"We'll see when the time comes. I... have to use magic to solve the problem. After all, we lack magic power, manpower, and materials here, but the only thing we don't lack is divine power."
"Solve it with the 'gun of light'? But there are too many of them."
Priscilla did know about the lethal magic in the magic system.
But how can you only rely on the "light gun" used against large or single targets to deal with such a large number of corpses? Cecilia, have you been underground for too long
Faced with the Night Witch's confusion, the Saint simply sighed.
"To be precise, this is a magic I created." She shook her head and explained, with a silver-white light glowing in her hands: "I imagined that the divine power could spread like fire, and imagined that it could burn flesh and armor... In the end, I still couldn't be cruel enough to use such a magic on unarmed civilians - but at least I can try to use it to cut off the connection between these living dead and the God of Light."
"oh?"
"The God of Light's "Golden Mist" is obviously the culprit that turns people into living dead. If their connection with the God of Light can be directly burned off, then of course, the uncontrolled corpses will directly lose the ability to move...
I can't take their souls back from the God of Light. Besides, if I let them come back, it would just be another hell for them."
"Oh? Is it unstable?" The witch shrugged. "Is it likely to stop spreading after burning a part?"
“I guess so.”
The saint threw the white light in her hand gently. As the silver-white light began to burn and spread on the heads of the living dead, it was visible to the naked eye that some of the living dead had lost the ability to move.
Their bodies looked no different from before, but in the eyes of the saint, the divine power that was vaguely being transmitted towards St. Petersburg was burned off.
Although the divine power provided by a living dead is very scarce, as the number of living dead increases, the more divine power the God of Light can receive.
In this case, if Cecilia can get rid of the zombies, then the God of Light will not receive any divine power at all... What the God of Light will do because of the reduction of divine power is one thing, but Cecilia must deal with the zombies, which is another matter.
Watching more and more corpses lose their ability to move under the "burning" of the silver-white light, and finally fall directly to the ground motionless, Cecilia nodded to the witch:
"It's your turn now."
"Yes, yes..."
The witch casually threw a ball of fire onto the motionless bodies. With the smell of burning, the bodies began to burn under the high temperature, and finally formed a cloud of black smoke rising into the sky.
Black smoke floated in the air. After a while, when the silver-white light disappeared, layers of dark clouds appeared in the sky...
"It rains a lot in spring - this is also an important reason why we can't just burn everything with one fire." The witch scoffed at the change in weather.
"More importantly, the black smoke from burning corpses may cause chaos in our territory... Whether it's the smell, or the pollution and pressure brought by the black smoke... Sigh. Can we only deal with it in time?" The saint was concerned about the farmers under her command.
"Then we probably won't be able to do anything until August. Except farming."
“But on the other hand, Patriarch Peter can’t do anything either.”
Except for minor disagreements, they were able to reach a consensus in most cases.
And to put it bluntly, the number of living dead in the parish is indeed not a big problem that a saint and a great wizard can handle alone...
They could only stand there and watch the bodies roasted by the flames below being trampled by new zombies...
Afterwards, with the first drop of rain falling from the sky and the interference of the spring rain, the witch's first fire was completely put to an end.
Night. In the darkness, the New Church's controlled area was once again harassed by the Old Church -
The difference is that this time the clergy of the Old Church tried to use divine magic to break down the walls of the trench instead of simply luring the living dead over.
Their actions were quite effective, but the ascetic nuns stationed in various places arrived in time and used their magic to push back the rammed earth that was about to collapse with a "barrier" to reinforce it. However, the sudden attack from the Old Church brought them bitter consequences.
If the current state of Protestantism is to be in hell, at least it is climbing up one centimeter at a time.
Then the current situation of the old religion is that it is falling freely from the clouds, and there is a risk of falling into hell and eating shit every day.
Pope Peter probably wanted to wipe out the new religion before his own old religion was completely destroyed, win the "favor" of the God of Light, and then think of something to do to the God of Light
After all, he is such a person. He must have also realized the abnormality and weakness of the "God of Light" now—
But to be honest, does Patriarch Peter really think that there is any use in such a sneak attack that wastes precious priest resources
Under the illumination of the torches, the Witch of Night casually cast a spell to obscure the vision of the priest in the distance. She looked at the scene where the priest of the Old Church rushed around and finally crashed into the pile of zombies and sighed:
"After losing their followers, priests are worse than dogs... But saints and ascetics can move freely without their followers. Honestly, you are sure that you have nothing to do with the God of Light, right?"
“I think so.”
The saint shook her head. She just watched from afar as the golden light on the priest's body became dimmer and dimmer, and finally he was pinned down and eaten by countless zombies, causing him to scream miserably.
"I wonder why the God of Light would... But after thinking about it, it seems more like a war between the new and old gods than a "sectarian dispute."
"Who is the new god? Who is the old god?"
"The God of Light is the new god, and the original owner of the code in my hand... is the old god."
“Who do you think will win?”
"I don't want the God of Light to win."
Although there was still confusion in her words, the Saint seemed to have denied the existence of the God of Light—
Or perhaps, the only remaining faith in the God of Light in her heart had already disappeared without a trace because of the previous "golden mist" and the current zombies.
She sighed softly. At this moment, the direction of St. Petersburg once again burst into golden light.
Everyone turned around to look. The Protestant peasants knelt and bowed unconsciously, while the Saint and her ascetics just stood there.
They have already given up their faith in the God of Light - especially those girls who became ascetics after being rescued from destruction. The only feeling they have towards the God of Light is "hatred".
As for the Saint and the Witch, they are more concerned about whether what happened in St. Petersburg will affect the current war situation...
After all, if the God of Light really wanted to personally help the Old Church, then according to the strength of the New Church, there would be no way to fight against them...
What should I do
Amid the eerie howls of the living dead and the sound of the citizens' heads kissing the earth as they knelt and kowtowed, the saint gritted her teeth and decided to send people to observe from a distance.
At the same time when both the New and Old Churches made the same decision, in St. Petersburg, the God of Light was looking at the creation in the cathedral with satisfaction, judging that it was one of his most perfect creations.
This is a structure that is about 6 meters tall and is made up of countless Bayerjans and demon corpses.
Although it is very difficult to use the bones of the demons, if they are ground into bone powder and then infiltrated into the remains of the Bayerjans and mixed with them, and then mixed with divine power, they can actually produce many magical effects...
For example, resistance to magic, a more flexible body, the ability to directly reflect divine power, and even the ability to directly transform killed lives into living dead.
The creatures killed by the constructs, after being transformed into the living dead, will provide the God of Light with an insignificant amount of divine power - although the supply of divine power is small, it will be overwhelming when the number increases and it will pour in like a flood!
As long as two or three million people die, the God of Light can live a prosperous life with "divine freedom".
And to be able to kill so many lives, there is no doubt that this construct will become a general in the hands of the God of Light!
There is no doubt that this structure is the most perfect creation of the God of Light at this stage.
They are cheap, practical, and in line with one's own aesthetics. More importantly, because they have no self-awareness, they will never "betray" themselves.
"This is the creation I need most! With them... I don't even need the faith of mortals to take a step further on the road to becoming a god!"
The God of Light was overjoyed, and under his control, these constructs called "skeleton demons" were wandering wantonly in St. Petersburg, and under the modification of the God of Light, they gradually emitted a faint golden light.
For the poor, the "golden light" itself has a unique appeal -
After all, human instinct is to seek benefits and avoid harm, just to live a life of wealth and glory like a superior person. For this reason, after the God of Light became a god, his most representative light was golden.
He was very satisfied with this. But then again, the Saint's "suspicion" had become more and more serious... Although he could occupy the body at any time, the God of Light had another more important task to do at the moment.
Because of the Light, it seemed to have escaped. After gaining enough divine power, He ran away.
"We must find his location as soon as possible and capture him in one fell swoop..."
The God of Light muttered to himself.
Watching the skeleton demons happily moving around.
He was very pleased and finally set his sights on the depths of the Roman Empire...
…
The time came to April 14th.
During this period, when the United Nations took advantage of this period of stability to rapidly develop its national strength, rapidly enhance its industrial strength, and make various equipment updates for the next military operations, the Roman Empire gave Yang Hao and others a good news - they were even more divided.
Not only has the situation become more divided, even the people of Alesse have fallen out with some of the nobles, and are now fighting with the mine owners in the eastern mines for the resources in the mines.
Honestly speaking, when Yang Hao received this information, his first reaction was "it could actually get even worse."
But soon His Majesty the Regent was relieved: after all, the previous intelligence from the royal capital was actually a foreshadowing, and if nothing unexpected happened, the person who made Roman even more divided should be Robert, Yang Hao's former subordinate and now the leader of the Royal Capital Knights.
"According to our intelligence... Knight Robert chose to leave the capital and fend for himself when he could not get support from the palace and had to protect a large number of civilians...
Since then, except for the Alesse people who were protecting Prince Gasson's palace, the rest of the people in the capital were either bandits or lunatics. It could be said that it was the most dangerous "enclave" in the Roman Empire at present.
After Knight Robert led thousands of knights and nearly ten thousand people to leave the capital, they established their gathering place in a safe area far away from the capital...
It is said that they are in constant conflict with the surrounding rebels and noble territories, but Knight Robert is training his civilians in the same way he trains knights.
Perhaps he would soon become the second most powerful warlord in the entire central region after General Dreshuka, provided that he could achieve results during this period of time.
In addition, the most interesting new information is that the Alessians have bypassed the port of the Isgardians and landed—
They chose to land in a safe haven that they accidentally discovered in the eastern mining area. After landing, they did not choose to support their companions in the capital, but chose to declare war on the reclusive Roman Eastern Mine Owner... "
The report of the Elf Ranger made Yang Hao and others look even more excited. Afterwards, Yang Hao, who had been confined to work in the Purple Palace for a long time, stroked the cheek of little Anna on his thigh and sighed to his wives beside him:
"It seems that even the people of Alesse don't want to care about Prince Gasson anymore - it's normal for them to do so. After all, the reason why the people of Alesse help Gasson is definitely for their own benefit.
And now, even if they save Gassen, they can't ensure their own interests... Isn't it that they can only attack and plunder what they want directly? "
After all, the mining nobles in the east are no pushovers - they were the troublemakers who claimed to be "patriotic" when the country was founded. When Roman had not yet split, they were frequently known for "not paying taxes". Now they directly refuse to hand over the minerals in their hands to trade with the Ares people, which is very normal.
The people of Ares were fighting the eastern mine owners, Knight Robert's settlement was fighting the surrounding rebels and noble territories, the royal capital itself was in chaos, and the parish, in addition to fighting the living dead, had to fight its left and right hands against each other.
Under such circumstances, General Dreshuka's military district has become a breath of fresh air... I really don't know what to say about this.
But the problem is that General Dreshuka himself has problems. He is not a qualified politician, let alone a qualified administrator.
He only knew how to fight, win, and maintain order, but he knew nothing about anything else.
But even so, the military zone is still a paradise in the Roman Empire. Here, you may be beheaded if you say something wrong, but at least you can work hard and have food to eat, and you can have the protection of the army. Can other places in Roman have such benefits? Of course not.
"So it's right to let Isgard and Hutot Khan deal with the tough nut of the military district. By the way, what's the situation of the living dead?"
Yang Hao's question made the ranger silent for a moment.
The ranger then took out a new piece of paper and said that the group of zombies currently standing in front of the Ishugard colonial army and the Hutot Khan army were actually almost all dead.
But in order to prevent the plague from spreading, and more importantly to prevent these dead people from crawling out again, they are now dealing with the corpses, and they will not have the strength to attack the Roman Empire until August.
"Well... that's it. Okay, you guys go down first and continue to collect more intelligence, especially intelligence about the parish - after all, it's very strange that we are still shrouded in the fog of war... Go."
"yes… "
The ranger left. The information he brought made Yang Hao and others fall into deep thought. For a while, they were thinking about the next countermeasures. On the other hand, they were also thinking about how long this period of peace could last.
In order to avoid being distracted from work, Yang Hao had to hold little Anna in Natalia's arms.
Then he sat with Theresa and Finn, and after a long discussion, they came to a conclusion:
The stable period may last until August at the latest.
Not only because the two allies of the United Nations are about to invade the Roman Empire in August, but more importantly, in order to obtain the mineral production areas, Yang Hao and his team must take the lead in turning the mineral reserves of Kagad and Shkul into their own territory before Isugard and the Hutot Khans discover the mineral reserves of Kagad and Shkul.
"One important reason is that Bayer Janssen harvested the wheat fields in August... August is also the time when the Gappa 1406 light machine gun and the "Controlled Golem" are put into service. More importantly,
In August, the Kingdom of Eden is probably ready to trade with us. If there are no problems in tomorrow's meeting, that little bitch... the little puppet should build an artificial magic reactor and a "magic network" system for us as agreed."
Looking at Fen with a distorted face beside him, Yang Hao pretended not to hear Fen's resentful word "bitch" - but Fen's words were very pertinent.
August is actually a free time for the United Nations. Since there is nothing to do, why not take this opportunity to let the soldiers go on a picnic and occupy territory for their side
Compared to Finn's "reasonable" reason, Theresa's reason seems a bit strange...
"I actually wanted to be faster. After all, you all know that I have been... "Light" seems to have appeared in my dreams, asking me to save Him quickly, otherwise He will..."
Theresa had a strange look on her face and seemed to be hesitant to speak, which made everyone curious.
Facing everyone's gaze and Yang Hao's question "just", the little nun chose to keep her mouth shut. She sat on Yang Hao's thigh in front of little Anna, pinched his shoulder hard, and then snorted and kept silent.
After all, Theresa really couldn't say it.
She never thought that the "light" she believed in was so shameless that she used her past diary and the unbearable history to threaten her and ask her to save her quickly...
Although Theresa tentatively thought that her man probably wouldn't mind the fact that her mother wet the bed when she was seven years old...
But Theresa really fucking minds that Finn knows about this. She really fucking minds!
So... can we get there faster? We don't have to knock the place down, we can just raise the church and have a look... Can't we hurry up
Facing Theresa's questioning look, Yang Hao thought for a while and nodded, saying: "Okay." But in this case, they would have to gather the troops who were currently working on the farmland in advance just in case.