Ellie scurried down the alley.

Although she was caught off guard by the previous raid, the cramped environment inside the inn also restricted the deployment of the paladin team. With her agility, Ellie dodged left and right, avoiding the first round of attacks from the paladins while being forced to the window.

Then, just as the leading paladin had a "terrible" expression on his face, Ellie crashed through the window of the inn, jumped from the upper floor of the Blue Hermit's Inn, and disappeared into the flow of people.

The inn is located in the market, and the street is the liveliest part of the city, but when Elle turns into the alley, the number of people she meets suddenly decreases. Behind the shops, most of them were bluestone warehouses, and the path between the warehouses was muddy and dirty, but Ellie didn't notice this, as if she was hiding from some terrifying monster, and ran forward without looking back.

Over the years, whether it was facing goblin robbers or nobles' thugs, Ellie had never feared, let alone flinched, but at that moment, the moment the paladin squad broke through the door, the small swords on their breastplates seemed to pierce her eyes.

The instinct of her body allowed Elle to dodge the swords of the paladines, and after being forced to the window, Elle subconsciously made a choice, the choice to escape......

Why run away?

Running through the deserted alleys, Ellie's mind turned with difficulty, and the scene of that day four years ago came to mind.

On that day, Stiller's army approached the city, and although the hands of the soldiers in the city were still firm, Ellie could see that they had lost their fighting spirit in their eyes.

Why is this happening? Ellie bit her lip, from the beginning of the war, bad news came one after another, and when General Loren returned to the city with the remnants of less than a thousand men in disarray a few days ago, Ellie already had an ominous premonition - we, the people of Eliestria, were going to lose this war?

Despite the dissuasion of her attendants, the young Ellie stubbornly climbed to the top of the city, and at that moment, the sound of the tsunami from the pavement drowned Ellie, and it took a moment for the dizzy Ellie to break free from the atmosphere that seemed to tremble even the air, and she looked to see that under the majestic city that she had thought would never be breached, Stiller's army was already in place.

The warrior's armor was bright, the loud chant shook the mountains and seas, and the milky white light swirled around them, and Ellie knew that it was the power of divine magic, a power that had been lost on this continent for nearly a thousand years.

"The mountains and rivers are magnificent!"

"Glory endures!"

"Mighty warrior!"

"Long live, our eternal Lord!"

In the loud chant, Ellie unconsciously clenched the sword in her hand, perhaps, we will eventually lose, but the people of Elystrid will fight until the last moment.

At least then, Elle was so convinced, but ......

Ellie's eyes lit up and she woke up from her memories.

Ahead, there is a lively and crowded street, and it turns out that before I know it, I have passed through an alley that I don't know how long.

Looking at the bustling crowd, Ellie was a little stunned.

After all, I just ...... That's right, to get out of a raid by a heavily armed paladin squad, such a thing, if it happened to an ordinary adventurer, would probably be enough for that guy to brag about it in the tavern for a while.

But the problem is, ...... yourself But a high-level professional who has comprehended the power of power! On the Aaron Continent, a martial artist like himself is already fully qualified to be honored as a master, and no matter where he goes, he is qualified to be regarded as a guest, such a person, even if those ordinary holy warriors have the ability to cast low-level divine arts, what is the use.

"Yes, I ...... now" Elle lowered her head and muttered to herself: "I have comprehended the power, perfected the sword dance, and the weapon that Miss helped enchant, and the magical leather armor that can change the appearance is completely different from the past, but the most important thing is ......"

"The most important thing is that I ...... now" Walking in the flow of people, Ellie's hand pressed on the waist of the leather armor: "I won't run away anymore!"

“Oculos！”

With a short syllable, no one noticed that under the hood of a woman walking with her head down, her face quietly changed.

......

Thousands of miles away, in the royal capital of Xiya, in the White Spring Palace on the top of the mountain.

"Which is more important, a brilliant general or a low-ranking priest?" asked the silver-haired young girl, looking at the young prime minister opposite.

"You can't compare it that way. Trivelian's face was still a little pale after returning from injury: "The results of the Northland War have fully proved the effect of large-scale divine magic in war, a simple blessing technique (Bless) can cause earth-shaking changes in the battle situation, but the wise general still has a vital control over the development of the war situation......

Enid has also read the war reports in the north in the past few years, four years ago, when the Church of Eternal Night in the Kingdom of Stiller attacked the Kingdom of Thoreau, they only sent 3,000 Knights of the Holy Sword and a priest regiment, and their opponent was General Loren, a famous general in the North, led an army of 30,000.

Ten times the difference in strength, the military swordsmanship that has been passed down from the ancestors, the famous Dark Elf swordsman regiment in the North, no one thinks Loren will lose, however......

At that time, thinking that the low-level priest group of no more than 100 people was the center, the milky white brilliance instantly covered the entire knight order, and then the three thousand holy warriors sang the hymn and launched a charge towards Loren's military formation.

It's too fast.

The front line was defeated too quickly.

Loren didn't expect that an infantry could have such speed and impact comparable to heavy cavalry, so that before he even had time to send out the reserves, the silver torrent was wrapped in the defeated army, and within ten minutes, the Chinese army was also chiseled through, looking at a chaotic and completely disorderly battlefield, Loren chose to retreat.

"I just want to ask, with the same number of people and the level of armament, can you beat the army in the north?" the little girl insisted: "You are not Loren four years ago now, and there is no situation where you are caught off guard without knowing the opponent's combat effectiveness. ”

"It's too vague, there are many other elements on the battlefield......"

"Don't shy away from my question!" said Enid, grimacing.

The breeze was blowing, the sunset was silent in the back garden, and the sound of the palace musicians was low.

His Royal Highness looked at the two who were about to quarrel without saying a word, and he didn't know how to play a round.

Taking a deep breath, the prime minister looked directly at the young girl opposite: "Frankly speaking, in the face of that behemoth in the north, whether it is at the high-end level or at the basic level, our chips are far inferior to each other. If...... In the event of a war, we should not have the luxury of winning in the first place, and our goal is to drag the war until Sophie is able to intervene, or to figure out what the other side wants. ”

"Is war a continuation of politics...... "Enid muttered to herself, looking up at the Prime Minister, "have you figured out what the Church of the Eternal Night wants?"

"To those religious madmen......," Trivelian did not reply, but Revon continued, "Do you need a reason to crusade against the infidels? ”

"Is that so?" the little girl thought back to the information from the former kingdom of Clay, now the diocese of Clay. If this is the case, then why did the Kingdom of Clay surrender without a fight? What is the reason for the continued existence of the Warrior Monks of the Unhindered Path? You know, for these warrior monks, converting is something more difficult to do than letting them die.

"Great~Your Excellency. The Prime Minister said with a cold face, "I think that instead of focusing on these things that we can't change, we should try to increase our chips at this time, which is the most important thing, isn't it?"

"Tsk~" It was infighting again, and the little girl smacked her lips a little unhappily: "Haven't I already stood on your side, what else do you want me to do?

"There is no point in making such a private statement. "I have a plan," Trevelyan said, "I have a plan......