Roland already knew what happened next.
When the God's Punishment Army is no longer the only way to fight the devil, some people have a serious conflict with Akalis because of their unwillingness to reduce their own kind to shell materials.
Now it seems that the battle of faith recorded in the history of the church is probably the synonym for this battle of faith - a fictitious victory to cover up the truth of the truth.
The root cause of this conflict, in addition to the incompatibility of ideas, is probably the other point: the top officials of the federation are well aware that no matter which plan they choose, they cannot guarantee that they will definitely defeat the devil.
According to Phyllis, Queen Starfall's God's Punishment Army's long-term sleep plan will indeed allow the Federation to have around 3,000 to 4,000 extraordinary warriors with infinite strength and mature techniques and tactics before the Battle of Divine Will. But the disadvantage is that once these thousands of people are lost, they cannot be effectively supplemented in a short period of time. It is a long process for the soul to adapt to the body. A group of warriors who cannot withstand consumption may be able to block the devil's attack for decades. , and even recapture the ruined holy city of Taquila, but it may not be realistic to break through the dawn realm.
Not to mention the Chosen Plan, it's all about luck. It is normal to fail. Once successful, not only will there be no side effects, but in terms of the records on the slate, it will bring the witch closer to the gods.
Comparing the two, one is fighting for the present and the other is betting on the future.
"The end result is that you defeated Starfall City?"
"A break will not produce a real winner, and Taquila is not the final winner. After the two sides lost the transcendent, Lord Eleanor stood up. In order to prevent this internal conflict, she devoted herself to the central carrier and became the first one. The fused witch."
"You mean, all three seats are in the ruins of the labyrinth..." Agatha said in surprise.
"That's right, so far the Federation has lost the three supernatural beings, which also means the complete disintegration of the three-seat system." Pasha said sadly, "In this way, the ruins have become an inseparable part of the survivors. The two sides cannot let go. Without taking a step back from each other, an agreement was reached at the negotiating table. Taquila stayed and continued to study the magic core, while Starfall City went to Hermes to build a new holy city as originally planned; With enough manpower, they will provide a certain number of unowned bodies to the labyrinth ruins for a period of 100 years.”
"After the deadline is reached, if there is no breakthrough discovery, or clues to the Chosen One have not been found, they will withdraw all the research results of the ruins, including the instruments that housed the soul and the original carrier. At that time, Starfall City will bring The God's Punishment Army is here, and if we break the agreement, they will never show mercy."
"Wait..." Roland heard something was wrong. "The church hasn't come to you since then?"
Judging from the results, the Taquila witches were still hiding in the ground and did not stand up to gain a dominant position, while the God's Punishment Army used by the church was always a mutilated version without sanity. Send troops to capture the ruins of the labyrinth... Could it be that they forgot this promise
Pasha sighed, "For a long time, we did not have the ability to explore outward - the original carrier could not be exposed to the sun, and the witch who transferred the soul needed to re-adapt to the body, so it is not clear that Helme The situation at that time... It was only later that I realized that the new order they built no longer followed the will of Lord Akalis.”
"Sure enough!" Agatha gritted her teeth, "I just said that the lord could not have achieved such a level. Compared with the God's Punishment Army plan, the church's approach is completely destroying the foundation of witches!"
This sentence aroused the unanimous approval of the survivors on the opposite side.
After Roland and others calmed down a little, they changed the subject and asked, "What is the central carrier? What is the difference between it and the original carrier?"
"They are all shells - the body of the vanishing civilization is very fragile, so it has to be parasitized in the shell. These shells have the ability to live forever, as for the specific origin, the literature does not describe in detail." The answerer this time It seems to be a different person. Compared with Pasha and the previous anger, her tone is very intellectual and soft, "In the knowledge we currently have, the primordial carrier is the most common kind of body. The central carrier has a similar body to it. In addition to its appearance, there are also many unconscious memories stored inside, which can be regarded as an original carrier that has been used for many years but has lost consciousness - only by merging these memories together, can those leftover documents and experimental records be interpreted."
"You are..." Just hearing this voice, Roland could imagine an academic woman wearing round-rimmed black-rimmed glasses and thick braids around her waist.
"My name is Celine, Your Majesty, one of the members of the Quest Club, who worked with Agatha."
"I'm not too familiar with her," Agatha said in a low voice, holding her head out. "Even if I work in a research tower, it's not necessarily on the same floor. But I heard that she is usually very quiet, and once she talks about magic power. Things will become fanatical and uninhibited as if they were changed."
Probably it is such a person who will become a loyal follower of Nataya. Roland coughed twice, "So the witch who was fused... is still alive?"
"It doesn't count as being alive," Celine replied, "In addition to Lord Eleanor and more than a dozen witches who were seriously injured in the conflict, we have successively merged 36 volunteers to wake up the central carrier. —Not everyone wants to turn into a monster, or be imprisoned for a lifetime in an unconscious cage. Sadly, it can’t talk to us normally, only answer yes or no.”
"Yes or no?" Roland's heart moved slightly, "Any questions are ok?"
"It must be understandable. The clearer the conditions, the faster it can answer. If there is no central carrier, it is impossible to repair or change the magic core." Celine's voice gradually became a little excited, "It It is the synthesis of Taquila's will, and the more people that fuse it, the faster it will respond, so for us, accompanying Eleanor-sama is our final contribution to the pursuit of the magical path."
What Roland thought was completely different, inputting questions and getting feedback. Isn't this the most primitive biological computer system? If the conditions are set, can it solve the equation? Can complex calculations be done independently? It would be great if we could turn it into Neverwinter and study it!
It's just that the current atmosphere is not suitable for making such a request, so he had to temporarily suppress the thoughts in his heart, and plan to wait for the conditions to be discussed later.
"It turns out that, I have a basic understanding of your situation, and now there is only one last question left." Roland drank the Chaos drink in the cup, "Whether it is you or the church, or those who have been handed down. Ancient books have repeatedly mentioned the word divine will. I even heard that there is a mysterious temple built under the ground of the Hermes plateau, with a secret room hidden on the top floor that no one can approach except the Pope. In it, you can sense the existence of the gods... Can you tell me what the will of the gods is?"