Main Volume Chapter 135: The Twelve Dragons of the Great Xia Dynasty
Zhang Yun understood what she meant and immediately walked forward, interrupting Lucina's story and winking at her quietly.
"Seeing injustice on the road, helping others with swords, this is the traditional virtue of our hometown."
"What's more, the enemies are a group of monsters that will endanger the world. It is only right and reasonable for me to deal with these evil guys."
"So, bishops of the Divine Life Church, please don't worry about this."
After hearing Zhang Yun's words and that ambiguous wink, although Lucina didn't know what he was planning, she understood tacitly that he was asking her to be careful with her words and actions.
So, she stopped talking, just smiled faintly and looked at Zhang Yun's back.
At the same time, Kuura, who was standing beside the Pope and guarding him, leaned over and whispered , "Your Holiness, I have checked and found that the dragon is not a monster. It is simply using the power of darkness."
"And this person..."
"He bears the mark of God..."
"It should be a messenger of God!"
"Huh!?" After hearing this, Pope John was shocked and hurriedly wanted to stand up and salute, but Kuula cleverly held him down so that he did not make any big movements.
Kuula added: "But he doesn't know the mark on his body. It seems that the gods didn't tell him the reason. It seems that there are other arrangements..."
Now, Pope John understood that Zhang Yun herself was not aware of it?
It seems that the gods are holding back and the time is not right, so they cannot tell him?
In this case……
I have to cooperate on my side, and I can't investigate his identity, so as not to disrupt the god 's plan...
Afterwards, Kuula whispered something again, asking the Pope to completely dispel his doubts about Zhang Yun and no longer ask about the matter of the dark dragon.
Those archbishops were also veterans who had been in the business for many years. They knew that if the Pope did not ask about it, it meant that they could not ask about it, or did not need to ask about it.
Therefore, no one talked about the Dark Dragon afterwards, and no one was so blind as to ask about Zhang Yun's identity.
Since no one asked her any questions, Zhang Yun was happy to be free and didn't explain anything.
Lucina also followed Zhang Yun's pace and stopped talking about Zhang Yun. She kept silent about his inheritance or the strange creatures he summoned.
The rest of the time was spent with Lucina describing the rebellion that took place in Alberia and the general circumstances leading up to her escape.
The most important thing is Akito's infiltration into the Kingdom of Alberia.
This matter was very serious. The core of the entire country, the Phoenix Capital, had almost completely become Ajid's base.
As far as Lucina knew, the three commanding officers of the West City Corps that guarded the royal capital were all Agito's men, a deputy commander of the East City Corps also became Agito's man, and at least half of the guards surrounding the royal palace were Agito's members.
These were only the combat members on the surface. Lucina could sense them because she had been in contact with them. If it came to the ruling officials and nobles, she would have no idea how many of them had betrayed the kingdom.
And the scattered cities within the kingdom must have been infiltrated by Akito's men.
After all, even a small Lolo Island would have four or five Ajid members lurking there, not to mention those major cities with well-developed transportation and smooth communication.
“This is very troublesome…”
"That is to say, we can't openly point out the matter of Ajid. Once we do, they can use the status of the kingdom's high-ranking officials to block the news and turn around and bite us, saying that our Shinsei Cult wants to usurp the throne and deliberately start a war..."
"And other countries..."
"If they are also full of Agito members, they can use the same method to frame the Shinsei Cult and make us the target of public criticism..."
Pope John frowned, his wrinkled face full of solemnity, and he was obviously a little scared of Ajid, who had deep roots in his heart.
these things……
The power has grown so big...
There is no news from my side...
Could this be what Edward did, deliberately blocking the news and hiding it from me so that Ajid could develop in peace?
"I know that Ajid has occupied the kingdom now. The power of your sect alone cannot shake this big tree that has been rooted for a long time." Lucina said slowly, "So I plan to go to the east and ask the Great Xia Dynasty for help, and ask them to send troops to help us take back the capital."
"Daxia Dynasty?"
"That's a good idea!"
"But are they willing to help you? And! Will their country also be infiltrated by Agito?"
Hearing the Pope's doubts , Lucina paused, then said, "Let's not talk about whether they will help me or not. As for the possibility of Ajid infiltrating their country, I think there is a possibility, but they can't infiltrate completely."
The Pope asked: “Why do you think so?”
Lucina explained: "The system of the Great Xia Dynasty is completely different from that of our kingdom. They practice hereditary succession, and there are a total of twelve people who manage the country, called the Twelve Dragons."
"Each generation of the Twelve Dragons will be inherited by a descendant of the same family. It is impossible for anyone else to take the position. Therefore, the top leaders of their country will always be family members, and no outsiders will be allowed to get in."
"In other words, if Ajid wants to completely infiltrate the Great Xia Dynasty, he must incite the Twelve Dragons to rebel, and also incite the twelve families behind them who actually control the country to rebel."
"Based on my understanding of the Twelve Dragons of the Great Xia Dynasty, they will definitely not join the Ajid Organization. Even if one or two members join, it will not have any effect, because without the permission of the entire family, they cannot mobilize any troops of the Great Xia Dynasty."
"Even if they are private soldiers belonging to their family, they must obtain the consent of all the decision-makers before they can requisition them. Otherwise, even if you are the person in charge of the Twelve Dragons, you will not be able to mobilize any soldiers."
"To put it another way, if Ajid really infiltrated the Great Xia Dynasty and the entire country was under their control, then the Twelve Dragons would have a god-like status in the East."
"They can mobilize all the troops in the East and directly cross the desert to attack the holy city, or attack the western continent to ensure the success of this operation."
"There's no need to be so sneaky as we are now, and send people to the East to stop me..."
"Is that so?" Pope John didn't know much about Eastern culture. After all, the Eastern people over there didn't believe in their gods, and the two sides had little contact and were very far apart.
Therefore, he didn't know the internal affairs of the Great Xia Dynasty, at least not as much as Lucina, who was well-read and often visited him...
"Anyway."
"I don't know the situation in the East right now."
"We must go there in person and meet the Twelve Dragons to know if they can help us."
After hearing this, Pope John fell into a brief contemplation: "Hmm..."
After a pause, he raised his head and asked, "Lucina, what do you think of this?"
"Please put your trip to the Great Xia Dynasty aside for now. You should wait in the Holy City for a few more days while I pray to the gods and obtain their oracle. Then we can discuss the matter based on the situation..."
"I feel this is safer..."
To be honest, Pope John is a little confused now.
Not counting the warning that Akito received from the goddess of the sea before attacking the city, those gods had not given down any oracles for at least a hundred years, as if they had completely abandoned their believers.
Whether it's Ajith and his group of monsters operating in secret, or Lucina who has been recognized by the Holy Sword, or the monster explosion a few years ago... Yes, that's right, I'm talking about the battle where Kuura used the inheritance three years ago!
The gods did not directly intervene in any of these major events, nor did they even indirectly remind the Shensheng Cult. This was completely different from a hundred years ago, when miracles and oracles would descend whenever something unusual happened...
And Edward, who treated him like a brother, actually betrayed the Divine Life Cult and helped the evil Ajid organization grow and become stronger, almost destroying the entire Holy City.
The gods didn't even care about this matter, as if they were unaware of it, as if they were blocked by something and unable to understand the information about this world.
So, he was very uncertain whether the gods would respond to his prayers.
Will he be able to point out the right path for him when he is lost?
And there was this Oriental man named Zhang Yun in front of him. He had a symbol of God on him, which meant that he was a messenger of God and came here for some special purpose...
Even though he couldn't see it, but since Kuula, who was gifted with divine power by the gods, said he had it, then he must have it!
There was no need for Kuula to lie to herself.
If she lied to him, it would mean that she was disloyal to the gods, and the gods would definitely notice her betrayal and take away her divine power that far surpassed that of mortals...
so!
Zhang Yun, the messenger of God!
What is his purpose here?
Is it just to fight against Ajith, a cult organization that poses a threat to the world?
But why not remind yourself?
Let me help him?
Well……
Forget it, there's no point in thinking too much. The most important thing now is to perform the ceremony, pray to those great gods, and seek their advice...
As Pope John was thinking, Lucina also thought about it and replied, "Okay, Pope John, I will wait here for three days. I hope that the gods who protect the kingdom will send down oracles and give us the right guidance."
Her tone was very calm, without the slightest excitement, which was very strange for the Alberian royal family, who had close ties with the Divine Life Cult and who had to undergo divine baptism from birth to adulthood.
But it’s not surprising at all.
Because Lucina was well aware that the gods had not given any oracle for hundreds of years.
So when she first met the ancient evil god Batya, she sighed with despair, thinking that these monsters from ancient times were invincible...
And her faith in God completely vanished at this moment.
After all, the ancient evil god is about to reappear in the world, the Kingdom of Alberia is occupied by monsters, and he, as the heir of the holy sword, is also being hunted down, but this group of so-called gods has not offered any help, and even the holy city where his believers gather is almost swallowed by monsters...
This kind of god?
Why should we believe in them?
…
Afterwards, an agreement was reached, and Zhang Yun, Lucina, and "Brother Zun" who had disguised himself as a human being again were arranged to stay in the residence inside the temple as their resting place for the next three days.
Pope John led the remaining archbishops to the prayer place in the temple, set up a formation, and prepared to perform a special ceremony to summon the gods.
Kuula was sent to command all the soldiers in the holy city, to repair roads, buildings, and houses, to comfort the believers whose relatives had died, and to issue pensions in order to restore order in the holy city.
As for Effie, she stayed in her room, forgotten and ignored...
In fact, it was not that they had forgotten, but because Edward was the most beloved cardinal in the Holy City, and the news of his betrayal of the Holy City had not yet spread. Those high-ranking members of the church who were familiar with him did not have the heart to tell Effie the news.
That's why I deliberately didn't look for her, to prevent her from asking questions and finding out about this matter, and then being too sad, and having a bad ending...
after one day.
In the room where Zhang Yun is resting.
"Zhang Yun, do you think that all the traitors in the Holy City have been eliminated?" Lucina sat on a chair, her long hair fluttering in the wind. She held a chess cannon in her hand, swaying on the chessboard as she pondered where to place it.
Zhang Yun sat opposite her, staring at the chessboard seriously, and said slowly: "Clear them all. Even if there is nothing left, the remaining ones will not be a big deal and will not pose any threat to us at all."
After thinking for a while, Lucina put down the chess piece and faced Zhang Yun's chess piece with a soldier chess piece in the middle. She asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Yun jumped the elephant, leaving two layers in between, not giving Lucina the chance to kill his chess piece instantly, and then said: "I asked the Holy Knight named Kuula, they got a lot of information about Ajid from the traitor, and they also figured out the steel that restrains Ajid, Savilla."
"so."
"If we want to go to war head-on."
"Akito will be defeated if his weakness is discovered."
“Unless they sacrifice a large number of their main members and summon the phantom of the Ancient Evil God, just like they did in the battle of the Holy City.”
"But doing so is obviously a bad move that will kill one thousand enemies but hurt eight hundred of our own. It is very likely that before the phantom of the Ancient Evil God they summoned has killed half of the members of the Shensheng Cult, most of their own core members will have been sacrificed."
"Yes, you said last time that there are requirements for their sacrifice. Only core members can be sacrificed, and some non-combat core members are not qualified to be sacrificed..." After saying that, Lucina moved the cannon and turned her attention to Zhang Yun's car, with a soldier in between.
"So, there is no danger in the holy city anymore. Ajith will not attack again, and the members hiding inside dare not expose themselves." Zhang Yun backhandedly inserted a cannon next to the chess piece. If Lucina does not move the chess piece or the corporal piece in the next round, the general piece will be killed by Zhang Yun's cannon.
"However, if they want to fight to the death, mobilize the armies of your kingdom and other countries to forcibly attack the Holy City."
"I think."
"Based on the current manpower in the Holy City."
"It won't last more than a week before it is overwhelmed by the armies of various countries and becomes a dead city."
After a pause, Zhang Yun raised her head, looked into Lucina's blue eyes, and asked, "If this is the case, do you have any way to stop it, Princess?"
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