king.

After letting go of their hands and feet, the speed of the Frankish army, which had been progressing slowly, suddenly increased.

It's just that the killing will also happen.

At the beginning, it was revenge, but in the later stage, more killings came from wealth.

Marquis Sunil, as the commander, is also powerless to expand his subordinates.

Robbery by the army is a tradition in the continent of Aslante.

The massacre was not only to cover up the crime, but also to ensure the safety of the army's rear.

The bloody scene frightened many people.

Fanatics are still crazy, but more ordinary people are afraid.

When they heard the news that the Frankish army was coming, they dragged their families and ran away one by one.Among them, those who took the lead in running away were mostly clergymen from various places, but the people at the bottom participated in the resistance the most.

It wasn't until the high level of the Holy See adopted thunderous means to make an example to others that the trend of fleeing was curbed, but at this time the enemy's army had already reached the foot of the holy mountain.

The battle to defend the holy mountain is about to start, and the eyes of the whole continent are gathered. Now it depends on whether the Franks really have the courage to attack the holy mountain.

……

"Reinforcement, where are you?"

Pius VII asked concerned.

He has no interest in paying attention to outside discussions.Others will doubt the courage of the Franks, but the senior officials of the Holy See will not.

Judging from the performance of the Frankish army all the way, it is clear that they were slaughtered all the way in order to hurry.If it wasn't for the holy mountain, why should it bear the infamy of "butcher"?
The tiger skin of the "god" can only scare outsiders.

This is not the first time that a civil war among believers has occurred.In the history of the Holy See, there were not one or two civil wars around power, and the gods never intervened.

After all, humans and gods are two kinds of creatures, and their cognitive levels are far apart.

The gods view believers fighting among themselves, just like humans view a group of ants fighting, and they don't care about the winning or losing of the ants.

Including the pope, who is known as the spokesperson of the gods and spirits, his status is not so high.With the long lifespan of the gods and the effort of taking a nap, the human world has been passed down for several generations.

Anyway, Pius VII has been the pope for so many years, and he has never received a feedback from the gods.Most of the countless popes in the history of the Holy See are like this.

"Your Majesty, the vanguard of the reinforcements has arrived in the Kingdom of Ruthenia, and it is estimated that they will reach the Holy Mountain in ten days!"

Blake replied hastily.

This is good news, but there is no relief on the faces of everyone.

Hundreds of thousands of main force are outside, it is obviously impossible to come back so soon, only the Warcraft Legion can come back in a short time.

If the enemy does not increase their troops, with this new force, the Holy See is sure to win, at least it will not be a problem to defend the Holy Mountain.

It's a pity that the Franks are not stupid either. How could they let go of this kind of fighter after finally encountering it?
Compared with deploying troops on land, it is much more convenient for people to come from the sea.

There is no way, who made the Holy See's navy weak, and was massacred in the early stages of the battle.

This is the disadvantage of technical arms. Once the losses are heavy and the vitality is severely damaged, even if the number of warships recovers, the combat effectiveness will still be far behind.

If you go deeper, it is a question of talent cultivation.

There is no systematic training system for naval personnel, and it all depends on the officers and soldiers to explore and sum up their own experience, and the inheritance is limited to word of mouth from father to son.

"Notify the Knights of the Apologists, the Inquisition, the Judgment Hall, the Ascetic Monk Camp, the Hall of Consecration... to prepare for battle, and tell them: The Holy See has reached the most dangerous time, and they need to stand up and protect the faith!"

Pius VII said in a low tone.

Being forced to this point by the enemy is rare in the entire history of the Holy See.And in the past, it was all alien races who did this. This is the first time that the fighting among the human races has burned the flames of war to the holy mountain.

Conventional weapons are not enough, so you can only use your background to fight the enemy.

……

Xue Yueling, while eating melons and watching the excitement, Hudson did not forget to cause trouble for the orcs.

The first unlucky ones were the orc tribes in the border area, who were swept away by the kingdom's cavalry, forcing all tribes to retreat again and again.

Before the war started, the border had shrunk by two hundred miles. If it had been left before, the orc royal court would have been furious.

This time the situation is clearly different.Even if the battle line was pushed, the Orc Empire still dispatched troops step by step, and no imperial family jumped out to save face for the empire.

You can tell at a glance: this is preserving strength.

After all, even if they were to win the battle against the Alpha Kingdom at this moment, they would suffer heavy losses.

For the four royal families that have not yet returned to their peaks, this kind of business that is doomed to blood loss is not to be done if they can.

The imperial court didn't want their own strength to be damaged, and no one wanted to be taken advantage of by the weaker orc royal family.

If we want to fight, everyone should act together, and any losses will be shared by each family. Anyway, we can't suffer for the sake of the empire's face.

The enemy is so stable that there is no fighter, and Hudson can't do anything.

It is enough to go deep into the prairie for thousands of miles and do it once, and the second time is courting death.

Having fought against orcs so many times, Hudson also has a deep understanding of orcs.Although the IQ of most orcs has not yet evolved, there are still some geniuses who are not weaker than humans.

If they are targeted by the other party, it will become "gifting a head from thousands of miles, and the courtesy is also heavy."

Both sides are preparing step by step. According to the information collected, it is expected that the war will break out in 20 days.

Different from the previous local wars and then the full-scale war, the current local war kingdom has been fought, and the follow-up will be a full-scale war.

There will be no changes on the front line in a short period of time. When all parties are too nervous, Hudson has time to eat melons and watch the show.

Compared with the war between the Alpha Kingdom and the Orc Empire, it is obvious that the anti-French war in the southern continent is more eye-catching.

"Attacking the Holy Mountain", this news makes people excited just thinking about it.

The Franks have done great things that countless kings wanted to do but were unable to do.

In order to create opportunities for them, the offensive pace of the anti-French coalition forces has slowed down a lot.

Obviously, in the eyes of all countries, neither the Holy See nor the Frankish Empire is a good product, and it is best to let them both lose.

In addition to political figures from various countries, there is also a special group that is paying close attention to this war.

In Hudson's camp, one such uninvited guest was ushered in at this moment.

"Robert, if you want to test the gods by attacking the holy mountain, I'm afraid it's not enough.

The gods don't care about the life and death of a group of believers.In the past years, there has never been a lack of killings in the battles surrounding the position of Pope! "

Papal disputes can easily get out of control, and this is the inevitable result.

Unlike the secular kingship, which is passed down by blood, the order of succession is stipulated in the form of law, and the succession of the Pope is much more complicated.

Theoretically speaking, all the cardinals on the holy mountain have the opportunity to inherit the position of Pope, and several high-ranking heads and presiding judges are also strong contenders for the position of Pope.

In history, there are even local archbishops who became popes.

The method of superiority is very simple - the appointment and election of the gods.

The assignment of the gods is very simple. Whoever the boss says to do it must do it.

But this is a legendary thing. The gods have not shown up in the past few thousand years, so naturally they will not appoint the pope.

In this context, elections became the only way the Pope was born.

Election results are valid, and disputes occur before elections.

"Marshal, if it's pure believers fighting among themselves, the gods will naturally not intervene.

But what if there are creatures from the abyss descending on the holy mountain and harming this sacred place? "

After listening to Robert's answer, Hudson reconfirmed that arcanists are all lunatics.

In order to pursue the truth, there is really nothing they cannot do.

Let the abyssal creatures pollute the holy mountain. If the news spreads, the believers of the Lord of Dawn in the whole continent will have to tear them apart.

While sighing, Hudson had to admit that this move was cruel enough.

There are so many geomantic treasures in the continent, and the Holy See chose to place its headquarters in the Holy Mountain because the Lord of the Dawn preached the doctrine here, which belongs to the face of the gods.

If the holy mountain is polluted, the faith of the Lord of Dawn will definitely be affected, which is much more serious than establishing a separate Holy See.

"Your Excellency Robert, if the gods are really drawn out, how will it end?"

Hudson asked solemnly.

He was just curious about the gods, but he didn't want to die.

It's fine for the Lord of Dawn to ignore it. If the gods descend in person, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Marshal, don't worry!
God, not as scary as you imagined.What's more, it is not without reason that the gods have disappeared for thousands of years.

According to the information left by the ancestors, there was a great war in the god world thousands of years ago, and the gods even recruited believers from the world to join the war.

If the gods are really omnipotent, why would they recruit believers?

As long as we are concealed enough, it will be difficult to determine who did it even if the gods send down their clones.

As the most powerful country of the human race, the Franks have far more information than us.Since they dared to attack the holy mountain, they must have determined that the gods could not interfere.

In the past, we only added some chaos to the Holy See. It is not that simple to destroy the Holy See! "

Robert's explanation did not convince Hudson.It's okay to watch the excitement and eat melons, but it's fine to participate in it yourself.

There is no blood feud between the two parties, nor is there any conflict of core interests, so there is no need for him to jump out to sow hatred.

It sounds good to keep it secret, but the problem is that other people can hide their identities, and Hudson's dragon and bear are too obvious.

As long as you show your face, people will remember it in another 20 years, and hiding it is a joke.

Without convincing Hudson, Robert's plan of action remained the same.The arcane arts who have been suppressed by the Holy See for countless years will not easily let go of this opportunity to add insult to injury.

Perhaps not only arcanists, but also necromancers, liches... who were originally classified as cults by the Holy See, will not let go of this opportunity for revenge.

Ordinary people can't participate, but among so many unpopular professions, there will always be a few strong ones.

In Hudson's mind, a picture of a group of Sanctuaries running to the Holy Mountain to cause trouble for the Holy See has already appeared involuntarily.

Vaguely, he had a terrible idea: "Shouldn't the Holy Mountain of Light be overthrown by these heretical forces?"

Perhaps the greatest confidence for the Franks to dare to attack the Holy Mountain was not their own elite soldiers, but the long-awaited expectation that someone would help them.

As a top power, the Holy See has gradually fallen behind mainly in the past ten years or so.

Before that, they were very powerful, and there were really countless "heretics" hunted down by them.

It's fine if these people don't become strong. Once they reach the peak, it's obviously unreasonable not to take revenge for being hunted down in the past.

How many people from other countries participated, Hudson is not clear.Anyway, in the Alpha Kingdom alone, a Sanctuary and nine eighth-rank powerhouses went to join in the fun.

According to Robert, this time he teamed up with three Sanctuary members from the Five Nations Alliance, as well as some Sanctuary powerhouses from the Southern Continent.

The exact number is undecided, obviously they are still recruiting teammates.It can be seen that everyone is very cautious in attacking the Holy See.

All the people who were invited had a relationship with the Holy See. Even if they did not participate in this "public welfare activity" against the Holy See, no one would inform them.

After seeing off the uninvited guest, Hudson returned his mind to the Near East battlefield.Compared to throwing stones at the Holy See, it is obviously more important to defeat the Orc Empire.

……

At the foot of the holy mountain, there are already clusters of flags everywhere.The smell of gunpowder smoke filled the whole world, depressing and suffocating.

As the commander of the army, Marquis Sunil looked up at the holy mountain in front of him, turned around and looked at the passionate speech of the soldiers of the three armies:
"Soldiers, the holy mountain has been defiled!
Today we will use blood to wash away this filthy land and reshape the glory of our Lord!

For the sake of glory and faith, let us now take up the weapons in our hands and wage war against this group of depraved people who have become heresies!
......"

There is nothing wrong with it. After the Franks established a new Holy See, the original Dawn Holy See became a "heretic".

Similar operations are also applicable in the five-nation alliance.The original Holy See of Dawn was labeled as a cult.

The banner of justice was raised, and the soldiers who were a little hesitant about attacking the holy mountain persuaded themselves at once.

Now it is not attacking the holy mountain, but cleaning the sins of the world and reshaping the glory of the gods.

Theoretical foundations are all ready-made. The gods have not manifested in the continent of Aslante for thousands of years, which is the best evidence to prove the depravity of the Holy See.

No matter how the Holy See explains it, it is useless.Believers who have been brainwashed in reverse will not believe it at all.The Lord of Dawn's failure to show his sanctity is a big black pot, they will definitely bear it.

"kill!"

"kill!"

...

With the sound of shouts of killing, the offensive and defensive battle of the holy mountain officially started.For a time, the sound of artillery fire resounded throughout the world, and the sound of shouting and killing was endless.

Under the cover of the magic crystal cannon, countless Frankish soldiers carried ladders and launched a fierce attack on the enemy's fortifications.

Bows and arrows, rolling stones, edge wood, golden juice...all kinds of countermeasures appeared on the battlefield.

Showing their true feelings in times of crisis, believers conscripted into the army, without any sense of fear, took up weapons and went directly to the battlefield.