Froman was awakened by a strange breath. When he got up, he just saw the faint golden flame on the surface of Zero's body shrinking, and soon returned to normal. The red-haired man smiled wryly and whispered: "I really don't know how he did it. It seems that he is much stronger than before. I think this guy is more like a monster than the queen."
As if hearing his words, Zero looked at him. Froman was startled, but Ling smiled and said: "If you have enough rest, let's go. Staying in this kind of ghost place is far from being comfortable." .”
So Froman woke up all the remaining Zogs, counted the number of people, and there were only 49 Zogs left including Froman, which was almost reduced by half. Such a heavy price is finally a chance to get freedom. Froman and others all look excited, excited that they are about to leave the base that has lasted for more than ten years.
Before leaving, Zero told them to wait for him after going out. Zog had a special image, so as not to attract attention, Zero decided to go back to Kanon Fortress alone, and then send a car to pick them up. Naturally, Froman had no objection to Zero's arrangement, so the group walked towards the only emergency passage in the base.
At the same time, in the command room of Canon Fortress, a fierce quarrel was taking place.
"What did you say? You want to leave? Man Shan, how can you do this at this time!"
Captain Hook stared wide-eyed, leaning his hands on the table and looking at the Manshan opposite.
Man Shan said calmly: "What else can you do here? It has been four or five days, and there is no news of Zero. To put it bluntly, he may have been killed. Li Ao bet his life, No matter how strong Zero is, I think the chance of survival is very low in the face of the self-destruction of a ninth-level powerhouse."
"But haven't seen his body yet?" Cinderella stood up and said, "As long as I haven't seen his body for a day, I won't believe that he is dead! You should do the same, Man Shan, treat him Have confidence. That person is the strong man who defeated all of you, don't you have any confidence?"
"If I didn't have confidence, I would have left long ago." Man Shan sighed: "But now the situation is very obvious, Zero is dead, and it is not impossible for him to have no bones left after Leo's self-explosion. You are right , he beat all of us, so everyone will be willing to come here with him. Now that this man is gone, I can't find any reason to stay. Sorry, I am leaving today, and I will bring my Get up partners and some supplies, I hope you don't stop me."
Cinderella's eyes turned cold, ready to attack. Standing on the other side at this time, Su and others belonging to Zero's original system finally responded. Su took a step forward. After experiencing the series of battles in the Eternal Mountains, Su's Destroyer's attitude was deeply imprinted in the eyes of the soldiers of the Sea God Corps, and he was regarded as the second combat power below zero. When she stepped forward at this time, even Man Shan felt the invisible pressure.
Su said with a calm expression: "When Tou left, he handed over the army to us, just because he didn't want the Sea God Squad to be leaderless once he left. So when he comes back, we have to return him a complete army. Manshan, what do you think? There is no problem with leaving. However, you cannot take people and supplies with you!"
Man Shan's eyes froze, and he shouted: "I brought the people, and I also have a share of the supplies. Why can't I take them away? Su, don't think that you are a ninth-level destroyer and I will be afraid of you. At worst, I will go all out, don't do this!" Don't even think of me swallowing my anger at you."
Su still looked like that, and he didn't seem to get angry and said: "Before the Sea God Corps, they were indeed your people. But now, they are soldiers, and soldiers can't leave the army without reason. Otherwise, they will be treated as deserters. To treat deserters, don't I said you also know what kind of fate that is."
"Man Shan, haven't you seen it clearly? They are no longer pirates who follow you everywhere, but fighters gathered for the same goal!" Su emphasized.
Man Shangang clenched his teeth tightly, and breath surged all over his body. At this time Franklin came out, stood in front of Su and said: "Before Ling left, he appointed me as the temporary commander of the army. I also agree with Su, if you want to leave Manshan, I can approve you to leave, but other No movement is allowed, including people and materials. Otherwise, I will interfere."
Man Shan glanced at the people behind Franklin, whether it was Su, Feng, Berrien or the naturally dumb girl Yeliu, they were all very difficult to mess with, not to mention the wolf king Kaiton and Haiwei. people. Although the latter was a little bit worse, he was not far from him, not to mention those people mentioned earlier, who was not a ruthless character.
If these people are united, he has no chance of winning at all.
But just give up
Man Shan was unwilling.
All of this is seen by Leah, and after losing Zero, these people will also be scattered. At this moment, a soldier ran in in a hurry, and was too frightened to breathe when he saw that the atmosphere in the command room was not right. Feng next to him patted him on the shoulder and asked, "What's the matter?"
"I'm back..." The soldier came out of his mouth, and then shouted with all his strength: "My lord is back, he has entered the fortress now."
"My lord? Which lord?" Franklin turned his head quickly.
The soldier's eyes flashed with reverence: "Of course it is Master Zero! He is not dead, he has returned from the Well of Weeping God!"
The news of zero return quickly spread in Canon Fortress, whether it was the wounded or other soldiers, everyone cheered when they heard the news. In the Battle of the Eternal Mountains, the news that Zero challenged Leo of the Second Legion and disappeared into the Well of Weeping when the other party blew himself up made the soldiers feel depressed for a while. But now the news of Zero's return has greatly inspired them. In their hearts, Zero is already an invincible commander and an invincible powerhouse.
As long as he comes back, even if the Vatican attacks again, the soldiers will have the confidence to win the battle again, because Zero has proved by facts that he can perform miracles!
When Franklin and the others ran down the command building and saw Zero approaching from the gate of the fortress, everyone couldn't help but smile. Leah screamed even more, and rushed towards Zero like flying, and then hugged him tightly. Zero smiled and patted Lia's pink back to comfort her, then waved to the others: "I made you worry."
Cinderella also didn't care about other people's jokes, and then grabbed Zero's arms on the other side. Ling hugged two women with very different temperaments, and said with some embarrassment: "Okay, let's go back first, I still have something important to say."
After everyone returned to the command room, Billy, Ji Ya and others who heard the news also came to the command room, so the command room became crowded. But looking at these people, Zero felt relieved, they still stuck here, and no one was lost because of his disappearance. But Zero soon noticed that their atmosphere was a bit weird, so he asked, "Why, you seem to have something on your mind."
Su stepped forward and said, "Almost, someone here was about to leave just now."
Zero said "Oh", at this time Man Shan pushed the crowd and came out and said: "It's me, I thought you were killed. To be honest, I only admire you. What's the point of you not staying with me. But you come back now Of course, I won't go anymore."
"That's good." He said so on the tongue, but he began to think about a problem that he had ignored before. Now the biggest hidden danger of the Sea God Group is the faction issue. The Sea God Group can be divided into high and low combat forces. The high-level combat force is composed of capable people, and the low-level combat force is ordinary soldiers. The problem now is that the high-level combat power is mostly composed of personnel from his original system, while the low-level combat power is the pirates in the Roaring Gulf.
If he was there, it would be no problem to suppress the voices from both sides. But once he disappeared, the people on both sides would become a mess without a backbone. But now Zero has no way to solve the problem immediately. For this kind of faction problem, they can only slowly get them together through time and fighting. Of course, after he realizes this problem, he will give some guidance in the future when dealing with some affairs, so as to speed up this running-in.
But these are all things to say later, in short, now that zero has returned, the Sea God Group has also quietly passed a crisis of disintegration. Next, Zero briefly narrated his experience in the Well of Weeping Gods. After hearing that the Pope’s Hall actually left a base there, and there were those dangerous Andura bugs, everyone’s faces showed different expressions. expression.
Finally, when talking about Zog, Zero said that without them, they would not have returned to the surface so smoothly. Then let Feng prepare two transport vehicles, and Zero personally led the team to bring Zog back to Kanon Fortress.
Zog's combat power is basically above the sixth level, and Froman himself is expected to break through to the eighth level if he goes through a few more battles. Therefore, they were all included in the Trident under Su's management. This force of ability users was severely reduced during the battle of the Eternal Mountains. Now that they have been supplemented by the Zogna people, they have maintained the previous establishment. However, Su was quite troubled by Zog's strange appearance.
In this regard, Zero decided to order one-piece tactical uniforms for Froman and the other members of the Trident. In this way, the scaly bodies of Zog and the others were covered, and only one face was exposed. It's a little weird, but there are no weird people in this era, so they won't be too eye-catching, and they can effectively conceal their existence, and then give the Pope a big surprise.
A few days later, Oran from Istar came, and Zero received her in the command room. Oran looked much better than last time, with a happy face, it should be that Istar's operation went relatively smoothly. Oran also admitted frankly that when Zero's Poseidon group attracted the main force of the Pope Hall, they also took advantage of this time to capture several more important cities in New Rome.
Now Istar and the Sea God Group have formed an invisible embedding on the city of Rome, which is definitely something that Sauron had never imagined before. And after losing Ulsen, Istar can still do this, but it is largely due to Zero. Without his activity, without the appearance of the Sea God Group, Istar alone would definitely not be able to reach this point.
Therefore, with the approval of the supporter behind the scenes, that is, Pope Paul, Istar will implement a material subsidy plan for the Sea God Group in the future to help the Sea God Group grow as soon as possible. The stronger the Sea God Group is, the more it will help Istar. But Paul is not an idiot, the subsidy plan is limited, otherwise, if the Sea God Group is too strong and suppresses Istar in turn, then Paul himself will be breeding tigers.
At that time, Sauron was overthrown, but there was an extra zero. How could Paul have to pay the loss.
This is not surprising at all. He and Istar are now in a cooperative relationship of mutual support, and maintaining the balance of this relationship is a good thing for both of them.
"By the way, Lord Paul asked me to ask you, when will the Holy Son plan be carried out." Oran asked.
The so-called Son of God plan is a strategy formulated by Zero and Paul when they first met. At that time, Zero said that when the time is right, he can build momentum for Paul, and cooperate with some of Paul's prophecies to attack some cities or islands under Sauron's rule, so as to create the image of the Son of God for Paul, and use this to threaten Solon. Long's power and prestige.
Now, with the new defeat of the Pope's Hall, it is the best time to implement this plan.
Zero said: "Can you arrange a meeting for me and His Highness Paul?"
"It's a bit difficult, but it's not impossible. Now Sauron is furious because of your affairs, and he is much more negligent to Mr. Paul than before. Well, give me three days. After three days, I will give you an answer. "Olan said.
Three days passed quickly, and Oran brought news that Zero and Paul had been arranged to meet in a small town. So that day, Zero took Feng and left secretly. On the same day, an army jointly led by Su and Man Shan left Canon Fortress and headed straight for Keqi City, where they will establish a new stronghold in order to continue advancing along the blood-stained road.
The Eternal Mountains were defeated, and the vitality of the Pope's Hall was severely damaged. Coupled with the fact that Istar took the opportunity to kill and set fire, the city of Rome could not fight on two fronts at the same time, so it could only shrink its troops to ensure that other important cities would not fall into the hands of the two enemy forces. As for other cities, turn a blind eye and close their eyes. Take Cage City as an example, it is already the largest city near the Eternal Mountains.
But now the Pope's Hall is out of reach, so they can only watch helplessly as the Sea God Squad takes over the city. This time, relevant officials, including the mayor, did not flee because the supplies they had on hand could no longer support them to reach another city.
After all, winter has come. Walking in the snow in the wilderness is much more dangerous than putting the Poseidon group in prison. The occupation of Cage City this time is not only an expansion, but also to attract Sauron's attention to cover up the meeting between Zero and Paul. Under Sauron's nose, Zero arrived at a small town not far from New Rome.
The town of Marceno is located in the middle of the city of New Rome and the City of Rock. A road runs through the north and south of the town, so the town of Marceno is prosperous. The town is not big, but it has more than ten hotels, five or six The bar is used for the rest and entertainment of the passing people. In the evening after a week, two travel-worn travelers appeared in the small town.
But for the town of Masseno, there are 80 or 100 people who come in and out of the town every day. Who cares about how many strangers there are in the town.
Zero and Feng both wore large smocks that could cover their faces. They lowered their heads and walked towards the "Rose Beauty" bar, which was the meeting place agreed by Oran. Coming here, Ling somewhat knew why Oran chose this place to meet Paul. Because there is a large flow of people here, these strangers like Zero don't seem so obtrusive.
The bar has already opened, and it is open almost all day long. As soon as you enter, you can smell a strong smell of alcohol. In the corner of the bar, there are men and women in twos and threes doing violent piston movements, and people in the small town have long been familiar with this. Ling Hefeng walked to a table by the window and sat down, and soon a bartender came over. Zero took out a gold coin and said, "Bring up your best wine, and then don't bother us again."
The bartender's eyes lit up. This is a universal gold coin minted by the Pope's Hall. Not to mention good wine, it is more than enough to have a sumptuous dinner. The bartender quickly accepted the gold coin and said with a smile, "Don't worry, sir, I promise that no one will disturb you."
"very good."
When it was dark, another person walked into the bar. When he saw Zero and Two, he walked straight over. The bartender dutifully stepped forward to stop him, Ling Yang said: "Let him come over, he is our friend."
After the man came over, he pulled up a chair and sat down and said, "Here I am, Mr. Zero. I hope you understand that my time is very tight, so please make a long story short. Although Sauron doesn't pay much attention to me now, His Majesty the Pope If you come to Manose Town and let him know, you will inevitably be suspicious."
Sitting across from Zero is, of course, the current Pope Paul VI.
"I won't let you make this trip in vain, Your Highness." Zero said with a faint smile, "I'm here this time to discuss the Holy Son's plan with you."
Paul's eyes lit up and he said, "Is it finally about to start?"
"That's right, I think the timing is right now. Then please choose a few destinations, and choose the order to facilitate the planning."
Paul nodded, took out a note from his pocket and stuffed it into Zero's hand, saying: "I'm ready, those places inside are Sauron's private property, if they are damaged, he will definitely be furious .”
"Your Highness, I think you also know. Once this plan starts, you will no longer be able to stand behind the protective cover, but will openly confront Sauron. The important thing is that you must stay in the most dangerous place and fight for power with him, So I have to remind you, this is not a joke. I wonder if you have the power to protect yourself?" Zero said seriously.
Paul smiled bitterly: "From the day I was sensible, I knew that there would always be such a day. It is impossible for Sauron and I to coexist. This day will always come, but it's just a matter of later or sooner. Don't worry, in Solon In the eyes of Long, I am an idle guy, but I have also cultivated some strength secretly over the years. Recently, Sauron has done some stupid things. As soon as it comes, Sauron can't touch me casually. At least, not on the surface."
"That's not enough. I know there is one person. You might as well fight for it."
"who?"
"Yafedi of the Eleventh Army, I have fought against him. If I read correctly, when the turning point of fate appears in front of him, he will know how to choose." Zero said.
"The head of the Knights? Well, I'll try."