OBS Chapter 752: What is Sacred
Chapter 752: What is Sacred
Chapter 752: What is Sacred
"you are?"
The Iron Duke's voice was somewhat mechanical. This was the price that the host of the "Iron Duke" had to bear - losing a certain amount of personal will, and over time, he would even be assimilated by the "Iron Duke" artifact.
This is the typical price a weakling has to pay in order to perfectly control a divine weapon.
Jeanna shrugged: "It seems that I recognized the wrong person."
The Duke of Wellington was an old-timer from the Napoleonic Wars, with an impressive military record that was legendary.
He was also considered the gravedigger of Emperor Napoleon and an old acquaintance of Jeanne. At that time, he often fought in steel armor. In the Battle of Waterloo, he personally led the charge and defeated Emperor Napoleon's old guard.
Now it seems that although the armor on the Iron Duke has a similar aura to that on the Duke of Wellington and is most likely modified from the former, the person inside is no longer the same.
This is normal. Ordinary people are not heroic spirits created by miracles like her. Even if they are extraordinary beings, their lifespan is limited if they have not reached a very high level.
"You are the Brilliant Knight."
As if he had identified Jeanne from her armor and weapons, the Iron Duke's mechanical voice could not help but become a little agitated.
The British have mixed views on Joan of Arc of France. Some admire her achievements, some hate her for crushing Britain's early attempts to establish European hegemony, and some see her as a religious lunatic and a heretic witch.
But for the Knight of Distinction, the continuation of Joan of Arc, the British generally have a positive view of it.
After all, ever since she was resurrected and joined the Holy Church, she has been fighting on the front lines against darkness and evil for hundreds of years, and has never participated in secular wars. Such a person has many admirers even in the British army.
This era also has stars and idols. The leading ladies of many theaters and ballet dancers are also sought after by thousands of people, but in fact they are just playthings for entertainment and will only receive canary-like love, rather than respect and admiration from the upper class.
This is the difference between the shining knight who is so brilliant and has many admirers and those singing girls and dancers.
Before the Iron Duke put on this armor and inherited the "mantle" of the Duke of Wellington, he was also one of the Knight of Glory's admirers.
"Why are you here?"
The Iron Duke was very puzzled. The Glory Knight was an enemy of darkness. Even if MI6 had speculated about this, he couldn't understand why the Glory Knight would appear here and fight for the Texans.
For a person like her, even the King of France could not force her to do something that goes against her beliefs.
Even if she wanted to, she only needed to raise her hand and the position of the King of France would be threatened. After all, the Orleanists, Napoleonists and Republicans were still watching him.
The mobs in Paris might even pull the King of France off the throne at any time because of the Knight of Glory's cheers.
"No need to waste time talking, let's just fight first."
The chainsaw sword in the Iron Duke's hand hummed, and he said in a deep voice: "The evil spirit may have possessed you. I will help you regain your original will."
"This is my will."
Jeanna sneered: "It is estimated that the number of humans killed by dark creatures each year does not exceed 100,000. However, the wars initiated by your country, the famine caused by them, and the exploitation of colonies have conservatively killed no less than one million people each year."
After Europe entered the industrial age, incidents of monsters slaughtering villages and cities, as happened frequently in the Middle Ages, have become rare, and the number of times the Holy Knights have been dispatched and the number of evil demons they have eliminated has also decreased.
"If we count the damage done, your country is more evil than the most terrible demon."
"Here's nonsense."
It is sheer nonsense to measure holiness and evil by the number of people killed.
Are the deaths of those indigenous and lowly people worth talking about?
Purifying them is justice, right?
The Iron Duke snorted coldly and strode forward, and the gushing hot steam enveloped the entire street.
Keng——
Jeanna, clutching the Holy Lance, was blown away like a cannonball, but immediately afterwards, she spread her flaming wings and flew out from the collapsed ruins.
"This guy is quite fierce."
Lothar frowned. The fight between Jeanna and the Iron Duke seemed similar, but Lothar knew very well that this guy had not yet used his full strength. In other words, even if he used his full strength, he could still drain Jeanna to the point of exhaustion without her becoming weakened at all.
Moreover, no one can tell what explosive abilities the opponent may have hidden in his or her tank.
This is obviously an opponent that Jeanna has to take seriously even at her peak. After all, the Iron Duke is not restrained by the Holy Light, and the blessing of the Law cannot make up for the gap between the peak of Elite 1 and the peak of Elite 2.
Lothar did not intervene in the battle rashly. The goal of tonight's battle was not to surround and kill the Iron Duke from the beginning to the end. It was enough to be able to contain him. With the blessing of Lavinia's decree, Jeanna would not burn herself out so quickly.
If Texas wants to win, and win beautifully, the British expeditionary force, which has been weakened many times, will have to be weakened again in New Naples. After all, the gap between the two countries' financial resources is too big.
The entire population of Texas is only about one million, and this is the result of Giuliano absorbing some friendly indigenous tribes.
This is the dilemma of Texas. Due to its bad reputation, it is difficult for it to attract enough immigrants from Europe. Even the vast territory of British Canada at that time had only more than two million people, which shows how difficult it is to rely on immigration to expand the population.
The natives, who had been deceived many times by British colonists and had deep prejudices against white people, were not so easily trusted. In addition, the natives of North America had experienced many massacres and the terrible westward movement, and their population had dropped sharply to less than one million. Most of them had moved to inland "reservations", far away from Texas.
Without sufficient population, Texas' vast territory and abundant resources cannot be converted into national strength.
If the country loses another hundred thousand young and middle-aged people, even if it defeats the British, there will be no future for it.
So tonight, New Naples is bound to become a bleeding sink for the British Expeditionary Force. Just absorbing a few reconnaissance teams, which add up to only more than a thousand people, is nothing. Losa's appetite is much bigger than this.
As for how Texas will gain population in the future, Losa also has a plan, but it still depends on whether its good neighbor to the south, Mexico, which is full of caudillos and also has its eyes on Texas, will cooperate.
The news that the reconnaissance team had been attacked had already been spread as soon as the first shot was fired.
As the teams sent back messages one after another, Admiral George, who was still on the Sea Sovereign, could not help but frown: "Even the Iron Duke can't deal with the monsters hiding in the alleys and sewers?"
He hesitated and continued to send reinforcements into the city, but he felt like he was walking into a trap set by the enemy.
But if he used naval guns to raze New Naples to the ground, with French ships eyeing him covetously, he didn't really believe that the French would declare war on Britain for Texas.
But it is night now, and the ambushers in Texas and the werewolves are all top masters. The effect of artillery fire may not be very good, and the risk and benefit are not proportional.
In addition, once the city is bombarded with naval artillery, it means that all of the more than 1,000 soldiers in the reconnaissance team will be abandoned.
Ordinary soldiers are fine, but there are also many elite armored infantry and nearly ten King's Blades. They all come from military officer families or are children of aristocrats, not those low-level soldiers who have no value but their lives.
"Pass my order to have the Iron Duke and King's Blade evacuate the city."
Admiral George hesitated for a moment, but still issued this cruel order. Without the protection of the Iron Duke and the King's Blade, these armored infantry and ordinary soldiers would inevitably fall into the trap set by the cunning Texans.
Not long after the order was issued, Lieutenant Colonel Scott's voice came back: "Your Excellency Admiral, the Iron Duke refuses to accept your order and requires you to send the King's Shield and the King's Blade into the city to provide support and capture the attackers in one fell swoop."
Admiral George couldn't help but be stunned. Not only him, but also the officers and staff around him were all filled with astonishment.
The Iron Duke of this generation was a close relative of the Hanoverian royal family and held a very respected position in the expeditionary force, but he was always taciturn and devoted himself to the assigned tasks, and he had never refused to accept orders.
Admiral George hesitated, but still said, "The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. I believe in the Iron Duke's decision as the commander on the front line. Since he is confident that he can lead the King's Blade and the King's Shield to annihilate the enemy, why should we refuse an upcoming victory?"
As more than thirty tall steam knights broke into the city, the intensity of the battle escalated again.