A few days later, the church hall in Haven was empty.

"Another group of traitors has disappeared, and judging by some of the traces we've found, they may have also entered the Monster Mountain Range and joined the Black Nightmare Army. The bishop hurried in, stopped in the middle of the hallway, and whispered the news he had just gathered.

Grant was alone in the hall. He sat in the seat in front of him, heard the words, and turned his head.

"The Black Nightmare...... Have you found an exact location?"

"Found it. The bishop hurriedly walked over, leaned down, and carefully handed a note to Grant, and said, "According to insiders, they have gathered an army of tens of thousands of people in the mountains. Your Majesty, we had better proceed with caution. ”

"What to do, I don't need you to remind me. ”

Grant accepted the note and threw it back with a blank face, causing the bishop's face to froze.

He hurriedly lowered his head, took a few steps back, closed his mouth and waited aside, not daring to say anything more.

After reading the contents of the note, Grant pondered for a moment, and suddenly spoke, his tone changed, and asked a little abruptly: "Is it outside now...... Are there a lot of people who are saying bad things about me?"

The bishop was stunned for a moment, and quickly shook his head desperately.

"Your Majesty, Church and Pope, you are too worried!"

Hearing this, Grant snorted unobtrusively, and his whole body was deeply immersed in the gorgeous golden robes, narrowing his eyes. For some reason, in the eyes of the bishop, he seemed to have lost his usual sharpness, but looked a little tired.

How......

Some doubts rose in the bishop's mind.

"I killed a lot of people. Grant looked at his outstretched palms and said again.

"Those are the ones who deserve to be killed. ”

Grant continued: "I made a lot of bad decisions. ”

All of this is God's test for us. ”

"I ...... I've committed so many sins that even God can't forgive me. ”

"Sincere prayer cleanses us from all sin. Somehow, the bishop was a little flustered inexplicably, and hurriedly persuaded, "Your Majesty, let us repent together, and God will always forgive his most pious servants." ”

Grant was silent for a moment, clasped his hands together, and closed his eyes. When the bishop saw this, he immediately followed him with closing his eyes, reciting a confession in his mouth, and begging the gods to forgive them for their sins with great skill.

A low voice echoes in the empty church.

Half a minute later.

"Do what you have to do. Grant opened his eyes, stood up, returned to his usual coldness, and walked straight out of the gate.

As the most trusted confidant of the moment, the bishop knows what this means. Therefore, he looked at the back of Grant leaving and couldn't help but shake his head.

However, he didn't say anything, but walked out the back door, through the long hallway, first grabbed something to eat from the kitchen, and then came to the almost most remote crypt of the cathedral.

With the key in hand, open the door, and you can faintly see the iron fence like a cell in the dark room.

"Let's eat. As is the routine of the daily meal, the bishop walked over with some disgust, put the food down by the iron bar, and spoke in a cold tone.

A white arm peeked out of the shadows of the cell, and it trembled and grabbed the loaves of bread, then slowly retracted.

The bishop looked at the man hiding in the shadows, and sighed in disgust.

"Count you unlucky, in that case, you actually dared to contradict His Majesty the Pope in public, and you were lucky enough not to die with you. He seemed to be talking to the man, and he seemed to be talking to himself, "But...... Now everyone in the church thinks you're dead, and it's better for you to be dead than the way you are. ”

With the slightest movement of the basement door, a few more rays of light came in, pierced through the iron bar, and landed on the man's face, revealing a young face.

In fact, as a prisoner, he looked excessively clean. His light blue pupils contracted violently in the sunlight, and his body trembled with it, and then the whole person shrank into the inner darkness.

The bishop was not impressed by this face - it seemed to be ...... The priest who was newly transferred to the royal capital, and as a result, at the accountability meeting after the poster incident broke out, His Majesty the Pope was furious and killed several bishops in a row, and everyone was frightened and silent, but the young man tried to dissuade the Pope, and was vaporized by the Holy Light on the spot.

Everyone thought he was dead, only the bishop knew that he was living a life worse than death.

“...... Kill me. ”

Suddenly, a hoarse voice filled with pain came from within.

"Dare to stand out at such a time, haven't you heard of His Holiness the Pope's petty fetishes? The bishop shook his head and said, "How could I kill you? Moreover...... Even if you can die, this filthy body stained with sin will not go to heaven, but to hell. ”

As he spoke, he turned around, as if he was afraid that he would get something dirty after staying here for a long time, and walked quickly out of the basement. The door slammed shut, and the sunlight was once again sealed in the small basement.

The bishop stood outside the door, closed his eyes and began to confess again.

Half a minute later, when the confession was over, the bishop lifted his spirits, took great strides, and left the place as if nothing had happened.

Sunlight shone in through the courtyard, staining the corridors and walls golden, making it look warm.

At the same time.

"We'd better get out of here quickly. ”

In the depths of the Demon Beast Mountain Range, in the garrison of the Black Nightmare Army, in the largest camp tent, Morris, Joanna, the knights of the six noble representatives, and the leaders of various rebel forces gathered. Benjamin looked at everyone and said with a grim expression.

"What's going on? The priests are coming again?" Bill immediately looked frightened.

"Quite possibly. Benjamin nodded and said, "I just got the news that this position is likely to have been exposed." It shouldn't be long before the Church's army will march into the Demonic Beast Mountains, and we must move as soon as possible. ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other for a while. Some of them looked very worried, but some of the academy mages were very calm, and even showed a look of eagerness.

"Then fight them. Joanna said directly, "We occupy a favorable position, we have developed for so long, and now there are almost 80,000 people, and we may not necessarily lose." ”

When Benjamin heard this, he asked rhetorically, "What do you think are the odds of winning?"

"Hmm...... Fifty percent. ”

"What's the difference between that and gambling?" Benjamin said, a little helpless, shaking his head, "We can't take this battle hard. The kingdom of Hori is so big, and there are many weak points of the enemy, why do we have to fight them head-to-head?"

"That'...... Where can we go?" asked the other leader at once.

Benjamin smiled heartily and said, "Let's run underground." ”