"Send them all to the farm and let Old Tree Root check them!" Among this team of people directly under the Red Earth City Dark Lord, a middle-aged man with not very strong extraordinary strength looked at those who had been knocked unconscious by them and fell into madness.

The people who were fighting gave orders to the ordinary city guards who were following closely behind the team, and then led the troops towards other neighborhoods.

Leo did not follow this group of people to observe their actions, nor did he follow the ordinary people who dealt with the follow-up matters to the farm they mentioned, but he left some psychic marks on the two groups of people for future use.

be able to find their whereabouts.

After leaving the mark, he did not stay any longer, but rushed towards the location of the marks on the previous clergy of the Church of Justice.

Those people retreated very quickly, and judging from the situation, there should be an internal response in the inner siege area. When they saw that the team directly belonging to the dark master had been dispatched, they retreated from the inner siege area very decisively. At this moment, they had gathered on the inner siege wall.

At a certain location, it felt like I was about to climb over the wall and reach the outer city.

When Leo felt that there was a vantage point suitable for observation in the nearby neighborhood, he had already seen guards hired by the inner forces responsible for guarding the city wall assisting the clergy to climb over the wall and leave via rope ladders.

Among those who had not yet left, Leo saw the archbishop of the Church of Justice who was responsible for commanding the operation. At this moment, beside this archbishop, there were three church paladins with no slightest loss of spiritual power, talking to him about something.

, judging from their expressions, they didn’t seem very happy.

Leo did not get close, nor did he use any extraordinary power such as witchcraft, because he could feel that there were traces of actual magical combat around those people. It should be that some magical power was arranged to prevent eavesdropping by extraordinary powers.

Although it is impossible to eavesdrop on their conversation through extraordinary power, Leo's extraordinary five senses can still easily hear the conversation at this distance in this case. The only thing that needs to be done is to filter the heard sounds.

The sounds of the senior clergymen of the Justice Church talking were left behind.

"Are you sure that all the Dark Lords are dead?" After Leo adjusted his listening method, the archbishop's voice appeared in his ears very clearly, as clear as if he was standing next to them.

"Yes, it has been repeatedly confirmed that they are indeed the dark masters of Red Earth City." Although a paladin is not much worse than the archbishop in terms of strength, his clerical status is much lower, so he seems a bit humble when he answers.

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"How come those teams directly under the Dark Lord appear?" The archbishop said angrily: "Those people have a divine contract with the Dark Lord. Only the Dark Lord of Red Earth City is qualified to command them. Now all these people

Being mobilized means that the dark master of Red Earth City is still alive."

"Could it be that there was an error in our intelligence?" Another paladin speculated: "Those people we killed were actually just stand-ins for the real dark master."

The archbishop was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said: "It's impossible. We have repeatedly verified that those people are the secret masters. There is absolutely no way they can be wrong."

"Don't be so absolute. Have you made many mistakes before?" The eldest of the three paladins seemed to have a bad relationship with the archbishop and retorted directly: "As far as I'm concerned, in the blacksmith

Before Kit's accident, you were still not sure who the master was. It wasn't until the series of reactions in the inner siege after Kit's accident that you confirmed that Kit was one of the masters, and then through Kit's daily behavior

, Assuming that there is a list of other dark masters, in fact, you have no idea from the beginning, so the people on the list include all the leaders of the middle-level forces and above in the entire inner siege area. If you really know who the dark master is, you only need to

Just kill the few dark masters and those in power at the top level. There is no need to kill so many people. The final result of this is to expose all our arrangements in Red Earth City, causing everything to be lost now.

We had to give up our plan to retreat from Red Earth City."

The archbishop said with great dissatisfaction: "That's enough! What do you know? Red Earth City's plan has been successful. We have collected enough test data. The church's..."

"You can speak louder, so that I can get rid of you directly for leaking secrets." The old paladin put his hand on the sword at his waist, interrupting the archbishop's words, while others around him

Although the two paladins did not want to be enemies with the archbishop in front of them, they had to put their hands on their weapons and show off. After all, the excuses given by the older paladins were very sufficient.

Faced with the threats around him, the archbishop's face became extremely gloomy. He looked at the clergymen not far away who deliberately did not look here and were immersed in climbing over the wall. He knew that he almost let it slip just now. If the church was really

If his plan is revealed publicly, the three paladins in front of him will actually kill him, and even other clergy who heard it will be silenced.

The older paladin unceremoniously pointed out the archbishop's thoughts and said: "I heard that during this holy disaster, many people in the church's senior leadership were responsible for our Lord's sleep. There will definitely be big changes in various positions. You

You are so impatient to launch the layout of Red Earth City, maybe you want to use the achievements of Red Earth City to transfer yourself back to the main church, right?"

"This is just what you think. In fact, there is nothing wrong with what I did. The sudden death of Kit, the dark master, is the best opportunity to provoke Red Earth City. Otherwise, with the current dark master system in Red Earth City, I want to make Red Earth City chaotic.

I'm afraid ten more years won't be enough." The archbishop argued very forcefully: "And you should know that the dark masters of Red Earth City have already doubted the seeds we planted. Otherwise, they would not have taken those barbaric...

The guy is here, if you don’t start it now, everything will be exposed after a while.”

"So what if it's exposed?" The old paladin sneered: "Even if it's exposed, it has nothing to do with us. They will only think it was the work of those blasphemous heretics. But now? All the hasty actions have left too many things.

Once the unrest in the city subsides, they will immediately start investigating, and then the church will be exposed to them. All of this is caused by your wrong decision, and I will record it truthfully in the report."

"You also said that the existence of the church can only be discovered if they start investigating." There was no worry on the archbishop's face at all. He only sneered and said, "In this case, just don't let them investigate."

"Don't let them investigate?" The two younger Paladins looked at the Archbishop in confusion, while the older Paladin showed a thoughtful expression.

The Archbishop said with great confidence: "Monster cities like Red Earth City have been standing on this land for too long. They are always taking advantage of the war between the Green Emerald Area and other forces to seek benefits. This evil behavior must be punished.

I think both the nobles of the Green Emerald region and the people of Lolo Hill want to see this city disappear. Do you think they will use the civil strife in Red Earth City as an opportunity to solve this cancer that has been entrenched in this land for many years?

?”

The older paladin said with great dissatisfaction: "You have destroyed the church's layout in Red Earth City, and you also want to expose the church's people in Lolo Hill and Green Emerald. Don't you worry about the aftermath for you?

The commotion is getting bigger and bigger, completely exposing all the church’s arrangements in the Middle Kingdom. Isn’t it going to end in the end?”

The archbishop looked at the other party, said nothing, and seemed unwilling to continue discussing with them. Instead, he turned around and walked into the crowd, commanding the internal response in the city, and quickly moved his subordinates to the outer city.

"Your Excellency, the Archbishop, shouldn't..." The young paladin looked at the Archbishop's figure and said hesitantly.

Before he could finish speaking, the elder paladin sighed and said: "He has no way out. He will definitely use all methods to solve the problem in Red Earth City. Let's consider how to deal with the losses if an accident occurs.

Reduce it to the minimum, right?”

"Aren't you going to stop him?" another paladin asked.

The elder paladin glanced at the other party and said with some meaning in his words: "I still want to live."

After saying that, he had no intention of continuing the conversation. He raised his hand and made a gesture. The magic around him to prevent prying eyes disappeared with the appearance of the gesture. Then he was seen taking out some powder that looked like some kind of mineral.

The things were sprinkled around, completely eliminating the traces of actual combat magic. Following him and the other two paladins, under the arrangement of the inner circle, they got into the hanging basket, climbed over the city wall, and went to the other side of the perimeter.

urban area.

Leo did not take action to prevent these people from leaving, because it was not necessary. Although the clergy of the Church of Justice made a very decisive decision to retreat, and the retreat arrangements were also extremely complete, it was obvious that they underestimated the eyes and ears of the forces in the city.

Ou is not the only peeper. In fact, there are several secret cells hidden in building walls or fountain statues in the surrounding blocks, and in each secret cell there is a watcher looking through something that looks like a periscope.

Hearing speakers and other tools are used to monitor the movements of these church clergy.

Because they were not just looking directly at the senior clergy of the church, neither the archbishop nor the paladins had any idea. They had no idea that their every move was being monitored, and the content of their conversation was also immediately revealed.

The monitors were sent away.

Leo was also surprised by the appearance of these monitors. In fact, when he chose this commanding height to monitor, he never thought that the people in Red Earth City had discovered the retreat route of these Justice Church clergy. This made him realize

To the point where I actually underestimated the people in Red Earth City, or to be more precise, the dark masters of Red Earth City.

Obviously, except for the unlucky guy Kit who was suddenly assassinated and died, the other dark masters in Red Earth City were probably not dead as the paladin of the Justice Church said. Those who died at the hands of the Justice Church were all arranged by the dark masters.

Pawns on the bright side, the dark masters have been hiding in the dark to monitor every move of the Church of Justice from the very beginning.

In fact, if you think carefully about the turmoil in Red Earth City, it is a good thing for the dark masters who are hidden in the city and control everything in the city.

First of all, the various forces in the inner besieged city are reshuffled in the turmoil. The dark masters who control the real power can take this opportunity to expand their forces on the surface, and they can also strengthen the forces they control secretly.

Secondly, through this chaos, they can legitimately solve some of their inner problems and consolidate their power.

Finally, during the turmoil, interested people like the Church of Justice lurking in Red Earth City, either proactively or passively, will leave Red Earth City. In this way, the interior of Red Earth City will be completely purified, even if the overall strength of Red Earth City is weakened.

, but the core strength has been consolidated.

The only thing these dark masters need to worry about now is what the Archbishop of the Church of Justice plans to do next, which is to unite the Green Emerald Region and the Rolohill people to attack the Red Earth City. If that Archbishop really does

If it were possible for the two feuding people to put aside their old grudges and join forces, then even in its heyday, it would probably be difficult to withstand such an attack, let alone the current situation like Red Earth City, which has experienced civil strife and suffered a huge loss of strength.

The most ideal way to solve this crisis is to keep all the people from the Justice Church in the city before the Justice Church lobby both sides, but not to mention whether the people from the Red Earth City Dark Lord can survive with an archbishop and three saints.

The knights join forces to eliminate all the senior clergy of the church. Even if they are killed in the city and pretended to be caused by turmoil, the people of the Justice Church will probably not believe this disguise. Judging from the past actions of the Justice Church,

He will use more drastic means to directly attack the entire Red Earth City, and may even use the most powerful magic to level the Red Earth City.

Although doing so will cause the Justice Church to fall into controversy, for the Justice Church, the least thing to worry about now is controversy. They just need a target that can allow them to re-establish their prestige. At this time, anyone who dares to have a direct confrontation with the Justice Church

The people or forces involved in the conflict will face the most upright and violent revenge from the Justice Church in the near future.

The dark masters who wanted to come to Red Earth City also thought of this, so they were forcing the people of the Justice Church to withdraw from Red Earth City from the beginning to the end. They never thought of a head-on conflict with the Justice Church, otherwise they would destroy every move of the Justice Church.

Judging from the situation under surveillance, it is not difficult to set up a fatal trap.

For Leo, a bystander, the situation in the Red Earth City in front of him became interesting. He felt that the dark masters of the Red Earth City were not as simple as he thought. Even what the Justice Church did in the Red Earth City might have caused these dark masters.

I also know the reason.

It's a pity that he has other more important things to do on this trip. If it's not troublesome, he plans to learn a little bit about the Justice Church's activities in Red Earth City from these dark masters, then leave Red Earth City and go directly to
Chapter completed!