Chapter 179: Surrender without a Fight, Organization Behind Enemy Lines

At the same time.

In the northern continent, another medium-sized kingdom, the Kingdom of Pal.

In the capital, in the palace hall.

More than a dozen core ministers and the king gathered together, all with frowns and solemn faces. Since receiving the news that the Kingdom of Yakana was attacked and inexplicably destroyed, their brows have never relaxed.

In terms of strength, the Kingdom of Pal and the Kingdom of Yakana are on par with each other, but the Kingdom of Yakana, which was still resisting well a few months ago, was solved in an instant.

There was no sign.

How could this not make them feel scared?

"Aren't you all very talkative on weekdays? Why are you all silent today? Whether to fight or surrender, we have to come up with a result, otherwise when the Eternal Night Army comes in a few days, we don't even know what to do." The old king sitting on the top looked at the core ministers below with some dissatisfaction on his face. Usually, these guys are not so taciturn. They often quarrel for ten days and a half months for a little thing.

As a result, when they really need to give advice, they all become cowards and can't say a word for a long time.

The ministers below are either generals in charge of a legion, or great lords of a place, or patriarchs of a big family. In the Kingdom of Pal, they are big figures who can shake the whole kingdom with a stomp of their feet.

They are eloquent. If it is normal, they can talk for several days without any problem.

But today is not possible.

After all, it is really difficult for them to express their opinions on this matter.

At least they can't be the first to express them.

This is a major event related to the survival of the kingdom. To put it bluntly, it is the division between the surrender faction and the resistance faction.

Once the opinions are contrary, it is really possible to start a fight on the spot.

So before someone clearly stands on the side, no one dares to speak, and they all bow their heads and remain silent.

"A group of cunning old guys."

Looking at the silent "old friends" next to them, everyone cursed in their hearts.

After a while, seeing that no one still spoke, the old king was also a little impatient. He patted the throne casually, and a barrier shield instantly rose in the palace.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"Gurgle..."

"Another barrier, could it be..."

Instantly, everyone below panicked. After all, they knew the process of the destruction of the Kingdom of Yakana. Now seeing this similar scene, they couldn't help but think about it.

The ministers moved slightly and quietly moved away from their companions. The energy in their bodies was running, and they were ready in advance. As long as the situation was slightly wrong, they would run away immediately.

"Since you don't want to tell me, let someone else tell you." The old king looked at the ministers below, smiled coldly, and then stood up, took out a dark statue several meters high from the space ring, and placed it directly in front of him.

The old king prayed devoutly: "Praise the King of Eternal Night."

The statue flashed black light, and in an instant, a black vortex was formed, and a figure walked out of it. It was a ninth-level strongman wearing a black robe and a mask on his face.

"Eternal Night Envoy!"

"How is it possible? When... When did His Majesty the King surrender to the Eternal Night Cult? Why did he surrender..."

"It's over. Why did His Majesty summon us urgently even though he knew the fate of the Kingdom of Akana? It turns out that he has surrendered to the Eternal Night Cult a long time ago. He wants to catch us all in one fell swoop!"

Looking at the strong man in black robes coming out, the ministers below were shocked and felt cold in their hearts.

Some smart guys were even more cautious and wary of the guys around them.

After all, even His Majesty the King was infiltrated. Who can guarantee that these guys around him are still in the same mind as him?

"Meet the Envoy." The old king ignored the reactions of the people below and greeted respectfully.

This Eternal Night Envoy is extremely powerful, reaching the realm of the ninth-level holy domain, and he is not an ordinary ninth-level, but a strong man among the ninth-level.

In the Eternal Night Cult, his status is very high.

Facing King Pal's greeting, he just nodded slightly and said calmly: "You continue..." After that, he stood aside, looking at the people below with indifferent eyes, giving them great pressure.

Obviously, the ministers are all strong, and there are even ninth-level strongmen among them, but at this moment, a chill rose in their hearts.

"Everyone, this is the Eternal Night Envoy. I don't need to say more about where he came from! I wanted to ask your opinions first, but none of you were willing to speak, so I can only start!" King Pal turned his head to look at the ministers, his eyes narrowed slightly, with a smile on his face.

As for what his opinion is, it is now very obvious.

Ministers: "..."

Looking at the black-robed envoy in front of them, and then looking at the barrier outside the palace, the ministers were a little speechless.

"Okay, let's not waste time. I have decided to submit to the Eternal Night Empire and convert to the Divine Religion."

King Pal did not give them too much time to think, and quickly urged: "Now it's your turn to make a choice. As for the conditions of submission, I believe you have already understood them, so I won't waste my breath to repeat them."

Everyone was silent, looking at their companions, cursing the old king in their hearts.

Damn it, if you want to surrender, just say it earlier. If everyone surrenders together, you can still get a good price. Now this matter has happened, we are not prepared at all.

"It seems that you are unwilling." After a while, when no one responded, the old king sighed, whether it was relief or disappointment.

The black-robed god's eyes turned cold, his staff appeared, and dark elements surged, and he was about to take action.

The guardian of the Pal Kingdom also appeared in the hall at some point. Although not as powerful as the black-robed divine envoy, he was still a ninth-level powerhouse.

"Wait a minute... I am willing to follow His Majesty's footsteps and join the Eternal Night Empire." Seeing that the two of them were really going to take action, a minister couldn't help it anymore and hurriedly surrendered.

"I am also willing to surrender..."

"Wish to surrender..."

However, after a while, the ministers present all spoke out and surrendered. Most of the remaining resistance faction, facing this clear situation, had no choice but to surrender despite their reluctance.

Even the king surrendered, what else could they do?

Voting against the bill at this time has no other effect except risking your own life.

Upon seeing this, the Eternal Night Divine Envoy nodded with satisfaction, and with a wave of his hand, the dark statue beside him erupted into dozens of streams of light, shooting at everyone, "Don't resist."

Hearing this, everyone suppressed their thoughts of resistance and allowed the black stream of light to hit them.

The light flashed away and integrated into their bodies, but it did not show any symptoms. It was as calm as taking a sip of water.

Several magicians who had refined their spiritual consciousness immediately discovered that there was an additional mark in their spiritual consciousness.

"Your Majesty, what is this?" someone asked.

The sea of ​​spiritual consciousness involves the very foundation of life, and can be said to be more important than the heart.

For a powerful transcendent, all injuries to the body, including the heart and head, are not fatal.

As long as they are conscious, even if their hearts are shattered and their heads fall to the ground, they can still recover.

But spiritual consciousness is different. Even for high-level extraordinary people or even demigods, spiritual consciousness is very important, just like the heart of ordinary people.

Once their mental consciousness is damaged, they will still be severely injured even if their bodies are intact.

Now there was suddenly an additional mark in their spiritual consciousness. How could this not make them panic?

Some people even speculated that this mark was used to control them and make them obedient.

"Don't worry, this is a dark mark. It has no lethality. It will not disturb you on normal days. You can even use this to penetrate into the origin of darkness and understand the power of darkness. After all, it contains a trace of our Lord's power. Divine power. But even just a little bit is enough for us to understand for a lifetime."

The Eternal Night Divine Envoy glanced at them and said calmly: "Of course, if one day you choose to abandon my lord and try to kill this mark, then this mark will turn into a coordinate, a coordinate for my lord's followers. ”

"Don't dare."

The people who had just surrendered felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this, and they quickly dared not speak out.

No harm, but there are coordinates.

Everyone knows its meaning. This dark mark will not directly kill them, but if the Eternal Night God Cult masters the coordinates, it will actually be no different from killing them.

After all, the Yongye Cult's assassination operations have never stopped over the years.

Relying on the secrecy of the dark authority, they secretly assassinated countless ministers of the kingdom, and even several kings died, including many ninth-level ones.

Even such a figure could not escape the assassination. The ministers did not think that they and others, who had the coordinates, could escape.

"The rest will be left to you, and others will come to take over with you later." After giving King Pal a few words, the Eternal Night God Envoy walked into the dark whirlpool without looking back, and his figure disappeared in the whirlpool. It also dissipated.

"Please rest assured, envoy, I will definitely take care of it and send the envoy off respectfully." King Pal nodded repeatedly and watched the black-robed envoy leave.

After the divine envoy completely left, a minister complained quietly:

"Your Majesty, what you did is unethical! You sold the kingdom without even saying a word to us."

…

An area far away from the Kingdom of Pal.

A secret stronghold.

This is one of the largest strongholds of the Evernight God Sect in the northern continent.

"How?" Looking at the returning black-robed divine envoy, someone asked.

"It's done. The Parl Kingdom has surrendered. Just send someone to receive it." The black-robed envoy who completed the task replied with a smile.

"Agreed so easily?" The other person was a little disappointed, "It's a pity. I still thought that if we fight this time, I can get a few more high-level extraordinary undead."

"Haha, why don't you keep it simple? If we really want to fight, even if we kill them all, there will be another killing battle, at least several months, or even years, will be wasted." It is not impossible. The companion laughed.

"That's right, that's right, we don't lack undead commanders. If you really want it, go and apply. There are a lot of undead commanders on the other side of the river of the dead. You can apply for them soon."

"It is said that the empire is recently expanding into half a plane. Those planes are much more dangerous than ours. High-level extraordinary beings appear in batches. In order to deal with them, several of the empire's top legions have been sent in."

"It's better to go over there. You can do whatever you want and come wherever you want. We have too many restrictions here and it's inconvenient..."

"Okay, stop complaining. If there were no restrictions, do you think we would still need to come here? Those who kill fetuses can kill all the northern countries by themselves."

"Now that the Kingdom of Pal has been resolved, it's time to move on to the next goal."

The overall strength of the Eternal Night Empire is much stronger than the Hundred Nations Alliance of the Northern Continent, but their resistance has also caused considerable trouble to the Eternal Night Empire.

In particular, after they found that the Eternal Night Empire paid more attention to the people of the kingdom, they began to spread the evil and terror of the empire, such as "The undead are everywhere, and they like to massacre" and "The rise of the empire depends entirely on killing and looting, and they are just a group of barbarians"...

It must be said that these propagandas are quite effective and have greatly increased the fighting faith of the people of the kingdom.

After all, the cognition of the people of the kingdom is not high, and there are only a few channels for obtaining information. In such an environment, it is natural that what the kingdom says is what it is.

After hearing too much propaganda, coupled with the timely relaxation of the kingdom's policy, the impression of the people of the kingdom on the Eternal Night Empire is not good.

Faced with the pressure of the invasion of the Eternal Night Empire, the cohesion of the countries in the Northern Continent has been continuously improving over the years.

Of course, the Eternal Night Empire has not been idle over the years. They have also sent various organizations to the Northern Continent to make some small moves to facilitate the attack of the Eternal Night Army.

After so many years of development, the Eternal Night Empire has derived a variety of organizations based on "darkness".

Take the Eternal Night Religion for example. Unlike the empty shell religion with only a name back then, the Eternal Night Religion today has been completely perfected and has derived multiple departments of authority.

Council of Elders, Tribunal, Knights, etc.

Based on the origin of darkness, many believers have comprehended various strange abilities, and then various extraordinary professionals have emerged, such as shadow assassins who are hidden in the dark and very suitable for assassination, curse mages who kill people invisibly thousands of miles away, and death mages who set off a wave of undead...

Under the leadership of the Eternal Night Religion, many organizations were integrated and formed many large and small groups in the northern continent. They destroyed the kingdom from all aspects.

For example, gathering intelligence, assassinating important figures in the kingdom, organizing internal rebellion, disguising and infiltrating...

It must be said that dark believers are indeed quite suitable for doing this kind of thing. After all, they do things very secretly, and if they can't beat them, they run very fast.

The fall of the Kingdom of Yakana and the submission of the Kingdom of Pal are all their masterpieces.

If the main force on the front battlefield is the Eternal Night Army, then the main force behind the enemy lines is these organizations.

Without their assistance, the Eternal Night Empire's road to conquest would never be as simple as it is now.