Chapter 614: Agatha's Guess

Back at the castle, Roland looked at Agatha, "Have you remembered anything?"

"The God's Punishment Army should be successfully researched after the complete fall of Taquila, I don't know much about it," she slowly shook her head, "It's just...it may not be as simple as the priests of the church said, at least this method is It is impossible to explain how the new Pope took over the God's Punishment Army from the previous one."

"In addition, it is very strange that the out-of-control God's Punishment Army would take the initiative to go to the wild land." After a short pause, Agatha continued, "The wild land you are talking about should be the fertile plain 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 nonchalantly, "You also saw that they have blue blood, so they can't be regarded as the same as us." He was not very interested in what attracted the God's Punishment Army. At present, what I want to know the most is the weakness of the God's Punishment Army, and how to effectively prevent the God's Punishment Warriors from attacking the front line in offensive warfare. After all, judging from the wave of spear throwing, the God's Punishment Army is quite threatening without fortifications. "If the God's Punishment Army is really controlled by sound, maybe the ability to echo can..."

"I don't agree to do this," the ancient witch vetoed, "That would be very risky."

"It is true that there is no small risk in sneaking up close to the controller, 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 quietly, 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, you can easily kill 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 belittling," Roland couldn't help laughing wryly, "I'll wear the God's Stone of Retaliation when the time comes."

"God's Stone of Retaliation is just an insurance, not an absolutely safe barrier," Agatha said bluntly, "Even Nightingale cannot guarantee that it will be safe, but we have no better way."

"As long as I'm still alive, Your Majesty won't be harmed in any way," Nightingale couldn't help showing her figure, and she could see that she was quite dissatisfied with Agatha's words.

"I hope so," the ancient witch didn't continue arguing on this point, but turned and left 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 Lord Acaris can become the Queen of Starfall and the head of the three seats is that, in addition to her extremely powerful strength, her mind and methods are also superior to those of the elders. Most witches. Her several decisions have saved the Union that was on the brink of collapse. Without Akaris, Taquila would not have survived that time. Many people think that if she can be born in the first divine will On the eve of the war, it may have ended this hopeless war long ago."

"What do you want to say?"

She turned her head and frowned slightly, "What I want to say is that the super warrior she puts her hopes on to save the witch shouldn't be like this."

"Do you think the current God's Punishment Army is not necessarily the God's Punishment Army four hundred years ago?" Roland asked in surprise.

"The God's Punishment Warrior is not afraid of magic power, will not panic, and is infinitely powerful. It seems that he has a great advantage over the devil, but... it can't play a decisive role. What's more, he needs a manipulator to accompany him in action, almost no The ability to run long distances, I don’t think Lord Akaris should place high hopes on this kind of warrior.” Agatha sighed, “Of course, these are just my guesses. What will happen to the Federation after the destruction of Taquila? What, I'm afraid only the church knows."

After she left for a long time, Roland did not recover from his contemplation.

What Agatha said is indeed not unreasonable. Is the God's Punishment Army plan that can make the Queen of Starfall pay such a high price 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 symbol on Nightingale's body suddenly rang.

"Here is Lightning, the direction is northwest, above the Cold Wind Ridge! Observe that the enemy is retreating, repeat, the enemy is retreating!"

"retreat?"

"They all fled towards the holy city!" Maggie added.

"I see," Roland immediately called the guards outside the door, "notify Iron Axe, Edith, Duke Calvin and all staff members to come to the castle for a meeting."

This is undoubtedly good news, he thought excitedly, he did not expect that the church's defeated troops would abandon Cold Wind Ridge and directly retreat to the Hermes Plateau. In this way, he has the opportunity to evacuate the people in the town before the Holy City regains control of Cold Wind Ridge.

"They're scared," Nightingale laughed.

"Perhaps so, but the retreat also shows that the Holy City will not be able to 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 be sent by the Pope on a temporary basis The vanguard. If they don't come to take the initiative to attack the defense line, I really have nothing to do with the church."

Choosing this plan to force the group at the beginning was equivalent to giving up Cold Wind Ridge in a sense. After all, this place is much closer to Hermes. Now that he has the opportunity to prevent the townspeople from becoming victims of Kuanghuawan, Roland immediately felt a lot easier.

The relevant personnel quickly gathered in the living room. He recounted the information sent back by lightning and then looked around, "Is there any question?"

"Your Majesty, why didn't you just defend Coldwind Ridge?" the Duke asked puzzled, "The terrain there is dangerous, and there is only one road leading to the holy city. It is more advantageous than defending 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 slope just passes through the top of Cold Wind Ridge. With just a rope, you can easily penetrate behind the defense line." Roland spread his hands, "This point has been discussed in detail in Neverwinter City. You can ask Edith for details. 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 stored food and golden dragons can be put aside first. There are no one left. In addition, the persuasion effect of the local nobles will be better, especially the famous Pearl of the North." He paused, "Iron Axe, Edith, you two are responsible for this matter together."

"yes!"

"As you wish."

"As for the general staff," he looked towards Earl Silt 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, and arranging housing and meals. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," everyone answered in unison.

"Very good, let's act now!" Roland slapped the table and said.