13 Mink Street

When only a small part of the bats in the sky were left, Neo stopped his absorption just as Karen expected, and the Mad Pope no longer suppressed the ancestors of the bloodthirsty demons.

The Mad Pope did not make any resistance. He understood what Neo meant, accepted that he was being used, and even acquiesced in re-establishing this balance and containment pattern.

This can be regarded as the character trait of the Mad Pope. His personality also hopes to "control" Neo, but what he wants is through preaching and influence, rather than direct manipulation like the bloodthirsty demon ancestors.

The latter is extremely greedy and barely conceals it, and is not willing to let his descendants forever bear the risk of being lost due to the "ancestral whispers"; the former is like a "spiritual aristocrat" who disdains the use of low-level methods, respects the process, and even You don’t have to care about the results.

This is not only a triangle of power, but also a triangle of morality, because no matter what, it is impossible to imagine a day when the Mad Pope would be willing to join forces with people like the bloodthirsty demon ancestors to deal with Neo.

When it was all over, Neo knelt down, put his hands on the ground, and breathed heavily. A stream of power overflowed from his body, and was absorbed back the next moment. Like a person who had eaten too much, he was suppressing it as much as possible. Physical discomfort.

"Not enough... not enough... not enough..."

The power has increased, but this simple stacking of power still cannot produce a qualitative leap like after Karen completed the divine revelation.

If it was a matter of life and death, at most it would make it a little more difficult for Karen to kill him.

Isn't this a disguised form of foreplay and pleasure for Karen?

No, this won't work...

For Neo, every time he improves his strength, if he cannot achieve the goal of surpassing Karen and completing practical teaching to Karen, it will be a failure.

"Pooh!"

Neo spat out a mouthful of blood on the ground. After standing up, he took out a bottle of veterinary stimulant from his arms and drank it in a gulp.

A terrifying amount of medicine that would cause death to an ordinary person would be like a cup of expired coffee mixed with water, with only a little taste left in Neo's case.

The side effects brought about by this increase in strength showed up. The "good thing" he had just discovered suddenly became resistant to it.

It seems that the matching equipment of ordinary monsters cannot provide one with happiness.

Neo suddenly thought of the bone dragon next to Karen. As the "owner" of the small bone dragon, Karen would write an observation report every once in a while to communicate with the religious research institute behind it, so that they could update and supplement the breeding plan.

So, next time, should you steal that report and add the description "Xiao Gulong has been suffering from insomnia and dreaming recently and hopes to prescribe more soothing potions"?

Karen stood there for a while, and when he saw that Neo was still there after finishing, and didn't rush to come to him to "discuss", he knew better and chose to turn around and leave instead of showing up to say hello.

The old captain’s face still needs to be taken care of.

Karen, who returned to the military camp, immediately came to the doctor's camp.

Different from what he expected, there were no excited family members such as Caixi, Lucy and Richard beside Eisen's bedside. Eisen was still lying there quietly alone.

When Dr. Black Cat saw Karen coming in, he immediately finished the diagnosis and treatment in another hospital bed and rode his golden retriever nurse over to join him.

"Wake up, meow."

Aisen opened his eyes and saw Karen. He wanted to stand up and salute, but Karen held him down.

Karen first raised his hand and set up a simple barrier, then looked at Pu'er and asked, "Didn't you notify Richard and the others?"

Aisen hurriedly answered: "No, don't rush to inform. The troops will not be transferred until tomorrow. I will 'wake up' tomorrow morning."

Karen: "Huh?"

"Richard had long recognized Memphis's identity, and in the evening he shouted to our Mr. Eisen here, 'Wake up Memphis, I'll take you to a snack shop.'

Then, our Mr. Eisen woke up due to stimulation, but he was too embarrassed to wake up in front of his son and deliberately pretended to be asleep.

For now, I have to wait until I wake up naturally tomorrow morning, so that I won't appear to have woken up because I was called 'Memphis', and I can continue to maintain a tacit understanding of silence with my son, meow. "

Karen reached out and touched Pu'er's head and said, "You should be kind."

Pu'er waved his tail indifferently.

If Karen had been here before, he would not have revealed Mr. Eisen's pretense of sleeping, but would have pretended not to notice.

But Pu'er doesn't like this. It likes to see these "juniors" embarrassed in front of it, just like the kind of bad elders who like to make children cry and then giggle next to them.

"The child has grown up." Eisen sighed, "He has really grown up."

Karen: "Richard has always been very sensible."

"Thanks to you."

"I didn't do anything and now Richard is helping me."

"Stop being so raw."

"My uncle, Mr. You, shared it."

"Oh Well."

Karen saw that Mr. Eisen wanted to be alone at this time to digest the impact of his son's maturity, so he stood up and said: "Uncle, you have a good rest first and have a formal physical examination tomorrow morning. If it passes, Just follow the team; if you have other health problems, you should go back to the rear, we are going back soon anyway."

"Okay, I understand, Commander."

"Um."

When Karen walked out, Pu'er followed Kevin on horseback. It jumped on Karen's shoulders and asked, "Has the Leziman succeeded?"

"Successful."

"Then he didn't ask you to fight? Haha, is it because he couldn't beat you even if he succeeded?"

"Not sure."

"Ha, it must be like this, otherwise he would definitely not be able to bear it. You stupid dog, look, the solution you provided seems to have no effect. You are still an evil god."

Kevin raised his head and smiled in an extremely honest and polite manner.

It is true that I am an evil god, but what gives you the illusion that I can train and train a person who can overpower the young God of Order of my generation?

Are you promoting me, or are you tarnishing the God of Order?

But soon, looking at the Pu'er smile on Karen's shoulder, Kevin realized clearly that they were on Karen's side. Naturally, he wanted to see Karen compare to everyone around him. The better Karen was, the better he was. The happier you will be.

Kevin then shook his head, snorted twice, and continued to follow behind. Aren't he also on the side of the God of Order?

The next morning.

Karen is reviewing the last few documents at hand. Next, the handsome tent will be moved.

The doctor's camp sent someone to inform them, and Richard went out to make the contact. Then he walked in without saying a word.

Closing the file, Karen asked:

"What's up?"

"My dad is awake."

Karen was stunned for a moment. Under normal circumstances, Richard would be very excited after knowing the good news, and then asked for leave to visit his father, but he acted very calmly.

This means that Richard was aware of it before leaving the doctor's camp last night, but he chose to save face for his father.

Karen nodded: "That's good."

After reviewing the last document, Karen put down the pen and leaned back. Looking at Richard who was sitting below and busy packing things, he couldn't help but feel very similar to his uncle last night.

People always look forward to maturity, but when they mature, they feel disappointed.

"Richard, do you want to give you a new job when you get back?"

Richard stopped what he was doing and looked up at Karen, smiling:

"I think my original job was very good." As he spoke, Richard raised his pen and said, "I imitating your speaking style and writing habits is very interesting, really, hahaha."

"If you have any new ideas, feel free to tell me."

"What happened to our commander today?" Richard looked at Karen curiously, "However, I really miss the snack shop. After I withdraw from the front line and go back, I want to stay in Hongye Street for a week. "

"be safe."

"Huh? I'm an adult, and I believe my dad and mom won't come to catch me in a car like they did before."

"When you leave one cage, you may have entered the next cage."

"ah?"

"If Bishop Delong went to Hongye Street and slept for a whole week, how would Mrs. Tang Li react?"

Richard's eyes immediately widened with horror.

My grandma might first place her grandfather's head in the middle of the street, and then... wash Hongye Street with blood.

At this time, Philomena walked in with food, and she and Dana would take turns being responsible for delivering food to Karen.

"Let's have a meal. You can move after you finish it." Karen continued while opening the lunch box, "Richard, according to what we said before, our intelligence system must be further upgraded after we go back. Alfred's previous development You have already taken over those strange demon organizations, but these are not enough. Try to attract more branches of small churches and let them serve as our extra eyes and ears. For example, the Mills Cult, her believers are very good at intelligence. Always had talent.”

Richard immediately nodded his head solemnly and responded, as if issuing a military order: "Okay, I understand. When I get back, I will start to incorporate the Mills Cult in this region."

"We must seize the opportunity. We are very pressed for time now and use up all the time we have for eating and sleeping."

"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"

…

Next, Karen led the Ninth Army to the new battlefield and participated in a new round of comprehensive offensive planned and launched by Da'an personally.

The battle lasted for a month. During this month, the order side had a huge advantage. Several ace group armies continuously broke through, divided, and encircled and suppressed, like a pack of hungry wolves, ruthlessly biting the coalition's loose sheep.

However, there are not many tasks that the Ninth Army needs to face directly in battle. They are all small and local battlefields. Karen basically assigned them to the three regular regiments under his nominal jurisdiction to complete them. The order directly under his own headquarters What the Whip Corps does is flank cover and battlefield cleaning.

Because the military exploits accumulated in the past were too dazzling, no one would think that Karen was shying away from fighting. On the contrary, his selflessness in sharing the credit with those below was appreciated by many people in the army.

After all, everyone wants military glory and is jealous of it. If you can only get it by yourself, you will definitely be jealous.

Karen knew from the beginning that this battle was a welfare bureau arranged by Daan for himself. The reason why he did not let his troops retreat to rest was because he wanted to gain another round of military merit for himself and then leave the battlefield directly.

Therefore, Karen is very open-minded, but he is not idle either. Since he went to the front line, he has been busy fighting, always doing side jobs, and almost forgotten his main job.

Now that I am about to go home, I have to bring home some local specialties.

In the past, when Neo was the leader of the militia, he had to do things in secret, and he had to be watched by so many eyes from above. It was not easy to find an opportunity to desert. Now, as the commander of the army group, what does Karen want to do? Then everyone can be very calm, and the cultural relics protection work can naturally be carried out in an orderly and comprehensive manner.

Moreover, Karen did not hesitate to directly ask the Whip of Order's intelligence system to provide him with location coordinates, which greatly improved the efficiency of the search.

Many poor families from the Desert God Cult came to Karen to provide secrets and clues, and some even helped Karen dig his own ancestral graves.

What these people want is nothing more than identity documents.

They hope to move the family to a missionary territory of the Order and obtain the qualifications to reproduce.

In fact, if they want to change their lives, it is very easy. They can just move. But what they want is to stay in the church circle based on family power, which requires recognition from the order.

The order of this work is handled by the Whip of Order, and Karen can just give them the relevant commitments.

At this point, Karen is much more kind than the secular Empire, because he really intends to keep his promise.

For example, when the Venn Empire is faced with the recurrence of its own colonies and sometimes has to withdraw from some colonies, it is impossible to deal with those losers who betray their own tribe and work for themselves. They will even take the initiative to deal with those who are crying and shouting and trying to leave with them. The thugs who blocked the dock were shot and killed.

However, the main reason is not because of Karen's kindness, but because the Cult of Kosmos has a plan to annex the desert system. Transferring some of the direct followers of the desert to its own missionary area for differentiation, absorption and integration is what the Cult of Kosmos wants to do.

It is better to attract more family forces and build more hills than to gather together these "immigrant believers" in the desert and ask for any treatment conditions from the order; if they are separated, they will not only lower their conditions in order to curry favor with the order, but also It will also be more competitive to proactively provide the inheritance that the order wants.

The family's financial crisis has finally been alleviated. At the most difficult time, the district's finances were almost bankrupt. Alfred, Vic and Leon were really having a hard time.

Now, the most difficult period has finally passed, and the reform has come to an end. Cullen's faction has almost complete control of all major departments in the York City region.

This round of battle was finally over. After achieving a series of great results, Da'an ordered the contraction. On the one hand, all the ministries needed to rest and take a breather. On the other hand, the coalition forces were very passive due to Order's round of offensive. Re-project the power in.

If nothing else, it won’t be long before the desert here will enter a new period of balance stalemate.

This desert war is like a gambling table. As long as someone is willing to continue to follow the bets, there will never be a winner or loser.

But these have nothing to do with Karen. He received an order from the headquarters. The Whip of Order Legion will withdraw from the desert battlefield, not to rest and fight again, but to go home.

However, before leaving, Karen had another task. He was named by Daan and asked to accompany him to participate in a new round of "peace negotiations" that had nothing to do with peace.

…

"Karen, I read the speech. It's very good. I like it very much."

"As long as you're satisfied."

I remember that when they first met in the Crypt Cult, the relationship between the two was a simple upper-lower relationship, and it was the kind that was far away. Now, Da'an is as amiable as the father of the female classmate next door.

Dana brought tea, the first cup was handed to Da'an, and the second cup was handed to Karen.

Everything seemed so natural.

But behind this kind of nature, there are a lot of problems. In this world, except for your relatives, no one will treat you well without a reason.

"Are you nervous?" Da'an asked.

Dinah smiled and said: "Uncle, what are you talking about? You are not afraid of fighting, why are you afraid of meetings?"

"I'm afraid of meetings." Da'an laughed. "If I sit there or stand there talking in a meeting, I will feel uncomfortable. It is far less comfortable than charging on the battlefield."

Karen: "It is precisely because you command and win the battle that those who speak will not be afraid."

When the meeting time came, Daan and Karen stood up and prepared to enter the main hall from the side hall.

Before opening the door and going in, Da'an stopped, turned around, and looked at Karen standing behind him.

In order to attend the meeting, Karen specially wore the divine robe given to her by the whip bearer. It looked very luxurious and elegant without exceeding the standard.

Da'an looked at Karen carefully and couldn't help but sigh:

"I really can't tell that this is a front-line army commander who has achieved so many victories."

The meaning of this sentence is that Karen's personal image really does not look like a knight; at the same time, it can also be understood that it is a pity to only be a knight with such an image and temperament.

When Karen was about to answer the call, she heard Daan say again:

"I remember that the Mad Pope of Light a thousand years ago also experienced in the Temple of Light."

"Really? It's really unimaginable that such a person could destroy the Light Religion."

"Yeah, unimaginable."

Daan opened the door and walked in, followed closely by Karen.

Representatives from the order and coalition forces had already entered the venue and were sitting and waiting. Daan and Karen were the last to come in.

A swarm of reporters surrounded both sides of the aisle, and the sound of camera shutters kept coming.

Today's meeting was not a closed-door meeting, and was attended by a large number of journalists from the church circle.

The moderator of the meeting briefly made an opening statement, and then the order side spoke first.

Da'an raised his hand to Karen, who nodded, stood up, and walked to the center of the conference room with his speech in hand. In front of him was a small high platform with an exquisite sound-transmitting sacred instrument placed on it.

The reporters who had just paused seemed to have collectively taken psychotropic drugs. They gathered around again, pushing and squeezing each other in search of the best shooting angle.

Order is the victor on the recent battlefield. They have just won a major battle and defeated the coalition forces. The spokesperson sent by Order this time is actually Commander Karen Silva. Regardless of who he is, Both my image and resume are very eye-catching. Those who work in this industry naturally know what attracts the most traffic.

After joining the army on the front line and achieving a series of victories this time, Karen, who was already very popular among the young people of the theocratic religion, had her status once again elevated. At the same time, the letter published in the "Order Weekly" titled "Discarded" Fantasy, Prepare to Fight" interview pushed Karen's popularity to an unprecedented peak.

Hawks are always naturally sought after by energetic young people.

This influence is not only limited to the Cult of Kosmos, but also spreads to foreign religions everywhere. Many young male and female believers of foreign religions, when they get together to discuss the war during the day, they would like to eat Karen's flesh and drink Karen's blood, and lie in bed and dream at night. At that time, he was all in my mind.

After all, Karen's current achievements are already beyond the dreams of normal young people.

Although what Karen wanted to express during the interview was misinterpreted by most people, now he has to become the image character promoted by the Knights of the Cult of Kosmos.

This speech was also written by Karen himself after Daan gave the theme idea.

How should I put it? It is too extreme and radical, lacks humanistic care, and is full of religious hegemony and religious chauvinism.

But there is no other way. When you reach this position, since you enjoy the fame and popularity, you must also pay something.

Even the Son of God is not exempt from this rule.

Karen began to speak, and the speech script was just a prop. After lowering his head and reading a few words, he moved it away, and naturally it became Karen's speech alone facing all the representatives of the coalition forces opposite.

There are three themes for the speech.

The first one: In the past, I have been looking forward to coming to the battlefield.

Second: Now, I am learning and growing on the battlefield, and I have gained a lot.

Third: I long to come back here again in the future.

You can clearly see the anger, unwillingness, and humiliation on the faces of the coalition representatives. Karen at this time is a symbol that the Cult of Kosmos wants to display to the outside world.

The Cult of Kosmos wants to use this method to show its toughest stance towards this war.

We are not afraid of war, we...even enjoy it.

The great God of Order that we believe in and follow emerged from the divine wars of the last era.

War will never defeat the Cult of Kosmos, it will only create a more powerful new order.

In the past, everyone recognized the power of the Cult of Kosmos. After the death of the light, the name of the First Cult was indeed well-deserved, but it was just a dormant lion;

But since the new high priest of order came to power, this lion has gradually awakened. He is no longer willing to declare his authority with his eyes and growls. Instead, he prefers to use his fangs and claws, his strong body, and the flesh and blood of his enemies. Reshape your image.

Karen said the final concluding words:

"We in the Cult of Kosmos can accept defeat, but in the defeat of order, we will never allow a winner to exist."

After speaking, Karen crossed his hands on his chest and saluted around him.

You could say the coalition representatives were polite because they didn't interrupt Cullen while he was speaking, and even returned the salute when Cullen finished his speech;

But after the return gift was over, the representatives who had been tortured to the extreme by this atmosphere and attitude could no longer bear it, and began to roar, roar, and curse. We admit the power of order, but if the order really wants to completely rupture its face and the entire If the church circle is the enemy, then we will not hesitate to join forces to bring order to the same ending as the light!

Facing the flood of abuse, threats and questions, Karen stood there calmly.

After seeing the image of the God of Order sitting there intercepting the gods, now that I am standing here, facing the verbal attacks from half the church circle, it really doesn't mean anything.

Not only did I not feel any pressure, I actually felt like laughing.

He had tried his best to endure it, but this time he failed to manage his expression well. The corners of Karen's mouth still curved upward slightly.

This scene was captured by reporters.

Among the newspapers published the next day, newspapers on the coalition side wanted to incite hatred, newspapers on the order side wanted to boost morale, and newspapers on the neutral side wanted to watch the fun and stir up trouble...

In short, when many newspapers reported on this "peace negotiation", they placed this photo of Karen facing the coalition representatives after finishing his speech on the front page;

The captions of the photos also use the same description in large areas:

"Contempt from Order."