Early the next morning, the Church of the Holy Cross army, which had occupied half of the camp, quickly completed its assembly, and after the bell-like lecture of the Church Knights Nazehun was over, they launched a diffuse reconnaissance around the ruins of the watchtower under the leadership of the various Church Knights, looking for any areas where there might be traces.

Although many complained about Brandon's order, believing that it was "His Highness's exclusion of dissidents and risking the risk of non-cronies", many more Church troops continued to carry out their mission faithfully, braving a violent snowstorm and marching into the distant wasteland.

No matter how much Brandon or Loren resented the stubbornness of the Church, they had to admit that these "devout believers" were indeed very good soldiers, and could even abandon all legions that had joined the Broken Mountain Fortress just to sacrifice themselves to the Holy Cross, and carry out any order that seemed almost certain death.

For them, everything in the world is just a test of the Holy Cross, and death is the true beginning of life—the more tragic and tragic the sacrifice, the more they can prove their devotion to the Holy Cross.

Such ideas and motivations are simply too pale to describe as "fanatical".

For Loren, the only benefit of this was to keep the Church's army out of Brandon's surroundings for a while, and to make it impossible for the Church knight Naze to interfere with his own operations.

And the self-discipline and piety of these fanatics also allow them to carry out search missions without reservation, looking for clues for themselves, without worrying that they will be perfunctory or even deceive themselves and Brandon like mercenary gangsters.

At the same time, the 150 legionnaires of the ruins of the watchtower were also searching the surrounding area, gradually clearing the ruins of the bloody battle, and looking for any possible clues with great care under the command of a night watchman.

To the legionnaires, Edward claimed to be "investigating the truth about the total destruction of the watchtower", when in fact he was looking for proof that the knights of the Phanesis' bodyguard had been there.

Whatever he had come to the North for, this Guardian Knight with the strength to slaughter the entire Centurion head-on was too dangerous.

What's more, Edward couldn't believe that the Phanascist bishop was really alive!

He remembered very well that he had pierced the heart and head of Fanecis with his own hands, and slit his throat, and no matter how hard his fortune was, he would definitely die;

But the problem is that all kinds of information at the moment are proving that he is very likely not dead.

Traces of the departure with the Guardian Knight at Ebolden, and then the "Mystery Man" who secretly protected the seriously injured Guardian Knight and even took him away, as well as the campfire in the ruins of the watchtower......

A bishop of the Holy Cross, let alone a fugitive bishop, will not have much effect on the Night's Watch, but the problem is that the other party has already discovered him, and it is likely that he has information from the already exterminated Bellini family before and after the destruction of the Ebolden Night's Watch!

Until now, Rut Infinit didn't know anything about it, but once the Night's Watch had suffered a loss, Edward himself, as well as Vera and Peter, the few remaining Ebolden Night's Watchmen, would certainly not have any end to the word "good".

Rut Infinit's murderous reputation is based on a pile of corpses!

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The clearing in the ruins of the watchtower, which had been used as a makeshift place for corpses after the search had begun, had been cleaned up for signs of fighting around the area, piling up all the bones that could still be found around makeshift wooden racks and clearings.

It's an extremely difficult job.

Not only was there a lack of manpower and resources, but most of the bones had already been completely frozen in the snowstorm and bitter cold, and they would even be broken into pieces of flesh if they were torn hard, and the search party went north without much dry wood to restore the bones to their original shape.

All they could do was to place the dead robes here for the time being, waiting for the winter to pass and the fort's reinforcements to arrive and bring their cremated ashes back to the south.

The expressionless night watchman stood in the middle of the clearing, commanding and coordinating the surrounding soldiers with one simple but powerful command after another, searching with meticulousness not to spare a single broken corpse or a broken arrow, and the whole search was carried out in an orderly and orderly atmosphere.

The black-haired wizard standing behind him bowed slightly, and had to admit that there was indeed a reason why Edward was able to become the captain of the guard - such efficiency could not have been better in exchange for himself.

Ebolden's trio of Night's Watch, with Peter Fasa as the logistician and leader, Vera as the assassin and spearhead, and the indifferent Edward as the best executor;

's character of doing his duty and trying not to cause trouble also makes him have an efficiency that ordinary people can't match.

"What's new?" Loren stood beside him, staring indifferently at the pile of cold bones.

The indifferent Night's Watch glanced at him with a meaningful gaze:

"You've guessed it. ”

"Basically?"

"That's right, as you say, the soldiers in the watchtower had no idea of the enemy's surprise attack, and the gate was breached in less than half an hour after the battle, and then they fell into despair, and were only in a dying struggle from start to finish, which I think they probably knew themselves, so they did not send out the rangers. ”

"Because they know that even if they send it out, nothing will change the outcome. Loren said calmly, "Out of... Something we may not know about. ”

"As to why the wolf smoke was not lit, it is likely that it was a very severe snowstorm that day—the wounds of the corpses were frozen, proving that the snow must have been so severe that night that the firewood was soaked, and it was impossible to dry them in the panic. ”

Nodding, Edward continued, "And then... It's about the knight of the guard, and we've found a lot of clues in Fort Watchtower. ”

"He's been here for at least five days or so, and he's managed to gather a lot of reserves, and you've guessed it, it's not just one but two, and they've just left the day before. ”

"Do you know where they went?"

"I'm sorry, no. Edward shook his head: "Even if there were any traces, they would have been swallowed by the blizzard a long time ago." ”

"The Guardian Knight and the mysterious man suspected of being 'Farnesis' arrived at the Broken Mountain Fortress almost at the same time as us, and left and been here before we did - or more accurately, they got ahead of us almost every time. ”

"No, it's not. Loren gave Edward a meaningful look.

"What do you mean?"

"We can only prove that they came, but not that they have left. Loren narrowed his eyes slightly: "No matter what they have been through, the strength of this guard knight has grown to a terrifying level. ”

"I fought him once in the Crucible warehouse, and although I was careless at the time, he did walk up behind me silently, and I didn't even realize that I was being watched when the sword landed on my shoulder. ”

"When he was in Lothair, he would never have been able to do that. ”

"About this... You probably don't know much about church knights. Edward frowned, "All truly devout knights of the Church make an oath, and these 'oaths' have great power in their own right, allowing them to perform the 'miracles of the Holy Cross'. The Chief Knight Captain Naze was one of them, and he even ......"

"No, not that powerful – though the power of that 'oath' is just as impressive. Loren waved his hand: "This matter is put on hold for now, but you haven't answered my question yet." ”

"What's the problem?"

"What do you mean...'basically' I guessed it?"

Edward turned around slowly, and after making sure that no one around was looking at him, he nodded knowingly, and pointed to the pile of bones next to him, "Have you counted how many corpses there are here?"

"Something is wrong?"

"According to the fortress, there were at least about two hundred legionnaires here at the time, but the one we found was just over a hundred years old. ”

Loren's eyes froze, he knew what Edward was going to say.

Either the guards were ineffective in their searches, or they missed something, or they ......

This is not the real location of the first attack on the search party!