Player Returns
Chapter:153

Chapter 153:

Arundel nodded and said, “First, this is the defense of the City of Light. Commander Grany, how is the defense of the city of City of Light?”

Hearing the archbishop's words, a commander in charge of the city's defense stood up and replied, “Reporting to the archbishop, all the paladins in the vicinity rushed to the nearest main city. When the time comes, the City of Light will have three commas of six billion six hundred and eighty-five thousand paladins, of which two commas of eight billion are high-level warriors.

“The city wall in the south is broken to a certain extent. I sent someone to fix it. It is estimated that repairs will take two hours.

“Currently, the city has seven thousand two hundred and thirty defense towers, eight hundred of which are Legendary level and one thousand five hundred are Epic level!

“Currently, the paladins are following the second defense plan and setting traps around the city. A total of thirty-two thousand high-level traps and eight million high-level traps have been installed.”.

Commander McGrady said many things, summarizing the city's defense information from the City of Light.

When Li Cheng heard this news, the corner of his mouth involuntarily twitched. The City of Light was still as terrifying as before.

Three billion paladins. This amount was enough to make many temples blush. Moreover, they had a limited time to prepare, and most paladins were unable to return to the City of Light.

One should know that the paladins were scattered in every corner of the lost continent. Under the command of Commander Vic, the paladins were sent to the nearby main cities to aid in the defense. The number of paladins returning to the City of Light was probably less than one in 10,000.

The number of defense buildings was also very large. Even the NPC imperial capital definitely did not possess such defensive power.

Of course, compared to Li Cheng's territory, such defensive power was still many times weaker.

After listening to McGrady's report, everyone present nodded and waited for the next bishop's words.

In fact, from the very beginning, no one had ever worried about the safety of the City of Light. The two bishops looked at each other and were silent for a few seconds. Finally, Bishop Meyev spoke.

“I will hand over the defense of the City of Light to you. The only hard part now is…

“One hundred twenty villages in the west, three hundred villages in the north, and residents of twenty-six cities in the East all come to us for protection.

“And the number of refugees coming to the City of Light almost exceeded the limit. What ideas do you have?”

As soon as Meyev finished speaking, the entire conference room went silent. The leaders had serious expressions on their faces.

The major powers of the church all went east to fight against the undead. They won't be able to return in a short time.

At this moment, Li Cheng's expression was extremely calm. He almost understood what the two bishops meant. Aren't they here to rely on him?

As expected, within seconds, Bishop Meyev's gaze fell on Li Cheng. He said, “Earl Netherworld, we hope you can receive a portion of the refugees.”

Hearing this, everyone's gazes were fixed on Li Cheng. Some commanders frowned slightly. Can Earl Netherworld do it?

Can a God who did not even last more than seven days help in this matter?

One should know that the siege of this monster was probably the largest they had encountered in decades.

Li Cheng's expression did not change as he said calmly, “Bishop, I am only a weak third-rate Lord, and my territory is only at level forty. I can't even protect myself. I'm afraid I can't help to accept more refugees.”

Hearing this, the lips of the two bishops twitched. They were slightly impressed by Li Cheng's words.

‘Do not think that we do not know about Epic-class city walls and countless Legendary-class defense facilities. You tell us that you are weak?!’

At this moment, the reticent Asilia pursed her lips in dissatisfaction. Just as he was about to say something, Li Cheng suddenly grabbed his hand from under the table and scratched his palm several times.

If he didn't stop her at this time, if he were to spill the secret, how could he openly blackmail some bishops?

Asilia's soft face instantly reddened as Li Cheng grabbed her palm.

The two bishops and the Vic commander exchanged glances when they saw this sight.

The Light Church naturally does not restrict love. Could this Count have a special relationship with Saintess?

That's not surprising. With the growth speed of the Netherworld Earl, it wasn't strange for him to get help from Saintess.

They don't think about it too much. In the end, Commander Vic spoke. “Earl Netherworld, this.. If you are having difficulties, the church can support you.”.

Hearing this, Li Cheng's eyes twinkled. He was waiting for her to say that. He didn't think Vic was so wise.

Li Cheng thought for a moment before saying, “The combat capabilities of my troops are relatively strong, but it is very easy for them to get injured. I'm short of some healing units.”.

At this point, Li Cheng paused for a moment and continued, “I hope the church can give me some Holy Light Priests.”

Hearing this, the hearts of Vic and the two Bishops thumped. They already knew that Li Cheng was asking for too much. However, they had no choice but to help.

Vic took a deep breath and asked, “How much do you want? Didn't Saintess just gather a group of priests for you?”

Not long ago, Asilia brought several thousand priests to Li Cheng. Everyone in the City of Light knew about this.

Li Cheng's expression was still the same. He casually said, “I need two million first.”

When everyone heard this, the entire hall became silent.

Two million priests? To think that he would say such a thing, he might as well kill them all.

At this moment, Asilia spoke up. “Earl Netherworld, we really don't have much!”

Then, he thought for a moment and said, “Five hundred thousand. We can at most gather another five hundred thousand Holy Light Priests for you!”

Hearing Asilia's words, Vic and the two bishops' hearts were immediately threatened with collapse. They covered their faces, looking as if they were about to die.

It's over, it's over, it's all gone!

Saints always stand by the side of the church, but Saints in love are no longer part of their family. There was a reason why the church decided not to let Saintess participate in the Battle Conference.

Vic and the two bishops wondered if something like this had happened in the church long ago. Otherwise, why would there be such a rule from the very beginning?

They had also seen that the war this time was very fierce, so they summoned Asilia to take part in the meeting. If they knew that this would be the result, they would not allow him to participate in a war meeting even if they were beaten to death.

After this meeting ended, the two bishops planned to reimpose a rule prohibiting Saints from participating in future war meetings, to remind them in the future that this mistake should not be made again!