Alien Knights

Cardinal Jacob, lying in the cathedral's rest room, with a wet wipe on his forehead, looked at the subordinates around him, and asked feebly, "Have you found that lunatic Leoric and his two sons?"

Several people looked at each other and shook their heads.

Jacob glared at his subordinates, and asked again: "How far is our army from here?"

Someone replied: "I can arrive before the sun sets today."

Jacob nodded, and just about to say something, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, which made him frown.

A knight of the Holy See rushed into the room and shouted: "My lord bishop! There are troops entering the city!"

Jacob squinted at the other party: "This is it? How did our reinforcements come so fast?"

The Holy See knight was stunned, then shook his head and said, "It's not the reinforcements, it's the Muxi Knights!"

"What?!" Jacob sat up from the bed in shock, and the wet wipe on his forehead fell to the ground.

Above the ceremony hall of the Holy Acropolis Royal Palace, Cumberland stood in the center of the hall, looking at the blood stains that hadn't been washed off the ground, and smelling the thick and undispelled stench in the air.

"How many died?"

Hearing Cumberland's question, the adjutant quickly opened the record book: "A total of 119 people were killed."

"Are they all prominent figures from the Holy Acropolis?"

"That's right, as long as the nobles who are eligible to participate in the succession ceremony are all famous families in the Holy Acropolis." The adjutant looked around the hall full of dried blood, imagining the cruel scene at that time, and couldn't help shivering: "According to the list and confession, when the king of the Holy Acropolis carried out massacres, it seemed to be a random atrocity, but he had a very precise target. The real power figures in the Holy Acropolis, the powerful warlords, were almost killed or injured."

Cumberland rubbed the hilt of his sword and asked, "Is there no nobleman who can manage things alive?"

The adjutant flipped through the booklet and said to Cumberland after a while, "My lord, there is one person who did not attend the ceremony due to illness."

"who?"

"You should be familiar with this person, Earl Gordon of White River Castle."

Cumberland scratched the back of his head, looking confused: "Earl Gordon?"

The adjutant covered his lower abdomen with his hands, and made a squatting motion.

Cumberland's eyes suddenly brightened: "Oh! The head of the Holy Acropolis Mission! He brought the guy from the "Shit Fried Dinner"!"

At this moment, a group of people wearing church holy robes rushed into the ceremony hall, and the leader shouted to Cumberland: "You are so courageous! Under the rule of the heavenly father, how can you have such barbaric acts?!"

Cumberland followed the sound and saw a cardinal with a falcon-like face, flushed with anger, yelling at him.

The old knight looked down at the cardinal, his eyes widened with anger, and he snorted coldly.

Startled by the opponent's fierce appearance, the cardinal moved back a little unconsciously, and his voice was three points lower: "I am Jacob, Cardinal of the Holy See. The act of Muxi Kingdom arbitrarily occupying the brother city-state is disrespectful to the heavenly father! It is a heresy!"

Cumberland smiled: "Who said we came to occupy the city?"

Jacob was stunned: "Are you still trying to quibble?! The troops from Muxi City have already entered the city! Now, in the name of the Holy See, I order you to leave the city immediately!"

Cumberland nodded: "We will not garrison here, nor will we invade the city. The troops from Muxi City came here for two things."

"Two things?!"

"First, we will do our best to protect the Muxi mission from harm."

Jacob jumped angrily: "I have never heard of the saying that one country's army enters another country's city to protect its mission!"

Cumberland turned his body sideways, motioned Jacob to look at the blood stains on the ground, and said mockingly: "Muxi City gave the Holy Acropolis a chance, and hoped that they would protect our mission, but take a look, how are they doing?"

Jacob opened his eyes wide, and said through gritted teeth: "Then you take the Muxi Mission and leave the Holy Acropolis as soon as possible, the others here don't need your protection!"

Cumberland shrugged: "That can't be done, because we have a second thing to do."

"Damn it! What's the second thing?!"

Cumberland pointed to the throne directly above the ceremony hall: "We want to help the Holy Acropolis complete the succession ceremony to the throne."

"What did you say?!" Jacob was surprised at first, and then he was furious: "It's nonsense! How can it be the turn of Muxi City to intervene in the succession of the throne of the Holy Acropolis?! I will report this matter to the Pope, and let him judge your sins..."

Jacob walked out quickly as he spoke.

Before he could take a few steps, a group of soldiers from the Muxi Knights sealed the gates of the ceremony hall and raised their shields to prevent anyone from going out.

Jacob looked at the shining sharp blade in front of him, and shouted fiercely: "What do you mean? What do you mean?!"

Cumberland stepped forward from behind, grabbed Jacob's shoulders, and said affectionately, "My lord bishop, since you're here, why do you need to leave in such a hurry? Why don't you stay and be a witness..."

Looking at Cumberland's irresistible smile next to his ear, Jacob's face turned pale, and a drop of cold sweat slowly rolled down his forehead.

An hour later, the surviving low-level nobles and officials in the city were "invited" to the ceremony hall by the Muxi Knights from door to door.

Seeing Muxi's army in full armor and sharp armor, people huddled together in fear, not knowing what would be waiting for them next.

Earl Gordon of Castle White River stood beside Cumberland, talking to him resolutely.

"You want me to support your candidate for the throne?!" Gordon shook his head vigorously: "This is absolutely impossible!"

Cumberland touched his chin and said with a headache, "I haven't said who the candidate is..."

Gordon said categorically: "I only recognize His Royal Highness Sinclair as the legal heir to the throne of the Holy Acropolis, and I will not agree to any other candidates!"

Cumberland glanced at him: "If I'm not mistaken, you deliberately absent yourself from the throne election ceremony before, why is that?"

Gordon sighed softly: "I don't agree with some of His Highness Sinclair's political opinions, that's all. But this will not affect my choice. He is the best and only heir to the throne of the Holy Acropolis, and I have always thought so."

Cumberland, who was not good at arguing, waved his hand, and said with disinterestedness: "You can do whatever you want. After the ceremony begins, I hope you can continue to stick to your current view."

Cardinal Jacob hid in a hidden corner of the hall and anxiously asked his subordinates, "Has our army arrived yet?"

A Holy See knight dressed as a servant approached Jacob and said in a low voice, "The Holy See's army is just outside the city, but the army of Muxi City has closed every gate to prevent them from entering the city. The Knights of Stigmata and the Believer Army of Moreda fought a battle with the defenders of the Knights of Muxi. I heard that even the gates of the city were not able to approach, and some people died..."

"Bastards! A group of reckless bastards!" Jacob's nose was almost crooked in anger: "In the kingdom of the heavenly father, how dare you treat the holy shepherd like this! This is simply disrespectful!"

Jacob, who was getting angry, went to the center of the hall recklessly, and said loudly to Cumberland: "All the intruders of Muxi City! What are you going to do? Are you planning to lock us here for the rest of your life?!"

As soon as this remark was made, the nobles and officials of the Holy Acropolis in the hall immediately responded one after another, and they unanimously cast hostile looks at the Muxi Knights around them.

Cumberland patted the sharp sword on his waist impatiently, and roared: "What are you arguing about?! This ceremony is waiting for an extremely honorable guest! As soon as he arrives..."

At this time, the adjutant of the Knights hurried into the hall, came to Cumberland's side, and whispered something to him.

The expression on Cumberland's face changed from anger to joy. Regardless of the noisy crowd, he led the guards around him and walked towards the gate quickly, shouting loudly: "Everyone! Let us welcome together, the ruler of Muxi Kingdom! The Son blessed by Heavenly Father!"

A young man wearing a king's gown, with a warm smile on his face, slowly stepped into the palace door. He greeted everyone present, no matter how high or low the title, regardless of the official position.

This person is the King Todd Fischer of Muxi Kingdom.