Chapter 3 From afar (3)
After greeting the great priest who was the third person in the sect, and Neham, who had been suspended from his post but had been appointed as the next knight commander, he swept over the wanderer with contempt and finally landed on Doyle. Unable to sense the power of the dawn, Black confirmed that the Dawn Knight, who had only met with him a few months ago, had become abducted as rumored.
The revenge commander's expression was shaking, and his undisguised murderous intent made Link hurriedly end his conversation with Gonzalez.
The bigoted and fanatical reputation of the believers of the Dawn Light have to bear at least half of the burden, and most of the work of executing the apostates was also completed by this series.
Worried that Black, who is famous for his stubbornness, was not good for Doyle, Link moved his footsteps and stood in front of Doyle.
Black didn't know Doyle's true gender, and the identity of the demon child was secret even within the Morning Sect. He just simply disgusted with the act of rebelling against the sect and the rumor that made him furious - the church knight who was going to inherit Duke Krenberg was replaced by the half-elves found by the Son of Nature.
A orthodox nobleman, the dawn knight, was unable to defeat the unknown bard. Not only was he seized from the inheritance rights, but he was also separated from the church in a pitiful way of "adoption and adoption". It was so cowardly!
Black's impression of Link was still maintained at the Battle of Grantham a few months ago. In his opinion, the lifeweaver specially found by the pillar from another world was nothing special except that it could not be predicted.
"I'm sorry, I actually have to rely on someone else's wings."
"There is no restriction, it's more than enough to beat you down."
Without giving a name, Link didn't care whether the other party could understand it or not. In front of so many people, he could never let Black continue to humiliate Doyle. This is not just a matter of face, but also a possibility that Doyle, who was restricted by her power because of the seal. Her personality is already sensitive and suspicious.
As the highest-ranking priest on the spot, he used the method of changing the topic to stop the verbal slap that had a tendency to escalate. "I heard that Watch Castle is chasing the retreating undead?" The meaning behind this is how to return to Grantham with a discount.
After the joy of reunion, Gonzalez looked worried, "Luckily you are here. I'm worried about how to convey the information I just discovered without revealing it."
Gonzalez's speech successfully attracted Link's attention as Alicina expected.
"You should have heard that the undead retreated northward along with the storm sea."
Link nodded, and then he thought of the foreseeable dream he had made more than ten days ago. Could it be that...
"I wanted to take this great opportunity to annihilate the small undead who fell behind, but unexpectedly..." Gonzalez's eyes flashed and hesitated. Black was impatient and took his words directly.
"Let me explain it. During the pursuit of the undead, the Grand Duke of Befest discovered that the undead killed each other in a fortress controlled by the Immortal Empire. Strictly speaking, it was the lich and the death knight who led their respective subordinates to fight."
It was indeed this... Link breathed a sigh of relief.
Black, who had been observing his expression, was not surprised when he saw Link being seriously serious, and quickly turned his eyes to the great priest. Seeing that she was calm, she couldn't help but wonder, "Why, you already know?"
Grantham is much more closed than other human settlements. There is no spider web branch here. In order to prevent magic communication from being used by the undead, the messenger stones are never used, and the circulation of intelligence comes entirely from passing merchants and travelers. For the same reason, Watch Castle almost does not use messenger stones. Therefore, neither the Revenge nor the Watch Castle yet know that Link had learned about the internal strife of the undead through "Divine Knowledge".
Seeing the great priest's gaze glanced at Link Black, then he reacted.
Yes, the Son of Nature has a divine enlightenment that is even more powerful than prophecy, and can directly use the divine power given by the pillar to predict the future.
"It's not suitable for a long talk here." Even if Malik can learn what's going on around him through the Holy Emblem, Link would not speak out his premonition dream in front of a snail of shadows.
Bright ordered the adjutant Harper to place the accompanying party with Link. As for the secret talk, only the Grand Duke of Befest, the Grand Priest, the Son of Nature, and the leader of the Revenge Army participated.
Faced with Doyle's opposition, he sneered and replied: "Even Neham was unable to attend. Why do you have no position or status?"
As the fifth-ranked real-powerful figure in the Chenxi Sect, Neham walked with Harper, who was leading the way with calm expression.
It is not convenient to say it directly. Link comforts Doyle through his thoughts. As long as he knows, she knows differently, so why bother to fight for this? Neham understands this very well.
Doyle glared at Brian who deliberately embarrassed him, and angrily caught up with Naham who had already walked away. Asa, who had a lower status, could not attend. He nodded to Link before slowly placing behind Doyle.
"Okay, the idle people have already left, and it's time for us to talk about the serious business." Brian turned around and walked in another direction. Since the last siege of the undead, he has set up many barriers for the command post underground to prevent the undead from invading through the underground passage directly below the fortress.
Gonzalez continued the previous topic. Although Watchtower recruited more refugees than in previous years due to Vaulet's strict conditions for entry into the city, the regular army with combat effectiveness suffered heavy losses in the previous battle. The recruits could not make up for this gap without months of training and several combat experience. So he left Dante, who served as interim commander, and the nobles in Grantham, and led the elite mobile troops around to search for small undeads. While honing his skills, he also gave the soldiers a good impression of personally expeditioning.
Soon, Gonzalez discovered something was wrong. Rather than saying that the undead were defeated like a mountain of defeat, these low-level undeads who were considered to be unthinking retreated in an orderly manner, no matter how many they were, they were unwilling to fight. In the end, his doubts were revealed after the tide of the storm, and were confirmed on the land that originally belonged to Erasius.
Lich and Death Knight, the two strongest troops in the Immortal Empire, killed each other in the fortress controlled by the Immortal Empire. Gonzalez, who saw this scene with his own eyes, could not believe his eyes. He was a human being in both lives, and he was a member of Longyan Fort and fought with the undead. He never thought that the undead who was united to the outside world would have internal conflicts like humans.
"Where is the time?" As a few people who know the truth, Link is more concerned about the time when Gonzalez discovered. He was deeply impressed by the scene where Shuang Han saw him peeking in his dream. Shen Qi was like foreshadowing, using divine power to peek at fate. Through time and space, Shuang Han could actually feel that he was worthy of the title of Death's strongest confidant.
Link was not sure whether the future Shuanghan had a way to convey his dream peek into his past self. If he could... Maybe what Gonzalez saw was the smoke bomb deliberately released by Shuanghan to confuse humans and the anti-undead alliance that was still forming, creating the illusion of the split of the Immortal Empire and the three lords fighting for command. In fact, they had long reached an agreement, and retreating with the Storm Sea was just to cover up the upcoming new round of attacks.
"Fourteen days ago."
Link said "tsk" and this awkward time was exactly the day when he had a dream of foreseeing.
"Is there anything wrong?" Gonzalez could read from Link's expression that his emotions were not right, a little helpless, and more uneasy.
"I don't know if you should let you team up to resist the counterattack that may come at any time? Or should you suggest you retreat to preserve your strength?" Link pressed his forehead, and this choice made him very embarrassed.
If you choose the former, you will put the Revenge Army and the Watchtower in danger. They are one of the few troops among humans that can fight against the undead.
Choose the latter. Not to mention that the stubborn Black won't agree, even Gonzalez may not be able to listen to his advice.
Furthermore, humans have no way out. This time, the attack is different from the past. It is related to its own survival and death. Hicks will no longer show mercy and may completely exterminate humans to achieve the goal of completely eroding the pillar.
Black and Gonzalez spoke in unison, "Are the retreat of the undead and the internal strife?"
Link nodded and revealed his prediction dream, "Shuanghan has recovered from the destruction of the life box and returned to the Immortal Empire. The days of human escaping have ended. In order to completely corrode the pillars and cut off the existence that threatens itself, Hicks' war this time will aim to exterminate humans, even creatures in the material world."
Although he had guessed this possibility, Black and Gonzalez couldn't help but take a breath when he heard it with his own ears.
The undead and humans have always been in an unequal confrontation. The nobles were unwilling to face the battle, and even colluded with the undead in private, exchanging land and the people for money and their own lives. Civilians were afraid of death, and with the mentality of hiding as long as they could and running as they could, they were simply passive responses. The dwarfs had nothing to do with themselves, and had conflicts with humans from slave trade and ancient wars. The glow elves, who were once allies, were blocked by barriers with the pillar of the earth, and the wood elves were hiding under the protection of the pillar of the wind, and might not be willing to join the battle. If the Immortal Empire really put all its efforts to start the war, humans would probably not be able to escape this catastrophe.
"In the Xindu... Is there any countermeasure to the Grand Priest?" Although Black was away all year round, based on his understanding of Francesca, he did not think that the Grand Priest would let the possibility that the entire human beings and even the material world would become a dead place.
Alicina glanced at Gonzalez intentionally orphans, "Under the oracle of the morning light, the second Mirror Hall meeting was secretly held to reach a new anti-undead alliance. Except for Erathus, the princes agreed. In addition, the dwarves and wood elves also chose to join under Link's lobbying."
Chapter completed!