Quadruple split.

Chapter 2535 Thousand Waves

Year 9571 of the Holy Calendar, Moon of Light, 1st Day of Chanting

Game time AM07:30

The city of Dunbuya, one of the twin fortresses in the northern part of the Sanctuary, was engulfed in a fire.

Although Gospel Mountain City and several nearby population centers sent out search and rescue personnel as soon as possible, it is regrettable that when the first person arrived, the originally majestic fortress had turned into a pile of ruins. The raging fire fueled by the occult devoured everything, whether it was traces of battle or the bodies of the dead.

The number of survivors is despairing - zero.

In the past few centuries, no one had thought that the city of Dunbuya, which was the northern gate of the Holy Church Union and had rich practical experience, would be reduced to ruins after a certain sunrise. However, at this moment, this smoky and bloody reality was brought out in such a plain and unpretentious manner, stinging the nerves of countless stakeholders.

Although no news came out from the City of Light, which is the center of the Holy Land and the heart of the Holy Church Union, within two hours after the news was exposed, an extremely oppressive and suffocating feeling had swept across the entire continent.

That's right, it's not the Holy Land under the control of the Holy Church, nor the Northeastern Continent where the Holy Land is located, but the entire Innocence Continent, all of which are caught in a kind of "sense of urgency" of impending storm.

For a time, countless eyes were cast towards the Holy Union, and countless forces expressed their concern and condolences at the first opportunity. Even the City of Miracles, which had always been at odds with the Holy Union, sent a joint letter from the Parliament of Truth to the City of Light, stating that if necessary, the Mages Guild could provide the necessary support and humanitarian assistance to the Sanctuary.

Of course, anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was probably a subtle mockery from the City of Miracles. After all, the incident in the city of Dunbuya was one thing, and the Holy Church Alliance asking for help from the City of Miracles was another. After all, the two sides were not only enemies and colleagues in the field of mysticism, but the natures of their relationship were extremely contradictory. Although they were far more than just hostile forces, if one side failed to suffer any serious damage, the other side would almost certainly gloat over its misfortune.

However, just three hours after the news of the burning of the city of Dunbuya was revealed, around 10:30 in the morning, another bombshell news was revealed.

That is, at this moment in Dunbuya City, in addition to the original garrison, there is also a talented person who has just emerged in Academy City and attracted widespread attention from all walks of life, a priest of the Dawn Sect, Black Brahma, and...

The Holy Son of the Just Church, the One favored by God - Avery Davidson.

The Holy Son of the Cult of Abundance, the One favored by God - Philip Tolan.

A single stone stirs up a thousand ripples. The forces from all walks of life, which were already feeling suffocated by the oppressive feeling, instantly became agitated. The City of Miracles, which had mocked the Holy Church Alliance two hours ago, immediately dispatched the second seat of the Council of Truth, the [Spirit Sage] Nazerai Ulyphis, to the City of Light to meet with several popes who were gathering for a meeting at the time.

At the same time, more than six large and influential chambers of commerce on the continent, led by the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce and the Steam Consortium, temporarily terminated their business dealings with the barbarians north of the Holy Land. Although these businessmen had changed their identities when doing business with the Blood Barbarians due to concerns about the Holy Church Union, they were obviously not foolish enough to think that the Holy Church Union could not see through the tricks.

At twelve noon, when no more news was revealed, the core knights of the three major sects of Dawn, Fertility and Justice were not mobilized on a large scale, and the [Spirit Sage] also returned to the City of Miracles, the situation began to cool down.

At this point, based on the reaction of the Holy Church Union, all parties have basically reached a consensus, which is -

……

"At least until now, Philip and Avery are still alive."

In the Great Prayer Room on the top floor of the Holy Church United Cathedral, the Pope of the Sun Cult, Saint Anastasus Silverspin, turned to look at his two old friends and whispered for the seventh time, "Is this correct?"

Although he was an old human, the righteous Pope, Saint Tychus Folsom, who was even more muscular than an ordinary orc, curled his lips and said dryly, "Considering that no one has come to see me yet, this should be the case."

The answer of the current Pope of Plenty, Saint Alecosta, a tall half-dragon woman with beautiful long red hair, was much more serious: "I can feel that Philip's vitality is still there."

"Can you feel it more?"

Saint Rivigaz Goldmine of the Wealth Cult stroked his chin and looked at Alecosta expectantly: "For example... the surrounding situation and specific location of your Saint Son."

"If I could have done that, I wouldn't have waited until now."

Alexstar frowned and glanced with some displeasure at the stingy goblin who didn't seem to be nervous at all.

At this moment, there are more people in the Great Prayer Room than at any other time in the past half century.

Because of the "destruction" of the city of Dunbuya at the implementation level, the whereabouts of the two saints of the Abundance and Justice sects and the rising star of the Dawn sect are unknown, and the top leaders of all the Holy Churches have gathered here today without any absence.

In addition to the Pope of Plenty, the Pope of Justice, the Pope of the Sun, and the Pope of Wealth who just spoke, five other popes also gathered here, namely:

His Holiness Saint Ambrose Achille of the Order of the Aurora.

Her Excellency Saint Dorothy Hyatt of the Cult of the Mist.

His Holiness Saint Wilhelm Grimaud of the Order of Melody.

His Holiness Saint Ali Verona of the Order of Knowledge.

His Holiness Saint Meka Soft Tong, the founder of the sect.

The purpose of this meeting was very simple, that is, how to take action when the Holy Church Union must take action.

"Xia Lian means..."

Ambro, who was a little hunched, looked around and said softly, "She went to Xueman alone to seek justice."

"be opposed to."

"No."

"Not suitable."

“It’s a good idea, but it’s not realistic.”

"It's not the right time."

"It will cause too much unnecessary trouble."

"It's times like this that make us more calm."

"It can't be published in legend."

Not surprisingly, everyone expressed the same idea in unison.

Even Tychus and Alexstar, who were only certain that their own Son of God was still alive and should have been the most anxious, expressed their opposition without hesitation.

The reason is simple. No matter what, Philip and Avery are still alive. In this case, although the two sides are in a hostile state, the Holy Alliance that rashly dispatches legendary forces will probably face countless troubles in the future. Even if it is not Xia Lian, who has a hot temper and is prone to making a big noise, if it is another legendary force, there will probably be no good results.

Before the relationship is completely torn apart, the Legendary Stage can only be used for deterrence and self-protection. This is the underlying logic of the current worldview and a consensus that has been rarely reached by people for thousands of years.

If anyone wants to break this consensus, it will definitely be a huge disaster for both the individual and the forces he or she belongs to.

"We understand Sister Xia Lian's feelings, but Your Majesty Ambrose, you should know that letting her go will only make us the target of public criticism, so..."

Tychus sighed and said with a subtle expression: "Time is limited, let's talk about something constructive." "In any case, Blood Barbarian must give us an explanation."

The youngest pope present, a 35-year-old cat-like half-orc woman, Her Majesty Dorothy of the Mist Cult, frowned and said, "But to be honest, I don't believe they have the guts to touch our favored ones."

The dwarf old man from the smallest and most low-key founding sect, who was sitting on a pile of mats, looked solemn and said seriously: "But the problem is that this statement is destined to be meaningless to us."

"Your Maekar is right."

Pope Ali nodded slightly and said seriously, "In fact, it is easy to know that no matter whether it was done by the blood barbarians or not, they will insist on denying the fact that they took the initiative to invade Dunbuya City, and we are destined not to accept this argument. The question is, what attitude should the alliance take after that?"

Anastasia narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Don't forget, with the whole world watching us, although it's unrealistic to ask Sister Xia Lian to go to the Blood Barbarians and kill them all, it's absolutely impossible to swallow our anger."

"very good."

Tychus nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the first consensus we have reached is to assemble a force in the shortest possible time."

This time, although everyone fell silent, there was no objection. It was obvious that although no one said it, they had no objection to Tychus' proposal.

After all, at this moment, most of the forces in the entire continent are paying attention to the Holy Church Alliance. In this case, even if they plan not to use Xia Lian first and directly ban this overly radical legendary combat power, it does not mean that everyone will let others laugh at them and not even give a little deterrence.

Apart from anything else, if they were really labeled as "weak", I'm afraid the Chamber of Commerce would not even bother to use their vests when trading with the blood barbarians in the future.

"Assemble the troops, no problem."

Anastas nodded, then asked directly: "The question is, how many troops should be assembled?"

Pope Saint Wilhelm of the Melody Sect paused for a moment and said solemnly, "I propose to exclude the Grand Inquisition first."

"agree."

Pope of Wealth Rivegaz nodded and added: "In addition, I also propose to exclude the Knights of Defense of various sects."

"What's wrong?"

Tychus sneered and glanced at the two of them. "Do you want me to go find the family that just baptized their baby last month and ask them if they mind if we requisition a few young people to go on an outing to the north?"

Wilhelm shook his head and said seriously, "You know that's not what I meant, Tychus."

"The Grand Inquisition is of a special nature, and the Knights of the Church are our respective 'trump cards'. If we really use them, it will only make others think that we only have this level of foundation."

Rivigaz, who had a good personal relationship with Tychus, crossed his arms and said seriously, "Whether those two brats are safe or not, they are definitely alive. Since the Blood Barbarians will definitely deny that they attacked the city of Dunbuya, no matter how reluctant we are, the first stage must be 'investigation'. Do you think the people of the Grand Inquisition are suitable for investigation? Don't you think it is a huge waste to send out the Knights of the Church just for investigation?"

"Listen, miser, not everything can be solved by 'settling accounts'."

Tychus took a deep breath and said in a bad tone, "In the final analysis, we only know that our little devils are still 'alive'. As for what they have encountered and experienced, and whether they are still in danger, we have no idea. In this case, you can't expect Alecosta and I to listen to you calmly share your business experience."

"And I."

Ambro suddenly interrupted and said seriously, "For my Dawn Sect, the importance of Priest Hei Fan is no less than that of any other person favored by God."

"Please calm down, both of you."

Alexstar sighed silently and said softly, "My concerns about Philip are no less than your concerns about your own children, but what Yinfang and Wilhelm said makes sense. We cannot use the Grand Inquisition or the Knights of the Church... at least not now."

Tychus scratched his hair and asked unhappily, "Then I have no objection if you ask Madolan to lead the team to the north."

"it is good."

Alexstar nodded and said calmly, "Madolan will be willing."

"very good."

"Agree."

"I support."

"For Knight Madolan, no problem."

"Then I'll have to trouble His Majesty Alexita."

"Give my regards to Madolan."

The crowd gave immediate and unambiguous feedback.

Tychus opened his mouth, but finally shook his head helplessly and said, "Okay, what can I say?"

"Hey."

Ambro tapped the table lightly and frowned, "Why are you all against Xia Lian going there when they are all Legendary Knights, but when it comes to Madolan Knights, you all support her more than the other?"

Then, eight faces turned to Ambro at the same time, without saying a word, just looking at him quietly.

"..."

After a few seconds of silence, Pope Dawn was the first to look away and changed the subject: "Of course, I personally have no objection. Madolan is a good child."

"But then again—"

At this time, Yinfang, stroking his chin, spoke again: "Although Madolan is completely capable of crushing Big Sister Xia Lian in terms of ideology and morality, he is a legendary after all. If... I mean if, the children's situation is not as good as imagined, and he is bound to go to war with the Blood Barbarians, he can't move."

"what do you mean……"

Dorothy blinked as if there were two clouds of mist in her eyes, and said hesitantly: "Is it possible that the two princes and the Black Brahma priest are still alive... but we have to go to war with the Blood Barbarians?"

"Yes."

"is it possible?"

"Everything is possible."

Chapter 2526: The End