An autumn leaf fell on the old priest's new white robe, and he shuddered in fright, and then slowly leaned back against the trunk of the tree.

The intense emotions gradually subsided, his tense body relaxed, his originally straight shoulders and back were a little stiff, and the light bursting from his eyes also dimmed, like a flame about to be extinguished in a pile of ashes, suddenly brightened when the wind blew, and then burned out more quickly.

"So," Ed, in a gentler and more sincere tone, asked the same question, "what do you think we should do?"

“...... I still don't think there's no good or evil in the gods. The old man seemed to answer the question, "because they are obviously not mere powers, they have their own consciousness." It's just that the standards of good and evil they uphold may not be the same as ours. So, even if I don't think that the good and evil of a god are defined by his followers, for now, our judgment can only be based on the actions of those demons...... Of course, their actions do not necessarily represent the gods, even if their beliefs are equally religious. ”

- Or else?

Iss almost burst out laughing. After going around in such a long circle, did you only come to such a simple and natural conclusion?

But when I think about it, as a "devout believer", a high priest with a responsibility, it seems that it is not easy to convince himself to face the reality in this way.

He tolerantly kept the sarcasm to the bottom of his heart, and only subtly hooked the corners of his mouth.

Ed's eyes lit up. If he could, he wanted the god of hell to be a secret that no one would ever know, and some instinct told him that even just acknowledging the existence of that god would give him strength...... But now that Andukh's priests can get the news from the devil, he fears that the secret will not be kept secret for long, and will even be used as a weapon. In this case, it is always better to have an explanation that is more acceptable to the clergy.

His Majesty, who did not believe in God, listened attentively and said with great interest: "What you say is almost what you mean, 'Don't care what they want to do, just what they do?'

Laval hesitated. His mind was not as sharp and clear as it used to be, and he only felt that it was not like this, but he couldn't say anything wrong.

"Well, then, it's always okay for those demons to pretend to be high priests and kidnap archons, at least, in the shoes of the rulers of a country, and treat them as criminals, right?"

Borena leaned forward, looking eager to get affirmation.

Ethan lowered his glass with a calm face and made a crisp sound on the stone table.

"Can you believe it?" explained Borena to a somewhat confused Ed, "this guy, who was kidnapped, hurt, and almost died in a sarcophagus, told me that those demons 'may not be able to be allies'...... What the hell did they impress you? Is it their innocent black eyes? Ethan, you really should look at my eyes so that you won't be so easily confused. ”

These words can easily be dismissed as questioning or even accusations, but Borena's aggrieved tone and exaggerated posture weaken the irony and turn it into a helpless complaint.

Ethan sat up straight and leaned back against the table, his face still not very good-looking, but he was finally willing to speak: "Do you think we are facing two powerful enemies at the same time - they are still very likely to have hooked up with each other, or is it better to take one of them first and solve the other, and the probability of success is higher?"

"An 'ally' to be careful with is not as good as an enemy who can raise his sword without hesitation. "And, you have to think about this: if we are really as weak as you fear, why would the two 'powerful enemies' hook up?and, why, at least one of them, would want to hook up with us, while the other, until now, has done so much in a veil-hiding? and, if I'm not mistaken, they know more about us than we know about them so far?

He raised his voice slightly, but he didn't seem very excited. This man, who always wants to remove the burden from his shoulders and retract to a more comfortable corner to live comfortably, is not inferior to any praised Lord of Wisdom at this moment.

Ethan was stunned, and Ed raised his eyebrows in surprise. They were always apprehensive and trembling, because the enemy they were facing was really strong...... Even he had considered more than once whether he could use Ankran's power to fight against Blazing Wing, but he never thought that the enemy might not really be that strong, and they might not be that weak.

"I don't want to rack my brain to guess what their true purpose is, and I don't want to wait for a knife that will stab me in the back. If they act secretly and secretly, then keep their eyes open, and if they reach out with bad intentions, then unceremoniously cut down. They walk in the dark, why do we have to step into the darkness?" Borena pointed to the sky, "the sun is still rising...... Why not pull them out into the sun?"

“...... What if the sun doesn't rise again?" Ethan asked with a sneer.

"Isn't there a moon yet? Borena shrugged unconcernedly, "The moon is pretty bright now." ”

Iss laughed out loud and gestured his thumb to the man he hadn't looked at much.

The flattered His Majesty's smile became brighter, but he did not forget to be modest: "I also figured it out...... This is thanks to Rhy, who asks me, 'Why do you want to make simple things so complicated,' and I can't always answer her, 'To make the plot more twisty' - it's not a scene, if it's simpler, why bother yourself?"

Ed couldn't help but nod vigorously: "Naria also said something like that...... She's so smart!"

Naria had indeed said it, the night Lydia had schemingly thrown the gem that held the soul of an elven king to them...... She said that no matter how powerful an enemy is, there will be weaknesses, find it, hit it, ignore the mess, fight side by side with someone you can trust, win or die, she said, no matter what, it is better than having doubts, looking ahead and looking ahead, and never making up your mind.

At that time, they all thought that this was really a good idea, but they still unknowingly fell into a deeper quagmire, and they were stumbling under their feet, unable to get out, and gradually forgot the resoluteness of that time...... Even Naria herself doesn't mention it anymore.

It was his indecision that trapped her?—— he thought of it with shame and uneasiness.