The atmosphere in the square was momentarily stagnant.

No one expected that this battle would suddenly take such a turn. The well-prepared "Viper Cross" would be completely plotted by the "Rose Cross" because of a traitor... Such a thing is indeed a bit dramatic.

The originally complacent Gallup looked stunned at first, and then his angry roar resounded throughout the square - "Akasha! You traitor!"

Akasha in the crowd did not face Gallup's question directly at this time, her eyes flashed to the side. She, who was not a strong character in the first place, took two steps back slightly because of Gallup's roar... Her character is

So soft, she made such a decision entirely because she could not withstand the huge pressure of the "Viper Cross", but she never thought that Rubens would directly mention her name at this time - obviously this was not to leave any room for her.

There is a way out.

Ginger is still too old. Although she made what she thought was the right choice, in front of these old politicians, she was still too young with little fighting experience... After her identity was exposed in this way, the initiative was completely held by Ruben.

Akasha in Rose's hands will inevitably become the enemy of "Viper Cross". In other words, from now on, she must live safely under the protection of "Rose Cross", and there will be no other choice.

But no matter how Akasha felt at this time, the fact that she betrayed "Viper Cross" and leaked all plans to "Rose Cross" cannot be changed - Gallup pointed at her angrily, and for a moment

There was nothing else to say, and Ruben

Si Ze still had that indifferent look, and the feeling of having everything under control made him take a step forward with confidence, and asked in a tone like a "general" in a chess game: "Then...I accept your gift.

Yes, do you want to accept the gift I gave you?"

"Do you really think I only have two teams of soldiers to deal with everything?"

After saying these words, Gallup's expression changed instantly. He immediately looked around, and there seemed to be a faint rumble of horse hooves outside the noisy crowd.

"Damn it! It's the Templars!"

Swinging his staff fiercely, the shadow priest immediately cast the "Shadow Hand" blessing spell for the helpers beside him, forcibly adding shadow magic damage to their weapons, and then waved his hand decisively towards Rubens.

Pointing his finger, he shouted angrily: "Kill him! Don't worry about anything else!"

There was no other way. Gallup's decision to "die together" did not go beyond Rubens's expectations. As the scepter emitted another ray of light, the city square that had just fallen silent once again stirred up more intense violence.

, a more bloody fight!

The nobles who had always been bystanders finally made up their mind at this time. Although many of them had already evacuated far away under the cover of retainers, they learned that "everything is under the control of Archbishop Rubens."

After the news, they immediately stopped. In order to try to restore their previous image, they stood at the rear of the noble team again to show that they were fearless - but among them, the noble who stood still in the team was the only one.

one person…

That is Count Francis.

Protected by eight guards, he was always looking in the direction of Archbishop Rubens. The distance between the two sides was only about fifty meters, but at this moment he seemed to be in two completely different worlds... There were many hidden things among the scattered people.

After entering the halls and shops on both sides, I gradually walked out at this time, and I could even hear someone shouting slogans such as "punish these heretics".

"I'm sorry, Lord Archbishop."

Francis looked at the old man in the distance who thought he was in control of the situation, with a sneer on his lips, then turned his head and asked Willy, who was always by his side: "Are all the people ready?"

"We have people on every path that the four Templar teams must pass, and they can block them for at least five minutes."

Willy's eyes scanned the surroundings, and he quickly found the mercenaries hiding behind the huge flower pots on the side of the square among the crowd - they were wearing civilian clothes, their disguises were flawless, and they were even squatting not far away with empty hands.

Looking here.

"Then... next," Francis slightly held the sword originally used for decoration at his side and whispered: "It's our turn."

After hearing this, Willy nodded immediately and raised his hand in a subtle way to make a seemingly casual gesture. In fact, it was a signal to the mercenaries not far away - and Francis shouted at the same moment.

: "Kill these infidels!"

He waved his hand, as if he was preparing to let his retainers go up to help surround Gallup and others. For a moment, the tight protection around him was completely lost.

"Click!"

The next moment, a huge noise was made when the flower bed not far away was shattered, causing the nearest nobles to turn their heads. And then a scene happened, which really made it difficult for them to understand what happened...

A group of guys wearing various costumes rushed to the flower bed and started to pick up the ceramic fragments. Just when others thought there was something "good" in the flower bed, one of them held something in his hand and turned it around.

Come on.

A military crossbow that was much larger than a "hand crossbow" was held flat in front of him. When the nearest noble retainer realized what it was... the guy aimed at Francis not far away and pulled the trigger.

!

"Whoosh——"

Francis, who lost the cover of his retainers, could not avoid the attack from more than 30 to 40 meters away. The crossbow bolt directly hit Francis' arm. He cried out in pain, as if he was carried away by the power of the crossbow bolt.

I lost my balance and fell directly to the ground...

"There's an assassination!"

"Protect the young master!"

"It's the assassin——"

The guards who had just walked out immediately noticed the situation here, and rushed up to protect Francis. Then the guy holding a military crossbow in the flower bed saw that he missed a hit, and immediately joined the seven or eight companions behind him with their crossbows.

The weapons rushed forward, and the two waves of people fought "ping ping ping pong"...

On the second floor platform forty meters away, Roddy, who was hiding in the shadows and watching all this, narrowed his eyes. The long arrow that had been aimed at Francis' head slowly moved downwards, and then opened into a full moon.

The bowstring returned to its original state.

He had been prepared for the assassination and was confident that he could kill him with one blow, but the scene where Francis showed his flaw and was shot made Roddy immediately realize that something was wrong - ordinary people may not see anything unusual, but he saw from that crossbow arrow

A strange fact emerged from the flight trajectory: the crossbow arrow had no arrowhead!

Who would shoot someone with a crossbow bolt without an arrow?

Because he had a wide field of vision, he immediately saw more than twenty people on the other side rushing out of the crowd and rushing directly towards the team of monks and nuns.

"Damn it, are you planning a 'bitter meat scheme'? It's really your fault..."

Roddy immediately understood Francis's plan - he was planning to stage an "assassination" drama to clear his suspicion, and then blatantly send someone to assassinate Sally here!

There are many choices before Roddy at this time. He can continue to choose to kill Francis, or he can choose to rescue Sally who is being attacked - and the other choice...

Roddy looked at Gallup and others who were attacking Rubens and Benjamin like crazy. After analyzing the situation in an instant, he slowly took a step back and disappeared into the field using the "invisibility technique".

Behind the unobtrusive windowsill.

…

Rubens liked this feeling of being in control of the entire situation. To a certain extent, his "desire for control" had reached such an extreme level that it could be called a eccentricity.

Every detail of the layout, every manpower arranged, he has an extremely detailed plan, which can even be said to be outrageously accurate - for example, the formation of the soldiers' defense before, and the gaps left when raising the shield, these are all based on Lu Lu's plan.

The order of Bishop Bens himself was fulfilled.

Watching Gallup frantically attacking him with all his strength, his face remained unchanged, but the feeling of satisfaction in his heart was indescribable... because according to his own arrangement, he had five seconds to rush from the corner of the street.

The Templars who come out will directly chop the heretics in front of them into pieces!

Looking at the helpless Akasha in the distance, Rubens felt a little disdainful of her - this woman was not suitable for power struggle at all, she was too weak, too independent, just for a few childish things.

Just thinking can betray the information that "Viper Cross" wants to assassinate her, huh... What does she want? She just wants to escape from that damn cult?

How can a person's background be cleared up so easily... Well, when this is over, let her be a nun for the rest of her life.

With this thought in his mind, Benjamin next to him frowned and asked after casting a "Holy Light Restoration": "My lord, the Templars should have arrived at this time, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, three consecutive "Shadow Arrows" exploded on the shield in front of Rubens. The Overlord waved his scepter to bless the soldiers with new shields, and then replied calmly.

: "It shouldn't be bad. The knight leading the team has been following me for many years. He knows what I value most."

Severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and a strict sense of time are Rubens's personal habits, and all those who follow him know this.

But when Benjamin heard this, he looked at the quiet corner, and saw only those believers who were cowering behind the wall and observing. The faint sound of horse hooves disappeared, and he felt that something was not right.

When I wanted to say something, I heard Gallup's crazy mantra chanting - "The shadow gives me power, I give the shadow life..."

The sight of many corpses piled up on the ground and rivers of blood would definitely have an unimaginable impact on ordinary people. But standing behind the soldiers who were fighting crazily, the "Snake Tooth" bishop released the "Shadow Priest"
Chapter completed!