322 Flying Head Barbarian (1/2)
”We lost?”
Within the Holy City, the Holy One listened to the news brought by his men in disbelief.
”Faceless One was actually defeated?” The Holy One angrily slapped the armrest of the white stone holy seat. A wave of shock rapidly spread, shaking the whole hall.
In the face of the legendary level Holy One’s wrath, his men sweat like rain, yet they insisted on the factuality of the news.
”Yes. In the presence of all, Faceless One was assassinated by a mysterious girl using the weapon that is suspected to be the artifact sword of Brettonia, Caliburn.”
”Caliburn?” Holy One was surprised for a moment, and then somewhat bewilderedly and confusedly said, ”How could it be Caliburn? It’s clearly… forget it, just report the news to the Holy One Prophet, and be sure to seek his advice.”
”No need. I already know about it.”
With that, another person in golden red robe walked into the hall. As his footstep fell, the tremor in the hall also stabilized.
”No need to panic. The failure of Faceless One is not a bad thing for us.”
The holy one who came was admired by the whole church for his prophecy, his ability to discern the future. He was the most revered among the five legendary level holy ones. Upon seeing him come, the master of the place hastened to get up and salute.
”Is there any advice for us, prophet?”
The Holy One Prophet said, ”The failure of Faceless One lies in the variables. When I sent him, I thought his opponent would only be Bedivere. Even if Rowan and Marina defected, he would still be able to suppress them. However, in Dragon City suddenly appeared variables. Whether it’s the girl that holds the Caliburn, or the Nine Regions people by her side, all of them are unforeseen variables. But, the appearance of these variables actually makes my dream clearer, and I was also able to determine the identity of that black dragon.”
The Holy One Prophet’s dream of Doomsday Dragon has been circulating in the high-level circle of Holy Light Religion for centuries. At this time, upon hearing that the prophet was able to identify the black dragon, everyone immediately became ecstatic.
”Have been determined? Then…”
”It’s the girl who killed Faceless One and claimed to be the daughter of the Knight King.”
”It’s her? Humph, that’s good, we can deal with them all in one fell swoop. This matter is of utmost importance, so how about we get rid of them together? We can’t let them have the opportunity to take a breath.”
Holy One Prophet said, ”I came here exactly because I have the same intention as you. Other than us, there’s also…”
Before he could continue, a subordinate ran in from outside the hall. He has a hasty panicky look, greatly losing his bearing.
The master of the place angrily said, ”What is the meaning of this?”
That subordinate flopped down on his knees. ”Apologies, Your Holiness, but I just got an urgent message. The eastern front line is in great danger, a group of Nine Regions people has formed an alliance with the eastern city-states and marched on Holy City!”
”What!”
For the Holy Light Religion, the eastern city-states have always been the thorn in their side. With the increasing exchange between the East and West (continents), the development in the eastern part of the continent has become increasingly rapid. Towards this, the Holy Light Religion had deliberately used saboteurs to create a wedge between the two continents. Unexpectedly to them, the result of this was contrary to what they expected. The two sides united and made them their common enemy.
The Holy One Prophet was also greatly shocked. Among the five legendary level holy ones, he was the strongest supporter of the incitement of the Nine Regions and the Eastern City States because, in his prophecy, there was no possibility of union between the two sides. It was impossible to unite the two sides and fight the Holy City!
”Prophet…” The master of the place was stunned.
The prophet closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. ”The Holy City is the foundation of the church. We can’t go and deal with the dragon yet. We first need to solve the immediate crisis, but we can’t let things take their course either. I think we should summon the Holy Knights regiment that is stationed to guard the western border, then we launch the local rulers in Brettonia to attack together. After the battle, Dragon City would no longer have the opportunity to narrowly escape again. By that time, even if we can’t destroy the Knight King and his Caliburn, we would’ve destroyed his foundation, turning him into a stray dog, and he no longer would be a threat to us.”
”But, if that is the genuine Caliburn…”
”Humph, you mean about the Savage Lord disaster one hundred and fifty years ago? At that time, the ten times as many forces of the Savage Lord was defeated and he was killed, becoming the stepping stones for the Knight King towards the peak. But, the number of troops that we are going to send out is twenty times as many. Currently, the available soldiers in Dragon City are around two thousand to three thousand troops. From our group, there will be the western regiment holy knights plus the surrounding local forces, a total of one hundred thousand professions as the core army. That’s enough to crush Dragon City. No matter how sharp that Caliburn is, could it utterly destroy a one hundred thousand strong army?”
”Okay. I understand.”
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In the western part of the continent, at the entrance of the wildlands stood a fortified fortress. The prestigious and illustrious Bloodlust Holy Knight regiment was stationed here. The core army consisted of thirty thousand people of at least middle order profession. They kept off all the creatures from the wildlands isolated from the rest of the continent. It could be said that they were the patron saint of the western civilization. It was also because of this merit that the Holy Light Religion consolidated its status as the number one religion in the continent.
Because the duty of guarding the border was too important, the Bloodlust Holy Knight regiment has almost never been transferred. For many generations, the knight regiment grew and took deep root here. Using the Cold Wind Fort as their core, they gradually spread out to the nearby small cities. Many people who once lived in the nearby villages chose to be more closely attached to the protection of the knights, and in exchange, they would provide additional supplies for the knights. At the same time, there were also some naturalized barbarian tribes that settled there, which the knights didn’t block.
In recent decades, the fighting task of the Bloodlust Holy Knight regiment was not much, and the life on the towns surrounding the fort has also seemed easy. The training and actual combat of the core of the knights were concentrated in the western part of the fort and in the border, so common people could not see it and only thought that these dozens of years of peace seemed to be eternal.
However, early in the morning, people were suddenly awakened from their deep sleep. They felt that the ground was shivering gently and there was a successive metal collision sound. Sometimes, it was mixed with the stout billowing commanding voice. A layer of shady haze enveloped the peaceful town.
No one living here was completely unfamiliar with the war, and this familiar atmosphere awakened them: The war is coming?
The center of the small town was a spacious road, which was the interior path for the Cold Wind Fortress Army. Although for several decades, it was rarely walked by the Bloodlust Holy Knights, usually no one dared to occupy that road, and it has also always been maintained clean. However, at this time, people were amazed to find that the spacious road has been filled with dense crowds. Ranks of heavily armed Bloodlust Holy Knights came out of the fort and neatly marched towards the east. When taking a broad view of them, it actually was more than a thousand people! The follow-up troops were endless!
For decades, it was not uncommon for the small mobilization of the Bloodlust Holy Knights. However, to mobilize thousands upon thousands of troops at one time, this large-scale operation was something that has never been done before.
East? Exactly what happened there?