Back at the castle, Roland looked at Agatha, "Do you remember anything?"

"The Divine Punishment Army should have been successfully researched after the complete fall of Tachira, and I don't know much," she shook her head slowly, "It's just ...... It may not be as simple as the clergy of the Church suggests, at least this approach does not explain how the new pope took over the previous Divine Punishment Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Besides, it's strange that an uncontrolled Divine Punishment Army would take the initiative to go to the Savage Lands," after a pause, Agatha continued, "The Savage Lands you speak of should be the fertile plains of four hundred years ago, where there is nothing but the ruins of the Holy City. To say that they are attracted to the devil is too far away. ”

"Who knows," Roland said disapprehantly, "as you can see, they have blue blood in their veins, and they are not of the same kind as us." He was not very interested in what the Divine Punishment Army was attracted to, and what he wanted to know most at the moment was the weakness of the Divine Punishment Army and how to effectively prevent the Divine Punishment Samurai from attacking the line. After all, judging from that wave of spear throwing, the Divine Punishment Army is still quite threatening without defensive fortifications, "If the Divine Punishment Army is really controlled by sound, maybe the ability to echo can be ......"

"I don't agree with that," the ancient witch vetoed, "and that's very risky. ”

"It's true that it's dangerous to sneak into the vicinity of the controller, but we can—"

"No, I'm not talking back," Agatha interrupted, "I mean you. ”

"Me?" Roland was stunned.

"If you want the echo to be silently close to the controller, you must rely on the fog of the nightingale, so that you will have no protection around you, and the church can easily kill you as long as you send a pure person with special abilities. She said without hesitation, "Although you are a mortal, weak and powerless, if you want to defeat the devil, it seems that it is indispensable for the time being. So protecting yourself is the most important thing, and we can't take any risks. ”

"I really can't tell if you're praising or depreciating," Roland couldn't help but laugh bitterly, "When that time comes, I'll wear the Stone of Divine Punishment." ”

"The Stone of Divine Punishment is only an insurance policy, not a barrier of absolute safety," Agatha said bluntly, "and even the Nightingale is not foolproof, but we have no better way." ”

"Your Majesty will not be harmed in any way as long as I live," Nightingale could not help but appear, and could see that she was quite dissatisfied with Agatha's words.

"I hope so," said the ancient witch, who did not argue about this, turned to leave the study, but stopped when she reached the door.

"What's wrong?" Roland asked.

Agatha was silent for a moment, "I don't know if I should say this...... The reason why Lord Akalis was able to become the Starfall Queen and the head of the three seats was that in addition to her extremely strong strength, she also surpassed most witches in terms of brains and means. Several of her decisions saved the Federation from collapse, and without Akaris, Tachira would not have survived that time. Many people believe that if she could have been born on the eve of the first battle of divine will, she might have ended this hopeless war long ago. ”

"What do you want to say?"

She looked back, frowning slightly, "What I'm trying to say is that the super samurai she pinned her hopes on saving the witch shouldn't be like this. ”

"Do you think that the current Divine Punishment Army is not necessarily the Divine Punishment Army of four hundred years ago?" Roland was surprised.

"The Divine Punishment Samurai is not afraid of magic, does not panic, and has infinite strength, and it seems that he does have a great advantage over the devil, but ...... It doesn't play a decisive role. What's more, he still needs a controller to accompany his actions, and he has almost no ability to run long distances, so I don't think Lord Akaris-sama should have high hopes for this kind of samurai. Agatha sighed, "Of course, these are just my guesses, and what happened to the Federation after the fall of Taqira is probably only known to the church." ”

After a long time since she left, Roland did not recover from her contemplation.

Agatha did make sense, was the Divine Punishment Army's plan to make the Starfall Queen pay such a big price to implement just to produce an expensive and inconvenient killing machine?

Just as he was about to go outside the castle to breathe, the listening sigil on the nightingale suddenly rang.

"This is lightning, northwest of the direction, over Cold Wind Ridge! Observe that the enemy is retreating, repeat, the enemy is retreating!"

"Retreat?"

"They've all fled in the direction of the Holy City!" Maisie added.

"I see," Roland immediately called the guards outside the door, "and inform Ironaxe, Edith, Duke Calvin, and all the members of the staff to come to the castle for a meeting." ”

This was undoubtedly good news, he thought excitedly, he didn't expect that the Church Defeat Army would abandon the Cold Wind Ridge and retreat directly to the Hermes Plateau. In this way, he would have the opportunity to evacuate the people of the town before the Holy City could reoccupy the Coldwind Ridge.

"They're scared," Nightingale laughed.

"Perhaps, but the retreat also means that the Holy City will not be able to send reinforcements in a short period of time," Roland said, touching his chin, "Our previous speculation is not wrong, this team of more than 1,000 people should be the vanguard sent by the Pope on a temporary basis. If they don't take the initiative to attack the defense, I really can't do anything about the church. ”

The choice of this forced group plan was equivalent to giving up Cold Wind Ridge in a sense, after all, this place is much closer to Hermes. Now that there is a chance to prevent the townsfolk from falling victim to the Mad Pill, Roland suddenly feels a lot more relaxed.

The personnel quickly gathered in the meeting room, and he recounted the information sent back by lightning and looked around, "Is there any more questions?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you just defend the Cold Wind Ridge?" the Duke wondered, "The terrain is dangerous, and there is only one road to the Holy City, so it's more advantageous than staying at the foot of the mountain?"

"It seems to be dangerous, but in fact, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the ramp is just above the head of Cold Wind Ridge, and as long as a rope is needed, it can easily penetrate behind the defense line. Roland spread his hands, "This has been discussed in detail in Neverwinter, and you can ask Edith for details. What about the others?"

Seeing that no one answered, he directly ordered, "Then the evacuation operation will be carried out by the First Army, and the stored grain and the golden dragon can be put aside first, and the key is the residents - whether it is advised or forced, I want to see that there is no one left in the Cold Wind Ridge." In addition, the persuasion of the local nobles will be more effective, especially the famous Northland pearls. He paused, "Iron Axe, Edith, you two are in charge of this. ”

"Yes!"

"As you wish. ”

"As for the General Staff," he looked at Count Silt and the others, "your mission is to assist the Duke of the North in relocating the evacuated people, including counting the number of people, registering their identities, arranging housing and food, understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," the crowd replied in unison.

"Very well, let's do it now!" Roland said, slapping the table.