Hammond struggled to speak, but when he saw the officer's vicious eyes, he had to close his eyes, thinking that he was unlucky, mercenaries were a high-risk profession, and casualties were common. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But he didn't want to be castrated into a eunuch before he died.

Dozens of minutes later, more and more Moses gradually gathered in this riverside grove, all wearing the six-pointed star badge on their chests and chanting words in their mouths.

An old man with a white beard and a solemn expression walked up to the crowd, holding a thick aqua-green copy of the Book of Moses in his hand, and shouted: "Thank you to the great God for giving us sunshine, morning dew and rain, and thank the great God for saving us from calamity, pain and famine! Today, let us stand on the banks of the beautiful Yar River and praise and chant the kindness of the true God once again!"

"God is great!" the crowd shouted, followed by a burst of prayer. After half an hour had passed, and the prayers had subsided, the officer respectfully walked up to the old man and asked in a low voice, "Priest, all of us have arrived, and we may begin the trial of these infidels?"

The priest nodded, paced to the stake, flipped through the book of Moses in his hand, and cried out in his high-pitched voice: "All praise be to the great God, the Creator of the world and the nurturer of mankind...... Whoever disbelieves all his life will be rejected by the true God and will be burdened with everlasting curses...... O followers of the true God, fight against the disbelievers until the heathen are purged and all religions are devoted to the great and true God! followers of the true God! Messenger of God!

"God is great!" everyone raised their hands in unison, and then lit their torches and walked towards the stake.

"Father, please guide and help us!" At the moment when the stake was about to be ignited, a terrible wail suddenly sounded in the crowd.

The officer looked at the man who was wrapped in black robes, frowned, and exclaimed, "You guy, what are you shouting here, don't you see the priest pronouncing the punishment of the infidels?"

The priest waved his hand and asked gently, "Is there anything you need my guidance and help with, this believer?"

"Priest, that's the case...... the guy wrapped in black robe leaned over and wailed with a handful of snot and tears: "Priest, since joining the holy war, all the brothers in our village have died one by one, they are all devout believers in the true God, they are all dead, and the parents, wives and children in the family are all lonely, can you pray for the great, all-knowing and all-powerful God on my behalf to resurrect all those dead brothers!"

"My children......" the priest said, stroking the man's shoulder, his eyes full of kindness, "they were sacrificed to spread the teachings of the true God and to eradicate the unbelieving heathens, and you need not grieve for them, for their souls will be redeemed by the true God and will be able to enter the kingdom of heaven......

"Child, put away all your doubts and sorrows, and continue to fight for the true God without hesitation, and one day your soul will enter the kingdom of heaven, where there will be not only delicious food, flowers and wine, but also seventy-two beautiful maidens for you to enjoy......"

"God is great!" the crowd raised their torches again and shouted, looking at the situation and eager to plunge into the next holy war.

"Execution!" As the officer gave the order, countless torches were thrown into the pyre.

"Purge the infidels!" I don't know who started a cry, and raised the thick Book of Moses high above his head.

"Purge the heathen!" the crowd responded by raising their fists and shouting that those who do not believe in the true God will not be redeemed for their souls.

Suddenly, the Book of Moses, which had been lifted high, was thrown into the flames.

The crowd who were still shouting fell silent for an instant, and the priest was even more stunned by this sudden scene.

"Purge the infidels!" The cold order was given at this moment, and two hundred "Moses" wrapped in black robes suddenly drew their sabers from their waists, and the swords flashed in all directions, and the people around them were instantly cut to flesh and blood.

The priest was so frightened that he tried to escape from the stake in a panic, but was stopped by the man who had burned the Book of Moses, and in a flash of cold light, a dagger stabbed him in the heart.

The man took off the black robe that wrapped his whole body tightly, revealing his true face, only to see that he had the appearance of a Morowingian, who was Marven after the disguise.

Taking off his black robe and holding a wand, Rogge also ran out from the side at this moment, and hurriedly cast a waterspout with Marven to extinguish the raging fire.

At this moment, this grove has been turned into an Shura field.

Although the Moses were numerous, they were caught off guard by two hundred skilled knights, and they were almost killed without any defense, and the woods suddenly wailed, and the crowd panicked and fled.

The Imperial knights had long since killed the red eyes, and although they did not ride horses, they still easily picked up the Moses who tried to flee for their lives with their strange physical skills, and turned them into broken corpses in a desperate scream.

Marven and Rogge took advantage of the fire to extinguish and rushed into the stake to rescue Hammond and others.

"Ahem...... Cough...... Thank you, gods! "Hammond choked on the smoke and coughed violently, overjoyed to see that he had escaped death.

Some Moses who knew how to swim into the water tried to escape, and twenty or thirty knights immediately jumped into the river with their swords, and with their powerful martial arts, those knights were as nimble as swordfish in the water, and the Moses who had just swam to the other side did not have time to be happy, and soon found that they had all fallen into the encirclement of the imperial knights, and more Moses had died before they could swim to the other side. A moment later, the entire Yar River was covered in blood, and the surface of the river was almost stained red with blood.

Hammond looked at the bloody corpses in the grove, and then at the Yar River, which was full of floating corpses, and secretly smacked his tongue, and quickly turned his head to Rogge on the side and asked, "Mage, who are these people who saved us? This combat power is probably comparable to that of the most elite mercenaries." These reinforcements were all dressed in black robes, and their skills were fierce and cruel, and for a while, Hammond did not associate them with the hoplites of the vanguard battalion.

Rogge pointed to Marven not far away, and said with a smile: "You should thank our employer, it was he who brought the knights of the entire pioneer battalion here." ”

"These people are knights?!" Several other mercenaries almost dropped their jaws when they heard this, "This method, this ferocity, I'm afraid even the bandits will be ashamed!"

Rogge shrugged his shoulders and looked like believe it or not. After a while, the one-sided slaughter gradually ended, and when the two hundred warriors all took off their black robes, revealing the armor inlaid with crosses, and stood respectfully on either side of Marven, Hammond and the others believed the facts in front of them.

Hammond stepped forward, walked up to Marven, plunged his big sword deep into the ground with both hands, and said respectfully: "Master Marven, thank you for saving our lives, your kindness to our entire squad, oh no! Our entire mercenary group will always remember, I declare in the name of the captain of the "Fast Sword" team, after returning to the Marne Federation, I will truthfully reflect your righteous act to the captain, you are a friend of the "Holy Sword" mercenary group, and you will enjoy VIP treatment for life......

It is undoubtedly a good thing to have the friendship of an A-level mercenary group, especially for the Xia clan who are currently alone, but for some reason, after learning that the leader of the "Holy Sword" mercenary group had an unusual relationship with Hypatia, Marven faintly had a strong hostility towards this strong man he had never met, and immediately refused coldly without hesitation: "No need, it's just a gesture!" and then left the grove with a group of knights without looking back.

Hammond scratched his ears and cheeks, and asked Rogge with a puzzled expression, "What happened to our employer, Lord today, and where did I offend him?"

Rogge coughed dryly twice, and said with a wry smile: "Captain, I advise you, don't mention our head in front of him again in the future." ”