One by one, the descendants of the servants of the gods lay on the ground, reverently meditating in their hearts.

Such sacrificial prayers have been going on since the day they became sensible, and although there has been no response for decades or hundreds of years, they believe that one day, their Lord God will awaken and return again.

Led by the priestess Nabel, the people prayed devoutly, and soon the monthly affair was coming to an end.

And just when the descendants of the gods opened their eyes and were about to get up after praying, the next moment everyone was stunned.

"Holy ...... The relics are glowing! ”

The holy relic, which had never exhibited anything abnormal, had undergone an unprecedented change at this moment.

A little light shone around the hallows veil.

Airplanes!

As the light became more and more abundant, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the field, and a halo of light appeared on the holy relic staff, and it rippled like a wave!

"The Lord God has awakened and returned! Our Angelina is back!"

As the only priestess in the field at this time, the moment she saw the halo on this staff, Nabel's face showed unprecedented surprise.

She immediately whispered to the descendants of the Divine Servants who were kneeling on the ground in a daze!

"What! Lord God...... Returned? ”

Hearing Nabel's words, several descendants of the nearby Divine Servants were full of shock, as if they were in a dream.

Their Lord God had been gone for an unknown number of years, and they did not expect to be able to witness the Lord God return.

Airplanes!

And just as the natives gradually began to glow with endless surprises, there was a buzz in the field again.

Then there was a buzz, but the shining staff dimmed again and returned to its original form.

"This ......"

"Priest Nabel, what's going on? Didn't the Lord God awaken and return? ”

"It's awakened! The Lord Priest once said that countless years ago, when the glory of the Lord God was still there, all the items in the temple had their own light! ”

"Especially the holy vessels used by the Lord God! It's all with divine power! Full of sacredness! ”

"It was only later that the main god fell, and these holy weapons lost their brilliance!"

"However, the presiding priest has said that one day when the Lord God returns again, then these holy relics will shine again!"

Nabel is worthy of being a priestess, although she is not strong, but she has everything in mind about the Lord God.

The staff suddenly emitted a holy light, and she knew it must be a sign of the awakening of the Lord God.

As for why the staff's light would be extinguished again, Nabel thought for a moment, thought of a possibility, and immediately whispered to everyone to reassure them.

"The main god has just woken up, and his strength has not fully recovered! If you want the Lord God to fully awaken and return! We need to continue to pray to the Lord God with all our hearts! ”

"Yes, the priest has a point! It must be like this! ”

With Nabel's explanation, the descendants of the divine servants in front of him instantly understood, and then began to echo with a look of affirmation.

They are all looking forward to it in their hearts, hoping that their main god will wake up, then they, the descendants of the divine servants, will no longer be afraid of invaders.

"Priest, shall we continue to pray to Lord Angelina? In this way, the Lord Angelina will wake up sooner! ”

A group of descendants of the Divine Servant with a fiery heart immediately looked at Nabel, and as soon as she nodded, they would close their eyes and begin to pray.

"Nope! We've prayed once today, and Angelina has already responded, but the Lord God is so powerful that it will definitely take some time to fully wake up, so we don't have to rush too much! ”

Nabel also wanted to pray continuously to awaken the Lord God as soon as possible.

But as a priest, she knew that the Lord God was the supreme being, and if she could awaken immediately, she would definitely be able to do it.

However, the staff's light continued to extinguish after a few moments, indicating that the Lord Angelina was definitely still in the process of awakening.

Now the continuous prayer to the main god Angelina may also affect the awakening of the main god.

What's more, the invaders of St. Ann's City will certainly not allow them to do so, as the guards who were in charge of guarding them have already seen the condition of the staff.

The intruder's manager will definitely come over to stop such a thing, so they need to try to keep it as it is so that the intruder doesn't see anything wrong.

"Wait a while, you all honestly obey the intruder's arrangement, we can't let the Lord Angelina wake up and have any accidents!"

Now whether the Lord God can be revived or not, this staff is the key, if the intruder knows the situation, if he destroys the staff, then they will be the sinners of their own people.

Nabel figured everything out and immediately explained to the descendants of the divine servants, especially the leader of Kenchel, this guy belongs to the bull's temper.

Although he was captured during this time, he was always unconvinced, but fortunately, he kept persuading, which was temporarily suppressed.

"Yes, Priest Nabel!"

When Kenchel knew that the goddess was about to recover, he saw the hope of regaining his freedom, and immediately agreed.

"Priest Nabel, what's going on here?"

At this time, Caroline and Lolita arrived in front of the temple under the escort of a group of Sea Clan's elite guards.

The staff had shone earlier, and the guards had informed them.

"Hello, Miss Caroline, the relict has just shone on its own! This is the scene where the holy relics automatically absorb the power of our devout faith, and they appear every once in a while! ”

Nabel bowed respectfully to Caroline, then explained.

"The power of faith? Does it come up every once in a while? ”

Caroline didn't know much about this, and was a little skeptical when she heard Nabel's explanation.

And because the place of prayer was in the square, the scene was noisy, and the guards were standing in the distance to help the natives maintain order, so they didn't hear the whispered discussion of Nabel and the others before.

"In that case, Priest Nabel, your sacrifice for the month has been completed, and you now need to go to work! I need to put this staff away, too! ”

Caroline first glanced at Lolita, who also shook her head at her, indicating that she didn't know.

So Caroline opened her mouth to clear the natives and let them go back to work.

"Okay! Miss Carolyn! ”

Nabel did not object, and the more critical the moment, the more she had to calm down.

Then a group of natives went to the Jinjing Mine Cave in the west of the city under the escort of Laurie and others.

"Lolita, don't you know why this staff glows!"

With the staff in her hand, Caroline led Lolita towards the small building behind the temple.

"Sister Caroline, I don't know much about the natives of Godfall!"

Lolita nodded in reply.

"However, I don't think the priestess's explanation is necessarily credible!"

Lolita paused.

"Hmmm! We have to send someone to inform Gervais about this, and we will strengthen the care of those natives during this time! ”

Caroline nodded in agreement.

Then the two of them took their staffs and sent them to the sacred tree in the garden of Xiaolou again.

And when the two of them put down the staff and left, the already dim staff hummed again.

Then, a lot of white points of light appeared on the staff, slowly converging towards the sacred tree

"Huh! What is it? ”

WALL-E was playing among the branches of the sacred tree, hovering curiously in the air when he saw the points of light appear.

After four or five seconds, all the white points of light merged into the sacred tree, and then the garden fell silent again, except for Vali's face full of confusion.

……

Gervais didn't know that the sacred tree and staff in his city were in a strange situation.

Early the next morning, he had one of the Sea Clan captains escort the captured 2,800 natives with 300 Sea Clan soldiers towards St. Ann's City.

At the same time, they were also asked to bring back a pair of metal bracers from the holy relics seized from this Holy Leaf City, as well as more than 100 seriously injured wounded.

Since the road in the rear leads directly to St. Ann's, Gervais is not worried about what will happen to them on the road.

After escorting the captive team away, Gervais left only a hundred Sea Clan as the force to protect the Holy Leaf City, and once again led the team towards the next city.

Because of the siege battle of the Holy Leaf City, Gervais found that his seemingly weak strength was actually no worse than other holy cities in terms of siege.

Destroy the enemy's defending bed crossbows with ranged attacks, and then use mage fire to suppress the opponent's longbowmen.

And he still has thousands of Sea Clan soldiers under his command, so he doesn't have to worry about the moat outside the city at all, so he doesn't have to invest a lot of manpower to risk the battle to fill the river.

What's more, he also has fifty Swift Dragonbirds as air power.

In the battle to capture the Holy Leaf City, Gervais chose to let the Rapid Dragon Bird rest in the rear.

But as long as he encounters a difficult bone to gnaw, Gervais will let Long Yi and others ride on it, and then come to an all-round three-army coordinated operation to attack the city.

"Let's go!"

Seeing that the city gate had been closed, Gervais gave an order, and more than 5,000 people embarked on the journey again.

……

Two days later, outside a small city, Gervais frowned at the open gate.

"Your Majesty, we have already patrolled the city on the Rapid Dragon Bird, and there is indeed no native!"

Ike jumped off the Swift Dragonbird and reported to Gervais.

"It's strange that such a large city is empty, and there are not even divine servant guards, and the natives are really willing to give it to us like this?"

After listening to Ike's report, Gervais was thoughtful.

They had arrived ten minutes earlier in the city of St. Ni.

When they were twenty miles away from Saint-Nicis City, the reconnaissance team sent by Gervais actually returned to report that there was no one in Saint-Nicus City.

Not to mention civilians, not even the Divine Servants Guard in charge of guarding them.

Empty streets, unguarded walls, and completely open cities.

This kind of report made Gervais start to wonder, could it be the famous empty city plan in his previous life?

Immediately, Gervais ordered to stay twenty miles away for the morning, and the Rapid Dragonbird began to scout inside and outside the city.

After a morning of exploration and confirmation that there was no trace of the enemy in ambush, Gervais led the team to the front of the city of Saint-Ni.

"Gervais, could it be that these natives know that they can't be defeated, so they've already evacuated?"

Gandalf interjected beside Gervais at this point.

"It's not impossible!"

Gervais nodded, and it seemed that only this explanation was plausible at the moment.

It was not only Gervais who was attacking now, but the Holy City forces of the entire Holy Alliance.

So, if the natives were to shrink their defenses again, it would be possible.

After all, in such a small city, it is easy to be broken by two or three thousand soldiers and horses.

"Let's go, let's go into the city and search again!"

Gervais had this idea, but in order to be sure, he was still going to send someone to carefully conduct a carpet search in the city.

And the Rapid Dragon Bird also continued to patrol the area of dozens of miles outside the city, lest this be a ploy by the natives to lure the enemy deeper.

……

A team of 5,000 men searched the city for two hours, and finally determined that it was an empty city with no people.

"Ike, give the order to everyone rest in the city tonight! We'll continue to dive deeper tomorrow! ”

Gervais's original plan was to capture two cities and hold them, but now that such a good thing has happened, he naturally won't stand still.

He didn't care if there were enough men to defend the city he had captured in the future, but he went as deep as he could now.

Because, if the natives really abandon the cities, then if the action is slow, it is likely that these cities will be cheaper than others.

"Yes! Your Majesty! ”

Ike immediately received the order and walked out of the temple to begin delivering Gervais's orders.

……

After a night of repairing in the city of Saint-Nis, Gervais and his party set off again the next morning.

This time, Gervais left only ten Sea Clans stationed in the city of Saint-Ni.

Gervais wasn't sure how many more cities would be empty, and if he had to divide too many troops in the face of three or two, it would be uncomfortable to meet the enemy.

The strength is already strong, and if you divide the troops, I am afraid that you will be very happy and sad.

In this way, Gervais left behind ten men and the gates of the city of Saint-Nis, and then continued on the road with the party.

As we moved deeper into the hinterland of the indigenous sphere of influence, the distance between the cities gradually decreased.

Just a day later, Gervais again encountered a city that had been emptied.

But even if there was a precedent, Gervais did not dare to let his guard down and swagger into the city.

Instead, he searched outside the city again for several hours before entering the city.

"There are good things every year, but I didn't expect that there are so many this year!"

Gervais stood on the walls of the city called the city of Saints, and Gervais was finally sure that these cities were abandoned by the natives on their own initiative.

Nowadays, these cities are like cabbage on the side of the road, first come, first served, and it is not too easy.

"Your Majesty, the team has been assembled and is ready to set off at any time!"

At this moment, Ike quickly came to Gervais's side.

"Well, that's good! Let's go now! If you have a slow hand, it's gone! ”

Since there were cities to pick up along the way, and making sure that this was not some kind of conspiracy of the natives, Gervais was ready to speed up.

Because the rapid dragon bird in charge of reconnaissance has already reported that there is a medium-sized city more than a hundred miles away, and people are also going to the city.

Gervais is now conquering small cities, and he is really a bit greedy for medium-sized cities that can accommodate more than 100,000 people.

With that, Gervais walked towards the staircase of the city wall.