The defenders in the castle area of Winterwolf have surrendered?! ”

When he heard the news, Philip stood up from his chair and his eyes widened.

"Yes, General," a ground commander with a face stained with smoke and dust on his face was standing in a holographic projection above the terminal of the magic net not far away, behind him was a large area of ruins still smoking and fire and soldiers who were busy moving, and in the distance under the temporary lights, a disarmed Typhon soldier could be seen escorted, "Their Supreme Commander has given up resistance, and now that the shield of the castle area has been closed from the inside, we are taking over various areas of the castle." ”

Philip's brow furrowed, just as he couldn't understand why the Typhonians had suddenly gone to war a few days ago, and he couldn't understand why the other side had chosen to surrender - this was completely inconsistent with the intelligence's prediction of the current behavior of the Supreme Commander of Winterwolf Castle, nor with the propensity of the God of War to seek "as bloody and ever-expanding war as possible" after the god of war got out of control.

"With the fortifications of the castle, they could have continued to resist for a while—and could even have hoped to hold out until reinforcements arrived," said one of the staff officers, bewildered, "only after the outer city had been breached, and the inner castle was almost intact...... How did the Typhonians surrender? General, look at this thing......"

"Typhon's 'Wolf Generals' have never had a precedent for surrendering, not to mention that this generation of Wolf Generals seems to be quite hostile to us, and to be honest, I don't believe that the other side will surrender so easily," Philip shook his head, "but they have closed the shield of the castle, and I really can't think of any other plans for them to turn the tables on the premise that our ground forces are gradually taking over the entire Winter Wolf Castle...... Theoretically, if they really want to continue to resist, then any option is better than surrender. ”

The staff officer asked curiously: "General, what do you mean ......?"

Philip raised his head and looked in the direction of the magic net terminal: "Have you made contact with the other party's Supreme Commander?" ”

"Yes, General," the commander across the communication channel nodded at once, "I've been in contact with her - but she said 'I'd like to talk to someone of equal status,' and I think she'd like to talk to you directly." ”

Philip groaned slightly, then nodded: "I understand, I'll be over soon." You continue to carry out the takeover and sweep work, and set up advance battalions in place, ready to respond to the Typhon counterattack or continue to advance eastward. ”

"Yes, General!"

……

Andesa was still lying in bed, and in fact it was still very difficult for her to move. The buzzing noise in her ears had subsided considerably, and the powerful physical qualities of the high-level transcendents were rapidly repairing the damaged parts of her body, and in the gradual recovery of her hearing, she could hear the noisy and busy movement outside.

The last of their own guards is being disarmed, and the Cecilians have taken over the place completely.

They are right next to themselves.

Andesa tried to move her gaze, and she could see that the Cecil soldiers in strange armor were standing straight in various parts of the room, vigilantly "protecting" the place, while the soldiers who had been there to care for and care for her had been "invited" to another room after being disarmed, and theoretically she should not have seen them for a long time.

Can't see them...... That's fine—the young wolf general couldn't help but think in his heart.

Because she really didn't know how to deal with her subordinates who got along day and night, whether it was those who were polluted by the god of war or those who were completely conscious...... She knew her Knights of the Winter Wolves, and she knew each and every one of them, and they were all ready to fight to the death, even to the point of fighting against the Cecil's war machines, and the castle could have continued to stand, possibly even waiting for reinforcements from behind...... But none of this was possible, because their supreme commander chose to surrender after a bombardment.

And the entire Winter Wolf Knights chose to carry it out without complaint after receiving the order...... This made Andessa feel the indescribable pressure even more.

As her thoughts drifted away, a sudden pain came from a wound on her body, which interrupted Andessa's train of thought, and she couldn't help but mumble under her breath and move her body slightly—but it caused even more pain.

"Try not to move, the new potion is taking effect," a strange soldier's voice came from the side, a little nervous in the coldness, "Hold on, there is a medical priest coming." ”

Andesa followed the prestige and saw a young face, it was a Cecil soldier, or maybe a junior officer—they were all ordinary people with no magic fluctuations, and her eyes were always wandering at the moment, and Andesa really couldn't tell whether it was a soldier or an officer standing in front of her.

These Cecilians at least did not have the defenders who surrendered in embarrassment...... Not bad.

Just as Andessa was thinking this, she heard the sound of military boots stomping on the ground suddenly coming from the direction of the door of the room, and at the same time, the young man's voice sounded in her ears: "Oh, the priest is here—"

Medical Priest? Pastor?

Andesa opened her eyelids with some curiosity to look in the direction where the footsteps came, and then she saw a woman who looked very young, the other party was wearing what looked like a nun's suit, but there were devices like armor pieces, metal backpacks, and rune chains all over the nun's suit, and this strangely dressed "Miss Nun" walked towards her, carrying a "battle staff" that looked rather heavy in her hand, I don't know if it was her own delusion, the staff seemed to be stained with blood.

The "Sister Cecil" then came to Andessa's bed, placed the heavy combat staff on the ground with a "thud", and bent down towards Andessa, who saw that the other man was wearing some kind of mechanical fist on his hand - which, by all means, seemed to have nothing to do with prayer or healing.

This is the priest who is responsible for treating his injuries? How did Cecil's nun look like this?

There was some doubt in Andessa's heart for a moment, although now didn't seem to be the time to care about such details, she couldn't help but whisper: "Wait a minute, I'm still ......"

"Don't move," said the young nun at once, and pressed Andesa on the shoulder, "you're blind in your left eye—I don't want to accidentally break your other eye." ”

Andesa fell silent, and then pulled the corners of her mouth, with some relief in her bitterness: "...... Are you really blind......"

"If you're cooperative, maybe one day you'll be able to grow back – after all, Cecil is the best in the world." Miss Sister seemed to say with some pleasure, with a rightfully confident tone in her tone.

Andesa listened to the other party's words, but was silent and did not speak again.

……

Radinan felt as if he had fallen into a long, weird, gloomy and depressing nightmare, in which he seemed to be replaced by another person, doing terrible things in a state of confusion, and yet in the nightmare, he always felt that he was awake - some force distorted his perception of the whole world, what he saw was no longer what he really saw, what he did was no longer what he really wanted to do, he was like a clown puppet swaying in front of the flickering candlelight, desperately doing what seemed normal - But it cast a shadow on the ground that was so twisted and strange that it was impossible to distinguish.

And at some point afterward, he suddenly woke up, everything in the nightmare had faded from its disguise, and blood was dripping in front of him, and he realized what had happened in the nightmare...... It seems to have happened.

Rosetta Augustus looked at Ferdinand, who suddenly sat up from the middle of the magic array, and there seemed to be a hint of a smile on his always somewhat gloomy face: "Peddinand, you have finally 'woken up'. ”

Ferdinand gasped for air, as if he were going to use his rapid breath to clear all the filth out of his body, and he finally felt that his heart and spirit had regained stability, and he had the energy to observe his surroundings - it was a closed room that looked like a magic laboratory, with no windows, only a small door, a bright magic crystal lamp illuminating the room, and all the nearby walls were carved with curvy runes.

Pei Dinan found that there seemed to be no furnishings in the room except for runes, and even the place where he lay was a circular magic circle engraved with runes.

"Your Majesty," the old duke finally recovered, the suppressed memories and correct cognitions in his mind were frantically "regurgitating", making him realize the terrible things that had happened in the past few days in just a few seconds, and the former wolf general, who had experienced countless ups and downs, couldn't help but feel a chill at this moment, "I may be polluted!" I ...... before"

"I know, I know, Peddinand, it's happened—you need to regain your composure further," Rosetta Augustus said with a calm expression, "It's really bad, but it's not too bad. ”

Peddinan took a deep breath and stood up from the magic array, his tone was hurried: "We ...... with Cecil"

"We have entered a state of war - the war we declared first, or rather, the war declared by the god of war on our behalf," Rosetta looked into Ferdinand's eyes, "Radiant Patina, Malm Dunit has used the power of psychic interference to blind and distort your perception, and the explanation we sent to Cecil has been falsified into a declaration of war, but it is not your fault. ”

At this moment, Ferdinand felt his heart stop beating, but he stopped falling into dizziness, and after realizing that this matter was irreparable, he seemed to suddenly notice the abnormality of this room-

It seemed to be a magic laboratory, and he could see runes everywhere, but after looking closely, he realized that none of them were magic runes he knew. Those zigzag lines are complex and exquisite, but the style is not like any race on land, while looking at them, Pei Dinan felt that his somewhat depressed mood quickly calmed down and became clear, and the original remaining thoughts quickly became extremely clear.

The old duke subconsciously asked, "Your Majesty, here is ......?"

"It's still in the Obsidian Palace, and this room is a laboratory for Ms. Windsor Marpel. If you're referring to those runes - they come from the deep sea, first brought to Cecil by the Kraken, and then given to us as a gift by Cecil. I'm sure you've seen a few of these runes, but this is the first time you've seen a 'barrier house' on a scale, fully stitched together, like this one. ”

"Runes from the deep sea...... "Some relevant information finally popped into Pei Dinan's mind, and he remembered that there was indeed such a thing, "then these runes are used for ......"

"Purge your contamination," Rosetta said lightly, "and make sure you don't get affected by the will of the gods again for some time to come—it seems to be working well for now." ”

Pei Dinan felt the rapid improvement of his mental state, and realized that the "effect" that the other party said was indeed good, but in the next second, he thought of another thing.

"Your Majesty, did you already know that I ......?"

"No, I don't have the power of a prophet," Rosetta interrupted Peddinand with a wave of her hand, "but I'm sure the contamination of the gods must have spread to the upper echelons of the Empire—I just didn't expect that the first person to be polluted and completely unnoticed at first would be you, someone who had been consciously distancing themselves from the church since years ago. On the one hand, it is I who underestimated the ability of the will of the gods to penetrate the minds of mortals, but on the other hand, we have now gone further to determine the laws of penetration and propagation of 'pollution', and the range of people affected, which is very meaningful. ”

Rosetta said it very indifferently, and Ferdinand quickly heard another meaning from the attitude and words of the ruler of the empire -

The emperor was indeed surprised, but what surprised him was only those "details", as for the direction of the whole thing...... It seems that he has not deviated from his judgment until now.

Does this include this war?

"Your Majesty," said Ferdinand in a low voice after a few seconds of silence, "what are we going to do next?" ”

"War has broken out," Rosetta said as if to himself, his eyes not falling on Peddinand, "...... It's time for the empire to enter a state of emergency. ”

"Are you going to use the Emperor's supreme ruling power?"

"More than a decade ago, we tried to change the country, and we did that, and we did a lot of things that we couldn't have imagined, but looking back now, we still have a lot to do," Rosetta said calmly, "There are people who shouldn't have survived, and there are things that shouldn't have been preserved...... Don't you think that's a pity? ”

"It's a pity," said Ferdinand Wendell, "it seems that we can finish what we didn't do back then—but one more thing, Your Majesty, we are in an all-out war with the Cecil. ”

"It's that crazy god who is at war with Cecil," Rosetta looked into Peddinand's eyes, "The out-of-control gods are the common enemy of all mankind—this time, we're actually on the same side as the Cecil. ”

(End of chapter)