The mysterious world: Start working hard from the beggar camp!

Chapter 505: The Bishop’s greed, the Governor of Manila is just a puppet

"These attacking enemies are undoubtedly the Ming people from the Eastern Continent."

Governor Coquila explained, "The battle flag hung on the treasure ship of the other party's large fleet has a pattern of a seven-clawed golden dragon. This should be the rumored resistance force rising in the north of the Ming Dynasty: the Renaissance Army."

He was actually quite puzzled.

The Restoration Army has been making more and more moves in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty in the past few years. Even though Coqueira, as the governor of Manila, is far away from the Ming mainland, he has heard about it.

Because the Spanish fortress base in the north of Taiyuan Island was captured by two fleets led by Wan'er and the enemy's communications were blocked, Coquela has not yet learned of the fall of their base in the north of Taiyuan Island.

In addition, Li Dingguo personally led a large army to attack quickly, which was only slightly later than Wan'er's capture of the Spanish base on Tainan Island. It was normal that the white Hu people in Manila did not receive the intelligence in time.

Otherwise, once the enemy was prepared, the long-range attack by the Restoration Army's joint fleet would not be so easy to take advantage of, easily seize all the enemy treasure ships in Manila Harbor, and quickly blow up all the enemy's coastal artillery.

"As far as I know, the leader of the Fuxing Army is called Li Dingguo, and he is stirring up trouble in the north of the Ming Dynasty. More than half a year ago, they captured all of the Ming Dynasty's territories north of the Yangtze River."

Coquila then said to Wittes and several trusted generals around him, "According to common sense, Li Dingguo has just conquered a vast territory, and now is the time for him to recuperate. It is unlikely that he will mobilize his troops again to launch a large-scale overseas expansion."

"You know, the territory that Li Dingguo has recently conquered is several times larger than our Spanish homeland, and has taken in tens of billions of new people. It will take at least several years just to stabilize the internal order and restore people's livelihood after the war."

"But now they have formed a large fleet, crossed millions of miles of sea, and come to attack our Manila!"

"How arrogant and presumptuous must the other party be! To do such an unreasonable thing?"

"Unfortunately, we were caught by the other side tonight and their sneak attack plot succeeded, resulting in the current extremely unfavorable situation."

As he finished speaking, his face turned ashen and he gritted his teeth in hatred.

Since the Spanish Kingdom occupied Manila, it has never encountered such a dangerous situation.

Even though their Kingdom of Spain is now declining with the rise of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of England, no force has ever dared to attack Manila without declaring war.

"The resistance forces in the north of the Ming Dynasty, the Renaissance Army?"

"These rebels have not even dealt with the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty, yet they have the energy to launch a cross-sea attack on Manila?"

"These Chinese cowards are so hateful!"

"The Lord will punish these pagans!"...

Knowing who the attacking enemy was, the white Hu officials and generals at the scene started cursing one after another.

Obviously, the Chinese, who had always been despised by them, actually had the courage to come and invade actively. How could these self-proclaimed noble white barbarian nobles accept this?

For a long time, the millions of Chinese living in Manila have been treated like slaves by them and have been taken away at will.

Now it's like a loud slap in the face, hitting them hard!
"Counterattack! We must get out of the city and fight back!"

"That's right! Your Excellency the Governor, we have four level six warriors including you, as well as Father Manas and other level five top magicians. We are fully capable of defeating them!"

"Although we have lost the initiative now, the fort outside the city and the treasure ships anchored near the big dock have been seized by the enemy, but the enemy is now overestimating their own capabilities and launching a siege. Although we don't have warships and treasure ships in our hands, it is of no importance to the battle situation!" ...

In anger, the white Hu officials and generals at the scene spoke up one by one with suggestions.

The Western political management system is completely different from the Eastern imperial supremacy model.

Even in front of the king, ordinary people can speak freely without worrying about being punished for their words that violate the laws of the kingdom.

This ruling model cannot be said to be good or bad. Compared with the Eastern model of the supremacy of the powerful, each has its own strengths.

Therefore, the officials present at the scene did not have to worry about offending Governor Coqueira by speaking their mind.

“Everyone is right.”

On Manila Island, Father Manas, a cardinal with a special status, said to Governor Coquila with a cold light in his eyes, "Although the enemy has taken the lead, the next battle will be a land battle. We don't have to worry about not having fleet treasure ships to use."

"On the contrary, in passive defense mode, the enemy has the advantage of the number and range of psychic cannons. If we continue to allow the enemy's artillery to continuously attack the city, we will eventually not be able to defend Manila."

Although Father Manas was only a fifth-level peak magician, as one of the cardinals of the Great Light Church in the Eastern World, his status was only higher than that of Governor Coquila.

In the Western world, you don't have much trouble offending a governor.

But if you offend a priest, you will be unable to move forward, let alone a cardinal.

Whether it is the Great Light Bishop or the Dark Church, they are the masters of the Western white world.

"These pagans dared to offend us, the Lord's servants. They are extremely evil. Their bodies and souls must be purified!"

"Governor Coquila, you will lead 150,000 of the Governor's Guards to form a battle formation and fight against the enemy's commander who possesses an innate divine weapon."

Bishop Manas said in a tone that seemed like a suggestion but was actually an order, "I will lead the church's magician corps and use the Great Light Divine Array to cooperate and try to kill the enemy's main general in one fell swoop."

Bishop Manas spoke in a high-sounding and selfless manner, but in fact, his goal had already been set on the enemy commander's innate artifact, the big bell.

In his perception, the innate magical weapon of the Chinese commander outside the city is one of the most powerful magical weapons he has ever seen!

During Bishop Manas's hundred-year missionary career, the only thing that could compare to his mission was the Scepter of Great Light, the sacred artifact held by His Holiness the Pope, when he went to the Temple of Great Light to meet him.

You know, the most precious treasure of the Great Light Cult: the Great Light Scepter, is one of the ten great artifacts in the universe in the ancient legends of the Western world, and it was once held by Zeus, the God of Light!

Manas could never have imagined that the Chinese commander who came across the sea for this long-distance attack would have such a terrifying innate artifact in his hands!

He was already imagining that after he obtained this super innate artifact, he would not only be able to make use of the artifact's recognition of its master to break through to the sixth-level magician realm in one fell swoop, but he would also be able to achieve the glory of being promoted to a cardinal as he wished!

In order to seize the enemy's great bell artifact, he would not hesitate to pay a huge price!

This was also the main reason why he, who had always been keeping a low profile, exercised his rights as a cardinal for the first time and gave direct orders to Governor Corqueira.

There is no way. The opportunity to change one's fate has come, and this is not the time to be polite.

"Yes! Your Excellency the Bishop!" Governor Coquela could not have imagined that Bishop Manas, who always appeared to be kind, would so decisively order a counterattack out of the city.

But the Great Light Divine Church was high and mighty. Facing a cardinal, even as a governor, he dared not be negligent in the slightest. He quickly bowed and agreed, "Then, I'll leave it to you, Your Excellency the Bishop."

Although Coquela was not very sure whether he could defeat the enemy commander outside the city, now that Bishop Manas had spoken and promised to lead the church's magician corps stationed in Manila to fight together with the city lord's guards to encircle and kill the enemy, there would be no problem.

Others may not know, but Coquela is very clear about how powerful the magician army stationed in Manila is.

Even though the magician corps sent by the Holy See of Great Light consists of only a thousand people, the magician with the worst cultivation among them is already a fourth-level magician, which is equivalent to a fourth-level warrior in the Eastern world.

A thousand masters of the Qi Refining Realm, equivalent to those in the Eastern world, formed an army and attacked in formation. Even Coquila himself, who had his own divine weapon, would not be their match.

It’s not that Coquila is not strong, but that the Great Light Divine Array is too powerful and can naturally restrain magicians and fighters like them.

As for why a group of a thousand magicians stationed in Manila all have fourth or fifth level cultivation?

There is no need to explain the reason: because these members of the church magician corps use faith crystals to practice on a daily basis, the speed at which their cultivation breaks through is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary talented practitioners.

The Crystal of Faith is no ordinary treasure.

In the ancient myths and legends of the West, even those gods with tremendous power used crystals of faith as their main daily treasures for cultivation!
It's just that in this big world, the Western gods have long disappeared without a trace, and the entire world is imprisoned by the mysterious rules of heaven and earth. The remaining Great Light God Church and the Dark Church, through deception and brainwashing, preaching, do not have to offer the faith crystals to the gods, but use them to provide a large number of loyal believers to the upper class.

Otherwise, such a precious and magical crystal of faith would not be enjoyed by practitioners other than those Western gods.

"Redis, Anason!"

Governor Coquila immediately ordered the two Level 6 Early Stage Dou Wang Tianjiao generals beside him, "You two, immediately organize the 150,000 soldiers of the Governor's Guard and be ready to leave the city and counterattack at any time!"

"General Wittes, you just heard what the bishop said. Without further delay, the officers and men of your treasure transport fleet must gather as soon as possible and prepare for the attack."

Although Coquela was the governor of a region, he had no authority to issue orders to the ocean-going treasure fleet.

But now that His Excellency Bishop Manas has spoken, there is no problem.

As a governor, he still did not dare to disobey the orders of the bishop, and General Wittes was even more afraid.

"Yes, Lord Bishop!"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor!"...

Everyone at the scene quickly took orders, and began to fly away in all directions, starting the intensive preparations.

Given that this counterattack out of the city is of vital importance and directly related to everyone's life and death, no one dares to take it lightly, not even Cardinal Manas.

After saying goodbye to Governor Coquila temporarily, he waved the magic wand in his hand, and his body turned into a wisp of breeze, floating away quickly on the city wall.

A moment later, he was back in the towering white cathedral beside the central square in the city.

"Richard, Mettles!"

As soon as Bishop Manas returned to the church hall, he called two divine servants and immediately ordered, "You two must immediately gather the magician corps of our church and follow me to the east city gate to prepare to go out of the city with the Governor's army to launch a major counterattack against the enemy!"

"We have been training the Great Light Divine Formation for so long, it is time to show its due brilliance."

Since coming to the Eastern World with a legion of magicians, Bishop Manas has never personally gone out to fight the enemy.

But he has extremely strong confidence in the power of the Great Light Divine Array!
Even though he had lost the initiative and all of his fleet and treasure ships, he was not afraid at all of the 500,000 Chinese troops attacking from outside the city.

Even if the enemy's main general has a super innate artifact, there will be no exception.

He firmly believed that the army of magicians he led could suppress the enemy and achieve final victory and what he wanted.

About a quarter of an hour later, Richard and Metellus had gathered a thousand magicians and soldiers to be on high alert, awaiting the order from Bishop Manas.

"let's go!"

Manas waved the magic wand in his hand, emitting a huge green light that enveloped the thousands of magician soldiers in front of him and carried them towards the direction of East City.

At this time, the Governor's Guard headed by Manila Governor Coqueira and the treasure ship fleet led by General Wittes had already lined up in neat military formations, waiting for orders in the square below inside the East Gate wall.

Upon seeing this, Bishop Manas flashed and flew to a height of 100 feet alone. He said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen!"

"Outside the city, there are Chinese pagans from the Ming Dynasty attacking! This is our shame, and it must be washed away with the blood of the enemy!"

"The Great Church of Light has already issued a clear order: For any pagans, only by thoroughly purifying their bodies and minds can we prevent the spread of these evil forces!"

"Those Chinese soldiers outside the city are undoubtedly blasphemers of the Great Light Divine Religion. They no longer have any need to live in this world!"

"I have only one order, and that is to kill them all, burn their bodies, and apologize to our Lord!"

"Open the city gate!"

He waved the magic wand in his hand again, and a dazzling white light was emitted, covering all the soldiers and magicians on the scene.

"Blessing of Holy Light!"

"Attack!"

The large-scale magic that Manas just performed was the signature light magic of the Great Light Cult: the Great Holy Light Magic.

This magic has no lethality, but it can greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and restore everyone's condition to its peak.

It has to be said that as one of the two dominant forces in the Western world, the foundation of the Church of Light is far more than what it appears to be.

"Squeak..."

As the huge gate of Manidong City, which was about a hundred feet in size, was quickly rolled up and opened by the noose, following the order of Bishop Manas, several white Hu people's legions that had been prepared, lined up in neat military formations, and flew out of the city one after another...

(End of this chapter)