This unspoken question was raised, and several people looked away at the same time.
As the great nobles of the Horli Kingdom, even if they temporarily lose power, they still shoulder the responsibility of defending the powerful class. But right now, the only royal bloodline is the little princess who is not yet sensible, and is obviously unable to take on the important task. They must take responsibility for the Kingdom of Hori, and more importantly, find support for themselves.
At this moment, their backer is Benjamin, and the military power is also in Benjamin's hands. When the church collapses, the Black Nightmare Army will inevitably become the new official army of the Hori Kingdom. This army belongs to them in name, but their actual voice is not very strong.
That's why the old noble raised this question.
"Your Majesty, it's a little too early to say this now... It's better to wait until we really eradicate the church before discussing these matters." Duke Colin laughed dryly and said.
"It's never too early to prepare." The old noble lowered his voice, "Do you have any other candidates? Although the Rise family has been deposed, they were once great nobles and can barely make sense."
"Her Royal Highness is still alive."
"But she had nothing in her hands. She couldn't even write her parents' names."
"She will grow up one day." Duke Colin's tone was quite firm. "In short, the church is our real problem now. We should wait until later to discuss the future."
The old nobleman stared at Duke Colin for a few seconds, and finally nodded.
"Okay... If you insist, sir."
The six people changed the topic in unison, as if the conversation just now had not happened.
A week later, the Black Nightmare Army continued to attack small towns in the Kingdom of Hori, destroying countless churches and gradually weakening the church's control everywhere. At the same time, they slowly formulated a plan to capture Coster.
-After investigation, it was found that there were not many troops stationed in Coster City, about two thousand in number, and there were only a dozen priests. Because it was not located in the area where the Black Nightmare Army was accustomed to move, and there were no bandits around, the church did not send additional reinforcements, and the entire city felt a little outside of the incident.
However, as the place where the Black Nightmare Society made its fortune, there are still many rebel forces remaining in the city. The church suppressed them for the time being, but the original strike remained in everyone's mind, and they would surely come forward again if given the chance.
Therefore, Benjamin found that they did not need too many troops.
"I can personally lead the team. With only 3,000 people, I can ensure that Koster is taken down without any loss." He ordered at the combat meeting, "After that, the remaining people will be slowly transferred from the tunnel."
Everyone nodded.
They had already arranged their team, dispersed from the tunnel exit and left early, pretending to be ordinary people, and slowly gathered towards Coster. After Benjamin prepared the transfer of supplies, he left with a group of people and met with the outgoing army in the southern part of the kingdom.
Another day passed, and west of Coster, the Black Nightmare Army's expedition troops had gathered here.
"... We are all here, ready to attack."
Under the night, Benjamin looked back at the silent city, nodded, and spoke calmly. As the first step in establishing a stronghold, tonight's battle is extremely important. But for the Black Nightmare Army, they have experienced hundreds of battles, and tonight is just another ordinary raid.
Relying on the cover of the night, they quietly reached within a hundred meters of Coster. Then, with the sudden blowing of the horn, Benjamin flew into the sky, hundreds of mages followed him, and three thousand soldiers roared in unison, It hit Coster like a tidal wave.
Benjamin flew at the front, and he saw countless panic-stricken faces of the soldiers at the top of the city.
—I have seen this expression countless times.
"There's-there's an enemy attack!"
The shout came from afar, but Benjamin didn't care and glanced at Coster from the air. The lights in the dark city gradually lit up, and several figures flew over from the same direction under the holy light...
The city was as defenseless as in intelligence.
So, Benjamin jumped directly over the city wall, flew over the city, took out a special magic loudspeaker, and shouted loudly: "What are you waiting for? People of Coster, the Black Nightmare Society is back!"
The sound was like thunder exploding in the city.
People took to the streets with looks of shock. The priest flying towards Benjamin was stunned for a moment, and then they turned around and ran away without hesitation.
"You can't run away."
Benjamin summoned the water element spirit, and with the flashing water threads, the figures wrapped in the holy light suddenly trembled, and then fell one by one like ripe apples.
His army and mages also broke through Coster's gate at this moment.
The cry of killing resounded throughout the city.
However... this time the sound obviously lacked stamina.
About ten minutes later, the sound of killing gradually died away. The panicked people peeked out from the cracks in the door and saw the Royal Army kneeling on the ground, with soldiers in black tying them up one by one. The appearance of the Royal Army at this moment was completely different from people's impressions. They howled in pain, like hounds that had lost their fangs, lowering their heads and trembling.
The soldiers in black escorted them towards the city hall.
From that moment on, people suddenly realized that Coster had changed hands.
Half an hour later.
In Coster's city hall, Benjamin stood in the center, looking at the people below. After a battle that couldn't even be called a bitter battle, they wiped out all the priests in the city, the royal army was also wiped out, and a third surrendered and took prisoners. He finally walked into the administrative center here openly. Coster's officials all lay on the ground, shaking uncontrollably.
The soldiers were busy dealing with prisoners and cleaning up the battlefield. After thinking about it, he first put the officials in the city into prison and quickly sealed off the whole city. Then he took a few mages and began to place runes on Coster. defensive array.
-Without this thing, he would never feel at ease.
Of course, he also passed the news to the underground camp and asked the Black Nightmare Army to start moving in batches.
"According to our understanding, the church will get the news of Coster's fall by tomorrow morning at the latest." The person in charge of the secret department of the college also rushed over to report this.
"Tomorrow morning..."
Benjamin rubbed his chin.
Defending Coster was not that difficult for him. The rune defense formation would be built in half an hour, and it would definitely be difficult for the church to break in. What he was worried about was the sudden situation that might occur when the Black Nightmare Army moved over.
If the church blocks all the routes around Coster, they will definitely encounter some trouble.
"Is there any way to spread some false news to them?" Benjamin suddenly asked after thinking for a moment.
"What fake news?"
"For example... we are playing a conspiracy. The Black Nightmare Army's real goal is the Royal Capital. They will pretend to capture Coster and lure the church to dispatch, and then a large force will raid Havenright." Benjamin has not made up his mind either. , hesitantly said, "It is this kind of false news that confuses the church's vision and makes them dare not act rashly."
The person in charge heard this and nodded immediately.
"Understood, we can immediately have people spread this kind of news in the city. The church has some informants in the city. After they find out, they will also spread the news to the royal capital."
"good."
Benjamin nodded, and the pressure in his heart was relieved a lot.
Slowly walking out of the city hall door, he stood on the steps and looked forward. After the short battle, Coster was extremely quiet at night. Except for the faint smell of blood in the wind, it was just like an ordinary night.
But he knew that no one could sleep well tonight.