Chapter 399 Lemont’s End

In the rugged dark mountains, Bishop Lemont ran as fast as he could.

He tore off the hem of his robe and threw away the bishop's crown, which was particularly obstructive when moving in the mountains and forests. He also used the gorgeous cane, which represented the authority of the Holy See, as a crutch to open up the rugged mountain roads. He felt that he had never been so embarrassed in his life. The huge sense of frustration and humiliation made him angry. However, he did not dare to release this anger at all - because it was constantly rising and powerful to the point of despair. The oppressive feeling brought by the chaotic magic power still clutched his heart tightly.

After running deep into the forest, to a place where the battlefield could no longer be seen, he dared to stop for a moment and look back at the path he had taken.

Even if he couldn't see it, he knew that those Holy See knights should be dead - even if they were not killed by the incredibly powerful energy creature, they must have died in the blazing holy light. Bishop Lemont, who relied on sacrificing his comrades to escape, felt no guilt at this moment, because he believed that everything he did was for greater justice: the meaning of the existence of the Holy See Knights is to sacrifice their lives for the Lord, a region The bishop is the foundation for ensuring the survival and development of the church's power. It is natural to use the former to ensure the safety of the latter.

After breathing heavily for a while, Bishop Lemont finally regained his breath. He raised his head and looked at the dark mountain road surrounded by dead and strange trees. The expression on his face was suddenly confused. stand up.

Why did he run away? Why is he so afraid? Why did he behave so badly?

Lemont was confused, and in his huge confusion, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with his mental state.

He is indeed a person who cherishes life, and among all the regional bishops of the Holy Light Church, he is of lower ability and weaker personal strength, but he is still a regional bishop after all, even if he meets Even if the extremely dangerous battle situation forced him to retreat, he would never be so embarrassed that he would not run wildly out of fear, like a lost dog!

Bishop Lemont suddenly clenched the scepter in his hand, and a thin layer of sweat seeped out from his forehead. He realized that his thoughts may have been affected by external factors. There was something, Something that could not be resisted by the holy light barrier entered his brain, amplifying some of his character weaknesses, causing him to completely lose his ability to judge on the battlefield - and causing him to face today's day with almost no action. fail.

Otherwise, with his strength, even if he is still unable to fight against the terrifying energy creature on the city wall, he can at least cover the retreat of some of the Holy See knights, and at least they will not be defeated in such an embarrassing and tragic manner!

"Come out!" Bishop Lemont suddenly shouted loudly, and rays of holy light shrouded him one after another, enhancing his ability to resist various magical effects, but even so, he did not To create the slightest sense of security, he could only increase some by shouting loudlyConfidence - even if he knew clearly that this abnormal behavior of yelling was proof that his consciousness was disturbed, "Come out of my head! I know your existence! Come out!"

It was a woman wearing a white robe with purple edges and holding a lantern in her hand. Her robe revealed her identity: a priestess, and most likely a high-ranking priest. However, The style of the robe was different from any orthodox religion on the continent at present. Lemont used his religious knowledge to judge for a long time before he could vaguely see that the robe might be the style of the Church of the Eternal Sleeper seven hundred years ago.

The Priestess holding a lantern has a gentle and tranquil smile on her face. The smile that makes people can’t help but think of "maternity" seems to have some kind of disarming power, even if Lemont was already on the utmost vigilance, and he almost relaxed when he saw the other person's smile - but fortunately, at the last moment, he bit his tongue, using pain to ensure his ability to think freely.

He knew that the woman in front of him was not really standing there. He could see some turbulent and illusory outlines like a dream from the edge of the lifelike figure. He knew that what he saw was just an illusion—— A vision in his mind, projected into his vision, the woman with the lamp could not be heard or seen by anyone but himself.

In the eyes of others, he was probably just looking at the open space on the mountain road with a wary face.

"Who are you?!" Bishop Lemont held the scepter tightly and tried to make his expression calm, although he knew that he had no initiative at all now - a person who could directly convey such a clear The opponent whose illusion was implanted in his mind was already a force that he could not resist, almost as irresistible as the violent energy creature on the wall of Cecil City. He did not even expect the "woman" in front of him to respond to him——

But the woman still spoke, her voice as gentle and calm as her face: "Bishop Lemont, I'm glad to see you can survive."

"Who are you? "Bishop Lemont repeated his question again, "What do you want to do?"

"Senior Bishop of the Everlasting Sleeper, Selina Gerfen, I hope I didn't scare you." The woman smiled. said.

"The Eternal Sleeper?!" Bishop Lemont was immediately shocked, "What...what do you cultists want to do!?"

"Being able to 'capture' a high-level priest There are not many opportunities," Selina Gerfen seemed to answer Lemont's question patiently, but her answer was obviously not what the latter wanted to hear, "It took us a long time to get the chance to work in the Holy Light. Seeds were planted among the episcopal members of the Church, but you failed us with your foolish challengeBecause of the extraterrestrial wanderer and the power he established, we had to take action in advance to 'rescue' you before you completely lost your value..."

"Planting the seeds..." Bishop Lemont was shocked and angry After a while, I suddenly realized something, "You have already tampered with my mind? ! What do you want to do? ! "

"There were many plans, but now your value has been depleted, so we can only make the best use of it," Selina Gerfen sighed softly and slowly walked towards the horrified girl. Bishop Lemont, "Mr. Bishop, let me borrow your brain, we need to see how your god... has changed over the past seven hundred years. "

...

The constant explosions coming from the south of the city finally ended, and this was also the end of all the battles that day.

Gawain watched He glanced at the Pioneer Sword in his hand. This long sword was leaning quietly beside the table. It had not been used in today's battle.

The enemy was stronger than he expected. It was so bad that he didn't need to come to the rescue during the entire battle.

Hetty opened the door and walked into the room: "Ancestor, the invading enemies on the south wall have been annihilated, and the attackers have been eliminated. Only one person escaped and the entire army was wiped out - except for the temporary power outage in two blocks in Nancheng District, we had no damage. "

"Very good, it seems that Kamel can get the experimental data he wants," Gawain actually already knew the situation on the battlefield, but he still lit up after hearing Hetty's report. The head said, "In this way, the direction of this war will basically not change. "

"I still can't believe it...We actually won like this..." Hetty still had a look of disbelief on her face. She had already received messages from the northern and western fronts. Intelligence, this supposed to be a huge and difficult war has been won in such a short period of time, which is beyond her imagination - even though Gawain had shown full confidence in the victory of the war before, she had always thought that That was just the ancestor trying to calm people's hearts, and she still had a question she couldn't figure out at the moment, "Ancestor, actually I have a question... How did you know that those Holy See knights would launch an attack from the southern city wall? "

Of course I saw it using the satellite's magic environment imaging picture - but I can't say it directly.

Gawain touched his chin, with a look of "the situation" It's all under the control of your ancestors." He said with an expression: "Excluding the north and west directions, if someone wants to raid us, the only options they can choose are the mine route in the east and the dark mountains in the south - the mine is not a good choice. , because once they attack from there and fail to capture the entire mining town immediately, the main city of Cecil will be alerted and they will lose the advantage of a surprise attack, so they will definitely choose the Dark Mountains. ”

Gao Wen paused, and then said: “The Dark Mountain Range is very close to the southern city wall, and the terrain is complex and easy to hide. Even if there are sentries patrolling, high-level extraordinary people can rely on the terrain to lurk far away from the city wall.” Very close place,And there is a more important point: the main attack direction of Count Horsman's army is to the north of Cecil Territory. In this case, a flanking attack from the other side is the normal plan. "

Hetty was convinced by Gawain's analysis and no longer had any other questions. She just said with a hint of worry: "Ancestor, I am very worried about the escaped enemy. If the information is correct, then It is very likely that he is the regional bishop of the southern diocese of the Holy Light Church. Although the Holy Light Church has a weak influence in the south, it is still very powerful. Their regional bishop is now leading the Holy See Knights to directly attack Cecil in the name of crusade against evil. Leader, this is no longer as simple as assisting the nobles in the war, but is equivalent to a frontal declaration of war. Now that the bishop has escaped... I don't know how much trouble he will cause.

Gawain raised his eyebrows and looked at Hetty with interest: "If it were you before, the first thing you would be worried about at this time would be what would happen if we started a head-on war with the southern diocese of the Holy Light Church." What adverse effects, but now your attention seems to no longer be entangled in such things. "

After being reminded by Gawain, Hetty also realized the change in her way of thinking. This lady who was always worried about the Cecil family couldn't help but reveal a wry smile: "I don't know either. How could there be such a change? By the time I reacted, we had already started a war with all the nobles in the entire southern region... Why should I worry about the Southern Diocese? "

Gawain smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I sent Solderin to lead an elite team to stand by in the Dark Mountains before the war started. They should be on standby at this time..."

Before Gawain finished speaking, Solderin's voice came from outside the door: "The bishop is dead - we found his body. ”