The upper floor of the Temple of Secrets was brightly lit, and dozens of glowing magic stones illuminated the circular library at the top of the tower as if it were daylight. It was hard to imagine that you were under the ground when you stayed in this hall.
In exchange for the Hermes Cathedral on the ground, it was equivalent to the Babel Tower, and it was also Zero's favorite place to stay. Through the window, she can easily overlook the whole picture of the secret area. Looking at the busy figures around the God's Punishment Stone Pillar like ants, a feeling of controlling all living things emerged in her heart, as if she was the god in the glorious kingdom of God, and the people walking slowly in the dark under her feet Believers who build the kingdom of God.
In her spare time, she would take out a book from the bookshelf that recorded the history and secrets of the Federation, and sat by the window to slowly read it. black tea.
After becoming the Pope, Zero was relieved. She was not nervous about the battle of divine will that was getting closer, but had a little more anticipation. The more than two hundred years of life made her boring, and the invincible devil in the records seemed to be an opponent enough to excite her. I wonder if these hideous-looking enemies can be as fearless and terrifying as they appear when they are drawn into the battlefield of the soul
It's just that this final battle is still years away, and she needs to set up a new target to pass the rest of the time.
There are very few people who can enter Zero's sight, and Roland Wimbledon happens to be one... and the only mortal who can arouse her interest today.
Not being favored by anyone, but standing out from the battle for the king, fighting against two chess pieces who have the potential to succeed in a square inch without falling behind, it has to be said that it is commendable. And she also found some interesting clues in Garcia's memory.
That is, the queen of clear water once used the maid placed next to the fourth prince to make him take the deadly alchemy poison, but it didn't work, and the angry queen then executed the hapless alchemist, but Zero let the secret agency He copied a poison according to the formula in his memory, and found that the finished product was exactly what the alchemist claimed: colorless and odorless, melted in water, ingested to death, and incurable.
So is it the maid who deceived Garcia, or is the current Roland Wimbledon no longer the fourth prince of the past? According to the information gathered at hand, Zero is more inclined towards the latter. The question is... If he is no longer the Fourth Prince, then who is he? Why isn't anyone around me questioning this? The more you pay attention to this aspect, the more interesting it becomes. His style of behavior has changed, and he has won the unanimous love of the people. He has changed the distribution of forces in the Western Region with his own power. Whether it is the church messenger group or the maddening army, they are gone forever... Such a person It would be a pity if it was only the lord of a small land.
Therefore, Roland Wimbledon must be subsumed into the church, or rather, become a part of himself. Zero couldn't help licking her lips, which was why she was determined to change the direction of her attack. If it was as she thought, the benefits that she could gain by taking Graycastle first might be far beyond her expectations.
Of course, as a powerful lord, he must be at the back in battle. How to force him out is also an issue that needs to be considered.
Just as Zero was thinking about how to bypass the frontal battlefield and face Roland, the door of the library was pushed open and Isabella walked in.
"the conference has ended?"
"Yeah," she rubbed her neck, "you'd better sit here reading books and drinking tea every day, and I have to accompany those old guys... No, it's an old guy and two little lunatics bullshitting."
"That's not nonsense, it's related to the operation of the lower levels of the church," Zero shrugged, "Although witches are the body of the church, without them, we would not be able to easily concentrate so many resources to achieve our ultimate goal. "
"Whatever," Isabella yawned, "Anyway, according to what they said, if you want to transfer the preparations for the attack on Dawn to Graycastle, you will have to wait until the second month of summer at least, which is still an optimistic estimate. "
This time is neither too long nor too short, Zero thought, waiting is not only a torment, but also a nectar that increases happiness. "What about pill manufacturing?"
"There are already 300,000 to 400,000 coins in the warehouse, right?" Isabella replied, "Speaking of which, do you really plan to bring all the civilians to fight the devil? Millions of people can eat Helme just by eating them. Stuff is empty. And…”
"And what?"
"And it won't necessarily win." She shook her head. "There are too many people, and it's easy to cause trouble anywhere. After the first pill is fed, their value will be calculated by the day. What if the devil doesn't happen to attack us? It is useless if there are fewer people to eat, and it will be wasted if there are too many people to eat. Even if the devil rushes up and is defeated by the Berserk Army, it will be difficult for them to be able to fight again."
"You didn't understand what I meant," Zero got up and walked to a large table in the hall, removing the cover, "I never planned to let the Berserker Army defend Hermes, and the final decisive battle should be in fertile soil. Somewhere on the plains... I guess nine times out of ten it will unfold at the site of the holy city of Ahn'Qiraj because it's the closest to us."
"Do you want to... take the initiative?" Isabella was stunned.
"What we lack most is time," Zero said calmly, "I didn't expect to be able to quell the devil in one fell swoop. The holy book says that when the red moon comes and the gates of hell open, the devil can build a black shining spire. In fact , that's not building...it's growing."
"You mean, those stones are actually alive?" Isabella asked in disbelief.
"This part of the content can only be seen in the personal notes of the third chairman of the Federation... The expansion of the devil must be built on the black yao minaret that can produce red mist, and the current places where the minaret appears are all rich in divine stone veins. And the scope of influence will continue to grow. In the early days of the second battle of divine will, an extraordinary witch once led a team of strange soldiers to approach the red fog area from the ground, and saw an amazing scene surging under the steeple. An extremely huge monster, The body is thicker than the tower itself." Zero said word by word, "The huge monster is corrupting the god stone, turning it into a black crystal that emits red mist. I think that the devil has specially turned the god stone into a magic stone. Chaos beasts, it is not difficult to understand that they have such abilities."
"..." Isabella opened her mouth, and finally spit out a sentence, "It's disgusting."
"Unfortunately, once the spire is formed, small-scale raids are difficult to achieve, so our only chance is to attack from the front. I don't know how long it will take for the Corruption Stone to rise from the ground, but it is unlikely to be overnight. It came out. During this period, the devil could not get the red mist replenishment, and could only be transported from the rear. The strength that can be maintained is very limited, and what I have to do is to tear a bloody path with the maddening army that is enough to overwhelm the devil. The Divine Punishment Army will then kill the giant beasts underground." Zero said firmly, "If we are lucky enough, we will gain another four hundred years." (..., Your support is my biggest motivation.) 16 -12-17 11:29: