When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 1079 Longbow Fortress Guard
"Bang!"

The black and white soccer ball slammed against the goalpost with a thud and bounced more than three meters high.

"Kale!" Goalkeeper Bradak shouted his teammate's name in despair, but it was too late.

Jeanne leaped nearly two meters high and executed a bicycle kick, sending the heavy football straight toward the goal line.

With tremendous force, the football hurtled through the air.

Bradak extended his iron gauntlet, which resembled a dragon's claw, but the ball grazed his fingertips and slammed into the ground.

In an instant, the grass and soil burst open, stones flew everywhere, and the football jumped into the goal, pulling the spiderweb net and the goal frame backward.

"Ah—" Kale, who rushed over in a panic, suddenly felt dizzy and fell to his knees.

They had finally tied the game at 1-1, and it looked like it was going to be a draw, but then Her Highness the Holy Maiden dribbled past five players and scored.

Jeanne raised her hands high and ran around the field cheering.

It was the last minute of overtime, and she scored the winning goal. There was almost no need to play in the remaining ten seconds.

Sitting on a bench by the court, with a large plaster on his brow bone, Tora sneered, "Five people couldn't stop them, what a simp squad."

"This is still called a simp game?" Sochette mumbled, his chin wrapped in a blood-stained bandage. "Next time you go to the Holy Machine Court and watch the Holy Grandson and the loyal officers play football, that's the real simp game."

The two officers were not actually seriously injured on the field, but they looked frightening.

With their breathing technique level, they'll be fine in three to five days.

As for the people on the field, they were fully equipped.

Leather armor, greaves, iron-tipped boots... and even helmets.

Wearing shin guards and iron-tipped boots was actually a last resort, because the footballs in this world are much harder and heavier than those in Horn's hometown.

Due to technical and popularization issues, it will be very difficult for either the Holy Alliance or the Empire to create a suitable and widely available football.

Considering that people in this world are much more resilient than Earthlings, the Holy Alliance football is made of leather wrapped in hardened slime.

Just looking at the weight, it's almost as heavy as a two-pound cannonball.

To adapt to the change in the weight of the football, and given the high physical demands of people in this world, a layer of leather armor is nothing.

After the match between the First and Second Corps ended, the officers of Dawn Island and the Holy Alliance left the field arm in arm.

As for the soldiers watching the battle, after exchanging a few words, they all headed towards the mess hall amidst the cooking smoke.

Sochette and Tora exchanged a smile and walked toward the food stall as well.

Compared to the awkwardness three months ago when the Holy Alliance soldiers and local soldiers were mixed together, they are now getting along exceptionally well.

Michelle is quite capable as an instructor.

In addition to his daily training, he also engages in some of these recreational activities.

The essence is to force the first and second legions of Longbow Fortress to compete, and to foster a sense of collective consciousness and legion honor through this competition.

More than two months have passed since Princess Joan of Arc arrived with the Holy Alliance volunteer corps.

During this period, he suppressed the Longbow Fort uprising, divided the property of oligarchs and devilish nobles, launched a surprise attack on Duck Harbor, and repelled two sieges by local nobles.

After more than two months of adjustment, the relationship between the local faction in Longbow Fortress and these Holy Alliance factions gradually became harmonious.

War is war, after all. No matter how advantageous the situation, unless there is a complete generational gap, there will still be danger to life.

After experiencing the battlefield, Tora, Bradak, and other local officials and soldiers became acquainted with the Holy Alliance faction led by Jeanne.

As more officers arrived, the legion's territory, centurions, and legion schools were gradually established.

Various ideas about the Holy Way Sect also began to spread from Longbow Fortress to the surrounding areas. The monks sent by the Holy Alliance were adept at dealing with local tyrants and bullies in towns and villages.

Before the end of the First Battle of the Thousand Rivers, Juano monks were already widely interacting with these people in the countryside.

After the First and Second Wars ended, a large number of new monks from all over the empire joined the Holy Alliance and devoted themselves to dealing with local forces.

It could even be said that part of the reason for the Holy Alliance's "three-year tax exemption" policy was the inability to collect taxes.

As for why they couldn't collect the money, it was because the monks were leading their protectors in a battle of wits and courage against local forces in the countryside.

Moreover, unlike the period when the Holy Alliance was isolated and in turmoil, this time the Holy Alliance was isolated and helpless.

Now things are much better at Longbow Fortress; if the people don't want to pay taxes, then so be it.

In addition to the city's own financial and human resources, there was also food support from the Holy Alliance, as well as covert monetary assistance from Fran.

Furthermore, many free cities that dared not resist would actively supply Longbow Fortress with troops and provisions.

Saint Sun is not a succubus, so she doesn't have that much influence.

The reason why Longbow Fort was able to succeed so smoothly was largely because it rode the wave of the times.

What is the current wave of the imperial era?
Overthrow the rule of the nobility over the city, abolish feudal privileges and commodification.

The development of an empire is inherently uneven, with productivity clearly exceeding the relations of production.

It was only because of the existence of extraordinary hegemony, military hegemony, and ideological hegemony that nobles and priests were able to forcibly suppress this wave.

With the popularization of paper, the development of printing technology, and the legacy of war, a large number of breathing techniques and extraordinary martial arts flowed into the civilian population, giving rise to professional mercenaries.

The extraordinary formation in the Battle of Windmill Land is proof of this.

The seeds of divine favor and the extraordinary breathing technique have gradually eroded the extraordinary hegemony.

The fall of the Holy See and the Sixth Grand Council shattered the Empire's ideological hegemony.

As for military hegemony, it's hard to say about Norn, but Leia is being attacked by both the Fran and the Holy Alliance.

As long as Horn continues down the path of liberating the relations of production, wherever he goes, fortune smiles upon him and heaven and earth lend their support.

The same goes for Jeanne.

As they walked down the hillside, a gust of evening wind blew by, causing Tora to sneeze.

“It’s already September, and the weather is getting cooler.” Sochette looked at the soldiers lining up in front of the mess hall. “These soldiers are almost ready to graduate.”

“Yes, but I don’t know why, after the first two or three attacks by the local nobles, they stopped attacking. I don’t know what happened…” Torabi Sochet was even more confused.

Prior to this, they were filled with fear and trepidation in the face of Leia's army's attack.

Now that they had finally trained to a near-complete level, the Leia army suddenly stopped coming, leaving them completely bewildered and tormented.

Where did Leia's army go?

"Could it be related to the fact that divine magic in coastal areas suddenly became unusable some time ago?"

About two months ago, news came from Windmill Land that the magic in the coastal areas had suddenly stopped working.

No matter how much the monks prayed, they could no longer summon any more divine orbs.

This applies not only to the coastal areas, but also to the monks and monasteries in the Zealand Islands.

But this anomaly only lasted for a little over a day before it dissipated. It shouldn't have dragged on until now, right?
Just as the two were pondering what had happened, a young loyal servant rushed over carrying a small flag: "Gentlemen, Her Majesty Joan of Arc requests your presence at the main camp. There are important matters to discuss. You may eat in the camp; there is no need to go to the mess hall."

The two of them were stunned for a moment, then Tora laughed and scolded, "We're such jinxes!"

(End of this chapter)