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Wang: "No, this is indeed something to be proud of. From what I have observed, Monrovia has also shown some signs of this. As long as a country has developed industry and commerce, the weakening of royal power is almost inevitable. I guess Catalonia also has signs of moving in this direction."
The man in the tricorn hat nodded. "Many of us thought that Catalonia would soon follow our lead, but strangely, the revolution did not happen in Catalonia."
Wang: "Because the cult used what they extracted from microorganisms to control political prisoners."
The man in the tricorn hat was shocked: "What? Is this really the case? I have to report this to the Republic immediately."
After that, he turned his head and shouted to the man who had just slid down: “Leon, did you hear that?”
The man named Leon replied: "I heard it. I will report it to the country immediately using the communication stone."
Wang: "Communication Stone?"
Leon raised his head slightly with a very proud expression. Perhaps this expression is popular among the people of the Republic of Sissel. "It is a communication device composed of a resonant pendulum. You control the pen tip on the pendulum to write a message, and another pendulum in the Republic thousands of miles away will copy the letter on paper."
Wang: "Sounds like quantum entanglement? Never mind, you guys can't master such advanced technology... Let's get back to business..."
Leon: "What? Who are you? You said that the technology of the Republic of Sissel is backward?"
The man in the tricorn hat who came down first intervened to smooth things over: "Leon, this should be the captain of the famous Savior Team. His titles combined are longer than your grandma's nagging. As a disciple of a planeswalker, he must have seen many advanced technologies from other planes."
As he spoke, the man put on his tricorn hat, turned the largest point to the front, and then held out his hand to the king: "Marmont, commander of the Sissel Volunteer Army, we will provide air cover for the Crusaders. The person behind you is Leon, my secretary."
The king shook his hand: "King, you have a lot of titles."
Marmont laughed. "I like this abbreviation."
After releasing his hand, Marmont turned to the cardinal and said, "Your Excellency, the President of the Republic's Parliament sends his greetings to you. He is personally very grateful for everything the Church has done during the Revolution."
Pietro: "That's what we should do as the Church of Lancelot."
Wang jumped in and asked, "What did you do?"
Neither Marmont nor Pietro showed any dissatisfaction, but their deputies frowned at the same time.
Marmont: "Revolution requires bloodshed. The Order of Lancelot saved a large number of revolutionaries and royalists, preserving the strength of the Republic. Moreover, they refused to resurrect the king and the great nobles who were executed by the guillotine. They chose to stand on the side of the people of Sissel."
King: "Oh, but I'm a little surprised that the Lancelot Church would refuse to resurrect the king."
Pietro: "The Church also has various considerations. Of course, all our considerations are to better spread the glory of our Lord."
At this time, a sentence came from the side: "Yes, the Lancelot Church has surpassed the Church of Cailin, the patron saint of commerce, and has become the largest sect in Sissel. Their decision has indeed expanded the influence of Lancelot."
Everyone looked to the side and found that it was the bard Gaines.
Pietro frowned slightly: "Mr. Gaines, I don't think I invited you to this meeting."
Gaines spread his hands and said, "But we bards must not allow ourselves to miss moments of historical value. Besides, I am not only a bard, I am also a historian. I not only write popular adventure novels, but also publish historical monographs.
"And I happen to have written a book about Cicero's Revolution, which is currently the most recognized monograph on this historical event."
Wang: "Well, you just said that the Lancelot Church surpassed Kailin and became the number one sect, so the original number one sect was Kailin's church?"
Flint was shocked: "It's abnormal that Kailin has a church."
Gaines: "It's not a church in the general sense. In fact, there are no truly recognized clergymen in Cecil. It's just a group of scammers who found that there were a lot of people who believed in Cailin, so they simply built an altar and started to deceive people. But over time, it was actually regarded as the real Cailin Church, even though there was not a single Cailin priest among them."
Flint: "What the hell... But it does sound like something Karin would do."
Wang asked in confusion, “Since there is no pastor in Kailin, how can they provide help to the believers?”
Gaines: "Because it was originally a group of scammers, the church has become a point of information circulation over time, and Kailin will appear from time to time."
The dwarf slapped his thigh and said, "That's right. This is the way Kailin behaves. He must think it's fun to have a church run by a bunch of scammers."
The members of the rescue team were still talking off topic. Theresa couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted, "Lord, the volunteers have arrived. Let's start moving the floating city. We still have a whole city of undead to deal with."
King: "Oh, you're right. We'll start moving the floating city immediately. We'll launch a general attack on the undead army tomorrow!"
Chapter 261 Elzam's Survival Strategy
the next day.
The lich Elzam Malcolm came out of the wizard tower where he had just built a base, and looked at the densely packed airships in the sky and the floating city in the center of the airship formation.
“They came so quickly this time,” Elzam muttered. “The last time I assembled such a large army, the Crusaders waited almost a year before they arrived. Humanity’s power is really getting stronger.”
As he said this, he snapped his fingers, and all the stone statues standing around him came to life, flapping their wings and flying into the sky.
There are also a large number of small flying undead creatures mixed in with the gargoyles - they are all resurrected bird corpses. Compared with the gargoyles, they are extremely weak, but they have the advantage of huge numbers.
The undead creatures that blocked out the sun and sky rushed towards the group of airships in the sky.
The large airship in the front was the first to be hit, and in the blink of an eye it was surrounded by flying undead creatures. The next moment, holy light enveloped the airship.
The weak flying undead creatures were purified in the blink of an eye, and the gargoyle's appearance was instantly ignited with bluish-white flames.
A gargoyle rushed into the cabin of the airship carrying flames, but was knocked out the next second with its head smashed into pieces.
Elizabeth sighed beside the king: "These people are so brave. There are thousands of undead creatures down there."
"Hmph," it sneered, then teleported away with a gesture.
Flint pulled out five flails and shouted to Gotrek, "Don't touch my feet! I'll take care of it!"
Wang: “Maybe both?”
Rosalie poked her head out from behind the king: "Is it over? You guys are just chatting here as usual. I almost forgot that we are in a war now."
The next moment the earth began to tremble. It turned out that the bottom of the floating city hit the ground.
**
The king was now standing on the edge of the floating island.
Wang: "They have mobilized so many forces. If Elzam is still killed by us, it will be so embarrassing. I don't think we will be able to survive until the battle is over."
As soon as Elzam stood firm, he looked up and saw paladins and priests jumping down like rain.
At this moment, a messenger came running and saluted the king: "Your Excellency, the Cardinal invites you to the tent."
I had originally wanted to use the dwarves as weapons to attack the barbarians, but I gave up the idea.
Elzam was shocked: "These airships... are more difficult to deal with than I thought."
King: "Elzam is not good at fighting. He was beaten to a skull in one blow when facing the master of the cult. Two nine-ring priests are enough to kill him."
The other airships fired dense rain of arrows, and the corpses of the undead creatures kept falling like heavy snow.
Until now, Elzam had thought that these airships flew by relying on the constant flying technique above them.
Marika added, "That's right. Everyone who leaves the Temple of Kailin is as happy as a god, except that they can't walk in a straight line."
Elzam looked at the airship and said to himself, "Why did that one lose altitude? Did I destroy the flying magic on it?"
Wang: "So with so many free drinks, has Kailin's followers increased?"
But this guy was still able to move, and he got up and was about to launch an attack.
Marika: "I don't know how the fight went on the ground, but I saw at least two Nine Ring Priests."
The solid granite bottom of the floating city collided with the stone-paved rock ground, and even a slight touch caused an earth-shaking effect.
Flint: "They are Lancelot's paladins and priests, just like the natural enemies of the undead. Of course, it is admirable that they are ready to die. As for those adventurers, they drank free drinks from me yesterday until they lost their memory. Before leaving today, they filled a full pot."
After all, this was something he hadn't dealt with the last time he assembled his army. In fact, his flying troops were purely prepared to fight against the floating city.
New orders were given, and the undead creatures in the sky began to hit the airship with their bodies, testing its weaknesses.
Ms. Theresa was not far away, calling out the team numbers like counting. The team whose number was called tore up the Feather Fall Scroll and jumped down resolutely.
The Death Knight who had been following him drew out his two-handed greatsword, and the red light in his eye sockets was like a burning flame.
Soon, an airship with a deflated hull slowly lowered its altitude.
So this became Lancelot's test for the holy knights.
Many paladins were "inspired" to become paladins halfway through their careers. Many of them drank before they became paladins and knew the beauty of wine.
Most of Shallow Water City is located on the soft muddy ground beside the shallows, with only a small part of the city located on solid rock formations. The stone houses of the nobles were built in these rock formations, and the site of Elzam's wizard tower was also chosen here.
The dwarf laughed loudly: "So you guys with long ears can't understand the beauty of wine! You can only drink fruit wine that looks like fruit juice!"
Wang: "I'll go right away. I was just expressing my doubts just now."
It should be the work of the priest on the airship.
Messenger: "Aren't you going?"
Nini frowned: "I can taste the goodness of our fruit wine, but..."
Just as Elzam was about to continue commanding the flying troops to "test" the airship, the huge floating city came above his head at a slow but unstoppable pace.
The fact that the Temple of Cailin had a free supply of fine liquor had long been spread among the Crusaders, and some priests of Lancelot would secretly pay "locals" to fetch the liquor.
The holy knights could only watch enviously from the sidelines, as Lancelot's holy knights were not allowed to drink alcohol, as doing so would break their rules.
The dwarf shrugged. "That's probably right. After all, I can't tell whether they come here to pray or drink. Most people will start to talk when they are drunk, and most of them will cry and regret. I can't tell whether they are confessing or just drunk."
Wang frowned slightly: "Does this have anything to do with us?"
Nini: "I tried drinking, but I didn't feel happy. I just felt dizzy and wanted to sleep. It really worked well as a sleep aid."
Rosalie teased, "Another thing is that everyone who left the Temple of Cailin felt a lot more relaxed, just like going to the Temple of Lancelot to worship and listen to sermons."
The dwarf rushed forward, wielding five flails, and smashed the gargoyle's body to pieces. The moment it lost its "life", the gargoyle collapsed and turned into a pile of sand on the ground.
As they were talking, a gargoyle fell in front of everyone, with two crossbow arrows stuck in its body. The crossbow arrows shattered the gargoyle's stone shell, and the serrated arrowheads penetrated into the gargoyle's body.
**
As soon as the king entered the tent, he saw Cardinal Pietro frowning and asked, "What happened?"
After asking, he realized that something was wrong and added, "Your Excellency?"
Pietro: "The lich Elzam Malcolm disappeared, so I asked the Lord of the City to come and ask where it would go. After all, the Lord of the City is very familiar with it, isn't it?"
Chapter 262: Is it okay for a -year-old parish priest?
Elizabeth glanced at the king, obviously afraid that his acting skills would be exposed.
If the fact that the Savior Team is familiar with the lich who destroyed a city were leaked, the Savior Team's reputation would be ruined.
But she was worrying too much.