"If there is no danger, he shall be dismissed from his duties, deducted from his monthly salary, and imprisoned for fifteen days, and if he is a danger, he shall be expelled from the First Army and put on trial by you, Your Majesty. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info" Iron Axe replied immediately.

"Well, I'm very good at memorizing, so let's do it. "Since there is no court-martial, the major faults in the army are personally interrogated by Roland, and Danny's disciplinary violations obviously do not come to this point," but considering that it is now a big battle, he will be imprisoned for five days, and the rest will be executed when he returns to Neverwinter. ”

"Yes. ”

"You don't have to worry about the reaction of the soldiers, and this happens to be an excellent example of propaganda - no matter what the merit of the person involved, if there is a violation of discipline in the course of the mission, there will be punishment. Roland paused, "Of course, the army will not forget the military exploits he has made, and if anyone asks, you will say that I have my own arrangements." ”

In fact, he also had a pot on this, and although he had created a team of fifty accurate marksmen, he did not separate these veterans with shooting talents from the ordinary musket battalion, and arranged them only as a kind of long-range revolver rifles on both flanks of the trench to block the enemy who tried to reach the machine-gun bunkers from the edge.

Danny's approach is more like that of a sniper - free choice of position, free fire, waiting for an opportunity to eliminate the enemy's most valuable targets. Roland has not considered a special sniper team, but the latter has high requirements for guns, ammunition and personnel. Especially for personnel, let's not talk about subjective initiative, first of all, he has to make sure that the sniper does not directly lose contact after being released, or passively avoid the battle.

Maybe when this war is over, he will be able to make some improvements on the basis of the precision shooter team.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I have tortured some ...... from the mouth of the captured church commander Special information," Iron Axe seemed to consider the wording, "has something to do with the Divine Punishment Army." ”

"What is it?"

"They say that the Divine Punishment Army cannot act alone, and that these samurai must have a controller to order them to complete the most basic tasks. ”

Roland turned around, "Oh, is there anything else?" Ash also mentioned this, and it was for this reason that he dared to lead the whole army north to force the church to open a group, otherwise it would be enough for him to send a handful of divine punishment troops to break them into pieces and cause chaos in the interior of the kingdom.

"The controller can be an ordinary person or a pure person, but once it's set, it can't be changed. "The newly promoted Divine Punissar would complete the rite of worship on the top floor of Hermes Cathedral, and one of the captives admitted to having personally participated in the meeting. ”

Roland immediately commanded, "Take me to meet them, and call Agatha with him by the way." ”

......

Deep in the dungeon, Roland meets the four captives who have been held separately.

If the surface of Glen is still just cool and pleasant, the underground can be called damp and cold. All four of them were blindfolded, their hands tied behind their backs, their bodies wet, and although they couldn't see any scars, they couldn't stop shaking. Apparently the Iron Axe used his unique torture skills again, and according to him, very few people could survive a day of torture.

However, the believers of the church are different from the average interrogator, and the reverence for the gods makes them more willpowered.

"Only the two on the right are willing to confess," Shamin whispered, "one of them is the presiding judge of the church, and the other is the priest of the Holy City. The remaining two refused to reveal anything - of course, unaware that their companions had been recruited. ”

Roland didn't know much about the system and position of the church, so he asked bluntly, "Who participated in the ritual of following the Divine Punishment Army?" ”

The priest was quickly dragged into a hut next door by the jailer, and an iron axe poured a ladle of cold water on his head, "Farat, now I have a few questions for you. ”

He shuddered, then said slightly, "I know...... I've said it all, kill me quickly. The priest's voice was weak and hoarse, as if he had suffered greatly.

"Tell me about the Divine Punishment Army, how the following ceremony took place?"

Farat shook his head and didn't answer.

"Listen, this is the last interrogation," Iron Axe bent down and whispered in his ear, "and after answering all the questions, I'll give you relief." ”

There was silence for a long time before he explained again, "Ritual...... It is usually held at the Tower of Babel, where only Divine Punishment Warriors, Popes, and Manipulators are allowed to enter, and the scene is ...... It has to be quiet to ensure that the ceremony doesn't go wrong. ”

"Why?" said Roland.

"Because the new samurai will confirm the controller based on the voice. ”

"The first sound they heard?"

"It can be more than ...... One," Farat gasped, "the selected manipulators chanted hymns together, and for a certain amount of time anyone could be accepted by the Divine Punishment Warrior. ”

"And what about you, the controller?"

"I'm in charge...... A squad, ten divine punishment warriors. ”

"But those ten people also have to obey the orders of their superiors, right?"

The priest nodded, "All the Divine Punishment Army will follow the orders of the Pope's crown." ”

I see, Roland thought to himself, at first he thought that it would be a brainwave connection or a psychic connection or something like to command this unsane army, but in the end it was voice control. This layered method is undoubtedly extremely complex and inefficient, not to mention that the sound waves are extremely easy to attenuate, and the conflict of orders between the squad commander and the commander-in-chief will make it difficult for the Divine Punishment Army to react.

"You said that once you have identified the controller, you can't change it, but what if the Divine Punishment Samurai loses all of its controllers?" Agatha asked suddenly.

Hearing that it was a woman's voice, Farat was visibly stunned.

"Talk back!" the iron axe scooped another scoop of water.

"I ...... I don't know. ”

"You're lying," Roland quickly got the Nightingale's hint, "if you don't want to spend ten days and a half in the dungeon, you'd better not play this trick." ”

The priest gritted his teeth, "They...... I'll go to the wilderness on my own, that's all I know. ”

"Savage?" said Agatha in surprise.

"That's what I've heard...... Normally, this would soon be stopped by other samurai, but ......," he hesitated for a moment, "it is rumored that some of the Divine Punishers who were not properly controlled fled to the Savage Lands a long time ago and never returned. ”

"Do you know how the Divine Punishment Army is transformed?"

"This ...... Only His Holiness the Pope is eligible to preside over the promotion ceremony......"

"Then when the Pope abdicates, how will he transfer control of the Divine Punishment Army?"

"No," beads of sweat broke out on Farat's forehead, "I don't know......"

"How did the church come to be 400 years ago?"

"Have you heard of the name Akaris, and what about the Federation, and what about Tachira?"

No matter how much Agatha asked, the priest couldn't answer a word.

"He really doesn't know, let's go. Roland got the Nightingale's confirmation and said, "If you ask any more, there will be no result." ”

As the group left the dungeon, Iron Axe caught up and asked, "Your Majesty, these captives of the church ......?"

"Just do what you promised. ”