The attackers in the night finally retreated, and after the two most powerful papal knights and several other mages, knights, and priests who led the group fell, the few remaining people took advantage of the night to flee into the deep darkness in panic, leaving behind a dozen corpses and a mess, and finally got nothing.

One of Cecil's combatants was badly wounded, his force field shield shattered during hand-to-hand combat with a knight, and a wound was cut under his chest that was almost bone-deep, but the soldier's injuries were stabilized after several bottles of alchemical potions were poured down.

Other than that, there were no other casualties on Cecil's side.

The soldiers, having finished the battle, began to inspect the battlefield, arrange their equipment, and confirm the enemy's situation, but none of them approached the open space next to the well.

Wright stood silently in the clearing, a clear and bright layer of holy light still enveloping him, like armor and cloak cast by light, covering him, the holy light shone all around him, and also shone on the sky, in the open space shrouded in holy light, Emily had closed her eyes.

Those big bright eyes would never open again.

"Do you believe in the Light, or in the God of Light?"

A phrase that the lord had asked him before he set out had come to Wright's mind, a phrase that had been haunting his mind for days, the contradiction that it created kept him awake day after day, he didn't understand, he didn't understand why he had to choose between the Light and the God of Light, but now he understood.

In anger and great disappointment with the God of Light, he understood that it was a bright light in his mind, a thud that broke free from some kind of spiritual seal, and in that moment of enlightenment, he abandoned the Lord he had believed in for decades and embraced the true Light.

But someone paid a price they shouldn't have paid for it.

A slight coolness fell on his face, wisps of rain fell from the sky, and fell on this land soaked in misfortune and sorrow, and the summer rain, which had been late all night, finally arrived before dawn, and in this cool rain, Wright half-knelt beside Emily and put his hand on the little girl's forehead.

“…… May the Light shelter you in your path...... No more trapped in the cold and darkness...... Peace be upon your soul...... No more hunger and misery......"

Ansu 736, the 22nd day of the fire month, the beginning of summer.

The first white knight in human history was born in the wilderness of the South.

Although at this moment, no one knows how this new profession should be named.

In the lord's mansion, Cecil met with two knights, Byron and Philip, who had just returned from the front.

They hurried back to the territory from the Horsman prisoner of war camp, and with them arrived a thousand special captives brought from the coalition of nobles.

"In accordance with your orders, we have brought back those nobles and their knights, mage retinues, as well as the Holy Light Priests, Papal Knights, and Transcendent Mercenaries mixed with the coalition forces," Byron reported, "but because we were in a hurry, we only brought some of them—more than a thousand more than a thousand in the Hossman prisoner of war camp, and two hundred in the Tanzanian prisoner of war camp. ”

"That's fine, the main thing is to bring those nobles and their vassals here, and the others don't have to worry," Gawain said casually, "We still have a lot of things to do before we can integrate the entire southern border." ”

"Lord, what are you going to do with those nobles and their followers?" Knight Philip asked curiously, "Those people...... After I had eaten, I kept clamoring to meet you and explain to you the ...... of this war. Misunderstand. ”

“…… Are you clamoring to meet with me to talk about this? Fortunately, their minds are not completely frozen, but they are not much better," Gao Wenhun waved his hand nonchalantly, "They can save their energy, they still haven't figured out what this war means." ”

When Byron heard this, he immediately leaned over to Philip and whispered: "Look, I'll tell you, you just keep those people locked up, and let them shout when they shout, and it's a big deal to lock them up with the big machine pump of the water plant, and see who is shouting and ......."

Philip didn't pay any attention to Byron at all, but continued to say to Gawain: "We have captured as many papal knights and priests of the Holy Light as possible in the noble coalition, but there are still many people who escaped the pursuit after entering the plains, some of them are trapped in the area controlled by Cecil, and are currently slowly being captured, but there are still a considerable number of papal knights and priests who have fled to the Cathedral of St. Luen in the northwest...... It's not under our control. ”

Byron next to him couldn't help muttering: "If you hit it, it will become a control area." ”

"Ahem." Gawain coughed dryly - although he wanted to say that Byron's words were right, he avoided letting himself go too far at the last moment, because he knew very well that the Cathedral of St. Luan and the city of Luan, where the church was located, had a special meaning not only within the Holy Light Sect, but also in the entire southern border.

It was the headquarters of the Holy Light Church in the southern diocese and a theoretical "neutral place".

Lu'an City is theoretically under the direct control of the royal family, there is no lord in the local area, only the general affairs officer sent by the royal family, but the general affairs officer is basically a front, and the real control of Lu'an City is St. Luan's Cathedral in the city, which is the southern bishops and priests in the cathedral.

Of course, now that the bishop of the southern diocese is gone, and the high-ranking knights and priests of St. Luan's Cathedral have also died in this war, the strength of the entire St. Luan Cathedral is not a problem for Cecil today, but Gawain has to consider the defense of St. Luan's Cathedral at all.

What he had to consider was whether he could attack there directly, and under what name.

This is directly related to the next order in the South, and it is also related to his influence on the large number of Holy Light followers in the South.

And there is a more realistic question: what about the cathedral of St. Luan after it was brought down? Will it just take the city of Luan, or will all the priests of the Church of Light in the city of Luan be arrested, or even destroy the church? If it is the former, then I am afraid that it will not be able to completely expel the influence of the Holy Light Church in the south, and if it is the latter, then I am afraid that the social order in the south will face great fluctuations, and those more devout Holy Light believers in their new territory will also question the "justice" of the new lord.

After all, the capture of cities and churches can also be said to be a normal procedure of war, because the southern bishop Lemont "attacked" Cecil with twelve heavily armed papal knights and a high-ranking priest, which can be seen as a declaration of war, but if the capture of the city further destroys the Holy Light belief system in the south, the hundreds of thousands of Holy Light followers in the south will have doubts about Gawain Cecil's rule.

Gawain couldn't directly erase the Holy Light Faith from the minds of those hundreds of thousands of people, and with his current influence in the South and the reality of this world's religious beliefs, it was impossible for him to promote a drastic church reform program.

Of course, it is also possible to consider a compromise method, after the construction of St. Luan's Cathedral, force all the priests to accept Cecil's law, and let them cut off contact with the headquarters of the Holy Light Church in the Holy Spirit Plain, and then replace, purify, and transform the entire clergy community little by little, but the effect of this is not guaranteed, and there may be hidden dangers......

Now that he has begun to take over the South, he must begin to think about these practical issues as the ruler of the South.

Philip and Byron saw that Gawain was thinking about something, so they did not make a sound, they waited quietly, and then they heard Gawain tap the table lightly with his fingers, and said as if to himself, "There must be a Church of the Light......

Philip didn't hear clearly: "What? ”

"It's nothing," Gawain shook his head, "we'll settle the problem of St. Luan's Cathedral, but for now we can let those priests and papal knights continue to shake in the cathedral for a while." There were also the nobles who were held in various captive camps...... It will also be left to dry for the time being, so that they can take a good look at the situation in front of them, which will help them cooperate with Cecil's laws in the future. And before we can solve the problem of St. Luan's Cathedral and rebuild the order in the South, we should do one more thing......"

Byron and Philip said in unison: "One more thing? ”

"We must make the South 'our South,'" Gawain stood up from behind his desk and walked to the huge map hanging on the wall, his gaze falling on the Rock Fortress, the northernmost gateway to the South, "I can't give the key to my house to outsiders." ”

Philip and Byron followed Gawain's line of sight and saw the portal fortress with special significance.

Philip's expression became serious, and Byron couldn't help but whistle, "Whoa—that's a great target." ”

"It's a great target indeed," Gawain nodded, "The Rock Fortress is not the same thing at all as the poorly defended stone fortresses in the south, its entire walls are enchanted, almost equivalent to an extra layer of magic shield hanging over the fortress at all times, and the Rock Fortress is full of elite soldiers - the Count of Pompeii is the theoretical owner of the fortress, but the garrison of the fortress is directly trained and controlled by the royal family, a rock fortress, Its power was greater than the seventy thousand rabble that Count Hossman had assembled combined. ”

Byron smiled: "After all, it's to block the entire southern border." ”

"So we may need a lot of cannon fire to take this fortress down," Gawain laughed as well, "but we'll have to take it down anyway...... Then take control of this door in your own hands. ”

After that, it didn't matter to him how he fought on the Plains of the Holy Spirit, he could calm down and clean up the southern realm, such as the Holy Light priests hiding in St. Luan's Cathedral, or the noble captives who were still locked in their cells.

"When are you going to attack?" Byron put away his usual hippie smile and asked seriously, "We are now at the peak of morale......

"Don't worry," Gawain waved his hand, quietly looking at the map in front of him, "I'm waiting for news......

"Waiting for news?"

"Wait for a reason to attack the Rock Fortress, wait for the opportunity to attack, wait for new information," Gawain said, "and these...... Maybe soon. ”

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