Back at the castle, Roland looked at Agatha, "Do you remember anything?"
"The God's Punishment Army should have succeeded in research after Taquila was completely occupied. I don't know much about it," she slowly shook her head. "It's just... it may not be as simple as the church priests said, at least this method will not work. Explain how the new Pope took over the previous God's Punishment Army."
"Also, it's very strange that the God's Punishment Army, which is out of control, would take the initiative to go to the barren land." After a pause, Agatha continued, "The barbarous land you are talking about should be the fertile plains four hundred years ago, except for the ruins of the Holy City. Besides, there is nothing. To say that they are attracted by the devil is too far away."
"Who knows," Roland said indifferently, "You saw it too, they have blue blood flowing, so they can't be considered the same as us." He was not very interested in what attracted God's Punishment Army. , What I want to know most at the moment is the weakness of the God's Punishment Army, and how to effectively prevent the impact of the God's Punishment Warrior's front line in the offensive battle. After all, judging from that wave of spear throwing, the God's Punishment Army is still quite threatening without fortifications. "If the God's Punishment Army is really controlled by voice, perhaps the ability of the echo can be..."
"I don't agree to do this," the ancient witch vetoed, "there is a great risk in that."
"It's true that there's a lot of risk in sneaking up on the manipulator, but we can"
"No, I'm not talking about Echo," Agatha interrupted him, "I'm talking about you."
"Me?" Roland was startled.
"If you want Echo to approach the controller silently, you must rely on the fog of the nightingale. In this way, your side is equivalent to no protection. As long as the church sends a pure person with special abilities, it can easily get you. Your life." She said without hesitation, "Although you are a mortal, weak and powerless, it seems that you are temporarily indispensable if you want to defeat the devil. So protecting yourself is the most important thing. We can't take any risks."
"I really can't tell if you're praising or berating," Roland couldn't help but laugh bitterly, "I'll wear the Stone of God's Punishment at that time."
"The Stone of God's Retaliation is just an insurance, not a barrier to absolute safety," Agatha said bluntly, "Even Nightingale can't guarantee that it's foolproof, but we don't have a better way."
"As long as I'm still alive, Your Majesty won't suffer any harm," Nightingale couldn't help showing her figure, and it was obvious that she was quite dissatisfied with what Agatha said.
"I hope so," the ancient witch did not argue about this, but turned to leave the study, but when she reached the door, she stopped.
"What's wrong?" Roland asked.
Agatha was silent for a while, "I don't know if I should say this... The reason why Akalis-sama was able to become the Queen of Starfall and the head of the three seats, in addition to her extremely powerful strength, her brain and means surpassed most The witch. Her several decisions have saved the Federation that was on the verge of collapse. Without Akalis, Taquila would not have survived at that time. Many people think that if she could be born in the first battle of divine will On the eve, this hopeless war may have been ended long ago."
"What do you want to say?"
She turned her head and frowned slightly, "What I want to say is that the super samurai who put her hope in saving the witch shouldn't be like this."
"Do you think the God's Punishment Army now is not necessarily the God's Punishment Army four hundred years ago?" Roland was surprised.
"God's Punishment Samurai is not afraid of magic, does not panic, and has infinite power. It seems that he has a great advantage over the devil, but... it does not play a role in making a final decision. What's more, he needs a controller to accompany his actions, and there is almost no long distance. I don’t think Akalis-sama should have high hopes for this kind of samurai.” Agatha sighed, “Of course, these are just my guesses, what happened to the Federation after Taquila was destroyed? What, I'm afraid only the church knows."
After she left for a long time, Roland didn't recover from his thoughts.
What Agatha said is indeed not without reason. Is the God's Punishment Army plan that can make the Queen of Starfall pay such a huge price to implement really just to produce an expensive and inconvenient killing machine
Just as he was about to go outside the castle to get some air, the listening talisman on Nightingale suddenly rang.
"Here is lightning, azimuth northwest, over Cold Wind Ridge! Observe that the enemy is retreating, repeat, the enemy is retreating!"
"retreat?"
"They all fled in the direction of the Holy City!" Maisie added.
"I see," Roland immediately called the guard outside the door, "inform Iron Axe, Edith, Duke Calvin and all the staff members to come to the castle for a meeting."
This is undoubtedly good news, he thought excitedly. He did not expect that the collapsed church would abandon Cold Wind Ridge and withdraw directly to the Hermes Plateau. In this way, he has the opportunity to evacuate the people in the town before the Holy City regains the Cold Wind Ridge.
"They're scared," Nightingale laughed.
"Perhaps so, but the retreat also shows that the Holy City cannot send reinforcements in a short period of time," Roland touched his chin and said, "Our previous speculation was not wrong. This team of more than 1,000 people should have been sent by the Pope on a temporary basis. Vanguard. If they don't come to take the initiative to attack the defense line, I really have nothing to do with the church."
In a sense, choosing this forcing plan was equivalent to giving up Cold Wind Ridge, after all, this place is much closer to Hermes. Now that there is a chance to prevent the townspeople from becoming the victims of Kuanghuawan, Roland felt a lot relieved.
Relevant personnel quickly gathered in the living room. After repeating the information sent back by the lightning, he looked around, "Is there any problem?"
"Your Majesty, why don't you directly guard the Cold Wind Ridge?" the duke asked puzzled. "The terrain there is dangerous, and there is only one way to the holy city. It is more advantageous than staying at the foot of the mountain, right?"
"It seems to be dangerous, but in fact it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the ramp just passes through the top of Cold Wind Ridge. As long as a rope is needed, it can easily penetrate behind the defense line." Roland spread his hands, "This has been discussed in detail in Neverwinter City. You can ask Edith about the specific situation. What about the others?"
Seeing that no one answered, he directly ordered, "Then the evacuation operation will be carried out by the First Army, and the food and golden dragons can be put aside first. The key is that whether the residents are persuading or forcibly pulling, I want to see Hanfengling alone. There's nothing left. In addition, the persuasion of the local nobles will be more effective, especially the famous Northland Pearl." He paused, "Iron Axe, Edith, you two are jointly responsible for this."
"Yes!"
"As you wish."
"As for the staff," he looked at Earl Sylt and the others, "your mission is to assist the Duke of the North to resettle the evacuated people, including counting the number of people, registering their identities, arranging housing and meals, understand?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," the crowd responded in unison.
"Very good, let's act now!" Roland clapped the table and stood up.