Chapter 105 Disaster Relief (2)
Early in the morning, Danica came to Saint Cathedral, got into Elizabeth's carriage, and followed the convoy carrying the pastor and disaster relief supplies toward Ernst City. On the way, Elizabeth gave her a brief introduction to the situation in Ernst City.
Ernst City is located in the northwest of Saint City, about 1,000 kilometers apart. Like Saint City, this is also a special city - Ernst City is an important military armed force of the Holy See of Light and an important garrison of the Crusaders. There are more than 50,000 elite crusaders stationed in Ernst City.
The center of the earthquake was not in Ernst, but in the town of Cass, twenty kilometers away from Ernst, where the main production is cotton, an important place for cotton production.
Elizabeth and Danica will go to Ernst to do some rest and discuss disaster relief work.
"Will Ernst City be affected by the earthquake?" Danica asked curiously when she learned that they needed to arrive in Ernst first.
"No." Elizabeth said, "Erst is a fortress city. The buildings in the city must be able to withstand large machinery such as catapults. This earthquake will not have any major impact. But Cass Town is not very good. Many of them are bungalows with mixed wood and stone. The earthquake resistance is very poor, and there will be relatively large casualties."
"Well, when will we arrive?" Danica said tiredly.
As the saint of the Holy See of Light, Elizabeth must appear as soon as possible at this disaster relief site to calm people's hearts. Therefore, in order to rush to the disaster area as soon as possible, Elizabeth's carriage did not care about its horsepower at all. She also changed two horses in the middle and rushed to Ernst day and night. As for the several carriages carrying disaster relief supplies that she accompanied, they fell behind.
"It will be here soon this afternoon." Elizabeth also looked very tired, and bloodshot in his eyes.
"Oh, okay." Danica yawned and lay down on the carriage, falling into a state of half-sleeping and half-awake. As for the violent bumps in the carriage, she really couldn't care about it.
I don’t know how long it took, but the carriage suddenly stopped suddenly, and the inertia almost made Danica fall to the ground. As soon as she sat up, she heard the coachman outside shouting: “The carriage is His Highness, His Majesty, who came for this earthquake, you can get out of the way!”
What's going on? Danica leaned against the carriage, pulled the curtains and looked outside.
In front of the carriage was a majestic city wall, with many traces of swords and weapons on the huge rock wall. It seemed that they had arrived at their destination. Although the carriage arrived, the guards at the gate blocked the road and prevented the carriage from entering. Danica listened for a while, and probably meant that they could not let people in without the consent of the superior. After all, this was a military city.
The reason is quite high-sounding, but Danica doesn't believe it's really for the sake of fulfilling her duties. She glanced at Elizabeth and showed a strange smile. Elizabeth's expression was not very good at this time, with a serious face, sitting upright as if she was attending an important meeting.
Feeling Danica's inquiring eyes, Elizabeth's anger became even more intense.
With such a large force in the Holy See, there will naturally be factional disputes within it, which is inevitable, but exposing this dispute to an outsider will make Elizabeth feel embarrassed.
Elizabeth and Danica sat in the car for a while, but the dispute outside still did not stop. Fortunately, they still took into account the image and did not sound too loudly, and Danica could not hear it clearly.
But at this time Elizabeth couldn't sit still. She opened the curtain in front of the carriage and said to the soldiers on duty at the city gate: "Get out of the way!"
This was the first time Danica saw Elizabeth getting angry. When she was in Saint City, the expression of this Saint Majesty was always gentle and polite. I didn't expect that she had such a domineering side.
But the guards guarding the city were very ignorant. One of them walked out and said apologetically: "Your Highness, you know that the military discipline of the army is very strict. If you want to enter the city, you must go through a notice. Please wait a moment, we have informed you."
Elizabeth sneered and said viciously: "Carl is a good method to train you like this." After that, she pulled out a short black knife and threw it out.
Elizabeth is now a third-level priest. Even if it is just such a simple attack, neither speed nor accuracy can be resisted by a first-level guard. He had only had time to open his eyes wide, and the short sword was about to penetrate into his heart.
At this moment, a figure rushed out quickly, so fast that Danica, who was watching the fun in the car, could only see a phantom. When he stopped, Danica saw that this was a young man. Although he deliberately left two beards, it seemed that he was not old, at most twenty-seven or eight, and would never exceed thirty. Even with such a rapid sprint, he still stood steadily after stopping, without even breathing.
The young man caught the short knife left by Elizabeth, frowned and said, "His Majesty, why should you get angry like this?" She had just killed her. If she had not appeared, the guard would definitely be in danger.
Elizabeth said proudly: "Captain Carl Wright, I'm worried about rebellion here."
Carl asked, "How do you say this?"
Elizabeth said: "If I remember correctly, Ernst City is just the garrison of the Crusaders. Why do you need the approval of the crusaders to enter and exit Ernst? Do you mean that your crusaders have taken over this city?" After that, Elizabeth smiled proudly.
Ernst is different from Saint City. Saint City was clearly stated by the first pope, and the saints were in charge of the taxes and guards. But Ernst is different. This city was not given to the Crusaders. Although the Crusaders have always regarded this place as their garrison since its establishment, and the city's economy, politics and guards are also under the control of the Crusaders, on the surface, this city is still directly under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of Light.
Carl's chest was undulating a few times, glaring at Elizabeth, the rebellion was a serious accusation everywhere, and saying such words in her capacity would have caused a lot of trouble to the Crusaders.
Isn’t this bitch just relying on having a good teacher? He dares to be so arrogant!
Elizabeth's unreasonable accusation not only annoyed Carl, but also annoyed the guards gathered at the city gate. These warriors who have struggled on the battlefield and have seen corpses and blood, don't care whether you are a saint or a saint. If you dare to act here, you will have to pay the price.
With a thud, more than a dozen heavily armored guards had surrounded Elizabeth's carriage and prepared for battle. As long as Carl gave him the order, they would arrest the slutty woman.
Such a scene really scared Elizabeth. She didn't care what the soldiers would do to her. What surprised her was that even though she knew her identity as a saint, the soldiers still did this without hesitation! It was just because she was confronting their commanders. What does this mean? It shows that the Crusaders were loyal to their commanders, not to the Holy See of Light, which is a very dangerous signal.
The Holy See does have two power centers and three main factions, but the military is not one of them. Now it seems that the military can no longer hold back.
The actions of the guards not only scared Elizabeth, but also Carl. He quickly shouted in a deep voice: "What do you want to do? Retreat!" Attacking the Holy See of the Holy See, are they going to confirm the crime of rebellion? It is also because these guards are not very familiar with them. Carl is mainly responsible for the most elite Knights of the Crusaders. As for these guards, they belong to the heavy infantry regiment and are not within his jurisdiction, he did not expect these guys to be so bold.
Chapter completed!