A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

"Very good," Mansreti replied. "The ability should be elemental manipulation, rare and excellent. The weapons are twin swords."

But no matter how outstanding you are, it is useless. The elite cannot defeat the national defenders!

"Controlling elements? Dual wielding?" Thomas thought for a moment. "Tell me more."

Mansreti detailed his opponent's abilities. The twin swords could be imbued with different powers. They could create mist, lightning, fire, frost, air waves... earth, wind, water, fire, everything.

“Where’s his weapon?” Thomas asked.

"Here." Mansreti had a premonition and handed over the two swords seized from little Balbo.

Thomas took the sword and examined it carefully.

This is a fine weapon made by a master, but in the final analysis, it is just an ordinary weapon.

"I've made up my mind," Thomas said. "I'll give him the two weapons I got last time!"

Chapter 262 Siege 1

At the junction of sea and sky, the sunset glow spreads out like burning silk. The setting sun shatters its last rays of light among the waves, and the shimmering light turns into thousands of pieces of floating gold foil.

Thomas stood on the boat and looked at the castle by the sea.

In the setting sun, the castle's shadow was stretched out, covering the tiny silver waves.

It's very close to Rhode Island.

With favorable winds and favorable seas, the voyage will only take one day and one night. Even if the winds and favorable seas are not favorable, it will only take two days.

High above the castle, the banner of the Sword of Stars and Crescents fluttered. However, the banner was so small that it was difficult to see clearly even with a telescope. Unless one looked closely, it was impossible to see it clearly.

Outside the castle, there was a small harbor. Although small, the hydrological conditions should be good enough to accommodate a small fleet. Even at this moment, there were still two warships and a light frigate in the harbor.

This is the headquarters of the Star-Moon Sword.

The terrain was difficult, and although it was just a not particularly large castle, it was difficult to attack it.

The surrounding area is full of slopes and cliffs that are not suitable for landing. If you want to land, you have to go a long way around. After landing, it will take at least half a day to rush to the castle.

Moreover, on the land side, although the city walls are not high, the terrain is also dangerous.

Even the siege cannons were difficult to drag up.

Attacking the castle was no easy task, and completely annihilating the inhabitants without giving them a chance to escape was even more difficult. This required an attack from both land and sea.

Furthermore, this castle was not a strategic point for land and sea transport, so if a war broke out, no one would be able to take it. Even after the war was over, this castle would still be powerless.

All in all, dangerous, but not important.

This is probably why the Star-Moon Sword Cult was able to use this place as its base.

Thomas had no fleet with him; in fact, he came only on a clipper ship.

The sea and land forces must work together and arrive at the same time. Otherwise, the people of the Star-Moon Sword will have the opportunity to escape.

But it was difficult. After all, this was an era without wireless communication.

So Thomas changed his approach and had the fleet responsible for transporting the infantry ashore.

And at sea, I have this ship to myself.

There were only a few dozen soldiers on this light ship.

But there is reason to believe that it is enough. After all, there are two protectors on board.

And with Thomas here, we can ensure that even if the enemy ships run separately, they can't escape!

This time, Thomas tried his best to put together an army of 3,000 people and two squadrons!

The price was that the defenses of Smyrna and Rhodes were left unprotected.

Therefore, this battle must not last long, and the Knights can only last for three days at most.

Otherwise, the risks will gradually increase over time.

No one can tell whether the Star-Moon Sword has reinforcements.

"Knight Andrea should lead the army to the city before dawn." Joseph said beside Thomas.

Thomas nodded. "We need to consider the road conditions and the possibility that local residents might hinder our march."

Looking at the castle from afar, the Star-Moon Sword flag on it was particularly dazzling.

This time, we must completely remove this thorn!

"Grand Commander," a voice called from behind. "Is this the enemy's base?"

Little Balbo came out of the cabin.

Little Balbo has already joined the Knights.

To show his respect, Grand Master Thomas of the Knights Templar personally presided over the ordination ceremony for him and gave him two obviously extraordinary long swords.

One handful is silver-white, the other is bright red.

But it was the spoils obtained from the pirate leader during the last pirate campaign.

These two swords are very strange. If you call them magic swords, they don't have any special abilities. But if you call them ordinary weapons, they always feel quite special.

Even Radagast couldn't figure it out and could only think that it was a weapon made by magical means.

It is not impossible to use magic to create weapons, but it is definitely a huge waste.

Because magic cannot be restored.

"Yes, the Sword of Stars and Moon!" said another sailor beside him.

This is the Knights Templar's greatest enemy, and all veteran members of the Order know this.

"I haven't heard much about it. Is it very powerful?" asked little Balbo.

"The former Grand Commander, Lord Fernando, was murdered by them." He gritted his teeth in hatred as he spoke of this. "I never thought their base would be so close to Rhodes Island!"

"Ah!" Little Balbo stopped talking.

"Go to the open sea," Thomas ordered coldly. "Hopefully they won't get away in time!"

After all, it had been quite some time since the last time he killed that protector of the country. There was a certain probability that he had already escaped.

……

Muzaffar slept very restlessly that night.

Some strange feeling in the dark always made him feel palpitations.

But on closer consideration, there is no danger worth mentioning.

Today, the Grand Master asked about Herzl again.

Herzl had not returned from killing Thomas yet - at the speed of sailing, he should have returned by now.

But this is normal, after all, there are always so many unexpected situations in this world. The most likely possibility is that the Venetian warships did not allow them to return, and they had to change ships midway.

In this case, a delay of five or six days is normal.

Moreover, it is hard to say about other things, but he is very confident in Herzl's strength.

Herzl might be just so-so on land, not particularly powerful, but in naval battles, especially after falling into the sea, his full strength can be fully exerted.

The previous Grand Master of the Knights, Fernando, was once the backbone of the Order. However, he was killed by Herzl in a one-on-many battle. Don't get me wrong, the "one" in this "one-on-many" battle refers to Herzl, who single-handedly killed everyone on the enemy ship, including Fernando!

Therefore, it was almost impossible to imagine Herzl failing. Even if he did fail, at least he would be safe.

Muzaffar just didn't believe that anyone could kill Hezil instantly without giving him the chance to even jump into the sea.

But this inexplicable uneasiness deep in my heart just won't go away.

So Muzaffar didn't sleep well and got up very early in the morning.

It was just dawn when he walked out of his room.

I originally wanted to walk to the terrace by the sea to get some fresh air, but I happened to see torches one after another in the dim light on the landside.

That was the army marching at night with torches.

Muzaffar is shocked.

There's no way any troops could arrive at this time! Or rather, there's only one possibility for the troops to arrive here!

It's the enemy!

Chapter 263 Siege 2

The bells high up in the castle rang rapidly.

This rapid bell sound is the alarm that the enemy has been discovered.

The knights, who had been marching cautiously to avoid making loud noises, quickly quickened their pace.

The enemy has noticed, and there is no point in hiding now.

Shouts and cries of killing quickly rang out.

On the top of the city wall, a group of disheveled people rushed out.

More than half of the people did not have time to put on their armor, but at least everyone was carrying a weapon.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Archers! Archers! Come here!" Muzaffar shouted at the top of his lungs on the top of the city wall.

He immediately realized that the castle was under-defended.

There was no way around it. The army in the castle was actually the army of the Crescent-Crete Cult, "borrowed" by the Crescent-Crete Sword, and even included some pirates. However, after the victory in the Battle of Smyrna and the complete destruction of the Byzantine army, there was no need to continue maintaining it.

Now, most of the people in this castle are members of the Star-Moon Sword Order.

Herzl had taken away dozens of people before!

At this moment, including the servants, there were barely three hundred people.

Moreover, there is not even a single step towards protecting the country, let alone protecting the country.

Of course, there are still many elite warriors. If a real fight breaks out, I can't say for sure we can hold on, but I'm sure we can hold on for a while!

Muzaffar collected himself.

It has been determined from their clothing, flags, etc. that this is the army of the Knights Templar.

There were countless of them, but they rushed out in batches from the twilight that had not yet completely faded.

However, these pagans are now temporarily trapped in the dangerous terrain and cannot reach the city wall for a while.

There is still some time.

Muzaffar did not hesitate and immediately ran as fast as he could to the room where the Grand Master was inside the castle.

At this time, the Grand Master had been alarmed and stood up.

"Grandmaster, the situation is dire! The Knights are approaching!" Time was pressing, so Muzaffar naturally had to be brief. "They are numerous, at least several thousand. We must retreat immediately! There are no enemy fleets at sea yet, so we still have time to withdraw."

"Have we been discovered?" The Grandmaster was not as calm as usual this time. "How did they suddenly appear? Why didn't our outer sentries send a warning?"

"From the looks of it, they must have been brought in by ship!" Muzaffar was experienced and his judgment was accurate. "Our outer outposts... I think it's because of the long period of peace that everyone has been lax. The Knights attacked at night, and they didn't have time to raise the alarm!"

"Where are the external personnel?" The Grand Master was silent for a moment.

"I'm afraid there's no chance," Muzaffar said. "You know, these pagans are full of hatred, and Thomas... he's extremely cruel and harsh to believers in God!"

"Okay, let's go." Seeing this situation, the Grand Master had no intention of fighting to the death.

Ultimately, this is an outpost, not a fundamental location. If it's lost, it's no big deal.

In fact, the castle was not legally part of the Crescent-Star Sword's territory, but belonged to a nobleman under the Sultan, a local lord. It was "loaned" to the Crescent-Star Sword by the Sultan.

After being captured by the Knights, the Seljuk Sultan should have had a headache.

Of course, if you think calmly, you will know that the Sultan will not have a headache, because it is easy to see that the Knights will not occupy such a place for long.

After all, although it was a dangerous place, it was not important. The Knights currently did not have the extra troops to stay in such a place.

After a while, they will naturally withdraw.

The two of them didn't bother to pack anything and walked out along the passage.

At this time, outside, the roar of muskets had already begun.