"What evidence do you have?" There was silence for a long time before Hayruna mustered up the courage to look at Moriarty again. As a woman, she knew her fiancé very well, and if he hadn't made up his mind, he would never have told him about it, even if he was her lover.

"There isn't any direct evidence yet, otherwise I'd have been frank and detailed with White." Moriarty shook his head: "But in many details, especially in some words that he himself did not notice, I clearly felt the shadow of a believer. ”

"Could it be your misunderstanding? Or even if he is a believer in the Church of Light, he will not do anything against you and Olympus? For White, Heyona also has a deep friendship and gratitude, especially since he can be said to be a follower of her fiancé, so she is subjectively reluctant to trust Moriarty's judgment.

"I hope it's a misunderstanding, too. But as a magician, it is impossible for me to turn my back on my professional habits and turn a blind eye to some glaring anomaly of facts. Moriarty stood up, came to Hayna's side, sat down again, and gently clasped his fiancée's somewhat cold palm: "As for believers, I have already said that faith is one of the most powerful forces in the world, and there is nothing it cannot change. ”

“… So what are you going to do? Holding her hands by her fiancé again, Hayuna couldn't help but feel a long-lost warmth enveloping her, and although her reason wanted to get up and leave, her body was loyal to her instincts, and she leaned lightly into the other party's arms. After all, as a woman, Haiyuna sighed softly.

"I'm not going to do anything." Moriarty wrapped his arms around the other's thin shoulders, equally greedily sniffing the familiar fragrance. Said slowly.

“… That White he..."

"I owe White so much. Even if he has any 'last resort' actions or requests in the future, I will try my best to meet them. Moriarty shook his head, then looked at Haiyuna in his arms, "Only, I hope you can follow me to Southsk later." Even if I might lose Rheinberg because of White, I can't lose you. ”

"No... I can't—" Looking into her fiancé's eyes, Haiyuna mustered up the last courage to refuse, but her tone was extremely weak.

"No, you have to go."

As she spoke, Moriarty lowered her head and gently kissed her fiancée's red lips. Hayyuna struggled slightly. In the end, I took it.

A day later. Heyyna left the Rheinberg with Moriarty, accompanied by two mid-level human knights and most of the bow and crossbow companies of the Sembo family who had stayed behind in the city. However, after boarding the Great Cloud, Hyuna entered a separate cabin on her own, and made a clear agreement with Moriarty. She doesn't want to get too close to each other until the "Matiel Affair" is completely resolved. Otherwise, you will return to Bracada immediately. on this. Moriarty had no choice but to agree.

Back in Sosk, the formation of the garrison brigade was largely completed. Moriarty personally presented the flag to Captain Raymond, which also marked the official distinction within Olympus between the main field force and the local garrison. Of course. Although the local garrison was second-line, it was regarded as a reserve base for the main army. At the same time, all future trainee soldiers will also need to be trained in the garrison before they can be finally promoted to the direct soldiers of the legion.

"Your Excellency, I'm back."

In the evening, after listening to Hadrow's final report on the inventory of supplies, the old steward returned to Rheinberg with another shipload of important supplies. At this moment, Claudia's figure appeared like a bubble in the empty conference room, and then bowed lightly to Moriarty.

"It's hard work, sit down, let's talk about the situation." Moriarty nodded, gesturing to where she was headed.

"After two days of in-depth investigation, I have learned in detail about the dynamics and activities of the demon legions in the three directions of Windsor, Art, and Merriren." The little girl-like Blood Count sat down conveniently and reported immediately.

"Very well, let's be specific."

Before returning to the Rhineberg, Moriarty sent a mission to the Blood Count, using his advantages as a high-ranking shadow assassin to carefully investigate the demonic forces of the other three human strongholds. As for the Great Cloud, on the one hand, there is no "schedule" for the transfer of materials and personnel one after another, and on the other hand, flying demons such as the Fire Sultan and the Flame Chief have appeared several times, which also makes Moriarty not at ease to release the precious goblin airship to the enemy-occupied area at will.

"In the direction of Fort Arte and Fort Merrilen, the Demon Legion is about a thousand people. Among them, there are three high-level demons and several middle-level horned demons, and they are basically in a state of siege without fighting. Claudia said first.

"Oh?"

The number of demons like this is obviously much smaller than the demon legion that Morati saw when he flew to the two places many months ago. Even if Olympus has succeeded in several sorties these days and destroyed a lot of demons, it should not have such a heavy impact. Moriarty couldn't help but wonder.

"However, in the direction of Windsor Castle, I have detected a new demonic heavy army group that is gathering." At this time, the Blood Count said again.

"Sure enough!" Moriarty couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Although the demon is an alien creature, savage and cruel, it is not a stupid creature without wisdom. For the past week, Moriarty has been on the alert for the Demon Legion to counterattack Sosk, but he has not waited for a long time. This is already strange, no matter how the transportation center of the county like Sosk is occupied, the demon said that he should try to take it back, but surprisingly there is no reaction. Now that I heard that there was a new demon army gathering in the direction of Windsor Castle, I naturally had an answer.

"What is the number of the New Demon Corps? What is the strength of the strong? How long will it take to be formed? In one breath, Moriarty asked multiple questions.

"Because I faintly felt that there was an extreme realm, I didn't dare to get too close, and I only observed from a distance for two days." Claudia glanced at Moriarty and said apologetically.

"Great Demon?" Moriarty's heart was shocked, but he didn't show his face on the surface, and just said calmly: "It's okay, you just tell what you know." ”

"Yes." The Blood Earl nodded: "According to visual inspection, the size of this new legion is about three thousand, most of them are small demons, and there are also a large number of Goge demons. In addition, the aura of the high-level demons is also quite strong, and I feel that it may reach double digits. As for the mid-tier Horned Demons, the number is more than twice that of the high-rank. ”

"So... It seems that it is really a reloading group. ”

With a demon force of up to 3,000, plus a possible archdemon to sit in, and plenty of high- and mid-level demon support, this lineup is undoubtedly a strategic attack group that can decide the fate of Kent. The target is either Windsor Castle in the front, or Sausk or even the Rhineberg in the back. And with such military strength, whether it is Salk's side or Olympus, it will be very difficult to fight alone. Even if both sides have certain means to deal with the demon's extreme path, the gap in pure strength is still too large, and it is likely that the demon will be killed by human life.

"Please come to me at once, the chief of staff."

Standing up, Moriarty paced back and forth in the conference room for a moment, then suddenly spoke loudly to the guards outside.

Soon, the old werewolf rushed to his place. Moriarty then asked Claudia to repeat the detected enemy in its entirety.

"Time is running out, Your Excellency! Together with Salk, the plan to jointly carry out a strategic battle against the main demon force is urgent. Otherwise, once this newly formed demon army is allowed to act first, whether it is to pounce on Windsor Castle or turn back to us, it will be too passive. Clausewitz only thought for a moment, and then immediately said in a deep voice.

"I think so too. A demon army of 3,000 troops can even be used as the 'main force of the national war'. Now that it's suddenly formed, I feel even more like it's coming for us. Moriarty nodded, and added.

"Maybe it's because I've been attacking Olympus too much in the recent stage, so that the demons are determined to concentrate their main forces and eat us first." The old werewolf took off his little yarella and rubbed it lightly, thinking as well, "And the demon must also know that we are now heavily armed in Sosk, and the fortifications there are obviously not comparable to those of the Rhineberg. I think that the demon intends to take advantage of this 'heaven-sent opportunity' to crush the main force of our army in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the situation to recapture the weakened Rhineberg. ”

"Well, you're right, the demons are slow to move, and they should have a big plan." Moriarty took a few more steps back and forth, and suddenly stopped: "I have decided to raise troops to Windsor Castle in three days to join forces with Viscount Salk to fight this demonic heavy army." ”

Then, Moriarty looked directly at the Earl of Blood: "Claudia, I will immediately write a personal letter to inform Viscount Salk of the current state of the war." You sent me to Windsor Castle overnight. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." The Blood Earl nodded, as long as she was careful enough as a shadow assassin, she was still quite sure of crossing the core of the demon defense zone, but then she said: "But after all, I am a blood clan, so I sneaked into the castle of the human nobles, isn't it..."

"This is my saber, and you carry it as a token, and I think the viscount will believe that you are my messenger."

As he spoke, Moriarty took off a gorgeous one-handed silver sword with a magic core from his waist and handed it to Claudia.

This magic dagger was newly refined by Moriarty for himself before leaving Bracada and returning home, and contains three magic attributes: "+1 Piercing", "+1 Hardness" and "+1 Cutting", as well as a standard version of the Fireball Technique, which is a three-star alchemy weapon.

Previously, Viscount Salk had wanted to ask for this dagger for his own collection, but was blocked by his beloved daughter Matiel. Now Claudia entered Windsor Castle with it, enough to prove her status as an ally of Olypis. As for her identity as a Blood Earl, anyway, there are all the powerhouses from all over the world under the command of Moriarty, and it shouldn't be too unacceptable to have one more high-level blood clan.

"Yes, Your Excellency." Taking the silver sword, Claudia retreated incognito.

"Your Excellency, before I leave for Windsor Castle, I have one more question." Suddenly, Clausewitz, who was on the side, stepped forward again and said sternly. (To be continued......)