After Xu Shuo finished delivering the news, he turned around and looked.
Catalina was seen lying on the steps of the temple, falling asleep again.
This elf is no longer wary now.
The whole person was lazy, as if he hadn't had enough sleep. When he dozed off with his head tilted on his arms, a corner of the elf ears hidden under the crown of the hat was exposed, and the fine white fluff trembled slightly.
Then she seemed to realize something.
Catalina, who was just taking a nap, opened her misty eyes and looked up ahead.
Seeing the young man standing in front of her, Catalina stood up again and rubbed her eyes while saying: "You finished it so quickly? What will you do next?"
Xu Shuo just looked at her sideways and didn't respond.
After Catalina woke up, she couldn't help but feel strange.
"What's wrong?" she asked confused.
"After learning that the dawn of your previous generation was combined with humans, your reaction seems to be much calmer than before." Xu Shuo then spoke up.
Catalina's mouth twitched when she heard this: "What if I don't? Are you satisfied that I have to break down and get angry?"
Xu Shuo smiled: "Isn't that interesting?"
Catalina immediately glared at him, gritted her teeth secretly, and walked directly past him.
But after walking a few steps.
She had to stop frustrated.
Then he turned around and asked angrily: "Where are you going?!"
…
In fact, there is no need to go anywhere.
After Xu Shuo waited in the castle for a few quarters of an hour, the Knights of the Sun who went to support the Gate of Pallas returned.
Before this, he had been paying attention to Zuo Fang's team formation. When he saw that the opponent had never been famous, he knew that things were probably going smoothly.
It went so well that it was a bit regrettable.
After all, the lack of a red name means that there are no powerful enemies to sneak attack on him, which also means that this operation did not catch many big fish at all.
So when Zuo Fang came back, he was frowning and looking worried.
"How's the situation?"
Xu Shuo sat leisurely on the holy seat of the underground temple, and when he saw him coming back, he asked aloud.
After taking a look at the young man who was feeling at ease, he scanned the underground temple and made sure that there was no one else here except an elf. Zuo Fang didn't bother to earn Catalina's performance points.
He casually sat down on the steps, and then said: "What is certain is that Wald XVIII was not present at the coronation ceremony from beginning to end. He probably left the capital last night. And did you know...
"
Zuo Fang paused when he said this.
But I found that the young man had no intention of asking further questions.
He answered helplessly: "After the Holy See Army suppressed the chaotic Royal Capital and liquidated the entire Royal Capital, they discovered that the total number of Imperial Guards and City Defense Forces was less than 10,000."
Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes: "An empty city."
"That's right!"
Zuo deflated and slapped his thigh directly: "That bastard specially left an empty city for us! For this reason, he actually left the entire San Valo royal family here. Now I feel that last night's rebellion was all a confusion they deliberately arranged.
, just to make us think that the Imperial Army is still in the city!"
It was precisely because there were few enemies and poor management that the Holy See quickly occupied the entire huge royal capital in just half an hour.
The plan went completely different than what they originally planned.
Follow previous deployment.
The Holy See army that rushed out from the Royal Palace and Castle in Fort Tantino was indeed intended to catch the royal capital off guard, but its most important function was to connect with the Knights of the Sun and the Pope of Light in the city.
The Knights of the Sun exist to try to kill Walder XVIII and destroy the royal family of St. Varro.
There was also a papal army dormant outside the city.
Regardless of whether the plan succeeds or not, they will cooperate inside and outside to help the Sun Knights withdraw from the capital, and wait until the Silver Shield Legion arrives to defeat the entire Imperial Army in one fell swoop.
The result is now...
The Holy See of Light directly occupied the royal capital.
But Wald XVIII was missing, and there were no royal heirs or nobles in the royal capital.
In the real world, they might be useful.
But here, they serve no purpose except as cannon fodder.
Walder XVIII even gave up on his biological sister who had the same special bloodline as him.
Of course, after he gave up Mrs. Hirsch and Geraint, Xu Shuo speculated that this Wald XVIII might not know their true identity and origin.
Or maybe he actually knows.
But I don't think they can make a difference.
Because Walder XVIII does not need to be emotionally attached to their existence, and it doesn't matter even if the world knows that he is a mixed elf.
After all, he is the ruler of this empire.
He spent decades building his own backing.
But the world only saw the extravagance in front of the king.
…
After Zuo Fang said that sentence.
Catalina on the side seemed to have realized something, and she suddenly said in doubt: "Huh? Wasn't the rebellion of so-and-so last night led by your Holy See of Light?"
The voice fell.
Zuo Fang paused, then looked at Xu Shuo.
Xu Shuo said calmly: "We wanted to use this to test their strength, and the other side happened to want to test us, so we hit it off immediately."
Then Prince Lille died gloriously.
Zuo Fang was about to say something, when there was some movement at the door of the underground temple, so Zuo Fang, who was still sitting on the steps, immediately stood up seriously.
The one who came was a Sun Knight.
Zuo Fang stepped forward and took the letter from the opponent's hand.
After the Sun Knight left, Zuo Fang did not hand the letter to Xu Shuo, but opened it and read it himself.
However, after reading the above information, his expression suddenly became more serious.
"The two major military regions stationed around the royal capital are also empty. Judging from the traces left behind, they should have made an emergency retreat last night." Zuo Fang frowned.
"It's not easy for hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat silently overnight. The Obsidian Knights, who were the first to arrive a few nights ago, also went to explore the military area, but they didn't go deep." Xu Shuo said after hearing this.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, he said so.
Zuo Fang also understood it.
It is estimated that when the Holy See Army entered the Eastern Continent, the Imperial Army had already withdrawn from the royal capital, leaving only half of them covering their eyes.
Such behavior.
It's a bit like the Silver Shield Legion's method of rushing.
A team of Silver Shields was sent from the city-state of Erax into the Eastern Continent in order to confuse the royal capital's sight and allow the real Silver Shields to sneak in secretly from the city-state of Rhine.
Unexpectedly, now, I discovered that both sides used the same method to steal and replace others.
Zuo Fang suddenly said: "Wait a minute, Wald XVIII went to great lengths to call you to the royal capital, took the initiative to provoke a conflict between the empire and the Holy See, and then left this empty city to you, then who is he?
What do you want to do?”
While he was talking.
I'm actually already thinking about it in my mind.
And just when Zuo Fang was getting interested in this, the voice had already come from above.