Vol 8 Chapter 626: Retreat

Seeing Rubens beckoning, Andrew let the other soldiers continue to patrol, took a few steps himself, walked into the shadow behind the building, saluted first, and then asked strangely: "Why did an adult come here today suddenly? Is he going out? work?"
"It's true that there are some things to leave the 'Temple', and when they come back in the future, they may not."
Rubens was serious, not like gossiping, which made Andrew relaxed and nervous.
"what do you mean…"
"The affairs of the Cardinals are too busy. I am a bit overwhelmed and want to go back to the countryside to rest."
This remark was actually a disguised admission that his political struggle had failed. Andrew naturally heard the voiceover, and he had no other nonsense, and bluntly said, "When will the adult leave? I will go with you. Where do you go, where do I go. "
Rubens was satisfied with this loyalty, but he shook his head, reached out and handed the other a money bag: "I don't know when the news is settled, I just come to say hello to you first. So ... you these days Take a vacation and take your close brothers for a few drinks and have a good relationship with the captains of the guards, so that the guards you cultivate must also be accountable. "
This is actually a convention, and every captain has a good seed. If Andrew had left, these promising seedlings would not have followed suit. If the relationship had not been maintained and people would take care of it, the original genius would have been buried quickly. Rubens's hand is obviously a thorough consideration for Andrew. Pushing him, the most important point of the way is to always take care of his own people.
"grown ups…"
Andrew's eye circles were a little red. He reached out to push the money bag, but was rubbed directly in his arms by Rubens. The heavy feeling made him know that this was not a silver coin but a gold coin.
"The only person I can trust in the temple is you, so ... do what I say."
"Yes, sir!"
Andrew had no doubt of Rubens's words, and bowed his head. There are three gates in the inner city, and a total of twelve guards are on duty, with a total of less than two hundred people. In addition, there is a two hundred "Papal Guard" in it to protect the safety of the core church.
But peace has been long. It is not difficult for the captains of the guards to take a break for dinner. As long as each of the three inner city gates has a team on duty, the rest of the soldiers can still move freely.
If you talk about the strength of the guards, Andrew's team should be the strongest of the twelve guards. He is well-organized, and his team is more outstanding in overall combat capabilities-but at this time, the "combat power" feature is nowhere to be highlighted, so no one cares whether he and some old folks take a break for dinner. thing.
After a few more words, Rubens turned back and returned to the church. He walked up the steps and walked into the eight-meter-high wooden door. A bishop had begun reading the scriptures in his vision. He walked through the huge lecture hall with ethereal echoes, and then through the white and stone high corridors. When passing a huge iron gate, his eyes stopped for a second.
Behind the iron gate is the road leading to the underground chamber. The "Viper's Kiss" scepter was moved here after driving the mad monk guarding it, and the pope personally cast a seal to reduce its impact on others. Spiritual impact.
Rubens frowned slightly. He remembered that the Pope had weakened a lot since then. His face was very poor recently, and his speech seemed to be weak, apparently costly.
The icy iron gate was still the same, but when staring at it, Rubens could no longer hear the murmur of murmur in his mind as before.
Rubens narrowed his eyes and looked away, and then moved on to the white hut where the Pope was.
Even a cardinal cannot directly confront the Pope to discuss issues. Therefore, through the Pope's internal service, he first solemnly expressed his thought that he "should be vigilant against Count Milnor's coalition forces."
The housekeeper entered the room and quickly responded-Pope Peter said "got it."
Such a response is actually "nothing to say", because whenever the warning is taken seriously, the Pope will immediately send someone to mobilize the guards in the city for advance integration and alertness.
Rubens sighed, his lowered eyes raised slightly, looked at the young housekeeper, nodded to indicate that he accepted the answer, and then made his request that he "want to go back to the country for a while".
The Pope hesitated for ten minutes, and when the housekeeper returned, he brought back an "approval" response. Rubens knew that the Pope ’s move also meant that he had actually given up his cooperation with Everta in the bottom of his heart—by convention, such requests were generally rejected two or three times. However, Rubens now applies for the first time. Approved, the meaning is self-evident.
He didn't look disappointed, still respectfully saluting as before, then turned and left. The old man didn't hesitate much, and quickly packed up his clothes and set out on the way to leave the temple.
The "Temple" is not a large city, and it has more than twenty villages under its jurisdiction ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Although this area is nominally under the management of Count Lane, in fact, Lane is basically a devout believer, basically It is equivalent to giving up the management right to the "Rose Cross", so it is completely called " territory".
Rubens left with only three attendants. Walking out of the inner city and crossing the outer city, the sparse rallies of the patrol and the soldiers snoring on the wall were seen by him, but the old man said nothing, but left the land of conspiracy and power in silence.
On the other side, in the camp, which is only a few kilometers away from the "Temple", Roddy is sitting in the tent absorbing the last part of the energy in the shadow dragon crystal.
After getting up early, the team did not go to camp because of lack of food, and the "Holy Army" came to order that they should collect enough food nearby to leave. This kind of thing was originally done logistically, but now an individual in the village of the "Rose Cross" territory goes to the village, where can I find food? So a piece of paper order, these "Knights" mercenary knights understand what this means-
Self-reliance.
Large and small teams spread directly to the surrounding area. When Roddy joined this team, he bought a decent warhorse, but he refused to request to go out on the grounds that he was not riding well. The camp continues to advance to the advanced level 30. His choice ridiculed Zach Knight and others in the same camp, and when he left, he still mocked Roddy as "a coward who dare not go to the battlefield."
In this regard, Roddy looked dumbfounded: "Aren't you going to collect food? What battlefield?"
This made Zac and others feel a little embarrassed. After all, when the robber robbed the farmer, it was not a fair fight. When Roddy asked them, they really couldn't pick it up, so they had to sullenly go and let Rody have a quiet moment.