Chapter Twenty-Five: The Enemy of God
Grace led an army with the help of Anko's magic to the city-state's main city through the mist.
This is a land of about eight kai of light, and it is definitely not the size of ten kai that meets the standard of a city.
However, compared to the remote area of this city-state, and the fact that it is only a small city-state, a land of light of this size is not bad.
Grace looked at the city critically, calculating whether to relocate or not, but when she thought of the huge area of the God-given land, this idea was immediately cut off by her, instead of running to this small city-state to develop, it is better to be next to the God-given land of light, and develop it into a giant city, whose potential is far greater than that of any city-state!
The most important thing is that she is still not sure how big the scope of the main god's divine domain is, or even ...... She doesn't know whether the Lord God's Divine Domain can cross the boundary, if she doesn't figure this out, then it is absolutely impossible for her to give up the God-given Amaterasu Land easily, because the Lord God is her foundation, even if it is trained by this modern army, there is also a subtle blessing in the Lord Divine Power, otherwise how can this God-given soldier be trained by manpower in more than half a year?
Let her glorify the gods and congratulate the Lord God with victory!
"Send someone to call the door, after three drums, if it is silent, attack it, the city will be broken, draw one out of five, and kill!"
The five draws here are not just for peasants or commoners, other sacrifices are from these groups, at most they are the lower nobles who have failed in the political struggle, thinking that Grace has failed in the political struggle because of her gender, at most she has secretly a glass of poisoned wine, and it is impossible to let her be a sacrifice, which is a mess of the order of dignity and inferiority.
If even a nobleman like her, who has the blood of the lord of the city-state, is sacrificed, then everyone will be in danger from now on.
But the city here is different from five draws of one, generally this kind of order and statement, only if one side has a great advantage, and the other side is already defeated, this kind of order will be issued, this is the unspoken rule in the city-state war, in fact, it is to kill less population, so as long as the situation of both sides is like this, then basically the city will be opened and surrendered, and the original high-level nobles after surrender can basically be preserved, even if the lord of the city-state can also lead a knight (village) to get the continuation.
This kind of seemingly fierce five-draw one, aimed at the kind of stinky and hard lord of the city-state, obviously has been defeated, but he wants to drag everyone to die together, when encountering this, the nobles in the city will first rebel, and it is impossible for the lord of this kind of city-state to survive.
Anke and the clerk knew about this unspoken rule, and the clerk immediately volunteered to go, and Grace sent twenty soldiers from the army to protect him.
The clerk is also a high-level nobleman, generally a distant side branch of the bloodline of the lord of the city-state, the kind that has been separated by several generations, but there is a blood relationship and knowledge inheritance, so he is a clerk.
The clerk came to the city gate, looked at the soldiers and some knights running in a panic on the gate, and he sneered and announced Grace's words.
And the soldiers at the city gate did not mention it, several knights were silent, and then they did not wait to inform the lord of the city-state, and first lowered the coat of arms and banners of the city-state by half.
This is actually an unspoken rule, which means to tell Grace that these high-level nobles have agreed to surrender, no matter what the lord of the city-state thinks, even if the lord of the city-state is unwilling to surrender, they will also cut off the head of the lord of the city-state to surrender, but at the same time, this is also an unspoken rule that only high-ranking nobles understand, that is, to ask who the owner of the attacking team is.
The city-states, the civilized territory, the most important blood lineage, the noble will always be noble, the lowly will always be low, this is the truth that belongs to the high nobles.
If the owner of the attacking party is a savage, a serf uprising, or some soldier, a low-ranking nobleman, etc., suddenly gains power...... It's not for nothing, in the city-states with gods and supernatural powers, this is something that has happened from time to time in the past countless years.
If this is the case, then this banner will be raised again, or even replaced with a blood-colored flag, that is, it will not die, even if it is one out of five, no, even if it is completely slaughtered, it is unlikely that the high nobles in this city will surrender.
Naturally, the scribe knew these unspoken rules, for there had been countless examples in the past of the city-state in the face of lowly people who had suddenly gained power, or some serfs and rebels who had gathered together, and who had surrendered because of the strength of the enemy, but the result was terrible, and the wives and daughters were killed by ruin, and they were tortured to death by terrible torture, and it was better to die in battle than to die.
However, the scribe and his lord are from the most noble, is the inheritance blood of the lord of the large city-state, so naturally there is no such problem, he smiled slightly, and immediately ordered the soldiers to set up a banner, the banner has Grace's family crest, of course, because of the loss of heir qualifications, but also lost the status of the lord of the city-state, this emblem naturally lacks the castle pattern, but there is more light ball pattern held high at the top of this coat of arms, this overriding pattern means the gods, but also means that the master of this army is a priest, And it's the chief priest of the deity, the one with the highest position.
These noble coats of arms and family coats of arms cannot be scribbled, these are the most essential culture inherited by the nobles through thousands of years, and only the top retainers of the high aristocratic families, or the clerks of the lord of the city-state will fully understand.
The knights on the city wall looked at the banner intently, but at a glance, they were all relieved, and then they immediately memorized the coat of arms of the banner, the shape, the details, and the symbols in it, and immediately two knights went to the castle inside the city...... The reason why there are two of them is to supervise each other and prevent one of them from having bad intentions and giving false orders.
In the hall of the castle, a middle-aged man wearing a crown had a dull and pale face, this is the lord of the city-state who fled back, his army was lost in the fog because of heavy casualties, and only more than sixty people followed, and now his strength is not as good as the collection of high nobles, at least the high nobles can make up five or six hundred people, and even if he squeezes manpower, he can only make up one or two hundred people at most.
This means that unless these high nobles are willing to be loyal to him and his family, or the owner of the attacking party is a lowly person, his position as the lord of the city-state ends today.
At this time, two knights came running, one of them told the declaration of the army outside the city, and as soon as he said this, the high nobles present were all revealed, but their focus was not on this, they still stared at the knight, and the knight did not dare to delay, and immediately began to describe the family coat of arms of the master of the army outside the city.
“…… This is Grace! No, it's Grace, from the blue city-state, is the daughter of the blue family, originally as the first heir to the throne, I heard that it was a very heroic prince, but after his father's death, it was revealed that he was a woman, so he had to flee, and his uncle inherited the position of the lord of the city-state, but she didn't expect that she didn't die in the fog, but also trained this kind of god-given army! Immediately, a high-ranking nobleman said loudly.
And more than one high-ranking nobleman knows, several high-ranking nobles are nodding, obviously what this person said is true, they also know about it, obviously this is true.
It is almost impossible for someone to imitate such a heraldic family crest, because it involves the majesty of the gods of the city-state, especially if there is a symbol of the high gods on this family crest, it is even more impossible to counterfeit it.
The one who came was Grace, a tragic figure who was cited as a joke among the city-states, but I didn't expect her to return!?
The face of the lord of the city-state was a little ugly, but after a while, he still sighed, he personally took off the crown, and said to many high-ranking nobles: "I have seen our future lord, and if you lose, you will lose, this Grace is worthy of the blood of the lord of the large city-state, even if it is a woman, but once she becomes a priest, she will immediately soar into the sky, and we will not lose money under him." ”
Many high-ranking nobles breathed a sigh of relief.
If the lord of the city-state does not understand what they are saying, then this matter will not be easy to do, and he will not see blood, but who will do it? This will have to bear the reputation of the devouring lord, and it will not look good in front of the future master, although it is impossible for the family of the lord of the city-state to stay, but they will also have a damaged reputation and a damaged future, it is better to know the current affairs like now.
At that moment, the lord of the city-state and the high nobles left the castle together, but they did not immediately open the city gates, but returned to their family stations, changed into new clean clothes, polished their leather boots, carefully arranged their hair and beards, wiped them with high childishness, and then put on their ancestral armor, took their ancestral swords and weapons, and brought the most elite and gorgeous cavalry guards in the family......
After doing all this, more than two hours had passed, and then the high nobles embraced the lord of the city-state, and a vast elite team of three or four hundred came to the city gate.
Grace, who was outside the city gate, was not in a hurry, in fact, there was no response on the city wall so far, she knew that the matter was stable, and she also began to tidy up her makeup, because she was a leader and a priest, boasting of force and the power of the gods, not a woman's appearance or something, so she wore priest's robes inside, men's armor and weapons outside, and used grease to let the eunuch carefully handle her hair, and did not shy away from the fact that she was a woman, she was also extremely heroic, and then began to wait.
It wasn't until the gates were opened, the lord of the city-state took the lead, and the high nobles followed, that the elite army came to Grace's army.
Grace's army was still in formation, silent, silent, and sluggish to the point of being robotic, and this momentum, combined with the previous victory, immediately forced the elite army of the city-state to begin to disarray.
However, this is a process that everyone is familiar with, and at this point, there will never be bloodshed, unless Grace does not want to continue to stay in the territory of civilization, so the lords of the city-states and the high nobles are relieved to move forward, and these armies did not attack, but obeyed the order to separate from the middle, and Grace took the magician Anke and the clerk, and also met it.
Then it was nothing more than a dialogue, a sacrifice to the gods, an oath and prayer before the gods, and the lord of the city-state and the high nobles half-knelt to recognize the suzerain, and the city-state was replaced.
Suddenly, just as Grace approached, the holy power on her body involuntarily surged, and that holy power even turned into light and burned on her body, even ordinary people could see it clearly.
In Grace's eyes, the lords of the city-state and the high nobles were normal, but in the place of three of them, there were three rotten, twisted, distorted and terrifying pieces of flesh that were wriggling close to her.
The flesh and blood couldn't tell whether it was internal organs, bones, blood vessels, or tentacles or mouthparts, just looking at it made Grace's eyes sting, and the invasion of holy power into her eyes made her feel so good.
This kind of horror is really Grace's only one in her life, she pointed at the three flesh and blood in horror and shouted loudly: "What is this! Guardsman! Soldier! Defend me! Defend your masters!! ”
All the soldiers instinctively raised their weapons and aimed them at the lords of the city-states and the high nobles, as well as at their army soldiers, and their faces turned pale.
Anke pounced and roared, "Lord! Are you crazy!? How can blood be seen at this sacred moment!? Why don't you stop them all!! ”
Grace instinctively knew that what Anko said was right, now was the most sacred moment for the nobility's oath, if she dared to see blood at this time, it would never be allowed in the territory of civilization, but ......
The divine power was boiling, warning her, telling her that it was the enemy of God, no, it was the enemy of life!
“…… I am the chief sacrifice of God! ”
Grace closed her eyes and shouted, and then she opened them, her eyes full of determination.
"Listen to my orders, there are three divine enemies here, don't accidentally hurt innocents, but divine enemies will be killed!!"
Grace finally made up her mind, worldly and divine, and she chose to firmly believe in her Lord God.