Seeing the safety of the Calamity Church, Platts, Montegoth, and Hill bid farewell to Ron. Ron thanked them for their selfless help, and thanked them with 30 million gold coins from the funds that were not abundant. People refused to accept it, and then Ron gave them each a hundred bottles of life potion, and the three accepted it.
The next day, after a brief rest, the natural disaster army marched northward. There was basically no decent resistance along the way. A few days later, the entire territory of the Kingdom of Ebia was recovered.
The Scourge Church, which had recovered the entire territory, was not satisfied. Under Ron's order, it went directly northward and began to attack the stronghold of the Holy Roman Empire. The major cities of the Roman Empire launched fierce attacks. In just a few days, the small countries around the Holy Roman Empire fell one after another, and they invaded the territory of the Holy Roman Empire in one fell swoop. Charles XXVII of the Holy Roman Empire was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot , constantly sent envoys to come to ask for peace, but was rejected by Ron.
He is determined to destroy the Holy See, and the soil that the Holy See breeds—the Holy Roman Empire. He wants to destroy the belief of the Holy See, and make this belief that is the enemy of the Scourge Church completely disappear on the Noah Continent without a trace. Just like the Holy See did to the Scourge Church a hundred thousand years ago.
There is also Char's hatred. Although Docket who killed Char has been killed by Homelin, Ron's hatred has been transferred to the Holy See. He wants to destroy the Holy See and avenge Char.
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The imperial capital of the Holy Roman Empire, Sao Paulo.
The sky was drowsy, and the atmosphere was a bit depressing, just like people's mood at the moment, shadows shrouded everyone's heads, the bustling streets were less lively than usual, and a little more deserted.
On the broad city wall, rows of heavily armed soldiers were patrolling. They all looked dignified and extremely serious. This kind of expression was basically invisible on the faces of the soldiers of St. Paul, the imperial capital of the Holy Roman Empire.
"My lord, there is no exception!"
"No abnormalities were found!"
After the soldiers finished patrolling, they all said to a man who looked like an officer, reporting after the patrol, this is the basic rule of a soldier, every soldier's booklet is clearly written, and those who violate the military regulations will be punished.
"En!" The middle-aged man with the appearance of an officer nodded lightly. He was dressed in full-body armor. Except for one face, his whole body was wrapped in iron armor. He stood on the top of the city, raised his eyes and looked into the distance. A look of deep worry flashed in his eyes.
After completing the task, the stiff expression on the soldier's face became more relaxed. One soldier looked at the iron-faced officer in their mind and asked boldly.
"My lord, will the undead army of the Scourge Church really come?"
"meeting!"
The officer replied without hesitation, with a stern look on his face, "The Scourge has captured several big cities in a row and is heading all the way to St. Paul. There is no doubt that they are here for St. Paul!"
"Hey—"
After hearing the officer's answer, the soldiers took a breath from the bottom of their hearts. Except for the counter-insurgency operations decades ago, Sao Paulo, the imperial capital of the Holy Roman Empire, had not encountered war for many years. The fear of the soldiers It is also normal.
The officer paused, and continued, "To be precise...it's for the Holy See. Don't forget that behind us is Mount Hyjal!"
As an excellent graduate of the empire, this middle-aged officer saw through the Scourge's intentions at a glance. Since ancient times, wars between countries have been easily resolved, but wars involving religion are definitely endless and cruel battles. Ended up falling down.
The faces of the soldiers were filled with fear. Most of them had heard about the Battle of the Undercity in the Kingdom of Ebia. After fleeing back, the Holy Roman Empire army that followed them was also defeated and surrendered one after another.
For this matter, Charles XXVII started a large-scale conscription. In the entire empire, as long as they were able-bodied, there was basically no one who was not recruited. Some old, weak, sick and disabled were also used in logistics. Even so, they resisted Can't stop the surging undead army.
The officer sighed slightly, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes. The duty of a soldier is to be loyal to the country and defend the country, and it is definitely not to engage in meaningless religious wars. But for the Holy Roman Empire, which is completely controlled by religion, What can I do
You know, the Holy Roman Empire doesn't even have a strong man in the sanctuary, and if there are any, they are all loyal to the Holy See.
Although he doesn't know the Church of the Scourge, this officer also looks down on the Holy See. These godly guys don't care about production, and talk about the God of Light every day, but he also has to admit the fact that the Holy See is powerful. The guardians of an empire, the Holy See also did a good job. Their powerhouses are even stronger than the saints of the Roland Empire, but their ideological control is more rigorous than that of the Roland Empire. In fact, this also represents Thoughts of many.
"Can we stop the undead army of the Scourge Church?" a soldier asked quietly.
No one answered, and everyone fell silent. Facing the undead army of the Scourge Church, which even defeated the Holy Legion, no one had any confidence in their hearts.
"It is said that the army of undead will eat human flesh...and bring the dead back to life!" A soldier said, with a look of horror on his face when he said this.
"this is too scary!"
Fear is contagious. As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the soldiers were full of panic. For a long time, all the people who talked about the Church of the Scourge changed their faces. A nightmare for everyone in the world.
The rise of the Church of the Scourge is so fast that it is unbelievable. A church that has never been heard of has defeated the army of the Holy Roman Empire and the army of the Holy See one after another in just a few months. In their hearts, the natural disaster The church is synonymous with terror, power, depravity, and destruction. Wherever it goes, not a blade of grass grows.
"It's not that exaggerated!" The officer replied after thinking for a while, "I heard from people on the front line that there is a kind of undead creature called a ghoul in the Scourge Church army, who likes to eat dead bodies. I have never heard of eating living people. , In addition, the saying that the dead can be resurrected is too exaggerated. This is an ability that only gods can have. As far as I know, those people are not really alive, but just a manipulated corpse... "
"And..." the officer continued, "the army of the Scourge Church is not as bloodthirsty as the rumors outside. Basically, if a city surrenders, the battle is over. Except for destroying the resistance force, I have never heard of them massacring civilians. However, They will burn churches, destroy idols, and destroy everything related to the Holy See...”
Hearing what the officer said, those people were relieved, especially those who believed in the Holy See, but their beliefs were not very firm, and they quietly threw away the cross in their arms.
Just as all the soldiers were chatting with the officer, suddenly, a soldier's face froze suddenly. The next moment, his face showed an expression of extreme horror. He pointed to the sky and shouted loudly.
"what is that?"
Everyone was startled, and all looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a large black cloud appeared in the sky at some point. The dark cloud seemed to be composed of countless black birds, and they rushed out in black.
"That's a gargoyle!"
The officer's face changed drastically, and he suddenly pulled out the long sword from the interspatial bag, "The enemy is coming, prepare to fight!"
"Boom... Boom... Boom..."
At this time, there was a huge sound from a distance, as if hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were marching at the same time, and the ground trembled violently. After a while, black shadows appeared in the sight of the soldiers.
Those black shadows are all skeletons, densely packed like ants, the number is frightening.
"Well... a lot of skeletons!"
When the soldiers saw it, they were so frightened that their feet went limp. Although they were mentally prepared, the number of the undead army far exceeded their imagination. Not to mention fighting, even looking at them made their scalps numb.
With a sound of "shua—", a flag was raised high, and the one that was fluttering in the wind was the symbol of the Scourge—the bloody skull flag!
The faces of the soldiers were full of horror. Facing such a powerful army, they wished they were in a nightmare, but at this moment, everyone was sure of one fact.
The Scourge is coming...