The distance from the place where Count Hall was ambushed to the camp of the King's army was not very far, and it would take half an hour at most on horseback. However, Feige needed to bring some of his team over to make sure they could bring back the necessary supplies when the camp was disbanded, and it would take them a long time to get there on foot. During this time, he can think about what to do in the future in a calm state.

The failure of the King's army meant that the worst-case scenario had been envisaged, and it was certainly a serious test for King Andrew and the Hall family. If you take the elves into account again, if this time you really misunderstand the elves, then ......

No, you don't have to think about it, you just have to kill all the enemies. The voice appeared in Feige's heart, and it grew more and more determined. The people of this world have never seen the kingdom of God, they have never seen hell, they do not know how to achieve prosperity, prosperity and security, and they do not know that they are facing extinction. The Second World is approaching, and one day it will crash into the Eternal Continent, when everyone but a few of the Creator's men will die, and everything will be destroyed—and they don't know all of this.

What if they know? Do they have the ability to deal with it right? Panic comes first, then chaos, and people here will only fall into blind complaining and self-abandonment, and then madness and scramble before the end. At that time, there was no question of self-help, and a society that pinned its hopes on the gods would only wait for salvation, and had always lacked the ability to save itself.

The real power comes from everyone's soul, even the power of the gods, but who would understand? Everyone is drunk and I am sober, it is a sad feeling, and there is nothing to be proud of. Feige found that it was impossible for him to convince everyone to implement his ideas, and that no matter how good the plan was, there would always be one way or another.

"Since you can't explain it clearly, let's talk about it first, and then force it to do it. Fitch thought about the situation in front of him and found that it seemed to be the only way to go—the other way was to give up. He said to himself, "Feiqi, Feiqi, if you are still restrained, then no one will be able to do the right thing. Just like the elves, who have been making the wrong choices, it is not surprising that they are hostile to all humans. If you kill them, you will kill them, and do you expect the elves to make any contribution? In the prophecy, they should not have been ...... with the sinking of the island? Wait, the elves' prophecy ......"

Feige stopped suddenly, and the soldiers around him were startled and hurriedly came over to ask if they had spotted the enemy. Feige shook his head, rubbed his calf, and continued walking forward with the teasing stick. Just now, he thought of a question that had been overlooked: how did the elves' prophecy of destruction come about.

The power needed to peek into the future is very powerful, and only the gods can do it at the moment. If you compare the prophecy of destruction between the elves and the Eight Eyes Clan, you will find that the gods believed in by the Eight Eyes Clan are the creators, and the one who beats the second world from a ball into an apple core is also the creator, so the prophecy of destruction is actually the plan of action of the creator, which reveals a point, so that the eight eyes are willing to hide in the closed space and smuggle to the Yongli Continent to hide and cultivate crystal clusters for it. The Goddess of Truth Thunder is kind, and she does not threaten destruction to manipulate her followers.

Another prophecy Feige had seen came from the Goddess of Truth Thunder, who absorbed the crystal clusters and greatly improved her abilities, thus knowing the plans of the Creator. This directly led to her and the creator's death, both of which were reduced to pieces, but this "foresight" at least allowed her to avoid a unilateral defeat, which can be regarded as a merciful retribution. But in other words, the Goddess of Truth Thunder did not have much prophetic power before this, and could not see much into the future. And the elves have the prophecy of "leave the island or the whole race will be destroyed" for a long, long time, but most of the time it is kept secret, and no one knows about it except the elves. Since the goddess can't see that far, and because of her "truth" nature, if she doesn't know and is not sure, then she won't tell others, and she won't be able to make a prophecy.

In other words, the elves should not be able to obtain the prophecy from the goddess of truth and thunder, so how did this prophecy come about? If the elven high-level made excuses for themselves to leave the island and return to the mainland, and used human compassion and kindness to achieve their own goals, then Feiqi would be able to understand it. But fear that this prophecy is true, and that it has been obtained from the habitual offender called the Creator.

"There is no evidence that the elves are in cahoots with the Creator, but if they do, then there is an explanation for the fact that the elves always make mistakes: the goddess of truth and thunder is the ruler of this world, can she follow the instructions of the Creator without touching the nails?"

The more Feige thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, until he felt that he had to stop thinking and go back and try again. "Could it be that I felt a little guilty after killing the elf, and then opened my mind to make excuses for my actions? Or is it really possible?" he knew very well, this matter was difficult to verify. The Goddess of Truth Thunder is dead without proof, and the Creator will only cut him, and even if the Creator admits it, Feige can't believe it. On the elf's side, why should Feige be told such a secret thing? Besides, even if he did, wouldn't he be as untrustworthy as the situation of the Creator? Feiqi found that once suspicion arises, then suspicion breeds and grows, like a parasitic vine that drills from the inside out, and finally kills the tree of trust that has grown with great difficulty.

Coming back to this matter, the island of the elves is going to be destroyed, so why don't the elves pray to the goddess, and then seek the help of the church through the goddess of truth and thunder, so as to leave the island safely? This should be the most direct and convenient way, but what did the elves do? First, they cooperated with Archduke Aria, and at the same time promoted the elven territory of the model realm, among which Archbishop Mackintosh also drove Bishop Nathaniel to death. Later, when Didlet, Nathaniel's only student, was overlooked, and the elves turned to Andrew and then chose between the King's Army and the Thunder Army.

It's likely that the elves have ghosts, or that they have intellectual problems—Feige came to this conclusion. The words "probably" and "intellectual problems" were actually added by Feige in order to be safe because there was no solid evidence. There's been a lot going on lately with elves, elven arrows, elven scouts, all of which happened when Feige wasn't in the camp. Especially the elven scouts, if it weren't for their intelligence, the Earl would not have decided to send troops and fall into the trap.

"Which elven scout the hell?" Feige was a little annoyed at the thought of at this time. "It's too fast, it's time to leave it alive for interrogation. However, under the circumstances at that time, if you still hesitate and don't hurt the killer, you may be killed. It's good to be like this now, and there is no one left alive, and it also saves some potential trouble. The elves were besieged in the bombing camp and then died, and insisting on this explanation was actually the best option. ”

Although Count Hall pointed out that the elves were also framed and that the ambush had nothing to do with them, Feige did not fully agree, at least the elves did not completely clear their suspicions, after all, there was no reasonable explanation for the elven scouts. When the paladins of the Thunder Army overpowered the scouts of the King's Army, it made sense for Count Hall to ask the elves to help with the reconnaissance......, and the elves brought back false information, then they were guilty!

"What if that elven scout isn't an elf?" Feige likes to analyze based on facts, and doesn't like to make conspiracy theories, but if the whole thing is treated as a whole system and re-analyzed in the way that the system is cracked, then this possibility cannot be ignored. By learning the basics of working in the barracks, Feige learned that there was a top-down approach to military orders. There are only a limited number of personnel that a general can directly control, and the orders issued must be conveyed along the chain of command, link after link. It is impossible for Earl Hall to know and remember the situation of every scout, and what he has to receive is information. Feige began to wonder: what if I came to trick the Earl with false information, what should I do?

The first thing is to build trust, which means to provide true information. In other words, as a scout, you must really have the ability to counter the Thunder Army Paladins and send back the information of the battlefield. This will exclude the vast majority of soldiers and lord commanders in the camp, and the rest of the people will not exceed three hundred (plus elves). Secondly, the person must either be the elf himself, or if not, have the ability to intervene between the elf and the human, and at the same time keep the real elf in the dark, but also make Count Hall think that "it" is an elf. "It" has the ability to insert itself into the chain of command, if not the elf.

In Fitch's familiar terminology, this is a "session hijacking" of the transmission of information, much like his technique of influencing other people's spells by inserting runes. The person who was most capable of doing this in the camp, Feige thought first of himself, and then of Bennie's group, who could be disguised.

"What an idiot I'm in!" Feige tugged at his hair. Beni and he have a comradeship, and they are a good sister to Shani, and they are half a family, so Feige has always ignored this. What do the mercenaries brought by Bennie rely on to earn money in the camp, isn't it just to complete some tedious and boring tasks for other lords to earn some bounties? If they open up the channel and take over the scout task, plus the ability to disguise and makeup, wouldn't it just meet the conditions?

Especially this damn scout mission is a "humiliated but humiliated" errand for most people, wishing someone did it for them, this is the hole in the entire chain of command! Feige's heart was pounding, even more nervous than in battle. He discovered his blind spots and loopholes in his thinking, and naturally a fear arose. However, the first thing to do is to calm down and think about who else but herself and Bennie and others could do such a thing.

"The only person around the Earl has such an opportunity, but he does not have such ability, let alone such motivation. No, why did I start to get suspicious? It seems that this is starting to affect me. Feige patted himself on the head, dragging the wolf's rushing thoughts back. He found that he couldn't find any more suspects for the time being, and Bennie's group was currently the biggest suspect.

"Why would Benny do such a thing?" Feige sighed, "It's not Bennie, she's stupid all day long, she can't make such a plan." Marellis, if it's really them, then it's him. This guy ......."

Feige suddenly thought of the gift from Marellis, which was finally handed over to him by Beni and Shani. It was a box of cigars, well made, complete with a full set of ignition and smoking tools, and even a manual. It's just that I don't like to swallow clouds and spit out fog - except for the essence of pure goodness - so I haven't opened it again since I took it.

Cigars are rolled in several layers of whole tobacco leaves in different positions and treatments, and spices are added during the manufacturing process. Feige opened the cigarette case, took out the cigars, and put them under his nose to smell one by one. He smelled a restrained fragrance that didn't appeal to him. However, these cigars did give him an inexplicable sense of disgust.

This disgust is exactly the same as when I first saw Marellis.

So Feige opened the cigar and examined it carefully. He has no prejudice against people, except that everyone in this world is not as good as him because of the limitations of history and productivity, but this feeling is aimed at everyone, and it is not "partial", so it is strange that he will dislike someone at first sight. Previously, Feige explained that he felt that Marellis was the father of Beni and Shani, and abandoned them since childhood, so he felt disgusted. But now that I think about it, it might not be the case.

He thought that he was not only a man, but also a devil. The devil has a natural aversion to angels and demons.

Opening the cigar and re-flattening the dark brown leaves, Feige saw several blood-red markings on the innermost leaf, which made his disgust even deeper.

When Feige transforms into a devil, he has some instincts in his vein. Hell never explains the origin of these instincts in detail, after all, all demons are essentially consumables, and the only thing that can answer them is alchemy. Feige opened two more cigars and found the same thing inside. He sniffed, tasted a little, and shuddered. Now, although he didn't know what it was, the devil's instinct let him know that it was obviously related to the devil.

When it comes to demons, Fei Qi can think of the six-armed snake demon, and he can think of the Sect of Destruction and Rebirth, so that there is a clear chain of connections. Thinking of this, Feige had a premonition that something was wrong, and at this time they finally walked near the camp of the King's army, and what they saw was enough to tell the problem.

The camp can be described as a vacant building, there were originally about a thousand soldiers, but now there are only three or four hundred left, plus the wounded when the camp was bombed before. Feige told them to stay, but most of the soldiers were gone, and Marellis and Beni weren't in the camp. Feige felt dizzy as he stomped his feet on the ground, teleporting himself into the air, and then unfolded his Eagle Eye meditation to look around.

He saw some soldiers, leaving in groups of twos and threes. The men wanted to go home, and although they disobeyed the order, Feige didn't have time to get angry with them. He was trying to search for Marellis's people, but neither the number nor the back were quite alike.

"It's not that easy!" Feige teleported from above, intercepting a few soldiers closest to Marellis and the others, but nothing could be done but scare them half to death and hand over their belongings.

"I don't know who left first, but soon everyone noticed that someone was leaving, and then they left in twos and threes. Almost all of the soldiers said the same thing, and this time Feige didn't hesitate to use soul torture to make sure he got the truth. This time it was very similar to the previous rumor that "the Count is dead" spread in a very similar way, and the idea of grabbing something and rushing home in a short period of time affected most people. The soldiers were very acquiescent, and there was no fight between them, and everyone split up to avoid being captured by Feige. As a result, except for some nobles and knights with their servants and men, as well as those injuries and illnesses that were not easy to move, the others were gone.

The continuous use of teleportation and soul torture had left Feige tired, and the remaining mana from the great war had basically bottomed out, and the tracking still had no results. Feige also figured it out, and now even if he catches up, his combat effectiveness is too poor, and without the help of magic, he can only rely on the physical fitness of the desire demon or the heart demon to fight the enemy. This time, he had to admit his defeat and be more wary of Marellis and the Cult of Rebirth of Destruction.

Back at the King's camp, the soldiers brought by Fitch had entered, surprised at what they had seen, and were waiting for Fitch's orders in a daze. "Gather all the remaining supplies here, put aside those that can be determined, count the rest, and then I'll distribute them. Fei Qi turned to those who remained, and said, "The operation of the King's army is over, and everyone can go back." This time everyone suffered, and I'll distribute some of them after I'm done. This cannot be called compensation, and it is certainly insufficient, because the vast majority of the losses come from the chaos in the camp, and those who have left in defiance of orders not long ago have taken a lot of things with them. The most I can do is make sure you have enough food to get home. ”

The lord is loyal to the king and fights, but the lord himself is responsible for himself and the soldiers he brings out, and the king is not obligated to do so. Most of the soldiers who left separately were based on this consideration, and Feige was able to give some of the things to those who stayed behind, which seemed to them to be benevolent and righteous. "Lord Hall," some of the soldiers had already addressed Feige, "some of the people who left wanted to take the elven stuff with them, and we stopped them. You've had a clear order that those elven things can't be moved. ”

"Thank you very much, personally and to the Hall family. All those who remain, give me some time to rest and I will recover my mana, and then I will give each of you a spell to heal. I'm not a very good healing pastor, but I have the power to heal. I didn't do this before, because I was worried that there would still be enemies, and I had to save some physical strength. ”

Hearing that they could be treated, everyone's mood changed significantly. The cost of the healing spells of the Church of Truth Thunder is not low, about fifteen gold coins each time, and the effect depends on the priest's casting level. If it's a potion, you can't get it without fifty gold coins. These are quick treatments with immediate results, and the church also uses drugs and medical tools to treat people, and the cost is 1 gold per day, which is relatively much more cost-effective.

For most people, it's much better to be able to enjoy spell healing than to give money directly, and Feige has also said before that he has to divide things, that is, he can get a lot of money and heal. The people who got the promise became motivated and began to help the people Fitch bring with them to work together and sort through their belongings. And Feige himself went to the place where the elven items were stacked and examined them.

He had expected that things might get worse, as it was Marellis's arrow that "killed" him when Broomfield was set on fire, and then it was Beni and the others who took the lead in "carrying out" Feige's orders to collect, sort, and "protect" the elves' corpses and belongings. Although Fitch finds a charred corpse in the elves, it is not Broomfield. It's not that Feige is familiar with the elf's body, it's ......

"There is a difference between a flame of magic and a flame lit with alchemy oil. ”

It is possible that Broomfield is still alive, but why let him live and take him away? After this battle, the relationship between humans and elves is tense, but even if there is a real fight, what advantage can the elves take advantage of? It is true that the elves form an army, and Feige cannot fight against them, and those archers alone can shoot him alive, and no number of lives is enough. But now that the elves have Minas Ihir, they have concerns and weaknesses, and if Feige can go up to the elven island, he can drag Minas Ihir. Besides, this is just a situation where Feige is facing the whole elf alone, why should he agree to go it alone!

It's likely that the elven items were also tampered with, and Feige didn't expect to find useful information from them, but out of curiosity and respect for the enemy, he still had to rummage through them. He discovers the King's Army's Scout Warrant, which is something that scouts receive when they accept a mission, show it before entering and leaving the camp, and return it after completing a mission. In Feige's opinion, this thing is just a mirrored metal brand, and it can't be used to prove anything.

Among the "elven" relics, Feige found something from the Truth Thunder Church, which is probably a sham. When the elves came to the camp of the King's Army, they made it clear that they were hostile to the Thunder Army and the church they represented, and they must clear their identities. The King's army, from Count Hall to any human soldier, could carry the Church's prayers, but the elves needed to avoid suspicion, as they were residents of Minas Ishir, the model leader of the Church.

"What is this?" Feige found something interesting among the items. It was a piece of soft wax with a red and golden thread pattern, and if it was melted in the flame of a candle, it would turn into a soft clay. The drop on the back of the envelope can be adhered to it, and in the process of continuous cooling, it can be printed with the pattern of the seal ring when it is half soft and half hard, and it will become a sealing clay after it is completely cooled.

"It's insidious!" Feige snorted. This kind of sealing mud is mostly used to communicate with important people, and it is a "human" thing, and the elves themselves do not have this habit. "This thing is completely implying that the elves and the church have been in correspondence all along, and that they are traitors to the king's army. Tut-tut, gloomy thoughts! Insidious!"

"But if they meet me again in their plans, how will they explain their departure?" Feige pinched his chin and smiled coldly: "It is estimated that Marellis will take over the conversation again, arguing that Bennie's health is not very good, and he was frightened by my spells and attitude, so he can only leave early." Alas, I have to tell Shani that Beni may be in danger, or that she has become a danger herself. ”

From the feeling of giving Feige to the hands and feet on the cigar tobacco leaves, Marellis has been inseparable from the demon, but how deep this relationship is, at least to figure out what is on the tobacco leaves can be preliminarily determined. Interestingly, Beni never made Feige feel physical (blood) disgust, and Marellis did, could it be that Marellis's relationship with demons was far greater than Beni's six-armed snake demon bloodline?

"Shani said that she and Beni are half-brothers, and that Medusa and the six-armed snake demon are of different mothers, and neither of them knows what their father's bloodline is. But they heard about it from the elves, that is, the people who sent them to the elves, so it must be the truth?"

"It's a pity that I've already had a bad relationship with the elves, so it's hard to delve into this matter again, but judging from the fact that Shane also has a natural dislike for Marellis, it may be possible to draw another conclusion: Marellis lied to Beni, who is not her father. If it's true that they asked the church priest to cast a blood identification spell, then there is even a possibility that he is not Shani's father either, and the whole half-story could be wrong. ”

"I have to consider the latter situation, whether the elves are deceived or are too deeply involved, but if they are too deeply involved, then why don't they reuse the elves in this ambush?" Feige felt that the recent clues were a little confusing, and there were too many lies, deceptions, and misdirections, which were preventing him from sorting out his clues. But if there's one lesson Feige has learned from this failure, it's that "the worst-case scenario has to be considered first." ”

"The enemy will not show mercy, so he will always try to be the best. The worst-case scenario is that Marellis is a demon, and he is also related to the Cult of Destruction and Rebirth, and he does have a father-daughter relationship with Beni, and Marellis began to calculate elves when she was a child. It was also at that time, and even earlier, that the elves were ...... by demons No, the elves are not that stupid, it is possible that after losing the battle with humans, they developed a distrust of the goddess, and then were deceived by the creator, and the prophecy of destruction was also obtained at that time...... Well, that's probably the worst-case scenario. ”

"The Church of the Goddess has found Flicker to deal with me, and the elves must not know, otherwise they will seize the opportunity to kill me first, which is definitely worth trying. In other words, there is really no deep cooperation between the elves and the church. Count Hall was ambushed, with the Red Dragon and the Flame Serpent Lizard as the main forces, and in that sense it was very much the style of the Creator and the Demon, and the possibility of the elves having these helpers was almost non-existent. Then the elves and the Sect of Destruction and Rebirth also did not cooperate deeply. When I went to kill the elves, Marellis didn't help the elves, at least he didn't let Bennie persuade me, which proves that he doesn't have a deep relationship with the elves. He just watched the elves being slaughtered by me, so he knew what I was capable of, and then saved Broomfield at the last minute, and then found a chance to take him away and cause me trouble in the future. My father was right, the elf was very sad, no one wanted him, and he still felt pitiful, and the root of that was the prophecy of destruction. ”

Fei Qi crushed the seal, and a smile appeared on his face. It's not terrible to lose once, the enemy is lurking in the shadows, making so many arrangements, and not winning a big victory! Now, since the Sect of Destruction and Rebirth has emerged, and the demons have also emerged, isn't it enough to add some fun to being more vigilant and paying attention to them, and being more ruthless and decisive when striking them?

Who can beat the devil when it comes to fighting demons, and who can beat the demons when it comes to fighting? Feige threw away the mud seal, flicked the dirt left in his nails with his fingers, and pressed the excitement of fighting. In his opinion, it is a good thing to have enemies, which shows that he has advantages and threats. And the fact that this enemy is likely to be connected to the creator clearly solves some of Feige's doubts, and life will not become boring from now on.

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