"Your Majesty, that is the Pope. Is it not inappropriate to go and kill him!!"
"Moreover, with my strength, can I kill him??"
"If it were before, with your strength, you certainly couldn't kill him, you might even be flayed alive by him!"
"But now it's different. Their army of 200,000 is gone, and he has no one to rely on! So, go ahead and kill him, he won't be able to resist!!"
"But, but...!"
However, General Mark still did not dare.
That was the Roman Pope. His subordinates not only had a large number of crusaders, but also a large number of believers.
If he provoked him, and if he failed to kill him, he would definitely be drowned by the people's saliva.
Many people might even throw feces at his house in the middle of the night.
Moreover, there might be remnants of the crusader army coming to intercept him.
Therefore, General Mark dared not do such a thing.
Seeing his demeanor, the Emperor of the Roman Empire knew he was cowardly.
So, the Emperor of the Roman Empire said lightly:
"If you kill him, I will reward you with a hundred beauties, a hundred thousand gold coins, and promote you to Grand General!!"
"I am willing to die for Your Majesty!!"
With almost no hesitation, General Mark immediately knelt down before the Emperor of the Roman Empire and declared his loyalty.
For General Mark, such conditions were too tempting, so much so that he couldn't resist.
Therefore, he directly submitted to the feet of their Emperor.
His submission also made their Emperor smile.
He knew that as long as he offered enough benefits, General Mark would definitely do this.
General Mark's current performance was the best proof.
Everything in this world is for profit.
General Mark's agreement also made the Emperor of the Roman Empire breathe a sigh of relief and his mood became joyful.
Three days later, the army of 200,000 marched towards the location of Lin Tian's army. As for the other 100,000 troops, they were in the Roman Empire, pursuing the Pope who had fled to the Roman Empire.
Very few people knew about this matter.
But when they reached the place where the Roman Pope had been before, they found that the Roman Pope was gone.
This made Mark's face change drastically.
"What's going on? Why isn't the Pope here?"
"I don't know, General. Could it be that someone leaked the news?"
"Impossible. I only told a few of you about this, and no one else knows. The Pope certainly wouldn't know!"
"Therefore, the Pope must have just gone out, not deliberately hiding from us!!"
"Issue an order, the Pope is missing, and has likely been abducted by the enemy. Order a search for the Pope's whereabouts throughout the entire country. We must protect His Holiness the Pope!!"
"Yes!!"
General Mark's true intention was to kill the Pope, but to avoid exposing his objective, he announced to the public that they were there to protect the Pope.
Therefore, he searched for their Pope throughout the entire Roman Empire.
He had to admit that he was indeed smart, and this method was indeed well-used.
When he made such a statement, they soon received news of their Pope.
"General, someone has seen the Pope!!"
"Where?"
"In the west of the empire!"
"Chase!!"
Without any hesitation, Mark immediately led his troops in pursuit.
To him, the Roman Pope was one hundred beauties, a hundred thousand gold coins, and his promotion channel.
He could not let go of such a mobile treasure trove.
Therefore, he led his army to desperately chase the Roman Pope.
And the Roman Pope was also desperately fleeing.
"Damn Emperor, not only does he not go to kill that strong enemy, but he actually sent an army to hunt me down. Is your brain broken?!"
"With an external enemy not eliminated, he is engaging in internal strife. The Roman Empire will surely fall into his hands!!"
"Just wait, I'll wait to see you killed by the powerful enemy, I'll wait to see the empire destroyed, I'll wait to see you become a sinner for eternity!!"
At this moment, the Roman Pope was completely enraged.
Originally, his status was noble. Wherever he went, people would worship him, and no one dared to plot against him, let alone chase him.
But after losing the 200,000 crusaders, he seemed to have lost everything.
Not only did he lose his former high status and glory, but he was also being hunted by the Roman Empire's army all over the world.
More importantly, countless believers leaked his whereabouts.
It was as if revealing his whereabouts was for his own good.
This was an extremely disgusting thing for the Roman Pope.
Therefore, he cursed the Roman Emperor wildly, even hoping that Lin Tian's army would directly destroy the Roman Empire's army and the Roman Empire.
After all, he had lost everything, and everything in the Roman Empire had nothing to do with him.
Lin Tian and the others were indeed unaware of this, but they were aware that an army of 200,000 had appeared near Lin Tian's city.
However, upon realizing this, Lin Tian frowned.
"This is not right! The Roman Empire definitely has more than 200,000 troops. Under these circumstances, they should not only send 200,000 troops!!"
"It's indeed not right. We have already wiped out 200,000 crusaders before. Are they not afraid that we will wipe out this 200,000-strong army again?"
"Another 200,000 troops. Are the people of the Roman Empire looking down on us a bit!"
"Could this army of 200,000 be a smokescreen? Are there any ambushes among them!!"
As these words were spoken, many people fell into deep thought.
If there were indeed ambushes, they might have to think carefully about what kind of ambushes the Roman Empire might have.
Because if they were not careful and fell into an ambush, they might suffer great losses.
Therefore, many of them cast their eyes on Lin Tian, waiting for his decision.
At this moment, Lin Tian also looked at the approaching army in the distance.
Then, he said:
"This matter is indeed suspicious!"
"However, we still need to send people to scout out the specific situation!"
"Let some of our people who have learned some Roman Empire languages go and inquire about the specific situation to see if it matches my expectations!!"
In fact, Lin Tian had already started making arrangements before.
His plan was very simple: reinforce the city gates and appear weak.
This kind of situation might not be taken seriously by most people, but some people with intentions would pay special attention to it.
They might even take advantage of this opportunity to do what they wanted to do.
What Lin Tian wanted to do now was to verify whether the events happening outside were as he had predicted.
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