【Chapter 38】The Apocalypse
On the once-thriving continent of Sapro, all people's wealth is pooled under a fair rule. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIn addition to handing over the income of the lords and countries in their territories, five percent of the income of the Large, Medium and Small Chambers of Commerce should be retained and handed over to the Apocalypse Alliance. The first creation of the Apocalypse Alliance was founded by a few humans to balance people's wealth, and the others are no longer verifiable, and more people call this organization the Apocalypse Foundation. The Apocalypse Consortium only has dealings with the state, the lords, and the Chamber of Commerce, so ordinary people have no way of knowing its face, and few people know about it.
During the Black Spirit War, the people were defeated by the Black Spirits, and the Apocalypse initially supported the king with funds, but were later forced to disband because they could not meet the king's needs. But its real Apocalypse Consortium has only moved from the front of the stage to the background, so that it can avoid people's eyes and not be managed by the state at the same time, so as to make better use of funds. At that time, on the continent of Sapro, the Apocalypse Consortium was like an invisible kettle filled with the fountain of life, ready to give opportunities to humanity where it was truly needed.
The Black Prince's army was exhausted after successive battles, and after the decisive battle on the plains, it was even more demoralized. However, the Black Prince still controlled most of the land south of the Ten Thousand Souls River, and he began to build all parts of the southern part of Sapro, actively governing the territory.
And Izzy's Dawn Crusader in order to help Nivendon build the Silver Spirit City has been empty of the treasury, because of the shortage of funds, so the construction of the Silver Spirit City has fallen into a state of suspension, although half of the Silver Spirit City has been built to accommodate people's lives, but it is not much worse than the state of the village, in order to help Izzy in the economic stagnation, Agni temporarily changed the port of the Star Strait into a trading hub, but it is still unable to make ends meet. Despite this difficult situation, when there was no war, life was a little more leisurely.
As soon as it was dark, the moon woke up from its sleep, and the bright moon released pure moonlight in the darkness, shining on the rooftops of the city of Prado. In a tavern, Izzy drank with great interest the wine poured by the tavernkeeper and listened to the beautiful bard with a beautiful face, whose scarred cheek smirked from time to time.
Usually people see Izzy's serious face, but today they saw Izzy's honest smile, which immediately made the people in the tavern relax a lot and be very excited. Because Izzy doesn't like everyone to surround him and pay attention to him, the people here talk about their own things, but they are careful not to divert their attention from the war and some sensitive topics.
"Izzy" Izzy heard someone whispering to him next to him, turned his head and saw that Afra didn't know when he was sitting next to him, Izzy smiled and turned to look at the boss "Brother, pour her a glass" "Yes, yes......" The boss poured a glass of wine with a smile and handed it to Afra "Izzy, I have something to say" "En......".
Izzy didn't say anything, just turned his head back and continued to enjoy the bard's performance. Afra sighed, leaned her head against Izzy, and whispered, "We're going bankrupt now, Yanna just collected the accounts and looked at them, we've already spent all the money for next year" "Eun ......".
At this time, the beautiful bard noticed that Izzy was staring at her, so she turned red and threw a look at Izzy, and Izzy immediately raised her glass to the bard and took a sip of "Okay!" At this time, Afra got angry, she got up and grabbed the wine that the boss had poured for her just now, and threw "What a fart!" in Izzy's face.
Her shout immediately silenced the tavern, and the crowd watched them. At this time, a young man stood out from the crowd, "Who dares to make trouble here in front of our Lord Izzy" The young man walked over to this side as he spoke, Afra raised his head and glared at him fiercely, "You get out of the way for me" The young man only then saw that it was Afra, the sergeant major of the Dawn Crusade, and he quickly arched his waist and retreated, and said sorry.
Afra turned around and continued to stare at Izzy, and found that he didn't react much, just laughing and wiping his clothes with a rag, at this time the boss leaned over "My lord, General Izzy may be drunk, don't get angry" Afra glanced at the boss and said angrily, "It's okay with you, stay and go" The boss saw that she was really angry, and retreated to the bar without talking.
Afra grabbed Izzy and threw him to the ground, "If you're drunk, I'll help you sober up" At this time, all the guests in the tavern ran out of the house in a panic, for fear of hurting themselves. Afra has been running around these days to be busy with capital turnover, but now she sees Izzy at ease here, and she can't help but be angry, this woman starts a fire sometimes more fiercely than a man, don't look at her usually quiet, now she doesn't care about anything at all, she only knows how to vent her anger.
Afra lifted Izzy hard, "Izzy, do you know that if you go bankrupt, the Black Prince will win without a fight, and none of us will survive then" Izzy lowered his head, his eyes were empty, and a sense of loss suddenly came, "Who is my father?
At this moment, Tiara rushed in with a group of soldiers, and as soon as she entered, she saw Afra holding Izzy's collar, Tiara was stunned, and the soldiers behind her were also stunned.
"This..."Afra let go, Izzy fell to the ground drunk, "It's nothing, General Izzy and I are discussing important matters" Afra's face was straight, her eyes were staring at Tiara, Afra usually hated Tiara very much, because since Tiara came to Prado, she has always looked arrogant, and she doesn't take anyone in her eyes at all, at this time, she wants to step forward and slap Tiara.
"Afra, you're getting drunk with him" "So what?" At this time, Tiara looked at Afra's serious expression, her heart was also angry, and her red lips were slightly upturned, "I didn't expect that Izzy Yanfu is not shallow, even the sergeant likes him" This is simply adding fuel to the fire, and the soldiers behind him are listening, which makes Afra even more angry.
"Tiara, don't spread rumors, I don't know if your haughty face was brought from the Order, and I will accompany you if you want to fight. At this time, the boss was frightened, after all, it was his tavern that was smashed back and forth, he hurriedly ran out, and stood humbly between the two, "I said two adults, don't fight, it's all your own people, why bother..."
"What are you talking about!" Afra angrily pushed the boss away, drew his straight-edged saber and slashed at it, Tiara raised his halberd to block the attack, "Tiara, today I will teach you a lesson" The soldiers behind Tiara were all stupid, both of them were high-ranking officers, they didn't know who to help, they could only watch the two fight together.
Late at night, Cedric wanted to go back to the house to rest, but when he passed by and saw that it was very lively, he walked over, and when he pushed the door, he saw Afra and Tiara fighting together, and the tavern had been destroyed by the two.
After a while, Afra slashed at Tiara with all her strength, Tiara smiled when she saw this, turned around and turned the halberd unhurriedly, and stabbed Afra with the long handle of the halberd, and with a bang, Afra was knocked down for a long time. At this time, Cedric hurriedly got up and walked to Tiara, "I said Tiara, that's enough, she's not your opponent in the first place, and she still has injuries on her body." Spare her once."
Tiara looked at Cedric, and saw him smiling and pulling his arm as he was about to walk out. Afra, who got up slowly, slowly picked up the straight-edged saber, only to see Cedric pulling Tiara out, and at the same time turned around and gave Afra a look, signaling her to take care of Izzy.
Afra slowly withdrew her straight-edged saber, and after everyone left, she moved a chair, helped Izzy to sit on it, and sat opposite herself, "Izzy..."The drunken Izzy looked up at Afra, and grabbed her slender arm, "It's over?" Hehe, then send me back" Hearing this, Afra shook off his hand, "Can you wake up? I've exhausted Yanna for a while, you're good" "Hehe, you think I know everything?" Izzy's now drunken appearance made Afra feel unable to continue the conversation, and she had no choice but to help Izzy out of the tavern.
It didn't take long for the two of them to arrive at the council chamber, although it was late at night, it was still brightly lit, and the economic problems of the Dawn Crusade had been bothering Yanna for a long time, and Yanna had been checking the accounts here for the past few days, and she hadn't closed her eyes for a while.
Seeing Afra walking in with Izzy, Yanna hurriedly stood up, "... What's going on?" Afra put the drunken Izzy in his seat and took a breath "He drank too much again, you should take care of him" Yeona sighed and sat back in her seat "Whatever, he was also tired during the war, and now it is rare to have peace" Hearing Yeonna's words, Afra raised her eyebrows and her expression was serious.
"Yanna, you are now the Supreme Queen of Sapro, running the army is not a joke, our financial resources are exhausted, and now there are strong enemies, all large and small chambers of commerce have flowed funds to the Black Prince" "I understand, but is there any way? The Black Prince still controls most of Sapro's territory, and these merchants are betting on the Black Prince to win or lose the war."
There is no good solution for everyone, maybe this is the Black Prince's strategy to block the economy of the Dawn Crusader, thinking of this, Afra angrily turned around and grabbed Izzy "Izzy, wake up, look at our current predicament" Afra said as she picked up the account statement in front of Yanna and fell on Izzy.
The three of them fell silent, and Izzy slowly crouched down and picked up a report, only to see that it was full of red expenditure figures. Looking at himself who was already in debt, Izzy's previous blood had already cooled away, he had organized an army, but he had not thought about the economy, and now he was extremely ashamed of his mistakes. "Yeonna...".
When the construction of Silver Spirit City began, Ni Vandong moved here early, he took Kassalon to walk the streets during the day, patrolling Silver Spirit City as he used to, and at night, Ni Vandong looked at the map of Silver Spirit City on the table in his room. The construction of the Silver Spirit City by Izzy gave Nivendon a great fortune, and he had the ability to dictate all kinds of buildings. But Ni Vandong still clearly understood that after the restoration of Silver Spirit City, it was possible that he would not be able to say it himself, and he could only think hard and meditate on a set of perfect strategies.
That night, Ni Verdon was still alone looking at the map of Silver Spirit City, and Kassalon quietly walked in, "My lord...", Ni Vandon looked up and saw Kassalon walking in, so he smiled, "Kassandrad, why haven't you rested yet." "My lord, there are some things I don't understand," Nivendon waved his hand to the side and motioned for her to sit down, and Kassalon continued after sitting down, "I don't understand the meaning of our Holy Knights' existence."
Nivendon sighed, he remembered the previous battle between Kassalon and Tiara, "Of course, the Holy Knights exist for justice and fairness, and fight to protect the continent of Sapro and humanity" "But... Tiara..."Kassalond, have your memories recovered" Kassanrad nodded silently, and the moment she saw the halberd, she remembered not the owner of the rune weapon, but the holy knight who had lived and died with her, Alger.
Once upon a time, Kassalond and Alger were glorious and supreme Holy Knights who guarded the world's humanity with runic weapons passed down from the gods. When the Black Spirit War broke out, Kassalonad and Alger were coerced by the war situation, and they led their troops to guard the Top of the Gods on the orders of Morena, a mountain range in the center of the world, a desert region east of the continent of Sapro, where humans once lived, and that land was named the Ganolin region.
The land that belonged to one of the lords in the Ganolin area, but the sudden appearance of the black spirit caused the castle and village there to be destroyed by the fire, and the lord was also defeated, and King Georgia had to mediate the civil war in time and sent Morena to the Ganolin front, but at that time, Morena was on official business in the northern border of Sapuro, where the Ganolin front line was also thousands of miles away. Unable to reach the front in time, Morina had to deliver a message to his own men on the front, and as soon as Alger received the letter, he summoned Kassandrad and several officers.
"Kassalon, my lord, let us hurry to the top of the gods. Kassalonr, who was still very young at the time, nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go quickly" The slightly immature tone made Alger sigh slightly, "This attack, unlike usual, now the country has just gone through a civil war, everyone is intriguing, we will not have any support after this attack, I just hope that Lord Morina will join us as soon as possible."
Kassalone looked at Alger's forward-looking and extremely worried face sank, Alger had always taught himself like his brother, he had never seen him so afraid and hesitant as he was now, she thought about it, and suddenly on her angelic pink face, a childish smile appeared, and she grabbed Alger "Alger, what are you afraid of, I am by your side."
Alger looked back at Kassalonade's innocent smile and smiled himself, he gently stroked Kassalonade's hair, "It's because of you that I'm afraid." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room burst out laughing, but Alger knew that this attack was bound to kill him.
Early the next morning, Alger and Kasssalon gathered all their troops and set off in a mighty manner, and in less than a day, their troops quickly broke through the blockade of tens of thousands of black spirits like arrows from the string, and rushed straight to the top of the gods. At the Top of the Gods, the troops deployed defensive positions as they repelled the swarming onslaught of the Black Spirits.
However, the black spirits surrounded the mountains as if they were endless, and they continued to block the attacks of the black spirits, and at the same time firmly restrained the black spirits from continuing to attack the human hinterland. Months of such endless battles have passed, and now Alger and Kassalon at the top of the gods are exhausted, and their troops have suffered heavy losses.
"Alger, how long do we have to hold on?" "Hold on until the order to retreat comes" "When will the order come, we can't resist it" "Maybe it will never come again..." Seeing this, Kassalon paused for a moment, then drew his silver sword and rushed into battle to engage in a battle with the enemy.
That night, Alger summoned all the officers to the tent to discuss the matter, and now only six of the dozens of officers before the departure were left, including Kassandrad, and all of them were scarred. "Sir, let's get out while we still have a breath" "Yes," the officers whispered to Alger, almost pleading, but Alger was unmoved, his eyes staring at the map as he slammed his fist on the table.
"Mistress Morina should have arrived a long time ago, I think it's the king's dogs holding her back" There was silence for a moment, and then an officer got up and shouted, "I knew this battle was not going to be fought, I won't do it!" The officer turned and rushed out angrily.
"Alger..." Alger slowly raised his head, only to see Kassalon gently holding his arm, the silver armor she was wearing was now stained with blood and dust, and there were large and small wounds on her hands, Alger gritted his teeth, trembled, grabbed Kassalonad's hand, and sighed deeply.
"Withdraw" Alger said as he closed his eyes, and everyone in the room lowered their heads, Kassalond had never seen Alger so depressed as he was today.
Late at night, Alger and Kassalon led the remnants of their army down from the Top of the Gods. The continuous fighting, the angry howl of the black spirit, and the soldiers around them were drowned in the black spirit one by one, and these two could only watch. In the end, only Alger and Kassalond broke out of the encirclement. The two dragged their tired bodies step by step towards the royal city, and on a stream bridge, Kassalond couldn't withstand the weight of her body, she let go, and her body fell straight down, and Alger leaned against the handrail with a weak gaze.
"Kassalond—" Alger tried to help Kassalonade, but after running for three days and three nights, his legs could no longer stand up, when there was a sound of footsteps in the distance. Kassalon lay on the ground and opened his eyes slightly, only to see an arm with a black pattern wrist armor stretched out, Kassalon slowly raised his head, his eyes slowly moved up along the arm, a bright black armor set off the curves of the woman's body, dark purple long hair fluttered in front of the beautiful face, and a pair of mysterious blue eyes like lightning stared at Kassalon "Lord Morena......". (To be continued.) )