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After letting go of their hands and feet, the speed of the Frank army, which was originally advancing slowly, suddenly increased.

It's just that killing will also happen.

At the beginning, it was revenge, but in the later stages, more killings were caused by wealth.

As the commander, Marquis Sunil was unable to deal with the expansion of his subordinates.

Military robbery is a tradition in the Aslant continent.

The massacre was not only to cover up the crime, but also to ensure the safety of the army's retreat.

The bloody scene frightened many people.

The fanatical believers are still crazy, but more ordinary people are afraid.

When they heard the news that the Frankish army was coming, they all ran away with their families and their families. Among them, those who took the lead in fleeing were mostly clergy from various places, but it was the people at the bottom who participated the most in the resistance.

It wasn't until the top leaders of the Holy See took thunderous measures to scare the monkeys that they curbed the trend of fleeing. However, by this time, the enemy's army had already reached the foot of the Holy Mountain.

The battle to defend the Holy Mountain is about to begin, and the eyes of the whole continent are focused on it. Now it is time to see whether the Franks really have the courage to attack the Holy Mountain.

…

"Where are the reinforcements?"

Pius VII asked with concern.

He no longer had the heart to pay attention to outside discussions. Others would doubt the courage of the Franks, but the senior leaders of the Holy See would not.

Judging from the performance of the Frankish army along the way, we know that they were killing all the way in order to make time. If you didn't come here for the Holy Mountain, why would you need to be called a "butcher"?

The "god" tiger skin can only scare outsiders.

This is not the first time that civil war among believers has occurred. In the history of the Holy See, civil wars surrounding power were not fought once or twice, and the gods never intervened.

After all, humans and gods are two kinds of creatures, and their cognitive levels are very different.

Gods view the fighting among believers just like humans view a group of ants fighting, and they don't care about the ants' winning or losing at all.

Including the pope, who is known as the spokesperson of the gods on earth, his status is not that high. With the long lifespan of gods and the effort of taking a nap, the human world has been passed down for several generations.

Anyway, Pius VII has been the pope for so many years and has never received a single feedback from the gods. Most of the countless popes in the history of the Holy See were like this.

"Your Majesty, the leading troops of the reinforcements have arrived in the Kingdom of Ruthenia and are expected to arrive at the Holy Mountain in ten days!"

Blake replied hastily.

This was good news, but there was no relief on everyone's faces.

Hundreds of thousands of the main force are outside, and it is obviously impossible to come back so quickly. The only ones who can come back in a short time are the Warcraft Legion.

If the enemy does not increase its troops, with this new force, the Holy See will be sure of victory, and at least it will not be a problem to defend the Holy Mountain.

It's a pity that the Franks are not stupid either. How could they let go of this kind of fighter after finally encountering it?

Compared with mobilizing troops on land, it is much more convenient for people to come from the sea.

There was no way, whoever made the Holy See's navy weak was massacred in the early stages of the battle.

This is the drawback of the technical arms. Once the vitality is damaged due to heavy losses, even if the number of warships recovers, the combat effectiveness will still be far behind.

If we dig deeper, it is a matter of talent cultivation.

There is no systematic naval talent training system, and it all depends on the officers and soldiers to sum up their own experience. The inheritance is limited to word of mouth from father to son.

"Notify the Guardian Knights, the Inquisition, the Judgment Hall, the Ascetic Camp, the Enshrinement Hall... to prepare for war, tell them: the Holy See has reached its most dangerous moment, and they need to step forward to protect the faith!"

Pius VII said in a low tone.

Being forced to this position by the enemy is rare in the entire history of the Holy See. And those who have done this in the past have been aliens. This is the first time that the internal fighting of the human race has burned the flames of war to the Holy Mountain.

Conventional weapons are not enough, so you can only use your inner strength to fight the enemy.

…

Xueyue leader, while watching the fun, Hudson did not forget to cause trouble for the orcs.

The first unlucky thing was the orc tribe in the border area. They were swept away by the kingdom's cavalry, forcing all tribes to retreat.

Before the war started, the border shrank back by two hundred miles. If it had been left before, the Orc Imperial Court would have been furious.

This time the situation is obviously different. Even if the battle line was pushed, the Orc Empire still deployed its troops and generals step by step, and no royal court jumped out to save the empire's face.

You can tell at a glance: this is conserving strength.

After all, if they are fighting against the Alpha Kingdom at this moment, even if they win, they will suffer heavy losses.

For the four royal families who have not yet returned to their peak, this kind of business that is destined to lose blood is something they can't do without doing it.

The imperial court does not want its own strength to be damaged, and no one wants to be taken advantage of by the weaker orc royal family.

If we want to fight, everyone should act together, and any losses will be shared by each family. Anyway, we can't suffer for the sake of the empire's face.

The enemy was so established that there was no fighter plane to be found, and there was nothing Hudson could do.

Going deep into the prairie and running for thousands of miles is enough if you do it once. Doing it a second time is courting death.

Having fought against the orcs so many times, Hudson also has a deep understanding of the orcs. Although most of the orcs' IQs have not fully evolved, there are still some geniuses who are not weaker than humans.

If someone is targeted by the other party, it will become like "Giving someone a thousand miles away requires both courtesy and affection."

Both sides are preparing step by step. According to the intelligence collected, the war is expected to break out in twenty days.

Unlike in the past, where local wars were first followed by all-out wars, now the local wars in the kingdom have been fought, and the immediate follow-up will be all-out wars.

There will be no changes on the front line in a short time. When all parties are extremely nervous, Hudson will have time to enjoy the show.

Compared to the war between the Alpha Kingdom and the Orc Empire, it is obviously the anti-French war in the Southern Continent that attracts more attention.

"Attack on the Holy Mountain", this news makes people excited just thinking about it.

The Franks have done great things that countless kings wanted to do but were unable to do.

In order to create opportunities for them, the offensive pace of the anti-French coalition forces was slowed down a lot.

It is obvious that in the eyes of various countries, neither the Holy See nor the Frank Empire is a good thing, and it is best to make them both lose.

In addition to political figures from various countries, there is also a special group that is paying close attention to this war.

Hudson's camp now welcomed such an uninvited guest.

“Robert, if you want to test the gods by attacking the Holy Mountain, I’m afraid it’s not enough.

The gods will not care about the life or death of a group of believers. In the past years, there has been no shortage of killings in the fight for the position of the Pope! "

Papal disputes can easily get out of control, and this is the inevitable result.

Unlike secular royal power, which is passed down by blood and the order of succession is stipulated in legal form, the papal succession is much more complicated.

Theoretically, all the cardinals on the Holy Mountain have the opportunity to succeed to the throne of the Pope. Several powerful heads of missions and presiding judges are also strong contenders for the throne of the Pope.

Historically, there were even local archbishops who became popes.

The way to ascend to power is very simple - divine appointment and election.

The assignment by the gods is very simple. Whoever the boss tells him to do must do it.

But this is a legendary thing. The gods have not shown their faces in recent thousands of years, so naturally they will not appoint a pope.

In this context, election became the only way for the pope to be born.

The election results are all valid, and the disputes all occurred before the election.

"Marshal, if it is just a fight between pure believers, the gods will naturally not interfere.

But what if there are creatures from the abyss that descend on the holy mountain and harm this sacred land? "

After listening to Robert's answer, Hudson once again confirmed that arcanists are all madmen.

In order to pursue the truth, there is really nothing they can't do.

If the news of letting abyssal creatures contaminate the Holy Mountain spreads out, the followers of the Lord of the Dawn across the continent will have to tear them apart.

While sighing, Hudson had to admit that this move was cruel enough.

There are so many geomantic treasures in the continent, and the Holy See chose to place its headquarters in the Holy Mountain because the Lord of the Dawn preached the doctrine here, which belongs to the face of the gods.

If the Holy Mountain is polluted, the faith of the Lord of the Dawn will definitely be affected, which is much more serious than establishing a new Holy See.

"Sir Robert, if the gods are really drawn out, how will it end?"

Hudson asked solemnly.

He was just curious about the gods, but he didn't want to commit suicide.

It’s okay for the Lord of the Dawn to ignore it. If the gods come in person, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Marshal, don't worry!

Gods are not as scary as you think. What's more, it's not without reason that the gods have become extinct in the past few thousand years.

According to the information left by our ancestors, there was a great war in the divine world thousands of years ago, and the gods even recruited believers from the human world to participate in the war.

If gods are really omnipotent, why do they still recruit believers?

As long as we are concealed enough, even if the gods send a clone, it will be difficult to determine who did it.

As the most powerful nation in the human race, the Franks have far more information than we do. Since they dared to attack the Holy Mountain, they must have made sure that the gods could not interfere.

In the past, we only caused some chaos to the Holy See. It is not that simple to destroy the Holy See! "

Robert's explanation did not convince Hudson. It's okay to watch the excitement and eat melon, but just participate in it personally.

There is neither a blood feud nor a conflict of core interests between the two parties, so there is no need for him to resort to hatred.

It sounds nice to keep it secret, but the problem is that everyone else can hide their identity, and Hudson's dragon and bear iconography is too obvious.

As long as you show your face, people will remember it in twenty years. Hiding is a joke.

Without convincing Hudson, Robert's action plan remained the same. The arcane arts, which have been suppressed by the Holy See for countless years, will not easily let go of this opportunity to add insult to injury.

Perhaps not only the arcanists, but also the necromancers, lichs, etc. who were originally converted into cults by the Holy See will not let go of this opportunity for revenge.

Ordinary people can't participate, but among so many unpopular professions, there will always be a few strong ones.

In Hudson's mind, the image of a group of saints running to the Holy Mountain to cause trouble for the Holy See appeared involuntarily.

Vaguely, he had a terrible thought: "Could the Holy Mountain of Light be overthrown by these heretical forces?"

Perhaps the biggest reason why the Franks dared to attack the Holy Mountain was not because of their elite soldiers, but because they had long expected that someone would help them.

As a top force, the Holy See has slowly fallen behind mainly in the past ten years.

Before that, they were very powerful, and there were countless "heretics" hunted by them.

It's okay if these people don't become strong men. Once they reach the top, it's obviously unjustifiable not to avenge the people who were hunted down back then.

How many people from other countries were involved, Hudson didn't know. Anyway, from the Alpha Kingdom alone, one Sanctuary plus nine eighth-level experts came to join in the fun.

According to Robert, he was teamed up with three Sanctuaries from the Five Nations Alliance and some Sanctuary powerhouses from the Southern Continent.

The exact number of people has not yet been determined, but they are obviously still recruiting teammates. It can be seen that everyone is very cautious when it comes to attacking the Holy See.

All those invited were those who had issues with the Holy See. Even if they did not participate in this "public welfare activity" against the Holy See, no one would inform on him.

After seeing off this uninvited guest, Hudson returned his mind to the battlefield in the Near East. Compared with insulting the Holy See, defeating the Orc Empire is obviously more important.

…

At the foot of the Holy Mountain, there are already flags everywhere. The smell of gunpowder smoke filled the whole world, and it was so oppressive that it was suffocating.

As the commander of the army, Marquis Sunil looked up at the holy mountain in front of him, turned to look at the soldiers of the three armies and gave a passionate speech:

"Soldiers, the holy mountain is polluted!

Today we must use our blood to wash away this dirty land and rebuild the glory of our Lord!

For the sake of glory and faith, let us now pick up the weapons in our hands and fight against this group of degenerates who have become heretics!

…”

There is nothing wrong with it. After the Franks established a new Holy See, the original Holy See of Dawn became a "heresy".

Similar operations also apply to the Five-Nation Alliance. The original Holy See of Dawn was labeled as a cult.

The banner of justice was raised, and the soldiers who were originally hesitant about attacking the Holy Mountain were convinced.

Now we are not attacking the Holy Mountain, but we are cleansing the sins of the world and restoring the glory of the gods.

The theoretical basis is all ready-made. The fact that the gods have not appeared on the continent of Aslant for thousands of years is the best evidence to prove the corruption of the Holy See.

No matter how the Holy See explains it, it is all in vain. Believers who have been reverse brainwashed will not believe it at all. They have taken the blame for the Lord of the Dawn not appearing holy.

"kill!"

"kill!"

…

Along with a burst of shouts of killing, the attack and defense of the Holy Mountain officially began. For a time, the sound of artillery fire resounded throughout the world, and the shouts of killing were endless.

Under the cover of the magic crystal cannon, countless Frank soldiers carried ladders and launched a fierce attack on the enemy's fortifications.

Bows and arrows, rolling stones, edge wood, golden juice... all kinds of countermeasures appeared on the battlefield.

Showing their true feelings in times of crisis, the conscripted believers showed no fear at all and took up arms and went straight to the battlefield.