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The dazzling gray-white holy light emitted from Atanis's fingertips, and the mold and black blood that were illuminated were like traces of water under the scorching sun, which were completely evaporated and purified in an instant, and a strong divine aura surrounded the old bishop's side, forming a small holy area.

On the side, Joshua used his fighting energy to incinerate the Chaos Monsters transformed by the cultists, and in the midst of a terrible scream, those twisted and disgusting disgusting monsters were ignited into nothingness by the flames containing the power of order.

It didn't take the two of them long to clean up the dungeon, and in a few minutes, they had cleaned up the hall of the cell.

"Cultists, it's really unpleasant...... Leave the rest to someone else to practice. ”

Moving his wrist and walking towards the exit, Atanis glanced at the other areas of the dungeon and couldn't help but sigh: "Obviously, the surroundings of Moldavia are quite smooth, even the demon tide of the previous year did not cause much harm, how can anyone still throw himself into the arms of the evil god?" ”

There was a hint of doubt in his voice, you must know that ordinary people will become cultists, most of them because they can't survive.

The most important reason why there are so many cults gathering in the western human gathering area is that there was a severe drought in the whole territory 40 years ago, and the crops in the entire Xishan area generally failed, even with the help of mages, and many farmers could not even eat, but they still had to pay taxes as usual.

War and natural disasters are the soil for the development of cults, but there are no natural disasters in the north except for the great demon tide of the previous year, and it stands to reason that there should not be so many cultists.

"Reason can be found at any time, as long as the desire is not satisfied, chaos will continue to spread."

Standing on the right side of the old bishop with his hands behind his back, Joshua's face was full of disapproval, he raised his head slightly, and recalled: "We are okay here, but now the Far South is the head of the hardest hit area of the cult flood, you also know that because of the dragon disaster, now the entire coastal and southern forests have fallen, and the three major legions of the kingdom have no time to take care of the central front and the Nanling fortress, and there are still hundreds of thousands of people who have not escaped from the occupied area, which is the best hotbed of degeneration." ”

In Joshua's memory, since the dragon would not attack the existence of the same chaotic side, the Far South Fallen Area in the previous life was basically full of villages controlled by cultists, and they used safety and food as a temptation to brainwash the refugees in batches to create fanatics as spies, sneaking into the defense line of the kingdom army and waiting for an opportunity to sabotage.

In the previous life, players in the Far South, in the early stage of the second version, the task was to fight with all kinds of cultists, detect their disguises, and even some people did the opposite, disguised as cultists, and infiltrated the villages in the occupied area to search for enemy intelligence.

"The situation in the south has been a bit bad lately."

Following the topic provoked by Joshua, Atanis also remembered some information sent by the church, and as he walked, he said with some concern: "The Five-Colored Dragon Clan has not sent a large-scale dragon beast army to attack for two weeks, and the Holy Mountain side guesses that they are planning to gather enough troops, and then capture the central defense line in one fell swoop and completely occupy the Far South Kingdom. ”

If the Far South Kingdom really falls, then the Holy Mountain will not be able to stand alone, and the old bishop is worried about this, no matter how powerful Pope Eagle is, it will not be able to block the attack of the entire five-colored dragon clan.

"So, they came to the Empire......"

Joshua's mind immediately conjured up the faces of Robzek and Saya, and he recalled the behavior of the Church in the Imperial Capital—it was clear that they did have a special mission.

Now that the Holy Mountain and the Far South Kingdom have joined forces to fight against the Dragon Calamity, they must also be suffering from the current form...... Perhaps the church mission came to the imperial capital to negotiate assistance?

However, the empire has just finished the last battle with the orcs, whether it is the emperor's five directly subordinate legions or other troops, they have been working hard for a long time, and it is unlikely that they will cross most of the continent to fight the dragon beasts, they should also know this, and there has been no news of the alliance between the empire and the Far South forces in their previous lives.

And just as the warrior was thinking about these things, footsteps sounded at the entrance to the dungeon.

In a quiet place, the sound will be extraordinarily clear, Joshua can easily hear it, there are three people coming, no need to guess, he can know, it must be Ying, Rin and Lolanda.

"Master."

Sure enough, a crisp voice sounded, and the figure of the silver-haired girl quickly appeared in the warrior's field of vision, after seeing Joshua, Hotaru stepped forward quickly, she happily hugged the warrior's right hand, and then looked up and reported: "Mr. Lolanda said that I have something to do with you, I feel that I have something to do again!" ”

"It's not a good thing to have something, don't be so happy just because you think you can cut someone."

Letting the girl hold her right hand, Rin also silently walked to the side, Joshua shook his head with a smile, he also found that since the return of the Ilgena world, Hotaru's personality has changed slightly, the original silver-haired girl rarely shows her expectations so directly even if she wants to be used, but now, she can say her expectations in a hearty tone.

――It feels like a ...... Grown up?

That's true, also as a god machine, Rin was instilled with the knowledge of the previous generation of earls and old housekeepers as early as the beginning of manufacturing, and the core of his memory records the knowledge needed by the god machine of the past generations, so obviously as a younger brother, Rin's personality is slightly more familiar than Hotaru, and he treats people and things on weekdays, which can be seen.

And Hotaru, who was defeated by Rin in the synchronization rate experiment at the beginning, so she was not trained as a weapon as the head of the next generation of Radcliffe's family, and when Joshua signed a contract with her, the silver-haired girl's personality was like a blank sheet of paper, and even because she didn't know how to express it, she seemed a little 'cold'.

But in the past two years, she has been living with the warriors and communicating with the people in the main city, and Ying has gradually learned all kinds of communication skills - for example, now, holding Joshua's arm and being coquettish, it is absolutely impossible to let go.

"Loranda, your face doesn't look good."

Turning his head, Joshua looked at the paladin who was walking slowly, he did look a little tired.

"Of course, after all, I only had half a day off and then I started working hard again."

Smiled wryly and joked to herself, Lolanda actually knew that he was in a bad state now, not only because of the all-night interrogation last night, but also because the battle in the world of Irgena was also the main reason, and for him, that battle was still a little too hard.

After all, the paladin is not Joshua, with the Azure Orb and the healing of the Father of Nature, he can quickly recover his state.

"Speaking of which, Lolanda, I met your friends in the church in the Imperial Capital."

Since he had been thinking about the purpose of the church mission before, after seeing the paladin, Joshua quickly remembered this matter: "They seem to be familiar with you, and they can see at a glance that I have been in contact with you. ”

“…… Is it, who is it? ”

Lolanda originally wanted to talk to Joshua and Atanis about the new batch of cultists, but when he heard the warrior's words, he held back the question, and then asked curiously: "My comrades belong to the Holy Grail Knights, they should still be stationed in the Plague Lands, and they should not be able to be in the imperial capital." ”

"The head of the Knights of the Hammer of Freedom, Robzek, and the Grand Nun of the Granddon Monastery, Saya."

Simply saying the full names of the two people, Joshua keenly noticed the change in Loranda's expression, and he couldn't help frowning: "Why did your face become more ugly?" Aren't these two your friends? ”

"No...... They are my friends. ”

Loranda's face did become more ugly than before, but it was not because of exhaustion, but for other deeper reasons: "But, it's impossible...... Even if the entire Knights of the Holy Grail were to send an envoy to the Imperial Capital, it would be more likely than them to come......"

Squinting his eyes slightly, Joshua didn't continue to speak, waiting for the paladin to explain.

And Lolanda pondered for a while under the gaze of the warrior and Atanis, and then frowned, and said in a low voice: "Commander Robzek is a friend of my mentor, he is in charge of my training on weekdays, and he also teaches me the mysteries of using a war hammer, and Saya ...... She is like my sister and has been taking care of me since I entered the church......"

After speaking, the paladin raised his head, and there were only doubts and worries in his blue eyes: "But two years ago, they went to the Abyss of Anos with the Second Battle Monk Regiment of Grandon to be stationed in the Abyss of Anos for a five-year garrison mission, and it stands to reason that they will never come back now, unless something goes wrong in the Abyss of Anos!" ”