Chapter 626 Retiring

Seeing Rubens beckoning, Andrew asked the other soldiers to continue patrolling. He took a few steps and walked into the shadow behind the building. He saluted first, and then asked strangely, "Why are you here suddenly today, sir? Are you going out?" work?"

"It is true that there are some things that need to leave the 'Holy Temple', and there is no telling when I will come back."

Rubens' expression was serious, not like chatting, which made Andrew's originally relaxed mood tense.

"what do you mean…"

"The affairs in the College of Cardinals are too busy, and I am a little overwhelmed. I want to go back to the countryside to rest."

These words are actually a disguised admission of his failure in the political struggle. Andrew naturally heard the voice-over, and he said bluntly, "When will my lord leave? I will go with you. Wherever you go, I will go. "

This kind of loyalty made Rubens very satisfied, but he shook his head and handed the other party a money bag: "I don't know when the news will be finalized, I just came to say hello to you first. So...you these few days Take a vacation, take your close brothers to have a few drinks, and establish a good relationship with those guard captains, so that the guards you cultivate will also have an explanation."

This is actually a common practice. Every guard captain has good seedlings under his command. If Andrew leaves, it's impossible for these good seedlings to follow. If they don't establish a good relationship and let them take care of them, the original genius will be buried soon. Rubens' action was obviously considered for Andrew. According to him, the most important thing in the way of being a servant is to remember to take care of one's own people at all times.

"grown ups…"

Andrew's eye circles were a little red when he was moved. He reached out to push the money bag, but Rubens stuffed it directly into his arms. The heavy feeling made him know that it was not a silver coin but a gold coin.

"The only person I can trust in the temple is you, so... do as I say."

"Yes, my lord!"

Andrew had no doubts about Rubens' words, and bowed his head. There are a total of three gates in the inner city, and a total of twelve guards are on duty in rotation. There are less than 200 people in total. In addition, there is a "Holy See Guard" with 200 people to protect the safety of the core church.

However, it has been peaceful for a long time, and it is not difficult for the captains of the guards to ask for leave to go out for a meal. As long as there is a team on duty for each of the three inner city gates, the rest of the soldiers can move freely.

In terms of the strength of the guards, Andrew's team should be considered the strongest among the twelve guards. He is good at commanding troops, and the overall combat capability of the team he leads is also more outstanding-but in this era, the trait of "strong combat effectiveness" is nowhere to be highlighted, so no one cares whether he asks for leave for dinner with a few old guys matter.

After Rubens explained a few more words, he turned and returned to the church, climbed up the stairs, and stepped into the eight-meter-high wooden door. Bishops in his field of vision had already begun to recite scriptures. He walked through the huge lecture hall with ethereal echoes, and then walked through the tall and wide corridor built of white bricks. When he passed a huge iron gate, his eyes froze for a second.

Behind the iron gate is the road leading to the underground secret room. The "Viper's Kiss" scepter was specially moved here after driving the ascetic who guarded it crazy. mental impact.

Rubens frowned slightly. He remembered that the Pope's body had weakened a lot since then. Recently, his complexion was extremely bad, and his speech seemed weak. Obviously, it took a lot of money.

The cold iron gate remained the same, but when staring at it, Rubens could no longer hear the vague whispers in his mind as before.

Rubens narrowed his eyes slightly and looked away, and then he continued to move forward, arriving in front of the white hut where the Pope was.

Even a cardinal cannot directly discuss issues with the Pope. Therefore, through the Pope's servant, he first solemnly expressed his idea that "the coalition forces of Earl Mirno should be vigilant".

The servant came into the room to convey the news, and quickly responded—Pope Peter said "understood".

Such a response is actually "noncommittal", because if he really takes this warning seriously, the Pope will immediately send someone to mobilize the guards in the city to integrate and guard in advance.

Rubens sighed, raised his lowered eyelids slightly, looked at the young servant, nodded to indicate that he accepted the answer, and then made a request that he "hope to go back to the country to rest for a while".

But the Pope hesitated for ten minutes, and when the servant came back, he brought back the response of "approval". Rubens knew that the pope's move also meant that he had completely given up on cooperating with Efta in his heart-according to the usual practice, such requests would generally be rejected two or three times, but now Rubens's first application Approved, the meaning is self-evident.

He showed no disappointment, he still respectfully saluted as before, then turned and left. Without much hesitation, the old man quickly packed up his little luggage and set foot on the road to leave the temple.

The city of "Holy Temple" is not big, and it governs more than 20 villages. Although this area is nominally managed by Earl Ryan, in fact, as a devout believer, Ryan basically ceded the management right to the "Rose Cross", so it can be called the territory of the "government".

Rubens left with only three attendants. Walking out of the inner city and crossing the outer city, he saw the sparse patrols and soldiers dozing on the city walls, but the old man didn't say anything, and just left this land of right and wrong full of conspiracy and power in silence.

*****

On the other side, in the camp less than ten kilometers away from the "Holy Temple", Rody was sitting in a tent absorbing the last part of the energy in the Shadow Dragon Crystal.

After waking up early, the team did not move forward, because of the lack of food, the "Crusader" sent an order saying that they had to collect enough food nearby before they could leave. This kind of thing was originally done by logistics, but now the villages on the territory of the "Rose Cross" go to the village one by one, where can they find food? So an order came down, and the hired knights of the "Crusaders" all understood what it meant——

Self-reliance chant.

Teams of all sizes spread out in all directions. When Rody joined the team, he specially bought a mediocre war horse, but he refused the request to go out together on the grounds that he was not good at riding, and justifiably stayed in the team. Continue to advance to the advanced level 30 in the tent. His choice made Zach Knight and others in the same camp laugh unceasingly. Before leaving, he did not forget to mock Rody as "a coward who dare not go to the battlefield".

Regarding this, Roddy looked confused and said, "Aren't you going to collect food? What kind of battlefield are you going to?"

This made Zach and the others feel a little embarrassed. After all, being a robber and robbing a farmer is not a fair battle. When Rody asked, they really couldn't answer, so they had to leave sullenly, making Rody happy.