After waiting outside for several hours, the on-site spies finally saw the door to the basement opened, and Celian, who was still wearing a robe to hide her figure, walked out with Athena, apparently the female knight who had been closed to her heart and refused to talk to others had regained her senses, but Athena's expression looked a little sluggish.

"I'm sorry~ that's all I can do. Selian said after giving a salute.

"No, we should thank you, Miss Serryanne. ”

Athena sat quietly on the sidelines, as if she had just woken up from a dream, still a little unacceptable to reality.

A spy brought a cup of hot coffee to the knightess, "Are you feeling better?" ”

"I can't be in the bad ┉┉"

Athena covered her forehead and looked haggard, as if she had been caught in a gap between dream and reality these days, and then she was violently awakened by the woman named Selian. But even so, I understand that everything that happens these days is not a dream but a reality,

After a little rest, at the request of Athena, she saw the saint warriors who took her out of the prison, and looked at the few enemies in front of her who had raised their swords not long ago, and Athena looked a little speechless.

┉I would like to thank you anyway. ”

Eventually, Athena said, as if she had made up her mind, "I have one more thing I want to ask you, is Kulaus indeed dead?"

"Yes. Elcid nodded affirmatively.

"Damn it┉Why did it happen like this!"

Covering her forehead, Athena whimpered a little, apparently the fact that Kulaus had died had dealt a huge blow to the female knight.

"It's the cultists and demons who have distorted your mind, but there's still some part of your intention to follow Kuraus, right?"

“┉┉┉┉”

Athena nodded wordlessly, if she wanted to say that she did have a strong desire to worship and follow Kulaus these days, it was not just because of the cultists' demagogy and instigation of her. Because he saw his own reflection in Kulaus, he and he were like two twins who were suffering from the same disease.

"I want you to know that Kuraus is not some evil person┉┉"

Elcid nodded, "I understand, it's just that his concept of 'justice' has been distorted to the extreme. ”

"Kulaus went to extremes because he was so hungry for fairness and justice. Athena wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and whimpered: "He is one of the few sea blue knights in the Zegus Kingdom, and he has worked hard step by step from the civilian class since he was a child to get to the point where he is today. It is precisely because he was born as a commoner that he has seen too many injustices and longs for justice, and he was originally in the Knight Academy┉┉He is also the person who adheres to the most knightly creed, and is trusted by many people, and even a senior whom I sincerely respect. ”

Athena continued as if she was caught in a memory: "He fought countless times for the Zegus Kingdom, and later became a sea blue knight, and was also excluded in the aristocratic circle because he repeatedly fought against the big nobles for the lower class people, and finally was even sent here to be the warden, I really didn't expect him to become a demon worshipper┉┉ or even ┉┉ even do this kind of thing." ”

"But he still deserves to be called a hero in the end┉┉"

At the thought of Kulaus's last move, Elcid couldn't help but clench his fist until it was bleeding, the man still held on to his faith in justice at the last moment, and he did not take the lives of those prisoners to keep himself alive.

Athena's spirit is not very good though. But after all, as one of Princess Haidai's most trusted confidants, the female knight quickly cheered up and reconnected with the princess, and then everyone took a short rest and set off quickly. As for the aftermath of the Hudao Prison, it is estimated that it can only give the royal family a headache by themselves, and from where did Princess Haidai get the news, Her Royal Highness the princess has contacted several henchmen, and successfully mobilized the knights of Moxia to secretly infiltrate the royal capital, and the personnel who responded to the holy capital inside and outside have also successfully converged with the priests in the sacred temple of the royal capital.

Everything is going on in full swing. The eldest prince's side was relatively sluggish, although the other party also sensed that the situation was wrong and began to strengthen his vigilance. However, several searches were avoided by Princess Haidai and others, who had learned the information in advance.

The other party's sluggishness obviously gave Princess Haidai and the others more time to prepare, especially in the royal capital, where another messenger from the holy capital also quietly arrived to join the holy warrior Firin.

The kingdom of Zegus and the orc tribes of the Zengus in the secluded steppes both worship the god of the earth, Uznok, because the same belief allowed the two races to establish diplomatic relations for the end of the feud in turn, and the temple of the god of the earth in the royal capital is also the oldest building, almost since the founding of the kingdom of Zegus. It can be said to be the hub of faith in the entire Zegus Kingdom.

Obert, the priest of the Temple of the Earth, is now an old man over sixty years old, who has served as a priest in the temple of the royal capital of Zegus for thirty years, just like the earth, stable and desireless, a respected elder, and is very loved by believers on weekdays, even the nobles in the royal capital are respectful when they see him, and they must call him a chief priest.

Today, however, the old priest, who had always lived a modest life of fame and fortune, was a little irritable, and even the children who loved to play in the garden outside the temple could feel some subtle changes in the mood of the kind old priest. It's just that no matter how the children asked, the old priest laughed and didn't say anything, and even told the children to stay at home more recently and not run around.

I'm afraid that my peaceful life is going to make some waves, but maybe I am indeed old, and some evil shadows from the darkness have spread in the royal capital, and as a priest of the god of the earth, I don't even notice it in the slightest.

In front of the altar of the god of the earth, the old priest prayed silently the name of the god of the earth.

"Priest Obert, has the situation changed today?" Philin, the holy warrior who was hiding on the side, waited until the old priest had finished praying before quietly stepping out and asked.

The old priest spat out the last prayer before turning around and shaking his head silently: "It's still the same as always, Lord Firin. Even if the cultists wanted to do it, they would not dare to blatantly hijack the royal family and attack the temple, which would be tantamount to giving the Holy Capital a reason to crusade against them. ”

Filine nodded and walked to the window and quietly looked at the street, the pedestrians on the road were a peaceful scene, and it was really impossible to see that this prosperous royal capital had been infiltrated by cultists, and an earth-shattering event would happen soon.

"What we should be thinking about is how to minimize the damage caused by this turmoil. ”

The old priest also walked to the window and stared at the familiar scenery: "Since the end of the battle with the orcs, the kingdom of Zegus has enjoyed peace for too long, so long that people have forgotten death and blood a little, I really don't want to see this city swallowed by fire and death, let alone men, women and children falling under the sword, Lord Firin, you know┉┉"

"I know that Priest Aubert, the warriors of the God of Fire will defend this hard-won peace with their lives, and the messengers of the God of the Earth are also very active, and there is also a High Priest of the Holy Capital who will go with him, and with the men of Her Royal Highness the wise princess, we have a lot of reinforcements this time. ”

Aubert smiled dryly: "┉Haha, that kid is indeed very active, but a little too active and less calm like the earth, I hope this mission can train him." The Lord Priest who is coming is the messenger of the Most High God? I don't think it is Lady Matthiam. ”

"Priest Mattiam is too old to take part in this kind of operation, and this time it is Priest Bramy, the messenger of the god of storms, Berhis. ”

"Oh~ it's that lively child, I remember when she came to visit the kingdom of Zegus with her father when she was a child. ”

Obert recalled and said, although far away in the Zegus Kingdom, but the newly appointed chief priest of the Holy Capital will send relevant news to various temples through channels every year, for the young Priest of Bramy, who was chosen by the oracle of the god of storms, Obert has already heard of some of the great achievements of the chief priest, this time the Holy Capital chose to let him enter the Zegus Kingdom to deal with things, one is to value Bramy's qualifications, and the other is to borrow Paulami's identity as the eldest daughter of the Isliton family to influence some nobles in the Zegus Kingdom。

Although the kingdom of Zegus is controlled by the great prince and the nobles who believe in demons, after all, Princess Haidai is the orthodox representative of the royal family. In front of the great righteousness, the great prince can only choose to retreat, even if he wants to incite the entire Zegus Kingdom army, it is useless, the rest is mainly to deal with the cultists and the demons behind them, compared to these reckless demons are the most troublesome, how to prevent them from jumping over the wall in the action to do something that will end up together is a key problem.

However, although the situation is gradually being controlled, there is still one thing that makes the old priest of Aubert a little suspicious, that is, there are several reinforcements who belong to neither the Holy Capital nor the Kingdom of Zegus in this operation, and one of them is a man named Purenlius, who is the drafter and person in charge of the whole plan, and even Firin, who is a holy warrior, is a little jealous of him.

And there are a few other people, powerful warriors with no less strength than the holy warriors, who also don't know their origins, and seem to have been involved in this matter on the way, but compared to Poenlius, the holy warrior Philin obviously trusts them a little more.

As Aubert pondered, a Templar brought a secret letter to Firin. (To be continued.) )