Tang Zheng's gaze didn't linger on the people at the conference table for long, only a shallow sweep before he turned and walked towards Go Gin's position.
He had barely taken two steps.
Whoosh!
A sharp sound of air being torn apart rang out from behind him.
"Magic Armor!" the Emerald Witch shouted coldly.
Clang—clang—
A sharp weapon accurately pierced the Emerald Witch's chest, but was blocked by a layer of translucent Magic Armor, first emitting a crisp sound.
Then the force on the Short Cone increased, causing the armor to make a dull sound, but it was still blocked by the Magic Armor!
The sudden situation stunned everyone in the Great Hall, or rather, the person who attacked moved so fast that they were only noticed at the moment of the attack!
Inside the conference room.
The Paladin Order members guarding the surroundings all drew their long swords in unison.
The weapon that stabbed at the Emerald Witch was a Short Sword, a specialized thrusting weapon called a Short Cone, which was not an easy weapon to use.
Conversely.
Anyone who could use this type of weapon must be extremely skilled.
"Oh dear, it's blocked."
A light, deliberately drawn-out voice came from the person wielding the Short Cone weapon who launched the attack.
It was a vibrant woman with fluffy Golden hair that covered her forehead, and purple eyes full of smiles, giving her cute, feline-like face a dangerous aura like a carnivorous beast.
When Tang Zheng turned around to look.
"Yo, cute little brother."
This Golden-haired woman was still applying force with one hand holding the Short Cone, while the other hand was raised, greeting Tang Zheng in a familiar manner.
Tang Zheng's external age was indeed not old, looking only about seventeen years old, while the Golden-haired woman opposite him was clearly older, in her twenties.
"Corrosion Break..."
Faced with the sudden sneak attack, the Emerald Witch was clearly enraged, coldly chanting to release Magic.
If she hadn't obtained the power of the "Wild Transformation Ritual" bestowed by her master, and gained a certain boost even without transforming.
Otherwise, she might not have been able to avoid the other party's sneak attack just now!
"Stop," Tang Zheng said.
The anger in the Emerald Witch's eyes paused, and the action of preparing to release Magic immediately stopped, only glaring fiercely at the Golden-haired woman.
Seeing the Emerald Witch, the Demi-human in the intelligence reports, being so obedient, the eyes of everyone present flickered slightly.
"I want to know, what exactly is going on!" Tang Zheng's tone was serious and somewhat cold, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.
Clementine!
Why would Clown Girl be here?
Tang Zheng was a bit surprised and astonished. The other party was a member of the Darkness Scripture, which made things quite intriguing.
Judging by her appearance, she hasn't defected yet?
"Don't be so nervous."
"I'm just saying hello to your Demi-human teammates, really, really."
Clementine also put away the Short Cone in her hand, pretending to be cute, but her eyes swept over the Golden nameplate hanging on Tang Zheng's waist, and she puffed out her cheeks slightly:
"What, the nameplate is only Gold Rank."
Hearing this slight complaint, Tang Zheng's heart stirred.
Tsk~
Clementine licked her lips.
The Magic Defense is pretty good, I should be able to break it using Martial Arts, Clementine quickly analyzed the information she had obtained from the previous attack.
Emerald Witch unceremoniously exposed her: "I don't think that's a way to say hello!"
Bang—
"Enough!"
Remedios slammed the table and stood up, her sharp eyes containing a blade-like light:
"Is the only Adventurer Team with guts that the Adventurer's Guild can mobilize a Demi-human team!"
"And you, woman who appeared out of nowhere, what do you mean by intruding on the war meeting? Don't you even have basic etiquette, or the basic quality of obeying orders!"
Remedios unceremoniously reprimanded loudly to express her dissatisfaction.
In a word, the atmosphere became solidified.
Quartet's outstretched arm froze in mid-air. She had noticed Remedios's movement to get up earlier and was about to reach out to stop her.
This inexplicable conflict was a problem between the Adventurer Team "Free Will" and the Slane Theocracy. The Holy Kingdom should just watch the show.
Moreover, they could take the opportunity to obtain information from both sides, which would be beneficial without any harm.
In the end, she was still a step too slow.
After all, the reaction of a Magic Caster is ultimately not as fast as that of a Warrior.
"How lovely," Clementine tilted her head, her eyes full of smiles, her voice rising at the end.
That fiery gaze stared unreservedly at the Holy Kingdom's national treasure hanging on Remedios's waist, one of the Four Holy Swords.
"Clementine, what are you doing? Weren't you not interested in this meeting?"
Captain Nigun frowned and spoke for the first time.
He knew that Clementine would not honestly obey his arrangements. With his status, he naturally knew Clementine's situation.
The selection of members for the Darkness Scripture prioritizes those from the other five-colored Scripture teams. As the captain of the Sunlight Scripture, he is also one of the candidates.
However.
Nigun was well aware that he could not compare with these true monsters in terms of either strength or talent.
Because of this,
Nigun was very surprised that Clementine would participate in this incident, and that the high priests above would actually agree.
"I already said it."
"Just saying hello, this 'Calinsha' Fortress is so boring." Clementine shrugged her shoulders and spoke casually.
This kind of indifferent attitude.
Made Quartet's expression suddenly change, and she looked at Clementine seriously.
Watching the scene in front of her.
"So."
Tang Zheng raised his head, his usually peaceful expression completely disappeared, and a trace of indifference appeared in his eyes: "There is no explanation, right?"
"Then let me say hello too."
Tang Zheng straightened his back and suddenly smiled, the sleeves of his naturally drooping white Priest Robe moved.
Bang—
Bang—
In an instant, a dazzling and sacred white light gathered in the Great Hall, and a powerful aura suddenly emerged.
Quartet, Captain Nigun and others' expressions changed.
The air vibrated.
Surveillance Authority Angel and Peace Authority Angel, two Fourth Tier angels, appeared above Tang Zheng's head at the same time, sprinkling dots of white light.
"Double Angel Summoning?"
Captain Nigun's eyes widened, with his strength he could only summon one Fourth Tier angel.
Quartet leaned forward, her slender hand pressed on the table, her eyes equally surprised.
The information provided by the Adventurer's Guild was not very detailed, she only knew that this team had the strength of "Adamantite Rank" Adventurers.
Even "Adamantite Rank" has its strengths and weaknesses, not to mention that according to rumors, the other party is also a Genius Alchemist.
One of the important reasons for inviting "Free Will" to participate was to borrow the "Regeneration Potion" in their hands.
Right now!
Two Fourth Tier angels—this is simply the power of the Hero Domain!
Boom!
Surveillance Authority Angel flapped its wings, and its huge figure appeared in front of Clementine, who was not far away, as if teleporting.
A silver Short Hammer appeared and swung down heavily!
Clementine's eyes flashed with astonishment, followed by excitement. Her hands didn't slow down at all as she raised her Short Cones and swung them out, shouting, "Unfalling Fortress!"
However!
The Surveillance Authority Angel's hammer didn't come crashing down. Instead, it halted mid-swing, causing Clementine's defensive Martial Arts to miss their mark.
With a "whoosh!"
The Peace Authority Angel flew out from behind the Surveillance Authority Angel, a long staff appearing in its hand, which it swung down immediately.
*「Strike Against Evil」*
Clementine's expression changed. Her "Unfalling Fortress" had just been released, leaving her no time to dodge. She could only barely manage to twist the Short Cones in her hands, holding them in front of her chest.
Bang!
A heavy thud echoed.
Clementine's body was sent flying out of the war room uncontrollably, hurtling towards the courtyard outside.
Tang Zheng watched the scene calmly. Clementine's sudden sneak attack had clearly contained killing intent, and that intent wasn't just directed at the Emerald Witch, but also at him.
"Is it related to the Alliance Leader?"
"Had Clementine already secretly joined [Zuranon] at this point?"
The thought crossed Tang Zheng's mind, and he raised his arm and waved it.
The Peace Authority Angel and Surveillance Authority Angel both vibrated their wings and flew out of the war room simultaneously, rushing towards Clementine, who had just been blasted away.
Immediately after.
Exclamations of surprise erupted from the elite troops of the Paladin Order and others who were resting outside, followed by the intense sounds of Clementine clashing with the two Fourth Tier Angels.
Tang Zheng ignored the sudden silence and strange atmosphere in the room, and led the Emerald Witch and Anri to the conference table.
Under Go Gin's gaze, he sat down next to him.
"Can the meeting begin now?"
Tang Zheng calmly swept his gaze over the various expressions on the faces of those at the table.
Remedios rested her hand on the hilt of the sword at her waist, just about to speak.
"Remedios, sit down first."
Quartet nudged Remedios with her foot, then stood up, her eyes slightly curved, and smiled gently:
"This is Remedios, the captain of the Paladin Order. She has been troubled by the Undead in the Hills area recently, and is a little anxious and agitated in her emotions."
"On behalf of the Holy Kingdom, I thank you all for your support!"
With simple words, she glossed over Remedios's offensive remarks and regained the initiative.
Remedios glanced at her sister's fake smile and sat down in silence.
She knew that her words had caused a bad impression, and she was indeed not as good as her sister at handling these matters.
"Lord Nigun, what about you...?" Quartet asked with a smile.
"Let the meeting begin."
Captain Nigun glanced at Tang Zheng, but didn't make any other move, simply nodding in calm response.
"Is that so."
Quartet was a little surprised, the earlier conflict and the battle outside didn't seem to have affected this Captain Nigun.
Or perhaps this reaction of his was what was surprising.
Several thoughts flashed through Quartet's mind as she sat back down, her expression turning serious:
"Then, let the meeting begin!"
She felt that the performance of these people was a little different from what she had expected.
Tang Zheng leaned back in his chair, his gaze briefly lingering on Remedios and Captain Nigun.
Remedios didn't have the excessive, prickly paranoia that she had shown in the original work.
This was related to the fact that Holy Queen Calca and her sister Quartet hadn't died, but Captain Nigun's side was strange.
"The legendary Undead Death Knight, estimated difficulty of 100 or more, can create zombie minions, and through these zombie minions create more zombie undead."
"Based on the currently known information, the number of undead in the Hills area should have exceeded 30,000."
"Faced with such a large number of undead, and the terrifying abilities possessed by the Death Knight, ordinary troops are useless, and instead, they will become members of these undead after being killed."
"Therefore! We must rely on absolute elites to quickly clear and eliminate these undead."
Pieces of information were quickly thrown out, making the expressions on everyone's faces more and more serious.
The strength of ordinary undead wasn't high, but when the number reached tens of thousands, it became very terrifying. Undead didn't know fatigue, but humans did not!
"In addition, a large number of undead gathering together will trigger the natural birth of stronger undead," Captain Nigun said coldly and seriously.
"The Paladin Order has 300 people, the Shrine Priest Order has 200 people, and there are 80 people from the Sunlight Scripture, for a total of less than six hundred people."
Quartet pondered and said, "Other problems are not big, the key is supplies. Calinsha, as our kingdom's Fortress city, does have a considerable amount of supplies."
"But in the absence of logistical support, the supplies that each person can carry are very limited."
The Abelion Hills area was vast, and annihilating the undead was unlikely to be completed in a few days. In the absence of logistical support, food became the biggest problem.
If they only relied on local resources, there would be too many variables.
"Heh."
Go Gin, whose presence was not high and was being ignored by everyone, suddenly sneered in a strange tone.
The next moment!
Quartet and the others all looked over.
Go Gin felt the undisguised disgust and resistance in everyone's eyes, sighed inwardly, and glanced slightly at Tang Zheng sitting beside him.
He really didn't like this black-haired kid before.
But after contacting this group of humans, he found that this group of people was even more annoying!
"It's just a matter of food, no need to worry."
Go Gin's rough voice sounded, as he said indifferently, "Some time ago, we Demi-humans just traded a large batch of food with you humans, have you forgotten?"
The air stilled!
Shame appeared on the faces of everyone from the Holy Kingdom.
"Oh, there was such a thing?"
Tang Zheng pretended to be surprised, raised his hand and patted Go Gin's shoulder, and opened his mouth with an unexpected smile.
"Yes." Go Gin nodded with a buzzing sound.
Captain Nigun's face was a little dark, and he scolded without concealment, "Stupid!"
No one expected that the grain trade at the beginning would become their most important resource at this moment, but this made the people of the Holy Kingdom even more embarrassed.
Remedios's face flushed red with anger, and she stared at Go Gin.
"Since that's the case, then the problem of supplies is solved. We will have to trouble Lord Go Gin when we get to the Hills area."
Quartet held Remedios's arm with one hand, and still opened her mouth with a gentle smile.
"Next is another problem, about the terrifying Magic Caster behind the scenes who can control the Death Knight."
The discussion speed of the entire meeting was very fast.
In addition to exchanging information, it was the anticipation and planning of the action. There were no disputes during the whole process. Obviously, the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy had prepared plans in advance.
Clap!
"Then everyone!" Quartet pressed on the table, stood up, and said seriously, "In order to prevent more powerful Undead and unexpected situations from appearing."
"Set off immediately!"
"Does anyone have any other opinions?"
No one responded.
"Then—let's go!" Quartet said.
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