The hall where a quarterly summary meeting had just been held was once again full of people. Several cardinals and civilian officials stood in a row, and opposite them were officers of the Knights Order. Sauron was still sitting in his seat. Unlike the previous meeting, the Pope also sat next to Sauron this time. It's just that the young pope's face was full of yawns, as if he couldn't arouse any interest in such a meeting.
A light screen appeared above the hall, and a video was being played on the light screen. Looking at the picture in the video, everyone in the hall looked ugly, perhaps the Pope was an exception. The image was transmitted back by Lei Ming using a small function in the Knights of the Round Table system. Of course, it was not a real-time image. Canon had been captured, and news reached Rome.
Now some important figures in the city of Rome have gathered together, watching the image on the light screen faithfully recording the process of Canon being captured. During this process, the important ministers in these halls witnessed with their own eyes how the so-called impregnable fortress became fragmented under the tough tactics of the invaders, especially the section where the city gate was broken, which was simply shocking.
The female swordsman who broke the city with a sword is not included in any records in the Western Continent, and the means she showed and the brilliance visible to the naked eye all show that she is a high-level ability user, and she is at the level of Sauron. Then Zero One broke through the defense line of the paladin mechs, and the subsequent electromagnetic bombs made the officers and officers in the hall exclaimed. Developed special weapons.
But Zero is not from Istar.
Coupled with the description of the female swordsman and the survivors of the previous attack in Roaring Bay, everyone can be sure that people from other continents came here. Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many high-level people to jump out of thin air in the Western Continent. This news is even more shocking than the fall of Canon Fortress.
We must know that after the cataclysm, the communication between continents has become very difficult, or even impassable. If people from other continents come now, does it mean that the continent where these outsiders are located already has the means of long-distance navigation. If this guess is true, it means that the era will enter a new page.
Of course, this will not be a pleasant event. In the resource-poor present, long-distance voyages are only used for outward aggression, not for the delivery of friendly olive branches.
Looking at the images on the light screen again, it was almost the end. Captured by the images of the Knights of the Round Table, everyone can clearly see that Zero is fighting against the Knights of the Round Table alone, and the latter is still suppressed. Soon, as the screen fluctuated violently, all the images finally ended.
The light screen rises.
The atmosphere in the hall was oppressive, and everyone's faces were ashen. This mighty invader was able to fight against the Knights of the Round Table alone, and even destroyed three generations of mechs. This fact is as heavy as a mountain, and it makes people unable to think normally. Especially Dr. Jane, the destruction of his mecha can only prove his incompetence. After all, when it was developed, he bragged about it, claiming that it could rival high-level powerhouses.
However, judging from the fact that the Knights of the Round Table and the invaders were destroyed within 3 minutes of fighting in the video, Dr. Jian's words were simply a slap in the face. His face was hot, and his head was buried very low. Even though the officials in the hall are now attracted by the image, the doctor can feel their contemptuous gazes on his back.
Kanon was captured, and less than five hundred soldiers escaped. The Vatican lost a fortress, two legion commanders, thousands of soldiers, and several important mines. It was a severe blow, both in dignity and economically. The pope hall is like a giant, but now it has been bent over by a punch. If there is no immediate retaliation, the cornerstone of the Pope's Hall will be challenged like never before.
Surprisingly, Sauron was not furious.
He is as deep as water, and he is completely different in peacetime. And those who know him, such as the commander of the personal guards, know that he is the real Sauron at this time. That irascibility and capriciousness were but illusions created by Sauron to confuse his enemies. The real him is deep and calculating. Otherwise, how can a tyrant sit firmly on the throne for thirty years? Those in Ishtar are not the only ones who want to overthrow Sauron, but Sauron's throne has never been shaken.
Until now, the throne seemed to have been shaken a bit by the fall of Khanom.
"Everyone, everyone has finished watching this video. Has anyone told you what these intruders will do next? How should we respond?" Sauron's cold voice sounded, but under the coldness, there was a Hot as lava.
As soon as this was said, there was a lot of discussion in the hall. Some said that the intruders would plunder everything and then go away. After all, everyone knew that the Pope would not let them go. And no matter how strong they are, they can't compete with the entire city of Rome. Some said that they were looking at the three oil well platforms under the control of the fortress. After all, in this era, these platforms are more precious than gold mines.
There were different opinions for a while, and they didn't calm down until Sauron stretched out his hand to signal. Sauron glanced over the crowd, basically the bishops and civil officials who had just discussed loudly, as well as a few officers from the Knights. As for the two army chiefs on the list, they remained silent. These two army chiefs were Leo from the 2nd Legion and Frank from the 9th Legion.
Both of these legions were stationed in two important cities not far from Rome, and Sauron had now called them back urgently. In just over a month, Mr. Knights lost four legion commanders. In the history of Rome, perhaps only such a tragic thing happened in that dark period.
Sauron's eyes fell on Leo. This legion commander was about the same age as Sauron, and like Carlomon and the others, he was also a veteran from the dark ages. His hair is gray now, but the stern look on the leader's body is still the same as before. Li Ao is a high-level ability user of the fire system, and his command style is as good as his ability, and he believes in aggression like fire.
Seeing Sauron looking at him, Li Aodang understood, and stood up and said: "My lord, I think the real purpose of the invaders is to build Kanon into a stronghold. A stronghold to confront us!"
As soon as Leo's words came out, someone jumped out and retorted: "Captain Leo, do you think that these invaders alone have the strength to fight against our entire city of Rome? Why not build a stronghold and wave our army?" Raze them on the spot?"
Li Ao didn't even look at it, and hummed: "The fortress is 8,000 kilometers away from us, judging from their display of combat power, at least three, or even four or more knight orders are needed to wipe them out. At present, we have only 8 knights with a complete establishment. The first division needs to guard the city of Rome, and the 4th and 11th legions are stationed at Facelo. The remaining major legions also have their own guards. To be honest, we can deploy four It is already very difficult for the legion to come."
"What's more, it will take time for the four legions to mobilize, assemble, and even equip supplies and logistics teams. After we gather our troops and go to Kanon, which is 8,000 kilometers away, it will take a month at least. One month is enough for them to build Build the most basic fortifications and prepare to fight us. The most critical issue here is that if they just want to pretend to loot supplies, I believe it is more convenient for them to rob them in Pacero or other places. Why do they alone Do you want to pick Canon?" Leo raised his head, looked at Sauron, but said as if he was talking to other officials: "Everyone, don't forget, where is Canon? That's right, it's at the end of the Bloody Road , and the city of Rome is far away. This is an obvious provocation!"
Li Ao's words made it impossible to refute, and the officials who jumped out to intervene before had honestly returned to their positions. Sauron nodded, obviously agreeing with Leo's words. He said in a deep voice, "Captain Leo, if you lead the team and give you another month to prepare, are you sure you can pull the intruders off the canon?"
Li Ao took a deep look at Sauron, and then smiled wryly, "There's only 50% certainty."
Suddenly everyone was in an uproar.
Sauron raised his hand to signal, and asked after suppressing his voice, "Why? Are four legions not enough to wipe out a small fortress?"
"It is enough in theory, but based on the data of the two previous and previous battles, the invaders have a group of high-level ability users. There are only two ninth-level powerhouses we know now, and you are too, Mr. Sauron. Ninth level, you should understand that the destructive power of ninth level is not on the same level as that of eighth level. Our most fatal problem is that there are too few high-level and even ninth-level strong people." Li Ao pondered for a while, and then said: "If Lord Sauron is willing to participate in the battle, then the probability of success can be increased to 70%."
The reason why the winning rate is still not 100%, in the final analysis, is the reason for the lack of high-level abilities. And it is impossible for Sauron to join the battle so rashly, he is the only rank nine in Rome. And this battle is not like the battle of Istar. Sauron was fully prepared for Istar's battle, and relied on the convenience of a sneak attack to take down the entire Istar in one fell swoop.
But even so, he dropped a King Arthur. You must know that as an upgraded version of the knights of the round table, King Arthur himself is equivalent to a ninth rank.
Now, Sauron cannot easily participate. In this head-on battle, even a veteran like Li Ao admits that he has no 100% chance of winning. If he still loses the battle, even if he escapes successfully, the entire city of Rome will be divided and collapsed. A defeated Sauron, even if his ability is still there, cannot suppress the voice below.
The throne of Rome is actually not easy to sit on. Sauron is like sitting on the crater of a volcano. What suppressed the magma below was his strength and even his invincible reputation. From this, it can be seen that the appearance of these people like Zero poses a great threat to him, and it cannot be overstated.
At this moment, a voice appeared in Sauron's mind without warning: "Come to see me in the palace, and bring the video data just now."
Sauron's pupils shrank suddenly, and in the eyes of the Pope, he inadvertently clenched the armrest. As a result, the metal handrail was completely deformed, leaving a deep handprint on it. Sauron was inexplicably horrified, the voice just now belonged to the silver-haired demon Gaia. It was the first time that he directly imprinted the voice in Sauron's mind, which seemed to be the means of a high-level perception domain ability user, but how difficult it is to convey the voice clearly to a high-level, but Gaia But it was done easily.
Does this mean that it is easy for him to kill himself.
Sauron felt a trembling from the depths of his soul. Compared with Gaia, the threat posed by the invaders was not so conspicuous. It's just that Sauron didn't understand why Gaia was suddenly interested in the video data just now. Could it be that there was something important in it, but he ignored it.
The memory of high-level ability users is astonishing, and Sauron is no exception. He quickly replayed the image several times in his mind in fast forward, and the process only took a few seconds. But Zoro didn't see anything particularly noteworthy until Zero's face flitted across the frame. Sauron seemed to have caught something, and instantly froze the image, and the deformed metal handrail was almost pulled off by Sauron!
Everyone in the hall looked at Sauron, not understanding why the lord suddenly lost his composure. Sauron didn't care about their feelings, he stood up and hurriedly said: "The meeting is over for the time being, we will discuss it tomorrow, and the meeting will be adjourned!"
After finishing speaking, he took Wessel and left through the side door of the hall.
Sauron's heart was full of turmoil. He knew why Gaia would suddenly want that document. The intruder's face was somewhat similar to Gaia's. The difference is that the intruder has black hair, and Gaia has silver hair. The former has a golden right eye, and the latter obviously has the same pupil on the left eye.
These two people are like two sides of a mirror. One black and one white, one right and one left!
In a shocked mood, Sauron came to the gate of the palace. He took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and pushed the door open with his hands. The door was filled with darkness, and the light seemed to be refracted by something here, so the whole palace looked so gloomy and terrifying. Sauron knew that Gaia had woken up, and the whole palace seemed to be a lair of some kind of evil beast.
Sauron stepped into the lair in an absolutely unhappy mood. The door behind him was gently closed under the pull of an invisible force, and when those invisible and intangible force fields passed by Sauron, he felt oppressed and his body felt heavy. This palace is filled with Gaia's domain, and this is his home field. Sauron also has domains, and when domains overlap with each other, they will naturally repel each other.
Two domains of different nature will compete for space, and the rules of various comprehensions are used to fight. The more and more advanced the rules, the greater the chance of defeating the opponent's field. In the unknown field of Gaia, there are several rules that only Sauron feels. God knows what kind of secrets there are.
He didn't dare to explore, for fear of causing Gaia's reaction.
Sauron suddenly trembled when he had this thought. He found that he had become timid, and he no longer had the courage and courage of his youth. At that time, Sauron faced as much pressure as Gaia, but Sauron fought desperately at that time, and even got everything today in exchange. Today, however, just one Gaia brought him to his knees.
Suddenly, Sauron knew he could not escape Gaia. The mood suddenly fell to the extreme, and the darkness in front of him separated to the two sides like water, so Sauron saw Gaia.
The silver-haired man had opened his eyes, and there was a smile on his handsome face. This smile is perfect from any angle, but it gives Sauron a very unreal feeling, like a human smile simulated by some kind of intelligent AI. Feel.
I don't know what kind of thing is wrapped under this man's human coat
"Play that video again." Gaia said softly.
Sauron said "As you wish", then turned his hand and took out a tablet brain, then played the image transmitted by Lei Ming and handed it to Gaia.
After reading it quickly, Gaia put down his tablet brain, leaned forward slightly and said to Sauron: "Go, bring this man. His priority is above Franklin. As long as we get him, Franklin is of no importance."
Sauron did not hide the surprise on his face, he was speechless for a while. From the similar faces of the intruder and Gaia, Sauron could already guess the importance of this person to Gaia. Unexpectedly, his importance is still higher than that of Franklin. Doesn't this mean that that man is more important than the living body of the previous era
After finally calming down, Sauron lowered his head and said, "Master Gaia, I am happy to carry out such an order. What is shocking is that there are too many high-level powerhouses in this man's camp. No matter what, it is difficult to find a force that can check and balance them, let alone suppress or even defeat them."
Gaia looked at Sauron with great interest and said, "Then what do you mean?"
Sauron's heart skipped a beat, he raised his head, and said with incomparably fiery eyes: "Actually, as long as Lord Gaia is willing to fight, this man is not just caught. With the invincible strength of an adult, this is just a trivial matter."
"Oh, it seems to be the case." Gaia sat up straight, and said lazily: "Put away your little calculations, Sauron. Last time I helped you get rid of a few old guys casually, I haven't found them yet." You settle the score. Now you want me to cut off the enemy for you, I think you should think so, it’s better for Gaia, the bastard, to die with those damn intruders, right?”
Sauron was taken aback, and quickly said: "My lord, you are overthinking, I definitely don't have such thoughts."
"No wonder." Gaia's hand fell on the pitch-black long sword intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "I'm not afraid to tell you that before I came to this continent, I had a fierce fight with a few guys. Now I have been seriously injured, and I haven’t recovered until now. Playing in this state, maybe it will be as you imagined, and you will end up with those outsiders. So I didn’t even think about it.”
Sauron's eyebrows jumped: "Are you injured?"
Gaia's hand was already on the hilt of the sword: "Yeah, it's serious. Do you want to take the opportunity to try, maybe you have the opportunity to kill me now. Just kill me, maybe the evolution points you get are enough You're promoted immediately."
At this moment, how tempting Gaia's suggestion sounds!