Chapter 244, Rat Empire and Human Empire

Outside the city of Jilang.

In the continuous shacks, a slightly embarrassed team wandered here.

There were many nobles and knights in this team, but they were committed to this messy slum. A knight turned back from the city wall with indignation on his face, constantly spewing vulgar words, without any reserve as a noble.

This is not surprising.

They escorted the people all the way to this tall city, and also brought a warning. This journey was not easy. The accelerated rush made everyone in the team look so embarrassed, but they were stopped outside the city.

They didn't even have the qualifications to enter this city.

They didn't care what was happening in the city at this time. A riot almost broke out in the noise.

These knights, this army, they didn't get along with the great nobles of this city.

The conflict between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out. They arrived here in a mess, and they were humiliated by the lords and were full of resentment.

Among the troops gathered in front of the city gate, some young men began to take off their crossbows and aimed at the guards in front of the city gate.

The arrogant guard in front of the city gate realized something was wrong and regretted it a little, but it was obvious that it was too late.

The heavy city gate was lowered, and the guards stationed on the city wall noticed something was wrong below and prevented possible attacks.

For a while, both sides were a little embarrassed.

It was obvious that these knights were not prepared to attack the city wall in front of them head-on, or in other words, they had no such plan at all. It was just that after the young man raised his crossbow, the tired and angry warriors kept drawing their weapons.

At such a moment.

An arrow shot out from the army and shot at the panic-stricken guard, but there was no chaotic battle.

Because there was a burst of laughter faster than the arrow.

A burst of laughter.

The arrow hit the guard's helmet, pierced it away from his head, and deeply immersed in the heavy city wall gate.

The originally arrogant guard trembled, and it was obvious that his arrogance did not come from his own strength.

Kneeling on the ground.

A pool of fishy water appeared on the ground, and the tired but angry warriors laughed loudly. Without the tension just now, the crisis was eliminated.

The army was stationed in the shantytown outside the city. The knights would come to the city again every day to communicate, but the news they received was not very good.

It was infuriating.

Until today, an old man arrived, a purple flag with a few stars replaced the blue flag flying on the city wall, and the heavy city gate was pushed open again.

The knight paused, and a team of equally elite knights left the city. They gathered around a figure, around an old figure.

The old figure walked towards the angry knight, stepped on the road in the dirty shantytown, paused, and stood in front of the knight, in his surprised expression.

The knight leaned forward, with strict etiquette, showing respect and declaring more.

The Pope of Stargazing is indeed a suitable candidate. In this turbulent era, the great reputation and revered reputation, even if the gods disappeared, but the Pope of Stargazing, who existed only as a person, was enough to get such a title.

"Hello, Your Majesty!"

The turmoil in the city ended, and the guy who ascended to a high position was also enough to convince the public.

Orders were issued from the city, and the gates of this huge city were opened.

People in the towns and villages that had not yet fallen were moving, approaching the city of Jilang, and also brought a large amount of food.

Such actions were naturally noticed by the rats. Rat War did not issue an order to block, but the scattered rat teams took action spontaneously.

The ghost-eyed people who left the town manor were obviously very tempting. Even without any urging and instructions, it was enough to make these guys hiding in the dark cast their eyes and be ready to move.

In order to deal with such a situation.

Teams of Vatican knights left the city of Jilang as guards and guides.

This was a rather risky move, because all the power of the Stargazing Church now fell on these Vatican knights, but at this time they were all sent out without any reservation.

But the Pope still did it, not only that, he also generously introduced a team entrenched outside the city into the city, relying on the army that had just entered Jilang City for his own safety.

The open gate did not impose any restrictions, and the residents living in the shantytowns were mobilized by priests one by one and collectively moved into this huge city.

It made the city a little more crowded.

But this is not the end.

Later, all the people who could be gathered in the vast golden wheat field outside the city were to be uniformly filled into Jilang City.

The Stargazing Church has always had power running outside the city, and the Stargazing Pope's understanding of the current situation is far more real than those nobles.

The oracle from the great god was not wrong, and he should not doubt it. This group of ratmen that suddenly appeared were far more dangerous than he expected.

He had a vague premonition.

This group of ratmen who suddenly appeared may be targeting far more than just one province. It seems that they are really targeting the entire human empire.

Although the emergence of this idea surprised him himself.

Humans have been the overlords for many years, so long that they no longer take other races in this world seriously.

And even if they have thought about the possible challengers and many possibilities, the scenario of ratmen as challengers makes people feel inexplicably weird just by thinking about it.

But now this weird scenario seems to have become real.

The Stargazing Pope began to ask for help from the God Church in other provinces.

The dimness of the great god, the advent of lightless darkness, the sudden increase in element concentration, such things, one by one, overlapped, and painted an indelible haze in the heart of the Stargazing Pope.

It also prompted him to make such a response.

Defend this city, wait for the return of the great stargazing god, and wait for the arrival of support.

Yes, as a devout believer, he only acknowledged the temporary departure of the God of Stargazing. There was only this possibility, and there was only this possibility.

The devout were always extremely extreme. In the high tower in the center of the city, in the church of the God of Stargazing, the dissidents and the unfaithful who hung high above the dome as stars embellished the dome and painted the murals of the starry sky paid the price for their firm words and unsteady beliefs.

Before stepping into the Governor's Mansion, he personally handled this matter and presided over such a trial, suppressing all the impetuousness and anxiety in the Church of Stargazing.

The great god will come back.

He was so sure, although there was not much possibility. The God of Stargazing was still being dragged by Du Yuan in the scarlet arena. Although the gods of faith were particularly tenacious, even if they died, they could come back again with the help of the believers' faith, but the premise was that the god had to be really dead.

If, like Du Yuan, he didn't kill a god completely and left him with a breath, then the god's return would obviously not happen.

After all, they didn't really die, so how could they return again?

Du Yuan locked all the gods of mankind on the sky with his own strength, and imprisoned himself in disguise. This was a mutual stalemate.

Although he took that crucial step, Du Yuan also had no way to kill these demigods at the same time. This would be a long battle, so long that the demigods killed by Du Yuan might condense their bodies again, while Du Yuan was still fighting on the sky.

This was not what Du Yuan wanted to see, in order to avoid this situation.

Du Yuan chose to drag the gods and himself into this endless painful stalemate.

Above the sky, in the scarlet realm.

Du Yuan's eyes were full of fatigue. He stood in the center of the scarlet realm without moving, holding a dying figure in his hand. Cracks all over his body, and most of the upper part of his body was broken.

Around, pairs of eyes fell on Du Yuan. Facing these malicious eyes, Du Yuan ignored them.

There are not many ways to end this long and painful fight, only two.

Either he is killed by these gods, or he kills these gods.

And which of these two possibilities will become a reality depends on the battle between the Human Empire and the Rat Empire.

………….

The team of Vatican knights is still running around the periphery of the golden wilderness that is gradually turning into a wasteland and becoming more and more dangerous.

They missed a lot of things. After being sent out to investigate the destroyed church, they never returned to the Wave City. They missed the turmoil in the Stargazing Church, missed the dangerous power struggle, and missed a lot of opportunities.

After the priests lost the ability to release divine arts, in order to stabilize the situation and maintain the survival of the Stargazing Church, more resources were tilted to the Vatican knights on the spot.

With a larger team size and more power, the old Pope of Stargazing did not worry too much. He decisively released power, executed those wavering guys, and won over the knights that the church needed to rely on, which quickly stabilized the turbulent situation.

It's just a pity that this wonderful scene was missed by them.

The outermost area is becoming more and more dangerous.

Several times they encountered the large-scale rat army on the march, but fortunately they were more flexible on horseback, and they did not encounter that major danger even when they were chased by the rat army.

They should have left long ago, and it is unlikely that the town and manor would survive in such a situation.

After a certain degree of density, all the rats seemed to have a different kind of courage. Those small groups of rats who dared not appear in front of them and should be afraid of the bright armor began to attack actively in an uncharacteristic way.

Although these small groups of rat troops could not cause any particularly great damage to the Vatican Knights, the uninterrupted attacks still made people feel tired.

And it's not over yet.

As the attacks increased, the ratmen in the area seemed to have noticed their presence.

The size of the ratmen group that actively approached and attacked them became larger and larger with each attack, but their efforts were about to end.

Stopped on the dirt road beside the wheat field, all the knights of the Holy See had a look of fatigue on their faces.

All this was decided by the captain of this team of knights of the Holy See. During this period of time, they almost walked through the entire outermost area, one village after another, one manor after another, and they arrived in person. The reason for doing so was a bit absurd.

But he still remembered the promise he made in front of the statue of the great god.

Kindness, fairness, justice, when other knights of the Holy See took office as knights with the most curiosity about the starry sky in the doctrine, he was shouting out kindness, fairness, and justice.

And now he is running around in this area regardless of the hard work, just to fulfill the promise he made.

He will do his best to save everyone, and he has almost walked through this outer area that has already fallen.

The front is the best stop of this difficult journey. He began to shout loudly to encourage the team members behind him. After confirming that the village ahead has also fallen, and there is no one alive, they will not continue to stay in this area.

Maybe, he is a fool, even his teammates are dissatisfied with him, he can feel it.

But compared to these, he still wants to save more people, even if it is just one more person.

The first batch of candidates for the Holy See Knights of the Stargazing Pope were not selected in the prosperous city, and there were no wealthy businessmen and nobles who took the initiative to send their children. The Stargazing Church, which had just started and had not many choices, did not have more choices.

They selected a group of orphans from the slums outside the Wave City to become the first Holy See Knights.

These orphans were very fortunate and very loyal to the Stargazing Church, but they had different ideas. Some regarded this as an opportunity to be seized no matter what, some gave birth to extreme enthusiasm for God, some began to ignite ambitions, and some were grateful for being saved and wanted to save more people.

And the captain of this church knight was the last kind of guy who wanted to save more people, a freak.

But the situation he faced was not optimistic.

Or rather, he hadn't noticed that there were always ratmen spying on him in the dark, spying on the church knights he led.

In addition to those ordinary sneaky guys hiding in the dark, there was also an exceptionally tall figure.