Blue Sword

Until daybreak, the Dukes still did not discuss any results.

The Dukes of Bavaria, Carinthia and Saxony euphemistically stated that it is inappropriate to conduct a military-wide political review now and will definitely disrupt military morale. You can send your Blades into the army to question and investigate in secret without causing a scene.

If you really find out that someone has a problem, notify the knights and dukes in the corresponding leadership and let them deal with the suspects secretly for you. This is the safest way.

The two principalities of Bohemia and Thuringia sent the eldest son of the duke. The two young men said generously that we have no objections and you can just check it out, whatever you want.

Anyway, we didn’t bring many people this time. Even if the knights were to be questioned one-on-one, it would only take one day. There is no need to worry about rumors or military morale issues.

Duke Rudolf of the Wolfe family, in order to prove his innocence, did not show any shame. He directly stated, "If there are any suspects in the Wolfe family, he will definitely arrest them and hand them over to His Majesty as soon as possible. Please, His Majesty the Emperor, please don't do it because of this." The conspiracy of an individual casts any doubt on the loyalty of the Wolfe family."

I just want to write "I am your Majesty's most loyal minister" on my face.

Duke Gryphon was full of weirdness throughout the whole process. He would taunt a few words after every Duke spoke, especially when His Majesty the Emperor Heiqi came down and screamed so hard that he almost performed a series of splits on His Majesty's face.

The Dukes paid no attention to him, and His Majesty had nothing to do with him. They just pretended that he was farting the whole time, and no one answered his words.

After arguing for a long time, the only consensus everyone could reach was that the army should be sent out as soon as possible.

There's nothing to be gained by staying in this town any longer.

His Majesty the Emperor could only agree with this, so the Dukes, with dark circles under their eyes, ordered the knights to organize their teams and set off as soon as possible.

Then, after sleeping outside the town, the refreshed soldiers got up and were shocked to find that some knights were injured or even killed last night, while other knights seemed to have been up all night, commanding in a depressed manner. Soldiers who lost their leaders reorganized their ranks.

Last night...what happened?

Everyone in Cang Qing Sword has also finished packing and is preparing to leave the hut where they stayed for half the night last night. At the door, a few eggs were forced into the door by the grateful hostess.

Although she was forced to stay, Qiu did nothing wrong and protected her and the children from the strange attack last night. The hostess who hid in the room all night also knew about it.

Everyone set off to leave Pomarolo again. Before they had gone far, they met a group of strangers on the mountain road ahead.

"We are jailers from San Marino." The leading knight was wearing a metal armor, with a coat of arms depicting a hammer smashing a sheep's skull on the breastplate. "We would like to see the leader of your army."

"Are you jailers?" the Blade Warrior patrolling the road ahead asked suspiciously.

The Prison Guards, together with the Night Watchmen and Watchmen, are known as the three major lawful organizations in the world. Not only are they publicly approved by the Holy See, but they are also welcomed by the monarchs of many countries in the mainland.

Because they have devoted their entire life's energy and time to the glorious cause of fighting alien races and protecting all mankind, they are worthy of this international reputation.

However, the dogmatic purposes of the three organizations are also different. The Night Watch advocates isolationism and believes that "it's better to do less than to do more, and it's better to have nothing to do" and is very resistant to dealing with outsiders; the Watcher pursues mysticism, comes and goes in a hurry, and rarely shows up to the outside world.

The Prison Guards are the most high-profile large-scale organization. Most of its members are similar to the "paladins who hate evil" and have the highest goal in life of killing devils. They are also the only organization that has established a permanent presence in another dimension. There is a magnificent castle called "The Last Fortress" in Purgatory.

Due to his overly upright and angry personality, the jailer's reputation among the people was not very good. At that moment, the blade warrior showed a suspicious look and asked tentatively:

"The Prison Guards? That's the Prison Guard organization that is determined to destroy all devils? Aren't you supposed to be wearing power armor?"

The knight captain watching the prisoner made a cold face and slowly raised his eyebrows. His expression seemed to say:

Are you kidding me? Where did the power armor come from just after the demon tide?

The Blade Warrior quickly realized how stupid his question was, so he reined in his horse and said:

"Stay here for a moment, and I'll go ask His Majesty for instructions."

The blade warrior turned his horse and left. The prison guards silently found a place to sit or stand, and began to check the weapons and equipment around them.

After listening to the report of his warriors, Emperor Otto became suspicious again:

Why is this trip so eventful? Can't we let my army come out of the mountain smoothly? Who knows whether these prison guards are real or fake? What if they suddenly assassinate me when we meet?

"How about I go and negotiate with them." The demigod beside the emperor, Bruno, the dragon of fantasy, suggested that he saw his majesty's hesitation.

"That's fine." The emperor nodded. This demigod possesses the mind and dream sequences, and is indeed the best person to negotiate with the other party.

Arriving in front of the prison guards, Bruno said directly:

"Are you here looking for the devil?"

"Exactly." Captain Knight, the jailer, said, "My name is Antonio Bacciotti. During the monitoring process of Raphael's rental, our jailer detected a purgatory in the small town of Pomarolo ahead. Mutation."

"We happened to be stationed in the town last night, and we were indeed attacked by devils." Bruno confirmed that the other party was telling the truth through his mind-reading ability, "but we have wiped out all the devils, and not a single one is left."

"It's not that we are arrogant." Antonio said with an arrogant expression, "As professionals in this field, we have the obligation to remind you that devils are cunning and extraordinary monsters who will disguise themselves as humans and sneak into your team - especially phantom demons, shadow demons and Succubi. And we have the means to professionally detect demons.”

The dragon of fantasy began to ponder upon hearing this.

He did not doubt the other party's statement. Firstly, the mind reading showed that the other party was not lying. Secondly, the devil's attack last night was indeed quite strange.

If the enemy behind the scenes is creating chaos, it is also possible to take advantage of the situation and let the devil who is good at disguising sneak into the army.

So the demigod started telepathic communication and discussed with the emperor and Hedwig from a distance.

"I can't trust these jailers." Emperor Otto said bluntly, "Who knows what kind of trouble they have with the Holy See. Maybe the Holy See deliberately attracted the devil first, and then created an excuse for these jailers to come in and intervene, taking the opportunity to attack me. The military took action."

"The other party didn't lie." Bruno, the Fantasy Dragon, said calmly.

As a demigod, his judgment is undoubtedly more convincing than the emperor's doubts. Therefore, Emperor Otto's subsequent words were stuck, and he said after a long while:

"Okay, let them investigate. But the whole process must be under your supervision. If they dare to find trouble to attack my knights, then I must let them know that the dignity of the empire must not be insulted!"

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