Since the First Army soldiers were present in the church, he did not touch on the origins of the War of the Divine Will, but simply recounted the history of the transformation of the witch empire into a church.

But the news alone was enough to send the high priest into consternation—Jacob's eyes widened at the mention of the church's internal secrets, and at last they became almost like lanterns. He looked tempted to refute it, but when the words came to his lips, all that remained was a muffled voice, and it was clear that some of the information was beyond his comprehension, but it was in line with all the rumors in the church.

Looking at the old priest's breathless appearance, Roland stopped for a moment - not because he had nothing to say, but because he was worried that if he continued to talk like this, the other party would be directly angry here. There's nothing wrong with that, but he's not enjoying it yet.

It wasn't until Jacob came back to his senses that he continued, "It seems that you don't know much about the nature of the Church, otherwise you shouldn't be so shocked, and you want to rebuke me for talking nonsense, but you find that there are indisputable clues before and after—I think everything about the battle between the devil and the divine will has been passed down from generation to generation from the pope, in order to ...... this goal Or that faith is not forgotten. However, the seizing of power was inherently afraid of witches, let alone the last wishes of the first pope, and even four hundred years later. They keep claiming to fight for humanity, but how many cultists in the entire Holy City of Hermes know about it?"

"It's a pity that Grey Castle is different...... In Neverwinter West, this kind of news is not a secret, every one of my ministers knows about the existence of the devil, and the plan for the battle against the divine will is also written into the policy outline - from the farmer to the blacksmith, all the people are fighting for it, and this is the biggest difference between me and you! I can say that I have been preparing for the end of humanity for several years. Roland looked at the other party's iron-blue face with interest, "The church is the only savior of mankind? Whether or not I can defeat this formidable foe, at least one thing is certain—"

He walked up to the old priest and said word by word, "If the church can't even win against me, where can I have the faith to save all mankind?

"We ......" Jacob's expression froze suddenly, and then the blood faded quickly, and his face instantly turned from blue to white, as if a thousand words were not as lethal as this sentence - obviously he did not think about such a problem, but just turned a blind eye to it in his heart like a self-deception, and now it was suddenly revealed, and his last trace of persistence was also dissolved.

The old priest slowly collapsed to the ground, no longer having the solemnity and arrogance he had when he appeared.

"Take him back to prison," Roland waved his hand, "it's useless to send him to the mine at this age, let him live well." When the Red Moon comes, let him see for himself how the people of Greykeep fight the devil - hopefully, when that moment comes, he will remember how to repent to the gods. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The soldier forcibly lifted Jacob and stepped back by his arm.

"Also, well done. Roland looked at Isabella, "If it weren't for you, the Holy City wouldn't have restored order so quickly." ”

The latter rarely looked away and said a little hastily, "You...... Don't you mind at all? I issue orders in the name of the Pope's Representative, unite the abandoned. ”

He had learned of the reports of Edith, Hawkface, and Isabella herself, who had made up a new history and divided the Church in two, in which the Pearl of the Northland was highly regarded as a promising move that would not only bring the old and new holy cities under the jurisdiction of the Grey Keep, but also absorb the influence that the Church had accumulated over hundreds of years. Even if the fugitives set up another stove, for Roland, who actually controlled Hermes, even if it was true, it would be three points false.

Roland was more realistic, this plateau was located in the middle of the Desperate Mountain Range, opposite the Great Gap, and it was a strategic point that had to be defended in the Battle of the Divine Will. Originally, the attack on Hermes had the intention of replacing it, but now that it can make use of the original human resources to save the next part of the expenses, it is naturally a good thing.

"Why should I mind if it turns out to work?" he smiled, "but even so, the sentence is not forgiven." ”

"I never thought about it that way......" Isabella said quickly.

"Of course, it can't be without any reward," he waved his hand, "how about if you need to come forward as a proxy in the future, you can enjoy the treatment that matches your status on that day?"

"The ...... of the Substitute Treatment?"

In layman's terms, it should be regarded as the hand of the former prime minister or the king. Roland smiled, "Of course, it doesn't include position and power, it's just simple food, housing and transportation." For example, spacious luxury suites, food provided by royal chefs, and all-you-can-drink chaos drinks. If you don't want that, you can exchange it for a Golden Dragon reward—"

"No, Your Majesty," Isabella shook her head, "the former one will be fine...... I mean, please do what you want. ”

"Well, that's decided. He said pleasantly.

......

As the main force of the First Army joined the search operation, the details of this strange city were also revealed to Roland little by little.

He was surprised to find that the old priest's statement of "intact" was not an exaggeration, except for the collapsed Hermes Cathedral, the rest of the complex was basically intact, the broken walls had been repaired, and the trebuchets erected on them had been preserved.

The large number of madness pills mentioned by Isabella were also quietly stored in the underground secret cellar, and the final inventory result was more than 420,000 in total. Remembering that Jero had planned to fight the devil to the death with a million berserker warriors, Roland was glad that she had not made it to this point.

After counting the numbers, a fire was lit on the city walls, burning the pills to the ground, and the remaining residue was pushed down the walls and consolidated with the permafrost—and thus the spread of the berserk army that had worried him was finally over.

And the results in the search report are much more than that.

For example, grain.

For example, weapons.

New supplies are discovered every day, and they are numerous enough to arm several Knights of the Royal Capital. It's no wonder that the Lord of the Dawn, Ampein Moya, and his vassals couldn't hold it back, and came all the way to rob it. Roland found that apart from the golden dragon and jewelry, the church leaders had evacuated almost no strategic materials with them, which confirmed their claim that they would not return from this trip—this was simply a matter of dividing the family property and living a leisurely life.

The behemoth that entrenched in the northwest of the Grey Castle has finally disappeared and the dust has settled.

Roland was also idle, and what he had to do after that was to wait for the Iron Axe to clear the eastern border, lead the army to gather on the borders of neighboring countries, and cooperate with the main army to launch a two-rib offensive to flank the Dawn Kingdom together.

Since he had rare time to relax, he planned to take a good look at the territory that had been run by the Church for hundreds of years—after all, the holy city of Hermes was incomplete among the fragments of memory.

And the place he most wanted to go to was undoubtedly the place of illusions mentioned by Isabella - the Church of Reflections. It was through the replay of the illusion that the legendary Starfall Queen Akaris, who achieved a centuries-long inheritance of faith, and it was there that Gero completed her transformation from the Pure One to the Pope.