Chapter 178 Successor

Hu... Hu... Just half an hour after Mu left, a large group of griffon knights quickly flew over the city from the south, and the leader was Aldridge, the current grand duke of the Griffon Principality. However, his face was extremely terrifying now, especially after seeing the ruins of the city... "Takali! You and the children are fine!"

As soon as the griffin landed on the ground in the vestibule of the palace, Grand Duke Aldridge jumped down eagerly. After seeing the many bodies that were cleaned up on the ground, he immediately rushed into the council hall with anxiety. After seeing his wife and children standing there safely, he immediately ran over and hugged the two in his arms... "Audridge, we are all fine, but... many guards have sacrificed..."

Speaking of this, the kind princess tears flowed down again. When she heard this, Aldridge slowly let go of his wife and children, then turned his head with a gloomy face and asked the guard beside him:

"Where is Cromwell? Where is Robert? Where is Kachery! What are they doing? How could the enemy rush into the palace!"

The guard fell to the ground and said in a crying voice:

"Kay... Deputy Commander of Kachery was killed in battle! Cromwell and Robert were both seriously injured... The Grand Duke... The enemy is too strong and comes too suddenly. We really have no way to resist..."

"What……"

When Aldridge heard this news, he felt a little dizzy. Since the war started, the Griffin Principality has never been killed on the battlefield. He did not expect that he would suffer this "first time" behind him. However, it was obvious that the disaster of this grand duke had just begun... "Report... Report!"

Suddenly, a swordsman with blood rushed into the congress hall from the gate and was still shouting anxiously. When he saw his grand duke, he immediately ran to Storifen and fell to the ground and cried, saying:

"Wuwu... Grand Duke... The military camp was attacked by the undead... Deputy Commander Cui Sike died in battle... Wuwu... Many brothers from the Second Guard Corps were also dead..."

“Um…”

Aldridge immediately felt the whole earth spinning. He staggered back a few steps, as if he was about to faint. When his wife saw something wrong with her husband, she immediately walked forward and gently supported Grand Duke Aldridge's body... "Then... how are the two bishops Van Perrich and Feliton..."

After calming down a little, Aldridge began to ask about the two important figures. After all, the bishop of the church is much more expensive than a deputy commander... "Duke... I'm sorry... we failed to protect the two bishops... They... They... Bishop Felidon was killed by the undead... Bishop Van Perrich lost his right arm and is still unconscious now..."

"ah!"

When he heard this, Grand Duke Aldridge suddenly felt a burst of anger surge. Then, his face became more and more terrifying and suddenly spit out a large mouthful of blood. When everyone around him saw this, they immediately surrounded him and began to call the doctor and the priest loudly... "Great... Grand Duke, it's not good!"

Just as Aldridge slowly sat on the throne with the help of everyone, a man who looked like a guard captain ran in panic again, but when he was about to speak, the princess made a gesture to silence him.

"If you have anything to do, I'll talk about it tomorrow. The Grand Duke needs rest now."

"Can……"

Aldridge suddenly had the awareness of not being afraid of biting with lice. He waved his hand gently and said weakly:

"What happened again...you tell me..."

"Grand Duke, Hagia Sophia Cathedral was attacked by mysterious figures!"

Hearing this, Aldridge did not have any sadness or anger, but was more strange, because the church was theoretically no longer his territory, and everything on it belonged to the church. He initially thought that these people were sent by the enemy country, but now it seems that it is not that simple. After all, there is an iron law in the war in the human kingdom, that is, it cannot infringe on any of the interests of the church. Moreover, attacking the church will not cause any trouble to the griffin Principality, but will only make the attacker an enemy of the church... Thinking of this, Aldridge frowned and asked in confusion:

“What is the loss of the church?”

"The church's losses were not great, they only suffered dozens of pastors and knights, but..."

"But what?"

"Patriarch Helodiwen unfortunately died..."

"Huh!?" Hearing this, Aldridge was even more confused. He was not sorry for Helodivin's death, and he was even a little happy. After all, the hardliners in the church have always been pointing fingers at the affairs of the principality. Helodivin's death will not have any effect except that it will cause him to lose some of the favorable feelings of the church, but... what he cares about now is the identity and purpose of the attacker.

There are only sixteen patriarchs in the entire church. In addition to leaving four special institutions in the Holy See, the other eight people manage the church affairs of eight human kingdoms. Each patriarch is a great man who calls for the wind and rain on Mount Yama. Even as noble as a grand duke, he must bow his head to greet the patriarch... Now those people not only openly attack the Hagia Sophia Cathedral, which the church values ​​the most, but also kill Patriarch Helodiwen, who manages the Griffin Principality. This is not a matter of not giving the church face, but is equivalent to directly declaring war on the church. Facing the largest non-state forces in Mount Yama, doing so is tantamount to suicide. No rational person will make such a choice... "Unless... they are not the power of the human country at all..."

Thinking of this, Aldridge suddenly discovered a problem and immediately asked everyone around him:

"What are the characteristics of those people?"

Everyone looked at me, I looked at you, and then suddenly said in unison:

"A black cloak painted with a silver hourglass!"

"The black cloak painted with silver hourglass... I haven't heard of any force using this kind of thing as a sign... Could it be the Skywalkers? No... it shouldn't be, they don't have such a powerful force... it is..."

Just as Aldridge frowned in confusion, he kept thinking, judging, and thinking, a griffin knight who participated in the battle of the palace hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered:

"The Grand Duke...the Commander of the Cromwell Legion...seems to know one of those attackers."

"Hmm? What's that person's name?"

"The Legion Commander seems to... call that person...Madoff."

"What!"

When Aldridge heard this name, he jumped up from the throne with a look of shock on his face. He was naturally very familiar with Madoff, because he recruited Madoff into the army back then... "How could it be him... Why did he attack the Principality? I treated him well back then, and I didn't stop him when he was about to leave..."

Just when Aldridge was completely in chaos, a griffin knight suddenly ran into the council hall and said loudly:

"Report to the Grand Duke, the Hero Temple was also attacked!"

"not good!"

Aldridge was shocked. He immediately ran out of the gate, then stepped onto his griffin and quickly flew towards the direction of the Hero Temple. Not long after, he came to the Hero Temple, which was surrounded by guards. When he hurried into the interior of the Hero Temple, he found that the golden heart was still intact on the stone table... "Huh... Fortunately, I finally felt ashamed of my ancestors."

After using the family secret skills to check the heart of the griffin and knowing that it is true, Aldridge finally felt that the Dragon of Light had not completely abandoned himself. If the heart of the griffin was lost, he would really not have the face to meet the ancestors and ancestors under the Nine Springs. However, his doubts were not eliminated, because since the other party was not here to snatch the heart of the griffin, why attack the city? Is it just for trouble?

"Are these all covers to attack the church? Or..."

Aldridge, who became more and more confused, finally decided that no matter what, his capital was attacked, it was a great loss of face, and he also had to act like a church. So he slowly walked out of the Hero Temple, looked at the stone tablet standing in the middle of the city, and said loudly to the surrounding commissar:

"Issuing a reward order! Anyone who provides any clues about the mysterious organization or captures any member of the organization can go to the Principality of Griffon for rewards!"

Aresla City, Hall of Light Mirrors "Is Patriarch Helodiwen really killed?"

In a dome hall made of translucent crystals, a majestic old man in a purple-gold robe, a gorgeous golden crown of thorns, and a delicate silver-white scepter was asking a sacred knight half kneeling on the ground, wearing silver knight armor, and on both sides of the hall were hundreds of solemn bishops and knights, including twelve cardinals in crimson bishop robe... "Yes... killed by that 'Hell Light' Mengtanu..."

"A demon is still a demon after all... It turns out that the viciousness is hard to change. Even if the light cannot erase the darkness in his heart... who else is there except him in that mysterious organization?"

"According to the latest information... In addition to the 'Light of Hell' Mentanu, the members of that organization include the 'Black Countercross' Terry William De Gysol, the 'Man-Eating Shark' Shark' Shark' Shark' Madoff Planta, the 'Abyss Volcano', Kari, the 'Phantom Swordsman', Sherva, the 'Dead Arrow', Franks No Effler', etc. The rest of the rest, due to insufficient intelligence, cannot be judged for the time being."

"So many wanted criminals, it seems that this organization is really an evil gathering... Now, I order in the name of Dragon of Light, Supreme Lord, Ellas! All believers of the Church of Light want this organization with all their might. Anyone wearing a silver hoop cloak must be arrested!"
Chapter completed!