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When the civilian soldiers ran the whole city around, they couldn't help but embrace each other and weep when they found that there was really no one wielding their swords or pointing spears at them.

Carter-Larson found the Warlock in the Sanctuary, looking up at the broken god Osiris, tired, as if thinking about something.

"It's back. Odin said to Carter: "Time is running out, we need to rebuild the city of Paliwa as soon as possible." The second shock will not be separated by too long. ”

Carter calmed down from his joy and bowed to the Warlock in gratitude, only to find that the Warlock didn't care about the feelings he was trying to express.

The young lord's face could only become serious again, as if the person standing opposite, cold and unforgiving.

"So, Mr. Diggs, who is the enemy we are facing?" he asked.

Odin still looked at the broken old god, and people had become accustomed not to believe in it, not to chant hymns in front of it, not to repent, not to pray, but they did not know what the so-called "truth" of their own followers was.

"Who knows, it could be the Sanctuary, it could be the Imperial Army, or it could be the overwhelming devil. In short, if we have won a temporary peace, we will build this place into an impregnable fortress. ”

In the dim light, Odin turned his face to Carter, still speaking his judgment in the same tone.

"But what do we use to rebuild? We have no money, no people, no supplies. The young lord habitually frowned, his expression gloomy again.

"Before the war, I made a deal with the Duke of Fukaya, and if we won the war, he would lend Paliwa City 200,000 gold coins. As far as I know, you also left some life-saving gold, which you can use now. ”

"You can ask the barbarians for stone and wood, and the people, I think those who follow you faithfully, will devote themselves to the construction with great zeal if you give them a little motivation. ”

Odin turned around again, turning his back to Carter.

"I know you have endless ideas for your territory, but go for it - you will have a wider land in the future, and you will learn how to lead them. ”

Carter was silent for a moment, then fell to one knee and bowed to Odin in silence.

"Whatever your intentions, Mr. Diggs, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you. Without your miracles, perhaps I would have died in the wilderness or, like my father, tied to the gallows. ”

Still not reciprocating Carter's gratitude, Odin turned back and showed a characteristic smile: "Carter Larson, your path doesn't stop there. The hatred in your heart has not subsided at all. The whole country has to pay for the crimes it committed. ”

Under the gaze of these black eyes, Carter couldn't help but feel timid. However, Odin's words ignited emotions that he had been hiding for a long time. Yes, taking Paliva did not quell his hatred.

He strangled the Queen Mother in his dream, cut off Elio's head with his sword, and burned the entire Imperial Council to ashes, but the hatred in his heart did not subside at all.

The Warlock had let him get this far, and wanted him to go further—and he seemed to have a faint desire for it.

The thought of danger made Carter grit his teeth. Without saying a word, he stood up and left the sanctuary.

At this moment, a mage pigeon flew in through the broken window lattice, and Odin made it manifest and removed the letterhead from its feet.

This is a secret letter from the imperial capital, and it seems that another war has quietly begun.

"Dear Mr. Odin Diggs: Everything is going according to plan. ”

Looking at Evan Hall's handwriting, Odin couldn't help but smile.

The news of the defeat of the Southern Expeditionary Army reached the Imperial Capital from Silver Eagle, and the rumors were extremely exaggerated, and the Imperial Army was completely wiped out, except for the Imperial Prime Minister, Elio Paton, who escaped and was rushing back from White River City overnight.

The whole Imperial Council was like an iron pot on a blazing fire, dreary and dangerous.

The Military Chief, Bailey Sieri, had not appeared in Parliament since he left the capital in anger at the Midsummer tragedy. Chancellor of the Exchequer Evan Hall and Justice Nicolas Gluck have disappeared.

When Mark Duna heard of the death of his nephew in battle, he claimed that he wanted to return to his realm and survive the difficult times with his family, so he resigned from the imperial capital.

The Queen Mother Lelia and the little King Liepon sat like pins and needles in the huge palace.

It was so calm that she couldn't even control the situation - she couldn't convict anyone, and she couldn't put all the disappeared people under house arrest.

The next day, a trumpet sounded outside the walls of the imperial capital, like an overwhelming crow.

The people of the imperial capital, not yet knowing what was happening, fled in panic towards the Golden Palace and the Central Templar, and some poor people began to smash down shop doors, loot food, loot money and women, and the streets were thrown into chaos.

When the 2,000 Janissaries arrived at the gates and climbed the walls, they were immediately shocked by what they saw—the outside of the city was densely packed with well-armed troops, which seemed to be at least 10,000 men, and later the scouts reported that about 30,000 soldiers had aimed their weapons at the imperial capital.

The flags of the great armies fluttered in the wind, with white icebergs, gray wolves, and brown oak spears—representing the Ice Spirit, the Deep Valley, and the White Forest.

Three ancient families entrenched in the empire have challenged the royal family!

Kai-East was dressed in silver-white armor, and his golden hair and navy-blue eyes made him look like a saint who had stepped out of the snow.

He held up a steel sword in one hand, pointed at the sun-patterned iris symbol on the city gate, and shouted: "Restore the truth and execute sinners!"

Tens of thousands of people responded at the same time: "Restore the truth and put sinners to death!"

The Praetorian Guard commander reported to the Queen Mother in a panic as Relia sat in front of the golden mirror, inserting the last of her blonde hairpins into her fiery red hair.

When she heard the news, her hairpin pierced the face of the Janissaries, and all the jewelry made of gold was sprinkled on the ground.

"Idiot - when the hell is going to be - why?!"

"The Queen Mother is blessed. The rebels must have been stationed in Bailin City, and they set out overnight to rush to the imperial capital, claiming that you had poisoned the former king and that you and the king would be put to death. ”

The Commander of the Praetorian Guard trembled and reported that he did not know what these two madmen would do in such a critical situation.

Lelia's hands were shaking, but she didn't respond.

She sat up straight in front of the mirror, and it took a long time to pin the golden hairpin back to her hair, and then ordered her lace skirt to be neatly arranged, without allowing for a single wrinkle.

She put the emerald crown back on her head again, her face was powdered, and her originally pale face was now more like a ghost.

At the end, she slowly turned her head and ordered, "Defend the city gate, and the defectors will be beheaded." ”

The commander retreated in fright, and the queen mother looked at herself in the mirror again, believing that she had not lost her former majesty, so she ordered someone to prepare a carriage and prepare to drive out of the Golden Palace.

The carriages galloped down the King's Road, the trebuchets were nervously preparing, and the canisters and stones were nervously being transported to the city walls.

Suddenly, the horse's hooves stumbled, and a commoner rushed past the carriage - no one who had previously been unidentified dared to walk up the King's Road. The food in the commoner's arms—hard bread, a chunk of beef, a trout, and a few eggs—all rolled on the ground—and he got up, cursed loudly, and threw the eggs at the wagon.

"Kill the king's bitch!" he snorted, and was immediately pushed to the ground by the guards, but more mobs rushed out and threw stones or rotten fruit at the carriage.

"Sinners who bring woe!"

"Three *** women!"

"Her son has no brains!" said people from all directions, cursing at the carriages, which crowded both sides of King's Road.

"Kill them, kill them!" the Queen Mother looked at the constantly flying garbage shadows, screamed to stabilize her crown, and ordered the attendants to drive out the mob.

"Honorable Queen Mother, I'm afraid not—there are too many of them, and we don't have much time. The Plantagenet Knight reported to Lelia as she held back the angry shouting crowd.

The rage almost made Lelia's veins explode, and she managed to calm herself down, and ordered loudly, "Fool, get out of here!

The carriage staggered along the road until it finally came to a halt in front of the central sanctuary door, where the Plantagenet knight carefully guarded Lelia from the mob, while the Queen Mother dismounted and knocked on the bronze door of the templar.

However, there was no response from behind the door, and even the altar was closed to her, and she could only look up at the idol on the bronze door, and the saint above was looking down at her, as if sneering at her.

"Sinners blaspheme the true god, they besieged the imperial capital, and wanted to oust the monarch crowned by the true god from the throne!"

"I, the one who serves the true gods, the king's mother, the one blessed by the true gods, pray for the help of the sanctuary to drive back the enemy!" relia shouted.

However, there was still no sound behind the door, the bronze gate stood still, and the voice of the Queen Mother did not seem to reach the temple.

Some mobs blocked off the streets entirely, but they did not dare to rush to the templars, but watched from afar as the woman who ruled the empire wandered in front of the magnificent buildings.

It lasted from early morning to noon, and Relia felt dizzy in front of her eyes and a buzz in her ears. The overwhelming shouts and fighting seemed to come from outside the city.

She didn't dare to imagine what it was like outside the city walls, and her heart became more and more desperate, so she could only kneel down in front of the bronze giant gate and fold her hands.

"The Sanctuary should not allow the King crowned by the True God to suffer from the poison of his hands!" she shouted in a trembling voice, but no one in the Sanctuary responded.

It was not until the afternoon, when the noble Queen Mother had unkempt hair, chapped lips, red and swollen knees, and almost despair, that the bronze door suddenly opened, and Lelia saw the black cloister, the top of which was carved in gold with images of gods and saints, and surrounded by cold marble.

She staggered to her feet, and was about to step into the bronze door when two long swords pushed her out.

"No sinner shall enter. "Two Templars dressed in white embroidered gold robes.

"I am not guilty. Lelia yelled, almost trying to grab the blade pointed at her with both hands.

"Lelia Stanley is suspected of murdering the twenty-second king of the Iris dynasty and indulging in the rampant power of the gods, gross desecration of duty, and betrayal of the gods. The Templars' tone was unwavering, and under their white helmets, it was impossible to see their expressions.

This made Lelia's eyes darken for a while—when did the Sanctuary make her guilty!

She tried to pull the blade away, but the light on the blade burned her hands, and her skin became charred and blistered.

Lelia went mad and screamed and threw the emerald crown off her head, trying to rip the Templar's robes. However, the heavy iron boots kicked her in the abdomen, and she rolled down the steps of the Templar in embarrassment, curled up in pain, the rich gown nearly slipping off her body, and the fabric being torn apart in the struggle.

She staggered to her feet, her red hair like a burning flame and her green eyes like demons, and she screamed despite the dirty, red skin that appeared on her chest.

"God bless, God bless, God bless!"

However, the bronze door slowly closed before her eyes. The saints above her seemed to laugh at her weakness and impotence.

The mob rallied again, shouting and shouting echoed through the streets like a tidal wave, and the people, who had not experienced war for a long time, believed that the root cause of all the calamities was this vicious woman.

"Kill the king's bitch!"

"Sinners who bring woe!"

"Three *** women!"

"Her son has no brains!

People shouted the rumors they had heard, as if by doing so, they would be able to escape from the war.

The Plantagenet knights carefully helped their queen mother into the carriage, and with his sword and shield stopped the mob from jumping up from the wheel, and snatched the gold ornaments from the side of the carriage.

The Queen Mother Lelia screamed madly and returned to the Golden Palace along the path she had come.

The front of the Golden Palace was already crowded with people, and the nobles were all hiding in their mansions, fearing that their belongings would be robbed by the mob.

People walked through the streets shouting, and some set up firewood on the guards and burned them alive.

Lelia walked into the Golden Palace disheveled, feeling like her head was on fire. Why would the Sanctuary refuse her plea for help? Her mind seemed to stop at the question, unable to turn any longer.

She vaguely remembered the scene before Repon ascended the throne, as if the dark gate had been opened to her, and the priests had taken her gold and poured holy water on Repon's head.

Who is it, and why is the gate of the Sanctuary closed to her?

At this time, Lelia only felt cold, no one would come, her brother Elio was still in the savage southern wilderness, and all those who had gathered in the council hall had disappeared without a trace—all of them, all of them, trying to take her life, to take Liepo's life! )