When Anastasia heard the news of Mark's summons, her first reaction was ecstasy, and then she felt a little uneasy.
Natasha, the female knight beside her, was keenly aware of the saint's conflicting mood: "Your Highness, no matter what, we are in this situation only because of his protection. If anything happens, we will only find out after we go there."
"Um."
A lot of time has passed since that shocking purge.
Peter the Great is still purging the opposition in the country. Originally, Peter the Great meant that as long as he converted to the Ice Bear God, he would let those nobles and believers go. However, there is a phenomenon in the world called "layered overweighting".
Those speculators who were the first to change their families were eager to suppress the old nobles and expressed their loyalty to the emperor by purging the nobles who believed in the goddess of ice and snow. Therefore, this purge changed its flavor when it was implemented.
The local nobles who held military power held high the banner of purges and purged those hostile nobles who had converted.
There is an unwritten rule among nobles - they will never intentionally kill enemy nobles during war.
The church does not have this rule.
When local nobles escalate it into a religious war, there is no bottom line.
The brutal killings and looting forced those nobles who had once announced their conversion to resist, and their resistance confirmed the slanders of the local nobles.
In addition, local nobles who had surrendered to the emperor attacked each other under the banner of "the other party is the traitor".
This resulted in the civil strife in the entire Bill Empire being unable to be quelled at all.
Although there is a strange rumor - Peter the Great's Forbidden Army seems to be unable to kill them all. No matter how many troops the nobles gather and how many casualties they inflict on the Forbidden Army, the Forbidden Army can be replenished in less than a week. What is even more frightening is that the combat power does not decrease at all.
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However, this strangeness also brought about another consequence. The emperor's direct soldiers seemed to only have these 200,000.
Even though 200,000 Imperial Guards seems like a lot, it is nothing when placed on a vast land of more than 10 million square kilometers.
The emperor's personal soldiers could easily defeat any organized noble private army, but they were unable to handle the turmoil that spread across the country well.
The situation in Bill's country was chaotic, and a group of Apocalypse Knights and Sin Priests were attracted to enter secretly, which made the situation even more chaotic.
In this situation, the 'lighthouse' standing abroad [Saint Anastasia] took the opportunity to absorb more combat power.
However, every noble family came with its own private soldiers, wealth and people. Even though they were all ice and snow believers, they each had different demands.
However, the Saint knew very well that her own motley army, which had grown to 400,000, would never be able to defeat her father's imperial army.
And even if they were to counterattack, without Mark's naval cover, the Ice and Snow Goddess would be nothing.
On the other side, more nobles, soldiers and believers who believed in the goddess of ice and snow poured in, making the Lisa Federation miserable. More than once, people were sent to greet the saint and extend their most sincere greetings... Ahem, let's talk in human words -
-When are you going to get out? If you don't get out, I'm going to ask Big Brother Wright to beat you up.
Neither Wright nor the Lisa Federation would let such a huge group stay here.
Maybe, it's not impossible to stay here and not leave.
It was in such a complicated political environment that the saint waited for Mark's call.
Almost as soon as she received the news, she discussed it with her close ministers for about ten minutes, and then the saint rushed to the dock in a carriage and took the ferry on the Caribbean.
Along the way, melodious songs could be heard from time to time in various halls.
With Hank leading the way, the three saints not only saw the musicians, singers, and dancers passing by, but most importantly, they saw the incarnation of the goddess.
After bowing respectfully, the saint couldn't help but wonder whether the three goddesses of literature, music and dance lived here all year round?
Especially the dancing goddess Barbara, she greeted them warmly.
Why does she sound more like a hostess?
Full of doubts, the three of them entered the splendid living room.
After some greetings, Mark got straight to the point: "I can help you destroy Peter the Great's army that is about to enter our world."
There is joy and even more surprise!
The Saint Princess, who has experienced many hardships, has gradually grown up and has long passed the stage of surprise: "Serving Mr. Destiny is our duty. You are suddenly willing to take the initiative to intervene in our Bill Empire.
The war, this actually makes me frightened."
The meaning behind the saint's words: What's the price?
Mark smiled: "Of course, it's not without a price. The price you have to pay is to let some people with enough weight come out to inherit a share of the curse."
"What curse? Whose is it?"
"Mine!" With a magnetic and seductive voice, the dancing goddess swayed and pushed in through the side door.
Compared to the simple shock of Natasha and Captain Boris, Anastasia, as a saint, saw more. She could see that there was a very ethereal power connecting Mark and Barbara.
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What’s exaggerated is that both parties are dominated by Mark?
The saint suddenly felt a little bitter.
I thought I was qualified enough to at least act as a clown dancing in Mark's palm.
Unexpectedly, the person dancing was none other than the majestic dancing goddess!
This pattern is too big!
So much so that she suspected that the ultimate result of relying on Mark's power would be to become cannon fodder.
Unfortunately, she had no choice.
Anastasia bowed deeply and saluted: "It is our honor to share the curse of the Lord of Dance."
She had no choice but to agree, and she didn't even have the right to hesitate.
Mark's eyes were like water, and he said calmly: "Your Highness, are you sure? Although this curse may not necessarily cause death, it is enough to cause a large number of noble people to lose their glory and status, fall into the mortal world, and never have the chance to control their own destiny.
Poor thing."
When Barbara heard this, she felt a little angry in her heart.
Fortunately, it only happened in a moment.
Ever since she lent her divine power to Mark to attack the five Samsara Knights, she had no choice but to follow Mark all the way to the dark side.
She was actually in trouble now. Mark said he wanted to help her get rid of her bad luck, so she let Mark do it.
She was more interested in this saint who was targeted by Mark.
Anastasia boldly asked Mark: "Sir, what does this mean?"
Mark said briefly: "Just think that you need to contribute a group of great nobles to share the curse of doom. Of course, you can decide the list."
At this moment, the three people on the Saint's side froze first, and then Natasha and Boris beside the Saint's breathing became rapid.