Riding and Slashing

Chapter 245 Difficult Decision

Two days later.

The accumulated smoke has been blown away by the wind blowing into the valley.

Alyssa burned her priestly robes and snake-print leather armor, and coiled her hair into the appearance of a Sarleion lady. Except for the "hissing" way of speaking, everything else seemed to be the same as before. The Snake Cult has nothing to do with it.

She obviously didn't want to have anything to do with the Snake Worship Cult anymore, probably because she was a little scared in her heart.

Alisa didn't even speak much in the past two days, and she kept hiding in the room of the manor and did not come out.

Perhaps, she felt that Li Ang's attitude towards the Snake Worship Cult was too intense-for now, all the Snake Worshipers who met Li Ang were spared.

But for Li Ang, those who create and spread the Red Death must die.

Since these Snake Worshipers choose to become the public enemy of mankind, they will get this treatment.

At this moment, in the valley, the corpses of thousands of Snake Worshipers fell in disorder near the mountain walls on both sides. From a distance, they looked like earthworms drilled out of the soil, crawling out of the soft mud layer at the bottom of the valley. Messy marks.

The corpses of several Snake Cult priestesses also leaned against the mountain wall.

It seems that before they died, they also struggled to survive.

Just like the insects in the soil can be smoked out with thick smoke, these Snake Worshipers who did not die in landslides or buried alive in mudstones were smoked out by the smoke, and then all fell on the sides of the valley.

The Mettenheimers and the infantry of the Freedom Legion had arrived here half a day ago, and they just happened to be in time to clean up the battlefield.

They were cleaning the bottom of the valley with the villagers one after the other.

In Li Ang's eyes, the corpse must be buried, otherwise when the climate warms up, it is likely to cause plague.

It didn't take much time to clean up the corpses lying on both sides of the valley. After all, it was only necessary to take away the equipment of the Snake Cult warriors, and then bury them in the valley on the spot. Just scrape some off.

Even many pits are ready-made, and the Snake Worshipers who were smoked to death originally crawled out of the soil.

As for those that have been buried in the soil for a long time...then naturally there is no need to clean them up.

The bottom of the valley was quickly cleared, and when everything was buried in the ground, it looked like a purely natural disaster.

However, this valley probably won't be a traffic artery for a long time.

Thousands of people cleared the valley for an afternoon, but still failed to clear a complete passage - there were too many fallen stones, and many boulders could not be moved at all. The valley could not accommodate vehicles and horses in a short time. It is a bit difficult for people to pass through.

However, as long as his own troops can come over, Li Ang has no intention of building bridges and paving roads here to be a good person.

How to restore traffic within the Bacchus Empire... That was the business of Emperor Marius and Justus.

The situation in the Bacchus Empire has actually been completely controlled.

Both Boshi City and Emperor Lingang have returned to normal order, and the devoured people in Siyuan City have also been cleaned up.

However, these three big cities were severely damaged, a large number of nobles fled, countless civilians died in the war, and basically every family was in mourning.

In a short period of time, it is difficult to restore the prosperity of the past.

Probably because it was expected that many nobles would return one after another during this period of time, several senior consuls of the Bacchus Empire tacitly maintained the status quo.

Kairos devoted himself to maintaining the order of Siyuan City, Governor Justus took over the defense in Emperor Lingang, and General Kryon presided over the prevention and treatment of the Red Death in Boshi City...

None of them currently manage their own territory, but none of them intends to return to their own territory.

This may be because they don't want to argue with the nobles who have returned to the territory.

Especially those aristocrats who are acquainted with each other on weekdays and can be regarded as having two points of friendship...

Perhaps, both Justus and Kailos felt that those nobles who fled when the enemy was in front of them, and came back to claim their property after everything calmed down, were no longer worthy of their smiling faces.

The entire Bacchus empire is probably about to fully enter the post-disaster reconstruction stage.

Maybe this is the situation that Emperor Marius wanted to see the most...

A large number of those nobles who opposed the reform died, and they would definitely not dare to talk nonsense while they were alive for a while;
Most of the old things in the Senate that only know how to make noise on the podium have disappeared;

The powerful rebel army was completely wiped out, and the Snake Cult army was also buried in Feidner Village;
Although Bacchus suffered huge losses in the country, most of the most elite forces were preserved.

The problem of the rebel army was also resolved. Although the fruit was picked by Li Ang, at least it did not cause too much trouble, and Li Ang, the deliberately declared 'enemy', was able to block the real enemy from within for Emperor Marius.

And which lords in the entire empire are reliable and which lords are incompetent have all been exposed in this turmoil.

Now, it is only necessary to ensure a peaceful period of quiet development, and in a few years the whole country will surely be reborn, stronger and more united than ever.

However, just when the most difficult situation had all been resolved, something happened to Emperor Marius himself.

Two days ago, he met Maltis in Ziza Village, and was led by Agathon, who reacted very quickly, to flee all the way north. When they fled to the north of Fort Olega, they met Governor Kairos.

Kairos looked as if he had brought troops to meet him, so Emperor Marius and Agathon were naturally 'protected' by a large group of troops without any defense.

"Kailos, you came at the right time. There are only two hundred horn vipers around Martis. We should take this opportunity to destroy her! Take the troops to Qiza Village and send someone to Siyuan City to send orders to let the shadow wolves The army is dispatched..."

Emperor Marius felt that this was the best opportunity to kill Martis, even if he suffered huge losses as a result, it was acceptable.

"Your Majesty... maybe you should take a break..."

Kairos didn't move.

His expression was very hesitant, and the entanglement and contradictions he showed were almost visible to the naked eye, but then he finally said something that made everyone unbelievable: "Take your majesty to Leyla Fortress..."

After these words were spoken, Kailos looked as if he had aged 20 years in an instant.

Perhaps, in order to say this sentence, he exhausted all his energy and courage. At this moment, he didn't even dare to look into Emperor Marius' eyes.

Obviously, this is an extremely difficult decision.

"What do you mean? Kailos, what do you want to do?"

Emperor Marius was shocked: "Are you planning to rebel? No, you are not such a person..."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty... I don't want to do this either, and I don't want to... Don't worry, I will kill Maltis and ensure your safety..."

Kailos closed his eyes and sighed, then tightly covered his teeth, and he could clearly see the throbbing veins on the side of his cheek, obviously he was very uncomfortable in his heart, and he was suppressing his emotions.

Several shadow centurions stepped forward and surrounded Emperor Marius.

At this moment, Marius suddenly slapped Agathon's horse's buttocks with the spine of his sword, and then turned around and ran away on the horse: "Agathon! Go find Justus or Alina!"

Agathon next to him had also drawn out his sword. It seemed that he wanted to protect Emperor Marius and break through desperately, but the horse was suddenly pulled by Emperor Marius and ran in another direction.

The incident happened suddenly, and Kairos's men had originally focused their attention on Emperor Marius, and most of them ran after Emperor Marius.

Only a few cavalry reacted in time and began to pursue Agathon.

But General Agathon's skill is not something a few cavalry can handle. The cavalry were cut down one after another, and Agathon even snatched two more horses because of this.

Of course, Kailos' men did not dare to hurt Emperor Marius, and they didn't seem to have any idea of ​​killing the king.

Agathon did not come back to save others single-handedly, he did run away according to Mario's order.

At this time, Emperor Marius had been taken to Fort Leyla.

At the same time, the army sent by Kailos has searched around Qiza Village several times.

But he didn't find Maltis, not even the horn viper pioneer.

Two days ago, Martis did only have two hundred horn viper vanguards with her, but it only took her 10 minutes to defeat Emperor Marius and Agathon's guards.

And then, she defeated another unit within ten minutes - a seemingly elite infantry regiment.

That was the fleet that had been fishing outside Emperor Lingang before.

Although the warship was tattered, and although all the people in this infantry regiment were unkempt, the infantry regiment itself was not broken.

The leading regiment commander even wore a luxurious royal pointed helmet with blue tasseled feathers on his head-this is the helmet style of the commander of the regular army of the Buckley Empire.

The plate and chain composite armor on his body is engraved with a circular coat of arms composed of four fan-shaped patterns, and the four patterns are 'Mountains', 'Iron Felt', 'Great Sword', and 'Heavy Crossbow'.

This is the logo of Mettenheim.

The infantry regiment had more than 700 people, including hundreds of Mettenheim swordsmen, and even at least fifty swordsmen of death. This should have been a very strong army.

However, in front of Maltis and her horn viper vanguard, this army only lasted for ten minutes before the whole army collapsed.

In fact, these Mettenheim people are indeed very brave. Their customs and beliefs determine that they will not turn around and run for their lives easily, and they are also very powerful in fighting.

But the problem is that the difference in combat effectiveness between the head of this infantry regiment and Maltis is indeed too great, and Maltis rushed into the formation and captured him after just one meeting...

The legion leader was captured, and the legion naturally collapsed.

At this time, there were not many horn viper vanguards under Maltis's command.

However, Martis didn't seem to be distressed or reluctant at all, she still looked expressionless, and put the sword on the infantry commander's neck: "...Use your boat, take us back to Amara The mainland...bring all their remains on board."

This was the only sentence the head of the group heard from the 'priestess' after he was captured.

Afterwards, there was a long silence, and Martis didn't say a word anymore, and the remaining [-] or so horn vipers escorted the infantry commander onto the boat.

The infantry regiment had no choice but to carry all the corpses of the horn viper pioneers aboard.

After Kailos' army arrived at Qiza Village, it was empty.

All that remained on the beach were the corpses of Imperial Knights and Iron Ring Centurions, as well as a few dilapidated and abandoned ships.

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At this time, Li Ang was winding north with a huge team of more than 6000 people, preparing to return to Karen Deer Castle.

The main purpose of his trip to the south was to get rid of the Snake Worship Cult who might threaten his territory, and now this matter has been completed.

Li Ang took away everyone around Fidner Village. More than 4000 villagers followed behind Li Ang's troops, carrying the food they found from Levius and the spoils they just got from the Snake Worshipers. It looks like a large group of followers of the Snake Cult....

All the property of the Levius family was also taken away-it was all kinds of property loaded with dozens of carriages.

Except for the mines that could not be moved, the surrounding area of ​​Feidna Village was completely empty.

Unexpectedly, no one of the goddesses who had expected to say a few words this time did not speak, which made Li Ang, who had been mentally preparing, somewhat uncomfortable.

Maybe it's because I didn't solve the problem in the way the gods expected... The lord sometimes thinks that the gods in Pendor Continent probably don't see much in the world, and they probably haven't thought about the fact that eliminating heresies can actually be done without swords.

Taking the villagers on the road together, or moving forward with a heavy load, the journey is naturally very slow.

But this time there was no need to leave the villagers behind and go on the road lightly, after all, there was no need to rush to fight.

After walking for a full week, Li Ang arrived outside Boshi City.

The large army was still marching north, and Li Ang asked others to take the villagers to Karen Deer Castle first.

And he himself took the newly edited 'Silver Hand' on the way to Boshi City.

He was going to pick up Anson and see how the doctor's research on the Red Death was going.

The main reason for bringing the Silver Hand was that the gladiators among them were familiar with the surroundings of Bozhi City. Besides, it would not be appropriate to bring the Noldor elves to appear in the city.It is precisely because of this that Li Ang did not enter the city when he lifted the siege of Boshi City.

There are currently about 300 members of the Silver Hand, all of whom can barely be regarded as apprentice knights—the current knight order is an illegal knight order, and their knight status can only be recognized by Li Ang's forces.

At present, all the members of the Silver Hand are walking warriors.

Among them were more than 100 Mettenheimers and nearly [-] gladiators.

These walking knights were selected by the fighters of the Freedom Legion themselves-this is some of the people who played the biggest role in the process of dealing with the python knights of the Dread Legion by the sea, including Sigismund.

Most of the soldiers of the Freedom Legion crawled out of the tragic arena. They actually have a simple sense of honor. They are willing to join the battle to win the respect they deserve, and they are also willing to follow and support those who have made more contributions in the battle. comrades.

After all, they did the same thing in the arena.

Although Li Ang said that they were all qualified to become knights, they did not do so themselves.

Only 300 people were elected as knights, while the others were still in the Freedom Legion. When fighting, they would follow the knights they supported as sergeants.

This is Sigismund's suggestion, and it is also the consensus of the Free Corps fighters.

Sigismund had personally built a group of commoner knights, and he knew that when too many knights were awarded, the sense of honor and identity brought by this status would fade.

Therefore, the Silver Hand only established an establishment of [-] foot knights for the time being.

Li Ang distributed a big hammer to every gladiator in Bozhi City-this is the equipment that General Kryon found for them from the Knights of the Glorious Cross, and it is also the equipment that everyone felt when dealing with the undead of the Dread Legion at the seaside. The most missing thing.

At that time, if everyone had a hammer, the rotten skeletons of the python knight would have been knocked to pieces long ago, and they would never have fought so hard.

Since the purpose of the Silver Hand is to wipe out evil, it is very likely that they will encounter this kind of skeleton in the future, so each person issued a long-handled warhammer as a standard weapon.

Anyway, these gladiators are all muscular men, and they are all good at swinging hammers.

As for the people of Mettenheim - they all brought their own two-handed swords of Mettenheim this time, and there is no shortage of weapons...

Of course, the status of apprentice knights of these warriors must not be recognized in other places.

Nowhere can a group of slaves be recognized as knights...

Even under Li Ang's command, they can only be respected, but not fiefdoms - they are not real knights, so naturally they cannot be registered as fiefdoms.

In fact, many people can't even write their names, and they can't even sign their names. If they really ask them to register, they can only be caught blind...

Li Ang did not find Anson in Boshi City. General Kryon said that Ansen went to Brettwen two days ago and never came back.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, it is said that there is an abandoned Snake Cult lair in Brett. Anson sent a message back yesterday, and he seems to have found clues related to the control of the Red Death there."

General Kryon said.

In fact, Li Ang also knew about the Snake Cult lair in Brettwen.

A year ago, Li Ang led a caravan to fight with Earl Auden. After the caravan was robbed by the Snake Cult, Earl Auden sent cavalry to chase it all the way here, and burned down the Snake Cult lair. .

(End of this chapter)