Angelo and the black-robed priest once again had different opinions, so we had no choice but to exit the church first.
The two people argued outside the church for a long time before the black-robed priest walked up to me: "We decided to look for the Elf Stone first. You can come with us!"
The black-robed priest said as he walked: "According to Missionary Martin's notes, there will be a forest to the north of the town, where the elves live. The Elf Stone is at the edge of a spring to the west of the forest."
"According to legend, elves are not unwilling to contact people, but humans must first be recognized by the elves before they can obtain the elf stones and understand their language."
When I heard this, I interrupted the black-robed priest: "Do you need certain conditions to be recognized by the elves?"
"Of course!" the black-robed priest said: "Only people with pure souls can be recognized by elves. So it is easier for children to see elves. As for adults..."
The black-robed priest said proudly: "We now have more than ten devout priests, which is enough to be recognized by the elves."
I just sneered and did not answer the other party's words. The black-robed priest did not receive the reverence or compliments he hoped for. Feeling a little bored, he turned his head away.
I turned to Betty and asked: "You told me that the Titanic sank in the area where our ship was trapped. Are you deliberately diverting my attention?"
"No!" Betty shook her head and said, "I judged the location from the navigation mark. That must be the place where the Titanic sank."
I stopped suddenly: "Oh no!"
Angelo and Betty looked at me at the same time and said, "What do you want to say?"
I said solemnly: "If that is really where the Titanic sank, the ghost ship that once chased us was not an phantom, but a real evil thing."
I looked at Angelo: "You were not on the same boat with us at that time. How did you find us?"
Angelo's face suddenly became ugly: "At that time, I saw your ship suddenly speeding up, so I ordered the captain to catch up."
"Wait..." I interrupted the other party forcibly: "You mean, you only saw us accelerating, but didn't see the ghost ship chasing us?"
Angelo nodded and said: "Yes! At that time, we saw you rushing into the fog on the sea. When we chased you in, all the instruments on the ship failed. It must have been a few hours! We just picked you up again. A distress signal."
"We found the island based on the location of the signal. Your ship is parked on the shore. The sailors on the ship told us that you have landed on the island. By the way, Priest Heda is also there... "
Before Angelo finished speaking, Betty's expression changed: "Our ship has sunk, there can't be any sailors on board. And... I saw with my own eyes that Priest Hedda died in front of me, just outside the church."
Angelo's expression suddenly changed: "Where is Hedda's body?"
"Just in the town..." Betty couldn't continue before she finished her words. The town behind us had turned into a vast white plain of ice and snow. The only thing that could prove that there had been a town there was The cross erected in the snow is the roof of the church.
"The little... town is gone." Betty's face turned pale instantly.
Angelo said in a deep voice: "Send a signal and contact the knights guarding the ship."
Someone fired a flare into the air, but no one responded. I couldn't help but say: "The people guarding the ship are finished. The ghost ship under the sea may have come ashore."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Betty lost control instantly: "It's impossible for the ghost ship to land, let alone..."
Betty's voice became smaller and smaller, and at the end it was replaced by a scream: "Prepare for war"
When I followed Betty's gaze, I saw a rusty steamship appearing on the snow-capped mountains in the distance. Green smoke billowed from the ship's chimney. The snow-capped mountains below the ship seemed to be unable to bear the weight of the ship and were rapidly collapsing. The rocks Big and small snow chunks rolled down to the bottom of the mountain, causing a loud rumbling sound that shook the surrounding areas, and the giant wheel pressing on the snow-capped mountains was teetering.
Once the ship crashes down the snow-capped mountains, it will be like an ancient iron pulley, continuously accelerating with the help of the slope, and heading straight for our current position. At that time, even if we have the ability to reach the sky, we can't even think of blocking that behemoth.
I roared: "Go quickly, you can't stay here, I can't stop the ship, go to higher ground. Hurry up..."
Angelo also shouted loudly: "Run quickly, rush into the forest, quickly..."
The Knights of the Holy Sword assigned their hands to protect several priests and ran towards the forest.
The Knights of the Holy Sword have extraordinary physical strength, but their armors are too heavy and they cannot increase their speed in the knee-deep snow. No matter how much Angelo urges, the team cannot accelerate in a short period of time.
I kept looking back between the giant ships, only to see that the giant ship parked on the mountain was slowly turning with the movement of the Holy Sword Knight. The condescending hull was like a movable fort, always locked on the Paladin, but reluctant to fire cannonballs.
"Stop running!" the black-robed priest shouted loudly: "Wang Huan, tell me, are the things on the mountain phantoms?"
"I don't know!" I said while running: "Do you dare to bet that it is a phantom now? Hurry up!"
"Stop!" The black-robed priest suddenly grabbed the clavicle hook on Ye Xun's body and tightened the chain. Ye Xun suddenly let out a muffled groan, and the wound that had stopped bleeding started to spurt out blood again.
I looked at the black-robed priest with blood-red eyes: "What are you going to do?"
The black-robed priest said sternly: "Wang Huan, don't play tricks on me. Lan Moying said that you have extraordinary eyesight and can't hide anything from you. Tell me right away, is that a phantom?"
"No!" I said angrily in a deep voice, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"Not satisfied!" the black-robed priest said sternly: "Then explain to me, how can a giant ship drive to the mountain?"
"How the hell do I know?" When I was furious, the black-robed priest tightened the iron rope again: "Wang Huan, I advise you to be more honest."
"It's a phantom, isn't it a phantom?" I yelled, "Let's just move forward slowly!"
Only then did the black-robed priest say with satisfaction: "I knew it was like this. Slow down. I want to see what tricks those ghosts can do?"
Angelo hesitated: "Mr. Peter, I don't think it is a wise choice to stop now..."
The black-robed priest said coldly: "It's not a wise choice for us to break into the forest like this. Elves are creatures that don't like to be disturbed. If we forcefully break into their territory, it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings and even cause trouble." There’s going to be conflict, and that’s the purpose of ghosts creating apparitions.”
The words of the black-robed priest seemed reasonable, but in fact they were arrogance. His judgment must be based on the fact that the ghost ship is a phantom. However, no one is now sure that the ghost ship was just an illusion.
Angelo hesitated: "Priest Peter, it's not that I don't believe in your judgment, but as the legion commander, I must be responsible for my knights. I feel... "
The black-robed priest's face darkened and he said, "Captain Angelo, don't forget that the Holy Knights belong to the Holy See first, and then they belong to you."
The words of the black-robed priest were so heartbreaking that even Angelo, as the leader of the knights, did not dare to refute them easily.
Only then did I finally understand the identity of the black-robed priest. He looks like a priest accompanying the army, but he is actually a supervisor sent by the Holy See.
The supervisory army system has advantages and disadvantages. Once the supervisory army restricts the generals, the consequences will be unpredictable. In history, there have been examples both at home and abroad that resulted in defeat due to the indiscriminate command of the supervisory troops.
However, the Holy See is still using the supervisory army to contain the Knights. This cannot but be said to be the tragedy of the Holy Knights.
Maybe it was for this reason that Angelo could agree to the black-robed priest to search for the Elf Stone first.
After Angelo and the black-robed priest looked at each other for a few seconds, they had to wave and said: "Slow down and move towards the forest at a constant speed."
Most of the knights didn't hear the conversation between me and the black-robed priest, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.
The black-robed priest shouted loudly: "The giant wheel on the mountain is just an phantom, a shameless trick of the devil. It wants us to break into the elven forest, disturb the peace of the elves, and cause us to conflict with the elves."
"Don't be afraid, everyone, phantoms can't hurt us. As long as you overcome the fear in your heart, the devil will have nothing to do."
"When entering the forest, we must maintain the etiquette of knights and not cause misunderstandings to the elves..."
The black-robed priest talked freely, and the Holy Sword Knight's mood gradually stabilized. After all, most people would not believe that a giant ship could reach the top of the mountain. Even if they see it with their own eyes, they will subconsciously look for a reasonable explanation, as is the case with the black-robed priests.
Not only did he find a reason for himself, he also made most of the Holy Sword Knights believe in him.
The black-robed priest strode ahead. The giant ship on the mountain also stopped turning, and even the steam on the chimney slowly drifted away.
The black-robed priest smiled proudly and said: "Wang Huan, those tricks of yours have no effect in front of us. You want to take advantage of the phantom's appearance to create panic so you can escape, right?"
I said coldly: "You can think whatever you want!"
I said angry words, but the black-robed priest took my words as a confession, and the other party's face suddenly darkened: "Knight Captain Betty is right, you should have the consciousness of being a prisoner when you are a prisoner. Your attitude makes me very sad. Dissatisfied, in order to remind you, I must give you a certain punishment."
I stopped suddenly: "What do you want to do?"
As soon as I finished speaking, the holy sword knights surrounding me simultaneously raised their swords and pressed them on my shoulders.
In just an instant, the four long swords formed a tic-tac-toe shape around my neck. The cold blade cut open the skin on my neck but did not go any further.
Before I could speak, Betty reached out and grabbed the clavicle hook on Ren Tianqing's body: "Wang Huan, I advise you not to act rashly."