The gun went off, ordinary bullets, ordinary bullets.
But the moment the gunman pulled the trigger, the gun and the bullet became extraordinary.
Because the emperor of the empire, Wittstock V, died under this shot.
The fire around the main hall grew stronger and stronger. The flames ruthlessly destroyed this magnificent palace, and the smoke began to affect people's vision and breathing.
Krause stood numbly in the hall, looking at the king on the throne whose temple had been pierced by a bullet. He simply couldn't believe that what he was seeing was real.
At this time, from behind the long purple-gold curtain hanging to the ground, a man wearing a black casual suit walked out. With brisk steps and a nonchalant look on his face, he walked to the throne, raised his gun again, and pointed at The dying emperor fired five more bullets into his chest, killing all the bullets.
Tianyi put away his gun and looked at the empty hall that was burning. The fire had gradually surrounded the place. Only a young man with blue hair was still standing at the foot of the stairs, with a look of astonishment on his face.
"What are you doing standing there stupidly?" Tianyi asked, "Do you want to perish with this city?"
… …
This scene with no beginning or end will probably take some time to happen, but it’s not a bad detour...
Without further ado, let’s look back a little and see what happened next in the Samavo Desert incident.
While the members of the Anti-Cross were fighting with Cesare Balmond, the military ability users and the prisoners of the Iron Discipline who entered the Hanging Garden successfully returned to Earth, but before they could take a few breaths of this world air. Mo and Tang Xian and Yan Kong, who were at the incarnation of Horus, fled and never returned.
The identity of these two "people" has become a mystery. Zhixia, Luka, and Changying are basically certain that the Director Tang they met is a fake, and there is naturally something wrong with Yan Kong. But after leaving the Hanging Garden, they lost their target before they could have any contact with them. After that, the empire's intelligence network could no longer find any news about these two people. Therefore, it has become an unsolved mystery whether the real Tang Xian and Yan Kong are dead or alive, and whether they escaped from that space.
Fortunately, these two impostors did not break their promise. They did help the people in desperate situations leave that strange space. In fact, Mo and Horus saved these people's lives.
In fact, what these two Second Kingdom creatures have in mind is not to do more good deeds. It's not a plan to lurk among this group of people for a long time. They just don't know the situation on that side of the earth, and they are worried that if they go out directly, they will be trapped in a human city-state and be discovered and hunted down. According to what they heard from the cherubim, human beings are very unreasonable and cruel creatures. Once they discover aliens, they will commit atrocities that ignore the basic human rights of others. To impose the collective will on individuals.
The best way to hide a tree is not to cover it up, but to plant the tree into a forest. Therefore, Mo and Horus's plan was to... mix in that large group of people for the time being and wait until they pass through the portal to act accordingly. This would be safer than stepping into a strange kingdom on their own.
After coming to the earth, what appeared in front of them was a desert. The portal is not a one-way round trip. Therefore, when everyone returned to Earth, their location was far away from the wreckage of the Ark, and even some distance away from the Emperor's location.
then. Before being questioned by others, Mo and Horus very wisely escaped into the thousands of miles of yellow sand and disappeared. Of course, they didn't know at that time that the earth was very dangerous, and a week later, they would die at the hands of the legendary "Forbidden One".
What happened next was that the ability users met up with the Imperial Army's large forces, imprisoned the surrendered members of the Iron Discipline separately, and began the interrogation process.
In the desert, the portal opened by the Sky Code was closed by Tianyi from the other side, and the code as the "key" also turned into dust. The people in the reverse cross had successfully returned to the submarine long before that.
Since the cherubim are dead, the remaining creatures in the hanging garden do not have the ability to create "keys", let alone grant their technology to outside humans. Therefore, when Tianyi destroys the portal, the two-way channel is equivalent to permanent destruction. The remaining intelligent life in the Second Kingdom had no chance of leaving the Hanging Garden, so Tianyi did not find them one by one and kill them all.
Oh, by the way, since Tianyi had to stay and close the portal, he left that space by committing suicide...
After that day, espionage agents from all forces became active. A secret war started on the intelligence battlefield around the truth of this matter...or rather around the "truths" that could be asked from the survivors. With the help of the reverse cross, the news spread like wildfire. Of course, people didn't pay much attention to those rumors. Everyone focused on the same explosive news - Cesare. Balmond is dead.
If this news is not strong enough, then add “The Ark was shot down”, “The Steel Commandment High-level Combat Group was collectively captured”, “Chaplain Manzarik Dino, Legion Commander Jacob, Knight Information such as "All Steward Lawrence was shot to death" was enough to drastically change the situation of the war.
By February 20, 2102, one month had passed since the Samavo Desert incident. In this short month, the entire world had changed dramatically.
The empire rewarded the EAs organization as the biggest contributor to this operation. Of course, the secret operation of His Highness the Seventh Prince was indispensable behind this. However, the public did not know what the EA Superpower Supervision Bureau was. Therefore, the name "Hero Joseph Nolan" was promoted. Not only in the military, Shi Shi also became a household name among the people. .
The "official" media has made this matter very hot. Regardless of the print media, electronic magazines, Internet, and TV, it has been regarded as a front-page headline. Except for major events related to direct members of the royal family, no one has ever received this kind of news. treatment.
This can be regarded as a special phenomenon in an extraordinary period.
Toki himself could only laugh at the propaganda ploy and did almost nothing. To say what he did, he was controlled by Tianyi in that space and turned against Changying.
When he regained consciousness, he was still being held up by handcuffs. Confined in a net alloy cell. After various examinations and interrogations, Changying and Luka finally nodded together, and it was finally "basically confirmed" that he had regained his self-awareness.
I never expected that all kinds of unwarranted honors would follow...
In the eyes of the people around the world, this guy named Nolan is incredible. He led his troops to annihilate the strongest armed force of Steel Commandment. Almost all the top leaders, including the grand commander, were killed. This is a trend in the world. I'm afraid it will fall to the empire's side again.
All forces have their own intelligence analysts. They will not be as easily confused by false "guidance" information as the public, but what they know is that no matter what the truth behind it is. Even if a thunderbolt knocks down the Ark and kills the strongest masters of Steel Discipline, what happened has happened and cannot be changed. Not to mention other losses, let’s just talk about Balmond’s death. The Iron Discipline has become the decapitated dragon.
Maybe... this is not a bad thing, but an opportunity...
The people on the Freedom Front were the first to open the champagne to celebrate, and the guys in the leadership celebrated with their hats and wished they could have a party. Balmond, the willful and arrogant tyrant. Let you swagger through the market with your strong abilities! Dare to attack the Middle East defense line deployed by the emperor? Are you taking it off for fun this time? Deserve it! Religious groups like yours should be finished long ago!
The Yanwu Alliance is in close contact with the Inverse Cross, and the most frequently asked and core question is one: that piece of fat in Europe. Can we move
In fact, Yanwu united with the five big guys, in a sense. He is Tianyi’s puppet. A "game" they played a few years ago made them extremely afraid of the sky. The fundamental reason for their rise in recent years is the technological support provided by Tianyi; even the reason why they became a "United" was Tianyi's arrangement. Therefore, this reverse-crossed Heavenly Boss is like their godfather.
Within half a day, the five people received a response, "Maintain the status quo and wait for instructions." After much consideration, and several meetings over several days and nights, these guys decided to obey Tianyi's order, because they also knew very well that Bamond was definitely not killed by the Emperor, so... they were basically the reverse cross group. The lunatic killed it... If I pissed off Boss Sky, I would have to fight the Steel Discipline in the north, the Imperial Army in the east, and be wary of the unpredictable threat of the Anti-Cross behind me, so I might as well forget it...
Looking back at Iron Discipline's own side, to use a metaphor, it's like the sky is falling.
Fortunately, there are still people who can turn the tide.
At this moment, combat strength does not solve any problem, only leadership can save the crisis. Lodovico was the first person hit after the sky fell, but fortunately his shoulders could barely bear it.
As the Inspector General of the Holy Land, he had become the highest-ranking person in the organization at this time, because the Iron Commandments, except for the suspended Grand Master Bamond, the people below him basically used civil power to rule the military.
Generally speaking, the relationship between superiors and subordinates on the civil and military lines is a bit vague, but if they are at the same level, they must be divided into superiors and subordinates. Then... the chief priest can command the legion commander, and the Holy Land Inspector General can command the knight general. .
Furthermore, in the military general line, everyone is so dead now that there is no one who can stand up and take the lead. There is only one relatively strong person left - the Holy City Inspector General Carmo Botterini. This guy is being beaten in Double Eagle County and there is no way he can come back to talk about the matter. As for why his situation has become like this, we will talk about it later, but let’s talk about the core power of Steel Commandment, Europe.
When Lodovico saw the death of his grand leader, he had a very keen sense of politics. This old man made a prompt decision. The first thing he did was to change the nature of the organization. The Iron Commandments discarded many of the rules and regulations they had adhered to for many years and became a resistance organization without any religious overtones. The personality cult of Cesare Balmond came to an end this year.
This was a very ironic thing and a helpless move, but it effectively controlled the situation and at least prevented self-disintegration within the organization. So... Religion is definitely a dangerous thing, because when believers see the person on the altar falling or dying, the game of faith can no longer be played.
That being said, Steel Discipline's attrition has been significant. Many people simply switched to other resistance organizations, and some took advantage of the situation to rise to power. There were even some fanatics who said, "I believe in the Grand Master sincerely." They burned themselves to pay homage to his old man.
However, the overall situation is far from out of control, and Steel Discipline can still maintain a stable hold on Europe. Public security, economy, etc. in various cities are still under relatively stable control. In terms of their hard military strength, they only lost the Noah-class mothership Ark.
It's a pity that today's Iron Discipline will talk about the word "expansion" again. I'm afraid it's just a dream. It's not easy for Lodovico to maintain the current situation.
Next, let’s talk about Botterini’s life-thin guy...
The team that Steel Commandment withdrew from Long County went north to Shuangying County and launched a march towards the last major county occupied by the empire on the Eurasian continent.
The gap in military strength between the two sides was not large, and Iron Discipline still had a slight advantage. As a result, the heavenly guards were transferred, four of them at a time. Originally, the Iron Commandment troops were likely to be pushed outside the border, but an insidious man named Kou came up with a plan... Since there are heavenly guards to help, it is better to pretend to be defeated first. Let them come over, and then we'll make dumplings for the Chinese New Year.
Botterini was caught in this trick. He and a dozen other armored divisions advanced on multiple fronts, smoothly entering the territory of Double Eagle County, and captured the city. The momentum is overwhelming. The towns along the way were almost as if they were undefended. They were occupied after a token resistance. It felt like they just sent a mayor and a bunch of civil servants to sit in the imperial government office building, changed the flag and that was it.
At that time, this guy thought that his team was from Master Wang. The people's will is what they want, so the imperial government collapses at the first touch. Unexpectedly, he quickly advanced more than ten days later. The supply line was suddenly cut off, and they were immediately surrounded.
If Iron Discipline's team advances a little slower. Maybe there is a way out. Talk to Xingtian's comrades. Although they won't return Longjun's territory to you, Master Cao is quite generous and will at least make a way for you to retreat.
But now the army was completely surrounded, and the troops that were separated to occupy the city were defeated one by one. More than a dozen divisions were roughly divided into three teams, and the three armies were surrounded separately. In the ice and snow, the soldiers hid in the mechas, watching the energy and supplies being consumed day after day, but unable to break out. The contrast with the previous rapid progress was really huge, and the morale of the team fell to the bottom.
As for Kou Linzai, he was really short-tempered. If it had been anyone else, he would have probably managed to drive the Iron Discipline troops to one place and surround them, which would have made the battle situation easier to control. But Lord Kou deliberately divided the opponent into three forces. After the encirclement was established, he came to persuade each of them to surrender... He was also evasive when talking to the opponent's commander, implying that the other two teams already had the intention to surrender.
The Iron Discipline troops were divided into three groups. Although the communication between them had not been broken, they were not in one place after all. Besides, there were more than a dozen divisions with many commanders. After Kou Linzai's instigation, who wouldn't murmur in their hearts
Zhuge Zhai, who was watching the situation in Long County, had already concluded that within half a month, Iron Commandment's troops entering Shuangying County would be completely wiped out, and more than 70% of the troops would surrender. Kou Linzai's trick of subduing the enemy without fighting is very good. It seems that this drunken prince is not easy to deal with. If the force is not superior, it is better to avoid touching him less.
Finally, this sentence comes back to Xing Tian. Tian Yi once said that the biggest mistake Zhuge Zhai ever made in his life was to follow the wrong person. Cao Shuo was a domineering talent, but he wanted to rule according to the king's way. No matter how brilliant he was, The counselor followed him, but to no avail. One day, Zhuge Zhai would have a huge disagreement with Cao Shuo, leading to a tragic ending.
Although this has not yet become a reality, an opportunity has quietly formed.
During this period when the situation in Shuangying County was changing and the Iron Discipline was gradually declining, Zhuge Village proposed a bold plan - to attack Tiandu.
Xingtian Xingtian, the names of his organizations all reflect this battle.
Of course, Zhuge Zhai did not make strategic arrangements based on word games. He saw that the overall situation in East Asia had been decided, and Xing Tian was basically firmly established. The war in the Middle East and Shuangying County is still ongoing, and the emperor has no spare power and dare not attack Xingtian easily. At this time, you not only have to settle your own accounts, but also those of others.
The troops on the Freedom Front are not fuel-efficient lamps. Their technological power is closest to the empire's strength. In terms of ability users, they have added a large number of masters who escaped from the Tidal Prison. Moreover, now that the Steel Commandment has collapsed, the balance between the resistance organizations has occurred. After the change, the two organizations could still restrain each other in the past, but now if the Freedom Front is the resistance organization with the strongest comprehensive strength, then the second one should be Xing Tian. The gap between the two is the same as the one between Steel Commandment and The disparity on the Liberty Front is incomparable.
Now the Freedom Front is winning consecutive battles in the American continent, and it seems that they are about to attack Australia. If they are allowed to get there first, they can capture Tiandu. This means that after the destruction of the empire, nearly half of the earth has been taken into their hands, and they occupy relatively geographically independent continents, surrounded by the sea, and no other forces have territories bordering them. The strategic value is indisputable. And metaphor.
You must know that Tiandu is not only a symbol, but also has extremely important actual strategic significance. The headquarters of the Royal Academy, the headquarters of HL, unpredictable data intelligence, a large amount of wealth... Even if the emperor finally jumped over the wall and ordered all of them to be destroyed . Take Tiandu itself as an example, it is also a very valuable giant fortress.
According to Zhugezhai's analysis, Tiandu's defense is unprecedentedly weak at this stage. There are only two people left in the Ten Heavenly Guards, and their attention and prevention focus are also on the Freedom Front. There was no war in Xingtian during this period, and he was full of strength. Neutralizers that could restrain Dou Shen Liquor had not yet been developed. This period was a God-given opportunity, and there was no reason to miss this great opportunity.
As a result, Cao Shuo almost without hesitation, under the instigation of Zhuge Zhai, launched the action...