"The whole army was wiped out! What nonsense are you talking about!"
The atmosphere aboard the "Flying Divine Grace", the main ship of the balloon airship fleet, was gloomy, as if a storm was coming. A group of gorgeously armored Vatican knights and priests and elders holding Bibles were all silent, wishing they could curl up in the shadows. among. Only the messenger knight who had just reported the latest battle situation was unable to hide and fell to his knees on the ground sweating like rain.
The top leader of the Knights of the Holy Fire, Archbishop St. John Louis, looked livid, and slammed the heavy metal-bound holy scripture in his hand on the table. This simple action caused the entire airship to suddenly sink. It was as if this metal-bound holy book, which was half a meter long and as thick as a wall, weighed thousands of kilograms.
After discovering his gaffe, the red archbishop immediately prayed silently and confessed his sins to the Lord of Holy Light. When he opened his eyes again, his face looked much better.
"Report to me the details of this battle from the beginning. I don't want you to miss any detail."
"Yes!" The messenger knight didn't even bother to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and quickly told everything he knew.
Half an hour later...
"Let's put it this way... Nearly one-third of the elite vanguard of our Holy Fire Knights were wiped out in less than an hour and a half, and the only opponents were those four-legged wild beasts. The number of believers is not as good as that of the multi-ethnic coalition we are chasing now. I think... what I know now is what just happened, right?" Even though the Lord Bishop has completely regained his composure, But the fear felt by those around him only increased. This is not surprising. You must know that the Knights of the Holy Fire are no different from other legions. Even the lowest-level warrior recruit has a profound background behind him, be it big or small. Those backgrounds may be the Legion's strength in normal times, but at other times. For example, when there are war dead, these backgrounds will become troublesome. If only a few troubles arise, it is nothing to the Knights of the Holy Fire, which has a long history and a special status. After all, the Knights of the Holy Fire are a real army, not a nursery or a foster care base. It's normal for a few people to die in a battle. But if there were casualties of one-third of the total number of people, it would definitely not be called a trivial matter, because those who died were not civilian mercenaries, but real world nobles.
Even if the subsequent battle went smoothly, it was just a failure in this battle. It is enough to make the Knights of the Holy Fire face the most severe accountability in history, and the Archbishop of St. Louis, who is directly responsible, will inevitably become the "account" sent by the Holy See to those nobles. Even if his lofty status will not be sent to the Inquisition, But his future prospects will also end here. For this candidate who was able to ascend to the position of Cardinal Archbishop before the age of fifty-five, who was recognized as having great potential, promising future, and promising to be promoted to Supreme Bishop, this was even more terrifying than being sent to the stake. At this time, the Lord Bishop picked up the gilt-edged sacred book from the table again, which was no less powerful than the warrior's tower shield, as if begging for wisdom and guidance from the Supreme Lord. After a moment, the bishop let out a breath. Said: "Although our devout knights encountered the greatest failure in that blasphemous land, I have heard the voice of the Lord before. There, in the Thousand Needles Canyon, there is nothing we are looking for. We cannot be Blinded by hatred and anger, precious time is wasted in that place.”
Cardinal Vasco da Gama, who had been courageous for a long time, finally stood up and said hesitantly: "Are we going to let that place go? Then we will never be able to explain it to the Supreme Bishop and the French Emperor after we go back. And according to the battle report, , there should be many people in the advance team who have survived, waiting for our rescue... "
"We have no time, dear Cardinal Vasco da Gama." The Cardinal interrupted his loyal subordinate coldly, and said with cold and cruel murderous intent in his eyes...
"The blasphemous magic weapon left by the great sinner Solomon may appear anytime, anywhere, and the most likely person to discover it immediately is the group of blasphemers we are currently tracking. If we turn around now and go to the place where we are completely On the contrary, in the battle of Thousand Needles Canyon, if the evil magic weapon emerges at this time, then we will not be able to destroy it before the group of blasphemers, which will disappoint the great Lord of Holy Light and abandon his Trust me, after knowing this, Lord Cardinal Vasco da Gama, do you still think that we should turn the ship around immediately and go find those dirty heretics to settle accounts?”
"But..." The old Cardinal wanted to say something more, but was resolutely interrupted by the Cardinal.
"Of course I know what I should do, and I have never said that I would let go of those heinous people who brutally killed the Holy See Knights. Their bodies and souls must be responsible for their ignorant and stupid actions. Everything about them They will all disappear under the holy majesty of our Lord..."
Looking at the terrifying cruel fire contained in the ice in the cardinal's eyes, the old cardinal suddenly felt that his soul was trembling. He trembled with trembling teeth and said with a trembling voice: "Oh my God, sir. , You don’t really want to do this, do you? That’s just too… too…”
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On the Blood Blade Peak, a grand moonlight celebration is being held, which is a joyous memorial ceremony to celebrate victory.
For the centaur warriors who have been huddled on the heroic high ground for a long time, this battle is like manna after a long drought, so hearty and refreshing. If there are still people who are still unsatisfied, it refers to those unlucky pillar peaks where no enemy has ever landed. The soldiers stationed on them can only use the crossbows they don't like very much to teach those bastards who dare to invade Amazon territory.
This was an overwhelming victory. All the Knights of the Holy Fire warriors whose airship balloons burst and fell into the abyss of the canyon perished. Those who luckily landed on the top of Pillar Peak were not much better. Waiting for them were the hungry Amazon warriors. Only those dudes who are lucky enough and timid enough to kneel down and abandon their weapons and beg for surrender as soon as they see the enemy will have a chance of survival. After all, although Amazon centaurs are murderous, they will not fight against enemies who have no intention of fighting. The fighting coward didn't bother to take action.
There is no doubt that the Knights of the Holy Fire are not an army with courage and military spirit, so there are not a few prisoners captured in this battle. Those handsome boys and girls will become slaves or voodoo materials, and for this battle The biggest hero, the planner and commander of the war, the strategic exporter Goron who completely disrupted the enemy's formation, Heroic Highlands also showed its due generosity and generosity. In addition to the golden gold coins, Goron also has enough One hundred slaves were obtained, including the equipment they wore and the items they held, all belonged to Goron.
The most important thing is that Gron also has the right to choose slaves first. Although the members of the Knights of the Holy Fire are all children of nobles from well-off families, they are also divided into three, six, and nine grades, and the gap between a duke's legitimate son and a baron's concubine is no smaller than the gap between nobles and commoners. How much, even more disparity. Similarly, even if all those who surrender are a group of cowardly people, there will still be differences between those with excellent qualifications and those with mediocrity. As for the appearance and figure of the slaves themselves, not to mention the level of equipment that goes with them.
As for Goron, who has the right to first select hundreds of slaves, it can be said that one person monopolizes more than half of the total loot revenue. This is absolutely impossible to happen in the wars of other races. After all, for warriors and soldiers, battles cost lives. It is absolutely unacceptable to be unable to obtain corresponding loot benefits in the end. Only a fighting nation like the Amazon Centaurs, who regard combat itself as the greatest reward and enjoyment, would despise their own trophies like this.
Gronn's face looked very calm, as if he didn't care much about what happened recently, even though he had just led a brilliant victory and obtained a large number of priceless prisoners of war and slaves.
This was indeed the case, and Gronn did not feel very happy. After all, he only led the old enemies of the Black Hand Ogre to defeat some enemies that had almost nothing to do with him. So where can he be excited...
Holding a wine glass carved from human bones, the already tipsy Centaur Warlord swayed towards Gron, handed the wine glass to him and said: "Our God of War, I believe that you can bring us victory. The most correct choice I have ever made, but there is one thing that I am still curious about..."
Goron took the glass, drank it down in one gulp, and then responded casually: "What do you want to ask?"
"I just want to know why you know the topography of Thousand Needles Canyon so well, and why you know our Amazon Centaur warehouse so well. You know exactly what is inside."