Whether he wants it or not, Xu Lai already knows such a secret.
"Then does His Majesty the Pope have anything else to tell me? Don't worry, I can't guarantee it, but I will do what His Majesty told me seriously."
The God of War gave He has such great benefits, especially when he uses the General Order, he may have secretly used his identity as an angel to grant gifts.
The Pope is not bad either. He gave Xu Lai the map of the last component of the Golden Statue of the God of War.
Since ancient times, there has been no free lunch in the world.
Xu Lai has always believed that, except for his parents, whatever others give him, they must take something from him.
The old knight glanced at Xu Lai silently, shook his head and said: "He didn't tell me what I wanted to tell you to do. Your Majesty just told me. If you ask, I will tell you directly.
Don’t be burdened with anything. His Majesty never misjudges people. Since he dares to tell you, it means there must be nothing wrong with you.”
Xu Lai: “…”
Inexplicably involved in the secrets of the temple. The key is that Xu Lai has no interest in such secrets, which makes him very depressed.
In addition, the pope's secret departure also gave Xu Lai a bad feeling.
The Pope is powerful, but also fragile.
It is powerful because as the only ninth-level professional in the empire and the favored one by the God of War, the Pope has strength that even the great devil Kerrigan is afraid of.
The vulnerability lies in the fact that the Pope is an advanced member of the Crimson Bishop profession. No matter how high the Pope's physical fitness is, a Pope who can only wear cloth armor has extremely poor physical defense capabilities.
It is not an exaggeration to say that a child holding a dagger could be stabbed to death. When encountering those assassins who almost made Xu Lai stumble, there was basically no chance of survival.
If a powerful priest who was even feared by the Great Demon King was casually killed in the hands of a low-level assassin, it would be a terrible blow to the entire empire and the temple.
And Xu Lai is sure that as long as the news is leaked, countless people will be watching the Pope for assassination.
The fact that so many heroes can be born in a hellish place is closely related to the fact that they are very good at deceiving people and constantly absorbing heroes of other races.
Even in the temple, there are no one knows how many spies from hell are hiding there.
There are also priests who are on the verge of depravity or have already degenerated, who may report news to the bosses of hell at any time.
Otherwise, the Pope would not have left the First Knights behind.
Taking such a big risk to go to the Western Empire, Xu Lai guessed that the Western Empire may have reached its final critical moment.
After saying goodbye to the old knight, Xu Lai turned around and left silently.
After meeting Elena and the others outside the square, we headed back to the building.
This building is similar to an office building on Earth. It is divided into more than ten floors, all of which are offices, activity rooms and chapels of different sizes.
In the building, Xu Lai met the person in charge of Holy Angel City at this time and one of Xu Lai's acquaintances, Crimson Bishop Neil.
Neal was originally responsible for presiding over the capital cathedral, and the war in the Northern Empire had basically ended. Xu Lai was not surprised that he appeared here.
To his surprise, Neil was not recalled from the Northern Empire, but from the Western Empire.
Seeing Xu Lai, the crimson bishop first sighed heavily and then waved away the waiter.
But he did not talk to Xu Lai in the office. Instead, he chose to leave Elena in the office and invited Xu Lai to go out for a walk.
Xu Lai naturally had no objection, so he accompanied Neil to climb another flight of stairs to the highest floor of the building.
This floor also has a long corridor.
But unlike the corridor full of angels that Xu Lai had seen, this corridor was empty and empty.
At both ends of the corridor, there are two paladins guarding each side. On one side is a semi-enclosed protective wall that is more than one meter high.
On the other side are dedicated worship rooms, which are rooms specially used for archbishops and paladins to pray.
"This floor was originally not overcrowded. At most, most of the rooms were in use.
However, in the past six months, the rooms here have been used less and less. I came back In the past few days, not even one person has come up."
Xu Lai frowned and said: "Every archbishop has his own reasons, I don't think His Majesty Zhan Shen will blame you."
The priest's prayer is like a daily homework, from the Pope to the believers, not only praying every day, but also praying at least once a week.
But obviously, because of the war, even Holy Angel City sent out a large number of priests.
It is said that the pastoral college has stopped teaching, and even the teachers and trainee priests in the school have to be sent out. After all, even the dean of the pastoral college has gone to the front line.
Neal then explained: "Pray only from the heart, and the city in the heart will be spiritual.
The empire and the human race have reached such a dark moment of life and death, so naturally the God of War will not pursue it.
What I mean is that the human race has reached the edge of life and death. At this time, we should unite all the forces around us that can be united.
I am not afraid to tell you that the temple and the nobles of the Western Empire are in the Western Empire. Bian suffered a huge defeat and suffered heavy losses.
There was a chance that the worship room on this floor would be full, but now, I am afraid that I will never be able to see even half of the people who can sit here in my lifetime. ”
Xu Lai understood now that the temple still did not approve of his actions, and was even dissatisfied.
Xu Lai did not come up with the same rhetoric as before. Although the temple held down He obtained evidence of collusion between Count Ani and the orcs, but in fact, it helped him stabilize the situation in Conaston.
The Archbishop failed to return. The magic guild could be so cooperative. Several crimson bishops must have contributed.
"Sir Neil, maybe if I say this, you will think that I am quibbling.
Occupying Conaston, I will even occupy more prairie cities in the future.
Of course I have my own selfish motives for occupying these cities, but if you still put your hope in nobles like Aini, then I can only say that the empire will fall sooner or later.
Even if they have power, they will never sacrifice their own interests for others.
Do you know what is the scariest thing? "
Neal was stunned and asked in confusion: "What is it? ”
"They are too weak. Even I can't defeat them with their combined strength. Do you expect them to destroy the big devil?
The territory they own and the troops they control cannot be used in their hands.
In my humble opinion, we should unite all the forces we can, but what we should do more is to concentrate all the power we have. >The Northern Empire and the Western Empire were invaded by demons, the grasslands, ocean islands, the Southern Empire, and the Eastern Empire remained motionless
The grasslands were invaded by orcs, and the south was invaded by dungeons, and there was no help from other places.
These forces are fighting on their own like a piece of loose sand. The more power they control, the more they will be destroyed in the hands of the enemy.
If you and the temple cannot gather their strength, I advise you to give up on them as soon as possible. "
Neil looked at Xu Lai in astonishment, with a look of disbelief. At this point, Xu Lai rarely said anything true.
" It may be unfair for me to say that these guys are deadbeats. I also saw many noble knights who fought bravely to kill the enemy without flinching.
But there is no doubt that they have a narrow vision and are selfish, and such people still account for the vast majority among them.
Don't look at it. I occupied Conaston and seemed to have lost many of Earl Ani's troops.
But when the aliens invade again, maybe my two cities will be able to explode the energy that only three, four, or even a dozen cities of Count Ani had before.
What you see is only a loss in numbers, but what I see is an increase in combat effectiveness. "
Neal stopped, turned around and stared at the sky outside the wall, and after a while he said:
"There is no way to prove this now.
With this defeat, millions of square kilometers of land in the Western Empire may all fall into the hands of the devil.
The good news is, Wright led the army of the Northern Empire and wiped out Hell's teleportation array. Kerrigan temporarily lost the support of Hell's reinforcements.
But the Western Empire had millions of square kilometers of land, tens of millions of people and more. With those infinite resources, it is only a matter of time to build another teleportation array, or even several teleportation arrays.
Many of my old friends have lost their news, and His Majesty the Pope is thinking of ways to use the remaining ones in the Western Empire. There is still strength to take it out, but it is still unknown whether it can be successful
Even if he succeeds, once Grigen stabilizes the situation, he will definitely launch another attack on the Northern Empire.
You also know very well what is going on in the Northern Empire.
The temple is now thinking of ways to transfer all the refugees to the Eastern Empire, hoping to preserve the last seeds of human civilization. "
Speaking of this, Neil turned his head and solemnly said to Xu Lai:
" There is not much time left for you. Kerrigan will reopen the passage to hell and gather troops. At most, he will not More than half a year.
In half a year, he will definitely attack the Northern Empire, and the Northern Empire is already the only hope for the entire empire.
We will give you half a year. During this half year, no matter what you do, we have no choice but to support you.
But we hope that after half a year, you will be able to stand up.
At that time, all the remaining power of the temple will be handed over to you, and you will become our only hope against Kerrigan.
If the Northern Empire is also destroyed, the empire and humanity, which has lost its land and resources, will no longer have any hope of making a comeback. ”
Damn it, this old man dragged him here mysteriously. Was he trying to make a fool of himself?
How many troops can he gather in half a year? Why should he stand up?
Even if he could stand up, why would the nobles of the Northern Empire listen to his orders?
"Your Excellency, Bishop, are you trying to make things difficult for others?"
Neil smiled bitterly: "Of course this is not an easy thing to do. In order to prove our determination, we will do our best. We have very little left to help you.
Moreover, this is a hope and a request, but not a command. "
Xu Lai rubbed his eyebrows, frowned and said: "Your Excellency, you are putting me under a lot of pressure. "
Neil said: "I'm really sorry. We can only pray that everything goes well for you in the past six months.
Otherwise, Kerrigan will definitely not stop after destroying the Northern Empire.
The grassland is blocked by the Pingfeng Mountains and surrounded by the demons of the two northwest empires. Not even fire can be left behind. ”
After Xu Lai was silent for a moment, he said: "What other help can the temple provide?"
Neal thought for a while and said: "We will find a way to persuade Congress to see if we can hand over the imperial capital's troops to you. Come and take command.
But the hope may not be high. Even if His Majesty the Pope came forward, the nobles in the Congress would not support even half of their troops.
The temple's power is already running low. I can only promise you that we will try our best to meet all your needs within the scope of our capabilities.
For example, you can borrow the high-end Yunzhong City at any time. From now on, all the angels in Yunzhong City can also do it. You can take them all away.
In addition, we will support you with part of your military strength, so consider it as firepower.
The Eastern Empire is also fighting fiercely with the undead and cannot protect itself.
If I can't leave it to you, I can go over the Pingfeng Mountains and compete with the orcs for food. ”
Xu Lai swallowed and thought for a while, the wilderness is a place so barren that no crops can grow. If humans go to live there, they will have to become barbarians even if they don’t become orcs.< br>
Xu Lai said: "Forget it, I'm not used to just living on the grassland eating meat every day.
I dare not guarantee you, but if I am still alive at that time, I will definitely contribute my own strength. "
Neal looked at Xu Lai and said, "Don't worry, people blessed by the God of War will not die so easily. "
Xu Lai thought about the enemy he had to face, shrugged and said: "Unless he comes down to earth in person, I don't believe it. "
Neal nodded and said: "Who knows what will happen in the future.
Okay, it’s time for us to go down. ”
Neil continued to mention it, and then Xu Lai remembered that Elena's matter had not been resolved yet.
While the people in the temple were asking for help from him, Xu Lai simply said:
"By the way, Bishop Neil, Elena was entrusted by me to help me go to Kauna. Stone reassured the people.
It turns out that with her and the priests from Qingfeng City, there was no turmoil in the whole city, and there were not many casualties. "
Neal looked at it. He glanced at him and said, "Really? Are you sure there weren't many casualties?"
Xu Lai shrugged helplessly and said: "We will still die a lot less."
Neil shook his head and said: "Don't worry.
I said, in these six months, you can Do what you want.
The temple will not embarrass Elena. On the contrary, we will send more priests to the grassland, and she will still be in charge.
In fact, we are here. The purpose of recruiting her back was to prepare for her promotion ceremony
A mere bishop is not qualified to lead the pastors of the entire prairie. "
"Promotion ceremony? "
Neal nodded helplessly and said to Xu Lai thoughtfully: "His Majesty the God of War is very partial to you. "
Xu Lai touched the badge on his chest and smiled helplessly. (End of this chapter)