"So, Commander Kandel, open the city gates. This concerns the life and death of tens of millions of civilian believers!"
Rem's words rang out with force and conviction, completely different from the way he had yielded somewhat before Kandel earlier.
And when Kandel saw Rem like this, fury surged up from his heart.
He glared at Rem and said angrily, "Priest Rem, although you are a priest, you have no right to interfere with my city-defense affairs."
"I want you to leave the city wall at once and return to your temple now. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Kandel had already staked everything on one throw.
Ever since he had been bought off by the God of Waves' spies several months ago, he had had no way back.
Because the God of Waves' spies had not only gotten hold of evidence that he had embezzled a large amount of wealth, they had also promised him tremendous benefits.
That was, after the God of Flame Continent was occupied by the God of Waves, they would appoint Kandel to certain important positions according to his contributions.
Even if, in the end, he had no other great merits, as long as he preserved Machile City for the God of Flame, then Kandel's position as commander of Machile City still would not run away from him in the future.
Compared with those colleagues who had died in battle during this invasion, Kandel felt that if he truly could continue serving as commander, that would absolutely be a better outcome.
As for going a step further, he actually wanted that too, but seeing the situation outside the city now, it was somewhat difficult.
Thus, his bottom line was to hold Machile City, even if he had to pay any price.
Even if civilian