Chapter 506: Sika's Counterattack (Part I)
Chapter 506: Sika's Counterattack (Part I)
【3rd Update】
Daniel's methods today are all derived from Neris. There are many ways in which Nellis tortures people, and at the end of the day, they are all exploiting the weaknesses of the human psyche.
Even the emperors of the First Dynasty had a weakness in their hearts, and that was the thirst for power.
Nellis lied, mostly for fun, and Daniel learned it very carefully, which comes in handy now. With the exception of the die-hard Assassin, the other four Assassins were all shaken and unable to help themselves.
Necromancers have too many means to deal with their captives, and even the most bloodthirsty elemental mages can't compare. By the time Daniel left the chamber satisfied, it was already fourteen hours later. It's also very difficult for him to come across this kind of opportunity, after all, he doesn't have any materials to use. You can't always take a man in the city and test it, and some tests must be done with the enemy, and the unforgivable.
Daniel could have gotten the secret from the most vulnerable assassin, but then, I don't know how long it would take for Sika to send him such precious research materials. Especially that assassin with a good backbone, his soul is really stubborn, he can let himself do experiments for so long without collapsing, and provides a lot of data.
The five Assassins provided a lot of useful information, and after all the confessions, plus memories extracted from the souls, comparisons, patchwork, and sifting, Daniel handed Schika a complete and detailed transcript.
These Assassins had been arranged by the Holy See in Phoenix for a long time, and they were not directed against Saleen. However, Saleen later annexed a third of Phoenix's territory, and recently simply included the rest. The Papal Assassins lurking in Phoenix easily entered Metatling.
Metatrin only recruited soldiers strictly, and the censorship of its inhabitants was much broader. These Assassins of the Holy See all had the official status of Phoenix, and some were even the smallest nobles, the kind without territories.
After the Assassins entered Metatrin City, the Holy See did not allow them to do anything, such as poisoning the water supply. Because Metatrin was so well guarded, there were no wells, all of them were one-way pipes, laid in holes in the white stone, which only magicians could handle.
The Holy See did not want to expose these people easily, and these people did not participate in the division of the Caucasians outside the city. Later, the mage of Shreig Island arrived, and quickly cut through the chaos and eliminated the turmoil, proving that the Holy See's forbearance was correct.
However, now, the grievances and contradictions between the two sides are getting deeper and deeper, and the Kingdom of Metatrin is bound to be the mortal enemy of the Holy See. The Inquisition then moved its mind and used the Assassins to try to capture Saleen's two children and blackmail them.
Saleen's child is so young, if he is caught in the Holy See, he will easily be deceived and become a believer, and Salin will have no choice at that time. Moreover, these two children are related to Saleen's blood, and the Holy See has countless vicious ways to use these two children to destroy everything in Saleen.
Now is indeed a good opportunity, in the eyes of the Holy See, no matter how many magicians there are in the city, it is also defensive in nature, and Saleen's main combat power has been mobilized to the Skochenian Empire. So the Inquisition gave an order, and the Assassins immediately went into action. Except for the people at sea, who were temporarily arranged by the Inquisition, the assassins in the city were all people who had been lurking for a long time.
However, a set of defense systems set by Saleen made this assassination only have a stunning beginning, the assassin with the long sword killed more than a dozen demons, severely damaged the big demon, and almost succeeded. The Assassins who tried to break into the temple to gain secrets were all intercepted and killed.
At the heart of Metatrin City, there are only three types of people, the Caucasians, the Temple Legion, and the mages of Shreig. All three of these people have been magically tested, and agents can't mix in at all. And Saleen's defense system is built on this purity.
There was no leak in the temple, and the outsiders would never know where Sarin's defenses were weak.
Shika looked at the words on the confession and frowned.
The Inquisition has promoted three more Judges, that's six Judges Chief. The referee's requirements for the level are rigid, and you will never become the referee if you are less than level nine.
Shika pondered, her vision was now broadened, and she would see things more deeply. This ability was cultivated only after becoming a regent, and a small Caucasian warrior, even the most powerful priest, might not be able to learn these things.
The Holy See is a whole, and all plans are interrelated. And Sarin's kingdom has not yet managed to concentrate all its forces and exert its strength against a certain target.
The Kingdom of Metatrin has been established for too little time to learn to do so. Rex has this ability, but she can't directly command Saline's country, and she doesn't want to do so, she needs Saline to mature in the exercise, and teach him by hand, and the effect may not be ideal.
Thinking about it, Sika couldn't help but get a pen and paper and start writing to Sarin.
She was going to do one thing, go to Qin Yin, and destroy the army that attacked Lone Star City. This is not an impulse, the Holy See is too unscrupulous, and if you attack your own children, you will have to pay the price. But this matter has to be discussed with Sarin, and Schika estimates that she will not be gone for long, but during this time, she will not be able to contact Sarin, so she must say hello.
And this matter, there must be Rex's help, otherwise it will be too difficult to defeat that army. Schika's expectation was to wipe out the Inquisition's army completely.
The letter was written, and it was teleported out with a teleportation array, and in Ceylon City, in the Elemental Magic Tower, Salin, who received the letter from Sika, had a very ugly face.
The Holy See went so far as to attack his own child that his anger was ignited, and he almost wanted to drive the magic tower immediately and fly to the Tangulas Empire to kill all sides. However, he still held back, at the beginning, the strength of Chanak the Great was extremely strong, and there were a large number of soldiers, high-grade equipment, and he was ambushed by the Holy See and died on the battlefield.
Perhaps the Holy See is also doing this in order to provoke itself and make it easy for him to take risks.
Once inside the Tangulas Empire, the sheer number of believers there will provide infinite power to the magicians.
Sika's plan was feasible, Qin was in chaos due to the chaos in the territory, and the armies of both sides were intertwined throughout the north. The Qin Yin nobles still controlled the big city, and with the help of the alchemy city mage, for the time being, they just lost the territory in the countryside. However, any big city in Qin Yin has huge warehouses to store grain.
Every city will not go hungry for more than ten years.
In this case, the pressure on the Holy See is also very great, and the probability of success of Sika's attack has reached ninety percent. The Holy See just wouldn't think that Metatrin City would be able to attack, so it was so bold.
Saleen wanted to participate in this plan in person, but Ceylon City was inseparable, the combined forces of the Holy See and the Scorchenian Empire would soon arrive, and there would be an attack by the Holy See's fleet at sea, and Saleen would not be able to divide his manpower.
He replied to Shika with a letter asking Rex for help, and Saleen decided to take matters into his own hands. Shika wrote to him, just not wanting to ask Rex. This was caused by his own children, and it was impossible for Salin to let Sika beg for help.
Sika needs Rex's Metal Titan, and to attack the army, he must first destroy the enemy's large equipment, otherwise his own losses will be heavy. The Metal Titans are now mined in the northern wilderness of the Kingdom of Metatrin and can only be driven by Rex's mages.
This metal lifeform devours a large amount of ore underground every day, and what is discharged is the metal that has been refined to the extreme. This kind of metal refining speed is very fast, and the output of finished products is more than any other mine, and although the magician's method of refining metal is very good, the output is much worse.
At present, almost all of the high-grade metal materials in the Metatrin Kingdom and the Bitterwater County are provided by this metal titan.
Rex received Salin's letter, read it carefully, and then replied to Salin with three letters, one addressed to Salin, expressing his concern. The Holy See seems to have gained more power, so it has become more and more unscrupulous. The lessons of the Iron Wall City do not seem to be enough to make the Holy See hold back.
Two other letters, one addressed to Sika. The letter only gave orders to his subordinates, the Magician, to give the Metal Titan to Sika to use. She had to help. According to Qin Yin's laws and customs, if she has no children in the future, Salin's children are also the ones who can inherit the throne of Kushui County.
The Holy See's attack is tantamount to targeting the current successor of the Kushui County.
The third letter was addressed to General Guderian. In her capacity as royalty of Grux, she asked the army of Guderian to cooperate with Sika and exterminate the army of the Inquisition.
It's not an order, but it's hard to refuse. Although the Metatrin Kingdom has embezzled the entire Phoenix, after all, it has a marriage relationship with the Qin Yin royal family, and it is all its own business. Moreover, the Kingdom of Metatrin is also a country that has decided not to march into Qin Yin, and even if the general of Guderian City holds his breath, he will give the heir of the royal family of Grix a face.
What's more, the entire north was in turmoil, and Guderian City was already an isolated city, because it was too difficult to attack, the Holy See's army temporarily avoided here.
To put it mildly, if Guderian City does not help, and the Holy See is free to deal with Guderian City in the future, once the city is breached, if the Kingdom of Metatrin refuses to allow Guderian's army to retreat, then the army in this city will be completely wiped out.
Friendship with the Kingdom of Metatrin now is not a bad thing for Guderian City.
Seeing that everything was taken care of, Sika immediately sent someone to the mines in the north to bring the metal titan over. At the same time, she also sent two temple legions, a main army, a total of 30,000 elites, plus 30,000 auxiliaries, to the border of Phoenix, the city built by the Duke of Quaya.
It was separated from the city of Guderian by a narrow valley and was an important passage between Phoenix and Qin.