"Deputy Captain." A young elf knight jumped off the back of the mad vulture: "The people coming out of Uru City claim to be scholars and students of Uru Academy."
What?
The top military officers of the expeditionary force were stunned.
Before arriving at Ulu, I had thought about the possibility of encountering crazy resistance, but...it seems that this kind of resistance should only come from loyal believers of the Holy Church, clergy or soldiers responsible for defending the city. How to deal with these people, the expeditionary force asked themselves
The moon-washing scimitar is sharp enough. Now... what are the scholars doing here?
Most officers like Su Wen and others had no idea what schools and scholars they were studying. Chi Aotian and Qu Jianhong, who were born in the nobility, knew this very well.
"What are they going to do?" Chi Aotian frowned slightly.
"This..." The elf knight hesitated for a moment: "They were carrying slogans with many words written on them, such as... 'Defend Uru, the center of human culture to the death', 'Bread not war', 'A century-old institution, a century-old struggle'
, 'NOWARFOROIL'...and others, many of which are ancient Elf and Ancient Gnomish languages."
"OIL..." General Hussein looked suspicious: "The word OIL means devil's blood in our desert people. Could it be that... they also know that we used oil as a weapon of mass destruction in the war? Therefore, they protested
?”
"OIL is a new word that appeared during the first war between gods and demons. It is the abbreviation of the powerful god who descended from the sky, that is, the new divine right. Of course, the OIL of the desert tribe may also be derived from here. In the middle of the war between gods and demons,
Some races from the Creation God Realm have taken refuge in the alien gods.
, in the later period of the war between gods and demons, this part of the race was massacred by other angry races. At that time, some pacifists launched the slogan NOWARFOROIL." Speaking of this, Elder Qingluo's face turned slightly red, this so-called pacifist
Mainly the forest elves at that time.
"Later, this ancient divine saying was once again extended to: Don't start another war for personal gain." After hesitating for a moment, the elf elder added another sentence: "These races who were lucky enough to escape were eventually exiled.
This is today’s Fanos continent.”
Showing off your knowledge in front of a forest elf elder is like a swimming competition between a human and a dolphin, or even more embarrassing, because dolphins don't use words to correct their mistakes.
"Then... what should we do now? Should we..." Su Wen was a little dizzy, and the old soldier made a false chop with his right hand in the air.
"Ta..." Elder Qingluo just opened his mouth, and immediately realized his mistake and swallowed the next word.
There was a moment of silence among the senior officers. If Tayan, the devil, was still standing here with this little problem in front of him, he would probably be able to find three or four solutions in a blink of an eye with his tail raised. This birdman is so desperate.
, even if he was going to die in the end, he would die cleanly and repay his grandmother's death, both alive and dead, under the eyes of the two magisters.
"Let's go and have a look." Chi Aotian whispered, and led his mount to rush out. Su Wen, Qu Jianhong and other senior officers followed closely behind.
Outside Ulu City, at least 2,000 people gathered. At first glance, most of these people were elderly, with white hair and skin like old tree bark. Only a very small proportion were young people.
The color of passion floated on the young face.
"Sir, General Chi Aotian." An older man rushed out of the crowd and grabbed the reins of Chi Aotian's horse, regardless of the sharp scimitars in the hands of the soldiers in front of Chi Aotian.
"Do you know me?" How could anyone here know him? Chi Aotian was surprised for a moment.
"Of course, sir. Your appearance has been sung by bards all over the world." Sweat dripped down the older man's gray temples: "Sir, I am Benjamin, a lecturer at Ulu Haizhong University."
Oh? Qu Jianhong, Qingluo, and even Su Wen, a country bumpkin from the Ice and Snow Continent, were all moved at the same time. It turned out to be Mentor Benjamin.
Professor Benjamin from Ulu Hai University is proficient in the five major subjects of ancient mathematics, agriculture, divination, ancient Elvish language, and ancient divine language. He is the No. 1 leader in the three major subjects of ancient mathematics, ancient Elvish language, and ancient divine language. He integrates the three ancient subjects.
After studying, Benjamin's divination skills were extremely effective, and his customers were basically governors and above - so the professor didn't like that his academic research would be affected by divination.
Reading thousands of books is worse than traveling thousands of miles. Professor Benjamin once traveled south to the continent of Fanos and north to the ice and snow continent. During this period, he was invited by Zhanlan Island to teach ancient divine language at the peripheral college of Zhanlan Island. His academic influence is unparalleled in the world. .
In Eminor and the Ice and Snow Continent, small-scale wars have been constant for the past 150 years, so it has become common to emphasize military affairs over culture. The major empires even stipulate that only those who have served as marshals in the army can become candidates for prime minister. Of course, there are exceptions.
Take Benjamin, for example. At least three empires once invited Benjamin to serve as prime minister or national adviser. Unfortunately, Benjamin declined on the pretext of studying.
Of course, Chi Aotian had also heard of Benjamin. Out of respect for the scholar, his expression softened a lot.
"My lord, I came to Ulu when I was 13 years old, where I studied and then taught. My lord, now all the defenders in this city are empty, and the clergy of the church have also left. My lord, you are preparing to occupy
This city?" It's not surprising that there are so many people. Professor Benjamin obviously knows this very well, and he speaks like an adult and is extremely polite.
"Occupy? Of course not." Chi Aotian shook his head slightly: "This city is not my end... However, you can understand me as the end of this city..."
After spending a long time with Tayang, Chi Aotian couldn't help but be contaminated by the magic stick's way of speaking.
Although they were mentally prepared, there was still a commotion among the crowd.
"Sir, you are at war with the Holy Church, not this innocent city. Although this city is the headquarters of the Holy Church, it is also the cultural center of the entire human race. In this city, large and small, there are
There are 37 libraries with a total collection of nearly one million books, among which a considerable number of books represent the entire human race.
The only copy in history." After thinking for a while, the older scholar added: "In the Kaizo University Hall, the highest university in Uru City, there is still a copy of "The Art of War" written by Lord Moe Ikeda. If you take
This city has been burned to the ground, General, and you may have become the greatest criminal in all of human history."
This scholar's words were definitely not a paper tiger-style threat. At least, Qu Jianhong and Qing Luo, who could understand these words, took a breath of air-conditioning at the same time.
Everyone's mouth speaks louder than gold.
In the Creation God Realm, even if you offend the powerful, contradict the emperor, or blaspheme the gods, you will die at most. If you offend the scholars in the world, you will really be in infamy for thousands of years. The greatest emperor in the ages, unified the world, and his literary skills
Wu
It is rare in ancient times because he tricked and killed several scholars who kept provoking. As a result, he was criticized by later generations of scholars and eventually became a fatuous king, synonymous with tyrants - Can a fatuous king rule the world? A tyrant can control millions of soldiers.
Use your life?
However, such threats have no effect on the protagonist. With Chi Aotian's temper, he has never cared about what others think of him. Even Chi Hantong cannot influence his thoughts, and most of the time
It's all counterproductive.
"So what?" Chi Aotian's bad temper came back, and he habitually started to use his habitual rhetorical questions to start a fight: "A shameless city represents a shameless religion. Do you know that there are people in the city?
Moe Ikeda’s personal annotation? Humph, if I hadn’t
It was Ikeda Moe who led the Black Dragon Knights to fight all the way here. Will this city still exist to this day? Why didn't anyone think of this before the Scambrai Blood Night murder? Now come out to uphold justice, the Queen of the Imperial Capital Blood Night, why?
Didn't you come out to criticize the church for being unprincipled?"
In a few words, all the knowledgeable people present swallowed back all the words. After the establishment of Ulu City, it encountered military disasters many times, not only the attacks of the Desert Empire, but also the horse bandits galloping freely on the Flower Language Plain, and the huge number of wild wolves.
It once brought disaster to Ulu. If Ikeda Moe hadn't fought with all his strength on the outside and left enough soldiers to defend Ulu, Ulu City... there would be no need to wait until Chi Aotian came to put an end to it today.
The chief professor of Wuluhai University has fully prepared the topic to convince Chi Aotian. He was originally worried that Chi Aotian would not give him a chance to speak. Now... who would have thought that Chi Aotian, who is famous for his killing, cruelty and cold-bloodedness,
Oh my God, your words are so sharp.
"Sir, if you can be noble and let go of this academic city, I am willing to follow you and become your retainer, use my knowledge to achieve your undefeated reputation, and use my pen to write an undefeated story for you.
myth."
As soon as Benjamin finished speaking, there was already an uproar around him.
There are two main systems for the retainers of the great nobles. One is the general system, and the other is the magician system. The former is to establish one's own merits, and the latter is to obtain a large amount of financial support on the road of magic exploration. Very few great nobles can hire
When a real scholar became his guest, no great nobleman would expect a scholar with many talents to be loyal to him, let alone a scholar of Benjamin's level.
The senior officers of the expeditionary force were also moved. If there is a master of divination in the army, what does it mean? "Achieve undefeated reputation", Professor Benjamin is definitely qualified to say such words.
"No need." The expression on Chi Aotian's face did not change at all: "Some things cannot be replaced or exchanged at all. If the city is not destroyed, the Holy Court will definitely get the excuse of 'divine blessing' to strengthen
Divine power and rule - the city of Ulu that will never fall. Only by completely destroying it and destroying the so-called supreme temple can all the people see the incompetence of the Holy See and fundamentally shake the foundation of the Holy See."
The white-haired professor was silent. He could not deny that if the expeditionary force spared Ulu City this time, the matter would definitely be publicized by the Holy Court. Even Chi Aotian did not dare to offend the divine power of the Temple of Light.
evidence.
"However, you have four hours to move out the items you think are valuable. I can arrange a squadron to assist you." Chi Aotian added. Benjamin didn't know yet, but Chi Aotian was already very fond of him.
You're too polite - even if I stayed with Amy, Daqingshan, and Horns for a day, I wouldn't have to say so many words of explanation.
"Sir...can't we really discuss it again? In this Uru city, there are more than 40 ancient buildings from the magic revival period alone, and there are more large statues. Each of these statues is priceless. 125 years ago
, the Azure Island Magic Guild is willing to use a set of four-series magic rings and a
It is said that weapons from the gods were exchanged for a white marble statue of Ulu Moada. His Majesty the Pope at the time politely refused... However, these symbols of civilization were not destroyed by the barbaric scimitars of the desert cavalry, but... I would have known better.
In this way, it should have been..." Benjamin burst into tears as he spoke.
"No need to say more. If you say more, you will carry less things." Chi Aotian was not moved at all. He turned back and motioned to the guards behind him to turn the hourglass over.
Golden sand hissed down the funnel.
"When did the General become kind? How could the children of the Chi family possess such virtue?" Su Wen curled his lips at Chi Aotian's back.
Qu Jianhong rolled his eyes at Su Wenyi: "What you see now is the true style of the children of the Chi family. As for what you saw before...another descendant of the Chi family, it is said...that he came from the side..."
Before he finished speaking, Chang Qing said coldly: "General Qu, everything you said today will be used as evidence in court."
As a retainer, Qu Jianhong has the obligation to safeguard the majesty of the family head, but...if he offends Amy Harper, the legendary gold and diamond enhanced version of the evil king, Qu Jianhong's face will be as pale as freshly baked tofu.
.
"Okay, stop joking." Chi Aotian looked over coldly: "If the order is given, all forest elves will immediately enter the city to help screen the items. Su Wen arranged for allied troops from the Flower Language Plain to enter the city to help transport various items.
Books." Forest elves are far superior to ordinary humans in terms of appreciation of aesthetics and ancient art, so this arrangement is undoubtedly very appropriate.
After a moment of silence, Chi Aotian added: "Four hours later, the Allied Forces from the Desert Empire will enter the city to clean up. It will last for two hours. All the items obtained will be distributed uniformly at the discretion of His Excellency Hussein."
As soon as the last words were said, the desert knights immediately erupted in cheers of surprise. Ulu City, which has enjoyed 300 years of peace, must have accumulated a large amount of wealth waiting for the desert soldiers to plunder. It is said that the Holy Court has even used
Pure gold and platinum are used to cast statues of gods. If you take one of these things home, you can buy the largest herd of camels. Money attracts people's attention. If you tear off the sacred cloak of religious war, what is left is not just naked robbery?
This cheer made the young and old volunteers in Wulu City wake up from their dreams. They finally guessed who the group of men with narrow eyes and narrow eyebrows in front of them were. The nightmare of 300 years and the ancestors of these men in the prairie
The things they have done on the Internet have made volunteers, young and old, truly realize for the first time that time is worth every penny.