Realm of Power

The people of the New Saint Faction, who had just made a splash at the Sky Temple Priest Ceremony and were still cheering for Parstina's resignation, faced this delayed reply. The silent air seemed depressing. Outside The bright sunshine also seemed to be covered with a layer of coldness. A middle-aged man wearing a high-level robe of the Sky Temple glanced at the dozen priests sitting on both sides of the long table and said in a deep voice. He said, "The empire has designated the Holy Lady to go to Calisu to spread the teachings. It will take at least half a year. As a staunch follower of Her Holy Lady, you should be willing to volunteer to follow Her Holy Lady to Calisu!" "Uta Priest, as the general officer of Her Majesty the Holy Lady, you should also accompany us, right? "A gray-haired priest sitting on the left side of the long table looked at the hair. The middle-aged man who spoke did not answer the middle-aged priest's question, but asked, "Although I really want to follow in the footsteps of Her Highness the Saint." Uta's eyes flashed for a moment, with a sad expression on his face. "But Her Highness the Saint needs more." I stay here. After all, there are still so many industries and connections to manage, and some of our newly recruited members also need guidance, so I can only feel pain temporarily. It's painful to stay here. ""Your so-called pain is to let us go to the jungle of Callisu, which is full of poisonous insects, while we stay in Lisbon, the prosperous and prosperous mainland commercial capital, to continue enjoying life. If this is the source of pain, then I and I Your Excellencies, please exchange your views. Your Excellency Uta will go to Calisu with Your Majesty the Holy Lady, while I will wait in pain for Lisbon to pray for you!"

The person who said this was a young priest. Although this young priest was only about 27 or 28 years old, the sacrificial robe he wore was the same as Uta's, with gold rims and colored threads on the chest. The woven coat of arms of the Sky Temple represents the identity of the senior priest of the Sky Temple, and this young priest exudes a sharp sense of pressure. Under the long sleeves of the priest's robe, soft armor is exposed. set,

His name is Rogkata, and he is the former deputy leader of the Sky Templar Knights. The Sky Templar Knights attempted to rebel and were finally wiped out by the emperor. Because of Palstina's pleading, the emperor did not The entire Sky Templar Knights were disbanded, and instead the Sky Templar Knights were reorganized into the Sky Temple Guards, which were managed by each regional priesthood.

This is actually equivalent to completely splitting this powerful religious sect under the Sky Temple into hundreds of parts. It is no longer under the unified management of the top management. It is completely pulled out from the root, and the management rights belong to each party. After the local sacrificial hall, the regional sacrificial hall with limited financial resources, how can it be willing to spend money? Naturally, after a few years of raising these delicate and expensive Templars, they actually existed in name only. The Templars changed careers one after another, either joining the Chamber of Commerce forces and becoming mercenaries of the Chamber of Commerce, or simply joining the Imperial Army. It’s a big gamble with the sword, and there are many emerging ones.

As the deputy leader and senior knight commander, Rogkata was naturally the first to win, and joined the New Saint's faction. With his handsome appearance and elegant conversation, he quickly won the favor of the New Saint. Favor, the new saint comes from the common people, a sparrow turns into a phoenix overnight, where she has seen the true style of a high knight

Moreover, Rogkata's appearance is really good, and his martial arts skills are also rare. When he was in the Knights, he was one of the four most handsome men in the Knights. For a young girl like the New Saint who has just started to fall in love, , has a fatal attraction, and is the dignified deputy leader of the Knights Templar, but he has been so messed up that he needs to rely on a woman for food. He has always been looked down upon by other people in the New Saint Faction.

This time the new saint was assigned by the empire to Calisu. Naturally, many people immediately thought of sending this guy to Calisu. It would be best to die in Calisu, but Rog Kata, as a former The deputy captain of the Knights Templar. When the emperor purged the top brass of the Knights Templar, he almost arrested three of the four deputy captains, but he was the only one left untouched. This speaks for itself.

It was no accident that he squeezed into the New Saint Faction

After all, he is also the deputy leader of the Knights Templar. He is handsome and a high priest. He is from a noble family in Salander. How could he not find a way to make a living? The reason why he has to rely on the New Saint Faction is because he can She survived and has secretly defected to the empire. She is basically the empire’s support in the New Saintess faction. Eyeliner, it was just that he temporarily left the New Saint's side some time ago because he was dealing with an issue. Who knew that Chief Uta would use such a despicable blackmail method to pull Palstina out of the priesthood ceremony, and wanted to do something for the new Saint? The Saint came on stage to build momentum in advance, but by the time he came back, the situation was irreversible

"Nonsense. I stayed in Lisbon for the sake of Her Royal Highness the Saint. It was for the needs of the overall situation. As the most trusted guard captain of Her Highness the Saint, you Cha will not follow Her Highness the Saint and stay in Lisbon. What's the use!" Uta's eyes bulged in anger, he pressed his hands on the table, his face turned red with anger, and he looked at Roger Carter angrily.

Rogkata raised his eyebrows disapprovingly and said, "As the general affairs officer of the Saintess Faction, you want to put aside the critical moment. Why should you let everyone go to Calisu to die!" "Death? How is it possible, the northern part of Calisu is With the empire's 100,000-strong army stationed there, and King Calisu's capital serving as a barrier, who can get through? Come on, everyone is just going to stay there for three months, and then you can come back," Uta said loudly with a serious expression. "Your Excellency, these jokes are not funny!" Rogkata curled his lips coldly. The Anser people in southern Kalisu have basically pacified the occupied area and may launch a major attack at any time. Attack, the Anser people are not ignorant of the brutality. Just fifteen days ago, the Anser people suppressed the resistance of Lize, a city in the southern part of Kalisu. It is said that the blood of the Kalisu people massacred by the Anser people was drowned. Up to the ankles! And I heard that the Kalisu jungle is full of poisonous insects, especially in the hot summer. , is like a heat wave hell. If you step on it, you may be bitten by an insect and die. Decades ago, the Martin Liga people's army of more than 100,000 people was completely destroyed because of the harsh environment of the Kalisu dense forest. Whoever wants to go to such a ghost place as "The Submerged", I will not go anyway!"

Rogkata paused, waved his hands, and looked completely scornful. At this point, who cares about face matters? Now it is a matter of life and death.

He is different from other people who attended the meeting. He is a pawn of the empire to break into the New Saint Faction, so he clearly knows that because of Parstina's resignation, this time it is said that even the emperor is angry, but he just avoids it. The stabilized Sky Temple experienced too many fluctuations, so it did not directly issue an order to arrest and purge.

He was a survivor of the great purge. He knew very well how the empire dealt with the purges and would not take too drastic action in person. But if he wanted to kill them, he really didn't need to put in much effort.

Look at these pampered guys, there may be a few of them with extraordinary means, but Carisu is not Lisbonto. Once they leave the financial support of the Chamber of Commerce behind them, these people are nothing.

In the most difficult dense forest, in the Shura field where hundreds of thousands of troops were brutally strangled, in the Kalisuna area, there are hundreds of miles of dense forest, infested by various poisonous insects and beasts, and there is also a battle between the empire and the Ansel army. In the war zone, one hundred and eighty people are missing. Under the flames of war, everything is burned. Who will take care of it, even the sky The New Saint of the Empty Temple, nominally going to Calisu to spread the teachings, is actually a disguised form of execution. The empire wants to use the sword of the Dark Seer to eliminate the New Saint faction at once. Of course, the New Saint The Saintess faction can be eliminated, but the industries and wealth involved still require an agent.

If nothing else, that person is myself!

The young priest of Rogkata curled his lips in disdain. For him, this opportunity was like a big pie falling from the sky and hitting his head. If you hadn't used that woman to blackmail Pal this time, High Priest Sterna, the Emperor of the Empire should not touch the New Saints faction yet, because the Emperor needs the New Saints faction to split the Sky Temple. He may need to lurk for three to five years, but he did not expect that the opportunity would come like this. Sudden,

People who can't even figure out the disparity in power between the two sides are digging holes for themselves. Who can blame them! He felt that continuing to sit here was a complete waste of his time. Even if all of these people did not die in Calisu in the end, I am afraid that not many of them would be able to come back.

He sighed slightly, stood up from his seat with his strong and straight body, glanced at the surprised faces of others, and said in a serious voice, "Some people are smart and think that they can do whatever they want with a little money. Since the mess is happening now, You should clean it up yourself and drag everyone out to bear the burden together! "Roger Kata, watch your words! ""Your comment on Master Uta like this is really too much! "Someone made a voice and said

Rogkata snorted as if he was completely ignoring him. He was about to be sold. Why are you still here helping count the money? As soon as Rogkata said these words, Uta's face turned livid and he clenched his hands suddenly. The faces of other participants also changed greatly, which was quite ugly.

"Actually, I was very curious just now. Since it is such an important meeting, why did Priest Kilin and Priest Suk, who have the best relationship with Lord Uta, not come?" Rog Carter asked with sharp eyes and a cold mouth. "They have some It's an urgent matter, so I can't participate for the time being." Uta's body trembled slightly, and his voice was a little weird, "Is that true? If I'm not wrong, they received the message from Lord Uta, so they didn't come. Yes!”

"What do you mean, I told you, they just can't participate for some other reasons!" Uta pressed his palms heavily on the table, his face was livid and frightened. Seeing Uta being so rude, the person who just spoke for him just now , couldn't help but frown slightly,

"Well, since Your Excellency Uta refuses to say it, let me say it." Rogkata looked to both sides and said with a stern expression, "Everyone who came to attend the meeting today is Your Excellency Uta who deliberately Invite the candidates who will accompany Her Majesty the Saint to the south. Even if they don't want to, it's useless, because they are the only ones attending the meeting, and outside the conference hall, there are probably many imperial eyes watching. Regardless of whether they are willing to go, they have already been marked as Her Majesty the Saint. The label of the most important subordinate”

"What's wrong? Have you been told something off?"

"This urgent meeting was held to discuss countermeasures. Why did there be forty-three priests and seventeen wealthy businessmen from Lisbon who expressed firm support for Her Royal Highness the New Saint? In the end, only a dozen of us came. What does this mean? Explain this. People have already received the news from Lord Uta and are busy severing relations with Her Majesty the Saint to avoid being betrayed by the empire. Joining the ranks that followed His Highness the Saint to the south, only those of us who were considered to be able to give up by Lord Uta foolishly came to the meeting. Lord Uta wanted to make the empire think that it was Her Highness the Saint who came to the meeting today. Naturally, there will be no shortage of the most trusted core members on the list of those who will accompany the Saint!

"What!"

"How could this happen!" After hearing Rogkata's words, the other participants suddenly became confused.

The people who can sit here are all smart people. I originally thought that going to Calisu this time might be just a way for the empire to save face for Parscina's resignation. It meant that the new saint would suffer for half a year, and then You can come back, so everyone’s faces are still ugly. Half a year of hard work is exchanged for Parstina’s downfall. The end of an old era and the beginning of a new era. No matter how you look at it, it is worth it.

But now that I think about it, that's not the case at all.

Anyone who is not deaf can feel the anger coming from the top of the empire, rolling in the sky above Lisbonto.

It's just that I was too careless and didn't notice it

The day before, Sky High Priest Palstina suddenly resigned, and the next day, the request to go to Calisu, which had almost been forgotten, was approved. This was such a coincidence, and it came from the imperial order, and it also specifically specified the request. The new saint went there and was strictly required to set off within five days. She didn't even have any time to prepare. It was a mission here and there, and it was basically an exile!

"I still have things to deal with, so I'll take my leave now!" Some people began to stand up and leave in a hurry. "Uta, I have no grudge against you, why are you trying to hurt me!" Someone yelled angrily, "Your Majesty, from Lisbon Report from the side! "An imperial guard came up from behind and handed a newly received report to the emperor. The fat man finally took a look at it, and the morning light in the distance had not yet illuminated the sky. , the mountains wind in front like a long dragon. Behind the mountains is a large dense green forest. In front of it is the territory of the Kingdom of Balorela in Central Europe. The current control area of ​​southern Congo and Balor in Central Europe is the area controlled by the empire. This is the limit, "This Rogkata is a talent, just follow the list he provided!" The fat man crumpled the report in his hand, turned his head and said in a solemn voice,