Chapter 1567 Should We Gather Our Strength and Attack the Magic Council?
(The strong sea monster leader adds update 9)
Even relocating a city the size of the Glory Holy City requires time, planning, and strong personnel and material support.
The huge glorious holy city, even though it is not like Nevis, a city composed of magicians at the top, various researchers in the middle, and businessmen, producers and other civilians at the bottom, the scale is definitely not smaller than Nevis.
The Pope, all high-ranking clergy below the pope, and subordinates, assistants, attendants, and students of high-ranking clergy. Various functional units, such as the Holy Knights, the Inquisition, the Dervishes, etc.;
Various research institutions, such as the one that got into trouble this time;
Various seminaries to train young priests, and knightly academies to train paladins;
As well as the large number of pilgrims, the pilgrims' entourage, the various nobles who come to the holy city to seek opportunities, the nobles' entourage, the servants who look after the houses of the great nobles who come regularly to perform Hajj, etc.;
Of course, there are also furriers, shoemakers, tailors, jewelry merchants, cooks, butchers, wine merchants, milkmen, prostitutes...
Various, endless, as long as you can think of it, there will be a career. Added together from top to bottom, the number of people fluctuates between 1 million and 1.2 million all year round——
Even if we ignore the people who died on the day of the explosion, and the people who died one after another after that, all their bodies were left in the holy city. There are still about 800,000 to 900,000 people who need to be evacuated and transferred.
Eight or nine hundred thousand!
So many people, food, drink, accommodation, and medical treatment. Where will you be placed after you withdraw, what occupation will you engage in, where will the capital for your occupation come from, and even, if you die in the middle of the night, how will you bury it...
Just thinking about these questions gave the pope a splitting headache. He wished that the triple crown had grown thorns and pierced his brain one by one. Not only that, there are still a lot of problems that are constantly being presented to him:
"Your Majesty! It's impossible to evacuate them all within ten days! It's completely impossible!"
"How come it can't be done?" The Pope frowned. Given the size of the city of Nevis, half a day is enough even if you walk on foot from the center to the outside of the city;
Even considering the carrying capacity of the streets and arranging for civilians to set off in stages and batches, two days would be enough anyway.
And the time he gave was ten days! Ten days!
"There are goods to be transported! There are so many holy objects in the Glory Cathedral, why don't they all be left here and not taken away!"
"Then..."
"We have to take things with us, and others have to take things with them! Your Majesty, those guys wish they could even carry the house on their backs!"
The pots and jars at home, the wine in the cellar, the bacon on the rafters, the wheat and flour in the warehouse...
The rich have rich things to take with them, and it would be a pity even if they crush the livestock to death——
God knows that during the first wave of explosions and after the explosion, half of the horses, donkeys, and mules had died one after another, and the remaining half were also sick...
Not to mention, most of the civilians would not shed tears without seeing the coffin, crying and shouting and refusing to leave:
This is the place where my ancestors have lived for generations, this is where my family’s grave is, the old man in the family is dying and can’t walk, I am sick and can’t walk...
Pope: “…”
To be honest, he really wanted to send the Holy Knights, priests, and soldiers out to force these civilians away. However, using coercive means will definitely cause casualties, and the casualties will definitely be considerable;
After all, he is still his subject, and at least he is still his loyal believer. If possible, he does not want to cause too much resentment and death.
These people have withdrawn, but they are still expected to testify that the Holy See did not commit a massacre in the Holy City!
"...Use all the clergy, and move those who can move." He rubbed his forehead in annoyance:
"To call, to inspire, to organize. It's not like there are no spells to inspire believers in divine arts. Just use divine spells and lead them away——
Think about the deeds of the saints who parted the sea and led the people to migrate. Let us repeat the miracle again! "
"yes!"
"yes!"
The red cardinals, the bishops, the hurriedly arriving paladins, and the ascetic monks all bowed their heads and saluted. [Unsullied Walker] Sigi Frey was the first to stand up:
"I will take the people down! I will take all the ascetics down, and then allocate some of the monks to me. The time has come to shepherd the sheep for the Lord!"
He walked out of the chamber with his head held high. Soon, the elder's voice sounded loudly outside the meeting hall:
"The Lord led their way in a pillar of cloud by day, and gave them light by night in a pillar of fire, so that they could walk day and night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night never departed from the presence of the people..."
The footsteps changed from chaotic to neat, one after another, followed quickly. Immediately afterwards, the [Pale Sword], [Hand of Mercy], and the legends with noble moral character who came back to face the disaster came out one after another:
"I'm in charge of Nancheng..."
"I am a knight. I have the strongest physique. I am in charge of the North City! All the knights are under my command. If you give me another thousand soldiers, I will bring out as many people as possible!"
"He who trusts in wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish... Put down your treasures! Lay them all down! Follow me!"
"The Lord will give you meat to eat in the evening, and food to satisfy you in the morning. Because He has heard all your murmurs against the Lord... What the Lord promised you in the past will be fulfilled by the Lord's servants!"
"Strike the rock, and water will come out of the rock so that the people can drink... Bring only the most basic supplies! Servants of the Lord will save you from hunger, thirst and cold!"
Verse after verse, verses recited aloud. Word after word, command with confidence and power. Echoing in the Glory Holy City, echoing among the civilians in the city.
The ascetics held their staffs high, the paladins held their spears high, and the nuns held their turbans high. The head of the staff, the tip of the spear, and the turban emitted a clean light that everyone could see when they raised their eyes.
Accompanied by the light and chanting, people quietly put down their belongings, walked out of their houses and from various ruins, and lined up in front of the light.
They looked up at the light on the heads of staffs, spear points and turbans, supported the old and young, and followed the steps.
Viewed from a high altitude, people line up in long queues, winding like black snakes. He didn’t say a word when he fell, he didn’t speak even when he bled, he got up without expression, joined the team, and continued to move forward...
The priests, especially the high-level priests at the legendary level and those close to the legendary level, went out in person and used spells regardless of the cost, and the effects were outstanding.
At least, those who refused to leave, those who refused to put down their property, and those who were suffering from illnesses, all walked out obediently under the power of magic;
No crowding, no stampeding, no pushing. There was no shouting about wanting to go back, no shouting about "my money..." "my cattle..." "my wine..."
Of course, the teams led by low-level clergymen and ordinary soldiers did not have such good order. However, high-level clerics would come around from time to time and add spells, which was enough to keep the team moving forward quietly——
A legendary priest is enough to cast large-scale spells similar to "Group Command" for ten thousand people within one hour. Only leading a few hundred people at a time, for them, their power is completely overflowing...
With these legends taking the lead, the retreat speed immediately became much faster.
In order to evacuate millions of people from the Glorious Holy City and move them to a place thirty miles away from the edge of the city, the Pope originally gave ten days. As a result, within three days, the people who could move around on their own and those with vehicles were removed. All those who could be loaded were evacuated.
As for those who are too sick to move, although it is cruel, maybe trying to evacuate them may not be a good thing for them...
It must be said that the extremely high density of priests in the Glory Holy City really helped a lot at this time.
There are legends and high-level priests who help evacuate people, there are a large number of low-level monks who have read books, can write and do calculations to help set up camps and arrange for the escape of refugees, and there are mid-level priests who help provide logistics——
No food?
no water?
Holy Communion, on!
How can a level 5 priest cast the Holy Communion spell once and feed hundreds of people? And a level 5 priest can cast the Holy Communion spell more than once or twice a day?
The art of making water is a low-level magic among low-level magics, and any priest can easily master it. Of course, the efficiency may not be as high as the priests of the Spring Temple, but that doesn't mean you can't rub it...
"Thank you for your hard work." Three days later, with a tired look on his face, the Pope entertained all the legends in a tent by the lake. The so-called banquet means that each person has a piece of unleavened bread, a pinch of salt, and a glass of water——
The people are all suffering, and they, the high-ranking clergy, must pretend to share the joys and sorrows with the Lamb of the Lord, even if they are just pretending.
Especially during this great retreat, there were several legends who made great efforts, and they were all famous for their high moral standards. They were all so exhausted that they worked day and night to guide the people on foot. Everyone was so tired that they lost weight and their cheeks were deeply sunken.
Even if the Pope just wants to say "I stand with you and I am worthy to be in charge of the Holy See", he will go to the front line with these legends to inspire and appease the people, so that they can no longer live too luxuriously. .
"So far, the suffering people have basically withdrawn from the Holy City, and our first crisis has been successfully overcome." After eating a piece of unleavened bread and drinking half a glass of water, the Pope raised his wooden cup and spoke to the surrounding people. The legends paid tribute:
"But going forward, the Holy See is still facing a deep crisis and a lot of challenges. Now, we need to face the second question:
How to maintain the legitimacy of the Holy See? In other words, how to maintain the majesty of the Holy See in front of the Lamb of the Lord? "
Several legendary priests who came back from other places remained calm and silent. One is that he is tired, and the other is that he really has no shame in trying to find a way to lie. On the other hand, the chief judge looked at this and that, and softly recited a verse:
“I will harden the hearts of my enemies, says the Lord, and they will pursue my Lamb, and I will be glorified in them and in all his host, and my enemies will know that I am the only Lord.”
Seven or eight pairs of eyes moved over. The Chief Referee lowered his head slightly and spoke in a calm and gentle voice:
"If there are hungry wolves watching outside, the Lord's lambs will naturally gather around the shepherd. - As long as such a hungry wolf is found, the Lord's lambs will naturally not show their hooves and horns to the shepherds."
"So, what you are saying is that we need to find an enemy to attack? - Is the enemy you selected the Magic Council?"
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Today is a good time to read "Egypt"...
I was dumbfounded when I checked "Exodus" today...
While leading the Jews away, "the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, because the Israelites came out of Egypt fearlessly." Then he killed the Egyptian Pharaoh. "I will be glorified over Pharaoh, and over all his army, and over his chariots, and over his horsemen. When the children of Israel... saw the great things that the LORD did to the Egyptians, they feared the LORD, and had faith in him and in his servant Moses."
This... fishing law enforcement is not so ruthless!