Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 710: Poor Way

"Vera, are you looking for me?"

When she pushed open the door and entered, Ruo La saw that the girl and the priest were discussing something. "Maybe I'll come in later," she said apologetically.

"It doesn't matter. Miss Ruola, our discussion is over." Father Miro stood up and crossed his hands in front of him. On the black priest's robe, the silver cross reflected a rainbow light in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Vera also stood up. As she walked around in black, she was like a black cloud.

"Miss Ruola, you look pretty good." Vera smiled.

Zora was indeed in good spirits, since the Night of the Sacred Grimoire. Determined to regain her composure, she began to go to the barracks every day, first to remanage the Deep Sea Scaled Concubine, and secondly to retrain her swordsmanship and stamina. After all these days, her skin was darker than before, but it was no longer as pale as before. Her skin also regained its luster. Even though it was already winter, she was still wearing a set of azure armor. Her long legs, which extended from under her armor, exposed her silk-like smooth thigh skin to the air.

"I've almost recovered. Even if I lead the troops to fight now, there's no problem." After returning to her usual forthright appearance, Ruo La's charm was astonishing.

The priest and Vera looked at each other and smiled. Miro stepped forward and said, "That's great."

Ruo La looked at the two in confusion.

Vera explained, "Just now, I received a message from Sir Edward. He has retreated for us to Earl Gills' retreat, and one of Earl Rackett's troops was broken at the Unicorn border. Now that Earl Gills was alone, Sir Edward thought it was time to end it. The people of Ark Harbour need a new and benevolent lord, not the present Earl of Gills. "

The priest emphasized, "Miss Jorah, people need you."

Ruo La's chest rose and fell. She was originally prepared to break off her relationship with Gills, but at this time, she hesitated. She forced a smile and said, "Can't we negotiate with him? If he can voluntarily relinquish the position of Earl …"

"Miss Ruola." Father Miro said solemnly, "Ask yourself, would Earl Gills do that?" Under the domination of all kinds of desires, his soul had been completely tainted by darkness. Let's see what he has done. From the day of the Holy Scripture until yesterday, our Count has killed nearly twenty civilians with extreme cruelty. At least seventy percent of them are women. The families of these innocent people have already suffered great sorrow, and they are waiting for you to uphold justice. "

"But he is still brother's …"

"Miss Ruola, he is no longer the Gills you know." "Think about what he did to you," warned Vera. "Do you think he would have done it if it had been Gills?"

"But I'm still engaged to Huo Yi's son, so it's impossible for me to stay in Ark Harbor, let alone take care of this territory." Ruo La simply threw out all her worries.

"Miss, you don't have to worry about this." Father Miro smiled and said, "Earl Gills is not the only son of Duke Oban. Miss Jorah can choose a more suitable person to assist him until he reaches adulthood and then he will officially succeed him. During this period, our Church is willing to provide all assistance and make sure that the new Earl does not get lost."

"If that's the case …" Ruola bit her lips and said, "Alright, when are we going to act?"

"Tonight." Father Miro smiled and said, "Earl Gills has guarded White Castle layer upon layer. We need to shatter his outer shell."

"How many people do I need to transfer from the Deep Sea Scaled Concubine?"

"No, miss." Vera shook her head and said, "Our Crusaders are in charge of attacking White Castle. The people of the Deep Sea Scaled Belle are also in charge of maintaining order in the city. We need to guard the city gates tightly so that no one can escape in the chaos."

Ruo La knew that their arrangement was to avoid fighting with Gills to the greatest extent possible. She nodded and said, "Let's do this. I'll go back to the barracks and set it up first."

"I'll escort you out." Miro said.

The current White Castle was like an isolated island. Gills armed it with steel and knives, and rejected the outside world with cold and cruel eyes. It was located in Ark Harbor, but it was no longer in people's hearts. After the death of the brave, wise, and diligent Earl Oppen, there was no Earl in Ark Harbor. Gills' increase after the Holy Scripture had made people unwilling to recognize this lord.

If it weren't for Ruo La standing up, people would have petitioned the empire, and there might even have been violent chaos.

And now, at least the order of the Ark Harbor was maintained. However, there were obviously many soldiers on the streets. The gate of White Castle had already been opened for a long time, and all the people in the castle entered and exited through the side door or the back door. Within the tightly locked castle, the atmosphere was oppressive. The Blood Wolf Knights who were in charge of protecting the castle were all listless. They began to doubt the necessity of protecting the castle.

However, they swore allegiance to Rackett and not to Gills, so when Lanza ordered them to stay in their posts no matter how reluctant they were.

Lanza was anxious in his room, and he had sent Lance a few confidential letters. Regardless of whether it was sending people or sending messages through birds, all of this information was eventually sent into the sea like mud. The people who were sent out were nowhere to be found, and even the birds who were sending the messages did not fly back. It was as if there was a mist outside White Castle, and beneath the mist was a bottomless abyss. This situation was extremely abnormal. The only explanation was that the opponent was already moving and had cut off all communication with them.

However, Lanza knew that Earl Rackard had sent an army to support them. This army should arrive at the unicorn's territory by now. Not long ago, Lance also sent him a message, claiming that Viscount Ante had returned to the Earl's command. In this way, the situation on their side should be very good. How could they not even send out information like this?

"Lanza, Lanza, where are you? Scram over here!" Giles's irritated voice rang out.

Lanza sighed. Yesterday, after the old butler Mace left the castle on the pretext of shopping, he never came back. Now that everything in the castle had fallen on Lanza's head, Gills' temperament had changed greatly, and he would always kill people in anger. Although Lanza originally hoped that Gills would become such trash, when he really wanted to serve such a master, Lanza almost wanted to stab Gills to death more than outsiders.

Of course, this could only be considered. He shook his head and left the room.

In Gills' bedroom, a woman was tied up. The count strapped her hands and feet to the four corners of the queen's bed, letting the woman spread out in large letters. The woman's privacy was exposed by her nakedness. On the bed, the woman's gaze was dull. Her delicate face was covered in tears, and all sorts of wounds appeared on her body. These wounds weren't fatal, but they were enough to torture people.

When he saw this woman, Lanza almost thought that he had walked into the wrong room and went into the interrogation in some prison.

Gills' mind was already twisted like a devil. He was venting his hatred for Zora's desire on every woman who could get a hand on her. If Lanza could get him two more whores not long ago, then now he could only rob them like a bandit if he wanted a woman for the count.

The woman on the bed was snatched by the Blood Wolf Knight from a small village more than ten miles away last night. Although the knights had no choice but to carry out Lanza's orders, this kind of robbery clearly violated the principles of the knights. This caused the knights to be quite dissatisfied. Now, the doll that he had stolen at the expense of the knight's dignity seemed to be on the verge of being ruined by Gills.

Gills threw the dagger in his hand at Lanzhao's feet. "This thing is blunt. Get me a sharper one. I just thought of another game. Oh, it'd be better to have a saw-tooth. That would make the game more interesting."

He smiled and said all of this.

Lanza shivered from the bottom of his heart. Was this devil-like man in front of him the ambitious but restrained Gills from the past? He lowered his head, thinking that this was not exactly what Earl Rackett wanted. A demonic lord, then the Earl would execute justice, and no one would object.

He picked up the dagger and was about to leave.

"Wait." Gills frowned. "I'm tired of playing in White Castle when Rackard's army arrives. And those untouchables haven't been punished yet. If I don't do anything, they'll think I'm a weak lord."

The count looked at the woman on the bed and said, "See that? I want to lock up all those untouchables and cut into pieces every single one of them who dares to question me. Well, killing one every day should be enough for me to play for a long time."

He laughed arrogantly.

Lanza sighed, "Actually, I was just about to tell my lord about this."

"What is it? I'm busy." Gills walked to the bed, raised the woman's waist, and then straightened up. He began to work on the woman, completely ignoring Lanza's gaze.

"I'm afraid there has been a change in the matter regarding the Count's army."

'"What do you mean there's a change? Lanza, didn't you tell me everything was going well? I heard you say that yesterday, didn't you want to tease me too?" Giles turned around and roared, "What do you mean there's a change? Lanza, didn't you tell me everything was going well?"

"I don't dare. But today, I discovered that someone had cut off our communication, so I speculated that something had happened to the Count's army." Lanza gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, I suggest we leave White Castle immediately. We should leave the city at the end of the night, or else we'll be afraid of a change."

"Bullshit!" Gills left the woman's body and jumped out of bed. "This is my city. This is my territory. You actually told me to leave? Lanza, is your head broken? I don't care. Gather the army for me now. I want to see who dares to act recklessly!"

Lanza looked at him pitifully and nodded. After leaving, he said, "My dear count, there are only ten knights and twenty soldiers left in your army."