The goddess officer in the new standard nun dress stood in the open space at the front of the procession, the cold wind of late autumn blowing through the square, raising the nun's long pale blonde hair and black lace skirt, she stared intently at the distant target, listening intently to the instructions of her superiors.

"Ready—"

With the instructions of her superiors, the nun in charge of the demonstration lifted the magic "staff" in her hand, laid it flat at her side in a clean position, grasped the middle of the staff with one hand, and grasped the gauntlet wrapped around the scripture cloth at the front with the other, a low and pleasant humming sound came from the mechanism at both ends of the staff, and a faint holy white light began to flow between the gaps and runes of the mechanical structure.

"Put!!"

The seemingly slender fingers pulled the trigger, and the goddess officer's body trembled slightly, and a cloud of white light erupted from the opening at the front of the staff—this scorching holy light energy quickly flew into the distance, exploding a flame of light on the purple steel enchantment pillar that was the target.

After a beautiful shot, she did as instructed to extinguish the light in the focused crystal, re-establish the "Gospel Angel" beside her, and turn back to the group.

"This is the weapon that the Wizard Technology Research Institute and the Design Bureau have adapted to the needs of female priests," Wright nodded to Veronica, "Although it looks like an all-metal staff, it is actually much lighter than it looks due to the weak weight-loss rune inside." The attack is essentially the Holy Light Shock Hand Cannon used by the White Knight, but it has been changed from a double shot to a single shot, and the weight is reduced by half. The reason why it is designed in the style of a staff is because it also takes into account melee combat - you are right, the Goddess Officer is not suitable for wielding the White Knight's mechanical power warhammer, and the Talisman Staff is a more suitable weapon......"

"I ...... Actually, I think you may have misunderstood...... No, it's nothing," Veronica felt a little tired for some reason, and swallowed herself back in the middle of her explanation, she hadn't had a similar feeling in hundreds of years, but she couldn't help but sigh at this time, "Patriarch, it seems that these nuns have also been trained in melee combat?" ”

"The training has been done – it's only preliminary training, but it's been effective," Wright said, "and Her Royal Highness Rebecca and Ms. Hetty have provided some guidance......

"They provide guidance?" Veronica was stunned for a moment, feeling a little incomprehensible, "Why are they directing this?" ”

"The Cecil family has always been martial arts and has many quick martial arts, especially Lady Hetty, who is quite proficient in the staff talisman technique," Wright explained, "Of course, they only supervised a few instructors, and the rest of the training was done by the instructors. ”

Veronica thought about it and thought it was better not to continue to delve into it, but she still had a lot of questions that she couldn't help but say: "What about their gloves?" Why do nuns need fist gloves? ”

"Lighter and more agile melee weapons further improve their ability to survive close-quarters encounters, and combat has always been a strong point for Protestant clergy, both men and women. In addition, their gloves are not just weapons, they also have a single dose of 'redemption' mixture built into them, which can save their lives on the battlefield. ”

“…… It sounds like it's a battle-ready weapon," Veronica said, smiling, "but...... Isn't it a bit overdone? ”

Hearing this, Wright's expression immediately became serious, he looked into Veronica's eyes, and said very seriously: "We were born in an unsafe era, and the priests were meant to be ready to go to war. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment and shook his head slightly: "I know that for many years, the Holy Light Church has enjoyed wealth and power, and the powerful papal knights and convenient divine power have made the priests forget how the missionaries of the Dark Ages came to pass......

"The original missionaries trudged through the wilderness, accompanied by beasts, hardship, and death, far from the improved magic of convenience, and did not have the help of the knights and nobles of the guards, and it was in such a situation that they themselves struggled to survive, and tempered themselves and protected everyone they met on the road with immature holy light, so that the original ideas of light, salvation, and shelter were spread......

"Today we are fortunate that we no longer have to wear tattered equipment to open up the wilderness, nor do we have to face the shadow of hunger and beasts at any time, but Your Majesty once said that people have no foresight, but there must be near-term worries - in the long time to come, in such a vast world, there will always be some dangers waiting for us, and since we have chosen the 'Holy Light', we must fulfill the responsibilities brought by the Holy Light."

Looking at the serious and serious Patriarch, Veronica actually sighed with some emotion - as a disobedient person, she was actually taught by a "young" ordinary person today, she thought it was a little funny, but when she saw the faint holy light lingering around Wright, she still smiled.

He had the qualifications to break the seal of his mind with his own mind, and by virtue of this achievement alone, he was qualified to be on an equal footing with any disobedient.

Wright also realized that he had accidentally entered a state of professional preaching, and before the embarrassment spread, he quickly changed the subject: "Of course, not all the priests have been incorporated into the White Knights or the War Sisters, we have also retained civilian priests, and even these martial arts ladies will do normal church work in the church when they are not in combat - receiving believers, listening to confessions, and soothing the wounded, these are their daily tasks. The White Knight will have a similar daily routine, but with a more manual focus.

"In addition, it is their right and duty to study the Holy Light Texts and learn all kinds of new knowledge, whether they are martial arts women or white knights. They should not deviate from the path of the Light because they are busy with worldly things, nor should they become conservatives who resist advanced knowledge and solidify their minds because they only care about studying the scriptures.

"The whole church in the South does not raise mediocre idlers."

"It's not just the Southern Church," Veronica smiled, "and the North will do the same, and de jure there is no distinction between the 'Southern Church' and the 'Northern Church'—we have only one Holy Light Protestant." ”

"I know, but it's only de jure, and the real divide still exists," Wright said quite seriously, "and we've done a very radical remodeling of the church in the South, but similar methods of 'remodeling' don't work in the North, and I've received reports from many areas that the clergy of the old school have been trying to obstruct and delay the reform process, especially in the West." They ostensibly obey the new church center, but in reality there have been many small actions. ”

“…… I'll leave this part of the work to me," Veronica nodded after a short mutter, "Cooperate with you in the Protestant Reformation, this is me and Gawain??" The contents of Cecil's contract. ”

Wallow looked at Veronica fixedly, and was silent for a moment before speaking: "I'm curious, is it really just because of the deal with Your Majesty that you're doing these things for us now?" ”

“…… In many cases, 'trading' is the most stable way to cooperate. Veronica gave Wright a deep look with her gentle, but lackluster eyes, and after saying that, she lifted the platinum scepter that had not left her, turned and walked away slowly.

……

A few days later, the eastern part of the plains of the Whitsundays.

The dry and cold wind blew on the face, the air carried a slight smell of burning, and the once green and fertile land had been turned into a war zone wasteland, spreading out into the distance as far as the eye could see, and the ruins of ruined villages and charred forest wreckage on both sides kept receding, and similar scenery kept appearing during the long journey, repeating over and over again.

Bud?? Wendell closed the window a little rustily, keeping the cold and dry air out of the car, and an old and somewhat unorthodox voice came from beside him: "How's it going?" How do you feel when you see this plain in ruins tossed by you? ”

Bud turned his head and saw that the old druid named Pittman was looking at him with a smirk, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

This unsightly and sloppy old man is actually a big man, he has a respectable position and power in this large and young empire with the title of the chief druid and head of alchemy engineering in the empire, but ignoring this dazzling aura, after a period of personal contact, he realizes that this old man is actually so bad that he is almost underbeaten - he seems to be able to say a lot of choking words every moment to provoke the feelings of the victims, And unlike Princess Rebecca, who had a similar talent, this old man did it on purpose......

Bard's biggest problem was that he couldn't do anything with the old man - not because there were soldiers watching or following the virtue of "respecting the elderly", but because he was 100% sure that even if he accidentally touched the old man, he would dare to lie on the ground and take the last copper plate in his pocket.

Why does this Pittman always target himself?

Bard couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he shook his head after a moment of awkward silence: "I don't want to defend myself - I wasn't in Ansu when they started their plan in the Holy Spirit Plains, I was sent to the eastern part of the continent to make contact with the Stormchildren. ”

"Hah, it's just a different place to do bad things," Pitman laughed, "Stormchild...... So, you know what those guys are up to? Do they still plan to return to the mainland? ”

“…… I don't know about them, they put almost all of their energy into the deep sea, and they all find it difficult to communicate with them right now, along with the Dark Cult's Dead Society and the Eternal Sleepers," Bard said quite frankly, "I've been on an offshore island on the eastern continent for a long time, but it's basically a waste of time, I've helped them gather some supplies, but more often than not, I'm working with their mutated limbs under the influence of the deep sea, working like a doctor......"

"Limbs mutated by the effects of the deep sea?" Pitman raised an eyebrow, "Kind of interesting...... I'm interested, what about the specifics? ”

"They have been obsessed with occupying several seas controlled by the Sirens, but they have not allowed members of other dark cults to participate in their frontline battles, I don't know exactly what they did and what they have experienced, I only know that some of the Stormchildren who have been sent back have grown fish scales and fins, and always mutter, 'Eva is call......ing' at high tide," Bard shook his head, "To be honest, the mutations that occur in them seem to me to be even more terrifying than many of the dark rituals of the Society of the End of All Things, the deep sea...... There are so many incomprehensible things hidden in the deep sea, and I don't know what those stormchildren are attracted to and obsessed with it. ”

“…… Yes, leaving you as a cultist behind can still have some extra effect. ”

Pitman muttered, then stopped paying attention to Bud, whose face changed slightly, and instead looked into the distance, looking at another car moving in front of him.

In the magic guide car in front of him, Gawain ended his routine communication with the government affairs department, and after turning off the on-board magic network terminal, he couldn't help but sigh: "The engineering team sent by Wald has built two additional magic energy obelisks between Solinburg and the rich woodlands, and the communication problem in the southeast and south of the Holy Spirit Plain has finally been partially solved. ”

"Recently, the Rock Fortress has sent engineering teams to the north, either to rebuild the Kingdom Road or to build infrastructure on the Whitsunday Plains, or to assist in organizing a joint reconstruction team, some people say that Wald's Second Corps is about to become a road and bridge construction team," Amber muttered as she leaned on the back of the seat in front of her, "It's ......like a dream to think about whether the Rock Fortress was a portal barrier two years ago, it's like a dream."

While muttering, she moved her head and glanced at Gawain: "Then again, it's quite surprising that you decided to come and check on the situation yourself...... It's a shame that you can come out with confidence. ”

"The Archonship and the Government Council exist to ensure that the entire empire will still be functioning when I leave Cecil City," Gawain said casually, his gaze involuntarily looking in the direction of Tholimburg, "and...... I really care about what is happening here, after all, it is the nest of the Society of the End of Everything, and almost all the great changes and turns that this country has experienced in the past two years have been brewed from this nest, how can I not come and see for myself? ”

"Ha, I admire your ability to sneak out and make up a lot of reasons." Amber said in a tone that wasn't at all afraid of being slapped against the wall (because there were no walls here), and then suddenly sat up straight before Gawain knocked her on the head, staring into the distance in surprise.

"Mommy......" she exclaimed, her eyes widening, "that thing called ...... 'tree' in the report?" ”