A few days later, when another town was attacked by the Black Nightmares, there was already a considerable panic within the church.

"Where the hell are they hiding?"

The bishop stood in the ashram of St. Peter's Basilica, his face haggard, and his eyes were much darker than before. The disappearance of the Black Nightmare was already aggrieved enough for them, and during this time, they searched all the places they could think of but found nothing, but under their noses, all parts of the kingdom were constantly under attack, as if the enemy was laughing at their incompetence.

But in this regard, he couldn't even rise up his anger, only a stunned expression.

How can it be?

They had studied the cities that the Dark Nightmare had attacked, trying to find out something, but ...... The more they studied, the more they found it infiltrating. From the eastern border of the kingdom to the heartland, the Black Nightmare army appeared back and forth with a very dense frequency, and the distance of hundreds of kilometers in between, it seemed that it only took a few hours to easily cross.

That's impossible...... At least in his understanding, this is not something that human armies can do. Coupled with the elusiveness of the Black Nightmares, the Bishop even felt like they were facing a ghost army.

"All the places have been searched, and there is no sign of them camping, not even traces of marching. "No one can do this unless they hide underground." ”

"Underground, where can an army be hidden underground?"

“...... I don't know. ”

The bishop couldn't help but close his eyes and hold his forehead. He thought it was probably the only possibility, but if the Nightmare were really hiding underground, it would be even harder to find them.

The large amount of manpower and material resources consumed by excavation is something that they can hardly afford at the moment. And more importantly, if the direction is not right, all their efforts will be in vain.

"Your Excellency, we ...... What now?"

Seeing that the bishop had not spoken for a long time, the paladin hesitated for a moment and asked.

"Of course, we want to get out the traitors! you are already lucky to be alive, and if it drags on, who will deal with it on His Majesty's side?" replied the bishop without thinking.

"How do I find that?"

The bishop took a deep breath, lowered his head, and was silent for a while before raising his head again, and suddenly lowered his voice: "That...... That's all that's left. ”

The paladin was slightly stunned, then showed a solemn expression, nodded deeply, and turned to leave.

A few days later.

Under Lake Pearl, in the main camp tent of the Black Nightmare Army, Benjamin looked at the battle reports of the past few days with a puzzled face, and suddenly turned his head to look at Morris on the side.

"Don't you think the battle situation has been a little strange these days?"

When Morris heard this, he picked up the battle report and looked at it a few times, and said, "Do you think it's going too well?"

"It's not that it doesn't go well, it's just that the church shouldn't have nothing to deal with. Benjamin frowned, "Although we are trying to disrupt the order of attack as much as possible, it has been so many days, and it is impossible for the church not to be able to find any patterns." But judging from the battle report just now, they didn't prepare anything. ”

The battle report said that the three target cities they attacked yesterday had few soldiers guarded in the city, and the priests were only in the single digits of the church. In the current state of tension, this does seem a little weird.

It's not a big deal, Benjamin thinks he may be overhearted, but ...... It may also be really greasy.

"If it was the church I knew before, there must have been a conspiracy behind it. Morris thought for a moment and said, "But...... After all these years, to be honest, I don't know what the church has become now. ”

Benjamin rubbed his temples, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, I'll leave one more hand to prepare." You take someone to get another escape passage, just in case. ”

"I'm only in charge of prop production, not this. ”

"You take someone to figure it out, and you don't want to go into battle yourself, just command. ”

“......”

Morris held his forehead helplessly, and was speechless for a while before he spoke: "Forget it...... This time I'm here to tell you about the progress of the cracking of St. Peter's Basilica. ”

Benjamin's eyes lit up when he heard this: "You guys have researched it?"

Morris nodded.

"The craftsmanship of the cathedral is so intricate that I couldn't crack it completely. But if one day we can attack Haven Wright, take this thing, plus your key, and make it temporarily disabled for half an hour. ”

As he spoke, he slowly pulled out a black cross from his pocket and handed it to Benjamin.

Benjamin took it and looked at it curiously. The cross appears to be made entirely of metal, with strange patterns carved on the back, and because of its pitch-black color, it ends up taking on a very different temperament from the church cross.

Holding it in his hand, it feels eerie, and it seems to condense a lot of dark elements inside.

"With it, I can invalidate Havenley's protective barrier, and even the magic-enhancing force field inside the cathedral can withstand it?" asked Benjamin.

Morris nodded and said, "Its effect is that the power of St. Peter's Basilica is completely ineffective, of course. However, this thing can only be used once, and in order for it to work, it must consume the key to the divine realm in the cathedral. Therefore, I recommend that you only use it when it is most critical. ”

"Understood. ”

Benjamin smiled and carefully put the cross away.

That infiltration, the force field inside St. Peter's Basilica made him remember it vividly, with the blessing of the force field, more than a dozen bishops could entangle him, if Grant was also present, he would definitely finish playing. And only by solving this problem will they be able to destroy the church completely.

He will be cautious about using this half hour.

In fact, the Black Tare Army has developed to the present, and its combat effectiveness has become stronger and stronger, with abundant food and grass, and complete weapons. And after counting the Kingdom soldiers and priests they killed, Benjamin gradually felt that the power of the Church had been weakened a lot, and they could already confront the Church head-on!

Finding a good opportunity, they can capture the city, establish a stronghold, and officially start a rebellion.

It's just like I'm getting tired of being underground.

So, after Morris left, Benjamin began to mentally plan the operation of the Dark Nightmare Army from underground to above. They needed an event, a name, to make a powerful announcement to the nation of Horry that they were going to pull the church down from the altar by force.

As for what event......

Benjamin thought for a moment, then suddenly stood up, and left the tent as well, and came to the warehouse area of the garrison again.

In the deepest part of the remote warehouse, he found a huge iron chest and opened it. In the pitch-black chest was an ice coffin, and inside the ice coffin was the king's still intact corpse.

Although he had been killed by Grant for some time, Benjamin also had a private funeral, but he kept the body with him and kept it with him to this day.

It's almost time for it to come into play.

"It's disgusting, so do corpses, when did you become so heavy-tasted?" the system suddenly popped up, babbling in disgust.

“...... You're the crooked man with your brain. Benjamin shook his head and said, "I kept the body because it wasn't time for him to be buried." ”

"And a true king needs a real, grand funeral that the whole country knows. ”