king of war

Chapter 17 Throwing a cup for the number (please collect and recommend tickets)

After discovering that the members of the Cult of Order had disappeared, Qin Rongshuai's first reaction was that this was a trap.

These people lured themselves outside, and then ambush a large number of people, only to jump out when they reached the ambush circle.

Qin Rongshuai became nervous subconsciously, and even took out the machete. He was suspicious for a long time, but there was no movement.So to be on the safe side, I'd better go back to the hotel and meet up with my subordinates first.

When Qin Rongshuai turned around and walked back not far, he saw a group of people from the God of Order squatting on the roadside, holding on to a tree, sticking out their tongues and panting, as tired as dogs.

"Alas...Qin...slow down, slow down, you...you run too fast...we can't keep up..."

"..."

At this time, Qin Rongshuai realized that he had thought too much. He simply rode too fast and lost the group of people.

In order to prevent this kind of oolong incident from happening again, Qin Rongshuai and the Amazon female warriors slowed down and followed the members of the Cult of Kosmos on horseback.

Along the way, Qin Rongshuai was not idle, and kept scrolling through the recruitment list with 195 points of glory. After five consecutive scrolls, the female Amazon warrior finally appeared on the list.

However, Qin Rongshuai did not choose to recruit now, but kept it temporarily, waiting for the critical moment to surprise the enemy.

The people of the God of Order led Qin Rongshuai all the way out of the city gate, and walked for nearly half an hour to a hill outside the city of Athens. The temple was located on the top of the hill.

As soon as Qin Rongshuai climbed up the mountain along the stone-paved steps, he saw a row of divine guards in heavy armor standing outside the temple, staring at him covetously.

There were four strong men standing on the left and right sides of the door. The armor they wore was more tightly covered than that of the divine guards, and there were more patterns on it. The most conspicuous difference was the helmet.The helmets of these four strong men are decorated with two venomous snakes facing each other, and they carry huge shields and heavy axes behind them.

Qin Rongshuai recognized this familiar shape at a glance. When he first played sneak into Kai Wushuang, these pioneers of the divine religion gave him a headache.

At this time, four divine cult pioneers stopped Qin Rongshuai, "Sir, please hand over your weapons with your followers."

Qin Rongshuai frowned, and looked at the other cult members in black robes, "What does this mean?"

"I'm sorry, this is the rule of the temple. No one who enters the temple is allowed to carry weapons." The man in black couldn't hear any regret in his tone.

Qin Rongshuai smiled and didn't care, and ordered the Amazon woman warrior to hand over her weapons. He had stuffed more than a dozen swords, bows and arrows in his personal space for emergencies.What's more, with the fighting power of the Amazon female warriors, whether the opponent takes away their weapons will not affect their performance at all, not to mention that he can summon five other Amazon female warriors at any time.

After stepping into the gate of the temple, the man in black led Qin Rongshuai into a large hall. Unlike the braziers lit everywhere outside, this empty hall only had a bonfire lit in the center, surrounded by a circle of dressed The members of the Cult of Kosmos in black robes, each wearing the iconic mask of a weird smiling face, looked eerie.

The cult members who led Qin Rongshuai into the hall walked to the fire, whispered to the leader in black robes, and cast suspicious glances at Qin Rongshuai from time to time.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, the leader in black robe stood in front of many members, spread his hands, made a welcome gesture, and said in a deep voice: "I am the saint of the Delian League of the Order God, welcome to come from afar. The Eastern Alliance, brothers of the Ancient Order."

The saint's voice was very low, as if he was deliberately suppressing his voice to prevent others from hearing his voice. If it weren't for Qin Rongshuai's good hearing, he could hardly hear what he was saying.

Do you still want to be a saint in such a low voice?
Qin Rongshuai nodded and said: "I am the subordinate of the leader of the order maintainers, Qin."

The sage of the Delian League nodded, "Welcome, Qin, we are holding a secret meeting, and we are very surprised to see you here."

Qin Rongshuai nodded, "I'm also very surprised, but your subordinate insisted on letting me come."

"The current situation in the Greek city-states is very complicated, and the situation is changing every day. We have to hold secret meetings like this frequently to discuss countermeasures." The saint continued to say in a low voice.

"What on earth did you call me here for?" Qin Rongshuai asked with some doubts.

"The people in Athens are now in a dilemma. They are still undecided whether to choose war or peace with Persia."

"Really, what does this have to do with me?"

"Among them, Mistocles, the consul of Athens, is a staunch advocate of the war. Our people are trying to convince him, but the situation is not optimistic."

Hearing the saint mentioned Themis, Qin Rongshuai's heart tightened, and he asked curiously, "Then how are you going to deal with Themis?"

"Athens' navy is actively preparing for battle. They have added 50 warships and are ready for battle."

???

Qin Rongshuai suddenly felt that the two people were not chatting on the same channel, "Mr. Saint?"

"Don't worry, my brother." The saint said in a confident tone, "We have bribed the naval general."

At this time, another man in black robe stood up next to him. He seemed a little embarrassed. He pondered for two seconds and said, "I'm sorry, Qin. When the saint was performing the oracle just now, uh, the amount of herbs used seemed to be too much."

Qin Rongshuai understood instantly, it turned out that this guy was high on drugs.

Ancient Greek temples would use a large number of herbs containing hallucinogens during rituals to communicate with the gods. After using the herbs, the priests could hear the gods' voices more "clearly" while half asleep and half awake.

Huh, that's not right.

When the ceremony is held, shouldn't a beautiful girl take hallucinogens?
Then the priest will translate those babbles of unknown meaning. Why is the priest himself high?

The saint is obviously still in a trance stage, unable to communicate normally.Fortunately, besides the saint, there are five other wise men who are the leaders of the Delian League branch of the Cult of Order.

One of them stood up to talk to Qin Rongshuai. The wise man quickly took over the topic and started communicating normally with Qin Rongshuai.

"Qin, I heard that you brought news about Xerxes. Did the Order of the Ancients report anything new to us?"

"The situation has changed..." Qin Rongshuai carefully considered his words. He summarized the relevant information and selected some information that seemed valuable but did not harm the Greek city-state. "Xerxes The army has arrived in northern Greece, and Xerxes has sent people to surrender to the city-state of Thessaly. They will soon choose to surrender. Xerxes chose to suspend the march and wait until the Carnarnia Festival and the Olympia Games in August. During this period, he will send a large number of envoys to other Greek city-states to persuade them to surrender."

"The Order of the Ancients hope that the allied brothers of the Cult of Order will cooperate with the Persian envoys to try their best to persuade the members of the parliament to buy it, and ensure that they will not fall to the main battle faction when making a decision."

After listening to Qin Rongshuai's words, the other members of the Order of God discussed with each other, and a wise man stood up and said: "We have received the information, please rest assured, brothers of the Order of the Ancients, we have already controlled half of the councilors, the main combat faction Three of the ten generals are already ours, and the Athens city guard is also under our control."

After Qin Rongshuai heard this, he was secretly shocked. He didn't expect that the Cult of Order had penetrated into Athens to such an extent, but he nodded calmly, "Very well, I hope you can promote the resolution of the peace talks as soon as possible."

"There is no problem with this. At the next parliamentary vote, the peace resolution will be passed with two-thirds of the vote."

"That's great." Qin Rongshuai puffed up his palms happily, "It's really great news, shouldn't we have a glass of wine to celebrate at this time?"

"Good idea!" The members of the Cult of Kosmos all agreed.

Then, a beautiful girl in a white robe walked in with a glass filled with wine, and every member present picked up the wine glass.

Qin Rongshuai's eyes widened, ready to watch these people take off their masks. After all, they can't drink with masks on.

But the members of the Cult of Kosmos all held up their wine glasses, and no one took any further action, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.

It seems that these people don't intend to take off their masks anymore. Qin Rongshuai felt that it was time, so he threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground and shouted, "Do it!"

With a "crash", a group of heavily armed god guards suddenly poured out from both sides of the hall.

"..." Qin Rongshuai was confused.

(End of this chapter)