Chapter 179: Surrender without a fight, organization behind enemy lines

at the same time.

In the northern continent, there is another medium-sized kingdom, the Kingdom of Pal.

In the capital, inside the royal palace.

A dozen core ministers and the king gathered together, all with frowns and serious expressions. Ever since they received the news that the Akana Kingdom was suddenly attacked and inexplicably destroyed, their brows have not been relaxed.

In terms of strength, the Kingdom of Pal and the Kingdom of Akana were on par with each other. However, the Akana Kingdom, which had been resisting well a few months ago, was defeated in an instant.

No sign.

How could this not scare them?

"Aren't you all very talkative on weekdays? Why are you all silent today? Whether it's war or surrender, we have to come up with a result. Otherwise, when the Eternal Night army arrives in a few days, we won't know what to do." The old king sitting on the upper floor looked at the core ministers below with some dissatisfaction on his face. Normally, these guys are not so taciturn. They can quarrel for ten days or half a month over a trivial matter.

As a result, when they are really needed to come up with ideas, they all become cowards and can't utter a word for a long time.

The ministers below are either generals commanding a legion, or great lords of a place, or patriarchs of a large family. In the Kingdom of Pal, they are big figures who can shake the entire kingdom with just a stomp of their feet.

They are eloquent and under normal circumstances, there will be no problem letting them speak for several days in a row.

But not today.

After all, it is really difficult for them to express their opinions on this matter.

At least not first.

This is a matter of great importance concerning the survival of the kingdom. To put it bluntly, it is the division between the surrender faction and the resistance faction.

Once there is a conflict of opinion, it is really possible that the film will be started on the spot.

So before someone clearly took sides, no one dared to speak, and everyone kept their heads down and remained silent.

"A bunch of cunning old fellows."

Looking at the silent "old friend" beside them, everyone cursed in their hearts.

After a while, seeing that no one spoke, the old king became a little impatient. He slapped the throne casually, and a protective barrier instantly rose in the palace.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"Gulu..."

"It's another barrier, can't it be..."

In an instant, everyone below was panicked. After all, they knew the destruction process of the Akana Kingdom. Now seeing a similar scene, they couldn't help but think more.

The ministers took slight steps and quietly moved away from their companions. The energy in their bodies circulated and they were prepared in advance. If the situation was slightly wrong, they would run away immediately.

"Since you don't want to talk to me, let someone else talk to you." The old king looked at the ministers below, smiled coldly, then stood up, took out a several-meter-high dark statue from the space ring, and placed it directly in front of him.

The old king prayed devoutly: "Praise the King of Eternal Night."

The statue flashed with black light, and in an instant, a black vortex was formed. A figure walked out of it. It was a ninth-level strong man wearing a black robe and a mask on his face.

"The Eternal Night Envoy!"

"How is it possible? When...when did His Majesty the King join the Eternal Night Cult? Why would he join..."

"It's over. Why did His Majesty urgently summon us here when he knew the fate of the Akana Kingdom? It turns out that he has already defected to the Eternal Night Cult. He wants to catch us all in one fell swoop!"

Seeing the powerful man in black robe coming out, the ministers below were shocked and felt a chill in their hearts.

Some smart guys are even more cautious and wary of the guys around them.

After all, even His Majesty the King has been infiltrated. Who can guarantee that these guys around him are still on the same side as him?

"Greetings to the messenger of God." The old king ignored the reactions of the people below and greeted them respectfully.

This Eternal Night God's envoy is extremely powerful, having reached the ninth level of the Holy Domain. And this is not just an ordinary ninth level, but a strong one among the ninth levels.

He holds a very high status in the Eternal Night Cult.

In response to King Pal's greeting, he just nodded slightly and said calmly: "You continue..." After that, he stood aside, looking at the people below with indifferent eyes, which put great pressure on them.

Obviously, the ministers were all strong, and there were even ninth-rank strongmen among them, but at this moment, a chill rose in their hearts.

"Everyone, this is the Messenger of Eternal Night. I don't need to say much about where he comes from! I wanted to ask for your opinions first, but none of you wanted to speak. So I have to start by asking!" King Pal turned to look at his ministers, his eyes slightly narrowed, with a smile on his face.

As to what his opinion was, it was now obvious.

Ministers: "..."

Looking at the black-robed envoy in front of them, and then at the barrier outside the palace, the ministers were speechless.

"Well, let's not waste any more time. I have decided to submit to the Eternal Night Empire and convert to the Divine Religion."

King Pal did not give them much time to think, and quickly urged: "Now it is your turn to make a choice. As for the conditions of submission, I believe you have already understood them, so I will not waste my breath to repeat them."

Everyone was silent, looking at their companions, cursing the old king's injustice in their hearts.

Damn it, if you want to surrender, just say so earlier. If we all surrender together, we can get a good price. Now what has happened has left us completely unprepared.

"It seems that you are unwilling." After a while, seeing that no one responded, the old king sighed, not knowing whether he was relieved or disappointed.

The black-robed messenger's eyes turned cold, his staff appeared, dark elements surged, and he was ready to take action immediately.

The guardian of the Pal Kingdom also appeared in the hall at some point. Although he was not as powerful as the black-robed envoy, he was also a ninth-level strongman.

"Wait... I am willing to follow in your majesty's footsteps and submit to the Eternal Night Empire." Seeing that the two were really about to fight, a minister could not help it and hurriedly surrendered.

"I also want to surrender..."

"May I surrender..."

But after a while, most of the ministers present spoke up and surrendered. Faced with this clear situation, the remaining resistance factions, although unwilling in their hearts, had no choice but to surrender.

Even the king has surrendered, what else can they do?
Voting against at this time will have no other effect except putting your life on the line.

Seeing this, the Eternal Night Messenger nodded with satisfaction, and with a wave of his hand, the dark statue beside him burst out with dozens of streams of light, shooting towards everyone, "Don't resist." Hearing this, everyone suppressed the desire to resist and allowed the black light to hit them.

The flash of light was fleeting and merged into their bodies, but it did not show any symptoms. It was as if they had drunk a sip of water, very calm.

Several magicians who had practiced spiritual consciousness immediately discovered that there was an additional mark in their spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

"Your Highness the Envoy of God, what is this?" someone asked.

The spiritual sea of ​​consciousness involves the foundation of life and can be said to be more important than the heart.

For powerful extraordinary beings, all physical injuries, including those to the heart and head, are not fatal.

As long as they are still conscious, they can still recover even if their hearts are shattered and their heads fall to the ground.

But spiritual consciousness is different, even for high-level extraordinary people, or even demigods, spiritual consciousness is very important, just like the heart of an ordinary person.

Once their mental consciousness is damaged, they will still be seriously injured even if their bodies are intact.

At this moment, a mark suddenly appeared in their spiritual sea of ​​consciousness. How could they not panic?

Some even speculated that this mark was used to control them and make them obedient.

"Don't worry, this is a mark of darkness. It doesn't have any lethal power and won't bother you on weekdays. You can even use it to comprehend the origin of darkness and comprehend the power of darkness. After all, it contains a trace of my Lord's divine power. But even if it's just a trace, it's enough for you to comprehend for a lifetime."

The Eternal Night Envoy glanced at them and said calmly, "Of course, if one day you choose to betray our Lord and try to erase this mark, then this mark will become a coordinate, a coordinate for our Lord's believers."

"Don't dare."

The people who had just surrendered felt a chill in their hearts when they heard this, and dared not speak.

No harm, but there are coordinates.

Everyone knew the meaning of this. This dark mark would not take their lives directly, but if the coordinates were known by the Cult of Eternal Night, it would be no different from taking their lives.

After all, the assassination activities of the Cult of Eternal Night have never stopped over the years.

Relying on the secrecy of the dark power, they assassinated countless ministers of the kingdom in secret, and even several kings fell, including some of the ninth level.

Even a figure like this could not escape the assassination. The ministers did not think that they, whose coordinates were known, could escape it.

"The rest is left to you. Someone else will come to take over from you later." After giving King Pal a few instructions, the Messenger of Eternal Night walked into the dark vortex without looking back. His figure disappeared, and the vortex dissipated as well.

"Please rest assured, my envoy. I will definitely take care of it. Goodbye, my envoy." King Pal nodded repeatedly and watched the black-robed envoy leave.

After the divine messenger had completely left, one of the ministers said with resentment:

"Your Majesty, this is a very unkind thing you did! You sold the kingdom without informing us."

……

An area far away from the Kingdom of Paar.

A secret stronghold.

This is one of the largest strongholds of the Cult of Eternal Night in the Northern Continent.

"How is it?" Someone asked, looking at the returning black-robed envoy.

"It's been done. The Kingdom of Pal has surrendered. Just send someone to take it over." The black-robed messenger who had completed the mission replied with a smile.

"You agreed so easily?" Another person was a little disappointed. "What a pity! I was thinking that if we fought this time, I could get a few more high-level extraordinary undead."

"Haha, wouldn't it be better to keep it simple? If a fight really breaks out, even if we kill them all, it will be a war of attrition afterwards. It will at least waste several months, or even years." The companion next to him laughed.

"That's right, that's right. We don't lack Undead Commanders. If you really want one, go and apply for it. There are plenty of Undead Commanders in the River of the Dead now, and you can apply for one soon."

"It is said that the Empire is expanding into a half-plane recently. Those planes are much more dangerous than ours. High-level extraordinary beings appear in batches. In order to deal with them, several top legions of the Empire have been sent in."

"It's better over there. We can do whatever we want without restraint. There are too many restrictions here. It's not convenient..."

"Okay, stop complaining. If there were no restrictions, do you think we would need to come here? Those fetal killers could kill their way through the northern countries on their own."

"Now that the Kingdom of Pal has been dealt with, it's time to move on to the next target."

The overall strength of the Eternal Night Empire is far stronger than the Hundred Nations Alliance of the Northern Continent, but their resistance has also caused considerable trouble to the Eternal Night Empire.

In particular, after they discovered that the Eternal Night Empire valued the people of the kingdom, they began to spread the evil and terror of the empire, saying things like "The undead are everywhere, and they like to kill people" and "The rise of the empire is all due to killing and looting, they are just a group of barbarians"...

It has to be said that these propaganda efforts were quite effective and greatly increased the people of the kingdom’s fighting spirit.

After all, the kingdom's citizens have a low level of awareness, and they only have a few channels to get information. In such an environment, naturally, whatever the kingdom says is what it is.

After hearing too much propaganda and the kingdom's timely relaxation of policies, the kingdom's people do not have a good impression of the Eternal Night Empire.

Faced with the pressure of the invasion of the Eternal Night Empire, the cohesion of the countries in the Northern Continent has been continuously improving over the years.

Of course, the Eternal Night Empire has not been idle over the years. They have also sent various organizations to the Northern Continent to carry out some small actions to facilitate the attack of the Eternal Night army.

After so many years of development, the Eternal Night Empire has spawned a variety of organizations based on "darkness".

Take the Eternal Night Sect for example. Unlike the empty shell of the sect with only a name, the current Eternal Night Sect has been completely perfected and has spawned multiple departments with relevant powers.

The Council of Elders, the Inquisition, the Knights Templar, etc.

Based on the origin of darkness, many believers have comprehended various strange abilities, and various extraordinary professionals have emerged, such as shadow assassins who hide in the darkness and are very suitable for assassination, curse mages who kill people invisibly from thousands of miles away, and death mages who set off a frenzy of undead...

Under the leadership of the Cult of Eternal Night, many organizations were unified to form many large and small groups in the Northern Continent, which destroyed the kingdom from all aspects.

For example, gathering intelligence, assassinating important figures in the kingdom, organizing internal rebellions, and sneaking in disguise...

I have to say that the dark believers are indeed suitable for doing this kind of thing. After all, they do things very secretly, and if they can't win, they will run away very quickly.

The fall of the Akana Kingdom and the submission of the Pal Kingdom were all their work.

If the main force on the front battlefield is the Eternal Night Army, then the main force on the battlefield behind enemy lines is these organizations.

Without their assistance, the Eternal Night Empire's road to conquest would never be as easy as it is now.

(End of this chapter)