people to be slaughtered at will because of their so-called pagan status!" His categorical tone echoed through the room for a long time.