When the heads rolled down, Miss Elizabeth was so scared that she fainted on the spot. People around her quickly helped her up, and there was chaos.

Marquis Summers immediately became interested in this weaker and beautiful girl, so he sent a subordinate to ask if he needed help. A bottle of sniffing salt and a little brandy made the fainting girl wake up quickly. She was not the kind of ungrateful person, and she would express her gratitude to the Marquis in front of her.

So a meeting took place.

Although the age gap between the two was more than fifty years old, the young and beautiful girl still expressed strong admiration and admiration for the old Marquis. She told a lot of glorious deeds of the Marquis when she was young, which made the old Marquis laugh. The atmosphere of the conversation between the two was very warm, and the friendly relationship quickly developed in a more intimate direction.

More than a month later, they got married.

The civilian, and another layer of identity is Elizabeth, the daughter of the owner of the sausage shop, became the Marquis of Summers. This is no different from the transformation of a crow into a golden phoenix.

From then on, women must "dissipate" when watching the execution. Only in this way can they show their gentleness and virtue, which inspires men's strong desire to protect, promotes mutual understanding, and starts from friends to lovers, and then talks about marriage and other actions.

The Duke of Calis had heard of this story and had even met the young Marquis.

Marquis Summers is an old acquaintance. He is very familiar with the deceased grandfather of Duke Calis. But after all, he is old and is no longer able to do anything. A few years ago, when doing business in Gabriel, Duke Calis had several gatherings with the young lady at the Marquis's house. Because of his handsomeness and identity, the two developed a close relationship beyond friendship.

Of course, the Marquis himself was not aware of this. The old man felt that the young wife had a bulge in her belly and was the best manifestation of her physical ability.

Walking through the square, you will soon enter the exclusive restricted area of ​​the Holy See.

The soldiers in charge of the alert checked the identification of Duke Calis and his guards, nodded and let them in sideways.

Gabriel Church is still majestic, with colorful glass embedded in legends about the Holy Lord. There are beautiful oil paintings on the dome and the surrounding walls, which are a huge project that hundreds of painters have spent three years to complete. The corridors and compartments have been specially designed, and both light and echo have special effects, making people feel as if they are in a holy land, and then they have instinctive worship.

A black-clad deacon was waiting at the church door early, and he took the duke who had removed his weapons through the corridor and came to the Pope's rest room.

It was an energetic old man. He was wearing a white robe, a boundless hood, and an exquisite rice crust inlaid with expensive gems on his chest.

"Your Majesty!" Duke Kalis fell to his knees at the foot of the pope and kissed the old man's shoes. His tone was filled with confession: "I have let you down."

The pope smiled and waited patiently for the Duke to stand up from the ground and stand in a humble position.

He waved his hand, his face covered with old man spots was full of kindness: "My child, you have done a good job. No matter whether you win or lose, all of this is the will of the Holy Lord."

Duke Kalis clenched his fists hard, and a deep regret appeared in his eyes: "I failed to capture the Lock Dragon Pass, and the Kingdom Alliance suffered heavy losses. Now, the king and nobles are no longer interested in my lobbying plan. In a short period of time, it is difficult to persuade them to send troops again."

The Pope sat in a high-backed chair without moving. He looked at the duke with pity: "This is normal. Locking Dragon Pass is the greatest reliance of the northern giants, not to mention that they have a patron saint. This situation lasted for a long time, and we are not its opponents."

Calis' eyes were slightly red: "What should we do? Should we just wait like this? Ten years, twenty years, thirty years... When will we conquer the north?"

The elderly pope did not speak, he was thinking quietly.

"Conquest" is a topic of interest to all men, and the Pope himself is no exception.

The continent under your feet is an irregular trapezoid. The north is the narrow upper end, while the south is the wide and flat lower end. The defense line of Lock Dragon Pass does not really divide the continent from the middle. The southern territory, in terms of area and the continental shelf extending towards the sea, exceeds the north. However, looking down from the sky, the mountains that form the defense line of Lock Dragon Pass cross the continent and are close to the position of equal division on both sides.

There is an extremely vast part of the southern part of the mainland located in the tropical zone, where plants grow lushly and can even be cooked three times a year. In addition, the two high-yield crops, potatoes and corn, have never caused various social problems in the history of the Five Kingdoms and the Holy See. On the contrary, sufficient food has given people a lot of livelihood and brought various troubles.

The biggest problem is insufficient land. The nobles cannot give up the wealth they already have, and the civilians hope to get more benefits. In the early history of the Southern Continent, war broke out between the five kingdoms, and they refused to give in to each other in order to compete for land. If the Holy See had not mediated, the war would have been very likely to continue to this day, and it would not have been possible to form a coalition force for a common purpose and collectively attack the north of the mainland as it is now.

The giant is a monster.

Such a view has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts. All kingdoms have horror stories like "giants cannibalize people". They are barbaric and ignorant, with weird pronunciations, and their unique language system is even more difficult to understand. In contrast, letters like abcd are smooth and smooth, easy to read, and easy to understand.

There are two best ways to solve the land problem.

The first type is to send a fleet to find a new continent from the sea.

The kings had a very consistent idea on this matter, and the great era of navigation also came. However, the cruel reality taught all those who had fantasies a lesson——Because the technology level is too low, it is difficult for sea ships to sail long distances at this stage. This involves many reasons: the utilization of sails, the structure of the hull, the actual measurement of speed and water flow, food and drinking water, etc.

The most headache-inducing problem that has not been solved so far is scurvy.

The word "scurvy" comes from genetic memory. Doctors don't know why the word "scurvy" subconsciously appears in their minds when they first see patients. They are helpless about it. The royal families of various countries allocate large sums of funds every year to publicly seek effective solutions, but they are always lost again and again, and no one receives high rewards.

The desire for land was so strong that despite the difficulties, the kingdoms still did not give up. With a staggering high cost of losses, they gradually explored the waters around the continent and discovered and occupied some islands.

This is far from enough, it cannot satisfy the appetite of the kings, and it is even more impossible to solve the growing population problem in the country.

New sea boats can be launched every week, and more sailors also set sail with dreams and wealth. They are real warriors, but reality and fantasy are seriously inconsistent. Storms, reefs, confused currents, diseases... exploration expenditures and harvests are simply disproportionate. Over time, the disheartened kings had to shrink the amount of special grants for ocean exploration and turn their attention to the north of the mainland.

Yes, the second solution is to break through the Lock Dragon Pass, kill all the giants, and occupy the land in the north.

In any aspect, this is much more reliable than the first method, let alone pin your hopes on illusory luck.

When gunpowder and hot weapons were successfully developed, when the armies of various countries were fully popularized, the pope became keenly aware that the opportunity to solve the problem was coming.

He soon burst into blood in the face of cruel reality——The northern giant summoned a metal monster, both in combat power and intimidating. There was no better choice except turning around and escaping.

The whites were also infiltrating the north of the mainland. The giants were not a monolithic piece, and there were traitors among them. The name of "guardian god" was soon known to the kings and nobles, and gradually explored the rough situation between the tribes on the northern continent.

Perias's research was valued by the current pope from the beginning. The emergence of Migal No. 44 potion was refreshed. Although this potion had strong side effects, it was easy to produce and low cost. In general, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Because of this, the Pope decided to lead the Kingdom of Rhine, where Kalis was located, and united with other kingdoms to attack the north of the mainland again.

The family where Kalis is located has a close relationship with the Holy See, and several consecutive heads were crazy believers. In particular, Kalis's great-grandfather even conspired with the Pope at that time to launch a coup, kill the king, and merge the Rhine Kingdom with the Holy See. He himself only wanted to get the identity of a Red Champion.

The hopeful war failed again.

Although this happened several years ago, the pope still remembers the word "failure".

With a sigh of relief, the Pope waved to Calis: "Come here, my child."

The Duke walked forward and stood less than one meter away from the Pope.

"The reason why I summoned you after so long is not because of the last defeat, but because I have other ideas about the next plan." The pope's turbid eyes flashed with a different look: "We are bound to win the Northern Continent, and whether it is land or giant slaves, we can fundamentally solve the problems we face. I still say the same thing: Don't be discouraged, have faith, and the Holy Lord will bless us to win."

Kalis listened to the words of encouragement in this kind of scene and became immune. But no matter what, the Pope's majesty cannot be violated. He could only lower his head and said respectfully: "Praise the Holy Lord."

"Praise the Holy Lord." The Pope observed his emotional changes and smiled faintly: "Child, do you think I am perfunctory?"

Kalis shook his head quickly: "No, you are the wisest being in this world."

The Pope continued to smile and said, "Your loyalty to the Holy Lord is obvious to all. Child, you are not an outsider, it is time to show you something else."

Kalis was confused and asked quickly, "Your Majesty, what are you referring to?"

The pope grabbed the red rope on the side of the chair and pulled it hard. Along with the crisp ringtone, a middle-aged deacon in a black robe walked in.

"His name is Joseph." The pope raised his arm and pointed at the visitor: "You follow him and go."

Then the Pope turned his gaze to Joseph and ordered casually: "Take Carlis with him and let him see No. 4 and No. 6."

The middle-aged priest nodded, said nothing, bowed and took the Duke out of the Pope's rest room.

...

Go south along the winding promenade, walk out of the anterior courtyard of Gabriel Church and enter an area completely unfamiliar with Calis.

There are heavy troops here to guard it.

The Duke swore that this was the strongest white soldier he had ever seen.

Their height is one head higher than that of an ordinary person, about two meters. The surface of their bodies is covered with strong alloy armor, holding a coerk, and a sharp sword that can be pulled out with a backhand hanging on their back. Although their skin is white, it has a layer of strange dark red. The tight steel armor covers the whole body, but through their burly and tall figure, you can imagine the muscles as hard as steel under the armor.

Kalis found that the surface of their armor was engraved with rice crucifixes, indicating that these people were directly under the Holy See. But he had never seen these faces and was very strange.

Joseph whispered a few words with the leader, who glanced at the Duke and ordered the soldiers to move the barricades, open the iron door leading to the two-story building directly in front of them, and put them in.

The rock steps lead to the ground, and the fully armed guards can still be seen inside the building. Joseph took the torch from a guard, held it up, and walked down the spiral stairs. The dim flame swayed, and black shadows appeared on the curved walls and steps. It seemed that this was a world inhabited by the devil, connecting the legendary fountain.

After walking for nearly five minutes, I finally arrived at the bottom of the building.

In front of you are two channels that cross each other and form the shape of a "cross".

There are more torches inserted on the walls here.

Joseph turned around, his face looked particularly pale under the shaking flames. He didn't speak all the way, and he only started asking questions now: "Which one do you want to see first? Number 4 or Number 6?"

Kalis didn't like this place, nor did he like Joseph. But he believed that the pope would not do anything bad, so he casually said: "No. 4!"

After all, this number ranks first.

Joseph turned left with the duke and entered the corridor about four hundred meters, and stopped in front of an iron door with the number "4" painted with white paint. He transferred the torch in his right hand to his left hand, took out a bunch of keys from his pocket, found the corresponding accurately, inserted it directly into the keyhole, rotated it hard, and opened the iron door.

When he walked in, Joseph casually said: "This is No. 4. There are 401, 402, 403 behind... and it's all the way to 499. But each room is the same, no difference. As long as you have seen this, I guess you won't be interested in other rooms."
Chapter completed!