Comprehensive strategy

Chapter 513 Rear Admiral, Kade!
Admiral Hirpes was very efficient.

In less than two hours, he arranged a series of emergency measures and appeared in Knight City.

"You just said that Medusa is lost?" In a certain room, Clarence stood by the window, with his back to Hippes.

His gaze was looking into the distance, indifferent and calm, and he didn't seem to have any emotional fluctuations because of the latter's words.

Silpes said in a low voice: "The Council of Saints has already helped people search for it near the city of Saint Kai. I will try my best to deal with this matter."

"Can I stop it?" Croren asked.

With the sixth-level cultivation of the Pope, can the Medusa be intercepted during its launch?

No one knows the answer, but the result must not be optimistic.

After all, even at the sixth level, the perception range is also limited, let alone the attack distance.

No matter how long a cultivator's hands are, they can only be regarded as melee combat weapons compared to real war-level weapons.

Hirpes was silent for a moment, then said, "I will take responsibility for this matter."

Claude shook his head: "You are indeed a little negligent, but it's not entirely your fault. Besides, you can't afford this responsibility... No one can afford this responsibility."

The Pope is obviously not in the mood to investigate the right or wrong of this matter. The most important thing at the moment is how to solve this hidden danger.

"Extend the search area, don't limit it to Sankai City." Clarence said, "If I were Luo Song, I would definitely guard this hard-won hole card in person, and Sankai City has already been exposed. Under the view of the church, it is not a good place to hide things. In order to ensure that Medusa’s launch will not be disturbed by others, he will stay away from the city of Sankai, the farther the better, so the focus of the search is on the edge Take it, tell me first when you find someone, don't go to die yourself."

Now that everyone in the Wilson family is gathered in Shengkai City, including those people who have been refined, Luo Song naturally does not understand how dangerous this kind of move is. Once the Qing Emperor's real dragon picture disappears, the city may be destroyed immediately. He suffered a devastating blow. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for Luo Song to stay in Shengkai City and be buried with these people. If he wants to make the church attack the mouse, he must hide in the dark, which is currently the only way to keep The Wilson family's approach.

If someone wanted to take away Luo Song's hole card, the latter would definitely not swallow his anger like before.

Everyone has their own bottom line, in order to protect the family, it is entirely possible for Luo Song to sacrifice his life for this.

And the life of a sixth-order powerhouse is definitely not something Hirpes can afford.

The cultivation base of this general of the Military Research Department is actually not weak at all. Among other things, at least there will be no problem in a tie with Karel. However, compared to the Qiong level that is already at another level, then It's really not enough to watch.

"Also, don't touch Sankai City until Medusa is found." Claren said again, "As for those who haven't returned to Sankai City, keep killing those who should be killed, don't hold back."

Hirpes nodded: "I understand."

In fact, since the meeting between Claude and Luo Song, the two have been testing each other.

In the conversation in the coffee shop, the Pope undoubtedly had the absolute advantage, and Luo Song's stealing of Medusa was equivalent to winning back a victory. I have to carry the big pot.

They turned around and sent out the perfect victory foundation that Clauren had already laid.

However, Clarence did not blame anything. In his opinion, it is not unacceptable for the church and the Wilson family to maintain a delicate balance. After all, his main energy now has to be on At the Knights Tournament.

"Has there been any movement in the Minghuang Desert recently?" Clarence sat back on the chair, poured himself a cup of tea, and then poured another cup for Hippes, "Sit down and talk."

"Okay." Hirpes was also polite.

In fact, the Pope of Mara Church is much more eloquent than many people imagined, and he rarely puts on airs. It's just that this kind of performance, combined with the long-standing temperament of Clarence, makes people feel a little advanced Unpredictable.

"After receiving your order yesterday, I sent ten elite regiments to guard the border, and I haven't noticed any changes in them yet." Hippes said, the ten elite regiments he was talking about were not ten knight regiments. , but the real church legion!
The personal strength of these soldiers is very average, all below the fifth rank, but each one is an expert with a gun, especially good at ambushes, encounters, and attacking and counterattacking.

The knights of the hunting guild are usually composed of 10-30 people, but the army under the military research department has a full 2000 people!
Ten elite regiments are 20000 people!
In the past, when they were still using the same type of firearms as the Law Enforcement Bureau, they could use tactics to compete with real knights in the wild. Now they are equipped with brand-new anti-matter weapons. The real knights are no longer their opponents.

As Qin Yang said, necromancy firearms derived from life science and technology have extremely low barriers to use, because it no longer requires the person holding the gun to use his own spiritual power to activate the spirit array inside the gun. This is undoubtedly extremely Greatly enhanced the church's military strength.

Blue Star's technology has developed to the present, and the number of the army is actually very small. After all, with the same number of people, except for very few cases, soldiers with guns will basically not be opponents of knight-level practitioners, let alone knights. It is also possible to use guns, but most of them disdain to do so.

At the beginning of its birth, the Council of Saints actually had the shadow of the Church Army, which can be seen from their extremely strict discipline and vigorous and decisive behavior.

It can be said that the Council of Saints is the current army unit of the Church of Mara.

However, there are only less than 100 regiments under the Ministry of Military Research who really bear the name of the army.

Among them, there are very few that can be called elite regiments by Hirpes.

This time to station in the Minghuang Desert, the military research department dispatched ten elite regiments, which can almost be called one-third of the army force of the entire church, and this order was issued by Clarence himself, so it can be seen , How highly he evaluates the power of Minghuang Desert, and at the same time, this also represents the determination of His Excellency the Pope to never allow Minghuang Desert to participate in this matter!

Inside the Military Research Department, there are also hawks and doves. Hirpes is the representative of the hawks, and one of the few people who has real military power.

It is worth mentioning that 10 out of 8 of these people in charge of the military are hawks, but when it comes to political status and contributions to the church, the doves are much stronger than the hawks. Their suggestions, Hirpes couldn't help but listen.

The previous Regent, and the current Regent Gilmer, are among the leaders of the dovish faction.

It's a delicate balance.

It is also the balance created by Clarence.

Because in this way, no matter what he wants to do, he can get "most support" including himself.

The Pope of the Church of Mara couldn't tell whether he was a hawk or a dove.

When Clarence launched a ruthless attack, he was more ferocious than Hirpes. For example, this time, the latter's suggestion was to conduct several test explosions in the depths of the Minghuang Desert to deter the group of aliens who were about to move.

Being able to give this suggestion is enough to show how deeply the "little girl" left Hippes.

Anyway, he was bluffed.

However, Clarence didn't care so much.

His order is, as long as the aliens in the Minghuang Desert dare to show their heads, they will directly greet them with big guys!

What this big guy refers to is naturally self-evident.

In Clarence's view, some people don't shed tears when they see the coffin, and they also consume so many weapons. The deterrent effect of actual combat is undoubtedly much deeper than that of acting. Only when they are hurt once, will they know how to be afraid.

And when Claude became conservative, he was more tolerant than anyone else.

Many years ago, the federation proposed a training plan for top practitioners.

This plan is not limited to a certain church, but belongs to the entire Blue Star.

In other words, as long as you are a Blue Star and your talent is strong enough, you are eligible to join it.

Thus, five years later, the first Dawn Knights was born.

During those days, Blue Star had just experienced a major war, and anti-invasion incidents were quite frequent. It can be said that it was the most difficult and darkest period faced by the three major churches. Therefore, the three popes sent this branch from Blue Star The knight order formed by the most talented young people is named Breaking Dawn, which means to cut through the night and see the light again.

In addition to the limited number of Daybreak Knights, there are many reserve members of the Daybreak Knights.

It is no exaggeration to say that these young people carry the hope of Blue Star's future.

When the current strong people gradually grow old and withdraw from the stage of making history, it is time for them to show themselves.

Hesse is one of them.

However, that's all for later.

Prior to this, the Federation had discussed the ownership of the Dawn Knights once.

That was the time when everyone felt that they couldn't understand the new Pope of the Church of Mara.

Originally, when the old Pope was in power, the three major churches had the same right to speak to the Daybreak Knights and their reserves—this was a matter of course. Composed of geniuses, you can't say that people belong to our church, but I, the Pope, don't have the right to order them, right?
The Dawn Knights are under the joint control of the three major churches, and everyone feels that there is nothing wrong with it.

However, as soon as Clarence took office, he gave away his right to speak.

Clarence believes that in extraordinary times, there should be extraordinary means and extraordinary rules.

In the case of alien invasion, the pressure on Blue Star has never been lessened. In this case, dictatorship will be more efficient than democracy, so he proposed that Pope Ord, who has the strongest cultivation base, be fully responsible for those related to Daybreak Matters related to the Knights.

"There are such good things in the world?" Pope Aude thought in his heart at that time, and then agreed without hesitation.

Pope Aude is also an open and frank person, and he voted for it directly without any euphemistic refusal!
The result is very obvious.

The Church of Mara plus the Church of Aude, two votes to one, the Pope of the Tingye Church had no choice but to do so.

The most important thing is that he himself has to admit that Clarence's point of view does have some truth.

If there is a show of hands for everything, and there will be another round after a tie, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the efficiency of the Daybreak Knights.

This is true.

In several anti-invasion incidents, no one should have been sacrificed, but because the Dawn Knights arrived a little later, they stayed in the different world forever.

"Perhaps it's time for a change."

After that meeting, the Pope of Tingye Church sighed so much.

He found that his thinking seemed to be a bit rotten and solidified, and he was too timid to do things, and lost the poise and courage that he should have.

The original purpose of the Daybreak Knights was to better protect the Blue Star, so as long as this original intention is not violated, what does it matter who will ultimately control this power?

On that day, the pope of Tingye Church voluntarily resigned, and handed over the heavy burden on his shoulders to the successor he had chosen long ago.

This person is Jiu Qixin.

It is precisely because of this that the Patriarch has never had a good face to Claren or Pope Aude.

Although a large part of the reason for her superiority is attributed to Clarence, this does not change the fact that the other party united with the Pope Aude to deprive the Tingye Church of the power it should have. Moreover, Jiu Qixin herself seems to have no place in this matter. not very interested...

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"Let Major General Kadai enclose Prison Island as well."

The two chatted about the Minghuang Desert for a while, and Claren issued the second order against the Sage City.

Katie Cardel, the current rear admiral, is the only female general in the Church of Mara army.

"In addition, notify CMU and ask them to contact the major airports. From now on, all routes from Prison Island to the outside world will be closed." Clauren said lightly: "The nails buried on the island should also play a role. Let them Let's make a fuss."

"Yes." Hirpes immediately sent out a few text messages, and then added: "Would it be too... merciful?"

This is why the general of the Military Research Department considered the wording, and finally chose the word "benevolence".

Before Clauren came back, Hippes thought that the former would be the same as himself, defining all the forces linked to Sage City as third parties.

This third party is not necessarily an enemy, nor is it necessarily a friendly army, but it will certainly no longer obey the Church of Mara.

To sum it up in two words, it is "outsiders".

And since it is an outsider, there is no need to soften your heart when you do it.

However, Clarence's order obviously did not regard Prison Island as a real outsider.

Indeed, even the mysterious navy was dispatched, and the route was cut off. This is completely in the rhythm of sealing off the island. It seems that they are really going to fight with Prison Island. However, in fact, the key point of Claude's order is It's in the second half.

He wanted to use that nail to make the prison island's armed forces unable to escape.

The Pope is doing his best to avoid a conflict between the Church Navy and Prison Island.

As for the blockade, it was purely a warning, and at the same time, it also expressed the attitude of the church on this matter.

It's fine if you stay on the prison island honestly, but if you want to force your way, the church's navy is not vegetarian.

Strictly speaking, Prison Island's move this time is already treacherous and collaborating with the enemy, but Clauren still did not directly use violence to deal with the rebels. Couldn't this be called "benevolence"?

Even in Hirpes' view, this approach is a bit contradictory, with a taste of wanting to kill but not wanting to kill.

Of course, with so many people on Prison Island, it would not be a trivial matter if they really wanted to kill them. At least this order would encounter great resistance within the church.

However, with the Pope's means, these resistances can't really stop him.

Therefore, leaving some leeway for Prison Island—this order, which is completely different from the previous Pope's style of acting, is Clarence's own choice.

He seemed no longer as decisive as before.

Clarence's eyes were calm, and he didn't explain much about Hippes' evaluation of his kindness.

In his position, you can't just consider your position when doing things.

Taking a step back, even if there is a 100% chance of winning this duel with Sage City, he will still make some preparations for defeat.

The leeway he left for Prison Island is also the leeway for the church itself.

Hippes only knew that the female rear admiral Kade of the Navy was a member of the Pope, but he didn't know the origin of the other party, and he didn't even know that Kade had also worked as a jailer on Prison Island for a period of time.

To be precise, it should be the prison officer.

She personally issued the order to assassinate Karel at night.

That night, Kade sent one of the weakest prison officers to kill Kallier, and she herself left the prison island by helicopter long before this order was carried out.

Next, the old warden was completely enraged, blood flowed on the prison island, but the instigator of this incident has already escaped.

"I heard that Shuguang City has changed its owner?" Claren didn't seem to want to get entangled in these things, he changed the subject and said, "It's related to Ember Star, right?"

"According to the information I got, yes." Hirpes nodded, "However, the political power of the Aude Church is still in the hands of the Aode Pope, and those Ember Stars seem to be only interested in Shuguang City."

Having said that, Hirpes discovered that the things that the Ember Stars and Huali High School did were unexpectedly similar.

"I don't even have the least resistance. I'm a little disappointed in him." Clarence sighed softly.

"I'm also very disappointed in myself." At this moment, a voice came from outside the door.

Immediately, the door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man strode in.

It was Pope Aude!

Hirpes immediately got up, helped pull out a chair, then put his own chair back, and stood upright behind Clarence. Although this series of actions was respectful, it also appeared neither humble nor overbearing.

"Long time no see." Clarence poured a cup of tea for Pope Aude just like he did for Hippes.

"You're getting younger," Pope Aude said.

From the half-step dome level to the real dome level, the lifespan has increased by an incomparable amount, and Clarence does look much younger than before.

But Clarence shook his head and said, "You are old."

The three major churches have a history of more than 300 years since their establishment, and Pope Audrey is the only pope who has not changed his term, so Clarence's words are true, but the meaning is obviously more than that.

Sitting together, the two popes looked like Carlisle and Hulede in appearance, and their ages could be seen at a glance.

"At the beginning, I voluntarily handed over the Knights of Dawn to you because you thought that the land of Blue Star would not be defiled by foreigners, and I can see your determination." Claude calmly said, "But now it seems that I It seems to be wrong, you have lost the vigor of the past, and you bowed your head before losing."

When these words came out of Clarence's mouth, it almost didn't save Pope Aude any face, and from the perspective of seniority, it was a bit disrespectful, but the latter didn't get angry because of it, it seemed like As he said outside the door just now, he was also very disappointed in himself.

"Your regent is very good." Pope Ord said lightly, "At the last meeting, I asked Patriarch Jiu to watch a video, and that mobile phone is now in Gilmer's hands. I think you should all Knowing what happened that day in the box, I had no choice."

"You don't have to explain anything to me, it's not like you," Croren said.

"This is not an explanation, but a reminder." Pope Aude said.

"Then your words are explaining." Clarence smiled rarely, "Time really changes a person, doesn't it?"

Pope Ord ignored Clarence's ridicule, "I know what happened in Sankai City. That man has no ill will towards Blue Star. You should make the same choice as me and cooperate with them."

The Aude Church is now backed by Ember Star, and is no longer afraid of the threat posed by the Imperial Army's Demon God Mecha.

Pope Ord believes that as long as Clarence is willing, the Church of Mara can also find an equally powerful backer. At that time, it will never be too difficult for them to help Jiu Qixin take back the Church of Tingye.

"I don't like the feeling of being on the fence," Croren said.

These words are regarded as rejecting Pope Aude's suggestion.

"But in your current position, you have to do a lot of things you don't like." Pope Ord said meaningfully, "It's like you don't like coffee, but you also order a cup of Snow Country Breeze."

"Your news is still as well-informed as before." Clarence smiled, as if only in front of the Pope Aude, he would put away his poker face and show a smile that a normal person should have, "You don't have to persuade me Yes, after all, apart from having the same attitude towards aliens, we both have our own opinions in other aspects. I don't understand you, and you don't understand me, so no matter how much you say, It doesn't work either."

"You will lose." Pope Aude spat out three words.

"I'm ready to lose." Clauren said, "Although I don't agree with your words."

"You came to Knight City, you want to enter the arena to deal with those little guys, right?" Pope Aude asked.

Clarence smiled slightly: "So, you want to go with me?"

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(End of this chapter)