The hall, where a quarterly summary meeting had just taken place, was once again full of people, with cardinals and civil officials standing in a line, and across from them were the officers of the Order. Sauron was still sitting in his seat, and unlike the last meeting, this time the Pope was also seated next to him. It's just that the young pope's face yawned, and he didn't seem to be interested in such a meeting at all.

A light screen appeared over the hall, and an image was playing in it. Looking at the picture in the video, everyone in the hall had an ugly face, perhaps the Pope was an exception. The footage was transmitted back by Thunder Ming using a small function in the Knights of the Round Table system, but of course it was not real-time. Canon had fallen, and word had reached the city of Rome.

Now some of the most important figures in the city of Rome have gathered, looking at the images on the light screen to faithfully record the process of the fall of Canon. In the process, the important ministers in these halls witnessed with their own eyes how the fortress, which was claimed to be impregnable, was shattered by the intruders' forceful methods, especially the part of the city gate that was broken, which was simply shocking.

The female swordsman who broke the city with that sword was not in any record of the Western Continent, and the means she showed showed were already visible to the naked eye, indicating that it was a high-level ability, and it was the level of Sauron. The gesture of Zero Man breaking through the Paladin's mecha defense was also deeply reflected in everyone's eyes, and the subsequent electromagnetic bomb made the officials and officers in the hall exclaim, who recognized it as a special weapon developed by Estar for the knight's mecha.

But Zero is not Ishtar's man.

Add to that the female swordsman, and the previous description of the survivor of the Roaring Bay Cast, and everyone is already certain that people from other continents are here. Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many high-level people to jump out of thin air on the Western Continent, and this news is even more shocking than the fall of Canon Fortress.

You must know that after the cataclysm, it became very difficult or even impassable to travel between continents. If people from other continents are coming now, does it mean that the continent where these outsiders are located already has the means of long-distance navigation? If this speculation is true, it means that the era will enter a new page.

Of course, it won't be a pleasant thing. In a time when resources are scarce, long-distance voyages are only used as outward aggression, not for the sake of delivering friendly olive branches.

Looking at the image on the light screen, it is nearing the end. Under the video capture of the Knights of the Round Table, everyone can clearly see that Zero is fighting against the Knights of the Round Table alone, and the latter is still in a state of suppression. Soon, as the picture fluctuated, all the images finally ended.

The light screen rises.

The atmosphere in the hall was depressing, and everyone's faces were gray. This powerful invader was able to fight the Knights of the Round Table alone, and also destroyed three generations of mechs. This fact weighs like a mountain and weighs people too down to think normally. Especially Dr. Jane, the destruction of the mech only proves his incompetence. After all, when it was developed, he boasted of Haikou, claiming to be able to rival high-level powerhouses.

Judging from the fact that the Knights of the Round Table and the intruder were destroyed in less than 3 minutes after the confrontation in the video, Dr. Jane's words are simply a slap in the face. His face was burning and his head was lowered. Even though the officials in the hall were now attracted by the images, the doctor felt their contemptuous gaze on his back.

Canon was captured, and fewer than five hundred soldiers escaped. The Papal Hall lost a fortress, two legion commanders, thousands of soldiers, and several important mineral deposits. This is a heavy blow to both dignity and economy. The Papal Hall is like a giant, but now it has been punched and bent over. If the colors are not returned immediately, the cornerstone of the Papal Room will be challenged like never before.

Sauron was surprisingly not furious.

He was as deep as water, and he was completely like two people in peacetime. And those who know him, such as the Commander of the Guard, know that he is the real Sauron at this time. The irritability and capriciousness were nothing more than an illusion created by Sauron to confuse his enemies. The real one is deep and calculating. Otherwise, how can a tyrant sit on the throne for thirty years, and it is not only Ista who wants to overthrow Sauron, but Sauron's throne has never been shaken.

Until now, the throne seemed to shake a bit because of the fall of Canon.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you've seen this video. Has anyone told us what these invaders will do next, and how are we going to respond?" Sauron's icy voice rang out, but beneath the cold, there was a heat as hot as magma.

As soon as these words went on, there was a lot of discussion in the hall. Some say that the invaders will loot and then leave the place, after all, everyone understands that the Papal Hall will not let them go. And no matter how strong they are, they can't compete with the entire city of Rome. Others say they are interested in the three oil well platforms under the control of the fortress, after all, these platforms are more precious than gold mines for this era.

For a moment, there was a lot of disagreement, and it wasn't until Sauron stretched out his hand that they fell silent. Sauron's gaze swept over everyone, and the basic bishops and civilian officials who had just been discussing loudly, as well as a few officers on the Knights' side. The two Legionnaires were silent, Leo from the 2nd Legion and Frank from the 9th Legion.

Both legions were stationed in two important cities not far from Rome, and now Sauron was called back in a hurry. In just over a month, the Knights lost four legionnaires, something that perhaps only happened in the history of Rome during that dark period.

Sauron's eyes fell on Leo, a legion leader of the same age as Sauron, and like Carromon, a veteran from the Dark Ages. Now his hair is gray, but the solemn aura on the head of the regiment with a cold expression has not diminished from the past. Leo is a high-level fire-type ability, and his command style is also similar to ability, believing in aggression like fire.

Seeing Sauron looking at him, Leo took a step forward and said, "My lord, I thought that the real purpose of the invaders was to build Canon into a stronghold. A stronghold against us!"

As soon as Leo's words came out, someone jumped out and retorted: "Commander Leo, do you think that these invaders alone have the strength to confront our entire city of Rome?

Leo didn't look at it, and snorted: "The fortress is eight thousand kilometers away from us, and judging from the combat power they have shown, it will take at least three, or even more than four knights, to completely annihilate them. At present, we have only 8 fully established knights, the 1st regiment is to defend the city of Rome, and the 4th and 11th legions are to be stationed in Facero. The rest of the legions also have their own guards, and to be honest, we're barely able to pull out four legions. ”

"What's more, it takes time for the four corps to mobilize, assemble, and even equip the material and logistics teams. When we gather our forces and leave for Canon, which is 8,000 kilometers away, it will take a month, to say the least. A month is enough for them to build their most basic fortifications and prepare them to meet us. The most important question here is that if they are just going to loot supplies, I believe it is more convenient for Facero or other places to grab them, so why should they choose Canon alone?" Leo looked up at Sauron, but said as if he were saying to the other officials, "Don't forget, where is Canon's location? Yes, it is at the end of the Bloodstained Road, far away from the city of Rome. This is a very obvious provocation!"

Leo's words are irrefutable, and the officials who jumped out to intervene before have honestly returned to their positions. Zoro nodded, obviously agreeing with Leo's words, and he said in a deep voice: "Commander Leo, if you lead it and give you another month to prepare, are you sure that you will pull the invaders off the Canon?"

Leo gave Zoro a deep look, and then smiled bitterly, "Only fifty percent sure." ”

Immediately everyone was in an uproar.

Zoro raised his hand, suppressed his voice, and asked, "Weishenme, isn't four legions enough to wipe out a small fortress?"

"Theoretically, it's enough, but judging from the data of the two battles before and after, the invaders have a group of high-level abilities in their hands. There are only two ninth-order powerhouses that we know now, and Lord Zoro, you are also ninth-order, so you should understand that the destructive power of the ninth-order is not on the same order as the eighth-order. Our most fatal problem is that there are too few high-level, and even ninth-order powerhouses. Leo pondered for a while, and then said, "If Lord Sauron is willing to participate in the battle, then the probability of success can be increased to seventy percent. ”

The reason why it is still not 100% win rate is, in the final analysis, the reason for the lack of high-level abilities. And Sauron couldn't have entered the battle so rashly, he was the only ninth-order in the city of Rome. And this battle is not like the battle of Ishtar, Ista was well prepared for that time, and with the convenience of sneak attack, he was able to pick out the entire Ista in one fell swoop.

But even so, he left a King Arthur behind. You must know that as an upgraded version of the Knight of the Round Table, King Arthur himself is equivalent to a ninth-order.

Now, Sauron can't take it easy. In this head-on battle, even a veteran like Leo admits that he has no 100% chance of winning. If he still loses the battle, even if he manages to escape, the whole city of Rome will be divided and collapsed. A defeated Sauron, even if his ability is still there, can't suppress the voice below.

The throne of the city of Rome is not easy to sit on, and Sauron is equivalent to sitting on the crater of a volcano. It is his strength that suppresses the magma below, and it is his undefeated prestige, which shows that the appearance of these people is a great threat to him, and it cannot be overstated.

At this moment, a voice appeared in Sauron's mind without warning: "Come to the palace to meet me, and bring the video material just now." ”

Sauron's pupils shrank suddenly, and in the Pope's eyes, he inadvertently clenched the armrest. As a result, the metal handrail is completely deformed, leaving a deep handprint on it. Zoro was horrified, the voice just now belonged to the silver-haired demon Gaia. It was the first time that he had directly imprinted a voice in Zoro's mind, and it seemed like a means of a high-level perceptual ability, but how difficult it was to convey the voice clearly to a high-level person, Gaia did it easily.

Does this mean that it is easy for him to kill himself?

Zoro felt a tremor from the depths of his soul, and the threat posed by the invaders was less obvious than that of Gaia. It's just that Sauron didn't understand that Weishenme Gaia would suddenly be interested in the video just now, could there be something important in it, but he ignored it.

The memory of high-level abilities is amazing, and Sauron is no exception. He quickly fast-forwarded the image in his mind several times, and the process was even a matter of seconds. But Zoro didn't see anything in particular until Zero's face swept over the image. Zoro seemed to have caught something, and instantly froze the image, so that the deformed metal handrail was almost pulled off by Sauron!

Everyone in the hall looked at Sauron, wondering why this adult had suddenly lost his temper. Zoro didn't care about their feelings, stood up and said hurriedly: "The meeting is over for the time being, and we will discuss it again tomorrow, and the meeting will be dismissed!"

With that, he left the side door of the hall with Withssel.

Sauron's heart was in turmoil, he knew that Weishenme Gaia would suddenly ask for that information. The intruder's face bears a resemblance to Gaia's. The difference is that the intruder is black-haired and Gaia is silver-haired. The former has a golden right eye, and the latter has the same pupil on the left eye.

These two people are like two sides of a mirror. One black, one white, one right and one left!

In a shocked mood, Sauron came to the gate of the palace. He took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and pushed the door open with his hand. The door was filled with darkness, and the light seemed to be refracted by something, so that the whole palace seemed so gloomy and terrifying. Zoro knew that Gaia had woken up, and that the entire palace had become a lair of some kind of evil beast.

Zoro stepped into the lair, and his mood was anything but pleasant. The door behind him was gently hidden under the invisible Liliang traction, and when those invisible and untouched force fields swept past Zoro's side, he felt depressed and his body felt heavy. This palace is full of Gaia's realm, and this is his home turf. Sauron also has domains, and when domains cover each other, they naturally repel each other.

Two realms of different natures will compete for space, and the rules of various understandings will be used to fight. The more rules and the more advanced they are, the better the chances of defeating the opponent's domain. In the unknown realm of Gaia, there are several rules that Sauron alone feels, and God knows what kind of secrets there are.

He didn't dare to explore, for fear of provoking Gaia's reaction.

When the thought came to him, Zoro shuddered suddenly. He found that he had become timid, and that he no longer had the courage and courage of his youth. At that time, Sauron was facing no less pressure than Gaia, but at that time, Sauron was desperate to fight for it, and even in exchange for everything he has today. Today, however, it was Gaia alone that brought him to his knees.

Suddenly, Sauron knew he couldn't get rid of Gaia. His mood suddenly fell to the extreme, and the darkness in front of him parted like water, so Sauron saw Gaia.

The silver-haired man had opened his eyes, and a smile hung over his handsome face. This smile is perfect from any angle, but it gives Zoro a very unreal feeling, like a human smile simulated by some kind of intelligent AI.

I don't know what kind of thing is wrapped under this man's human coat?

"Play that image again. Gaia said softly.

Zoro said "As you wish", then flipped over and pulled out a tablet brain, then played the image of the thunder and handed it to Gaia.

After reading it quickly, Gaia put down his tablet brain, leaned forward slightly and said to Zoro: "Go, bring this man." His priority is over Franklin, and as long as he gets him, Franklin doesn't matter. ”

Sauron made no secret of the surprise on his face, he was speechless for a while. From the similar faces of the invaders and Gaia, Sauron could already guess how important this man was to Gaia. Unexpectedly, his importance was still above Franklin. Doesn't that mean that the man is more important than the life form of the previous era?

Finally collecting his mood, Zoro lowered his head and said, "Lord Gaia, I am happy to carry out such an order. It's shocking that there are too many high-level powerhouses in this man's camp, and it will be difficult for my legion to come up with a liliang that can counterbalance them no matter what, let alone suppress or even defeat them. ”

Gaia looked at Sauron with interest and said, "What do you mean?"

Sauron's heart skipped a heavy beat, he raised his head, and said with extremely hot eyes: "Actually, as long as Lord Gaia is willing to fight, this man is not just a casual catch. With the invincible liliang of adults, this is just a trivial matter. ”

"Oh, it seems to be true. Gaia sat up straight and said lazily, "Put away your little abacus, Zoro." Last time, I helped you get rid of a few old guys, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet. Now you want me to cut off the enemy for you, and I think you'd think so, it's better for Gaia's bastard to die with the damn invaders, right?"

Zoro was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "My lord is too worried, I definitely don't have this kind of thought. ”

"It's no wonder that there isn't. Gaia's hand landed on the pitch-black long sword, intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "I'm not afraid to tell you that before I came to this continent, I had a hard fight with a few guys. Now he is very badly injured, and he has not healed until now. If you fight in such a state, you may end up with those outsiders, as you think. That's why I was asked to fight, and I didn't even think about it. ”

Zolon's eyebrows jumped, "You're hurt?"

Gaia's hand was already pressed on the hilt of the sword: "Yes, it's serious. Why don't you take the opportunity to try it, maybe you can kill me right now? As long as you kill me, the evolution points you get will be enough for you to advance immediately. ”

How tempting Gaia's suggestion sounded at this moment!