There are no legal constraints in the stronghold, but each place has its own unique rules. Although there are holy knights guarding, conflicts and even deaths within the stronghold are not uncommon. The doctrine of the Temple of War is war and struggle, which determines that their holy knights will not be as meticulous about the nature of things as the Sun God Amun or the True God Tom, so they often turn a blind eye to conflicts between mercenaries. As long as it doesn't threaten the normal operation of the stronghold, the holy knights of the Temple of War are unwilling to get involved in the problems between mercenaries.

  But this time, the situation was different. The people Zhan En killed were not those mercenaries who risked their lives in the dark regions, but rather attendants belonging to a big shot. As a result, the nature of the matter changed, and after Zhan En and his group left, the entire base began to stir like a stone had been thrown into a pond, and Zhan En's name once again became a hot topic among the crowd.

  However, Jian was not interested in this. This is a dark region, not the surface. No matter how many people come, they cannot change this point. They can stick to their ideals, their bottom line, and their criteria. But they cannot ignore and resist the rules and boundaries of the dark region itself, even if it's as strong as the temple. Everything here is like a layer of soil and rocks pressing on everyone's head, several hundred or thousand meters thick. The only thing you can do is accept it without any objection.

  Of course, another reason is that Zhan En found something more interesting and fun.

  "Have you figured out what that thing is, Elise?"

  Sitting on a stone chair, Zhan En was curiously examining the bright red strange substance placed in front of him. After returning to his own cave within the base, Zhan En began to study this strange thing with rapt attention. At first, he thought it was an egg, but after using the "Evil Eye" to inspect it, Zhan En was shocked to discover that it was solid inside, which meant that it wasn't an egg, but rather something like a gemstone.

  If that was all, but when Zhan En adjusted the "Evil Eye" to soul mode, he was surprised to find that there was a strange soul fire inside. It could be seen that this soul fire had just been formed for a short time. The white flame that kept burning slowly and firmly declared its existence.

  This is interesting, a stone actually has a soul, could it be that a monkey will jump out of it?

  Although Zhan also read a lot of books, he had never seen such a strange thing. So he handed the red gemstone to Elise for study, after all, as a mage, studying these things was also Elise's profession.

  "I'm terribly sorry, master, I still haven't figured it out."

  Upon hearing Zhan En's question, Elise also smiled helplessly and refocused her attention on the ruby egg in front of her.

  "I can feel the fluctuation of elements within it...... It should be an existence condensed from something, but what exactly is hard to say......"

  "Take your time, we have plenty of it."

  Taking the red tea handed over by Bicks, Zhan Yan leaned against the stone wall leisurely. During this time, he also contacted Enyo, and at least the underground city was still relatively calm. Moreover, Zhan Yan had already decided to temporarily seal off the entrance of the underground city and recall all the mutants and female demons. The previous attack on the patrol team was just a plan to take advantage of the chaos and make a fortune, but now that his goal had been achieved, it was best to withdraw in time.

  So, next...

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!!"

  Just then, a hurried knocking sound came from outside. Zhan En raised his eyelids and looked towards the entrance of the cave. Soon, he saw the curtain being lifted, and Liam, the Holy Knight, rushed in hastily. His young face showed an anxious expression. Seeing Zhan En here, Liam let out a helpless sigh, then strode to Zhan En's front.

  "Mr. Zhan, you actually still have the mood to drink tea here, do you know that the base is already in chaos!"

  "What does this have to do with me? Isn't it your Sheng Tang Church that's in charge, shouldn't you be the ones handling things?"

  He took a sip of red tea, and Zain glanced at Liam. He didn't have much good or bad impression on this holy knight. Although Liam was too "straightforward", such people were also easy to use, and had some value for Zain. So he didn't say much, but made a gesture, seeing Zain's action, Becks also quickly took out a silver tea cup, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Liam.

  "Thank you."

  After walking for so long, Liam was also a bit parched. Seeing Becks hand him tea, he hastily thanked her and took it. After taking a sip, he finally managed to catch his breath. Upon hearing Jen's words, Liam couldn't help but glare at him, perhaps remembering Jen's temper, and his originally stern expression softened considerably.

  "To be honest, I've also asked the mercenaries around us who were watching. Indeed, it was those few attendants who were wrong first, and I know you have a bad temper, but... this time the person killed is really different!"

  "What's different?"

  Hearing Liam's words, Zane snorted coldly.

  "Speaking of which, my maid was bullied in the stronghold and you holy knights pretended to be blind. Are those people also holy knights or what?"

  "No, no, no! Those people are not holy knights!"

  Liam was young after all, and when Zane said a few words, he immediately stood up and waved his hand in denial.

  "We knights of the sacred order don't have such a loser among us, but Mr. Zhan, to be honest with you, this matter is indeed not easy to handle..."

  And under Liam's introduction, Zane also understood the ins and outs of things.

  The Temple Church is indeed a trans-regional international organization, but the problem is that no matter how strong the temple is, it is still a temple. After so many years of wind and rain, many countries have changed their framework. Except for the base of the Temple Church, "Holy Country" Sess, which is ********* country, most other countries are secular states with separation of church and state. The power of the Temple Church is very great, but it cannot interfere in all aspects of a country's affairs. It is precisely because of this that if the Temple Church wants to take any action, it must obtain the support of local rulers.

  This time, the action of entering the dark territory is also the same. The northern land where Zhan En is located has the Doomsday Mountains, a part of which belongs to the Valkyrie Kingdom's sphere of influence. The Temple of War God needs to recruit personnel, go deep into the dark territory, and provide logistical supplies and other things, naturally needing the assistance of the Valkyrie Kingdom.

  The Valkyrie Kingdom and the Temple of War God have a long history. At first, this was just an ordinary human gathering place. Later, with the invasion of the Demon Clan, this land also fell into war. It was the War God Makka who sent the female warriors to enter the main material plane, assisting the residents here in defeating the Demon Clan's advance. Among them, a human hero and a Valkyrie fell in love, and they had a child together. Later, this child established a country on this land, named Valkyrie. This is also the origin of the name of the Valkyrie Kingdom.

  In the past, when the Temple of War Gods was prosperous, the relationship between the Valkyrie Kingdom and the Temple of War Gods was not bad. However, after the fall of the War God, the relationship between the Temple of War Gods and the Valkyrie Kingdom deteriorated rapidly, and the Temple of War Gods, which had lost the protection of the gods, was regarded as a burden by the Valkyrie Kingdom, and they wanted to get rid of it as far away as possible. As for the friendship that once existed between the two sides, it is now rarely mentioned. However, this is not surprising, since the Valkyrie Kingdom was founded under the protection of the War God, and during the time when the War God was alive, this protection was a good thing for the people. But after the death of the War God, the Valkyrie Kingdom, which had lost the protection of the gods, would inevitably face a situation where people's hearts were in turmoil.

  In order to calm the people's minds, the Valkyrie Kingdom had no choice but to abandon the already useless Temple of War God and turn to support other temples' preaching. In this situation, the originally weak power of the Temple of War God became even more precarious. Although both sides still maintained a certain degree of friendly relations on the surface, it was just a superficial gesture.

  It's precisely because of this that the Valkyrie Kingdom is not very enthusiastic about the request from the Temple of War Gods. If it weren't for the Temple of War Gods' repeated pleas, they probably wouldn't have agreed to support them again. However, even if they did agree to assist the Temple of War Gods in the end, most of their responsibilities were limited to providing supplies from the rear, and they would never venture into the Dark Territory themselves. After all, the military's duty is to defend the country, so it's only natural that they wouldn't send troops to waste away in the Dark Territory.

  Before that, the local nobles of the Valkyrie Kingdom were in charge of supervising the transmission gate with the Archbishop of Bosen, but later due to the incident of being ambushed at the base (Liam couldn't even think that the culprit was sitting right in front of him), the rear also became a bit restless. Afraid that something would happen again under the dark region, until Zhan Yan took action and settled those fire lizards, only then did things finally stabilize.

  But trouble also arose from this.

  The supply depot reported to the rear that the surrounding area had been cleared, and also brought out a number of lizard corpses as proof. Seeing these evil and strange underground creatures, it was natural for the old men in the rear to be quite surprised. And after learning that the surroundings of the depot were safe and there were no monster attacks, the nobles in the rear were also eager to personally experience the dark region. So some noble children joined forces, brought some people, and came to the supply depot, planning to take a good look at the "local conditions and customs" of the dark region.

  The attendants who surrounded Becks before were the subordinates of these noble descendants. So other mercenaries and holy knights saw it, but didn't dare to intervene, after all, the other party was of high status and a collaborator of the temple, the mercenaries didn't want to cause trouble, and the holy knights didn't want to start a fight either.

  But unexpectedly, Zhan En was even more ruthless. Without saying a word, he directly took action and killed someone, as easily and quickly as killing a chicken. This was simply a slap in the face, how could those spoiled sons possibly keep their cool? Liam was straightforward, not stupid, when he heard that Zhan En had killed someone, he knew something was wrong, so he hastily ran to inform him.

  "So it was like that."

  After hearing Liam finish speaking, Zane nodded his head.

  "It doesn't matter, if they want to look for trouble with me, just let them come, don't worry, I'll spare their dog lives for your sake."

  "That's not the issue..."

  Listening to Zane's words, Liam couldn't help but cry and laugh. He didn't come here to plead for those people, but hoped that Zane wouldn't stir up too much trouble. However, looking at Zane's attitude now, he seemed to think it wasn't a problem at all!

  Unfortunately, what one fears often comes true.

  At this moment, suddenly, a string of urgent footsteps came from outside, and the sound of weapons colliding could be faintly heard. Upon hearing this, Liam's face changed slightly, but before he could say anything else, several fully armed soldiers rushed into the cave, surrounding Zhan En and the others.