Rubens was stunned, and immediately remembered that this was Roddy's mount … After all, it had crushed the Holy Cathedral's pigeon cage when it came to deliver the letter, causing him to pay quite a lot of money. Now that he saw it again, he quickly rushed out and used divine arts to send a signal to Kelda Duck, and successfully retrieved the two letters tied to it.
One letter was in Sally's handwriting, and the other was sealed with wax by Bishop Benjamin.
He was a little curious as to why the two letters were together, so he first opened Sally's letter, and the contents of it struck him like lightning.
His hands that had just calmed down began to tremble again. He picked up Benjamin's letter, and after reading three or four sentences, sweat began to form on his forehead …
After staying in the "Holy Cathedral" for so long, Rubens had actually been infected by the comfortable atmosphere here, and had already lost his previous vigilance. This place was not as dangerous as when he first went to Eiffta, where life was always peaceful, and there was almost no threat that the "Holy Cathedral" would take seriously.
The "Viper Cross" had become a distant term to him, and it had been more than a year since he heard any news of them taking any action. Although he had reminded them during the meeting today, Rubens did not really believe that they could really affect the "Holy Cathedral" in any way.
After all, this was the "Rose Cross"'s headquarters … With so many Holy Cathedral guards, believers, and cardinals, how brave would they have to be to attack this place?
But the contents of the letter mercilessly shattered this thought. When Rubens carefully calculated the number of soldiers in the city, he felt his entire back was drenched in cold sweat …
The two letters were not many words, but Rubens read them three or four times, not to memorize the information, but because he did not want to face this reality.
"How could that be … Did Benjamin think so too?"
Faced with the sudden dilemma, he suddenly remembered the naive thought of "loyalty to the Rose Cross" when he was still a bishop.
Now, he seemed to have long forgotten what the "Rose Cross" was, because all he could see was the conflict between the cardinals.
It had been too long since he said the words "preach to the Lord and save more believers" …
What would be considered salvation?
Rubens suddenly remembered what Mograine, who was on the verge of collapse, said to him when he was standing here.
"You will eventually become the person you hate."
Who would have thought … that this day would finally come.
The letter was suddenly burned by the light, and in an instant, it turned into ashes that scattered in all directions. Rubens took a deep breath. His mind was filled with the mocking words of the cardinals …
"Is it death or new life?"
He muttered in a low voice as his figure disappeared at the end of the corridor.
*****
July 1st.
Count Milnor's speed was not fast, because the 'baggage' was indeed a more difficult problem than he had imagined.
One of the main reasons was the newspapers in the Kallon Kingdom. The nobles were unwilling to lend their food for the winter to the army after knowing that they might be "requisitioned". Hence, many of the nobles took their food and hid elsewhere. When Milnor's expedition team went over to take a look, they found that their territories were empty except for the farmers. There was no food to be requisitioned.
Even though the "Viper Cross" had made sufficient preparations, the speed of their advance was delayed again and again. There were ten thousand combat troops, and more than six thousand auxiliary soldiers were needed to support such a large army. This was because there were not many cavalry. A total of sixteen thousand people needed a shocking amount of food along the way. But because there was not much food after entering the territory of the Holy Cathedral, everyone found that the quality of their daily meals was plummeting.
At this time, the team had arrived at a fork in the road called "Gelqi." This place was about twenty kilometers away from the walls of the Holy Cathedral. According to the plan, the team would directly head west the next day and prepare to enter the area where Efta was. However, at this time, Roddy who was sitting in the camp was looking at the city hidden in the night sky. No one knew what he was thinking.
"This group of damn quacks!"
The discussion around the campfire never stopped. A group of knights were complaining about the terrible dinner today. The hard as stone bread was hard to swallow. Roddy chose to give up after one bite because he felt that he was chewing on a piece of wood.
"Damn, I think the blade of this bread will bend if I cut it! God knows how long these things have been here. I'm guessing at least three or four years! "
Zach held the largest piece of bread in his hand. He slapped the hard surface twice with his fan-like hand, but not even the crumbs of the bread came off. Instead, a few weevils came out.
"What the hell … What is the Rose Cross trying to do? Why don't they just declare that they belong to Efta! "
"Those nobles have already taken their food and hid. It must be the Rose Cross' doing … These blood-sucking quacks!"
Roddy turned his head and realized that the direction of the discussion about the "Rose Cross" seemed to have quietly changed. Before this, he had heard their complaints about the "Rose Cross", but these people were not true believers. They did not say much along the way. But after a few days of starvation, the complaints about the "Rose Cross" became more and more serious. He was sure that this was the result of someone's influence. The knights were generally uneducated, and the cost of inciting the illiterate was too low. Moreover, the famine was a fact. As long as they put the blame on the "Rose Cross", it was not difficult to make the "Holy Army" hate them.
The scolding didn't stop. Roddy did not continue to remain silent. He had now integrated into the small circle in the camp. But because he was young and the strength he displayed was weak, these arrogant knights ignored him. Other than sparring with their short swords out of boredom, what Roddy heard the most were the "pointers" from the knights.
"Kid, the way you hold your sword isn't right. Do you really know what to do on the battlefield?"
"Hey, I'll teach you a move and a half. Do you want to learn? I learned this from Knight Nico. I can guarantee your survival on the battlefield. But such an exquisite sword technique needs to be paid. I'll teach you for ten silver coins! "
Knight Nico was considered a powerful existence. In Roddy's memory, this guy died in the battle of 596. At that time, he had advanced to level 41. As for now …
"You mean Nico? Didn't he get killed by the Orc army? "
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