Chapter 676

Recently, the number of guards in New Rome has increased significantly. On the main streets of the city, you can always see teams of soldiers passing in a hurry. The air is full of tension, and the curfew announced a few days ago has pushed this atmosphere to a climax. Even people who feel dull can smell a different smell from this atmosphere.

That is, the head of the order of the holy seal, the real owner of new Rome, is in a bad mood.

That's for sure.

Representing the majesty of the papal hall and the powerful force of the city of Rome, the joint army of the three legions of the order of Saint India was defeated in the roaring bay!

It's estimated that whoever sits in Solon's position can't take it lightly.

This is the news that shocked the whole city of new Rome. You know, in the next few decades, after the end of the bloody war with alien and high mutant animals. There were rebels before, pirates after, and hundreds of battles, large and small, with the Knights. They have won and lost, but they have never lost so thoroughly and miserably.

After all, behind this tragic defeat, it means that nearly 3000 years of lives have always remained in the Bay, and as many as two Legion leaders have died in the war! This is definitely the first time in the history of the papal hall. It is only the two military commanders whose significance is above the soldiers who died in the war. After all, soldiers can regenerate through recruitment and training, but those with eighth level ability die one less.

The western continent is different from the central continent. The number of capable people is small and the level is generally not high. Therefore, like karomon and habes, it is definitely a valuable asset for the Knights. Two died at a time, and mamiro, the other army commander, disappeared. It's strange that Solon doesn't feel heartache.

But when it comes to heartache, no matter how painful soron is, there is no family pain behind the two military commanders.

Calomon's family odesson and habes's family Karki are one of the rich families in Rome. In the old times, the former was a family of generals, with royal blood, and was an important official in the current Dynasty in any era; The latter is an old aristocrat, and there have been many cardinals in the family history. Habes's grandfather was the only cardinal who survived the cataclysm and later served in the attack of alien and mutant animals. His father was one of Solon's few behind the scenes supporters, that is, habes's teacher and former head of the 7th regiment, rambonis.

It can be said that the two military leaders, whether themselves or their families, are inextricably linked with the papal hall.

After receiving the bad news, odeson and Karki both reacted fiercely and petitioned the papal hall to send troops many times, which gave Sauron a headache.

Only when the two families were furious, some people were secretly happy. After all, the odesson family and the Karki family are Solon's supporters. Relying on their support for Solon, they have gained a temporary political height of power today. At the same time, how many pairs of eyes are watching them silently behind their back. There will be shadows when there is light, and the brighter the light is, the thicker the shadow behind it is.

So when these two families are angry, naturally some people will be happy. Of course, this can not be shown on the face.

Half a month after the battle of roaring Bay, Sauron came out of his palace with a gloomy face. Accompanied by the leader of the pro guard, Weiser, he went to the conference room. During this time, there was no half smile on Sauron's face. Weiser could only carefully guess the mind of his boss. But the limit he could associate was the defeat of roaring Bay and the fall of two army leaders, which made Sauron in a bad mood.

Of course, he wouldn't want it. The death of the two army leaders certainly made Sauron in a bad mood, but what Sauron cared about most was Franklin. On the surface, the war was to defeat pirates, but most of the reason was just for the Mr. beast who escaped from him.

Solon's original intention was to make Franklin feel that he had no place to live at sea by crusading against pirates. As long as he could force the beast ashore, Solon was sure to catch him. Unfortunately, it backfired. Not only did it fail, it also took the lives of thousands of soldiers and two army commanders.

Not catching Franklin means that the devil who still occupies his palace will be unhappy. If the silver devil is not happy, Sauron will advance and have no hope. If not, he will attract some punishment and so on. Fortunately, Gaia has been sleeping in the palace these days, so Sauron knows he still has a chance. As long as Franklin is caught before Gaia wakes up, he is still expected to see the tenth level.

God knows how eager he is to be promoted, which is the instinct of almost every capable person. The higher the level, the stronger the desire. Similarly, the higher the order, the more difficult it is to go further.

While thinking about what to do next, the meeting room arrived. Today is the quarterly summary meeting in March. Solon can expect that the two big families will take this opportunity to advocate sending troops, and whether it is the odesson family or the Karki family, he has been in private contact with him for many times. Every contact, without exception, points the topic to the link of revenge.

It gives Sauron a headache.

He never likes to be judged by others. He is also not afraid to kick these two giants out of the political circle, even if they used to be his supporters!

Just after kicking them out, Sauron couldn't find another family to replace them for a time, whether it was inside information or financial resources. However, just go further. As long as you can step into the threshold of level 10, you can shock anyone with absolute force. When the time comes, kick some self righteous guys out of this circle, and then directly confiscate their property, it will not have a great impact on Luomen city.

On the pyramid of power, Thrawn never intended to make room for others at the top of the tower. On the pyramid, he alone is enough!

When wessel opened the side door of the conference room, the noise rushed out, which made the leader of the guard frown. Secretly looked at Sauron, but he didn't have any expression, and his iron blue face faded away just now. But after serving Sauron so long, wither knew that the more calm he was, the more terrible he was.

The meeting room is different from the combat room. This is a vast hall, and the ground is covered with discernible marble. The gray and white pillars surrounded by five big men are arranged on both sides, and each pillar is decorated with angel sculptures. The arched dome is inlaid with gorgeous crystal lights. When the lights are fully open, the dome is as beautiful and magnificent as the cosmic Star River.

The walls on both sides are a row of stained glass windows, and the mapping and mosaic on the windows mostly take the stories in the Bible as the theme. In the middle of the conference room hall is a scarlet carpet, which extends to the base at the end. On the pedestal were two ornate seats decorated with precious stones for the Pope and Thrawn. The Pope is still the spiritual leader of the New Roman city, but just looking at Sauron's seat side by side, we know that Sauron's power covers the sky in the Roman city.

Two flags hung from the wall behind the pedestal. On the left was the flag of the papal hall and on the other was the battle flag of the order of the holy seal.

Sauron strode to the throne in front of the Knights' flag and sat down. Then he glanced at the blank chair next to him and said faintly, "where has the Pope gone?"

After witherel whispered softly in his ear, Sauron was expressionless, just nodded, looked at the ministers in the hall and said, "then let's start the meeting."

The camp between the ministers was also clear-cut, and the officials belonging to the Knights and several Corps chiefs naturally stood on Sauron's side. The opposite is naturally the bishops and civil officials in the papal hall. After Sauron announced the start of the meeting, a man with a beautiful moustache and gorgeous clothes came out. He was utus, the chancellor of the exchequer of Rome. He was a dancer and belonged to a lord who did not offend anyone. He first saluted Solon according to the etiquette before saying, "Lord Solon, our total income in Rome has increased by 15% in this quarter. In my personal opinion, this figure can be increased by 5% to 10%. The reason why it is lower than I expected is that some of the taxes paid by several colonies seem to have been lost!"

As soon as utus's chatterbox opened, he gushed out his views. This man does have his own way in financial management, otherwise Sauron wouldn't let him be the chancellor of the exchequer. But utus' wordiness is well known, but it can be attributed to wordiness. What can be expressed clearly in one sentence can be explained in ten sentences without repetition. It has to be said that he is equally excellent in eloquence and financial management.

The chancellor of the exchequer began with the taxes of the colonies, made various explicit and implicit declarations, and finally vaguely talked about several big people in the hall. Suddenly, several noble masters changed color on their faces, and Sauron was also unable to laugh or cry about the minister. Utus had nothing to do with the church and the Knights. Sometimes when he spoke up, he often pointed the spear at some big people. In this, people on both sides of the church and the Knights will point to him, and no one can take advantage of it.

But also because utus is such a personality that no one is afraid to offend, Solon secretly protected him. Otherwise, the old boy would have died in the belly of some woman on a drunken night. Of course, Sauron didn't value him, but he needed a neutral person to make some voices that were inconvenient for him to say.

Seeing that utus spoke with great interest, Sauron was afraid that he would go on, and the whole meeting could not be held. So he glared at him. Utus was also alert and knew that his performance time was almost up. But at last he couldn't help saying, "Lord Sauron, you should take care of your Highness the Pope. Your Highness's financial subsidies have increased by 10% this quarter, which can be enough to feed a hundred civilians for a year."

Sauron nodded and said, "yes. I heard that his Highness the Pope is very keen on speaking recently. In this regard, I will persuade him when he comes back."

Yutus was so elated that even the Pope named him this time. The chancellor of the exchequer did his job and died without regret. Yutus saluted Solon with satisfaction before returning to his position.

Then another minister wanted to report something and was suddenly held. The minister was immediately shocked and angry, but he saw his colleagues winking at him. He noticed that just before the team, a red shadow appeared more and more. The minister quickly withdrew. He was a cardinal and bishop mendeliza. In addition to being the owner of the Karki family, he was also the father of habes, the leader of the 7th regiment who died in the war.

Mendriza is over 50 this year, and is in her 60s. However, the power of the seventh order light element makes him look like a middle-aged man in his forties. His face is similar to habes, but he has a little more vicissitudes that habes does not have. As soon as mendeliza stood up, Sauron knew what he was going to say and said first: "Dear bishop mendeliza, I am deeply sorry about the death of habes. At the same time, I can assure you that it is imperative to attack pirates, but we can't rush for a moment. After all, it's a matter of great importance, and I think the bishop can understand."

Mendeliza raised his head, looked at Sauron and said: "Habes is the best of my five sons and daughters. He has contributed his strength to the papal hall and Lord Sauron without complaint. But now, he died in the hands of those dirty pirates, and his body is missing. As a father, I can't bury my favorite son in the family cemetery. As a bishop, I can't bury the spirit of a believer The soul led him through the last section of the road. No matter what identity, I am ashamed of habes. If even the desire to revenge him can not be realized, what face can mendeliza face my relatives and followers? "

"Monseigneur mendriza, I think I have made it clear enough just now. This revenge is not revenge, but now is not the time," Solon said impatiently.

"Then, Lord Sauron, when is the time?" mendeliza stepped forward.

When Thrawn was about to get angry, the door opened and a silver hand Knight trotted in. After whispering something next to wither, the leader of the guard whispered next to Thrawn: "Lord rambonis is coming. He seems to have brought a group of retired officers of the Knights."

Sauron snorted and said, "let him in."

So wessel made a gesture, and the knight quickly retreated. Then the door opened again, and an old man in armor entered from outside the door. Although he was in flower armor, his breath was concise, and the killing machine on his body was like essence. Obviously, his whole body was very clean, but since he came in, there seemed to be a smell of blood floating in the hall.

"Rambonis? It's a bloody knight. Why is he here?"

Such comments were heard quietly in the hall. Rambonis can be said to be a veteran of the Knights. Now, most of the 13 commanders of the knights, including Sauron, are his students. In the dark history of the papal hall and alien confrontation, rambonis's figure has always been active in the front line. The blood stained road that runs through the eternal mountains is that he led the army from blood and blood Through the fire.

It can be said that lanbonis's exploits are all made, so it has the name of bloody knight.

Now he is here, no doubt, for habes. After all, habes is his last student and his favorite student.

Seeing rambonis, Sauron had to stand up and frown, "teacher, I thought you were on Sequoia island."

"Fart! My student is dead, what mood do you make me stay in Sequoia island!" lambonis roared, like a crazy lion.

"I am also your student, not only me, but also several of you here," Sauron reminded.

"But habes is different from you. He is the purest and the ideal successor for me," rambonis stressed.

"He is also a military commander, and there are twelve military commanders, including me. We can sacrifice ourselves at any time for the papal hall, and habes is no exception!" Solon said tit for tat.

Rambonis snorted heavily. It sounded like a slight sound, but it hit everyone's chest like a heavy hammer. The officers in the knights were basically calm, but there were many ordinary people in the civil minister. Suddenly, more than a dozen fell, including the chancellor of the exchequer utus.

Sauron's face sank and said loudly, "lanbonis, this is the conference room!"

He called the name of the bloody knight, but lanbonis was suddenly alerted. The student in front of him was not the young man of that day, but the real master of Rome. Then he said slightly, "I'm presumptuous. Please forgive me, Lord Sauron."

Seeing that rambonis finally gave himself face, Sauron's face slowed down and said, "teacher, I know the feelings of you and bishop mendeliza. But!"

"I know!" rambonis nodded. "I understand your concern. The Knights have lost two commanders, and the other is dead. You can't afford the same loss, so I came. I brought some old subordinates. As long as you assign me enough soldiers and ships, we will fight the battle for you!"

At this time, yutus, who had just woken up, suddenly shouted, "no, the soldier's pension will exceed the budget!"

Rambonis glared at him, and eutus turned his eyes and fainted again.

Sauron's face was gloomy, and lanbonis's move was against his taboo. For him, the teacher could gather a group of old subordinates for habes, even though the force of these old people was not as good as before. But force was force. Sauron didn't want another force besides the Knights under his eyes. In particular, this force was not under his control Below.

Almost a moment later, Sauron didn't intend to let rambonis and his old subordinates go back. But how to solve them was a problem. Suddenly, Sauron thought that Gaia once said that no one except him was allowed to step into the palace. If rambonis and his old subordinates accidentally broke in, Sauron could push anything out.

So Sauron smiled and said, "teacher, it's important. If you come to my palace for a moment first, I'll discuss it with you after the meeting?"