Alien Knights

After bidding farewell to Tristan, Todd found Cumberland and Alfonso and showed them the official documents of the church.

After reading the official document several times from beginning to end, Cumberland and Alfonso glanced at each other. The former cleared his throat and asked Todd first, "Master Chief, what do you think about the tasks assigned by the church?"

Todd touched the bridge of his nose with his fingers, and said helplessly, "What do you think? Since the church has publicly developed this document, it means that they have made up their minds to draw the Muxi Knights into the eastern war. But from another perspective, the coalition forces of Silver Ring City and the barbarians must have put great pressure on the church."

Cumberland asked again: "Do you think we should send troops?"

Todd nodded: "Sending troops may be a helpless choice. The legitimacy of Muxi Town and the Knights is based on the recognition of the church. If you don't send troops or respond negatively, it will definitely arouse the resentment of the church, which is not good for our subsequent development."

Hearing this, Cumberland gave the speaker a meaningful look.

Alfonso put his helmet on his hands, and after thinking for a while, he said, "The northern quarry is the largest source of income for the Silver Ring Kingdom. It produces silver ore, accounting for 70% of the kingdom's financial revenue. Therefore, the number of defenders and fortifications in the mine is second only to the main city of Silver Ring. Besides these defenders, we also need to consider another army that may appear—the barbarians. For such an important stronghold, Silver Ring City will definitely ask the barbarian army to help defend it."

At this time, Cumberland suddenly said something that had nothing to do with the meeting: "I heard that the senior leaders of the church have heard about the matter of the Muxi Knights recruiting aliens as soldiers and using explosives."

Todd was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Where did this news come from?"

"Knight Dion, he has many friends among the secular nobles of the Papal Kingdom..." Cumberland adjusted his sitting posture, looked at Todd and said, "Actually, it will only be a matter of time before the church knows these secrets of the Muxi Knights."

Todd focused his gaze on the official document, and slowly nodded his head: "It seems that the church asked the Muxi Knights to attack the North Quarry this time, because they wanted us to hit a snag..."

Alfonso hit his thigh with his fist, and said in a deep voice, "Then we'll use the excuse of insufficient troops and give up marching into the North Quarry!"

Todd leaned his body back on the back of the chair with a solemn expression: "You can't do this. Although we have signed a peace agreement with the Beidao tribe, this agreement is not solid, and the pirates may turn against us at any time. Moreover, there are still many enemies around Muxi Town. It is not wise to fight against the church forces at this time."

Cumberland stroked the silver whiskers on his chin: "This task assigned by the church is actually more like a test."

"Test?" Todd was puzzled.

"Test the attitude of the Mussey Knights towards the church." Cumberland looked at the "Umbrella" banner on the wall of the chief's office, and began to explain to Todd: "The establishment of the Mussey Knights is different from the other three church knights. In terms of time, the other church knights took three years from planning to the actual establishment, and some even took more than nine years, while the Mussey Knights obtained the Holy Ministry in less than half a year."

"From the point of view of purpose, other church knight orders were established to deal with the aggression of heretics and to deter the secular kingship. The establishment of the Muxi Knights, on the surface, seems to be the church's formula to obtain the crystal relics, but the real intention is to use Muxi Town to attract the attention of the enemy. Master Chief, think about it. On the premise of not sending any reinforcements, the church requires Muxi Town to deal with the three armies of Silver Ring City, pirates and barbarians at the same time. This is already treating the Muxi Knights as abandoned children."

When Cumberland said this, he paused for a moment, watched Todd and continued: "The last is the composition of the personnel. Most of the top leaders of the other knights are pious nobles, or church clergy. As for the Muxi Knights, the head is originally a monastery ascetic. ?”

After hearing Cumberland's analysis, Todd opened his eyes and looked at him in surprise.

Seeing the other party's expression, the old man waved his hands and said, "I didn't say all of these. Most of them were sorted out by my old boss and friend, Earl Emerson."

Todd immediately became interested: "So where is the Earl now? I want to see him."

Hearing the question, Cumberland shrugged his brows: "The old tortoise lived in Muxi Town for a while, and then returned to Silver Ring City. I have repeatedly persuaded him to stay. The answer is always one sentence, the royal family has grace first, and if he leaves this kingdom and leaves, his heart will never forgive himself."

Todd sighed and dropped the subject.

The three of them discussed together for a while, and finally decided to enter the North Quarry.

Alfonso was in charge of selecting suitable candidates from among the refugees, training them and integrating them into the army. Cumberland was responsible for the preparation of the troops and the formulation of tactics.

Watching Alfonso leave the room first, Cumberland slowed down. Todd knew that the latter still had something to say to him, so he approached him.

The old knight lowered his volume: "Chief, what do you think of the official document that the church allows the establishment of a secular kingdom?"

Todd glanced at the old man: "I personally think that this is the church's preparation for the future political structure. If the Muxi Knights really conquered the northern quarry and established the Knights Kingdom. In the near future, if the coalition forces of the Silver Ring and the barbarians retreat, the church can provoke a battle among secular kingdoms to restrict our development against the increasingly powerful Muxi Knights..."

Cumberland turned sideways and said in a low voice: "Chief, you should know that this is not what I want to ask. Regarding the matter of the secular kingdom, what I want to know is what "you" think?"

Todd's heart tightened. After understanding the deep meaning of Cumberland's words, he stopped and stared into the eyes of the old man, but there was no hint or attempt in the eyes of the other party.

After a few seconds, the head of the regiment gave up the further investigation, and said softly: "It is meaningless to talk about the future now. Wait, wait until the day everything happens, you and I will naturally know the answer."

Cumberland turned his head back and laughed as if explaining himself: "Commander, you are right. Who can guess what will happen in the future?"

The old man walked towards the gate of the headquarters of the knight order, and his figure finally disappeared into the sun.

Today, the unit issued the year-end bonus. In order to celebrate that we don’t need to eat soil anymore, we will add a tea egg to dinner and add another chapter