Although the quarrel between the empire and the Holy Light Holy See is no longer a secret in the eyes of discerning people, for the vast number of civilians in the empire, the Holy Light Principle, as the religion that protects the country, is still the mainstay of the empire. "Top Point" Novel For some reasons, neither the Holy See nor the Empire intends to destroy this public perception, so no matter which one of the two, whenever there is an important action, they will symbolically invite the other. One party sends personnel to accompany and assist or visit and provide guidance.
The Principle of Holy Light almost monopolizes nearly 70% of the clerical healers in the Blade Tower Continent. Naturally, there will be no shortage of light priests in the army, and the Knights of the Holy See are also famous for their good looks but useless, so they are sometimes welcome to be sent by the empire. military advisors or actual combat troops. This is also one of the important reasons why the empire and the Holy See strive to maintain minimum cooperation.
Agathios, this name was not known to anyone two years ago, but in these short two years, this name, together with a once equally unknown corps... "Survey Corps", has been on the knife's edge. Everyone on the Tower Continent became unknown.
Just like the "Knights of the Holy Fire" dedicated to combating heretics in the Holy See, the main mission of the Survey Corps is to conduct thorough investigations into incidents suspected to be related to "natural disasters" and "demons".
It's just that compared to the Knights of the Holy Fire, the Survey Corps has neither a solid backing nor well-equipped "young master knights" with strong individual strength. It only has useless soldiers, old, weak, sick and disabled that are discarded by major corps. Although he barely possesses the standard equipment of the Empire's regular corps, his combat effectiveness is very limited compared to the local security corps, and he has never been looked down upon. Sometimes missions overlap with the Knights of the Fire. Appearing in the same place, the other party will immediately avoid them without even opening their mouths. The reason why they were able to stay stationed at Low Tide Port for a long time two years ago was because the Knights of the Holy Fire didn't care about this remote countryside at all. In addition, due to the inconvenient transportation, they were too lazy to send people there.
It wasn't until two years ago that a young general named "Agathios" came out of the blue. He made countless military exploits in a short period of time. When the leader Reina Catherine retired from the second line, she was promoted to deputy leader of the Survey Corps. In fact, Already mastered the main military power of the Survey Corps. However, this was only the beginning of his true martial arts career.
Just over a year ago, "natural disasters" suddenly became extremely active. Traces of illegal activities by unregistered necromancers appeared everywhere in the empire, and undead creatures could be seen almost everywhere. The Knights of the Holy Fire are tired of running. Everywhere he goes, he kills and burns everyone without asking the reason or considering the situation. Wherever it passed, only a piece of scorched earth was left. As a result, not only did one focus on one thing but the other, but the killing was so heavy that it caused widespread panic among the people, and even civil rebellions occurred throughout the northern part of the empire. Fearing that they would be killed in vain, the villagers joined forces with the local army to resist the Knights of the Fire. Even expelled the local Holy See forces.
That's when. The Survey Corps performed a performance that shocked everyone. Under the leadership of Agatius, they identified and completely eradicated the culprit of the Walking Natural Disaster with astonishing efficiency, and limited the scope of killing and destruction to a minimum. It was as if Agathius knew all about the natural disasters. The Knights of the Holy Fire fight against the undead natural disasters with more than ten times the efficiency, and are very popular among the locals. This is in sharp contrast to the Knights of the Holy Fire who have hit every wall and made no achievements.
How could the Knights of the Holy See, composed of the world's nobles, endure such an insult? So it was very normal that the Survey Corps began to encounter various expected "difficulties", some from the Holy See, and some from within the empire. For example, important supplies may disappear inexplicably, the information obtained may contain major errors, and you may even receive some very stupid forced orders, such as being strictly ordered by the Imperial Military to stay in a meaningless uninhabited village.
It’s unclear whether someone did it deliberately or whether some people’s “prank” accidentally got out of control and turned into a real tragedy. Due to a series of obstacles and obstacles, the Survey Corps was unable to do anything. Finally, in Stratholme, an ancient and populous town, a "natural disaster" broke out completely uncontrollably after three hundred years... The entire city's residents were garrisoned by the natural disaster plague. Transformed into undead creatures, they even gave birth to lord-level death knights and a large number of corpse witches and suture monsters. The number of ghouls is even more incalculable. Nearly a thousand square kilometers of land were contaminated by natural disasters, and the total number of natural disaster corps formed was more than One hundred thousand.
The Knights of the Holy Fire who arrived in a hurry suffered a disastrous defeat as expected. Although the real casualties were not heavy, they completely lost their fighting ability. There was still some time before the main reinforcements from the Empire and the Holy See arrived. This period of time was enough to expand the scope of the natural disaster tenfold. At this moment, the "disobedient" survey corps suddenly appeared, in Agthios' Under his leadership, he created more than a dozen brilliant victories in a row, successfully curbed the spread of natural disasters and miraculously pushed the battle line back under the walls of the ancient city of Stratholme.
When the empire's main force, the Knights of Glory, and the Holy See's prestigious Knights of the Holy Sword arrived, they only saw Agatius throwing his ax and beheading the Death Lord Mariana with his own hands. The only task left for the huge reinforcements was It was just a boring task of cleaning up the battlefield and getting rid of the skeleton soldiers and ghosts who had an astonishing but pitiful fighting capacity.
It was this shocking battle that made Agatios and the Survey Corps famous, and even attracted the attention of Emperor Durotar. After a rigorous investigation afterwards, the furious Emperor ordered all those involved in "making things difficult" for the Survey Corps, resulting in the death of the undead. The nobles and officials who suffered from the natural disaster were all sent to the guillotine, including even an old marshal with more than 40 years of military service, Bolvar Nalan, who had the title of marquis. The executioner family was so busy that even the women and children had to go to Xingtai to perform this sacred "work." The number one favorite around Emperor Durotar, Count Amanda Heuven, who holds the title of "The Most Beautiful Woman in the Empire", personally cut off the neck of the Marquis of Bolvar, and the Marquis of Bolvar became the first person to ascend the throne in the past two hundred years. The noble with the highest title of Guillotine.
It was this countless "noble" blood that created a new "hero". In the eyes of the nobles with hatred and jealousy, Agatius became one of the new favorites of Emperor Durotar and was appointed Reorganize the Survey Corps, which suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Stratholme and suffered almost all casualties.
The newly formed Survey Corps has undoubtedly obtained the best resources. Both the quality of recruits and the level of equipment are on par with the main army of the Empire. Emperor Durotar's expectations for the new Survey Corps are obviously no longer the previous standards. It also pointed unabashedly at the Holy Fire Knights of the Holy See. This was also a major move by the Emperor against the inherent domain of the Holy See, which touched the sensitive nerves of countless people.
But at this moment, Agthios, the number one potential opponent of the Knights of the Holy Fire, unexpectedly appears in the important operation of the Holy See, which is devoting all its efforts to crusade against heretics and prevent the emergence of the God-Destroying Demonic Tool. The hidden meaning has already revealed No matter how hard you try, you can't come up with a reasonable explanation. But no matter what, the appearance of this emperor's favorite here, his identity and his strength will undoubtedly bring unpredictable variables to this treasure hunt.
"Priest of Judgment...Favorite of the Empire..."
Everyone inadvertently recited these two names silently, and the expressions on their faces were very wonderful. Even the smile on the corner of Xerxes Khan's mouth, who was indifferent to emotion and anger, disappeared silently. This gentleman obviously didn't care. I really like the creature "genius". But at this moment, a series of laughter, rising from low to high, rang out in the room, and even the entire penthouse trembled violently at this man's laughter.
It is the representative of the Cool Bear family, Marcus Thunder Pride. He stopped laughing and stood up, and said in a calm tone: "Agyras... I heard that he is a beautiful young man that even Count Amanda is full of praise for. His ax fighting skills are said to be unparalleled in the world, and he is even known as the youth of the empire. The leader of heroes, to be honest, if nothing happens, I will encounter him sooner or later on the battlefield, but if I can fight him in advance, I will be really excited to think about it. I want to see this one. Can the much-hyped young hero save the dying and rotting empire?"
The rebellious heart of the Kuxiong Principality has long been obvious and exposed, but in name, it is still one of the seven principalities of the Holy Beast Alliance. The impact of Marcus's openly rebellious remarks immediately diluted everyone's hearts. anxious, especially the two dwarf war kings, who have absolute confidence in their masters. Even the high-level warlock who had just compiled the known information nodded in agreement: "Yes, the Knights of the Holy Fire and Agthios They represent the Holy See and the Empire respectively, so they can't work together. The Holy See won't like someone dictating from the side, and the ambitious Emperor Durotar won't want to see the Knights of the Holy Fire become famous and rebuild their reputation in one battle. So we. If we can make good use of it, Agthios may not be an obstacle to us, but will also become a great help for us to defeat the Holy Fire and even find the magic tool. In fact, the issue we need to pay most attention to now has not changed, and it is still the prophecy. The specific time and place where the God-Destroying Magical Instrument appears..."
At this point, everyone's eyes were focused on Centaur Khan again. Although many prophets on the Blade Tower Continent had foreseen that King Solomon's secret treasure would appear in the rainforest of Haishiwan Peninsula, but such predictions Things are inherently illusory and easily confused and misunderstood, and there will be no precise content or answers.
The two overlords in the rainforest of the Haishiwan Peninsula, the Black-Handed Ogres, have been "annihilated", and now only the Amazon Centaurs are left. They are the only ones who know their territory best, so for the interpretation of this prophecy, Only the Amazon centaur is the most accurate. This is also an important reason why the tribal federation is headed by the Amazon Centaurs. (To be continued...)