A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

He turned around and continued reading.

The shouts and cries of killing coming from afar continued from morning until dusk.

The battle was fought to exhaustion by both sides, and as the sun set, the shouting and screaming gradually died down, leaving only sporadic gunfire and artillery fire, occasionally breaking the silence.

Like two ferocious beasts, they had to stop biting each other temporarily because they were exhausted and could only make threatening gestures towards each other.

Ferdinand closed the book just as he heard the hurried footsteps of his followers coming from outside the tent.

"Ah, the battle is over?" Ferdinand spoke without waiting for the other party to speak.

"My lord, everything is just as you said. The Turks have won. They have occupied the entire city! But the Knights have not conceded defeat! They are constantly trying to counterattack. I expect tonight to be a difficult night!"

"How are the guards performing?"

"Extremely brave, fearless in his death. He could fight the Knights on equal terms!"

Ferdinand smiled. Fighting the already exhausted Knights on equal terms? Not bad at all.

Although the Knights were elite, their numbers were too small. Even now, there were only about 300 official members, and the actual direct army was no more than a thousand.

This war of attrition cannot last long.

"Where is the Knight Andrea?" he asked. "Did you see him on the battlefield?"

"We saw him," the attendant said excitedly. "He's truly formidable. He held a single pass, even hundreds of guardsmen couldn't break through. But then other soldiers circled behind him, forcing him to retreat."

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Author's words: Thanks to book friends Wudi Zhanlong and Ye Ye for the reward, I will add an extra chapter today.

Chapter 308 Assassination 2

"Didn't he...use any special powers?"

"It seems not," the attendant said. "But it was already very powerful. He killed at least fifty or sixty Guardsmen—from what I saw, there were fifty or sixty—including more than ten officers. He was like a dam, holding back the tide of attack."

This is indeed a power at the level of protecting the country.

Andrea can no longer use his terrifying sword moves, which means... he is exhausted?

As the protector of the country, Ferdinand naturally understood that the power of protecting the country was limited.

Being able to defeat a thousand enemies with one was already an incredible feat, in fact, it had already surpassed the scope of the "human" race. It had become another kind of magical creature, with a humanoid form, but in fact it was no longer human.

But even so, individual power has its limits.

Andrea must have been fighting for a whole day and was probably exhausted and unable to use her extraordinary abilities.

This also means that he must rest next instead of following the clerk as a guard!

And tonight, the Knights will definitely try to counterattack in a night battle.

It's hard to say about the others, but Ferdinand believes his old colleague, Secretary Demetrios, will definitely make this choice.

This is his best chance.

However, there is only one chance! Because just like all assassination attempts, if the first one fails, it will be difficult to find a second chance in a short period of time.

Ferdinand didn't think he could be an exception, even though he had the blessing of the lucky scales.

"Go and get the secret letter." Ferdinand suddenly said to his entourage.

"Secret letter? Which one... is it from... Assassin?" the follower asked hesitantly.

"Yes," said Ferdinand.

The last time the Assassins tried to assassinate Thomas, they failed, but that doesn't mean they would send an assassin.

There are still people lurking in the city waiting for an opportunity.

Although the original intention was to assassinate Thomas, changing the target was fine. As long as the money was paid, it would be fine.

Using that magic letter, you can get in touch with the Assassins in the city.

Only in this way can we be absolutely safe.

Tonight, Demetrios must die!

Late at night, in the city of Smyrna.

Demetrios was fully armed and standing in the meeting room of the city lord's mansion.

Today, an incendiary bomb landed here, causing a small fire that burned down a room in the city lord's mansion.

During the fierce siege, the Turks' mortars continued firing. They had ample manpower to fire fire bombs while fighting, but the Knights could not muster enough manpower to put out the fire.

In the end, the fire stopped on its own when there was no fuel.

After this room burned down, the meeting room in the City Lord's Mansion became open - the doors and windows of the meeting room were all affected.

However, the situation was critical, and there was no time to think about anything else. Demetrios held a meeting in this dilapidated conference room and assigned tasks.

"...It's arranged like this. Everyone, in one hour, use the artillery as a signal to launch a counterattack! We must drive the Turks out!" Demetrios said. He made the sign of the cross. "In the name of God!"

"Christ bless you!" everyone present responded.

Although the knights were tired, they were still full of fighting spirit!

Ultimately, today we were caught off guard, which led to the fall of an entire city district.

Although they were forced to retreat, the Knights did not suffer a disadvantage in terms of exchange ratio. And to be honest, the casualties were not too great.

The reason for this is that Knight Andrea is a very important reason.

A national defender can be an effective rearguard on the battlefield.

Of course, there was a price to pay. Andrea was injured in many places today.

Of course, as a patriot, even if he sustained multiple injuries, he wouldn't lose his fighting ability. Even so, Demetrios still arranged for Andrea to rest and recover.

I won't participate in the battle tonight.

"Secretary, the flag bearer said his troops can join the battle tonight." Just as half of the crowd had dispersed, another messenger came to report the news.

Demetrios felt a bit of a headache. He knew Balboa's sensitive identity. Although Thomas had dared to let Balboa lead the charge, Demetrios felt that the Grand Commander was being a bit too careless.

It would be better to place young Balbo in the back as the standard-bearer. If he were killed, who knows what the Doge of Venice would do.

According to the intelligence he had, although little Balbo was a brainless belligerent who often picked fights and provoked trouble, he was unexpectedly loved by the governor.

"Tell the standard-bearer that he can be used as a reserve and sent to the battlefield when needed!" Dimitrios decided to get away with it for the time being.

After all, little Balbo only has one hundred-man team, so it’s okay to put it at the back.

The Knights are not short of a hundred men.

After sending the messenger back, there weren't many people left. Most of them went back to reorganize their troops and equipment and prepare for battle.

"Knight Joseph, you have to be the key..." Demetrios had just spoken when he saw Joseph's expression froze and his eyes looked to the side behind him.

He followed the other person's gaze and saw a soldier's body collapsed silently to the ground.

"Who!" Demetrios shouted. Several knights around him put their hands on the hilts of their swords.

Over there, a figure in a black cloak came out.

"Ferdinand?!" Demetrios recognized the other person from his figure and movements without even waiting for him to take off his hood.

The last time he came, Ferdinand came in swaggeringly wearing the armor of the Knights Templar.

This time, he was wearing a black cloak, using darkness to cover his figure and sneaking in.

"Sorry, old friend, but you must die today!" Ferdinand showed a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.

The knight closest to him drew his sword and slashed fiercely.

Ferdinand easily blocked with his sword.

There was a huge difference in arm strength between the two, and Ferdinand directly broke the knight's sword. Ferdinand took advantage of the situation and kicked the armored knight away.

It wasn't like kicking a heavily armored knight away, but more like kicking a bunch of straw.

This is the gap between magical creatures and ordinary people. They are not on the same level of strength.

Ferdinand didn't stop for a second and rushed straight towards Demetrios.

He appeared rather suddenly, and the knights were not in the right position. Even if they wanted to rescue the clerk, it was too late...

The sword in Ferdinand's hand turned into a ray of sword light and pointed at the clerk's neck.

Demetrios hastily drew his sword, but the opponent's speed was far beyond his expectations, and it was too late.

From the side, a long sword came out and blocked Ferdinand.

It's Knight Joseph!

"Get out of here!" Ferdinand shouted angrily, trying to drive away the troublesome fly.

Chapter 309 Assassination 3

The two swords crossed.

Ferdinand knew that if he could just break the sword of the knight who was blocking his way as he had just done, he could directly take Demetrios' life.

However, what happened just now did not happen again.

The opponent's sword was not much more powerful than his.

Sparks flew from the two long swords, as they were broken by the violent collision.

His attack was abruptly blocked.

How can it be?

Ferdinand wanted to attack again, but the opponent counterattacked first and stabbed his chest with a sword.

There wasn't that strong intuitive warning.

In other words, position suppression has no effect!

Ferdinand was a true warrior after all, and he wouldn't rely solely on status suppression. He also couldn't believe that the other party's sword would be harmless to him.

If he attacked forcefully, he might injure Demetrios, but the price he would pay would be getting hit by the sword. If not killed, then seriously injured!

Of course, this kind of deal cannot be done!

He was here to assassinate people stealthily, deep within the enemy lines. If he got hurt, it would be hard to escape.

He had to step back to avoid the sword.

The price he paid was that other knights around him had already surrounded him.

Ferdinand was not afraid at all. Although the other side had more people, the strong intuition caused by the suppression of their status gave him the best guidance.

He easily defeated several knights by blocking left and right.

But he only defeated and repelled them, but failed to kill them.

This was the value of heavy armor. Ferdinand was also afraid that his sword would penetrate the enemy's body, becoming trapped between flesh and armor, and he would be unable to withdraw it.

Under this siege situation, it would be extremely dangerous if the sword could not be drawn out.

Swords are not a good weapon for dealing with heavily armored enemies. Light strikes won't penetrate armor, and heavy strikes can easily embed themselves in the body and become difficult to remove.

Unless it was a truly full-strength attack that cut off both the person and the armor.

However, this all-out attack can only be used in one-on-one situations, because after launching the attack, it will definitely reveal a big flaw, which can be exploited by other enemies.

It's not very useful in this situation where the enemy outnumbers us.

But it doesn't really matter. All we have to do is temporarily repel a few knights and give him some time.

After repelling a few knights, he tried to charge again, but Demetrios had already drawn his sword—and was retreating.

The strange knight who had just blocked his attack and forced him to retreat was standing in front.

"Clerk, hurry!" Joseph shouted.

Although he was confident that he could deal with the assassin, he was afraid that the other party had long-range attack methods.

Many elite warriors have long-range attack methods - even if they do not have long-range attack weapons.

It would be bad if Demetrios got hurt in the melee.