"You killed the escort survivor. Even if it was for safety reasons, it was too rough. At the very least, you should have asked me about the situation first. Maybe I could get more information."
Yam's accusation was quite bitter and merciless: "If he could take us to the 'Holy Land' where he escaped, maybe we would have achieved our goal a few years ago, and we wouldn't have to fight such a battle with the indigenous people now." So many good young men who were carefully trained died in a stupid fight."
"This is indeed what I did wrong."
After a moment of silence, Viscount Grant waved his hand tiredly: "I know what you mean by this is to tell me not to be impulsive and to let the natives realize that we already know the existence of their true holy land... but it may be too late."
He shook his head and said: "Molin, that guy who was lucky enough to run back from the big storm. He is a devout believer in Huaiguang - he said that he would inform the bishop of the indigenous holy land he discovered, and then they would go out together to destroy the vicious place. A strange place of traps and adultery altars.”
"I didn't want to kill him at first, and even planned to reward him heavily later. But when I ordered him to keep silent and prepared for you to come and place him under house arrest, this guy actually wanted to escape..."
When he said this, the Viscount clicked his tongue: "Rough? I even think I'm easy to talk to! Can't he see that this matter is not something he can participate in?"
"Do you think I don't want to save those possible survivors of the escort? They are all knights I personally trained! They are all young guys I watched grow up!"
Until then, one could tell from Viscount Grant's tired tone that he was an older man who was close to sixty years old: "But if Huaiguang Church and even the Imperial Capital knew about this... Father's instructions, the late Emperor My mission, my family’s mission, and my dream... nothing will be left..."
"But Master, you can still spare his life..."
Yam didn't really want to accuse his master. He just reminded Viscount Grant to stop being impulsive: "The bishop seems to already know something. If it doesn't work, we might also be able to cooperate with him 'in person'."
The knight emphasized the word 'personally', obviously wanting to put aside the Huaiguang Church and cooperate with the bishop personally.
"Yam, it's not that simple."
Grant said helplessly: "Unlike the Spiritual Mechanism Church, the Suming Cult, and the Hall of All Souls, the clergy here at Huaiguang will never betray the sect."
"Their spiritual power comes from their belief in the 'Light of Embracing Light' and their 'firm belief' in the 'Proverbs'. They will never lie, they will definitely uphold justice, they will definitely be selfless, and they will definitely abide by their creed."
"But because of this, there is absolutely no way they are 'our people'."
"This is troublesome."
Knowing the strictness of this kind of spiritual power, Yam frowned: "It seems that we can only postpone it."
"Yeah, put your plans on hold."
Closing his eyes and sitting back in his seat, Viscount Grant fell into memories.
Since the Dark Moon Rebellion more than twenty years ago, the originally resurgent empire has been on the verge of civil strife.
But when the late Emperor Inega II died, the crown prince died, two princes, a duke, God knows how many noble knights and high-level ascendants returned to the underworld.
The current emperor, 'Keeper of the Land' Axel, with the support of the Eastern Territory Cavalry, defeated several of his brothers and sisters and ascended to the throne.
He stabilized the situation and reorganized the military and political core in a very short period of time, so that even if the empire encountered such a big change, it did not lose even a piece of land under the prying eyes of any foreign enemies.
But the empire's national strength cannot remain unaffected.
During the reign of the late emperor, he carried out large-scale construction projects and sent large numbers of pioneering immigrant groups in the southwest and northeast. Although this was a waste of time and money, it was also the first time the empire had opened up new territory since the Third Dark Mountain Rebellion.
Harrison Port, located at the very edge of the southern border, is one of them, and it shoulders an extremely important task.
"The South China Sea Great Relics Group..."
The Viscount murmured.
The Grant family was the late emperor's confidant and shouldered a secret mission to open up the southern border. While constructing the far-flung ports, we must also make preliminary preparations for future development of the ruins.
This is a long-term task of more than thirty years, but it is not too difficult. Because of the emperor's secret support, the most difficult early accumulation can be skipped directly.
But no one could have imagined that, at the height of his power, Inaga II, who was overwhelming the entire continent of Terra, would suddenly pass away... Not even the Alliance of Seven Cities, which had the closest relationship with the empire, and the Feiyan Kingdoms, which had been at odds with each other for many years, dared not I believe that this is an overly exaggerated strategic deception.
After the death of the emperor, the secret mission really became a secret, especially since the Dark Moon Rebellion had almost wiped out all the noble ministers in the palace from the very beginning. The Grant family, who shouldered the mission, was really in trouble.
——These people are all dead, who knows their identities and hard work!
After many years, no one knows why Harrison Port was established. The development of Nanling was regarded as "another big plan of the late emperor who was so happy with his achievements that he wasted money on people and money", so it has been ignored.
Until recently, perhaps because the imperial capital wanted to build a maritime trade center in the south, it turned its attention back to Harrison Port.
“The natives of the redwood forests cannot be exterminated.”
Opening his eyes, Viscount Grant firmed up his thoughts: "Otherwise, our construction and achievements will be easily taken away by visitors from the imperial capital - my father and I have been fighting on this land for fifty years, and we don't mind fighting for another fifty." Years, but we must not let those brainless fat guys in the Imperial City think that our place is an easy piece of fat."
"Until we find the real entrance to the South China Sea Great Ruins, everything will remain the same. Yam, I don't believe anyone except you."
"Master." The knight also sighed. He looked tired but still determined: "I will fight for you."
On September 18, 766 in the Terra Calendar, the great storm started from the southern sea and successively hit Harrison Port, the sea of big sequoia trees, Elephant Bone Mountain, and the Sigh Cliff, before colliding with the Boratrol Peak in the Baisen Mountains. After that, he wandered toward the northwest and wandered across the ocean.
The huge waves it set off along the way destroyed seven coastal fishing villages in the Frodo Autonomous Region. Both the Imperial Odor and Moldor colonies were hit by flash floods and mudslides, causing extremely heavy losses.
On the day the storm started, the indigenous tribes in the redwood forest formed a coalition under the call of the great shaman Animu Quagmire and invaded Harrison Port, Trois-Rivières and Anmore Town at the same time.
Under the heroic counterattack of Harrison Port Governor Viscount Grant, the indigenous coalition forces were repelled, and the indigenous totem master Shantide Spirit was severely damaged.
However, as the main battlefield, Port Harrison suffered heavy losses. More than 300 soldiers were killed, citizens died successively, and more than 2,000 people were missing.
According to the subsequent interrogation of the prisoners, it was found that the 'Flash Mosquito' plague that occurred in the Midela Mountain People's Autonomous Region and the Odor Colony was also deliberately spread by the indigenous people. From time to time, flashing spots like flying mosquitoes would light up in the patient's field of vision, and there would be Intense auditory hallucinations, like buzzing mosquitoes, are not life-threatening, but make it difficult for patients to work and move.
On September 21, 766 in the Terra Calendar, the great storm completely merged into the Wandering Ocean, and the huge amount of rainfall created multiple barrier lakes and new swamps in the northwest of the Byson Mountains. The climate impact it caused even far away It was felt in the Flying Flame Land on the other side of the Absalom Mountains.
On September 22, the distant sea was calm, the clouds dissipated, and the sun shone on the earth again.
The storm also ceased.
Harrison Port, a city that has experienced storms and wars, is already in dilapidated condition due to the damage caused by continuous battles and the erosion of heavy rains.
But at this moment, it still ushered in the final victory, as well as peace and tranquility.
