The adjutant's heart was pierced and fell softly to the ground without saying a word. The murderer was a close servant who followed Dean to the door. The swordsman looked cold and kicked the body back into the tent without saying a word. Then he turned around and stood in front of the tent door. At this time, the soldiers who originally belonged to Earl Milno on the periphery had long disappeared, and the only one standing was a clerk wearing the "Virgate Cross" robe.

"you…"

Milno never thought that he would have such an encounter, and he couldn't help but regret it. He thought that leading troops to fight was the simplest thing, but he would never have thought that after the army went on a war, all forces would be so inhumane... If it were in Charles II's palace, he would have a hundred ways to scold Cardinal Dean and cause him to suffer heavy losses. However, on the battlefield of real swords and guns, his trick was completely useless.

"Virgence Cross hopes to regain what should belong to us and will not make a big fuss about it. Earl Milno can rest assured." Dean's expression was calm, and his long and dry fingers picked up the milk tea cup that originally belonged to Earl Milno - this exquisite cup was brought by the Earl, and was made by the craftsmen who made porcelain for the royal family. It has fine patterns and bright colors. Dean had no intention of drinking tea. He just looked down at the cup, ignoring the trembling Earl Milno, who was angry and trembling, and said to himself: "If you guess correctly, this cup should be worth more than 60 silver coins, right?"

Milno's face turned pale, his confidant's body fell aside, and the team that should have protected him disappeared. It was obvious that he has been under house arrest in disguise. In this situation, where is the mood to answer the other party's questions?

"The Count is a nobleman of the kingdom, so he is too lazy to think about what this teacup means to ordinary people. So you also don't understand why I took people to declare war with the Rose Cross. Some things are too far apart and there is no need to explain, because you won't understand it even if you say it."

He put down the teacup and raised his eyes. When the cold eyes stared at Milno, the latter couldn't help but shivered because of his powerful mental power.

"So no matter what happens next, the tasks assigned to your Majesty will be handed over to you. I think you know what to say and what not to say."

After saying that, he got up and left, not giving Count Mirno a chance to speak. After the adjutant's body was also taken away, Mirno, who was sitting in the tent, had changed from anger to a strong fear...

He understood that no matter how big the Viper Cross did, he would be the only one who would take the blame in the end.

*******

The village outside the Temple City experienced a series of fierce battles in the morning, and the temple guards who rushed out basically won a great victory with their equipment advantage. However, after successfully driving away the "Holy Cult Army" who plundered food, the tired war horses had no strength to return, so the teams chose to rest and rectify in the village - but before they could have lunch, the "Holy Cult Army" knights who called people to revenge one after another flocked to them, flocked to the chaotic teams, ranging from more than fifty or two hundred, regardless of their strength, completely crushed the temple guards here in terms of number of people.

In this case, the temple guards who were trapped in the crowd had no time to escape, so they could only grit their teeth on the spot. The only thing they could do was to send soldiers back to the temple to seek help immediately.

So the news of the five teams asking for help was passed to the temple in the afternoon, which shocked the bishop in charge of defense.

He knew that he could not make any decisions about this kind of thing, so he could only hurry to the church in the inner city and urgently requested to meet the Pope and the Cardinals to decide on the matter.

However, the old men of the Cardinal Party had not experienced such an urgent situation for a long time. When they received the notice of the meeting, they changed their clothes slowly before they came to the church. After the Pope explained the current situation, the cardinals looked at each other and did not react...

"What does it mean? Does Count Mirno intend to declare war on the "Rose Cross"?"

"It shouldn't be. This may be just a failure to manage the friction caused by subordinates... Most of the knights he brought in temporarily were mercenaries. If the bullet could not be suppressed, it would not be surprising that such robbery would happen."

"But now that happens, what should we do? The village has been stolen and the temple guards have been besieged. Could it be that we just watch?"

The chaotic discussion echoed in the church, which made the pope feel distraught - but because of the sect's rules, he could not decide the current problem at all, so he could only try his best to guide and summarize, and to get the Cardinals to come up with a practical resolution as soon as possible.

However, after discussing the old men, they suddenly discovered a problem: Rubens is gone.

Rubens left suddenly in the morning, and the news of his departure from the temple had not even spread in the inner city. At this time, the cardinals of Rubens and his group remained silent, and the others realized that Rubens had "escaped".

Choosing to retreat in political struggle basically means that there will be no more achievements in the future. Many old guys finally breathed a sigh of relief at this, and the subsequent resolutions were quickly unified...

Now the "close to Everta" faction has completely lost its climate because Rubens is not present, so almost everyone present thinks that "going with the royal family" is the main theme of future actions, and their opinions are also very inclined to "rest and calm people": now send troops to rescue the temple guards first, calm the matter down, and then everyone puts the matter at the negotiating table to discuss.

This is the mainstream concept within the entire Holy See. If Rubens were there, he would definitely make a stronger opinion at this time - he was a person who had experienced the battlefield in Everta and had a deeper understanding of this "small contradiction" or "friction" that sounded nothing. But the helpless thing is that he is not here at the moment, and the cardinals who have lived in the temple for a long time have almost forgotten the appearance of the war.

They have never been able to calm down until the final war. This truth has been completely ignored by them.

It is not that no one in the Holy See is willing to raise objections, but that the "opinion leaders" have reached a consensus and no one can tolerate other people's objections. Therefore, the Pope quickly sorted out and released the opinions. When the bishop received the order to execute it, two hours have passed since he reported the news.

Including the preparation time for the whole city to mobilize the armed forces, when the rescue troops set off, there is no "fight" in each village.

*******

Cardinal Rubens, who had left the temple since the early morning, had already traveled thirty kilometers westward in the afternoon.

If he was at the speed of the carriage, he could actually go further. But obviously Rubens was not in a hurry. He had to stop and rest for a while almost every hour - after all, he was old, and this kind of bumps and shaking was really a big stake in physical strength.

Logically speaking, he had to wear comfortable casual clothes when he was on the way, but Rubens always wore a very formal robe. This robe not only had bright and gorgeous colors, but also received extremely powerful sacred blessings. At the same time, he also held the Cardinal scepter that he would only use during the "ritual of grace" and even brought a crown with magic crystals inlaid.

The followers didn't quite understand the cardinal's intentions, and Rubens did not explain much along the way. He just kept turning his eyes to the rugged and winding road in the distance...

From here to the northeast is the edge of the Borgdo diocese. Rubens's hometown is in the south of Borgdo, but at this time he was obviously not looking at the location of the small village where he was born. When a dark shadow appeared on the mountain road in the distance, the cardinal finally breathed a sigh of relief, then straightened the crown and said to the surrounding entourage: "Pack up the things and get out of the way."

"Sir...then, is that an army?"

The driver who was driving was frightened and his legs were a little weak because they could also see the armor shining under the sun and the batches of tall horses. They had never experienced war and this was the first time they had seen the army that had actually set out on the war. On the way to the village and the shops, it really put a huge psychological pressure on people.

"What's going on, so what? The army is also made up of people, not monsters."

Rubens was obviously in a much better mood than before, and he even wanted to chat with the driver for a few words about this matter. But the latter obviously couldn't feel relaxed. After moving the carriage and salute away in a panic, the vanguard in the distance had already arrived near by riding a fast horse.

The four scouts had badges of "Rose Cross" on their leather armor. When they came close to each other, they saw Rubens's clothes, and immediately turned over and dismounted, rushed to the front without saying a word to salute respectfully.

"Benjamin was not late after all."

He nodded, but then turned around and looked back - in his sight, the smoke pillars near the temple were gradually dissipating into the sky...

*******

When the resolutions of the Cardinal Order and the Pope were implemented, the remaining six or seven hundred garrison troops in the Temple City were basically dispatched.

Because they were in the name of "rescue", they did not disperse into five teams as before after wearing armor, but instead walked forward in groups and ran from near to far to nearby villages - but when they arrived at the nearest village, they saw buildings that had turned into ashes and incomplete corpses all over the ground.

Rescue? The battle was completed two hours ago... Three or four thousand cavalrymen attacked surrounded hundreds of Knights Templars who did not even have the ability to escape, but they didn't even have to think about it.

In fact, many people have thought of this kind of thing, but the Cardinals and the Popes underestimated the enemy's cruelty at the beginning and overestimated the control of Count Mirno... Until now, they still think that they are facing "Count Mirno's disobedient subordinates", and they just need to clarify the misunderstandings and find some reasons and materials to send them away.
Chapter completed!