The celebratory and lively banquet of the royal capital ended abruptly in the turmoil of Joyce's turmoil and the establishment of the crown prince, but for most of the nobles, the dispute had only just begun.

As the number one supporter of the eldest prince Harold, Grand Duke Rickman announced in a high-profile manner after the banquet that he would follow God's command and personally lead the army to Earl Joyce to crusade against those *** mining slaves!

The rest of the nobles who supported Harold also responded, and even in order to hurry up and avoid being preempted by the second prince Hatar's men, more than a dozen nobles decided to gather their private soldiers together after discussion, plus some serf soldiers recruited from the south of the kingdom, and they could gather an army of 15,000 people within a week.

It's enough to grind those *** miners into powder!

On the contrary, to everyone's surprise, as a strong contender for the crown prince, Khattar did not make much move.

In fact, after returning from the palace, Khattar also gathered the nobles who supported him as soon as possible, preparing to pull out an army to crusade against the *** in the south of the kingdom as soon as possible.

It's just that it hasn't started yet, but it's stopped by Anthony.

"Since Harold is so active, let them go, those miners are not so easy to deal with......" Anthony said with a sneer.

"Master, could it be that the *** of these mine slaves has something to do with wizards?" Khattar hesitated for a moment, then asked with a little bewilderment, if he didn't think these people could make any waves.

Although Earl Joyce boasted about the so-called miner leader very much, in his opinion, it was just a little cleverness, and he was completely unprepared for Joyce, and used some inferior means to catch the other party off guard.

There is no way for an untrained pauper to survive on the battlefield, even with the help of a wizard!

After all, the behavior of those mine slaves blowing up the statue of the goddess has angered the church, and Cardinal Ann Sulf even bluntly said at the banquet that he will send several archbishops and a team of priests to go with him!

Unless...... As a great wizard, Anthony is willing to take matters into his own hands!

Anthony didn't admit it or veto, it wasn't the time to expose the Arcane Society and the Wizard's Land, but said ambiguously.

"If the kingdom is always safe and secure, you may not have any advantage, even if the interference of the church is aside, Harold's supporters are more powerful than you, and only a suitable change can reverse your current disadvantage."

"Anyway, you just need to do it, and then you will be able to ascend to the throne."

Although Anthony didn't know much about these miners, he knew that this was the arrangement of that one adult, and that these hastily assembled troops alone could not be exterminated.

Hattar took Anthony's words as a tacit acquiescence, and the eagerness in his heart was much less, but simply letting Grand Duke Rickman and others go to Earldom of Joyce still made him feel a little insecure.

It was the first time that his father, King Bazel, had mentioned the matter of making a crown prince so explicitly, and it was in front of all the nobles of the entire empire, and the fact that the matter was raised by Cardinal Ann Pyk himself, meant that whoever could deal with the miners, even if the two were not satisfied, they would not be able to easily renege on it.

If Harold gets it, it's not going to be easy!

Hatar hesitated to organize a large army to follow the other party, pretending to go together to exterminate ***, and then temporarily counter the water, cooperate with those mine slaves and wizards to cooperate with the outside world, and annihilate all the private soldiers of more than a dozen nobles who went to the earldom to crusade against the mine slaves!

Anthony was also shocked by Hatar's ruthlessness, and after muttering for a while, he did not agree with Hatar's risky move, unless he could guarantee that the entire army would be wiped out, he would only be caught.

"You can send a team to investigate the situation, and then it's not too late to make a decision!" Anthony said hesitantly.

……

At the same time, the final battle is going on in the county of Joyce!

After easily storming the castle, Raeder was confronted with the biggest problem since the uprising - the disintegration of the area

of the Church!

Unlike the barony, where there is only one priest stationed in the church, there is a bishop and five priests in the church, and they have already alarmed the church when they made a lot of noise when they solved the guards, so there is no possibility of a sneak attack, and the only thing to do is to fight with all their might!

It's a battle between the pauper and the transcendent!

In the pouring rain, thousands of miners surrounded the church with crossbows, spears and knives they had obtained, and dozens of crossbows were shot together, and the galloping arrows fell like a torrential rain.

However, the bishop only raised his hand, and an invisible barrier resisted the rain of arrows in the sky, and the arrows shot on it in a great way, but could not break through it in a short time.

Although the power of a well-made composite crossbow is not inferior to that of a flintlock pistol, it is based on a breakthrough in material science and the invention of a pulley set, and the "strong crossbow" made by the craftsmen of the empire is not satisfactory, and a single round of crossbow arrows cannot break the two-ring magic [Shield of Light].

On the contrary, if the other party then hits the Holy Light, more than a dozen people will die!

As for the miners who rushed up in vain to besiege them, they also fell to their knees crying under the light of the divine magic [Repentance for Sins], and sincerely repented of their actions of smashing the statue and blaspheming.

Such a terrifying scene made the miners, who occupied an absolute number, retreat in fear, not daring to take a step forward, only daring to counterattack with bows and crossbows from a distance.

The gap between the transcendent and the poor is evident!

"Is this the true clergy?" Raedel looked at the bishop in the church who was struggling with ease to deal with their siege, and then at the dozens of corpses lying on the ground, the long knife in his hand tightened and tightened.

He wanted to rush forward and fight with the others, but he knew very well that it would not help.

"Yes, that's why I told you, the real difficulties are just beginning." Lynn's voice rang in his ears. "This bishop stationed in the county should be a second-ring priest."

"Is there any way to kill him?" Raeder asked eagerly.

"Two ways, first, you can wait until his strength is exhausted." Lynn said casually, whether it is a wizard or a clergyman, casting spells must consume spiritual power.

However, in the church, the other party seems to be able to receive a certain bonus, so in the case of sheltering those priests, the strength has not been exhausted for a long time.

"What about the second way?" Raeder vetoed the first option without even thinking about it, because if he waited a few more moments, several miners would die......