Pioneering

Chapter 265 Blind date?Infighting?
At a banquet celebrating the addition of another small country to the Kingdom of Winkrel.

Pope Will led a typical classical beauty to sit across from Derek:

"Totana, this is the Priest Derek I told you about, let's get to know each other well."

"Young people, it's good to get in touch more."

After speaking, Will took a meaningful look at the two of them, then turned and left.

Even if it was a celebration banquet, it was inconvenient for Church Will to really blend in with the carnival crowd. As the leader of a church, it is necessary to maintain mystery and majesty in public.

Perhaps, this is why Will likes "Derek" so much.After pretending for a long time, it is a rare thing to be able to release the biggest dark side of one's heart in front of one person.

Derek was sitting on pins and needles, forced a smile and said: "Miss Totana, you are very beautifully dressed today."

Totana turned her head and made a grimace at Will whose back was leaving, and then she sat back playfully, and stroked her flowing black hair like a waterfall with her fingers as white as milk:

"Mr. Derek?"

"Ok?"

"Archbishop Derek?"

"Ok??"

"Savior Derek???"

"Um???"

Looking at Derek's speechless expression, Totana snorted and smiled: "Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just curious about you who are famous?

In the past, I only heard about your portraits and deeds, but I didn’t expect to see a real person today. Under such circumstances, it is really a wonderful situation. "

Derek, who had completed the task of food storage and purchase, was trained by Will after agreeing to meet Totana, and the task of comforting and helping the victims fell on him.

Facts have proved that spies are really much better at doing things than their own people.

What Derek accomplished can be said to be good and fast, and the "loss" was much less than other people who did this. He also took the opportunity to gather tens of thousands of devout believers.

This further strengthened Will's determination to train Derek, and he also made up his mind to use his precious daughter to completely bind him.

Compared with the other three archbishops who are qualified to inherit the position of Pope, Derek, whose parents are dead, has few relatives, and has a clean background, is much easier to control.

Since the indescribable split of the Sea God Church, Winklell has split from the complete clerical state into two parts, the clerical and royal powers, and has also fallen into the rule that the post of pope cannot be passed on continuously under the same surname.

This is mainly to appease and reconcile the influence of several families descended from the sea gods in the church, so that those in the opposition should not make troubles and split.

There is also a new rule, that is, the pope can marry, but he is not allowed to have children during his reign.

After all, it is hard for anyone to say whether the reigning pope will overthrow the rule of "taking turns to sit on the throne" for the sake of his descendants.

These two rules have been passed down for thousands of years, and have become more and more popular, and gradually became Winkrell's "political correctness".

Therefore,
In order to quickly stabilize power in the early days of Pope Will's ascension, he really offended other god-descendant families. It is not difficult to guess how the next round of dealers will treat Will's family.So he played a trick, trying to support Derek, who has a shallow foundation, to the top.

Derek said, "Oh, so I wonder if I've let you down?"

"Hmm~" Totana suddenly came up, her delicate and upright facial features were only a finger's away from Derek, and the warm and green girl's breath blew onto his face, itching.

"It's okay. I thought he would be a rigid old man who was going to die, but I didn't expect him to be a young and handsome man."

This is the filter effect. Putting on the aura of a hero who saves the world and helping the people, Derek's appearance, which was only considered to be above average, has become a "beautiful man" in Totana's eyes.

Girlish feelings are always poetry.

If it were an "ordinary" aristocratic dude, it would be over if the proud Totana could not shake her face.

Although Totana is an "illegitimate daughter" in name, she is actually the legitimate daughter of Will's deceased wife. She was only given to a loyal subordinate to raise her in order to avoid criticism from political opponents.

She is also the only descendant of Pope Will, no nobleman or priest in Winkrel has ever dared to underestimate her.

Men chasing women, separated by mountains.Women chasing men, interlayer yarn.

Under the offensive of Totana's preconceived favor, even if Derek has tried his best to show his shortcomings within the rules, they have become cute "advantages".

"I stayed up late and often suffered from insomnia, which led to a bad temper."

"Mr. Derek, it seems that you have worked really hard to save the people under your crown."

"I don't like to drink desserts, I like to drink light ones, especially Yaxia's 'green tea'."

"It's really distressing, although I like sweets, but after you say that, Derek, I also have an interest in 'tea'."

"...To be honest, I don't want to deceive you. Totana, I have illegitimate children, several of them, I'm really not..."

"Shh, I didn't expect you to be so honest, I'm more interested in you." Totana blocked it with a finger
Who is so powerful without a few lovers?If my father hadn't been injured at the beginning, I'm afraid I have quite a few unknown brothers and sisters.

As long as you are faithful to me after marriage. "

'Tired, destroy it! '

Derek, who escaped from the banquet in embarrassment, quickly returned home, as if there was a scourge behind him.

"Who?" Derek reached for the enchanted pistol at his waist, and pointed to a corner of the dim living room.

Over the years, Yashai's weapon technology has been continuously updated and iterated. Adhering to the spirit of "developing one generation, hiding one generation, and exporting one generation", smugglers still undertake the task of selling the equipment replaced by the Yashai army.

Even, it can be said that the structure of Yaxia's firearms has no secrets in the eyes of those superhumans with strong spiritual power. No self-destructing magic circle can stop them from peeping, so Zhong Ming simply doesn't need to do anything to increase the cost.

On the contrary, enchanting runes, yellow explosives, and industrialized assembly line production are the mainstays that are stuck in other countries' imitation.

However, it is impossible to stay conservative all the time. The Principality of Wized, which is the most active imitation, has independently developed a red explosive formula that is slightly weaker than yellow explosives and higher than black explosives. The enchanting runes of the Principality of Dimen also Researched some clues.

It can be said that it will be cracked sooner or later, which is why Zhong Ming wants to integrate the North Continent as soon as possible.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for people with status in the Northern Continent to carry an enchanted gun with them. Its power can be compared to the lethality of a weaker first-order transcendent. I love these "cuties".

"Yo, our 'Nova of Hope', 'Pearl of Salvation', 'Chosen One', 'Next Pope', the great Mr. Derek is so majestic, what, do you need me to kneel down?"

The person who made the sound twisted a table lamp-shaped object, and warm white light immediately radiated from it, dispelling the darkness and illuminating the living room.

Winkrell King Parlor's stern face was revealed, apparently he hadn't had a good time recently.

He originally thought of taking millet out of the fire, leaking information about Winkrell and the coalition forces, and luring Asshai to attack.In this way, Will can be held back in the name of war to avoid liquidation.

Who knew Yasha could bear it so much?Who knew that God was so blind that a severe drought came suddenly?

This is good, not only the original plan is disrupted, but Pope Will's reputation is also rising steadily.

On one side is the incompetent king who caused domestic famine, and on the other side is the church that cuts flesh to relieve the people. You can vote with your toes and know which one to choose.

What's more, this pope even allowed Winkrell to harvest the attachments of many small countries without a single soldier, and expanded nearly one million square kilometers of land.

In contrast, Parlor is much inferior, his reputation has declined, and his majesty has been ruined.

These rumors slandering Parlor also showed that Will was about to attack Parlor.

Defile his name, and then destroy his people.He should not be too familiar with the means of the church.

"What are you doing here?" Derek said coldly, with flickering eyes, "I've already done what you said, and Yasha didn't take the bait, no wonder me. We've already settled it!"

"Hahaha~" Parlor stretched out his hand to cover his forehead, raised his head and laughed, "Liangqing? You have a good idea!"

"Derek, you were supported by me. You saved Will's daughter, and I played it with you."

"Now that you are successful and famous, even that old guy Will wants to support you as the pope? You don't recognize me as a distant relative, dear cousin?"

"I want to be beautiful! Tell me, if Will knows this, what will happen to you? I will eat your secret forever!"

Derek pointed at him with a look of shock and anger, he was speechless, and looked like he would be dizzy at any time.

"Put away the magical skills in your sleeves, Derek, I am the lord of a country anyway, you don't think that if you kill me, the news will not be spread?" Parlor calmly raised his legs leisurely.

"What are you trying to do?" Derek asked, suppressing his anger.

"Refreshing," Parlor patted the chair under him, and said, "It's very simple, I want you to help me find out the route of Busta's visit."

"You think?!!!" Derek showed a shocked expression just right.

"It's just what you think." Parlor spread his hands.

Yes, if there wasn't something outside to divert Will's attention and energy right now, to give him room to fish in troubled waters, he would be doomed.

Since Yasha refuses to strike first, don't blame him for being careless!Bastar, the heir of Wized who came to borrow food, died in the country, and then pretended to be the black hand of Yasha.

No matter who the heir-dead Grand Duke Wiserd chooses to fight with, it can effectively attract Will's energy.

As for whether Grand Duke Wized will swallow his anger?What a joke, a peasant uprising army rarely seen in [-] years has been starved in the territory of Wised. If you don’t divert the conflict, you will have to fry the pot!

Derek pondered for a moment, recalling the order sent by Jin Yiwei's boss last night. Isn't this a perfect opportunity to complete the task.

As soon as things come out after Parlor conspired to kill Busta, Derek's own identity problem is one less layer.

Moreover, this move will inevitably stir up the smoke of war, and there is a high probability that it will stir up internal strife among the coalition forces. I am worthy of Yasha.

"Can I say I don't know?" Derek pretended to be embarrassed.

"Don't talk nonsense. That old guy trusts you the most now. If you don't know, who can know? Don't force me to say something that hurts our feelings."

Derek pretended to be embarrassed, and after a long time, he spoke with difficulty: "Bastar has already borrowed some food from us, and now he should go to Magzek to buy food, and he will almost arrive in Winston County.

You have to do it, I suggest waiting until he goes deep into Magzek's hinterland. "

After a while, Derek looked at Parlor who left with a satisfied smile, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

……

In October of the fourth year of the Asian calendar, the weather was fine and sunny.

Busta Lawton, the first heir to the Principality of Wized, and his wife Sophia are on a mission to save the country from peril, and are secretly looking for Malcolm, the capital of the Principality of Magek.

Although Basta was criticized by many nobles in the country because of his congenital inadequacy, he missed the path of knight training, but he is extremely intelligent, knowledgeable, unique in vision, and has made great achievements in governing the country.

More than a year ago, he dissuaded his father from stockpiling grain, but it was ignored because he was not taken seriously. The current drought and Bastan's outstanding diplomatic performance have successfully reversed his domestic image and Grand Duke Wiserd's opinion of him.

Except for his love of salty tofu nao and his unreasonable malice towards people who eat sweet tofu nao, Bastar has hardly any negative news spread outside.

The four-wheeled carriage in which the Basta and his wife drove into Custa Avenue. Suddenly, several men in black burst out with majestic fighting spirit and attacked the convoy with weapons in their hands.

Busta hurriedly took his wife to hide, and the guards rushed forward to stop the assassin.

Although I don’t know why his whereabouts were exposed, Basta tried his best to calmly think about his way out. Seeing the sound of fighting gradually disappearing, Basta secretly poked his head out, and after checking for no one, he dragged his wife and was about to get out of the car. .

Suddenly, Bastar's face became panicked.

A man with a gun suddenly jumped out of the uninhabited alleyway on the side, blocking the Basta couple's way forward. The man suddenly revealed and raised the enchanted gun in his hand, aimed at Basta and fired. Count the shots.

Without hesitation, without mercy, without pause, he fired five shots in a row, and the guns hit.

At this moment, Basta's expression froze. Surprise, fear, and pain were all intertwined on his face. His eyes were blank and empty, as if seeing the god of the underworld waving.

He couldn't move his body, he seemed overwhelmed, and his hands seemed unable to struggle.

He clutched his chest, he wanted to say something, but in the end there was only a groan: "Ho~"

"No~" *n
Sophia's terrified screams resounded throughout the block, and the coachman and guards who were about to follow in the back row also let out heart-piercing cries.

When the guards who captured the other assassins not far away saw this scene, their eyes were about to burst, and they rushed back desperately.

Before the guards who were dragging the corpses of the assassins arrived, the gun-wielding assassin smiled strangely and stuffed the gun into his mouth...

At this moment, everyone stopped moving, everyone was shocked and terrified, and everyone felt that a shocking change was about to occur in the North Continent.

The Northern Continent Unification War broke out, known as the Malcolm Incident in history.

(End of this chapter)