Chapter 399 Lemont's End

In the rugged dark mountains, Bishop Lemont ran all the way at the fastest speed.

He tore off the hem of his robe, and threw away the bishop's crown, which was particularly obstructive in the mountains and forests. He had never been so embarrassed in his life. The huge sense of frustration and shame made him angry, but he did not dare to release this anger-because of the ever-rising, desperately powerful chaotic magic. The oppression still gripped his heart tightly.

He ran all the way to the depths of the mountain forest, and ran to a place where he could no longer see the battlefield, he dared to stop for a while and looked back at the road he had made.

Even if he couldn't see it, he knew that those Holy See knights should have died - even if they were not killed by that unbelievably powerful energy creature, they must have died in the burning holy light. Bishop Lemont, who relied on sacrificing comrades to escape his life, had no guilt at the moment, because he believed that everything he did was for greater justice: the meaning of the existence of the Holy See knights is to give their lives to the Lord, a region Bishops are the foundation to ensure the survival and development of the church's strength, and it is only 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 strange dead trees in the mountains. The expression on his face suddenly became confused.

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

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

He is indeed a person who cherishes life, and among all the regional bishops of the Church of the Holy Light, he has low ability and low personal strength, but he is also a regional bishop no matter what, even if he encounters an extremely dangerous war situation, he has to Retreat, he will never be so embarrassed, he will not run all the way out of fear, like a lost dog!

Bishop Lemont suddenly clenched the scepter in his hand, and a layer of fine sweat dripped from his forehead. He realized that his thoughts might have been influenced by external factors, something, something that could not be shielded by the Holy Light. What was resisting entered his brain, magnifying some of his character weaknesses, leaving him completely incapable of judgment on the battlefield - and causing him to face today's defeat with little to no action.

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 some of the Holy See knights to retreat, at least not have to lose so embarrassingly and so tragically!

"Come out!" Bishop Lemont suddenly shouted loudly, and the holy light shrouded him one after another, enhancing his resistance to various magical effects, but even so, he did not feel the slightest sense of security. He can only add some confidence by shouting loudly - even if he knows clearly,

This abnormal behavior of yelling is also proof that he is disturbed by consciousness, "Get out of my head! I know you exist! Come out!"

After shouting like this several times in a row, only his own voice echoed in the mountain road. The old bishop couldn't help but begin to doubt his own judgment, but just when he was about to give up, a female figure suddenly appeared. In front of him.

It was a woman in a white robe with a purple edge and a lantern in her hand. Her robe said her identity: a priestess, and most likely a high priest, but the style of the robe was different from As for any orthodox religion on the continent at present, Lemont used his own religious knowledge to judge for a long time, and only vaguely saw that the robe might be the style of the Church of the Eternal Sleepers 700 years ago.

The goddess holding a lantern had a gentle and peaceful smile on her face, and the smile that could not help reminiscent of "motherhood" seemed to have some kind of disarming power, even though Lemont was already holding the biggest one. Vigilant, he almost relaxed when he saw the other person smile - but fortunately, at the last moment he bit his tongue, using the pain to ensure the 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, and he knew that what he saw was just an illusion-a The vision projected in his vision, no one but himself could hear or see the woman with the lantern.

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

"Who are you?!" Bishop Lemont clenched his scepter and tried to calm his expression, even though he knew that he had no initiative at all right now - an opponent who could directly implant such a clear vision into his mind , this is already a power he can't resist, almost as unstoppable as the violent energy creature on the wall of Cecil, he didn't even expect the "woman" in front of him to respond to him——

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

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

"Senior Bishop of the Eternal Sleeper, Selena Geerfen, I hope I didn't scare you." The woman said with a smile.

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

"There aren't many opportunities to 'capture' a high-ranking priest," Selena Gerfen seemed to answer Lemont's question patiently, but her answer was obviously not what the latter wanted to hear, "We It took a long time to plant the seeds among the bishop-level members of the Church of the Holy Light, but your performance has disappointed us. You foolishly challenged the foreign wanderers and the power he established, and we had to do it in advance. 'Rescue' you before you lose your worth..."

"Plant the seeds..." Bishop Lemont was furious, and suddenly realized something, "You have already moved your hands and feet in my mind?! What are you trying to do?!"

"There used to be a lot of plans, but now your value is running out, we can only make the best of it," Selena Geer sighed softly, walking slowly towards the terrified Bishop Lemont, "Mr. Bishop, To borrow your brain, we need to see how your gods... have changed over these seven hundred years."

...

The constant explosions from the south of the city were finally over, and this was the end of all the fighting that day.

Gawain glanced at the Trailblazer's Sword, which was placed beside him. This long sword was quietly leaning on the table. In today's battle, it did not play.

The enemy's strength was worse than he expected, so that he didn't need to come to the rescue for the entire battle.

Hetty pushed open the door and walked into the room: "Ancestor, the intruding enemies of the southern city wall have been annihilated, and the attackers have been wiped out except for one person who escaped—except for the temporary energy interruption of two blocks in the southern city wall, our No damage."

"Very good, it looks like Kamuel can get the experimental data he wants," Gawain actually already knew the situation on the battlefield, but he nodded after hearing Hetty's report, "In this way, The direction of this war will basically remain unchanged.”

"I still can't believe it... We actually won like this..." Heidi still had a look of disbelief on her face. She had already received information from the northern and western front lines. It was beyond her imagination that the difficult war was won in such a short period of time—even though Gawain had shown full confidence in the victory of the war before, she always thought that it was the ancestors just calming people’s hearts, And at this moment, she still has a question she can't understand. "Ancestor, I actually have a question... How did you know that those Holy See knights would attack from the southern city wall?"

Saw it with the satellite's magical environment imagery, of course - but that's not a direct word.

Gawain touched his chin and said with an expression of "the situation is under your ancestors' control": "Excluding the north and west directions, if someone wants to raid us, they can only choose the eastern mine route. And the dark mountains to the south - the mines are not a good choice, because once they attack from there and fail to take the entire mine town first, then the main city of Cecil will be alerted and they will lose the chance to raid. advantage, so they will definitely choose the Dark Mountains."

Gawain paused, then said: "The Dark Mountains are very close to the southern city wall, and the terrain is complex and easy to hide. Even if there are sentries patrolling, high-level superhumans can rely on the terrain to lurk very close to the city wall, and there are also A more important point: the main attack direction of Earl Hossman's army is the north of Cecil's territory, in this case, attacking from the other side is the normal plan."

Hetty was persuaded by Gawain's analysis, and no longer had any other questions, but said with a hint of anxiety: "Ancestor, I am very worried about the fleeing enemy, if the information is correct, it is most likely the southern part of the Church of the Holy Light. The regional bishops of the diocese - although the Church of the Holy Light has less influence in the south, it is still very powerful. Their regional bishops are now leading the Holy See knights to directly attack the Cecil territory in the name of crusade against evil. This is no longer the case. Assisting the nobles in war is as simple as declaring war head-on, and now that 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 was you in the past, the first thing you would worry about at this time must be the adverse effects of our confrontation with the Southern Diocese of the Church of the Holy Light, but now your It doesn't seem like the focus is on that kind of thing anymore."

After being reminded by Gawain, Heidi also realized the change in her way of thinking, and the lady who was worried about the Cecil family all day couldn't help showing a wry smile: "I don't know how this change happened, wait. When I realized it, we had even started a war with all the nobles in the entire southern border... I was still worried about what the southern parish was doing?"

Gawain smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I sent Soldrin to lead an elite team to stand by in the Dark Mountains before the war, they should..."

Before Gawain could finish speaking, Soldrin's voice had already come from outside the door: "The bishop is dead - we found his body."