"Remuel! Welcome back!"
"Remuel! What do you need us to do? Bomb the church or the school?"
"No, no! We are not here to cause trouble! We are here to see the Pope!"
The Archangel who returned to Lateran immediately squeezed through the blockade of her compatriots. She had already expressed sympathy before, and needed to gather a large number of Sakota people to help. She also immediately passed the message to the Pope. She knew that helping Chen Qi must have the consent of the Pope.
"I already know why you're here, Remuel."
However, at this moment, under the protection of several papal knights, the Pope himself had already slowly walked onto the street. He immediately cast his eyes on Remuel and the other members of the Penguin Logistics Team, and replied with a smile:
"You came from Casimir, and Director Chen Qi is also in Casimir now. If it goes as expected, Director Chen Qi needs us to help promote his new movie, right?"
"Yes! Director Chen Qi said that he hopes we can help put these videotapes in various mobile cities in Victoria!"
Angel of Power nodded immediately, and without saying a word, she took the scroll given to her by Chen Qi from the land ship and opened it like a carpet.
As the scroll slowly fell, stacks of videotapes of "Darkest Hour" all appeared from the scroll. The Pope and the Sacotas around him who witnessed this scene all exclaimed in applause at this magical scene.
"Haha, Director Chen Qi is our friend of Sakta, we are very happy to help him." The Pope picked up one of the videotapes, put it in his pocket without leaving a trace, and said thoughtfully:
"It's just that we, Rutland, have no reason to intervene in the war between Victoria and several other countries... We can't even serve as a mediator because no country has invited us to be a mediator."
"If we release these videotapes like this, it will make us, Lateran, suspected of interfering in the war..."
"That's easy!" The Archangel had obviously had a good idea, and he said to the Pope, "We can put the videotape in a gift box, and then put water and food in the gift box as Lateran's aid to the citizens of Victoria!"
"In this way, we neither interfered in the war nor took sides. We only provided financial assistance to the civilians. Isn't this in line with our teachings?"
"Haha, that's a good idea."
The Pope smiled slightly when he heard this. Obviously, he already knew what to do, but just wanted the Archangel to say it. After deciding what to do, the Pope immediately gave the order:
"Call our papal knights and have them deliver these gifts bestowed by God on the suffering people of the world to the hands of innocent civilians in Victoria. Oh, remember to stuff some candy in there, the children will love it."
"This time it's time to repay our friends in Sakota. Let's work together to make more 'gift boxes'."
"——Yes! Your Holiness!"
The Pope's words were echoed by all the Sakotas, and the whole city of Lateran was busy. They packed food, water, candy and videotapes into gift boxes, ready to be delivered to Victoria at any time to give everyone a huge "surprise".
Chapter 88: Darkest Hour, watched by three countries
A few days later, on the front line of Victoria, Casimir's knights, who had already captured a mobile city, were performing their duties and slowly gaining control of the city.
However, although the knights were clad in silver-white armor and each of them displayed fighting qualities that matched the title of "Knights", the morale of this team did not seem to be high.
"We can't do this. We are knights, not bandits, let alone robbers! We shouldn't start a war like this!"
"We can't... associate with the slave owners like Ursus. I swore to devote everything to Casimir, but I didn't swear to do this!"
A handsome knight put his helmet aside. After the knights conquered the mobile city, none of them broke into people's houses or carried out "on-site supply". This member of "Silver Spear Pegasus" was famous for his high quality.
They set up camp in the suburbs of the city and did not harass the local civilians who had given up resistance. His words also attracted the support of several surrounding knights.
"Yeah... Although I was originally transferred from the Eastern Front where we were confronting Ursus, the feeling of fighting Ursus and fighting Victoria... are really quite different."
"When I was fighting against the Ursus army, I knew who I was fighting for and who I was protecting, but now... I feel like we are all executioners."
"We used to protect the people behind the scenes, but now we are destroying them... Even though what Victoria and her gang did back then was also very unbearable, I still have this excuse to comfort myself."
"We can just talk among ourselves, but make sure the Knight Commander or the Overseer doesn't hear it."
Several members of the Silver Spear Pegasus also have their own opinions and voices about the unjust war launched by the Supervisory Commission, but they are also very clear that they cannot let their voices influence others and affect this war, otherwise they will be even more sinners.
"What are you going to do tonight?"
"… patrol the surrounding areas. If you find any children who have become orphans due to the war, take them to the temporary war orphanage." A silver spear Pegasus replied calmly after hearing this:
"After the war, they will return to Casimir with our army, or even this entire mobile city. At that time, these war orphans will enter the Casimir Orphanage... Those who are qualified will receive rigorous training and become warrior knights like you and me."
"Or he might be bought by the Business Union and become a jockey, and then fall in the arena one day."
Several Silver Spear Pegasus discussed the fate of these Victoria orphans in this way. They wanted to express that it was none of their business, but the contradiction between the deep-rooted sense of justice in their hearts and their current actions made them feel tormented.
However, at this moment, a Silver Spear Pegasus suddenly noticed something. He subconsciously looked up at the sky, his pupils shrank slightly, and he subconsciously shouted:
"Look! What is that?"
However, when the Pegasus with the silver spear pointed to the sky, all the knights who were fighting in this mobile city noticed the silver-armored knights in the sky who were wearing armor similar to theirs but had the ability to fly and were holding huge guns.
The ability to fly, wearing silver armor, holding huge guns, and all these features made the knights realize immediately that these beings were the Papal Knights in the Lateran legend!
Why are they here? Could it be that they accepted the Duke of Victoria's request for help and came to help Victoria first?
However, just when the knights were getting nervous, a voice came from the Pope Knight in the sky, shouting:
"All the soldiers from Casimir, Ursus, Leitania - all the soldiers who participated in this war! We are the Papal Knights of the Lateran! We are not here to cheer on a sinful war, nor are we asked to mediate the war."
"We are here only to bring God's help to the innocent civilians trapped in this ruthless war."
"These gift boxes are a small amount of assistance from Lateran to innocent civilians. We may not be able to provide equal assistance to every family or every person, but these grants can bring a little hope of comfort to the civilians."
"These aids are distributed by Lateran to the civilians of Victoria. Therefore, soldiers from other countries, you cannot rob them. In the name of the Lord, if you attack the civilians, Lateran will be forced to choose to intervene in this unjust war!"
The words of the Pope's Knight were not only heard on the front lines of Casimir, but also on the front lines of Leithania and Ursus. There were also more than one Pope's Knight shouting these words.
Soon after the words fell, along with the arrival of aircraft from Rutland, gift boxes wrapped in colorful ribbons were slowly dropped into the mobile city of Victoria under parachutes.
In an instant, in all of Victoria's mobile cities, whether affected by the war or not, at least hundreds of gift boxes fell in each city. More fell in the mobile cities in distress. Victorian civilians gathered around, revealing their first cheering smiles since the war began.
"…Should we rob?"
"What are you trying to rob? Didn't you hear what those Sakotas in Lateran said? If we rob them forcefully, they will definitely report it to Lateran. Do you want to make another enemy of your country?"
However, this time, the soldiers of the three countries, regardless of their quality, weighed the pros and cons and did not choose to be enemies with Lateran, allowing these Victorian civilians to take away the gift boxes.
"Mom! Look, there's water, food, and candy in here!"
"With food and water, we can survive!"
"Huh? Why is there a videotape in here?"
Soon, the Victorian civilians who received the gift boxes noticed the conspicuous videotapes hidden inside them.
At the same time, not only in Victoria, but also in Casimir and Kjerag, the residents have begun to pay attention to the newly released movie "Darkest Hour". This is the promise Chen Qi made to them. The premiere of "Darkest Hour" will be held in Casimir, and Kjerag is Chen Qi's friendly sponsor.
The Kjerag civilians, who had just received their televisions and even had their local area networks built not long ago, all turned on their televisions tentatively following the instructions in the manual, hoping that this new device would be able to play the images as their Lady Saint had said.
This scene was even being played out in Manzhu Courtyard, and today the Manzhu Courtyard seemed quite lively. Not only the elders, but also the Saint Enya and the patriarchs of the other two families came to watch "Darkest Hour".
"Although I'm not interested... but seeing Enchiodis perform on stage, and the Saint Lady recommending it so highly, I have to watch this movie anyway."
The patriarch of the Perlochi family, one of the three major families in Kjerag, was a big man with a rough appearance and personality. Actor sat in the chair somewhat uncomfortably and watched the premiere of "Darkest Hour" with everyone else.
"You're right. It's worth our trip to see the movie starring Enthiotis."
On the other side, the head of the Bruntao family, Latatos, crossed her long legs wrapped in black silk stockings and said with an interested expression:
"Aktos and I originally had some complaints about Enthiotis's construction of the Shelagh Local Area Network... but now that we can watch the movie starring him, that's another matter."
"I can only say that this is probably the first time that the people of Shelagh have come into contact with the head of the Shivaash family and the president of Kalan Trade in this way. I hope that Ensiodis's acting skills will satisfy everyone."
However, the conversation between the two clan leaders did not cause any reaction from Enya. She was staring at the TV, waiting for the premiere of "Darkest Hour".
Enya still remembers what SilverAshe said to her at that time. He condensed what he wanted to say, his attitude, and his emotions into this movie... He wanted to convey the emotions he wanted to say but couldn't say by playing another character in this way.
Enya was looking forward to the fact that in this movie, her brother could let her read out everything he wanted to express in the movie, just as he said.
At this moment, Kjerag and Casimir, who were waiting for the premiere, and countless Victorians who had put in the videotapes, watched the sensational first act of Darkest Hour in three countries.
The beginning of the movie tells the historical time when the movie is set - on the eve of the Gallic Campaign, Letania and Gaul went to war over the ownership of Bolivar. Because of Letania's disadvantage in the early war, Victoria, who felt a sense of crisis, was also involved in this war.
However, Victoria's involvement did not immediately change the situation of the war. Under the oppression of the Gallic Guards, Victoria's army was defeated. Coupled with the independence of Colombia, Victoria has now lost confidence in the current emperor.
So they began looking for a new heir.
“Is this movie…about Victorian history?”
At this moment, the people and senior officials of the three countries of Victoria, Kjerag and Casimir all paid attention to "Darkest Hour" for the first time, but they all couldn't help but smell something wrong.
However, they still don’t know what will develop next. They only understand the history but not the details. Now, Casimir’s Supervisory Committee has no choice but to be patient and continue watching.
The Dukes of Victoria also received the videotapes from their subordinates one after another. They all knew that the videotapes sent by Rutland contained movies.
This made them involuntarily think of a ruthless person who single-handedly accelerated the division of Victoria... They all knew that the only movie that could get Sakota's help in promoting was probably Chen Qi's movie.
But they were powerless to stop it, and even their soldiers could only take away a copy for them to watch during the chaos. They did not dare to offend Lateran and did not dare to snatch back all the videotapes and destroy them.
Such a scene was also happening in Londinium. After receiving the videotapes sent by Penguin Logistics, Tracy followed Chen Qi's instructions and asked the Pardoner to distribute these videotapes to the surrounding mobile city of Victoria, and decided to keep silent for the time being.
However, he did not choose to distribute the videotape of this movie in Londinium immediately. He wanted to first see what kind of story Chen Qi's movie told.
"Theresa... her will now is just a manifestation of the Sarkaz's will. She advised me not to rush to send troops... and the movie directed by Chen Qi just happened to arrive."
"Is this also a sign of something? What exactly does Director Chen Qi want to do?"
Tracy couldn't figure it out, so he just continued watching. On the side, Theresa, with lifeless eyes, also looked at the TV.
At that moment, a glimmer of anticipation flashed in her eyes. She wanted to see... if this man really had a way to change the outcome of this war in his own way?
Chapter 89: The repression of "Darkest Hour", the humiliation before anger?
"The history of Victoria, the one about the Gallic War?"
"This Chen Qi, shooting such a movie during the Victorian War, and giving it such a name... What is his intention? It's really hard to figure out."
"Now Sakota is helping him promote the film and spreading it throughout Victoria... Could it be that Sakota is even planning to help him bring Victoria to its utter ruin?"
Although the dukes are now fighting each other, they are not fools. They know very well that Chen Qi's high-profile behavior now is probably intended to use this movie and his own way to interfere with the direction of this war.
Although the dukes did not believe or dare to believe that Chen Qi had this ability, they had all witnessed the influence and sharpness of "Yes, Prime Minister". Therefore, their thoughts were the same as those of Grand Knight Casimir, and they must pay attention to the influence of this movie as soon as possible.
As for the ordinary people and Sherag's men, they did not have any special feelings. Now their attention was attracted by the plot of the movie.
In the movie, Frederick II, played by Gnostic, had to abdicate due to pressure and the dire situation Victoria was facing. He originally wanted to give his throne to his son, but his son obviously did not want to accept this mess at this time, so he declined.
Therefore, after some discussion, Frederick II finally decided to hand over this mess to someone who would not divide the party, that is, his brother, Frederick III played by SilverAsh.
And when Frederick III, played by SilverAsh, appeared on the stage, just when everyone in Kjerag knew that the character played by SilverAsh was about to appear, what they saw was an old man with sparse and gray hair, fat and slow-witted. The people of Kjerag, who were expecting to see the handsome President Kalan, were very disappointed.
"No way?! Lord Enchiodis, you actually pretend to be such an old man?"
"Is this what Lord Enchiodis looks like?"
"Of course not! Didn't we all see him at the public speech at the official launch of Kalan Trade? He was a very handsome young man."
"Did she put on makeup to look so old on purpose? What a pity! I still want to see Lord Enchiodis's handsome face - ah, I don't want to see it anymore."
Obviously, there were many Shelag people who had similar ideas as Enya did at the beginning. When SilverAsh appeared in such a manner, it undoubtedly disappointed those who wanted to see a handsome president.
However, after seeing SilverGray's outfit, several dukes of Victoria and some Victorians felt that the Frederick III he played was very familiar, even if they didn't know him.
Especially some Victorians who experienced that era, looking at the character played by Silver Gray, the emperor who was holding a cigar and smoking whiskey, could not help but sigh:
“This one looks very much like a real person.”
"It really looks like His Majesty the Third, the emperor who resolutely declared war on Gaul and conquered Gaul."
Not all people in Victoria have seen Frederick III, but his photo and his title as the emperor who defeated Gaul are well-known to the people of Victoria.
As for this emperor, he was determined to conquer Gaul and even withstood the independence of Columbia and many pressures. In the end, he became the only country that withstood the heavy pressure of Gaul before the Witch King of Lethania took action. After Victoria lost the northwestern territory of Columbia, his territory more than doubled after the victory.
And now, from the perspective of knowing history, everyone knows that His Majesty the Emperor played by SilverAshe will surely succeed, and eventually all people in Victoria will unite against the enemy and create another peak for Victoria.
However, in the later plot of the movie, when SilverAshei became the new emperor, everything did not go as smoothly as everyone expected.
First, the deafening speech that SilverGrey gave in the parliament, in which he called for fighting Gaul to the end until victory, was not generally recognized by the Conservatives and the opposition. The abdicated King II and his son were both advocates of peace talks with Gaul.
The second emperor, played by Lingzhi, regretted recommending such a person as the new emperor, and hoped that his son could defeat him. But his son obviously did not want to take responsibility, but coveted the benefits of the throne, and only wanted his father to pave the way for him, and then he could take the throne, so as to calm the storm in the simplest way.
"We must have a written record of his refusal to negotiate." In the end, the Second World, played by Lingzhi, came up with such a solution. As long as they could get the written record of SilverAsh's refusal to negotiate peace, they could use it to oppose him, just like forcing the Second World to abdicate.
And the internal problems of having just gathered an emperor who could take up the responsibility at a critical moment, but then conspiring against him due to political differences, also made countless viewers who knew the outcome of history feel depressed.
History books only record that the heroic Frederick III united the parliament, decided to persist in the war against Gaul, and successfully persevered to victory - but what everyone saw was not that Frederick III received unanimous support, but that he was subject to countless doubts and misunderstandings.
They even wanted to enter the movie and say to those who were plotting against Emperor III, did they know that the person they were opposing was the one who had completed the counterattack and led Victoria to defeat the powerful Emperor of Gaul?
"Faced with powerful foreign forces, they can't even unite internally? Why do those people in Victoria seem to be inferior to us, Shelagh?"
Among the three clans of Shelag, Actoros is the only family that has been committed to protecting the Saint for generations. All the clan members are very brave and good at fighting. Although he lacks scheming as the clan leader, he is also very clear that if faced with a strong enemy, it will be difficult for a family to defeat the foreign enemy alone without internal support.
"It seems that in large and developed countries, internal problems are sometimes more difficult to deal with." Latatos couldn't help but say:
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