There was no big surprise. Under Annie's fierce operations, they quickly connected with Clete. Then, with the other party's welcome and support, the three of them went smoothly.
Entered the prosperous big city that was originally 'a certain earl territory' and is now called 'City of Holy Light'.
Then, in this familiar city, Gus also met many acquaintances.
For example, Farnese, the former leader of the Knights of the Holy Iron Rope who originally hunted him down but was held hostage by him instead?
Of course, in addition to Farnese, there are also the other party's secretary, Serpico, and the deputy leader of the Holy Iron Chain Knights, Yasan and others. However, now they have all become members of this City of Holy Light.
I stayed here voluntarily.
It is said that they all came here with a large group of refugees who were also inspired by the Holy Light after the collapse of the tower, and then, after seeing Crete, they never wanted to leave again.
However, none of the above is important!
In the evening, when the banquet started, when Gus hesitantly and untimely explained his purpose of coming and proposed his idea of ​​forming the Legion of Light, Crete agreed without even thinking about it.
Everyone at the scene objected, and they announced on the spot that Gus would be the paladin lord and general of the 'City of Holy Light' from now on.
"..."
Seeing that things went smoothly as expected, Gus naturally couldn't come to his senses for a long time. He could only sit in his seat angrily, watching the generals and Clete arguing and quarreling fiercely.
.
"that……"
"Hello!"
"Clette?"
"Can you really make that decision?"
Seeing such a trivial matter to achieve a certain goal, and looking at the different faces of the generals after the argument, the witch Shirji also felt that things were a little too easy, so she started talking when everyone was quiet.
She anxiously asked Clete who was sitting next to her a few more questions.
"Of course!"
"why not?!"
In this regard, Clete looked disapproving.
"The soldiers who are still in the city are willing to follow the Holy Light. My father has taken those soldiers who are willing to leave and the knights of the King's Hall to Balidanis to join the King of France and the coalition forces of the King's Hall to attack the Kusha people.
It’s settled, I’m responsible for everything here.”
"But I'm too busy at all... There are too many things that I don't know how to deal with. I can only help Sister Farnese and everyone else..."
"Okay now, since Brother Gus is here and he is a real Paladin, it would be best to leave the affairs here to him!"
Immediately afterwards, as if she was worried about what Gus would think, or what the subordinates around her would think, Crete hurriedly expressed some of her irresponsible thoughts, and reiterated Gus again.
Si’s identity.
"??"
(.)
"The old priest ran away. People said they didn't see him during the meal..."
(°～°〃)Chew~!
"So, Sister Crete, where is that Balidanis?"
(^▽^)
At this time, Anne, who was sitting at the head of the dining table eating a delicious meal, and who didn't mind at all what everyone was talking about and the strange looks frequently cast by the generals with strange faces, suddenly opened her mouth and asked carelessly.
"On the south side!"
"It was a coastal city with a large port. It is said that the King's Hall gathered more than 300,000 troops there, saying it was to launch a counterattack against the Kusha people, so he was ordered to lead his troops there after hearing about it."
Clete didn't dare to be hesitant about Anne's words and quickly told her what she knew.
After all, the Holy Soul of Vengeance and the Holy Light that were inactive in her body were given to her by the other party at that time. She already regarded Anne as a teacher, and this banquet directly treated her as the master.
The position was given away, and the meaning I wanted to express became obvious.
"oh!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"We also came from the south before, but we never went to the beach..."
(￣～￣)Chew!
Anne curled her lips, but she didn't mind, and then continued to eat without asking any more questions.
"Yeah?"
"He's not here..."
"I originally wanted to have a good chat with him..."
Gus couldn't help but feel a little regretful when he heard that the old priest was really not here.
After all, there are some things that might not be good to talk to Crete, but if he talks to that wise old priest, surely the other party will understand him, right?
But unfortunately, the opponent is not here, but has been ordered to join the alliance with the allied forces in the King's Hall. He has no good way to do this.
"Do not worry about it!"
"Brother Gus..."
"Father, he may be back in a few months."
"Here!"
"This food is delicious, would you like to try it?"
Although she was wearing exquisite armor, Clete still looked like the innocent little girl she had been before. She was at the dinner table without even noticing, and she was beside Gus, comforting him affectionately.
He also put a piece of meat on his dinner plate.
"ah……"
"Thank you, thank you."
Although Gus was a little embarrassed about this, he had no reason to refuse.
But...
There are certain things that Clete doesn't mind, but that doesn't mean that others don't mind. Not to mention that Gus just made a certain 'undue request' rashly, which made many people present hold their breath.
situation.
Isn’t this?
Bang!!
"Sir Gus!"
"I want to ask for advice!"
At this time, a middle-aged man in armor slapped the table and stood up, and then raised an eyebrow at Gus who was sitting next to Clete and attacked:
"Even if what you just said is true..."
"That is, the 'Eagle of Light' you mentioned before and his subordinates are all demons, apostles from the underworld, and are inhuman existences..."
"Even if we all believe in you, why do you have to defeat them?"
"Everyone knows that the whole of Mitlan now regards the 'Eagle' as the savior. It is said that he and his army are very powerful, and the refugees he rescues and takes in are no better than those in our City of Holy Light.
Want less!”
Having said this, the general paused, first glanced at Crete, who was a little surprised and dissatisfied, and then continued to look at Gus and asked loudly:
"besides!"
"If you want us to follow you, then of course there will be no problem!"
"But here's the thing!"
"What can you bring us?!"
In this way, the general tilted his head slightly and ignored Crete's angry and dissatisfied gaze, and directly said some of the objections he and his colleagues had in mind.
"!!"
"Micah!!"
Finally, Clete couldn't help it anymore, and raised her eyebrows to interrupt what the other party wanted to say, and prepared to scold him.
However, Gus grabbed her at this time.
"Sir, you are right..."
"It's really too much for me to come here alone and ask you to trust me and do something with me."
"But I'm pretty sure that the 'Eagle of Light' and that Griffith are indeed not human. The real Griffith is already dead!"
"Although I don't know how he was resurrected, one thing is that I know what he has done and what he wants!"
As he said that, for the first time, under the gaze of more than a dozen pairs of eyes at the scene, Gus slowly recounted what had happened to him and the Eagles, as well as some of the things that Griffith had done.
He slowly spoke out, including the sacrifice and a series of things that happened to him and Casca.
He explained in detail the destruction of the Eagle Group, and analyzed that the current Eagle Group is just an existence whose name has been copied by the opponent, and its subordinates are all inhuman monster apostles, including those he guessed, such as the opponent is likely to be
Everything about the mastermind behind the scenes, that is, the other party who brought trouble to Mitlan and the world in order to achieve a certain purpose or for their own selfish desires, to achieve some ulterior purpose, etc., was revealed.
"so……"
"If you still want to live a normal life and protect what you cherish, your relatives, your friends and your land..."
"Then we must unite to fight him!"
"He is very powerful, very powerful!"
"I fought him twice and failed, so I need help, I need to form an army, and that's why I'm here today."
In the end, regardless of whether those people believed it or not, Gus just summed it up like this.
Then, he did not urge those generals who were shocked after hearing many of his guesses and inside stories, and then had different expressions on their faces and began to exchange glances and discuss in low voices with each other.
"..."
"..."
"..."
For a long time, the generals ignored Crete's opinions and exchanged opinions with each other. Soon, the guy named McCarthy stood up and continued to question:
"As you just said!"
"Even if what you just said is all true, as you said, that 'Eagle of Light' or 'Eagle of Darkness' is very strong, and the apostles under him are also stronger. Facing an enemy of that level
, even you, a powerful knight who also carries the Holy Light, can't defeat it, so what do we ordinary people who want to follow the Holy Light do to fight against those existences?"
"Can you please give us some clarification on this point?"
After saying that, the general did not sit back, but continued to stand in front of his position and stared at the one-eyed Gus.
"..."
"Holy Light!"
"I can teach you the Holy Light so that all knights can learn it!"
"Like I just said..."
"I want to form an Army of Holy Light. That is the only option to defeat them."
After pondering for a while, and looking at a little girl who was feasting on food and not caring about himself, Gus struggled for a long time, and finally had to compromise and raised his right hand, and at the same time let go of the Saint on the back of his hand.
The seal lit up in front of everyone, letting the golden light directly fill the entire hall.
"!!"
"Holy Light?"
"It's really the Holy Light!"
"you sure?"
"Can we really all learn it?"
"this……"
"What do you all think?"
"Well……"
"If everyone has the Holy Light, maybe there is still a chance?"
"feasible!"
"That's it, just listen to him?"
"I think it's okay. Didn't we already say that we would follow the Holy Light?"
"..."
After hearing Gus's words and seeing his performance, the banquet suddenly became noisy again, and then the generals once again gathered together to whisper and discuss intensely, and soon reached a certain agreement.
consensus.
"I have no objection!"
"If you really have a way for us to learn the Holy Light and become the true children of the Holy Light, plus Ms. Crete's instruction, then we have enough reasons to follow you and drive away evil together!"
"I firmly believe it!"
Therefore, General Macca, who finally got a satisfactory answer instead of being left in vain, said such polite words to Gus and saluted before sitting back contentedly.
And the fact is just as he said, so many of them gathered here, gathered in this City of Holy Light instead of going to the Balidanis Guild, wasn't it just to follow Crete and the god in Crete?
Traces?
Well now, the one-armed warrior who came here today said that he can let them master the supreme miracle, so that they can directly listen to the teachings of the Holy Light instead of looking up at the light, then they still have
What are you dissatisfied with?
"but……"
"Sir Gus!"
"There are not many knights available in the City of Holy Light now. In addition to the hundreds of knights from the Holy Iron Rope Knights we brought, there are only some wandering knights gathered. They are all lords defeated by the Kusha people.
The total number of original subordinates may be less than 2,000!"
"There are still a lot of other soldiers, but after only basic reorganization, the number will not exceed 5,000. Even if they are recruited, they will only be able to collect 10,000 at most."
"With such a small number of people, it is difficult to defend against the Kusha people. Can they really fight against that 'Eagle'?"
At this time, Farnese, who had hunted Gus before, and there were some conflicts between the two sides. Later, he met Gus at the Tower of Sin, but now he brought people here and never left again. Farnese spoke,
He directly pointed out the current problem of insufficient troops in the City of Holy Light.
Now she has no objection to the formation of the Holy Light Legion. However, after it is formed, how to fight against the Kusha people and the 'Eagle' is a big problem. She must explain the difficulties to the other party clearly.
"..."
"Kaka City is not far from here. When I eliminated the demon leader of Kaka City, I had some friendship with that lord. Tomorrow you will send someone to deliver a message to him. I think he will respond to me."
"In this way, we should be able to manage to gather 20,000 people in the end, right?"
"That's all my abilities are."
After frowning and thinking for a while, Gus could only say with a wry smile.
Of course, he was just talking nonsense about friendship. In fact, the situation was: he was forced to sign some inexplicable contract with the old man, and then, he seemed to win in the end?
Therefore, he is now ready to see how much support the old man can give him.
"besides……"
"We also have a powerful witch!"
As he said that, Gus remembered the fire that night and immediately looked at the green-haired witch Shirji who was listening humbly to everyone's words but didn't speak for a long time.
In his opinion, the role that Shirji can play now is no worse than that of the apostle army under that bastard Griffith!
"It's not the same one!"
(ˇεˇ)
"It's two!"
()°
"Moreover, she is a witch who is many, many, many, many, many, many times more powerful than her!"
(-)
Anne, who was busy eating, also jumped out and flashed her presence, indicating that Queen Anne was more powerful than the Shirji Gus mentioned.
"..."
"..."
"..."
Hearing this, the generals looked at each other a little bit, but they didn't know what to say.
"it is true!"
"Annie is amazing!"
"My holy light was given by Anne!"
"And Brother Gus's too!!"
Seeing everyone's faces, seeing that everyone present seemed to still have doubts, so, for the first time, Crete loudly revealed the source of her and Gus's power.
"What?!"
"she?"
"A witch gave you the Holy Light?"
"No way?"
"This, this is ridiculous!"
"Why……"
"Isn't it?"
After hearing what Crete said, the next second, the generals who were either pious, or harbored evil intentions, or had their own agendas, began to quarrel again.
Of course, it was noisy, but no one had any intention of leaving. They were still sitting in their respective seats, and while whispering, they cast suspicious or solemn looks at Anne.
"..."
Looking at the slightly chaotic scene in front of her again, and seeing that Clete and Farnese were talking fiercely to Gus again, the witch Shirji thought for a while, and then imitated a certain person who only cared about
Like a worried little girl eating, she finally gave up and just ate her own food.
Well now, Gus seems to have stabilized these people and found a place where she can develop stably. Maybe, she can really use her own strength to help others like her teacher Flora told her.
, to smash the conspiracy of the 'Eagle' and finally stabilize the world again?
If that's really the case, perhaps her name "Witch Shirji" will be sung by the world and history like those great sages in the past?
"..."
As she was thinking about it, Shirji's face instantly turned red, and then her little heart couldn't help but start beating wildly, causing her to quickly lower her head and try to hide it.
No matter what, Shirji knew that she would work hard to make good use of the magical knowledge of another world that she had learned from her teacher and was now learning from a bad little girl.
"..."
(,,,,)
Annie didn't care about the people at the banquet who had their own agendas, nor did she participate in the discussion between Clete, Gus and others. She just ate by herself.
"..."
(~)
In Anne's opinion, it doesn't matter what purpose those people have, as long as they are obedient, that's fine.
In that case, maybe that idiot Uncle Gus might still have a chance?
Although it's not too much, it's still much better than running around and beating the opponent alone.
(…)
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Chapter completed!