The players' plans have once again deviated slightly from their intended course.
Because the Fourteenth Knights of Nuolun had no Fallen One among its five hundred men, and the Grand Knight himself had been directly hired by Boss Ed (and was quite handsome), the players' plans ultimately stalled at the "pledge of allegiance" stage.
After all, this group of Holy Crusaders is currently in a perfect state where nothing can be picked out except the egg itself—they even fit the image of NPCs in the players' minds more closely.
The well-trained Holy City Pure Ones Holy Crusaders looked stern and unsmiling, as if they were all cut from the same mold.
If it weren't for the fact that everyone's height, weight, personality, and voice still vary, players would almost think that the developers of World of Disorder had started mass-producing unimportant NPCs to cut costs and increase efficiency.
So, since they don't need to submit a pledge of loyalty, what will happen to Black Locust Town?
After all, the Second Holy See is only one Black Locust Town, away from taking over the Aduolin Province with a full payment (the capital is not being considered for the time being).
Fortunately, Nuolun has a very distinct personal style and is very opinionated. Perhaps because she thought of a reason similar to the oath of allegiance, or perhaps because she wanted to witness the darkness beneath the church with her own eyes, she took the initiative to propose attacking Black Locust Town after leading the team to rest for a day.
However, being a perfectionist, she was still discussing the matter with her subordinates, intending to finalize a reasonably reliable action plan before requesting Ed to send troops.
Under Antiya Lisi's orders, the entire Aduolin Province remained under martial law. The Corpse Tide had been raging for some time, and every town now had a real wall around it (except for the makeshift one in White Wax Town ).
Therefore, how to scale the wall and launch a surprise attack on the Black Locust Town Church became the focus of this group's discussion today.
While Nuolun's Blood-Seeking Pampas Grass are certainly a useful weapon, the swarms of reeds never distinguish between friend and foe during an attack. Unless the goal is to massacre the entire city, it is difficult to ensure that innocent civilians are not harmed while spraying reeds over a large area of the city.
After discussing for a while, one of the squad leaders suggested:
"Should we march under cover of night, then scale the wall and charge in?"
Nuolun shook his head:
"The city walls were originally built to defend against Blood Corpse, so the vigilance will be even stricter at night than during the day."
"What about during the day..."
Another squad leader interrupted impatiently:
Do you think they're all blind or stupid?
The squad leader sat back down dejectedly. Just as everyone was about to continue their discussion, a Soul Returner suddenly arrived at the Fourteenth Knights ' "General Staff," interrupting their conversation.
After learning about the Soul Returner ' concept, the Holy Crusaders knights held these "seniors" in high esteem, so the visitors were not hindered much and, after a brief announcement, arrived before the high command of the Fourteenth Knights.
Upon seeing Nuolun and many squad leaders present, the Soul Returner excitedly began to explain his plans.
Five minutes later, the staff headquarters fell into dead silence.
A squad leader, skeptical, asked:
"You mean this is it? This is how we get into the city?"
The Soul Returner and nodded.
"Why would I lie to you? We've taken over four towns like this, and that's how Blue Gum Town came to be."
"These corrupt priests will conscript laborers to defend the city; this is the best way to attack without harming the innocent."
"Our idea is good, but you'll need to lend us something. That's why I've come to you."
Upon hearing that the other party needed his help, the squad leader instinctively asked:
"Borrow what?"
The Soul Returner pointed to his clothes:
"One hundred of these combat robes."
Soul Returner finished speaking, the group in the tent resumed their discussion on the feasibility of the plan.
Three hundred Soul Returner and four hundred Holy Crusaders —could they really trick the city gates into opening?
The truth is, Nuolun and the other members of the Fourteenth Knights were unaware that wearing Holy Crusaders uniforms could be used to trick their way into opening the city gates.
Or perhaps they didn't think in that direction and didn't realize in a short time that their method of entering Blue Gum Town could also be applied to other towns.
This might be because their thinking is somewhat rigid; when it comes to conquering Black Locust Town, they always think of scaling the city walls and storming in. But the bigger reason is clearly that they haven't realized how corrupt the periphery of the Theocracy has become...
Such a crude method was enough to capture several cities in succession, which means that the primary task of various forces in the World of Disorder is to maintain their own survival rather than to expand. Otherwise, this vast and sparsely populated region in the north of the Theocracy would probably have been riddled with holes long ago.
Similarly, they also discussed the issue of corrupt priests forcibly conscripting laborers to defend the city.
But in fact, according to players' experience, the ordinary people of the Tree Worship Church in the city are not their enemies; in fact, they hate and fear those corrupt priests even more.
Therefore, the Holy Crusaders' actual enemies are only those Fallen One huddled inside the churches.
With the guidance of the Soul Returner, the members of the Fourteenth Knights suddenly understood and quickly devised a more meticulous plan.
They kept their promise of one hundred Holy City Holy Crusaders battle robes. One hundred volunteers took on the task of assisting those left behind in Blue Gum Town. Then, four hundred Holy Crusaders and three hundred Soul Returner set off and began their march toward the last town in the Aduolin Province. Four days later, they arrived at the walls of Black Locust Town and revealed their identities.
At this moment, the last large town in the heart of the Aduolin Province stood before them.
The Soul Returner ' thinking was indeed sound; the priests of Black Locust Town were already thoroughly annoyed by the relentless harassment from the Blood Corpse day and night.
Upon learning that the Holy City and the provincial capital had both sent Holy Crusaders troops to assist them and that they had joined forces on the way, totaling seven hundred men, they decisively opened the city gates wide, as if a good day of relaxing and slacking off was just around the corner.
As Nuolun entered the city, he kept observing his surroundings. The more he looked, the more he felt that the administrators of Black Locust Town were both stupid and wicked, showing no sense of security while also exploiting the common people.
The guards here were completely different from the Soul Returner of Blue Gum Town. They didn't even conduct a basic check on the Holy Crusaders before letting them pass, completely disregarding whether they had wounds left by Blood Corpse or whether they might pose any hidden dangers...
The scene along the way was even more shocking, because due to poor overall planning, the city walls of Black Locust Town were far from as splendid as they looked.
Although it appears to be a proper city wall from the outside, it is a completely different story from the inside.
Large quantities of timber and stone protrude from all directions of the wall, as if the entire city wall were simply pieced together and compacted from these building materials.