The dragon spewed dragon flames, turning a corner of Taylor into a sea of fire, the light of which lit up the sky so clear that it could be seen from miles away.

Looking at the bright "scenery" in the distant city, standing at the door of the tent of the expeditionary force headquarters, Cumberland touched the silver beard on his chin and asked the knight beside him, "Why is Your Majesty here?"

Alfonso shook his head as he pushed the parasite limbs off his forehead.

Cumberland pondered for a moment, then muttered to himself, "Maybe there will be an answer soon." ”

At this time, in the city of Taylor, a throat bone dressed in a black robe and emitting light blue light particles from top to bottom, stood at the top of the Great Holy Hall, looked at the giant dragon in the distance, and said softly, "It's finally here." ”

Myris stared at his laryngeal bone and whispered, "Your body is crumbling. ”

The laryngeal bone raises the right hand in front of his eyes.

The palm of the hand, which was originally dry, was now covered with thousands of tiny holes, each of which had pale blue particles of light spewing out.

The throat bone stared at the hole, each pale blue light particle had the original appearance of the living, and if you listened carefully, you could hear their painful wails.

Soon, the palm of the right hand of the laryngeal bone began to collapse from between the fingers, and the black flesh and bones seemed to have been weathered for ten thousand years, slowly drifting into the air with the wind, and more and more pale blue light particles escaped from the collapse and disappeared into the air.

"The Funeral Parasite allows me to imprison the soul of the deceased, however, how to use this power and how to preserve it is a big problem for me. ”

The laryngeal bone lowered his right hand and let the pale blue light particles in his body erupt.

As the pale blue particles of light accelerated away from his body, the beginning of the collapse of the right hand of the laryngeal bone gradually slowed and finally came to a standstill.

"This body of mine is too fragile to preserve so many souls. Forcibly leaving them behind will only make my body disappear faster. ”

The right hand and right forearm of the laryngeal bone were eventually annihilated into ashes.

He patted the dust off his body and said quietly, "I need a new body, a new container, to store and use the power of my soul. ”

Myris frowned and said, "Where to find such a body?"

The throat bone looked up at the dragon in the distance, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "You don't need me to look for him, he will come to me by himself." ”

Watching his throat bones leave the roof of the Great Cathedral, Myris cast his gaze into the distance, slowly spitting out a person's name, his tone full of helplessness and confusion.

"Todd Fischer ......"

Evie, the silver-haired Valkyrie, rode a griffin through the flames and smoke to the top of the dragon's head.

"I brought people here!"

The dragon turned to look at the comer, and Randall, on the griffin's back, made his eyes narrow.

Stretching out its claws, sweeping the collapsed buildings on the ground, the dragon pointed to the clearing and said, "Come down, I have something to ask him." ”

Evie commanded the griffin to slowly fall to the ground and motioned for Randall to step forward.

Scarred and embarrassed, Randall was not afraid in the face of tens of thousands of parasitic corpses, but his legs trembled involuntarily when facing this giant dragon that covered the sky and the sun.

"What about your companions?"

This deafening question made Randall's whole body tremble.

"I, Barbara, Carroll, and Aldnan are all alive, but Bourville and Kellogg have sacrificed ......"

The dragon lowered its head, its dark golden eyes staring at Randall, and asked, "I mean Karin Foreman." ”

Karin Foreman?

Randall was stunned.

She ...... In order to cover our departure, she went to the rear alone...... I don't know ...... she's now."

Randall's incoherence caused the dragon to raise his head in dissatisfaction, and the impatient latter placed his claws on top of the former's head and began to read the relevant memories.

A moment later, the dragon lowered its claws.

Randall, whose memory was read, was drenched in cold sweat, stood unsteadily and fell to the ground.

Evie walked over to the dragon and asked softly, "Todd, do you know where she went?"

Todd turned his head in the direction of the city center and said in a deep voice, "The last place she appeared was in that business district...... But I can't reach her in the soul space anymore. ”

Evie thought for a moment and asked, "If her soul doesn't come back, that means she's not dead, but you can't contact her, that means ......?"

"That means there's something I don't want to see behind this mess. Todd looked at the burning city and said slowly, "That's why I'm here." ”

Evie suggested, "Maybe I can spread the sisters apart and search the city." ”

Todd shook his head.

"The Black Plague has spread through the city, and the nearly a million inhabitants of the city will soon become the kind of parasitic corpses you see, and searching the city at this time will only cause unnecessary casualties. ”

Evie added: "On the way here, I noticed that the large crowd of corpses that had gathered had all dispersed, which may mean that the people who controlled them had left here, and we might be able to clean up the ...... in the city little by little."

Once again, Todd denied: "It's too risky. ”

Evie turned around and patted the griffon's head, soothing the mount's emotions as she asked, "So what do we do now?"

"Get out of here. ”

"Everyone?"

"Everyone. ”

Evie nodded, rolled over and rode onto the griffon.

Half an hour later, the headquarters of the expeditionary force outside the city of Taylor.

The camp tent of nearly 100 square meters was crowded with commanders of all sizes, and Cumberland and a group of staff officers stood in front of the sand table, discussing the situation in the city.

And the leaders of the many races of the Holy Cult Army gathered together separately and whispered something.

After a long while, Ackerman, the commander of the Holy Cult Army, who had been elected by the leaders of the species, came to Cumberland's side with a pair of snake sisters and said, "Your Majesty is in the city. ”

Cumberland didn't look up: "I know." ”

"I've heard Valkyries say that the city is full of undead monsters. ”

"I know. ”

"Shouldn't we do something about it now?"

Cumberland took his eyes off the sand table: "Until the new order arrives, everyone pauses the siege and stands by in place. ”、

Ackerman rolled his eyes helplessly: "You are the biggest, you have the final say." ”

Just as the members of the Holy Cult Army were expressing their displeasure, a Valkyrie landed outside the tent door.

Cumberland watched the Valkyrie walk in front of him, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he asked directly, "I guess, Your Majesty wants us to go home?"

The Valkyrie was a little surprised, then nodded and said, "The dragon god ordered, everyone retreated. ”

Ackerman's eyes widened: "Retreat? Are you sure? In just half a day, we will be able to take the city." ”

Cumberland threw the branch on the sand table and said to Ackerman: "Alertness and fear in the face of the unknown are the qualities of a good commander. ”

Then he said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, since Your Majesty has made a holy judgment, everyone is ready to pack up, and it is time to go home." ”

Alfonso, who was standing behind Cumberland, whispered, "The history of Taylor City is over. ”

Cumberland paced to the door of the tent, looked at the capital of the Papal States in the distance in the fire, listened to the cries and shouts in the air, and said slowly: "Not only this city, but also the era of the Church that has lasted for thousands of years is over. ”