"So, Commander Kandel, open the city gate. This is a matter of life and death for tens of millions of civilian believers!"
Priest Rem's words were sonorous and forceful, completely different from his previous appearance of giving in to Kandel.
When Kandel saw Rem like this, he was filled with anger.
He glared at Rem angrily and said, "Priest Rem, although you are a priest, you have no right to interfere with my city defense affairs."
"I want you to leave the city wall immediately and return to your temple, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"
Kandel was desperate at this moment.
Since he was bribed by the spies of the God of Waves a few months ago, he has no way out.
Because the spies of the God of Waves not only had evidence that he had embezzled a large amount of property.
He also promised him great benefits.
Then when the God of Fire's Continent is occupied by the God of Waves, they will consider Kandel's merits and let him hold some important positions.
Even if there are no other great achievements in the end, as long as the city of Machle is preserved for the God of Fire, Kandel's commander of Machle City will still be unable to escape in the future.
Compared to his colleagues who died in this invasion, Kandel felt that if he could really continue to serve as commander, it would definitely be a better outcome.
As for going further, he actually wanted to, but now seeing the situation outside the city, it was a bit difficult.
In this way, his bottom line is to defend the city of Marchley, no matter how high the price is.
Even if there were casualties among civilians in the city, it would not be as important as his own future.
And Rem's current actions greatly threaten his plan, so he will also regard Rem as an enemy.
"Kander, do you know what you are talking about? I am the commander of Machile City and a sacrifice to the God of Fire."
"If you are rude to me, you will be investigated!" Rem is not afraid of Kandel.
Because in fact, in their land of gods, the status of the priest is slightly higher than that of the military commander.
Because the sacrifice is responsible for appeasing the common people and gaining the power of faith for the God of Fire.
In the past, the commander was only responsible for maintaining order, and it only became more important when waging war abroad.
After all, if the God of Fire is still alive, then what enemy can invade the God of Fire Continent?
However, Rem obviously did not expect that Kandel no longer had any respect for the God of Fire.
After all, if you have enough respect, you won't choose to surrender to the enemy.
"Haha, punish me? Rem, do you think there will still be people in the Holy City to take care of these things?"
"I will give you two choices now, either return to the temple immediately, or I will have someone tie you back to the temple."
Kandel sneered and asked Rem.
"Kander, how dare you!"
"Then let me show you!" Kandel saw that Rem was still stubborn, so he was not polite.
"Come here, kidnap Priest Rem to me and escort him back to the temple immediately for my attention. He is not allowed to leave the temple again!"
"Yes, sir!" After hearing this, several subordinates immediately stepped forward and started to take action.
Although Kandel has secretly betrayed the God of Fire and thrown himself into the arms of the God of Waves.
But after all, he has been the commander of Machlie City for so many years, and he still has a group of loyal people under him.
And these subordinates were basically arranged by him to guard against accidents.
Soon, Rem was tied up and put on the raft, and then several soldiers took him to the temple.
"Look, look, what's going on? Priest Rem has been kidnapped!"
"Yes, why should Rem be tied up and sacrificed?"
On the way to the temple, Rem's condition was immediately noticed by the civilians on the surrounding rooftops.
Rem used to have a very good reputation in this Machle city.
Because he treats every civilian well, he is so loved by people.
At this time, when everyone saw that he was tied up, they were all shocked and confused.
Rem, however, did not speak because his mouth was blocked.
Of course, even if he could speak, he probably wouldn't say anything because he didn't want to cause riots in the city, because he knew that if they knew the purpose of being trapped, these civilians would definitely lose their trust in Kandel.
However, Priest Rem didn't want to cause chaos, but things had already happened to this point, and they were completely out of his control.
The civilians in the outer city are easier to say, they are all at the bottom of the city and do not have a strong sense of resistance.
But the wealthy households in the inner city and east city are different.
After they knew that Nalant was going to stop for a day to allow them to evacuate, they had long been eager to escape Machile City as soon as possible.
After all, Machile City is now at risk of being flooded by direct waterlogging, which is completely different from the impregnable nature that everyone thought before.
At this time, most of these wealthy households gathered around the temple, waiting for the return of Rem Priest.
Because they had heard from other priests in the temple that Rem went to ask Kandel to open the city gate to release the flood.
When they saw Rem being tied up and sent back by several soldiers, everyone had a bad feeling and immediately stepped forward to question him.
"Why did you tie up Rem to sacrifice?"
"That's right, release Rem Priest now!"
A group of wealthy households were considered to be powerful people in the city in the past, so naturally they would not be afraid of a few soldiers.
"Everyone retreat, everyone retreat, this is Lord Kandel's order."
Seeing the excitement among the crowd, several soldiers immediately drew their swords from their waists and threatened everyone to retreat.
"You let Commander Rem go first, otherwise we won't be able to rear!" A group of rich families immediately counterattacked.
When several soldiers saw this, they suddenly became furious.
"If you come forward again, I will kill you without mercy."
"If we don't retreat, let's release Priest Rem first!"
puff!
At this moment, perhaps because a few wealthy households were too far forward, a guard finally subconsciously swung his sword.
This sword struck directly on the shoulder of a wealthy man.
"Ah! These soldiers killed people!" Suddenly, the crowd became commotion, and they all retreated and ran away in fear.
But after being frightened, their anger grew even stronger, and they looked at several soldiers who wanted to come forward and devour them alive.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Listen carefully, because the Rem sacrifice has affected the stability of the city, this is Lord Kandel's order, you should leave here immediately."
"We will not harm Priest Rem, we are just keeping him under temporary custody!"
The soldiers were not afraid of the crowd's anger, and they only briefly explained the situation while warning.
"Didn't Priest Rem ask Commander Kandel to open the city gate to release the flood? How could it affect the security of the city?"
"Yes, isn't Commander Kandel unwilling to open the city gate?"
"Yes, but will the city gate be opened?"
Everyone didn't dare to step forward, but they didn't retreat either.
Because they still need to figure out one more important thing, that is whether they can wear a condom.
"Sir Kandel said that this time is probably a trick of the enemy. For the safety of the city, the city gate cannot be opened."
"So, everyone, get out of my way now!"
After saying that, several soldiers held long swords and led Priest Rem all the way into the temple.
At this time, the crowd's attention was no longer on Rem.
Instead, they heard that Kandel was unwilling to open the city gate, and everyone immediately became anxious.
"Kander refuses to open the city gate, so when will the flood in the city recede? How can we escape?"
"Yes, the intruders outside only gave us one day. If we don't open the city gate, it will be too late. Kandel wants to kill us."
"Yes, he wants to defend the city, so he can just stay here and defend it. Why doesn't he let us leave?"
"No, we must find a way to open the city gate and evacuate."
"Yes, we want to find a way to open the city gate and evacuate. Why don't we rescue Priest Rem now and let Priest Rem lead us to several other city gates and open the gates."
"Yes, let's do that."
It has to be said that when faced with the threat of death, people's desire to survive will really amplify infinitely.
Especially when there is a glimmer of hope ahead, no one wants to give up.
As the desire to survive increases, people will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.
In the past, they would not have had the guts to fight against several heavily armed soldiers.
But now if you stay in the city, you will be dead, so naturally no one is afraid.
So, after a short discussion, these wealthy households immediately summoned their family guards to come.
Then let these guards rush into the temple with a heavy reward.
There were only eight soldiers escorting Rem for sacrifice this time.
Obviously Kandel did not expect that such a situation would follow.
In this way, eight soldiers faced hundreds of guards and had no power to resist at all.
He just raised his sword and threatened a few words, but after a while he was swarmed by the crowd and tied up.
"Priest Rem, are you okay?"
After subduing a few soldiers, the wealthy people all came to the Rem Priest.
"You...can't do this!" Rem's first words after being unchained were to anxiously tell a group of wealthy people that what they did was wrong.
But the rich obviously can no longer control that much.
"Priest Rem, the Io army outside the city only gave us one day.
"If we can't escape within this day, then I'm afraid they will really flood the entire city of Machile."
"So, we must find a way to escape, and Priest Rem, you are kind and will definitely help us escape. After all, there are tens of millions of civilians in our city."
The wealthy households immediately made a request to Rem Sacrifice.
"Oh, I just went to persuade Commander Kandel to open the city gate, but Commander Kandel didn't agree, so he tied me up."
Rem sighed again.
"Priest Rem, what should we do now? Do we really have to wait for death in the city?"
"Priest Rem, you must save us. We imagine that if the God of Fire knew about it, he would be merciful and help An Ping survive."
Knowing that they had guessed correctly, everyone immediately begged Rem.
"Hey, let's try it now. Let's go to the back door first!"
Rem Priest originally planned to allow the civilians in the city to retreat safely.
At this time, I heard everyone's prayers and it was natural for me to do so.
Afterwards, Rem led everyone directly towards the back door of Machile.
This is the farthest place from the front gate, so Rem Priest thought that he would just open the city gate and start releasing the flood.
Even if Kandel knew about it by then, it would still be not long after.
By then the fact has happened, and Kandel may not be able to persist after knowing it.
When Rem led everyone to the back door, there were also many soldiers standing on the wall of the back door just on duty.
"Priest Rem, what are you doing?"
When the captain of the soldiers who were responsible for guarding the back door saw Priest Rem bringing a group of wealthy people, he couldn't help but be shocked.
He immediately asked Priest Rem.
"I came to open the back door this time because the floods in the city could not recede and the civilians could not move in the water, so they could not escape."
Rem was very straightforward and directly informed the captain of the guard of his purpose.
"Priest Rem, I'm very sorry. We can't open the city gate without the commander's order."
Unfortunately, the captain on the city wall directly rejected Rem's request.
"Captain Rick, there are tens of millions of civilians in our city. If we don't open the city gate, and if the rain continues tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties among the civilians."
"If something like this really happens, then what's the point of the existence of Machleh?"
"Besides, when we open the city gate to release floods, we only need to keep an eye on the enemy's movements to ensure the safety of the city gate."
Rem refused to give up and continued to persuade.
But he didn't notice that the wealthy people around him started to wink again.
Obviously, with the situation just now, these wealthy households are already in ruins.
They knew that if they could not escape from the city this time, they would definitely be held accountable by Kandel.
"Priest Rem, why don't you go to the commander and ask for a warrant so that I can open the city gate."
The guarding captain still persisted.
"Do it!"
But at this moment, several wealthy households suddenly spoke up.
Immediately, hundreds of meters of guards swarmed up the city wall at the same time.
"What do you want to do?"
The captain was horrified when he saw this.
It's just that they were not prepared before, so they were caught off guard and were immediately subdued by the guards of these rich families.
"You..." Rem couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene.
"Priest Rem, Kandel will definitely not let us open the city gate, so we might as well open it ourselves."
"If there is really a danger, we will close the city gate immediately."
Several wealthy households spoke.
After hearing this, Rem was silent for a moment, and finally nodded in approval.
Although this was against the rules, he had no choice but to do it for the sake of tens of millions of civilians.
"Quick, open the city gate!"
Immediately, several wealthy households immediately ordered the guards to open the city gate.
Although it was flooded, for the title knight, it was still possible to just open the city gate.
Immediately, the guards, who were more than ten meters tall, forcibly opened the city gate and blocked it with wooden bolts to prevent it from being pulled shut again by the current.
As the city gate opened, large volumes of flood water found their pouring outlet and began to drain out quickly.
While waiting, there were naturally soldiers running towards the main entrance.
After all, even if there are no enemies on the wall behind this, there are still the necessary guards.
The wealthy households only restrained dozens of soldiers and captains directly above the city gate.
However, they did not dare to provoke other soldiers further away.