"It's too much for you to kill such a young child!"
The system shouted in Benjamin's head with a somewhat twisted voice.
"It's not that I want to kill her, but the way she was before, what's the difference between her and death?" Benjamin put down the report in his hand, sighed, and said, "I asked the two siblings to check it specifically. The mark planted by the church is very The weirdness seems to have existed since she was one or two years old, and will grow with her, getting deeper and deeper, and it is impossible to get rid of it. So from the beginning, she really died at the hands of the church. I just Give this broken body a happy ending."
After hearing this, the system was silent for a while, and then its voice returned to its previous lazy tone: "Oh, whatever, I just want to find an opportunity to hurt you."
Benjamin shook his head helplessly.
He stood up from his chair and walked out.
The suicide of the princess or queen is undoubtedly another huge blow to the church. The church had just abducted her from Coster and brought her back to the royal capital, but early the next morning, everyone saw her hanging herself at the gate of the palace. This kind of plot-oriented situation was too strong. There is no doubt that everyone will feel that the church forced the princess to die, just like they forced the queen to die before.
The church has also been wronged. This kind of thing... there is really no room for argument.
Obviously, they also understood this truth, so they started a complete intelligence blockade from the early morning of that day. Havenright was sealed again and no one was allowed to go out. Everyone who saw this scene in the palace was immediately arrested and imprisoned. They have not been released until now. It's a pity that they almost eliminated all channels for the news to spread, but the news of the princess's death still spread bit by bit.
—No way, how could such a big news be completely blocked
The rule of the church was finally pushed to the brink.
There was turmoil all over the kingdom, and it was almost impossible to suppress it. More than half of the churches were smashed by local people, and the walls and doors were covered with curses. People are angry and confused. They don't know where the Horli Kingdom will go when the last royal member dies and the royal bloodline is completely cut off.
Who will defend this country? Is this country... still a country
There are signs of splitting in many places. Some local governments even cut off ties with the royal capital and began to form their own armies. It can be said that if it were not for the fear of the church's remaining force, the entire country would probably have fallen apart at this moment.
In this case, the threat posed by the Church to the Black Nightmare Army was greatly reduced.
"The latest news is that they spent a lot of money and forcibly recruited more than 10,000 troops." A week later, the head of the ANBU came to Benjamin again and reported softly, "The Royal Army has begun to prepare, but I don't know where it will go. Where to open it?"
Benjamin heard this, touched his chin, and nodded.
The church is forced to a dead end...how will they choose
"Let those soldiers pretending to be mages return to the camp. The matter is over. They don't need to pretend anymore." After thinking for a long time, Benjamin took a deep breath and said slowly, "We have to be prepared. This may be from the church. Last fight!"
There is no doubt that Grant has infiltrated Coster for more than half a day and must have seen through those fake mages.
He knew that the Black Nightmare Army was actually very empty internally, and in the current situation, if Benjamin were him, he would definitely rush to Coster desperately, whether to vent his anger or seize the last chance, in short... it was for sure. It won't make it easy for them.
Therefore, he tried to contact the Magic Academy to see if they could send some magicians back to support them. But at this moment, it seems that all the students and teachers in the college have been mobilized to fill the gap in the mercenary guild, and there is no spare time at all.
There was nothing Benjamin could do.
One day later, the matter was confirmed, and the church led the Royal Army and drove towards Coster again.
The outside world was very puzzled by this move. Why did it start again not long after it was repulsed? Was he beaten so hard that he lost his mind? Because of the result of the first battle, everyone felt that the church was banging its head against the steel plate. Only both sides knew that the disparity in strength this time was even more exaggerated than last time.
In fact, they are both already hurt, and if they continue to fight, they will only be hurt more. So... Benjamin quickly made a decision.
"Once things go bad, we will evacuate from Coaster. There is no need to fight with them." He looked at the people in the hall and said slowly, "Inform the people below to pack their things and try their best to Keep all your power."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion. It was obvious that some people were unwilling to leave, feeling reluctant to leave the city they had fought to protect.
"Let's just fight them off again, can't we?"
"Even if we can win, we will have to pay a huge price. The entire Black Nightmare Army may even be wiped out." Benjamin persuaded, "The current situation is very unfavorable to the church. As long as they continue to delay, they will support themselves. Can't hold back. What we should do is continue to conserve our strength and wait until the enemy is dying before attacking."
"All right… "
They also understand the situation and fighting now is indeed not a wise choice. So in the end, everyone nodded, turned around and left, starting to prepare for their retreat.
Of course, the entire operation was carried out in an extremely secretive way - they couldn't let the church know that they were about to escape! Not only that, they also wanted to spread false signals to make their church think that they were going to hold on to the end. After the church tried their best to fight back, they realized that what they had conquered was just an empty city.
And at the same time.
"Everyone from the Magic Academy has indeed withdrawn, and there is no mistaking the situation. This time, we are bound to win Coster!" At noon, on the march of the Royal Army, the Bishop followed Grant's horse closely and looked towards him like this Reported.
Grant, however, had a gloomy face and didn't even want to say anything.
His appearance made the bishop panic.
Ever since Her Majesty the Queen hanged herself at the gate of the palace, the Bishop has never seen Grant look good again, and he has not even spoken more than ten words during this period. After that, the situation went from bad to worse, and the entire church seemed to be shrouded in a gloomy cloud, with deep fear in everyone's eyes.
They must take action, otherwise... the church will be destroyed in their hands!
It was also because of this that the Royal Army made this expedition. The bishop knew in his heart that this operation had blocked their last capital. Only by capturing Coster and completely annihilating the Black Nightmare Army in this battle could they reverse the situation and gain a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, even if only a third of the enemies are released, they will be in a deadlock.
"Your Majesty the Pope, don't worry. In fact, the situation everywhere is not that bad." Seeing that Grant looked too ugly, another bishop came up and said, "It's because of the existence of the Black Nightmare Army that they are emboldened to be so arrogant. The ground will jump out. As long as we suppress the arrogance of the Black Nightmare Army this time, the remaining rebels will obediently shrink back into their shells!"
After being persuaded like this for a while, Grant finally spoke and said: "... Yeah."
Several bishops felt a little relieved.
At this moment, what they fear most is that His Majesty the Pope is emotionally unstable and the devil will catch him when the time comes. After all, his strength is the church's biggest reliance at the moment, and there is no other way. His Majesty can't defeat the devil with a hard fight, so he can only calm down and find a way to hold him back.
"Report! It's not good!"
But at this moment, a soldier suddenly chased them on horseback from behind and shouted loudly towards them.
At that moment, the bishops nearly went crazy.
In the past few days, similar scenes have happened countless times. Which city in the north had a mage rebellion, which village in the west was suddenly disconnected, which town in the east began to build its own army... There was so much bad news that they felt a little numb. When they heard new news again, they just felt impatient.
Can't we wait until they finish the battle before coming back
"What's wrong?" Grantlema turned around and looked at the soldier with a lifeless face.
"Something big happened!" The soldier finally caught up, lowered his voice and reported in a panic, "Your Majesty the Pope, an unknown army just sneaked over from Icol and occupied the Crusad Gate. Moreover, Now on the gate...the flag on the gate is...is..."
Before they finished listening, the bishops were completely stunned.
An uncontrollable killing intent flashed in Grant's eyes, but he still took a deep breath and managed to calm down.
"What is it? Tell me."
The soldier swallowed, plucked up his courage, and said, "It's... the flag of the Wood family."