Chapter 1699 Internal Troubles
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North of the Sanctuary, in front of the main campus of Doumbouya City, the third conference room
This is Doumbouya City The place where the religious atmosphere is weakest, although the holy symbols of the major sects are still everywhere Yes, but compared to the first conference room located in the center of the second floor of the cathedral and the second conference room in the atrium on the first floor of the West Dormitory, this room has the worst conditions and is usually only used for temporary gatherings of troops, rainy seasons, and even The third conference room, which still leaks, was chosen by Mo Tan as the location for his first 'meeting'.
As for the reason...
"As I said before, rather than being a believer of any god, I hope that everyone will regard the 'Dumbuya warrior' as their first identity."
Mo Tan sat on the couch On the old chair that Kanade had just wiped clean, he raised his head and stared at the chair directly in front of him with the 'Nine Sacred Emblem' embroidered on it. ' On the flag, he said in a calm tone: "Looking at the entire Doumboua, only the Holy Emblem here is the bleakest, and if possible, I hope everyone can temporarily forget those troublesome beliefs."
The female knight standing beside Mo Tan with her hands behind her hands felt a little embarrassed. He touched the tip of his nose and whispered: "Senior...Senior, although I can understand what you mean, it's better not to speak too bluntly for a while. After all..."
"Don't worry, this I still have some sense of propriety.”
Mo Tan smiled and was relieved. Looking at this somewhat nervous young man, he said: "In the final analysis, I just hope that everyone will stop thinking about those distant lords. I have no intention of disrespecting the gods, and I will not let others have this illusion. After all, I But we are devout believers of the goddess of dawn.”
Yi Zuo opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she shook her head slightly and said in a rare and weak voice: "Senior said yes."
Obviously, although this girl is very She admired her senior Hei Fan, but it was really difficult for her to convince herself that the latter was a devout believer.
About five minutes later, Mino Paladin, who returned to the dormitory for a brief shower and changed into clean clothes, was the first to open the door and walk in. He was holding a stack of It was quite a heavy topographic map. After entering the conference room, he laid out the parchment paper on the table, which mainly described the details between the Blood Feather Platform and Doumboua City, and then pulled out a chair. He sat down, frowned, took a quill and scrawled on a defense zone map, looking as if no one was watching.
After a while, Mo Tan’s adjutant and the priest of the Knowledge Sect, Shalia Ayin, who was also the general person in charge of intelligence and logistics in Doumbouya City, also opened the door and walked in, weakly nodding to the former. He nodded: "I have notified everyone one by one according to the list I made before."
"Thank you for your hard work, sit down."
Mo Tan nodded slightly and said this casually, while Yi Zhao pulled out the chair to the left of his senior for Xia Liya.
“Thank you, Jileite.”
Xia Liya patted the back of Yi Zou’s hand, and then sat down next to Mo Tan, flipping through the pages in her arms at an incredible speed. The roster, which had obviously been bound recently and still exuded a faint scent of ink, seemed to be checking something.
After that, another two minutes passed, just when Shalia started to flip through the booklet in her hand for the third time, and Mino almost painted the defense zone map in front of him black, the people in the conference room The door was pushed open from the outside again, and two tall figures walked in one after the other.
Shalia and Mino put down what they were doing at the same time and saluted the young man with a gentle temperament in the lead: "Your Highness Philip."
"We are all our own people."
Philip Tolan, the Holy Son of Abundance, immediately waved his hand and said seriously: "Don't be so polite just because I am lucky enough to be a favored person of God. At least in this city, I His first identity is not the Holy Son of Fertility, or even a believer of Fertility, but a part of the garrison of Doumbouya City."
After hearing this, Yi Zou immediately cast an admiring look at Philip, for no other reason. , It is true that His Highness understands the thoughts of his seniors very well.
It can only be said that the reason why His Royal Highness the Holy Son is His Royal Highness the Holy Son may indeed be chosen by his own god because of good luck, but this luck may not be 100% accidental, at least in the history of the Holy Religion Union. , every one of the gods' favored ones is an extremely outstanding person without exception. Even if they don't show off for a certain period of time, sooner or later they will amaze everyone at some point.
In other words, ‘the condition for being favored by God is never luck, but many excellent qualities and outstanding talents’.
"You heard it."
Mo Tan smiled at Mino and Shalia at the table, as well as Raymond Hunting Roar, who walked in right behind Philip: "Don't talk to these two saints in the future. Your Highness is too polite. We should live in harmony without bullying them as much as possible. ”
“Easy to say~”
Xia Liya nodded in agreement as usual, and except for her, both Mino and Raymond twitched their lips subtly. , obviously shocked by what Mo Tan said just now.
"Well, everyone, please wait a moment, there is another necessary participant who will be here soon."
Mo Tan gently rubbed his eyes, which had been in a trance due to sending a message a second ago. After saying this, he leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes to rest, while Shalia handed one to Phillip and Raymond respectively. Opening the parchment, the two of them just lowered their eyes and glanced twice, and their expressions became serious.
Obviously, although they had guessed that something big was going to happen, no one expected that the harpy would go south to attack such a big thing.
A moment later——
“Haha, sorry, sorry, I’m late.”
With a burst of hearty laughter, not only Yi Zou and Phillip This kind of outsider, even Mino and Raymond, two middle-aged men who looked a little strange to the locals, walked in with a smile and bowed to everyone: "It is really impressive to be able to attend a leadership meeting of this level. I’m a little flattered.”
Mo Tan laughed dumbly, shook his head and said: "You don't have to force yourself to be so polite. Anyway, you should introduce yourself to everyone first."
"It's easy to talk."
This one looks about the same. The human man, about forty years old, tall and thin, with an unshaven beard and messy black hair, smiled kindly and patted his chest twice: "My name is Romeo. Spending the night with the pig, he is a templar of the Justice Sect, a mid-level warrior, and the deputy captain of the third team of the 6th Scouting Group in front of Doumbouya City. Please give me your advice."
The Holy Son of Fertility is a little confused. He blinked and asked the middle-aged uncle with a somewhat cunning temperament in front of him: "You...what did you call me?" "Romeo spent the night with the pig."
The middle-aged man grinned, and then added: "You can call me Romeo, um, or Lao Luo."
Philip pursed his lips, and finally felt that the man in front of him was similar to 'Romeo' The three words were a bit out of place, so I nodded and said: "Nice to meet you, Lao Luo."
"Me too, Your Highness."
Lao Luo smiled smoothly. , and then he sat on the chair near the door at Mo Tan's signal, and said curiously and anxiously: "So... Brother Hei Fan, you asked me to come here because..."
" We’ll talk about this later. Now, I plan to clarify the theme of our meeting.”
Mo Tan didn't let him finish what he said, he just tapped the table lightly, coughed lightly after Xia Liya handed a briefing sheet to Lao Luo who was laughing, and said calmly: "I think everyone already knows Yes, according to reliable information... that is, the [organ] of our Doumbouya City stated that the Blood Feather Platform, which has just quelled the civil strife and elected a new king, is planning a revenge-style attack against our Doumbouya City. The main force is no less than a thousand harpies, a group that the new queen has high hopes for, wanting to rectify the name of the Blood Feather Platform and announce their re-emergence."
Philip, Raymond. , Mino, and Lao Luo nodded at the same time with serious expressions, while Shalia controlled the quill with divine power and recorded the meeting with the same efficiency as Mo Tan's speaking speed.
“Let’s talk about the more pessimistic ones first.”
Mo Tan leaned forward slightly, looked around at the people at the table, and said lightly: “We have reason to believe that Xue Yu Those harpies who have just ended the civil war on the platform, but those who survived are elites with considerable strength, and as the direct troops under the victor, the thousand-man harpies will be even more elite. The elite in the army, and in our city of Doumbouya, although a certain nominal person in charge has gained a certain amount of trust thanks to the favor, it is difficult to establish absolute prestige in a short period of time. Not only that, he is even at this juncture. Against all odds, they tried to disband the long-established ranks in the Doumbouya garrison, making the already unstable situation even worse."
"Jingming"
Shalia said casually, and then continued to write furiously on the parchment.
Mino and Raymond did not support the casual cancellation of designations and the overthrow and reorganization of the entire garrison system. The people who stood up after the break exchanged a look with subtle expressions.
"So, in addition to the more pessimistic content mentioned above, I would also like to say a few details that are slightly more powerful for us."
Mo Tan did not pause for too long, and soon his expression changed. He continued as usual: "First of all, Bloodfeather Terrace has just experienced a protracted civil strife. In addition, during the process, it was robbed and made worse by forces such as Guillotine Cliff, Gray White Plains, and Steelmane Tribal Nations. Its overall strength has fallen. The last one among the blood barbarians. On this basis, according to the intelligence in our hands, it can be said that the victors in the civil war on the Blood Feather Platform did not choose to recuperate, but instead sent a force to attack us non-stop. What this means... ...It’s worth considering.”
Lao Luo blinked immediately after hearing this and asked curiously: “What does this mean?”
"This means that her rule is not that stable. In other words, for the current [Deathclaw Queen], the hidden dangers from within put her under great pressure, so she used the method of 'revenge against Doumboua City' Ways to divert internal conflicts and consolidate one's position."
Mo Tan glanced at Lao Luo and continued in a calm tone: "I have enough. There are reasons to believe that the apparent significance of this attack is far greater than the actual significance. In fact, I even think that this is not an attack, but a 'posture', a gesture to show others. So I think that as long as we Symbolically let the other side take advantage, or even just let them 'seem' to take advantage. That team will definitely stop as soon as it's done, and run as fast as they can. How fast."
Leimeng did frown when he heard this, shook his head and said: "I don't think the blood barbarians have such a good temper..."
"This has nothing to do with their temper. It doesn’t matter whether it’s good or bad, man, I know very well how evil, crazy, and cruel those blood barbarians are, but it’s precisely because of this that they cherish their feathers so much. Mao, because strength is the only capital they have to carry out their evil deeds."
Mo Tan smiled at Raymond and said lightly: "Then the contradiction arises, why is the one from Blood Feather Terrace originally the most powerful. Why would the new king, who should be recuperating, be so anxious to allocate his troops to attack our city of Doumbuya when his vitality is greatly reduced?”
"Why?!"
Lao Luo looked curious.
“I don’t know either.”
Mo Tan shook his head, then changed the subject, narrowed his eyes slightly and said: “But the most likely possibility is that the new king and many Although it is inferior in comparison, it is still influential enough to reach an agreement among the "internal worries". The agreement is that as long as she sends someone to teach the magicians who have severely damaged the Harpy in Doumbouya City, everyone will be willing to recognize and support the new king."
Lao Luo frowned, and then. Asked: "Then what good news is this for us?"
"Of course it counts."
Mo Tan smiled slyly and gently shook his right index finger: "Because as long as the new queen is not a fool, she will never let herself go at such a moment. Falling into an undefended state, on the contrary, I think she will be extra vigilant and deploy the strongest force in her hands around her. We must be surrounded to prevent others from taking advantage of us. In other words, the quality of the troops sent to attack us may be somewhat unsatisfactory.” Mino and Raymond, who knew enough about each other, were both stunned when they heard this. Then they lowered their eyes and seriously considered the possibility of what Mo Tan had just said.
The conclusion... is naturally 'quite big'.
Compared to a thousand elite harpies who have experienced hundreds of battles and are in perfect condition, the more they think about it now, the more they feel that the current situation of the new queen of Blood Feather Terrace makes it impossible for them to send a bunch of harpies. It is much more likely that the remnant soldiers who are in use will come to fight, and under this premise...
"I believe that even if we...or 'I' don't do anything extra and just symbolically shout 'Hold, hold, hold' twice after they arrive, the city of Doumbouya will soon be out of danger. In fact, The more embarrassed we appear, the faster the threat will fade away, but..."
Mo Tan suddenly raised his quill and pointed at the topographic map in front of him, about twenty miles north of Doumbuya City. A big red cross was drawn on the place -
"My current mood is the same as that of the new queen. I really want to use that power that is not difficult to deal with to solve my 'internal worries' ."
Chapter 1,690: The End
(End of this chapter)