Chapter 47: The Unknown Purpose
"How did the leader of the Resistance Alliance end up here?"
Ti asked, puzzled.
In her opinion, it is unbelievable that the head of a major power is so easily exposed to the public eye without anyone to protect him.
Just as the Pope never appears in the Papal Room or outside the Holy See without a protective circle surrounded by layers.
Nou shook his head and guessed: "This may be the style of this Ville leader, he is mixed in a small team, and people with low status will not recognize his identity, although there is a greater risk, but he can also have a closer distance to understand the specific situation of himself and other forces."
Moreover, he dared to put down his own position and was willing to live in the lower strata to understand the lives of those at the bottom, which made me feel a little admired, if he could do this, why would the people of the country be like this. ”
Nuo sighed, his childhood was ill-fated, but born in troubled times, there must be many people like him, or even more miserable, who lived in pain until they ended their lives in humiliation.
Ti was also a little melancholy, she naturally had some understanding of the current situation of everyone in the Papal States, not like those noble ladies raised in the deep palace, who only knew that they were angry and scolded the untouchables and wanted to resist, but they didn't know that it was all caused by their own arrogance and luxury.
With this in mind, the two of them walked around the winding and confused forest, trying to find their way back, but after walking for a long time, they could not see the familiar place.
"Arnold, we don't seem to be able to find the camp we used to be."
Ti was a little worried, except for a few pieces of portable dry food that they had brought with them, there was no food on them, and although they would not starve to death in this forest, there would be many unforeseen accidents in the process of rashly searching for food.
Noh looked around, and thought in his heart that it was a bit fantastical to find his way back in this vast forest.
"It's not a way to go on like this, let's go out in one direction first, and we should be able to meet some people on the periphery."
Noe proposed.
Ty didn't object, and instead of going around in circles here, it was better to leave the irritating forest first.
At this time, the sun had risen in mid-air, and the two of them found out all the dry food on their bodies, divided them, and found a place to rest a little, and after recovering their abundant strength, they were ready to set off.
I don't know if the route taken by the dead soldiers of the army happened to be in the direction of leaving the forest straight away, or if the two of them had been walking towards the periphery in the process of finding the way, only when the sun happened to be hanging in the air and releasing the most powerful fire, Noodi and Ti successfully saw a slightly undulating mountain range.
That's where they first came.
"Have we been on the periphery all along?"
Tin's mouth opened in surprise, one second he felt dangerous, and the next he realized that he was actually in the safe zone all along.
No, who didn't think so, said seriously: "It only shows that we are lucky enough to happen to go in the right direction, and if we take the opposite route, it will take more time to get out." ”
Ti's mind was not so much, she just smiled happily: "Luck is also a kind of strength, Xiaonuo, it seems that the goddess of luck is standing with us, and we will definitely be able to complete this task successfully." ”
Nuo is not so optimistic, but he also believes that luck is a manifestation of strength, although the fate has been bumpy since childhood, and he can only survive by relying on himself, but in addition to his own persistence and hard work, it is also because of his ethereal luck that he can live to this day.
"Okay, yours."
Noe waved his hand and shrugged.
Ty happily showed a row of teeth and gestured triumphantly.
After that, the two of them did not hesitate and walked forward.
Their destination was another squad of the Knights of Dusk on this mission, and they only saw the location of the Connector team in the last line of the mission manual.
The questbook doesn't say who the team they connect to, so they haven't been approached in advance.
This rule was laid down by the regimental commander, Herman.
The reason for this is that different teams will have their own characteristics.
After several missions, some teams will have a "mutual dislike".
This dislike can be caused by dislike of individual members of certain teams, or it can be a natural rejection of the contradictory style of their respective teams.
However, Herman did not want a similar phenomenon to occur in the Knights, he hoped that all the people in the Knights would have the trust to hand over their backs to any knight, otherwise the Knights would gradually degenerate from a monolith to a factional dispute, and eventually the snipe and clam would fight, and they would begin to destroy an organization and a force from within.
This is the biggest reason why many organizations fall apart.
Many long-standing forces are often defeated on the outside, seemingly united, but in fact they have long been cut apart in internal struggles and eventually easily banned.
For example, the League of Rebels.
Although this was the case at the beginning of their establishment, at least they were united at the beginning, and now everyone has an independent and mature idea.
Noh pulled out the map he had been wrapping around from his bosom.
In a large red circle on the map, there is also a place marked with a quill.
Nuo roughly compared the map with the real scene, and couldn't help but sigh that the cartographer had been able to make the map so fine, and the location gap could basically be matched.
Comparing the map, Noor led the statue northwest to the northwest.
After walking for about half a while, several camping tents appeared in front of me, and on the tents were the emblems of the Knights of Dusk, the knight's sword and shield.
This sign has basically confirmed that this tent is another squad of the Knights, their counterpart for this mission.
As if the footsteps of the two were heard, a man and a woman walked out of the tent.
Nou and Ti stopped, and they stopped to look at each other.
"Are you...... The rookie knight who defeated Kate's deputy head of the regiment? ”
The female knight who came out of the tent observed No, who was dressed in civilian clothes, for a few seconds and recognized him.
"It's me, you are the team on the mission to capture the gold, my companion and I have made some important discoveries in the past two days, and I came here by chance, so I will inform you."
Nod nodded, identified himself, and briefly explained the purpose of his visit.
"Wait a minute, I'll call our captain."
The two men hurried to the tent at the rear, patted the curtain of the tent, and said a few words, when a tall man came out and walked quickly to Nuo.
"I'm Edward Smith, the captain of the No. 3 squad in Group 2, just call me Edward, they are my teammates, Boggs Norton and Shama Norton, they are a new couple, we meet for the first time, please advise."
The visitor was polite and introduced him and the two teammates beside him, fully demonstrating his elegant knightly demeanor.
Nuo also returned the salute accordingly: "Hello, Captain Edward, I am Nuo, she is my sister Ti, I came here rashly this time, I have an important discovery to tell you." ”
No's voice was unhurried, but his serious tone was enough to show the seriousness of the situation.
"Oh? Please elaborate. ”
Edward assumed a deferential gesture, his face full of seriousness.
Edward was originally a little curious about No&T's surname, but since it seemed that the situation was very urgent, Edward did not dwell too much, but listened carefully and gave respect.
"Yesterday night, the two of us went deep into the forest and met the private army of dead men attached to the Pope, who were called 'dead soldiers'.
When we first met, the dead men wrapped themselves in darkness and rested on a few transports, and in a few moments they all woke up and quickly spun around the forest with the transports, for unknown purposes.
There was a three-man squad in front of us, perhaps also a reconnaissance post for the Resistance, and we followed behind them, following the dead all night long.
At dawn, in the midst of a forest, we finally lost their sights around a corner. ”
Edward savored No's tracking, capturing precisely where Nou's seriousness came from.
"So, the question is the Pope's private troop of dead soldiers, the guys called 'dead men'?"
Nou affirmed his judgment: "Yes, it is the 'Dead Man', have you ever known about the 'Dead Man'?" ”
Edward shook his head very honestly, indicating that he knew nothing.
Ti repeated the explanation he had given to Will.
"So, this is a premeditated plan to weaken the power of our various armed groups, but even if it succeeds, each of our forces will lose a few squads of people at most, why do we dispatch such a big battle?"
Nou couldn't answer Edward's question, and he kept thinking in his heart, what was the point of the Papal States doing this?
Liwei? Deterrence? Or is it just to destroy these few trash of fish?
But obviously it won't be that simple.
What can get the pope involved may have been planned by him.