Chapter 672 Bloody Knight

Recently, the number of guards in the city of New Rome has increased significantly. Teams of soldiers can always be seen rushing by on the main streets of the city. The air is full of tension, and the curfew announced a few days ago pushed this atmosphere up**. Even people who feel dull no matter how slow they are can smell a different smell from this atmosphere.

That is, the head of the Holy Seal Knights, the real owner of New Rome, is in a bad mood now.

That's for sure.

Representing the majesty of the Pope's Hall and the powerful force of Rome, the combined army of the three legions of the Holy Indian Knights unexpectedly returned in the roaring bay!

If anyone sits in Sauron's position, I don't think he can be indifferent.

This is the news that shocked the whole city of New Rome, you know, in the next few decades after the end of the bloody battle with alien and high-level mutan beasts. Rebels appeared before, and then pirates emerged, and there were hundreds of battles with the Knights, large and small. There are wins and losses between each other, but there has never been such a thorough and tragic loss.

After all, behind this fiasco, it means that nearly 3,000 years of life has been left on that bay forever, and as many as two legion commanders died in battle! This is absolutely the first time in the history of the Pope's Hall, only the two legion commanders, whose significance is above the soldiers who died in the battle. After all, soldiers can be regenerated through recruitment and training, but one less person with eighth-level ability dies.

The Western Continent is different from the Central Continent, and the number of capable people is small and the level is generally not high. So like Carlomon and Harbes, it is definitely a valuable asset for the Knights. Two people died at a time, and the other legion commander, Mamiro, disappeared. It was strange that Sauron was not heartbroken.

However, when it comes to heartache, no matter how painful Sauron is, there is no family pain behind these two legion commanders.

Carolon's family Odson and Harbes's family Karki are all one of the rich families in Rome. The former was originally a general family in the old era, with royal blood, and he was an important minister of the dynasty in any era; the latter was an old nobleman, and there were many cardinals in the family history. Habeth's grandfather was the only cardinal who survived the cataclysm, and was later in the attack of aliens and erratic beasts. His father was one of the few behind-the-scenes supporters of Sauron, the teacher of Harbes and Lambonis, the former head of the 7th group.

It can be said that these two legion commanders have an inextricable relationship with the Pope's Hall, both themselves and their families.

After receiving the bad news, Odson and Karki both reacted fiercely and petitioned the Pope's Hall many times, which gave Sauron a headache.

Only when the two families were furious, some people were secretly happy. After all, the Odersen family and the Karki family are both supporters of Sauron, relying on their support for Sauron to get a political height of power today. At the same time, how many pairs of eyes are staring at them silently behind their backs. There will be light, and the more bright the light is, the thicker the shadow behind it will be.

So when these two families are angry, some people will naturally be happy. Of course, this can't be shown on the face.

Half a month after the battle of Roaring Bay, Sauron came out of his palace with a gloomy face. Accompanied by the commander of the Guard, Wether, he went to the conference room. During this period, Sauron had no smile on his face, and He could only carefully figure out his boss's thoughts. But the limit he could imagine was just the defeat of the roaring bay and the fall of the two legion commanders that made Sauron feel bad.

Of course, he won't think of it. The deaths of the two legion commanders certainly made Sauron feel bad, but what Sauron was most interested in was Franklin. On the surface, the war was to fight the pirates, but most of the reason was only for the Mr. Beast who escaped from his hands.

Sauron's original intention was to make Franklin feel that there was no place to settle at sea by fighting against pirates. As long as the beast could be forced ashore, Sauron was sure to catch him. Unfortunately, it was contrary to the original. Not only did the battle fail, but it also killed thousands of soldiers and two legion commanders.

Faling to catch Franklin means that the devil who still occupies his palace will be unhappy. If the silver demon is not happy, Sauron will have no hope of progress, and it will attract some punishments and so on. Fortunately, Gaia has been sleeping in the palace these days, so Sauron knows that he still has a chance. As long as he catches Franklin before Gaia wakes up, he is still expected to get a glimpse of the tenth level.

God knows how eager he is to advance, which is the instinct of almost every capable person. And the higher the level, the stronger this desire will be. Similarly, the higher you are, the more difficult it is to go further.

While thinking about how to go next, the conference room arrived. Today is the quarterly summary meeting held in March. Sauron can already expect that the two big families will definitely take this opportunity to send troops. Whether it is the Odison family or the Karki family, they have had many contacts with him many times in private. Every contact is invariably directed to the topic of revenge.

This gives Sauron a headache.

He has never liked to let people dictate himself, and he is also not afraid to kick these two rich families out of the political circle, even if they used to be his supporters!

After kicking them out, Sauron couldn't find any other family to replace them, whether it was their background or financial resources. However, as long as we go further. As long as you can step into the threshold of the tenth level, you can shock anyone with absolute force. At that time, kicking some self-righteous guys out of this circle and directly confiscate their property will not have much impact on Solomon City.

On the pyramid of power, Sauron never intended to make room for others at the top of the tower. On the pyramid, as long as he is alone!

When Wether pushed open the side door of the conference room, the noise surged out, which made the commander of Qinwei frown. Sneaking at Sauron, he had no expression, and his iron-blue face gradually faded away. But after serving Sauron for so long, Wether knew that the calmer he was, the more terrible he was.

The conference room has different combat rooms. This is a vast hall with marble. The gray-white pillar stones held by five big men are arranged on both sides, and each pillar is mostly decorated with angel sculptures. The arched dome is equipped with gorgeous crystal lamps. When the lights are fully lit, the dome is as beautiful and magnificent as the cosmic galaxy.

There are rows of stained glass windows on the walls on both sides, and the mosaics on the windows are mostly based on the stories in the Bible. In the middle of the conference hall is a scarlet carpet that extends to the base at the end. There are two gorgeous seats decorated with gems on the base, which are for Pope and Sauron. The Pope is still the spiritual leader of the city of New Rome. Looking at Sauron's seat side by side, you can know that Sauron's power covers the sky in Rome.

Two flags hang on the wall behind the base, one on the left is the flag of the Pope's Hall, and the other is the battle flag of the Holy Indian Order.

Sauron strode to the throne in front of the battle flag of the Knights and sat down. Then he glanced at the blank chair next to him and said lightly, "Where is the Pope?"

After a whisper in his ear, Sauron was expressionless, just nodded, and looked at the ministers in the hall and said, "Well, let's start the meeting."

The camp between the ministers is also clear, and the officials belonging to the Knights and several legion commanders naturally stood on Sauron's side. Opposite, of course, are the bishops and civilian officials in the Pope's Hall. After Sauron announced the start of the meeting, a man with a beautiful moustache and gorgeous clothes came out. He is Eutus, the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Rome, who is good at dancing with long sleeves and belongs to any of them. After saluteing Sauron, he said, "Lord Sauron, the total revenue of our city in Rome increased by 15% this quarter. But in my opinion, this number can be increased by another 5% to 10%. The reason why it is lower than I expected is that some of the taxes handed in our colonies seem to have been lost inexplicably..."

As soon as the Yutuus box opened, he endlessly expounded his opinions. This man does have his own way in financial management, otherwise Sauron would not have let him be the finance minister. But Utus's talkative is well known, but it can be revering. Obviously, he can explain things that can be clearly expressed in one sentence without repetition, which makes it necessary to say that he is equally good at eloquence and his financial management.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer started with the taxation of the colony and vaguely talked about several bigwigs in the hall through various explicit claims. Suddenly, the faces of several noble masters faintly changed, and Sauron was a little embarrassed to cry and laugh at the minister. Utus has nothing to do with the church and the knights. Sometimes when it comes to the rise, he often reaches out to some bigwigs. In this, people on both sides of the church and the order will give him an order, and no one can take advantage of it.

But because of Utus's personality that no one is afraid of offending, Sauron secretly kept him, otherwise the old boy would have died on a drunken night. Of course, Sauron doesn't value him, but he needs a neutral person to make some voices that are inconvenient for him to speak.

Seeing that Yutus was very interested, Sauron was afraid that he would go on and the whole meeting would not be able to continue. So he stared at him fiercely. Utus was also alert and now knew that his performance time was almost over. But finally, he couldn't help saying, "Lord Sauron, you should be in charge of the Pope. Your Highness's financial subsidies have increased by 10% this quarter, which is enough to cover 100 civilians for a year.

Sauron nodded and said, "Yes. I heard that His Royal Highness has been very keen on speaking recently. In this regard, I will persuade him when he comes back.

Utus was in full bloom, and this time even the Pope gave him a name. The Chancellor of the Exchequer can say that he has no regrets. Utus saluted Sauron with satisfaction before returning to his position.

Then another minister wanted to report something and was suddenly stopped. The minister's face was immediately full of anger, but he saw his colleagues keep winking at himself. Only then did he notice that in the precedent of the team, a red shadow appeared more and more. The minister quickly retreated. It was a cardinal and Bishop Mendrisa. In addition to being the head of the Karki family, he is also the father of Habeth, the commander of the 7th Regiment who died in the war.

Mendrisa is over 50 years old this year, which is the year of Huajia. But the power of the seventh-order light element made him look like a middle-aged man in his forties. His face was very similar to that of Harbes, but one more vicissitudes that Habbs did not have. As soon as Mendrisa stood up, Sauron knew what he was going to say and said first, "Dear Bishop Mendrisa, about the death of Habez. I am deeply shocked. At the same time, I can also assure you that it is imperative to fight against pirates, but you can't be in a hurry. After all, it's a big deal, and I think the bishop can definitely understand it.

Mendrisa raised his head, looked at Sauron and said, "Harbes is the best of my five children. He has contributed his strength to the Pope's Hall and Lord Sauron without regret. But now, he died at the hands of those dirty pirates, and even his body was nowhere to be found. As a father, I can't bury my beloved son in the family cemetery. As a bishop, I can't lead the soul of a believer through the last road. No matter who I am from, I am ashamed of Habeth. If even his desire to avenge can't be fulfilled, what face does Drisa have to face my relatives and those followers?

"Bishop Mendrisa, I think I have made it clear enough just now. This revenge is not revenge, but now is not the right time. Sauron said impatiently.

"Excuse me, Lord Sauron, what time is it?" Mendrisa pushed forward step by step.

When Sauron was about to get angry, the door opened and a silver hand knight trotted in. After whispering something next to Wether, the commander of the Guards whispered next to Sauron, "Lord Lambonis is here. He seems to have brought a group of retired officers of the Knights."

Sauron snorted and said, "Let him in."

So Wether made a gesture, and the knight quickly retreated. Then the door opened again, and an old man in armor entered from outside. Although this person is already a clam, his whole body is condensed, and the murderous machine bursting out on his body is like substance. Obviously, his whole body was very clean, but since he walked in, there seemed to be a wisp of blood in the hall.

"Bluebonis? It's a bloody knight. Why did he come here?

Such comments suddenly sounded in the hall, and Lambonis can be said to be a veteran of the Order. Now the thirteen legion commanders of the Knights, most of them, including Sauron, are his students. In the dark history of the Pope's Hall and the alien confrontation, Lambonis has always been active on the front line. And the blood-stained road straight through the Eternal Mountains was led by him to open up from blood and fire.

It can be said that Lambonis's meritorious deeds are all made, so he has the name of a bloody knight.

Now he appears here, undoubtedly for Harbes. After all, Harbes is his last student and one of his favorite students.

Seeing Lambonis, Sauron had to stand up and frown, "Teacher, I thought you were on Sequoia Island."

"Bullshit! My student is dead. What's the mood for me to stay on Sequoia Island!" Lambonis roared like a wild lion.

"I'm also your student, not only me, but also several of you here." Sauron reminded.

"But Habeth is different from you. He is the purest and my ideal successor." Lambonis stressed.

"He is also a legion commander, and there are twelve legion commanders, including me. We can sacrifice ourselves for the Pope's Hall at any time, and Habeth is no exception!" Sauron said tit-for-tat.

Lambonis hummed heavily, which sounded like a slight sound, but pounded on everyone's chest like a heavy hammer. The officers of the Knights are basically calm, but there are many ordinary people on the side of the civilian ministers. Suddenly, more than a dozen fell down, including Chancellor of the Exchequer, Eutus.

Sauron's face darkened and shouted, "Lambonis, this is the conference room!"

He called the name of the bloody knight, but Lambonis suddenly woke up. The student in front of him was not the young man of that day, but the real owner of the city of Rome. At that moment, he lowered slightly and said, "I'm presumptuous. Please forgive me, Lord Sauron."

Seeing that Lambonis finally gave himself face, Sauron calmed down and said, "Teacher, I know the feelings of you and Bishop Mendrisa. ke......”

"I know!" Lambonis nodded and said, "I understand your concern. The Knights have lost two heads of the regiment, and the other is life and death. You can't stand the same loss, so I'm here. I have brought some old subordinates. As long as you assign me enough soldiers and ships, we will fight this battle for you!"

At this time, Utus, who woke up, just heard this sentence and immediately shouted, "No, the soldier's pension will exceed the budget!"

Lambonis stared at him fiercely, and Utus rolled his eyes and fainted again.

Sauron's face was gloomy, and Lambonis's move was a violation of his taboo. For him, this teacher can gather a class of old subordinates for Harbes, although these old people are not as powerful as before. But force is force, and Sauron does not want to have other force under his eyes besides the Knights. In particular, this force is not yet under its control.

Almost at the moment of a change of thought, Sauron did not intend to let Lambonis and his old subordinates go back. But how to solve them was a problem. Suddenly, Sauron thought that Gaia had said that no one was allowed to step into the palace except him. If Lambonis and the others accidentally break in, Sauron can clean up anything.

So Sauron smiled and said, "Teacher, it's important if you come to my palace for a moment. Will I discuss it with you after the meeting is over?