Inside the Holy Legion’s camp.

The man in torn armor and with a depressed look was leaning against the iron cage. He raised his head slightly when he heard footsteps, and his pupils shrank suddenly when he saw Ash.

“Heretic leader Ash!” 4

“Yes, it’s me.” Ash nodded. “What other compliment did you give me?”

Orlas snorted coldly, “Ash, don’t be so proud. Even if you defeat me, you can never be the opponent of the Holy Court. The strength of the Holy Court is far beyond your imagination. If it weren’t for the expedition to the Beast Realm, do you think that the Holy Legion under your command can create such a big wave?”

“Expedition? It seems that there are still many secrets hidden in the Beast Realm.”

Ash looked thoughtful.

My previous guess was further confirmed, and I finally understood why the Holy See kept so many soldiers.

He had come into contact with the beast realm before, but the beast realms that most people can come into contact with now are of a very low danger level, and there is nothing special in them except some magical beasts.

It is said that the Holy Court personally suppressed the most dangerous beast realm for the safety of the continent.

Now it seems that for the sake of the mainland, there must be some secrets hidden in the Beast Realm that no one knows about. With the character of the Holy Court, would it do something that would not benefit it? ｑ

“What other news do you know about the Beast Realm? Tell me.”

“It’s wishful thinking.” Orlas said firmly, “Even if you kill me, I won’t tell you anything you want to know.”

“oh.”:

Ash nodded.

“I thought you would say that before I came here, so I brought you some gifts.”

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the guards behind him immediately brought in two orcs from outside the tent.

This was an orc slave he had just borrowed from a slave trader.

He was big and strong, two meters tall, with muscles all over his body. Because he was a very well-trained orc warrior, he was sold at a very high price…but Ash didn’t pay.

“What do you want to do?” Orlas’ face suddenly turned pale.

“Nothing. I’ll use some exotic customs to entertain you… Well, just don’t kill him. Let him feel the orcs’ enthusiasm. I’ve told you how to do it before. If you don’t do it well, just wait to starve to death.”

After saying that, Ash walked out of the tent.

After a while, there were terrible screams coming from inside and the sound of the big iron cage shaking violently.

“Ash! Ash! You will die a horrible death!!”

After half an hour.

【Olas has become your follower.】

On the interface, Orlas’s information appeared in the follower list of the New Thought Pioneer.

Ash shook his head and said to himself, “It’s only been half an hour. I really overestimated you.”

I heard that the nobles in this world like orc slaves very much, especially some guys with special XP, so Ash specially found two strong ones to entertain this great noble of the Holy See.

But it was only half an hour, he thought Orlas could last at least an hour.

After Orlas was treated to a great pleasure and reluctant to leave, Ash used the effect of the new thought guide to tame him. The result was almost the same as he expected. If he did not have divine bloodline or special circumstances, the probability of being guided by new thoughts was very high.

Of course, because of the Holy See’s belief in the Mother Goddess of Life, they have a natural resistance to other ideas. If a person is strong-willed, it will also be difficult to tame him, so Ash made arrangements in advance.

There is no need to mention the Ten Cruel Tortures of the Qing Dynasty. What could be more will-destroying than allowing those who claim to be noble to be defiled by the lowly beings they despise the most?

If this doesn’t work, it only proves that the other party’s will is too strong – at least after Ash personally tried to teach the Elf Queen, he was sure that this should work.

[‘Olas, you are the chosen one.’]

[You used the Chosen One on Orlas.]

After becoming followers, they are unlikely to betray, so the process of being chosen by God went smoothly, and the result was that Orlas was given the power of Khorne – although Asher was actually not quite sure where this power came from.

God’s chosen ones have strict requirements for their targets. Ordinary people, even soldiers of the Holy Legion, cannot meet the minimum standards. Otherwise, Ash would like to recruit a group of God’s chosen guards to destroy the Holy See.

After being blessed by the effect of God’s Chosen, Orlas gained a new power in his body.

Ash immediately asked him about the secrets of the Beast Realm.

The result was unexpected. Because of the life contract, Orlas could not reveal the secret of the core of the Beast Realm.

The life contract is established through the soul as the medium, by swearing an oath to the Mother Goddess of Life. Once the contract is established, it cannot be violated, otherwise the soul will be burned until death.

“It seems that the Holy See is quite careful.”

Unable to get any clues, Ash did not force it. He was not sure about the extent of the constraints on the life contract. He might be discovered by the Holy See, and that would be a waste of time.

【You freed Orlas.】

Orlas left the Holy Legion’s base.

You can view the status information of each other at any time on Ash’s follower list.

He wanted to try to place a spy in the Holy See to help at a critical moment.

The scene changes.

[In May 1788, Cardinal Ryan denounced the Purple Spirit Kingdom for colluding with the evil cult and Prince Ash for being cruel and unjust, so he led his troops to attack.]

On the interface, a full 100,000 Holy Court troops, led by Ryan, rushed towards the Holy Legion.

In the army configuration, in addition to the commonly seen sword and shield infantry and paladins, there are also 20,000 troops of punishment knights. Punishment knights are an advanced version of paladins. In addition to leading in various attributes, each punishment knight has a high affinity for light elements and can use powerful light-attribute magic skills to attack. They are a type of magic knight.

Because of the high requirements, there are not many punishment paladins.

[‘Ash, pay the price for your violence! ‘——Ryan]

[Ryan uses the famous general skill ‘Holy Light’, all Holy Court soldiers’ attack and defense are increased by 15%, and attacks add light attribute damage. ]

[‘Warriors of the Holy Court, for the sake of the Mother Goddess of Life, kill them!!!’]

Ash sneered, and used his exclusive action skill “Flash” to add various buffs.

On the simulation interface, the portrait of the world’s situation stretched out his hand and pointed, and a chess piece fell in the middle of the battlefield, like a huge meteorite falling, raising a large amount of dust.

When the dust settled, the Holy Guards took the lead in launching the attack.

“No need for imperial guards?”

Irelia’s eyes were fixed on the situation on the battlefield. She found that Ash did not directly use the Guards to fight against the Punishment Knights.

This resulted in the fact that after the first wave of collisions, the Demonic Armored Iron Pagoda did not gain any advantage. Not only that, it was the first time that Irelia saw the Iron Pagoda fall into a disadvantage in a frontal charge.

Twenty thousand Punishment Knights unleashed a powerful light attribute skill attack that even the Iron Pagoda could hardly resist!

Irelia’s pupils shrank slightly.

The strength of the Punishment Knight is even greater than expected.

“It’s the magic talent that makes up the advantage.” Irelia quickly discovered the clue. In terms of the three attributes, although the Retribution Knight is higher than the Iron Pagoda, it is not ridiculously high. In addition, the Iron Pagoda has various buffs stacked on top of each other, which is enough to make up for the gap.

The biggest difference lies in the use of magic skills. The Iron Pagoda is a pure physical charge, while each of the Punishment Knights is a magic knight who uses magic power to release combat skills to attack. The difference is immediately apparent in comparison.

Irelia herself is a magic knight, so she is very clear about the difference between this profession and ordinary knights.

However, judging from the effectiveness of the fight, the Punishment Knights are still far inferior to the Imperial Guards.

However, the Imperial Guards could not crush the enemy as they did before, and there would definitely be casualties in a head-on attack.

If the number of the imperial guards was 30,000, then Ash would have charged without hesitation, but unfortunately he only had 3,000 imperial guards.

So after the first wave of collisions, knowing the approximate strength of the Punishment Knight, Ash immediately pulled out the Iron Pagoda and then replaced it with the Crooked Horse.

The advantages of the Crooked Horse are its high mobility and long-range shooting capabilities.

The Punishment Knight, like the Iron Pagoda, is a heavy cavalry that sacrifices a considerable degree of mobility in exchange for high attack and defense attributes. Ash stretched out his hand and swiped across the action skill wheel in front of the screen, choosing to add the Divine Movement to the Crooked Horse.

Suddenly, this team of light cavalry ran away as if they had wings.

Harassment, attack, and the main focus is on flying a kite.

“Can light cavalry be used in this way?”

Irelia seemed to be thinking about something. In her traditional concept, light cavalry was not as useful as heavy cavalry. As for the fighting style like Ash, it was simply impossible because the Rhea continent had never combined cavalry and archers. If it was just archers flying kites, they would have been trampled on the head by the punishment knights long ago.

As for training light cavalry like Ash, it is not impossible, the key is that there is a lack of funds.

The money that Ash used to build his army was borrowed from other forces. Irelia also wanted to borrow, but now almost all the money that could be borrowed has been borrowed by Ash, and he was unwilling to lend the rest. As a result, the various armies were almost reaching the royal city.

Just as he was thinking about it, the Holy Court had already been annoyed by the kite tactics of the kidnapper horse.

[‘Ash! Aren’t you the Purple Spirit God of War? You’re just playing some tricks, do you dare to fight head-on? ‘——Ryan]

[‘As you wish.’]

Ash waved his hand.

The next moment, Amos led three thousand imperial guards to charge out, bypassing the Punishment Knights and rushing towards the remaining troops of the Holy See.

[‘Kill! Kill! Kill!’]

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The war horse neighs and the silver spear attacks!

[‘Warriors of the Holy Court, let us follow the will of the Mother Goddess and tear these heretical cults apart! ‘]

[Ryan boosts morale, all Holy Court soldiers’ morale +8. ]

Ash’s eyes lit up.

“Okay, I was just worried you wouldn’t come!”

If I charge, will you charge too?

But Ryan was not that stupid. He deployed the sword and shield infantry to the front, took a defensive action skill, then deployed the mage corps and archers to the back for long-range attack. At the same time, he pulled the punishment knights back, intending to make a big fuss about Ash’s 3,000 imperial guards.

But he obviously underestimated the strength of the Imperial Guards.

Even though he witnessed Orlas’s defeat with his own eyes, Ryan still didn’t think he would lose – after all, judging from the military strength alone, he had an army of 100,000, while on Ash’s side, except for the ace guards, the number of the Holy Legion was less than 40,000.

One hundred thousand versus forty thousand, the advantage is on my side, how can I lose?

Ash told him the truth.

‘Smash it!’ ‘Smash it!’ ‘Smash it!’

The charge of the Imperial Guards, coupled with a powerful crushing effect, instantly broke through the solid defense line that Ryan had confidently built. The mage corps and archers only had time to launch the first wave of attacks, and when they looked up, they saw the iron hooves of the Imperial Guards’ horses already on their foreheads!

Phew! ~~

Silver spear stabs!

Trampling with iron hoofs!

[‘This is impossible!’]

Ryan was shocked and angry.

In less than one round of action, the defense line was breached, and most of the mages and archers were either knocked away or stabbed to death. The ground was covered with red and white, like hell on earth.

Those who are lucky enough to survive the first round of charge will also face the first round of attacks from the Imperial Guards.

At this moment, a beam of holy white light enveloped the Holy See army.

[Ryan uses the holy artifact ‘Crimea’s Grief’. ]

Holy weapon!

Ash narrowed his eyes slightly.

Crimea’s grief has the effect of generating an elemental shield that resists damage, and it has a range coverage, directly blocking the first wave of the Imperial Guards’ charge.

Smaller ~∧ said)≮group: Ba∥￡⒌七&六sulfur∴￥馓si④∥《佴々／ 【’God will protect every loyal believer! ‘——Ryan】

On the battlefield, the protected mages and archers launched long-range attacks on the imperial guards.

Magic circles appeared in the air one after another, and as the mage’s chanting fell, the giant sword surrounded by holy light instantly slashed down.

Ash glanced at the number of casualties of the Imperial Guards and saw that it had dropped by eighty.

Counting the casualties from the first charge and the previous siege of the Holy See, there are only 2,800 Imperial Guards left.

“grass!”

Two hundred people, that’s a full 200,000 gold coins!

The Holy See’s mage team is very strong. Although in everyone’s impression they are not as strong as the Punishment Knights, the latter gives people a sense of oppression from an intuitive perspective. However, in terms of attack power alone, the mages are still more powerful.