"Why the hell are we losing?"

In the cathedral of Havenley, in the hall, the atmosphere is solemn, and more than a dozen captains of paladins and the few remaining bishops in the country are standing here. They listened to Grant's question and looked at each other, but none of them could answer.

Compared with the usual ones, the large church hall was not crowded with many people, and it looked indescribably depressed. Grant's gaze scanned the crowd, and his appearance ...... It's not so angry and violent, but there is a vague sense of exhaustion in his tone.

"Why don't you speak? God is still watching us, have you turned your back on the faith in your heart?"

Several bishops listened and quickly shook their heads: "No...... We're just thinking. ”

"And what did you come up with?"

"We ......," the bishops hesitated, and finally, the eldest of them, spoke, "We believe that the main reason for the defeat of this battle is the demonic army that ambushed the city. Before they rushed out, we had the upper hand. ”

- Although he is the oldest, sadly, he also looks to be in his early forties.

"That army?" Grant let out a cold snort when he heard this, "an army of just over a thousand people is going to beat you to the ground?"

"This ...... They are certainly not ordinary people!" The bishop paused for a moment, and then immediately said, "How could an ordinary person fly into the sky and easily kill so many of our fellow priests? It must be the embodiment of the devil, and he has escaped from hell again to bring disaster to the world!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but scold in his heart.

What else could it be, they couldn't say...... The main reason for losing this battle is that Your Majesty the Pope, can't you defeat that water balloon demon?

Everyone had this thought in their heads, but no one dared to say it.

"The Black Nightmare have this kind of power, why haven't you heard anything about it?" Grant didn't mean to stop, and continued, "What is the origin of this army? When did they join the Black Nightmare Army?What are their weaknesses?

The bishop hesitated for a moment and said, "Bishop Carlos, who is in charge of intelligence...... Died in battle. ”

Grant was speechless.

The hall fell into a deathly silence, and everyone stared at the floor as if it contained a shocking secret that could save the Church.

In the end, a paladin pushed open the door and ran in from the outside, breaking the silence in the hall. Everyone turned around, and Grant also raised his eyes, looked at the panicked paladin, frowned, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the Nightmare Army is walking outside again, and ...... "......The paladin gasped several times before he said, "In six days, they will have a real funeral for the dead king." Those who spread the news also said that at that time, everyone would have the opportunity to see the King's body, and they would show the wounds on the body, so that the cause of His Majesty's death would be the truth!"

When he finished speaking, the hall fell silent again, and the atmosphere was even more terrifying than before.

The faces of everyone in the hall changed in an even more ugly direction again.

And at the same time.

"Won't the idea of re-hosting the funeral really make the church angry?" In Koster City, Frank helped carry the coffin for the burial, couldn't help but turn his head, and asked in a low voice, "Now there are so many people in the city, if the church is in a hurry and calls again, we may not be able to beat it!"

Joanna subconsciously said, "What are you afraid of? If they come again, they will fight again, and they will not dare to say anything." ”

"This ......"

Leila shook her head, carved the last line on the coffin, straightened up and said: "It's a secret that the students went back, and the spies in the city have long been investigated by us, what can the church know?

"I know, but ......" At this, Frank turned his head and silently pointed to a few busy mages next to him, with an uncertain expression.

- The "mages" he pointed out were wearing uniform black robes and rather pompous spell hats, covering half of their faces...... In short, everyone presents the most old-fashioned image of a mysterious mage in the impression of ordinary people.

However, Frank and the others all knew that these people were disguised by the Nightmare soldiers.

After a large number of students and some teachers left with Wallis, Koster fell into a state of extreme internal defense. So, Benjamin patted his head and came up with an idea to pick out a few hundred people from the remaining army of Dark Nightmares, pretend to be mages, and mix with the remaining real mages.

So, there is the current scene.

"If you don't get closer, who can know if they're really fake?" Joanna didn't care, and said casually, "I think it's a good idea, those priests are already suspicious, and it's easy to scare them." ”

"Okay......"

Frank nodded. Although he was a little worried, since everyone said so, he didn't think much about it anymore.

Prepare coffins, organize honor guards, plan cemeteries...... A state funeral is not a simple matter. The Black Nightmare Army is now short on staff, and both soldiers and mages have put in intense preparations. Coupled with the large demand for items generated by the funeral, various closed shops opened. The streets were full of busy people, and Koster, who had become a little depressed by the war, gradually became lively again.

Benjamin stood at the door of the town hall, looking at the crowd coming and going, and couldn't help but nod.

"Am I relying on macroeconomic regulation and control to stimulate domestic demand and promote the recovery of Koster's economy?"

The system was speechless for a while before he spoke: "I'm sorry, I'm disgusted by your narcissism, and I need to check the CPU quickly." Please don't talk to me for twelve hours, lest I blow myself up on the spot. ”

"Whatever you ......want," Benjamin shrugged and didn't say anything.

He's in a good mood right now, and he's too lazy to bother with the system. After all, after they withdrew from the church, the entire kingdom of Hori suddenly had faith in them. Within a few days, Koster welcomed a large number of visiting merchants, all of whom wanted to establish good relations with them, and financed a lot of armor horses, and some sent money directly.

As a commercial metropolis, trade that had been cut off by the war began to gradually resume. In just a few days, Benjamin even got a lot of taxes!

He didn't expect it - although the battle was a lose-lose battle, the follow-up impact was unexpectedly good.