Through the dark corridors, through the cage into the great cavern deep underground, Mayne once again came to the Privy Sanctuary. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

His Majesty Oberline was already waiting at the door.

He looked older than he had been before, his eyes sunken inward, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes spreading like cobwebs to his cheeks, but his smile was still soft and full of concern. Mayne couldn't help but have sour eyes and knelt down in front of him, "Your Majesty, we-"

"Get up, child," said the Pope's voice in a calm and composed voice, "I hear you're in trouble? ”

Today is not the day of transformation, and instead of lighting a long string of starry candles along the foot of the walls, there are only candlesticks placed in a few corners. The Pope sat back on the main seat and took a breath, "Tell me, what's going on outside." ”

Mayne was well aware of the weight of Oberline's duties, and it was not that he was unable to learn about the news outside the Holy City, but that he did not have time to pay attention to these trivial matters, so he set up three bishops to manage the affairs of the Church together. He should have avoided annoying His Majesty with these things as much as possible, but he was powerless to solve the current troublesome situation.

Mayne quickly recounted the story before and after.

"Is Heather dead......" Oberline was silent for a long time after hearing this, and let out a long sigh, "A little girl who is observant, clever and pious, I have watched her grow up slowly. ”

"Mourn, Your Majesty. ”

"The murderer will inevitably be punished," the Pope nodded, "Now the situation is that Garcia and the Wolfheart Kingdom are aiding each other, and the new poison is not working?"

"It worked wonders in the capture of Broken Tooth, the defenders were all killed after a month, and the Inquisitors quickly entered the city, and there were few living people in the residential areas, but the poison did not seem to have the same effect when attacking Wolfheart, and the enemy's resistance is still stubborn. Mayne reported.

"You have made two mistakes," Oberline said slowly, "and the illness caused by poison can be fatal in seven to ten days, and you should attack at the first peak of the disease, and then quickly treat the inhabitants of the city, which will greatly reduce their hostility." Let's not forget that we need as many people as possible, not empty cities. ”

"The second point is that it takes a month to start, and while it minimizes casualties, it also gives the enemy plenty of time to react and find a way to heal the disease. The essence of the new poison is to demonize the evil beast, according to the records of the holy book of demonic energy, there are more than seventy abilities that can restrain its infection, and more than thirty abilities can be directly killed, and it is not surprising that a city of tens of thousands of people has such a witch. ”

"You're saying they colluded with witches—"

"It's a matter of life and death, and who cares if they're the devil's minions," the Pope said calmly, "whether the witch came out on her own initiative or was revealed to have to treat the epidemic, it's not good news for the Church." If they can really stop the momentum of our attack, the witch's reputation in the heart of the wolf will inevitably change subversively, and even ...... Seen as a hero. ”

"It's all my fault," Mayne bowed her head in grief.

"It's a mistake, but it's not serious, and you've devised this strategy to reduce the losses of the Inquisitors and the Divine Punishment," Oberline tapped his shoulder with his scepter, "and it's also an opportunity for us to have the Three Kings of Greykeep and the Wolf King together." ”

"Machine...... Will it?" the bishop was stunned.

"That's right, a chance to catch them all," Oberline stood up, "you come with me." ”

Guided by the guards, Mayne followed the Pope out of the Privy Council and slowly walked deeper into the cave. The huge Stone of Punishment glowed with a faint light, illuminating the path beneath everyone's feet - and gradually, the light grew darker and darker, and Mayne couldn't help but look back to see that the Privy Sanctuary and the Divine Stone had been left far behind, and the guards had lit torches to avoid tripping over the rubble on the ground.

"We're ...... Where to go?"

"It's here, kid," Obleine said, pausing and breathing a little heavily, "whew...... When people are old, it takes so much effort to get so much ......"

One of the guards stepped forward to support him, "Your Majesty, let me carry you." ”

"It's all right, just rest," he said, standing there for a moment, then commanding, "light the brazier." ”

Only then did the bishop notice that there were several towering iron frames erected beside the stone path, and it would be difficult for ordinary people to find these metal creations hidden in the darkness if they were not approached by guards with torches. The guard climbed up the escalator and lit the pine resin basin at the top, and several dazzling flames erupted, and Mayne squinted his eyes before adjusting to the change in light.

In the flickering light of the fire, a dusty canvas appeared in front of everyone, it was high and bulging, apparently covered with a behemoth underneath.

"I was going to wait until the last two years to fight against the increasingly ferocious beasts, but now it seems like it's going to have to be activated sooner. Oberline waved his hand, "Remove the cloth." ”

"It's ......" Mayne couldn't believe her eyes for a moment as the canvas fell. It was a huge, hideous-looking four-wheeled iron car, taller than its own size on one wheel alone. It had no carriages, only terrifying metal ramming horns and a skeleton bracket with barbed bone shields in the center of the brackets, the size of three or four door panels. Two straight, pointed-tipped iron rods, one on the left and one on the right, protrude from the holes in the shield and point straight forward, like sharp arrows ready to be fired. And on both sides of the iron cart, dozens of such iron rods were hung, each with its own thigh thickness, which refracted a dull metallic sheen under the brazier.

"It's called the Siege Beast in the Holy Scriptures," the Pope said as he walked over to the iron cart and patted the sturdy iron rod, "it can only be activated by magic, and it will take three or four witches to make it work." The siege beast's attack range far exceeds that of trebuchets and ballistas, and ordinary city walls are difficult to resist the destruction of iron arrows, and the galleons made of giant wood are like tissue paper in front of it, whether it is to destroy the strong walls of Wolfheart City or block the advance of the Black Sail Fleet, it is easy for it. ”

"This ...... A weapon developed by the Privy Temple?"

"No," Oberline shook his head, "you should be able to guess that it comes from our enemy, the devil in the abyss of hell. That's why the Church hid siege beasts in the depths of the caves. Remember, when you use it, be sure to hide it as much as possible so that civilians don't see it.

"I see. Mayne bowed his head.

How can the devil's weapons be manipulated by witches, and do they have the same magical power as humans?" he suppressed his doubts and did not continue to ask. Obviously, these things can only be understood when he becomes the new pope.

"Also, in order to prevent Garcia and the Wolf King from fleeing again, I will send two Purifiers to assist you in the battle. "No one escapes from them...... Go, and use the blood of these blasphemers to feed Heather. ”

The Pure One under the Pope's crown! His heart was shocked, the witches who were raised and survived by the church were called the Pure One, but the witches under the Pope's command were the strongest chosen by thousands of people, and their abilities were not even recorded in the Holy Book of Magical Energy, and they were completely different from Heather, Teflon and those under his own hands! Now that His Majesty himself said that he could not escape, then the end of the two was already doomed.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Mayne replied excitedly. (To be continued.) )