Before the thick smoke and flames on the execution ground had completely dissipated, the priests and the knights of the Church who were carrying out the execution at the stake turned around and left. The pungent smell and the gazes of a large number of ignorant people made the priests and knights irritated. Although they would usually stay at the execution ground and enjoy the awe and fear of the people around them, they obviously did not have the mood to do so now.
There were still a lot of troublesome things to deal with in the Church District. The impact of the brochures was not limited to the outer city.
The ordinary soldiers in the square had also withdrawn, and the gathered people scattered and left. The temporary execution at the stake slightly broke the dead atmosphere of the siege, but it did not cheer people up. On the contrary, the fire in the square only brought fear and doubt to the people.
The person who was burned to death was an illiterate homeless man. The Church just casually caught a person. The essence of the heresy trial was intimidation and violence.
Ordinary people might not know whether the things in the brochures were true or not, but now the Church had at least taken the initiative to admit that some of them were true.
The crowd dispersed, leaving only a few handymen of the Holy See guarding the burning site. They had to wait until the fire was completely extinguished before cleaning up the ashes to prevent a fire from starting. A small group of scattered civilians wandered around the edge of the square, but the handymen of the Holy See guarding the scene did not care about the wandering crowd. They were just a group of ignorant people who had nothing to do.
After leaving the square, a few people dressed as farmers and craftsmen's apprentices went into a nearby narrow alley and easily got rid of everyone's attention. They gathered in a semi-abandoned hut.
A man with messy hair and sunken eyes spat to the side. "Those bastards … burned an innocent person to death just like that …"
"They have always been like this," another dark-skinned young man whispered. "It's a pity that we can't save the poor man …"
The few people gathered in the hut could not help but sigh softly. A vague and distorted shadow suddenly appeared in the shadow of the hut. The shadow shook in the air and quickly condensed into a petite figure. "We can't save everyone, and our mission doesn't allow us to save people at the risk of being exposed. When things happen, the only way we can avoid standing by and doing nothing is to use the skills we have learned and take every opportunity to spread chaos and division among the opponents."
When the few people gathered in the hut saw the petite figure, they immediately got up and saluted respectfully. "Chief!"
"You can't address your position in the mission, even if the surrounding area is safe. The next time you do it, you will have a demerit on your record. You still have a lot to learn." Amber waved her hand. Her words made the faces of the people in front of her change. Then she looked around. "But your actions in the square are all passable."
This was a special operation team of the Military Intelligence, led by Amber herself.
The city of Louen had been locked down, and the last time someone came in and out of the city was 20 days ago. But for Amber, who had mastered the advanced shadow skills, it was not difficult to send a team and a batch of supplies into the city through the shadow realm. Even if Amber, the "Chief of Military Intelligence" did not do it, the professionally trained military intelligence officers had a lot of professional skills to help them sneak into the city and lurk in the outer city.
The clerics and knights of the cathedral were lax in their attitude towards the outer city, giving the squad a huge advantage. It was obvious that the people of the cathedral had no experience in dealing with spies and sabotage. In other words, in this era, when faced with the intelligence officers trained by Cecil, almost everyone would be full of openings.
The temporary Bishop of Louen focused most of his attention on maintaining the operation of the cathedral area. For the outer city where a large number of "useless civilians" gathered, he only arranged the minimum number of soldiers and monks to maintain order. This was understandable in the context of this era. In the form of confrontation in this era, only the Extraordinaries and their vassal forces were valuable. Most of the people at the bottom neither had the power to shake the order nor the thought of active resistance. For the people at the bottom, enough force was enough to ensure order. This was the most "cost-effective" idea so far.
However, the members of the MIB were experts at infiltrating from these bottom-most areas and gradually spreading the chaos to the top.
Since five days ago, Hu Po had led this team to lurk in Louen City. According to the orders of the higher-ups, they had distributed the first batch of propaganda materials in the outer city and kept spreading the situation in Louen City to the outside. However, the reaction of the priests of the Louen Cathedral to the propaganda materials was slower than expected. It was not until the first batch of materials had been distributed that they finally noticed it.
Then came the search and arrest that spread throughout the city, as well as the plundering and violence in the process.
Everything was within Amber's expectation. The Knight of the Vatican in Louen and the exiled Knight in exile had accumulated a lot of pressure. As long as there was any reason to vent, their pressure would immediately turn into shameful violence.
And they would not think that there was anything wrong with doing so.
Although the situation inside the cathedral was still unclear, Amber could guess what would happen inside the walls of the inner city. Some of the propaganda materials pointed to the internal conflicts of interest in the church, and others vaguely mentioned Cecil's preferential treatment of the "awakened priests". Although this level of propaganda materials could not directly pull the low-level priests in the peripheral areas to Cecil's side, it was enough to cause a certain degree of turmoil and chaos.
The city had been sealed off for 60 days, and the internal conflicts had begun to ferment. Any form of fanning the flames now would be unprecedentedly effective.
As the atmosphere inside the cathedral became tense, the leaders in the cathedral of Louen would have less time to pay attention to the outer city. They might even think that the problem in the outer city had been completely solved by their "effective purification ritual" and let their guard down.
Then the next activities of the military intelligence officers would be easier.
Amber stroked her smooth chin. She had learned this cool thinking action from Gwen, which made her look more dignified. "How is the magic network terminal working? Has the image been sent back? "
A tall and thin military intelligence officer patted the black metal box at his feet. "It's in good condition. The miniaturized magic network terminal is much lighter and more convenient to use."
The tall and thin military intelligence officer was the one who carried the burlap bag in the square.
The black metal box at his feet was obviously a magic device. It was slightly narrower at one end, and a crystal was inlaid at the front and top of the shell. The size of the metal box was less than half a meter. After wrapping it with straw and other things, it could be stuffed into a burlap bag.
It still had a considerable size and weight, and was not very portable. But for those who had seen the prototype of the magic network communicator, this device was an incredibly small piece of black technology.
"Be careful when you use it. The mechanical scholars have spent a lot of effort to make it so small." Amber nodded. "This is the key to defeating those crooks. Our purpose is not only to disintegrate Louen City, not only to drive them out of the cathedral, but more importantly, to drive them out of the 'Southern Territory'. Whether we can achieve this goal or not depends on our next action."
The military intelligence officers rubbed their hands and were full of fighting spirit. "Yes, Sir!"
"Very well, then the next task. Skinny, you and Hound continue to move around the outskirts of the city. Record all the scenes that are unfavorable to the Church of Holy Light and send them back to the headquarters. Buckteeth, you and Rat continue to spread the news that Bishop Lamont has acted strangely near the cathedral area, but pay attention to your own safety. The rest of you, follow me into the Shadow Realm and move things. "
The well-trained members of the Military Intelligence Bureau immediately took action. One of the members who had been selected by Hu Po to enter the Shadow World asked curiously, "Boss, what are we moving?"
"Leaflets and picture albums." Amber grinned and smiled. "Another 20,000 copies were sent. There are more on the way."
"Whoosh!" The member could not help but whistle, and a happy smile appeared on his face. "They are not as fast as we are printing."
…
After more than ten days of traveling day and night, the witch, Gypsy, finally returned to the land that she had been away from for a long time.
She still remembered the scene she saw when she passed through the gate of Rock Fortress in the north a few days ago. The magnificent Rock Fortress seemed to have turned into a huge construction site. Scaffolding and construction machinery could be seen everywhere. The entire fortress was completely renovated and rebuilt. The workers reinforced the northern wall of the fortress with steel plates and shock-absorbing skeletons day and night. Magician technicians and mechanical sergeants installed large and small magic cannons on the rails and gun bases at the top of the wall. The brand-new Magic Net Array and all kinds of magic equipment that had never been seen before filled the vision. Gypsy and Pierce were almost dazzled.
After seeing the scene in Rock Fortress, the two military intelligence officers who had been away for more than half a year realized that they had made the right decision to return. The development of the mainland was simply unimaginable. Living in the backward Ansu the Captical, watching the nobles hold balls and socialize every day, they could not imagine how their hometown was developing every day. If they really lived in the Captical for three to five years, they would be worse than a child when they returned.
But even so, when they really entered the capital of the principality, Cecil City, the two officers fell into a long daze.
This city … was not only twice as big as when they left, but even the layout of the streets in many places had changed.
The previously temporary workshops and sheds had been moved to the industrial area in the east and had been perfected into huge factory facilities. The streets, which originally only had a few brick houses and at most a few brick buildings, had become bustling districts. The Ansu -style residential buildings, which emphasized practicality, were arranged in various districts like the city guards. And in between these districts, there was a rapidly developing commercial district due to the increasingly prosperous economy.
The two military intelligence officers probably did not know that there was a larger new urban construction project on the north bank of the Whitewater River that had entered the foundation stage. Due to the migration of the southern population and the continuous consolidation of villages and towns, the population of Cecil City was about to double again.
Gypsy and Pierce entered the city with mixed feelings of surprise and pride. They successfully completed their report at the military intelligence building. Thankfully, they did not get lost in the military zone.
"Director Amber is out on a mission," the receptionist of the military intelligence said as she registered the two officers. "But she knows that you will be back soon, so she has arranged the next plan for you."
After completing the registration, the young female receptionist handed the new identification and information bag to Gypsy and Pierce. She then stood up straight and said solemnly, "Thank you for your contribution to Cecil City. Thank you for your hard work!"
Pierce and Gypsy were a little stunned for a moment. They had been away for too long and missed too many key stages of the organization, so they did not know how to react. They could only smile a little awkwardly and cautiously. Fortunately, the receptionist seemed to have expected the reaction of the two seniors in front of her. She also smiled to ease the temporary awkwardness. "Please don't be so formal. This is your home. Officer Pierce, you can now go and rest. As for Officer Gypsy … I have a special task for you. "
Gypsy's eyes widened in surprise. "Mission?"
She could not help but mutter in her heart: There's no leave …
"Please relax. You don't need to go out in the field. The task is easier." The receptionist seemed to have seen through Gypsy's thoughts. She smiled mysteriously. "This task is given by the lord. You can rest for half a day. Please report to the lord's residence at four o 'clock in the afternoon."
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