Volume Three, Blood and Fire, Chapter 198, Returning with a Feather
It was not until evening that the city defense troops who went out to pursue the city returned to the city in full force. Naturally, they gained nothing.
Now everyone in Tirisfal knows that the massacre in the past few days and this battle were all caused by the Holy Empire. Under the leadership of the wise and powerful city lord Baron Julius, they repelled this group of powerful enemies.
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Although the losses were heavy, it was still a great victory.
Although a small number of people have doubts, their questions cannot be answered and are insignificant to the overall situation.
Under the control of Yekaterina, Tirisfal's battle report was transmitted to Tiffany, the administrative center of the Crimson Principality.
Sure enough, the senior officials of the Crimson Principality were shocked and demanded that the bodies of the six Holy Knights and Templars be immediately brought back to Tiffany to see what happened. The Holy Empire was too powerful and the Holy Empire's intentions must be accurately predicted.
In addition, Tirisfal is too close to the central mountains. Although there are natural mountains as a barrier, the Holy Empire cannot invade in a large scale, and there has been no precedent for the Holy Empire to successfully penetrate from the western Crimson Mountains in hundreds of years.
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Therefore, after discussing with her staff and ministers, Grand Duchess Maria decided to send the Crimson Tide Legion, the closest garrison to Tirisfal and one of the three major legions of the Crimson Principality, to station in Tirisfal.
General Hannibal serves as Tirisfal's highest military and political officer.
At the same time, ask Julius to escort the bodies of Holy Empire personnel back to Tiffany immediately, ending his tenure as Lord of Tirisfal.
This move made Julius extremely excited: he was finally going back to Tiffany, which he had always dreamed of.
After careful consideration with Elos once again, and after confirming the details, Julius felt that everything was safe, and then set off with a small number of guards to escort the six corpses.
As for Hannibal's Crimson Tide Legion still taking half a month to arrive, this is not what Julius worries about.
Originally, Tirisfal was undefendable. Even if the Holy Empire's army came to attack, it would be impossible to fight in Tirisfal. General Hannibal would definitely choose an area closer to the hinterland of the Crimson Principality to fight.
If there is no further invasion by the Holy Empire, then after the Crimson Tide Legion arrives in Tirisfal, they will recruit a large number of engineers and civilians to build Tirisfal into a fortress.
However, in this case, if the Holy Empire has an attack plan and the Crimson Tide Legion has not arrived in time, the civilians of Tirisfal will be equivalent to being abandoned.
However, these civilians cannot see that far and cannot imagine that much. As the saying goes, the ignorant are fearless and the fearless are happy.
In fact, sometimes ignorance is also a kind of happiness.
Julius seemed extremely comfortable while riding the horse. He hadn't returned to Tiffany's for two years, and he hadn't seen his dear little baby for two years. Thinking of this, Julius couldn't help but feel fascinated.
There were about a hundred guards accompanying him, mostly cavalry.
Among them, Elos and others were disguised as ordinary knights and mixed in the escort team. Only Ekaterina was riding in the carriage.
Eloise promised Julius that as soon as he arrived at Tiffany and he helped issue the port departure permit for Poseidon Port, Eloise and others would leave and would not disturb him again.
After having more contact with Ilosu, Julius also believed that Ilosu was not very bloodthirsty in nature. Maybe something happened that day. At the same time, his knight leader was not a good bird and died at the hands of Ilosu.
It can be considered as well deserved.
As for the more than 300 soldiers who died, they can be recruited at any time as long as they have money. This time, he has made a great contribution, and Grand Duchess Maria will definitely reward her father-in-law, Marquis Patrick.
In this way, the loss of six powerful men can be settled, and at the same time, he can gain the praise of the Marquis.
Thinking about it this way, Julius no longer thinks Ilosu is so scary.
"Tell me, after the Holy Son returns in vain, will the Holy Empire cause trouble for you again?" Ekaterina leaned out of the window and asked Elos who was riding beside the carriage.
"Of course I will. It seems that the higher-ups of the Holy Empire attach great importance to my heresy. They even sent out the Holy Son, one of the candidates for the future Pope. I just don't understand why this Holy Son is obviously not very powerful. How can he dare to lead such a little thing?
People infiltrated into the Crimson Principality.”
If Sanguinius, who had fled, could see Elos's evaluation of him, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.
"Perhaps this Holy Son underestimated your strength and was eager to achieve success, so he rushed to Tirisfal quickly. If this is the case, there must be a large army behind them, and the leader must at least have the same skills as that person.
The strength is the same as that of the Holy Son, or even higher than him."
Ekaterina analyzed it and believed that it was very possible. If this was the case, then everyone would still be in danger and must not be careless.
Elos pondered for a while and said:
"Well, Katya, what you said is very possible. My true strength has not been exposed before. Needless to say, Joan of Arc, the other holy son Heathcote's attitude towards me is ambiguous, but it has not been revealed.
There was hostility, so they could not report truthfully. The Holy Empire's importance to me should be my true name ability and the day I destroyed the Ball of Reincarnation that was crucial to them, and also desecrated an Advent Angel, which caused that
The angel fell, and everything went wrong that day to help me escape, so they misjudged my strength."
"But fortunately, we are heading to the hinterland of the Crimson Principality. The people of the Holy Empire may be overwhelmed by their efforts." Yekaterina asked.
"Perhaps. Actual combat has proven that in a battle that surpasses ordinary saint realm experts, no matter how many gold-level professionals there are, they cannot play the expected role. Next, if they don't give up, only the truly powerful ones will
Keep chasing us."
"Then you must be careful to guide arrows or other magic items. I have a hunch that they have more than this one trump card..."
Sanguinius, who fled Tirisfal, was extremely depressed at the moment. After borrowing the power of faith from the God of Light, the injuries he suffered in the Holy Light state were instantly healed. At this moment, what filled his body and mind was just the unwillingness to defeat.
Fear of trauma.
Alone, Sanguinius did not dare to enter the ancient tunnel alone, but meditated and breathed at the exit.
When they arrived, their group had already marked the route with holy light seals, and they believed that the descending angels would lead most of them to support them soon.
However, the appearance of his failure undoubtedly weakened his majesty as the Holy Son. Thinking of this, Sanguinius became a little angry, and his meditation was interrupted.
It's already autumn now, and the mountainous areas in autumn can sometimes be even hotter than in summer.
It had just rained, and then the sun was blazing, and the entire valley seemed indescribably hot and humid, making it almost suffocating.
Poisonous snakes and poisonous insects have all hid in cool and moist places, and wild beasts and birds have also stayed in their nests, unwilling to be poisoned by the sun.
There were only some powerful monsters wandering leisurely in the forest, looking for food, patrolling their territory, and passing the long boring afternoon.
Sanguinius had joined the host of Advent Angels two days ago.
Faced with the defeat of the Holy Son, everyone was very surprised. Although Sanguinius was indeed not as powerful as the other two Holy Sons, Heathcote and Fabion, he was also a well-known strong man in the Holy Empire. They did not expect this heretic.
So powerful.
Although the descending angels knew that Elos, a heretic, had many abilities, they did not expect that Sanguinius, who had used the power of faith in the God of Light, would be defeated so completely.
Now Ilosu is probably almost deep into the core area of the Crimson Principality. If he delays any longer, the mission will undoubtedly fail.
However, there are too many people on our side who are too conspicuous, and facts have proven that gold-level experts cannot intervene in battles with legendary level combat power. These precious forces cannot be sacrificed here in vain.
After discussing with Sanguinius, the two agreed that the two of them, who were the most powerful, should pretend to go deep into the Crimson Principality to eliminate the heretic Eloth.
At the same time, a retreat has been left, and an extremely hidden teleportation gate has been set up in the valley at the exit of the ancient tunnel. As long as you encounter an unrivaled existence in the Crimson Principality, as long as you have enough power, you can teleport there in an instant.
here.
The valley with fixed portals is guarded by these holy knights, templars and priests.