Todd walked out of the cabin, turned around, glanced at the ajar door, and sighed softly.
Todd, who returned to the deck, saw Evie tying Selma's hands with a hemp rope. He walked over in confusion and asked, "What's going on?"
"She wanted to kill herself."
Todd was stunned, squatted down and looked at the dark-skinned Arab girl.
In the other party's eyes, there was no despair and fear after being captured, only fanaticism for belief.
"The Mother Goddess watches everything in the world! She is omniscient and omnipotent! My body may die, but my soul will live forever in my mother's palace!"
Listening to the words that came out of Thelma's mouth, Todd frowned and asked: "The Mother Goddess knows everything? Are you sure? Including the failure of your operation and arrest today, were all within her expectation? Then why did she
Are you going to be sent here to die?"
Thelma stayed for a few seconds, and then she shouted loudly: "What do stupid mortals understand?! Our failure is just a part of the grand vision of the Mother Goddess..."
Evie struck Thelma on the back of the neck with a knife, then shook her head and said to Todd: "This is the best way to silence a fanatic believer."
Todd looked at Thelma who was slumped down and gave Evie a wry smile.
Evie shrugged: "Sometimes, I really can't understand that you are always too... gentle... towards women..."
What was supposed to be a compliment suddenly changed when Evie said it in a sarcastic tone, which made Todd scratch his head helplessly.
"As for him, what should we do?"
Evie turned her attention to the dying Hyatt and reminded Todd: "You don't need me to talk nonsense anymore, you should also know how powerful this guy's powers are..."
Todd first looked at a neck ring made of magnetic crystal on Hyatt's neck, then looked at the river, and said: "An old friend of his will come to see him later.
Before that, just let him live."
Evie nodded: "Then the last question is left, what should we do with this thing?"
A unique-looking iron box with several copper locks on it appeared in front of Todd.
"Is this the thing used to perform the resurrecting ritual?" Todd took the iron box, looked at it over and over, and then asked Evie: "Have you tried opening it?"
Evie smiled and drew the sword from her back, and said to Todd: "If you don't mind..."
Todd waved his hands repeatedly and said: "Forget it, for the sake of safety, let's send this thing to Muxi City."
At the gate of the Holy Acropolis, the Muxi Knights were in a tense confrontation with the defenders on the tower.
"Back off! Don't make me say it a second time!" The commander of the city gate defenders shouted loudly at the troops below the city gate: "This behavior of yours is a shameless betrayal of our Heavenly Father brothers!"
Cumberland, who was riding on horseback, picked his ears with his little finger and said to the adjutant behind him: "Gather the explosives and let the heavy armored infantry cover the craftsmen moving forward and blow open the city gate for me!"
Upon hearing this, the adjutant quickly dissuaded: "Sir, this is completely different from the tactics Mr. Emerson told us before we left! Didn't we agree? The first is inducement, and then the attack!"
Cumberland sighed heavily: "Then go as planned, but don't waste too much time... You should also know that the church's army is rushing towards the Holy Acropolis, and now is the time to race against time!
"
The adjutant nodded hurriedly and waved several carts filled with food and wine to drive to the bottom of the city gate.
"The Muxi Knights got the news that the mission was attacked, so they came here specially to protect the king's people!" The adjutant ordered his men to push the cart forward to ensure that everyone on the tower could see: "We also brought
A new batch of aid has arrived, and if you can let us in, it will all be yours."
Seeing the carriages filled with wine and meat under the city gate, the soldiers of the Holy Acropolis, who were short of food and clothing, suddenly made a sound of swallowing saliva.
After a while, there was a burst of arguing and shouting from the tower.
A few minutes later, the voice of the city gate garrison commander came again: "Get out of my sight now! Otherwise, I don't mind nailing a few arrows with my name on your butt!"
Cumberland laughed and patted the saddle: "Okay! This guy is really good! This is like the style of the people of the Holy Acropolis! The messenger! Order the whole army to prepare for battle, and the rear group will bring me the explosives!"
A scream interrupted the old knight's laughter.
A corpse with a dagger stuck in its back was thrown from the tower.
"We surrender! We surrender!"
Along with a group of people begging for mercy, the suspension bridge was slowly lowered and the city gate was slowly opened.
Cumberland, who had conquered the Holy Acropolis without a single blow, led his troops into the streets of the Holy Acropolis, but there was no look of pleasure on his face.
A thin man hiding in the darkness beside the road bowed to Cumberland on horseback and said: "Sir, the leader asked me to meet you here. I have been waiting for a long time."
Cumberland looked gloomily and asked the man: "Did you do the assassination of the city gate officer just now?"
"It's such a small thing, it's not worth mentioning." A dagger suddenly appeared in the man's hand and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"The three gate guards of the Holy Acropolis, as well as the guards in the inner city of the palace, the leaders have already arranged our people." The man winked at Cumberland: "You only need to send a team of people there.
In these places mentioned above, these important strongholds can be captured without any effort."
Cumberland stroked his beard, frowned, and remained silent.
The man reminded him: "Sir, the church's army may arrive at any time now. It will be beneficial to us to control the situation earlier! Please don't forget, everything is for the Muxi Kingdom..."
The frowning Cumberland paused for a moment, then turned his head to his adjutant, gritted his teeth and said: "Do as he says!"
On the bell tower of the Holy Acropolis, two women stood at the top of the tower, looking in the direction of the city gate.
One person said: "Sister, the Muxi Knights have successfully entered the city."
The breeze blew up the other person's hood, and the face exposed underneath was that of Rachel.
Just listen to Rachel saying: "Everything in the Holy Guard City is developing in the direction we expected. We only have to wait until His Majesty enters the city before we can proceed with the second step of the plan..."
"Is this good?" the first woman asked in confusion: "We have worked so hard and put so much thought into it, but in the end, a woman who refuses to admit her alien identity has won the fruit of victory."
Rachel took out a snake fruit from her arms and took a bite with a smile: "There's nothing wrong with it. If she's smart enough, she'll know when to do something..."
"But what if she's not smart enough?"
The fruit in Rachel's hand was immediately crushed into pieces by the power of her mind: "That would be more interesting... because I have a hundred ways to ruin her reputation, destroy her will, and make her fall into hell forever.