The city is in decay.

There was dark red blood on the walls, the battlements at the head of the city were covered with broken corpses, and the wreckage of the ladder was still burning tenaciously below, and the moat had been filled with sandbags, which were black and red, and the corpses were lying on them.

As the sun set approached, the earth turned scarlet with blood, black smoke burned slowly in the city, and the remains of several siege guns were very conspicuous among the corpses everywhere. Ravens rattled in the air, and tattered flags were planted diagonally on the ground and at the head of the city. The people who survived were all the same, with hatred, numbness, and the joy of the rest of their lives on their faces.

It took only two years for the ancestors of the North to go from disbelief, to accepting the facts, to being insensitive, to the war that was spreading across the land. Starting with the collapse of the three brothers and sisters in the Northland, the collapse of Fort Savoie, and the death of Lawrence, Erosa flourished and declined, from a first-class military power to a poor and ruined country.

The old people awaken the memories of the past, and in the early days of Lawrence's reign, Erosa also experienced difficult times. However, with the efforts of Lawrence and Rebecca, the Lion of the North, Erosa is thriving, subduing the aliens of the North externally and seizing a large area south of the Calvi Grand Canyon internally.

But now, Erosa is full of smoke, and if it weren't for the continuous wars and chaos of various countries, the ancestors of the northern border would have been empty long ago.

At sunset, Vivien Leigh ordered the troops to be withdrawn. The king of the Horse Heights looked silently at the battlefield, the crows gnawing on the carrion, the black smoke in front of the city, and the dead bodies and blood covered the ground. She recalled the sights she had seen on the march—ruined manors, barren fields, weeds on official roads, vine buildings...... , with indescribable and inexplicable emotions in his blue eyes.

All of this tells her the bitter truth that the powerful country built by her father, King Lawrence, has fallen into decay in her hands!

"Vivien Leigh, go back to camp. ”

Beside her, a female knight in a military uniform and with silver hair called softly. She has a delicate and dignified face, and although she wears a military uniform, she has a noble and heroic spirit. She is the former princess of the Empire, Cynthia Clegghorn, and although she is not in the army, everyone knows how powerful this woman is.

Cynthia was trusted by Vivien Leigh, and since that night's heart-to-heart meeting, Cynthia has advised Vivien Leigh. She and Rebecca are good at power and intrigues, and they complement each other with the extremely talented military Fei Vien Leigh, so that they can regain the advantage in a desperate situation, and constantly defeat the aristocratic rebels supported by the major churches, forming today's advantage.

Gently called by her, Vivien Li woke up like a dream. She nodded slowly, and turned her horse's head toward the camp. Along the way, the camp was full of wounded soldiers, and Fei Wenli couldn't bear it, and asked the adjutant, "Is the reserve of doctors and medicines enough?"

"Very nervous. The adjutant bowed his head and replied, he was not only in admiration but also in awe of Fei Wenli, the victorious king, "Your Highness, do you want to ask for the support of Icewind Castle?"

"No!" Fei Wenli flatly refused, "I will ask the nobles to send doctors to support, as for the medicinal herbs...... Give an order to buy medicine from the farmer at a high price, so that the pressure can be relieved somewhat. ”

The adjutant sighed, but was able to understand Vivien Leigh's decision.

In order to help Erossa, Icewind Castle sent troops to defend the northern borders. Rejecting Marseille Barton and Durally in the south, barbarians and orcs in the north, even if Charlotte and Vivien Leigh are brothers and sisters, it is beyond the imagination of the world to be able to do this. Now that Charlotte is also leading the Northern Expedition, how can Vivien Leigh be embarrassed to open her mouth to support again, if this affects the outcome of Charlotte's Northern Expedition, it will be a real regret.

Generally speaking, the church is mostly responsible for the injuries on the battlefield, and although the priest's magic is based on the principle of overdrawing people's life potential to restore soldiers' injuries, it is better to have quick results and good results, as for the side effects of those who overdraft people's lives...... In troubled times, it is a fluke to be able to survive, but how can it be exhaustive?

But now the church is secretly supporting the rebels, and for two years, there is no pastor available under Vivien Leigh, which has put her in the embarrassing situation of only using a doctor.

In the absence of a priest, it is difficult to heal the wounded effectively with slow medical skills alone, and the thought that most of the wounded in this camp will not survive tonight makes Vivien Leigh grit her silver teeth.

She said goodbye to Cynthia, and when she returned to the camp, she said to Nancy and Catherine, who had been with her for the past two years, "They both say that God loves the world, but these two years have made me see through their ugly faces." ”

When Nancy heard this, her face was already tense from the war, and she was of course pleased with Vivien Leigh's change from her own position.

"The gods are nothing but a group of shepherds. Although they are assimilated by the rules, they are still intelligent creatures after all, as long as they are intelligent creatures, they will have greed, hatred, joy and anger, imagine what will happen if a group of shepherds are placed on the same pasture?"

"I want to control more of the flock, shave their wool, eat their flesh. After two years of experience, Vivien Leigh gave an answer almost without hesitation.

"That's right, they don't treat humans as human beings, or rather, humans are not their own kind, just tools that can benefit them. ”

I have to admit that Nancy's statement, although cold, is logical. But these words have a huge sense of indifference to the human beings here to spy on the reality of the world.

The gods do not love the world, but only the great good that the world can bring to them.

Kathleen, who had just drunk a jug of water, moistened her throat and added, "In addition, shepherds in the same pasture will also fight each other for more flocks." That's why, after the fall of Vadeo in the Sky City, they haven't started a full-scale war against us. ”

Fei Wenli was silent for a while, and then said, "In this way, the gods seem to be no different from us politicians. ”

"Far from it!" Catherine shook her head in correction, "except for a few outliers among the politicians, the rest have more or less a human heart. Your father, Lawrence, for example, can sacrifice everything for the sake of his family, and Charlotte, for example, can work together to face threats. But with the gods, because they have been assimilated by the rules, their words and deeds must conform to their own doctrine and priesthood. The gods create doctrines and choose priesthoods, but they are bound by doctrines and priesthoods, and there is no turning back when they choose together, even blood brothers will not hesitate to fight each other under the conflict of doctrine and priesthood. In their world, there is only cold dogma, and there is no gentle affection. Even the most gentle deity is only a gentle face because of his teachings, and in his bones, he is still a dogmatic mechanical indifference. ”

Vivien Leigh realized, and she asked, "According to Sister Kathryn, isn't that the god of the chaotic camp actually has its own set of logic?"

Nancy smiled with relief, "It's natural, it's just that we can't understand their logic." But you have to admit that the gods of the chaotic camp are still obeying the logical order of chaos. ”

This is the deep theory of illusion, and in the past, Aleni proposed that seemingly disordered dreams and phantoms also have their own logical order that can be justified. Chaos and order are not absolute opposites, but they are unified in opposites, just like a Taiji fish, you have me, I have you.

Over the years, Nancy has taught by word and deed, although she has not made Vivien Leigh become a mage, but she has gradually understood the root cause. Spells and martial arts are inherently different, but one is easier to understand the root cause, while the other is easily confused by appearances.

Nancy still hopes that Vivien Leigh will one day be able to re-elevate her throne, so she can't help but smile at her answer.