Chapter 1258 Civil Strife

"So, Commander Kandel, open the city gate. This is a matter of life and death for tens of millions of civilian believers!"

Priest Rem's words were sonorous and forceful, completely different from his previous appearance of giving in when facing Kandel.

When Kandel saw Rem like this, anger arose in his heart.

He glared at Rem and said, "Priest Rem, although you are a priest, you have no right to interfere with my city defense affairs."

"I want you to leave the city wall immediately and return to your temple, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

Kandel was desperate at this moment.

Since he was bribed by the spies of the God of Waves a few months ago, he has no way out.

Because the spies of the God of Waves not only had evidence that he had embezzled a large amount of property. ,

He also promised him great benefits.

Then when the God of Fire Continent is occupied by the God of Waves, they will let Kandel hold some important positions based on his merits.

Even if there are no other great achievements in the end, as long as the city of Machle is preserved for the God of Fire, Kandel's commander of Machle City will still be unable to escape in the future.

Compared to his colleagues who died in this invasion, Kandel felt that if he could really continue to serve as commander, it would definitely be a better outcome.

As for going further, he actually thought about it, but seeing the situation outside the city now, it was a bit difficult.

In this way, his bottom line is to defend Marchile City, no matter how high the price is.

Even if there were casualties among civilians in the city, it would not be as important as his own future.

And Rem's current actions greatly threaten his plan, so he will also regard Rem as an enemy.

"Kander, do you know what you are talking about? I am the commander of Machile City and a sacrifice to the God of Fire."

"If you are rude to me, you will be investigated!" Rem was not afraid of Kandel either.

Because in fact, in the continent of gods like them, the status of priests is slightly higher than that of military commanders.

Because the sacrifice is responsible for appeasing the common people and gaining the power of faith for the God of Fire.

The commander was only responsible for maintaining order in the past, but it became more important only when waging war.

After all, if the God of Fire is still alive, then what enemy can invade the God of Fire Continent?

However, Rem obviously did not expect that Kandel no longer had any respect for the God of Fire.

After all, if you had enough respect, you wouldn't choose to surrender to the enemy.

"Haha, punish me? Rem, do you think there are still people in the Holy City to take care of these things?"

"I will give you two choices now, either return to the temple immediately, or I will have someone tie you back to the temple."

Kandel sneered and asked Rem.

"Kander, you dare!"

"Then let me show you!" Kandel saw that Rem was still stubborn, so he was not polite.

"Come here, tie up Priest Rem to me and escort him back to the temple immediately for me to keep under my watch. He is not allowed to leave the temple again!"

"Yes, sir!" After hearing this, several subordinates immediately stepped forward and started to take action.

Although Kandel had secretly betrayed the God of Fire and fell into the arms of the God of Waves.

But after all, he has been the commander of March Lie City for so many years, and he still has a group of loyal subordinates.

And these subordinates were basically arranged by him to guard against accidents.

Soon, Rem was tied up and put on the raft, and then several soldiers took him to the temple.

"Look, look, what's going on? Priest Rem has been kidnapped!"

"Yes, why do you have to tie Rem up for sacrifice?"

On the way to the temple, Rem's condition was immediately noticed by the civilians on the surrounding rooftops.

Rem used to have a very good reputation in Machle City.

Because he is kind to every civilian, he is so loved by people.

At this time, when everyone saw that he was tied up, they were all shocked and confused.

Rem, however, did not speak because his mouth was blocked.

Of course, even if he could speak, he probably wouldn't say anything, because he didn't want to cause riots in the city, because he knew that if they knew the purpose of being trapped, these civilians would definitely lose their trust in Kandel.

However, Priest Rem didn't want to cause chaos, but things had already happened to such a point that they were completely out of his control.

To put it mildly, the civilians in the outer city were all at the bottom of the city and did not have a strong sense of resistance.

But the wealthy households in the inner city and east city are different.

After they knew that Nalant was going to stop for a day to allow them to evacuate, they had long been eager to escape from Machile City as soon as possible.

After all, Machile City is now at risk of being flooded by direct waterlogging, which is completely different from the impregnable nature that everyone thought before.

At this time, most of these wealthy households gathered around the temple, waiting for Rem Priest to return.

Because they had heard from other priests in the temple that Rem went to ask Kandel to open the city gate to release the flood.

When they saw Rem being tied up and sent back by several soldiers, everyone had a bad feeling and immediately stepped forward to question him.

"Why did you tie up Priest Rem?"

"That's right, release Rem Sacrifice now!"

A group of wealthy households were considered to be powerful people in the city in the past, so naturally they would not be afraid of a few soldiers.

"Everyone retreat, everyone retreat, this is Lord Kandel's order."

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, several soldiers immediately drew their swords from their waists and threatened everyone to retreat.

"You release Commander Rem first, otherwise we won't be able to retreat!" A group of rich families immediately counterattacked.

When several soldiers saw this, they suddenly became furious.

"If you come forward again, I will kill you without mercy."

"We won't retreat, let's release Priest Rem first!"

puff!

At this moment, perhaps because a few wealthy households were too far forward, a guard finally subconsciously swung his sword.

This sword struck directly on the shoulder of a wealthy man.

"Ah! These soldiers killed people!" Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and they all retreated and ran away in fear.

But after being frightened, their anger grew even stronger, and they looked at several soldiers who wanted to come forward and devour them alive.

"Listen carefully, because the Rem Sacrifice has affected the security of the city, this is Master Kandel's order. You should leave here immediately."

"We will not harm Priest Rem, we are just keeping him under temporary custody!"

The soldiers were not afraid of the crowd's anger, and they only briefly explained the situation while warning.

"Didn't Priest Rem ask Commander Kandel to open the city gate to release the flood? How could it affect the security of the city?"

"Yes, isn't Commander Kandel unwilling to open the city gate?"

"Yes, but will the city gate be opened?"

Everyone didn't dare to step forward, but they didn't retreat either.

Because they still need to figure out one more important thing, that is whether they can wear a condom.

"Sir Kandel said that this time is probably a trick of the enemy. For the safety of the city, the city gate cannot be opened."

"So, everyone, get out of my way now!"

After saying that, several soldiers held long swords and led Priest Rem all the way into the temple.

At this time, the crowd's attention was no longer on Rem.

Instead, they heard that Kandel was unwilling to open the city gate, and everyone immediately became anxious.

"Kander refuses to open the city gate, so when will the flood in the city recede? How can we escape?"

"Yes, the intruders outside have only given one day. If we don't open the city gate, it will be too late. Kandel wants to kill us."

"Yes, he wants to defend the city, so he can just stay here and defend it. Why doesn't he let us leave?"

"No, we must find a way to open the city gate and evacuate."

"Yes, we want to find a way to open the city gate and evacuate. Why don't we rescue Priest Rem now and let Priest Rem lead us to several other city gates and open the gates."

"Yes, that's what we do."

It has to be said that when faced with the threat of death, people's desire to survive will really be infinitely magnified.

Especially when there is a glimmer of hope ahead, no one wants to give up.

As the desire to survive increases, people will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.

In the past, they would not have had the guts to fight against several heavily armed soldiers.

But now if you stay in the city, you will be dead, so naturally no one is afraid.

So, after a short discussion, these wealthy households immediately summoned their family guards to come.

Then let these guards rush into the temple with a heavy reward.

This time, there were only eight soldiers escorting Rem for sacrifice.

Obviously Kandel did not expect such a situation to follow.

In this way, eight soldiers faced hundreds of guards and had no power to resist at all.

He just raised his sword and threatened a few words, but after a while he was swarmed by the crowd and tied up.

"Priest Rem, are you okay?"

After subduing several soldiers, the wealthy people all came to the Rem Priest.

"You...can't do this!" Rem's first words after being unchained were to anxiously tell a group of rich people that what they did was wrong.

But the wealthy households obviously can no longer control that much.

"Priest Rem, the Io army outside the city only gave us one day.

"If we can't escape within this day, then I'm afraid they will really flood the entire city of Machile."

"So, we must find a way to escape, and Priest Rem, you are kind and will definitely help us escape. After all, there are tens of millions of civilians in our city."

The wealthy households immediately made a request to Rem Sacrifice.

"Hey, I just went to persuade Commander Kandel to open the city gate, but Commander Kandel didn't agree, so he tied me up."

Rem sighed again.

"Priest Rem, what should we do now? Do we really have to wait for death in the city?"

"Priest Rem, you must save us. We imagine that if the God of Fire knew about it, he would be merciful and help An Ping survive."

Knowing that they had guessed correctly, everyone immediately begged Rem.

"Hey, let's try it now. Let's go to the back door first!"

Rem Priest originally planned to allow the civilians in the city to retreat safely.

At this time, hearing everyone's prayers, it was naturally obligatory.

Afterwards, Rem led everyone directly towards the back door of Machile.

This was the farthest place from the front gate, so Priest Rem thought he could just open the city gate and start releasing the flood.

Even if Kandel knew about it by then, it would still be soon.

By then the fact has happened, and Kandel may not be able to persist after knowing it.

When Rem led everyone to the back door, there were also many soldiers standing guard on the wall of the back door.

"Priest Rem, what are you doing?"

When the captain of the soldiers who were responsible for guarding the back door saw Rem Priest bringing a group of wealthy people, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Immediately he asked Priest Rem.

"I came here to open the back door this time because the floods in the city could not recede and the civilians could not move in the water, so they could not escape."

Rem was very straightforward, and directly informed the guard captain of his purpose.

"Priest Rem, I'm very sorry. We can't open the city gate without the commander's order."

Unfortunately, the captain on the city wall directly rejected Rem's request.

"Captain Rick, there are tens of millions of civilians in our city. If we don't open the city gate, then if the rain continues tomorrow, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties among the civilians."

"If such a thing really happens, then what does it mean that Machile City still exists?"

"Besides, when we open the city gate to release floods, we only need to keep an eye on the enemy's movements, and that will ensure the safety of the city gate."

Rem refused to give up and continued to persuade.

But he didn't notice that the wealthy people around him started to wink again.

Obviously, because of the situation just now, these wealthy households are already in ruins.

They knew that if they could not escape from the city this time, they would definitely be held accountable by Kandel.

"Priest Rem, why don't you go to the commander and ask for a warrant so that I can open the city gate."

The guarding captain still persisted.

"Do it!"

But at this moment, several wealthy households suddenly spoke up.

Immediately, hundreds of meters of guards swarmed up the city wall at the same time.

"What do you want to do?"

The captain was horrified when he saw this.

It's just that they were not prepared before, so they were caught off guard and were immediately subdued by the guards of these rich families.

"You..." Rem couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene.

"Priest Rem, Kandel will definitely not let us open the city gate, so we might as well open it ourselves."

"If there is really a danger, we will close the city gate immediately."

Several wealthy households spoke.

After hearing this, Rem was silent for a moment, and finally nodded in approval.

Although this was against the rules, he had no choice but to do so for the sake of tens of millions of civilians.

"Quick, open the city gate!"

Immediately, several wealthy households immediately ordered the guards to open the city gate.

Although it was flooded, for the title knight, it was still possible to just open the city gate.

Immediately, the guards, who were more than ten meters tall, forcibly opened the city gate and blocked it with wooden bolts to prevent it from being pulled shut again by the current.

As the city gate opened, a large amount of floodwater found its pouring outlet and began to drain out quickly.

While waiting, there were naturally soldiers running towards the main entrance.

After all, even if there are no enemies on the wall behind this, there are still the necessary guards.

The wealthy people only restrained dozens of soldiers and captains directly above the city gate.

They did not dare to provoke other soldiers further away. (End of chapter)