Chapter 990 – #99. Three Thousand Concubines and Emperor Gaiden (48)
The temple kept its word.
“Isn’t it different from the promise!! I can’t go!! I can’t let you go!!”
The temple moved very quickly as if they were preparing to withdraw in advance.
If Emperor Geos had not belatedly noticed and blocked the door, he would have had to send them back without a hitch.
“We have done all we can to you. How many reinforcements have we sent for the Empire? It is your fault that we have lost them all.”
“How could that be Jim’s fault! It’s because the other side sneakily stole our plans!”
“Isn’t it wrong that we didn’t catch the spy? The bigger problem is that we still don’t know who stole the information. “
“Isn’t it all you have to do to stop them! If I can stop them from entering the capital, I will buy time to reorganize and fight! Soldiers can be recruited and collected!”
The people of the temple sneered at the words Emperor Geos shouted with the feeling of vomiting blood.
“Why does a temple have to shed blood to protect a foreign country? Our blood should be used only for him.”
“Hasn’t it been rewarded and done well so far!”
“If so, I’ll ask. Can you give us a proper reward for the amount of blood we shed?”
“!!”
To be honest, the Geos Empire had nowhere else to eat.
I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get everything that I’ve ripped off so far.
And that was the reason the temple refused to help anymore and turned around.
Why should blood be shed for them without pay?
There is no reason for that.
“It’s a pity, but it seems that the relationship between the temple and the Geos Empire ends here. I’ll send someone later when the situation is a bit settled.”
Of course, what that person would bring to the Geos Empire would be a bill of lading.
“No, no.”
“It’s useless even if you say no. There’s no way we’ll change our minds. It’s already been decided…!”
“Jim said no! Stop it!!”
“Yes?”
“Block the gate!! I can’t send you. Jim didn’t allow it, so where do you dare to go!”
Everyone was surprised by Emperor Geos’ order.
Forcibly blocking the temple from returning was an act that was difficult to imagine with common sense.
“…Your Majesty. Please don’t do anything you’ll regret.”
The priest’s bleak voice made the footsteps of the soldiers moving to follow the emperor’s orders heavy.
However, Emperor Geos did not intend to deal with it.
If you don’t catch them, what’s the use of dealing with them when it’s all over?
“If you go now, you won’t get the rest of the reward you promised!”
“What do you mean again? Are you breaking your promise?”
“It wasn’t us who broke the promise, but you guys. Didn’t it make sense to run away alone and eat everything you received! Keep your promise!”
“Even if I come out like this, there is nothing useful for the Geos Empire. Do not turn the temple into an enemy.”
“Enemy? Ha! Does it look like we’re in a situation to discuss that?”
“So what are you going to do? If you imprison us, they will never cooperate. The temple will send troops to rescue us.”
He was imprisoned, but there was no way he could help in the war, and his relationship with the temple was just broken.
Although it was a loss for anyone to see, Emperor Geos said as if he had no intention of withdrawing his order.
“I have no intention of forcibly confining it. It’s just that you guys have to change your mind.”
“There is no reason to change your mind.”
“You said you would definitely kill the emperor of the empire.”
“It’s a pity that what was planned didn’t work out and failed.”
The people at the temple seemed to have realized that Emperor Geos’s eyes were rolling, so they began to be careful of what they said.
“Only once.”
“Yes?”
“Cooperate just one last time. Then I’ll let you go.”
“…”
“I will give you everything you need to bring.”
“Is it really just once?”
“Yeah, I just can’t admit it. I want to do it one last time, just one last time.”
“I can’t decide right now. Give me time.”
“Please. It only takes once. Isn’t it a headache for you to have the emperor alive?”
“…”
From the point of view of the temple, Emperor Geos was right.
If the Emperor of the Empire wins the war like this, he will eat the Geos Empire and grow into a great power.
Is that all?
It would be difficult to receive the things that were ripped off from the Geos Empire.
Under normal circumstances, the temple would have been handed over so as not to disturb the planting of the temple, but isn’t it a situation where the empire has an irreversible relationship with the temple by executing the priest?
‘The Empire may not recognize the contracts made with the Geos Empire.’
The Geos Empire benefited from the death of the emperor of the empire, but the same was true of the temple.
One last time.
It wouldn’t hurt too much to try and conceive a plan to kill the Imperial Emperor.
“What do you think? Wouldn’t it be better to listen to the Emperor?”
“Look at those eyes. I’ve lost my temper. If you don’t listen, they’ll really imprison us.”
“It’s something I couldn’t do until now, but if I try again, will good results come out? It’ll just be a waste of time.”
There were those who were in favor and those who were against it.
But surprisingly, there were more people who had a positive opinion.
“It hurts my pride to step down like this.”
“I think it’s worth trying at least once more.”
“If the goal is not to win the war, but to kill the emperor, then I think it’s worth trying.”
“It’s too dangerous to leave the Imperial Emperor alone. The Imperial Emperor is hostile to the temple. If you grow bigger here, I think you’ll regret it for a long time.”
It was those who considered the danger of the Imperial Emperor that those in favor were concerned.
It’s too dangerous to just leave it alone.
In a situation where it was not clear what the source of his power was, he seemed afraid that he would strangle himself if he gave him more time.
“I think I have to do something for the sake of face. To go back like this…”
At the word of face, the faces of the priests became gloomy.
There was nothing I could say to the people after I went back because I didn’t have anything to do with the courageous support I came to.
“You might regret it after offering to help just once.
If they make a mistake, they may be swept away in this war and lose their lives.
Wasn’t the Emperor of the Empire a tyrant inferior to a beast who would not hesitate to kill people from the temple side?
“Before coming to the capital, there is a good terrain to fight for the last time. If we can’t stop the enemy there, then we really have to find a way to live.”
“…Certainly if it’s here.”
Without what he deserved, he would have ignored one last request for help.
However, in a situation where there was still something to be received, he could not ignore the words of Emperor Geos.
‘Because that person doesn’t understand the language… Nope.’
In the end, the priests who objected, saying it was meaningless, decided to contribute their strength even though they were dissatisfied with the public opinion of other priests.
“How many paladins are left?”
“Twenty paladins returned and survived, and five paladins remained on our side.”
“Twenty-five…”
If you think it’s a lot, it’s a lot, if you think it’s a little, it’s a small number of people.
However, if the enemy had not been the Emperor of the Empire, he was also a person he would have considered quite capable.
“How many Geos Knights are left?”
“I don’t know the exact number, but I don’t think it will exceed one hundred and fifty.”
“Are you protecting the imperial palace with only that number? Isn’t it number one in the world in terms of population?”
“What if there’s a large population? They’re all straight.”
“That’s right. If you look at the skills of knights, most of them didn’t get the title because of their personal connections.”
The number of articles less than 150.
It was a number that would be close to 100 if we evaluated their skills a little stricter.
“Isn’t it an ignorant country that pushes the war in the first place? Would the knights be different?”
“Most of the skilled knights must have died on the battlefield.”
“It is.”
The knights remaining in the imperial palace.
All of them are people who did not go to the battlefield because of their status and wealth.
Therefore, the knights remaining in the imperial palace were at the level of soldiers with strong backgrounds rather than knights.
“That’s why I objected. It’s obvious that only us paladins will die!”
“Okay…”
The shrine sighed deeply, wondering if it had made a poor choice.
“But they say they are recruiting new soldiers, so let’s use them.”
“Using it…How?”
“For now, for security reasons, let’s only know the strategy among ourselves.”
“Oh?”
How much was the loss due to the Geos nobles who could not be trusted in the meantime?
To ensure security for a successful operation.
The priests lowered their whispers, saying it was a good idea.
“How many plans have been ruined by trolling over there?
“Heh, what qualifications do you have to refute? You won’t have anything to say.”
“All operations are led by us.”
“Great.”
The priests began to devise a strategy to save the last chance while chatting among themselves.
But they didn’t know
That something with brown antennae was eavesdropping on their conversation through a very small gap in the building.
Their new operation was already being passed on to their enemies in real time.
The priests who did not know that fact stayed up all night trying to figure out how to devise a strategy to reap the life of the emperor.
