Chapter 261, The Fall of Mountain Dew City
The complete collapse of the situation often seems so unexpected that it is difficult for people to react.
This was not a harmonious banquet. The well-prepared nobles and the equally well-prepared Stargazing Pope fought at the banquet, completely tearing their faces apart.
The situation should not come to this, because it is a lose-lose situation with no winner at all.
Maybe the recent situation is too disturbing, or it may be the crack in the word trust that is difficult to bridge.
The great nobles have always been at odds with the various churches. They have their own context, their own rules, and a tacit understanding, which can also be said to be the threshold. In other words, they are simply two completely different groups.
The nobles were born over a long period of time, in the civilization of the Youyan people.
The churches from all walks of life are strangers, visitors from outside, strangers. They have indeed brought a lot of things, and the two sides are gradually getting in touch and integrating, but this takes time.
This may be the reason why the two sides are so confrontational in the general direction, but there may be another reason for reaching such a situation.
My own selfishness.
Obviously, these nobles are really ready to abandon this city and use most of the people in this city as a way to escape the tail safely.
The Pope does not allow stargazing.
Anyway, the fight broke out, the flames ignited in this luxurious manor, and in the end, the Stargazing Pope stood at the end.
Stepping up the stairs of burning flames, the expression is filled with indescribable haze and exhaustion. Gorgeous decorations, expensive tableware, finely prepared food, precious books, all kinds of things are burned in the flames. Burned to the ground.
A straight man stood at the top of the attic, looking out the window.
The Stargazing Pope arrived here on the stairs of burning flames.
Both sides watched. No knights from the Holy See followed the Stargazer Pope here. The battle in the manor was not completely over yet, although the winner had been decided.
The man turned back and looked at the Stargazing Pope, his expression was very calm, and there was even a smile on his face, even though the situation at this time was already extremely bad.
“I still can’t figure out why you did this.”
The Stargazing Pope spoke, with unspeakable exhaustion on his face. Today, he won , also failed, the nobles failed to kill him, but he did not leave all these named guys here.
The guys who escape will bring unspeakable troubles. The most direct point is that they will not sit still and wait for death. As for the deeper troubles, these guys are inextricably related to the magic knights on the city wall at this time.
Riverside City is almost reaching its limit just to deal with the endless ratmen outside the city.
But most of all this can be attributed to this man standing in the flames. He used his status and the power in his hands to connect the great nobles one by one, creating the world in front of him. Such a situation.
Faced with the words of the Stargazing Pope, the man did not answer, but kept talking to himself about other things.
“I also want to ask you this sentence. Your Majesty, I have clearly expressed my sincerity, and I am clearly your first collaborator with a bargaining chip. But at the beginning, you It was the guy who chose Mountain Dew.
Why, could that so-called saint be enough to cause such a big deviation in your decision?
That was obviously just a child you randomly picked up from the trash heap to show the mercy of the gods. "
"There is still a possibility of redemption. Your Majesty, if you really want to save this city, commit suicide. You know, my death will completely crush the final balance. . ”
With these words, he casually took one out of the two crossed daggers hanging on the wall, threw it towards the Stargazer Pope, and was caught steadily.
The Stargazing Pope didn’t say anything else, nor did he commit suicide stupidly, but the fatigue on his expression also became more and more prosperous
His death will not solve any problems. The Star Gazing Church is now a powder keg, just relying on him to twist it into a rope. If he dies, the Star Gazing Church will be completely finished.
He was never saving the city, he was just saving the hope of the god's return.
And this man wants the death of Pope Stargazer and the right to be occupied by Pope Stargazer.
The man took off another short blade from the wall.
Two powerful people seem to be fighting for life or death in this burning attic.
The battle in the manor has not ended yet, and has become even more chaotic. Groups of soldiers and mercenaries are stepping into the burning manor like moths flying into the flame.
The fight didn’t take long. Before he became the Pope of Stargazers and the person inspired by the God of Stargazers, he was a wandering knight. He was mediocre in his many years of wandering. But his martial arts skills can barely be praised.
He didn't put these down.
The sword he swung was still so cunning and sharp. With just one move, the dagger in the man's hand was blown away. He was sluggish. He was sluggish for a moment. It seemed that he had never thought that the result would be like this. General.
Just the next moment, the long sword slashed across his neck, and his confused head was held in the hands of the Stargazing Pope.
After stepping over the fallen corpse, the head in his hand was thrown from the window and fell to the ground. The bones rolled around and immediately attracted the attention of the figures gathered below. They were horrified and indescribable as they were surrounded by soldiers. The knight's face appeared, followed by unspeakable anger, but this anger did not last long, and a bright silver sword appeared in front of him.
Through the body of the knight.
In the chaos, the warriors, magic knights, and mercenaries who gathered here began to turn back, or in other words, began to run away from the burning manor in panic and terror.
A power struggle came to an end, but once again a brick was pulled out from the barely supported low wall.
The current situation should not be like this. It is the same for all the guys in the city, but some people take that right too seriously.
It is so heavy that it exceeds everything. It is not surprising that the flame of desire is burning everything full of wisdom.
The man's head rolled on the ground, stained with blood and dust, not particularly decent.
In the distance, a terrifying explosion sounded.
The towering city wall has not collapsed. In fact, this towering city wall has not cut any corners. It is indescribably strong. Unless a group of rat priests as large as the grassland battle gathering comes here, it will be knocked down. Building this wall really isn't going to be easy. Just in the corner of the city, a warehouse that stored kerosene, arrows, armor stomachs, and various supplies exploded.
Terrifying flames rose.
If you look carefully, you can also see a black mouse running out of the flames with burnt marks on its body.
Whether it was a coincidence or premeditated, the black ratman led a team to attack the warehouse where supplies were stored, triggering a horrific explosion that almost sent them all to the sky.
This is an extremely spectacular scene. It is not a good thing for the defenders of Mountain Dew City who are still struggling to support it, but the impact is not that big. There are such warehouses in the four corners of the city. One, an extremely huge amount of materials is piled up inside.
This is an extremely rich city.
It’s just that now the city has reached the edge of collapse. All of this has something to do with the dark rat men, but the relationship is not that big. A large amount of materials in the warehouse that was blown up to the sky were basically destroyed, but such a warehouse and this huge city There are three more in it.
A piece of news began to echo in the city like thunder. A large number of magic knights had shaken looks on their faces. This came from the conflict between the orders issued by their loyal lords and what they were doing at this time. The army The build-up has begun, and the collapse is about to begin.
The Stargazer Pope witnessed everything in the flaming attic. In the billowing smoke, rapid footsteps echoed behind him, but several Holy See knights rushed up. They saw the spectators. The Star Pope breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not dare to disturb this noble His Majesty.
He stood in front of the window, watching everything outside the window.
After a while, he withdrew his gaze. The fatigue on his face was so obvious. He walked away without stopping here. As soon as a strange scene appeared, the flames in the attic rose up, almost drowning everyone present. Everyone, the knights of the Holy See wearing armor are not afraid of the licks of flames, but they are not the only ones here at this time.
The Stargazer Pope who has lost his magic is just a mortal.
The anxious knights raised their shields to block the flames.
How could a shield block the pervasive flames? The swelling flames bypassed the Holy See Knights, or in other words, engulfed them together with the things they protected.
It was at this time that a strange scene appeared. The flames were extinguished when they reached the Star Gazing Pope, and were blocked, or simply could not be diffused.
This is quite a magical scene.
The flames could not infect the body. He seemed to have taken that crucial step. He was no longer ordinary, no longer a mortal, and became a hero. This should have made him happy, but his expression was so tired.
Obviously, this step was taken a bit late. When he was most powerless, he became a hero.
Nothing can be saved.
The Ratmen outside the city began to surge, as if they had noticed something, or maybe it was just the manic guy who was adding more energy.
The endless rat-men were lapping at this towering and solid city like waves.
The city's defenders gritted their teeth and persisted in the waves, but the chaos that broke out in the city dragged most of the rotating troops away.
Not only that, the fighting spirit of the defenders on the city wall also began to falter.
The Stargazing Pope is still trying to save all this, but it is all in vain. The great nobles have become frightened.
Their alliance was also on the verge of being broken. The leaders of the series alliance and some important members all died in the manor.
The foundation of trust has been shattered. He gathered his army, summoned his knights, and rushed towards the city gate.
Such a move made the front crumbling, but these guys who left didn't care so much anymore. They only knew that if they didn't do something, they would also die.
From the beginning to the end, the forces in the Golden Province were not of the same mind. They were just forcibly brought together by the threat of the rat people.
The situation began to slide towards the worst scene.
It is difficult to tell the time in the darkness. It may be a day, it may be a few hours, it may be only half a day.
The defense is crumbling, and all the qualified guys, who know what happened, are thinking of saving themselves. In their opinion, the city is finished.
A large amount of power disappeared from the city wall without any warning.
First there are the military mages, these guys are even sharper than those magic knights, and then there are the magic knights, businessmen who manage logistics, affairs officers, businessmen with higher status.
They all disappeared on the city wall, and teams appeared in the city one after another. This was an orderly collapse. Maybe at the beginning, they just wanted to wait and see and protect themselves. But when one after another people left the city wall to protect themselves, panic broke out. They didn't even remember to witness the final dispute between these great nobles and the Stargazing Pope.
The winner has not been announced, but the result has already been lost.
The mercenaries in the city were recruited by the respectable situation in the wealthy neighborhoods and waving money. Nobles of all sizes began to gather spontaneously. Their subordinates and servants were also ordinary. The mages began to roll out those bulky weapons. Experiments, you can even see some tall rock golems inside.
Everyone thought the boat was about to capsize.
Only the poor guys left on the city wall were recruited, tempered, and moved towards numbness and tranquility.
Their hard support is the same as what they do every day.
They just couldn’t hold on without the help of those powerful and elite forces. When the last kerosene pot was thrown, there were no stewards to replenish it. When the rat men who climbed up the city wall gradually It fills up all the sight in the eyes.
The numb guy died in the fight, and the young and immature guy dropped his weapon and started running away. The towering city wall did not collapse, and the heavy city gate did not collapse, but the city was finished.
By the way, this anxiety and fear only appear on the faces of the nobles and residents of wealthy neighborhoods. In this darkness, the ordinary people and ordinary residents who make up the vast majority of the city do not know it.
They are also afraid and fearful, but what they are afraid of is not the fall of the city. What they are afraid of is the sneaky figure running in the darkness. What they are afraid of is still the small group of rat people in the city.
They are not qualified to detect the turmoil in this city, and they are not qualified to detect it immediately. Of course, the problems they face and the objects of fear will not change, and they will still be these rat people, but in numbers. There might be a lot of them. The rat men who came later were much more than the ones gathered in the city. There were far more.
On the walls of Takamatsu, the bright firelight went out everywhere. Soon, all the walls dimmed. Then, pairs of eyes, pairs of red eyes, began to shine in the darkness. lights up.
(End of this chapter)