deltrittennovels Chapter 103
Chapter 103
The discussion hidden in the Whispering Forest lasted for a long time, and it was not until the sky was light that Shen Pei unfolded the prepared teleportation scroll and returned to the capital.
The formation that was broken due to the death of the old pope has not been fully repaired, and with 0049 covering up its tracks, even Evans did not notice Shen Pei's disappearance.
Under the deliberate propaganda of the Knights of Light, all the people believed that "the evil dark church assassinated the Pope". After the anger of the crowd, all that remained was panic——
If even the Pope, who sits high in the temple, cannot resist the conspiracy of the dark Holy See, how can ordinary people like them save their lives?
For a while, more and more civilians went to the church to pray, and the atmosphere in the entire capital became lifeless.
But Evans, who personally spawned these panics, has no guilt. Times make heroes, and the more chaotic the situation, the more chance he has to push the protagonist to a high position.
As for the mood and safety of those ordinary people... Anyway, they are just aborigines of the lower world, they are numerous and have limited effect on the plot, so if they die, they will die.
Samuel, who fell in love for the first time, did not notice the abnormality of his lover at all. The nobles, the royal family, and the cardinals who rushed back from other cities are all extremely difficult existences. As the Acting Pope, he was so busy that he looked haggard.
Therefore, when he learned that the Dark Holy See had secretly summoned more than a dozen bone dragons to attack the Temple of Light, his vision went dark and he almost missed the scepter in his hand.
More than ten bone dragons!What is that concept?
These huge creatures with wings naturally have the strategic advantage of fighting high against low. Although the dead dragons no longer have the fine scales that are immune to most magic, their huge and hard bones like hills can still cause headaches endlessly.
Think about it, as undead magic that also belongs to the legendary forbidden spell category, even the Holy Word of Light failed to destroy the bone dragon that attacked Nuoqi City back then, what should they do now?
"We need Priest Il," Samuel said, forcing himself to remain calm, closing his eyes, "and repair the barrier that protects the capital as soon as possible."
Evans, who was standing with the cardinals, immediately changed his face.
If it weren't for the fact that there were countless pairs of outsiders looking at him, he really wanted to rush forward and directly cover the opponent's mouth.
——It took a lot of effort to push Shen Pei out of the center of power. Now that the protagonist has a golden mouth, it is tantamount to letting all his previous efforts go to waste.
Although he already knew that Samuel was simple-minded, when the other party used this simplicity in politics, it would only make a person like Evans full of missions feel stuck in his throat.
The words had been spoken, except for Evans, who was a sneaky raider, most of the cardinals present nodded in agreement.
In the face of life, all factional disputes can be temporarily downplayed, and the ownership of the pope can be discussed later, but someone must stand in front of the current war.
Priest Il, the archbishop's adopted son, a "hero" who just repelled the army of undead in Nuoqi City, at this moment, there is no more suitable choice than the other party.
When Samuel was about to send someone to the Royal Capital Cathedral to invite Shen Pei to the temple, a knight in armor suddenly stumbled in.
"Dragon! It's a bone dragon! Here they come!"
Turning their heads and looking in the direction pointed out by the knight in panic, Samuel and the cardinals, who were on the commanding heights of the capital, soon saw two black shadows hovering over the cathedral square.
"There are only two," Evans pressed his right hand firmly on the saber, trying to save the situation, "No one else is needed, Your Highness Son, I am willing to serve you."
Perhaps the joke about "a paladin was thrown down the city wall by a dragon fan" had spread too widely, and as soon as he finished speaking, a cardinal laughed out loud.
"Come on, Evans, you are indeed the youngest paladin in the history of the Holy See, but you are still far behind Il."
Seeing too many juniors who were arrogant and conceited due to talent, a cardinal with a round face sneered a few words casually, and then clapped his hands: "Okay everyone, we have to go to the Royal Capital Church as soon as possible."
Knowing that the more urgent the situation is, the more it is necessary to unite all forces that can be united, Samuel, who loves his lover, can only secretly touch the other's hand: "Evans, I believe in you."
However, this gentle comfort failed to quench the anger in Evans' heart.
The mocking eyes of the round-faced bishop just now played back in his mind, and he could hardly restrain himself from wanting to kill him.
The system hidden in Evans' sea of consciousness couldn't help reminding: [Host, your current state is very abnormal. 】
It seemed that since meeting Shen Pei who had returned from Yorktown in the Cathedral of the King's Capital, the other party had become more impulsive and irritable, and was no longer cautious and calm as before.
Everything that has been done must leave traces. It actually does not agree with the host's impromptu plan of "assassinating the old Pope", but it cannot really interfere with the other party's actions.
As a supervisor, it can only use electric shock punishment when the host has negative emotions about the task, or asks for extraordinary information.
Anxiously ignoring the strategy system that often points out the country in his mind, Evans clenched his sword tightly with a sinking face, just waiting to cut off the neck of a bone dragon himself to wash away his stigma.
But he was still a step too late.
When Samuel and the cardinals, who were surrounded by the knights, felt the cathedral, the bone dragons that had just hovered in the sky, as if they were about to attack at any time, had already stopped quietly in the square.
The black-haired priest with his chin raised slightly stood in front of the bone dragon, his lips opened and closed silently, as if he was communicating with the other party.
The expected screams, turmoil, and even death did not appear. People spontaneously gathered around the square, with calm and pious expressions on their faces.
Vigilantly noticing the approach of Samuel and his party, the bone dragon on the left flicked its tail vigorously a few times, but quickly fell silent under the soothing whispers of the young man.
After slightly moving the concave shape to the sore neck, Shen Pei turned around and bowed in a neither humble nor humble way: "His Royal Highness."
Lin Laiquanyun's clear and melodious voice immediately recalled the thoughts of people around him.
Compared with the blond son wearing a gorgeous gown, holding the Pope's scepter, and guarded by a group of knights, the black-haired priest who is alone in the center of the square looks more imposing.
"What's going on here?" Samuel couldn't help asking, looking at the two bone dragons lying on both sides of the square, one left and one right, in surprise, "What do they, or the Dark Holy See, want to do?"
"These two bone dragon friends told me that the Dark Holy See has no intention of instigating war," Shen Pei fluently said the lines he had prepared long ago, relying on the fact that no one present could understand the death language, "—"The death of the old pope It has nothing to do with the Dark Vatican, if the Bright Vatican insists on pouring this basin of dirty water and chasing and killing necromancers, then we can only fight.'”
"Exactly word for word, that's why the bone dragons came to the capital."
"The Dark Holy See wants a truth."
Deliberately using magic to amplify his own volume, the black-haired priest had no intention of concealing from the people, so he bluntly expressed his appeal against the Holy See.
Raising his hand, he untied a scroll tied to the bone dragon's front leg, and Shen Pei used magic to send it to Samuel: "I haven't opened this letter yet, His Royal Highness Son can check it in person."
Fearing that the thoughtful cannon fodder in front of him would use this as an opportunity to plot against the protagonist, Evans quickly reached out and took the scroll, checked it carefully before handing it to Samuel.
This obviously hostile action towards the black-haired priest immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the civilians. The cardinals, who have always paid attention to rules and decency, also felt that Evans had gone too far.
It is said that there are no rules, but their acting pope seems to be particularly indulgent to this knight.
Not paying attention to the subtle atmosphere at this moment, Samuel scanned the text on the scroll at a glance, and the blood on his fair face was even more pale: "...The Dark Church has taken back their pope. According to what the other party said, if If the Holy See of Light cannot find out the truth or give an explanation, they will lead thirteen bone dragons to attack the temple."
Thirteen bone dragons!
There was a panicked gasp in the crowd.
Not receiving higher education does not mean low intelligence. The civilians who watched silently thought for a while, and quickly smoothed out the whole story.
——The Pope was assassinated and died, but the murderer was mistaken inside the Holy See, so this disaster was caused.
But the cardinals, who are used to being superior and often speculate on others with conspiracies, don't think so. Even if there are two bone dragons standing in front of them, they still have to refute and mock: "What truth? Those evil necromancers just want to find An excuse for war!"
"Aside from those degenerate cultists, who else would assassinate the Pope?"
"Let these idiots go back, they don't deserve to stay in the capital!"
Relying on the presence of Shen Pei, the "master of how to train the dragon", the cardinals, who were questioned by the common people for the first time, shouted righteously.
About to hear the insult and malice in those words, the bone dragons who had been silent all this time suddenly opened their mouths and spit out a big mouthful of black flame in the direction of the cardinals.
"My God!"
"Run!"
Clearly aware of the danger contained in the black breath, the civilians near the square instinctively wanted to escape, but found that the flame just passed by lightly, without burning even a piece of their clothes.
"Roar--"
After easily knocking down a few cardinals who spoke rudely, the bone dragons flapped their bone wings and flew straight into the sky, gradually disappearing into the distant sky.
Obviously possessing sufficient strength but not wantonly killing, such a friendly act made many people believe the "report" that Shen Pei said.
"Evans," although he never doubted his lover, Samuel still adhered to the principle of seriousness and responsibility, and once again asked the other party who was a witness, "The death of His Majesty the Pope is really related to the Dark Holy See ?”
Looking into the protagonist's blue eyes full of trust, Evans nodded without hesitation.
"Are you sure?" Samuel raised his voice in order to appease the common people as soon as possible, and to prove his lover's innocence, "Knight Evans, you can swear on...'my' life, His Majesty the Pope is Killed by a necromancer?"
Suddenly hearing the word that was so soft that only each other could hear clearly, Evans, who was about to swear, let out two dry breaths and choked visibly.
The subconscious temptation led to unexpected results. Samuel's expression remained unchanged, but his heart cooled down a little.
Never expected that the protagonist in this life would be so powerful, Shen Pei, who was watching from a distance, retracted his gaze, lazily hiding the smile in his eyes: [Very well, it seems that I don't need to take action this time. 】
He had to let the raiders taste the taste of being backstabbed by his teammates.
The author has something to say: Evans: What to do, the target of the strategy is a pig teammate.
A certain cat: Why didn't I appear in this chapter?
Pei Pei concentrates on his career, and the next chapter, Lao Gong, will come out~
Comparing hearts every day, Chirp.