After a long time, the Pope sighed and said, "How can I trust you?"

Without waiting for Pan Long to answer, she continued: "With your identity, you must know all the embarrassing things I did back then—I was so dazzled by that scumbag that I was full of thoughts about seeking immortality and staying with him. I'm not afraid of your jokes, that's what I really thought back then. Even if I was from a low background and didn't even have a formal citizenship and could only be an underground mistress, I was willing. ”

Pan Long sighed: "There is more than one example like you. That scum deceived several people back then. You're not even the worst cheated by him. ”

The beautiful face of the female pope showed a self-deprecating smile, and she looked more and more sad: "It turns out that I am not the worst?

"The worst one? The scumbag old earl has no money for sorcery research, so he goes to the fishman who lives underwater, and wants the fishman to give him the wealth salvaged from the shipwreck under the sea. Leave aside the egregious deals they made - nothing more than blood, sacrifices, killings, and deaths, that's it. Later, his appetite grew, and the fishmen asked him to find a queen for them......"

"I kind of get it. The Pope sighed, "That woman is indeed worse than me." At least I'm free, and at least I don't have to be a fish-man's fertility machine. ”

After sighing for the victim of the same disease, she asked, "So, are you going to talk to that woman too?"

Pan Long shook his head: "I don't want to disturb her." Now she is a real fish-man queen, and the suffering of the past has turned into food for her growth. At present, the development of the town does not require the establishment of a port for the time being. As long as the residents don't go to the other side of the bay, everyone can be safe. ”

"What about the future?" asked the Pope, "that the town of Hamlet will need a port sooner or later. If you want to build a port, you have to find a way to solve the problem of fishmen. ”

"As long as the fish people don't come to the beach, in fact, everyone can still get along with each other. Pan Long said, "The most troublesome thing on the other side of the bay is not actually them, but a group of pirates who were killed by the old earl." They became ghost ships, cruising the bay all day long, sometimes going ashore in search of prey on the seashore. It doesn't make sense with these guys, I'm probably going to get rid of them. ”

The Pope did not ask the question of "how to eliminate", in her opinion, a person who could understand from the oracle the secrets that happened in Hamlet Town must be the top of the church, and maybe even the kind of vicar who walked on the earth with the oracle in the legend—this she had vaguely felt when she first met Pan Long.

This person just stood there casually, not seeing the slightest intention of turning his face and making a move, but he put extremely heavy pressure on her.

The invisible pressure was like a big rock, pressing on her body, making it difficult for her to even stand up straight, let alone turn her face and move.

She had no doubt that if she chose to fight the other party, she might not even be able to wait for her own sect members to come to support, and she would be killed by the other party and completely wiped out.

Moreover, she also felt that even if she gathered all the sect members and joined forces, it would be nothing more than to be able to cause some minor trouble to the god's agent, and in the end, she would still be completely annihilated by him.

As her own, she felt that neither the ghost ship nor the fish-man could be the opponent of this divine agent.

Even...... She guessed that maybe the agent didn't need her or anyone else's help if he wanted to deal with the scumbag old earl. The other party did this out of his kind nature, and he wanted to pull them out of the abyss.

For this, she has nothing but gratitude.

Although she has long since fallen into darkness and even turned into a monster, the female pope has not completely lost her mind like some of the congregation. She still retains a lot of memories and emotions from when she was a living person, and still dreams of one day being able to transform back into human form, walk in the sun with dignity, and even restore the sect with the congregation, and regain the lost beauty.

All this used to be just a luxury, but now, it seems that there is a glimmer of hope.

A little hope was enough for her. Enough for her to bet everything on her again, to make the last big gamble in her life.

If you lose the bet again this time, you will probably be in ashes. But what is there to be afraid of? Is it still of great significance for her to live and die like this?

If you win......

Her chest heaved violently several times before finally speaking her decision.

"Your suggestion is good, I accept it. ”

Pan Long smiled and nodded, such a result was not unexpected by him.

"Now that you've accepted my advice, I want you and your men to lie dormant for a few months—is that any damage to you?"

"You are the one who knows everything, and I can't hide anything. Going underground isn't a loss for us, but my cultists and I are monsters now, and we need to regularly suck human life and blood to keep us alive. Otherwise, we will gradually weaken and eventually fall into a deep sleep and never wake up again. ”

"That's not a problem, there are more than enough humans in this wilderness for you to hunt. Pan Long said nonchalantly, "Aren't those robbers who are no longer in their normal minds just walking food for you?"

The Pope looked at him in amazement, not expecting him to answer like this.

Pan Long smiled: "Why are you surprised? Do you think I should sympathize with a group of robbers who live by looting and killing?"

"We ...... No kinder than a robber. ”

"But you have worked for me. Pan Long said frankly, "Moreover, you who have suffered have the possibility of reforming themselves." ”

A frightening golden light flashed in his eyes, and his voice became low: "Of course, there is one thing I want to explain in advance. Even if the old earl is eliminated in the future, only those who maintain their sanity and are willing to reform themselves will survive. Those who have completely lost their minds, or those who choose to continue to do evil despite their sanity, are within the scope of my crusade. ”

His tone was a little cold: "I don't care to deceive you, so I'll tell you this now." If you don't want to accept that outcome, you can challenge me now, or wait for me to leave and run away with the congregation. ”

"I'd welcome the former. In the case of the latter, when I have eliminated the old Earl and cleared the troublemakers near Hamlet, I will go after you. ”

He looked at the female pope solemnly, and the coercion emanating from her body became more and more huge: "Unless you live in seclusion from now on and don't come out to harm people, there will always be a day when I find you!"

The Pope was not surprised by what Pan Long said, nor did she feel the slightest sense of being deceived—she had long understood that the agents of the gods would never compromise with evil.

The only way to get the other person's forgiveness is to sincerely repent and resolutely correct it. There is no other way.

The other party chose to explain everything in advance, but it gave her a sense of satisfaction of being respected-she had been deceived by the old earl once, and she was very sensitive to the problem of deception.

If she could choose between death and being deceived, she would not hesitate to choose the former.

Anyway...... Now she has nothing to lose. Even if it is death, there is nothing to be afraid of, it is nothing more than eternal sleep.

Able to sleep peacefully, probably ...... There's nothing wrong with that.

Pan Long couldn't read her heart, but he could see that the female pope didn't want to do it with herself.

That's good, he's satisfied.

Sure enough, after a while, the female pope said that she fully accepted his request.

After a little discussion of the details, he took his leave, and returned to Hamlet, just in time to use the remaining hours to catch up on sleep.

In the middle of the night in the forest, the Pope summoned the congregation and announced her plan.

She didn't explain the full content of the plan - many of the cultists had already transformed into complete monsters, and it was impossible to expect these monsters to cooperate with humans, and even help humans fight against other monsters.

Her statement is that she sensed the presence of a powerful divine force on the side of Hamlet Town, and decided to take everyone to avoid it first, waiting for the power to merge with the old earl.

For those cultists, although most of them were not killed by the old earl's own hands, they died under the old earl's orders, in fact, it was almost the same. They all hated the old earl with bitter teeth, and longed to die with that scumbag.

When they heard that a strong man had come to Hamlet, and that the strong man was likely to be at war with the old earl, they immediately agreed.

Hide for a while, wait a while, and wait until the two sides are in flames, and then come out to see the excitement.

At the very least, to see the moment when the old earl is destroyed.

Of course, if the strong man doesn't give enough to beat the old earl, they don't mind taking matters into their own hands and helping the old earl - as the saying goes, people are inherently dead, and the scum needs some extra help.

As for whether or not to fight with the strong man again after helping the old earl "inherently die", it is a very insignificant matter.

For this group of women, or the women who used to be, revenge is the most important thing in the world, and everything else can be relegated.

...... And for Pan Long, there are really a lot of things he has to do.

In the following days, Pan Long was busy in the woods. It was as if he had transformed into a large construction machine, uprooting trees on both sides of the road. The trees were tall and short, thick and thin, but even the thickest and tallest, the kind that required two people to hug the trunk completely, he could pull it up and throw it on the ground with a bang, shaking the earth a few times, like a miniature earthquake.

The townspeople of Hamlet have been completely converted into carpenters and transporters, but even with the adventurers, his transport capacity is still far from enough.

Pan Long didn't mind, the first step in his plan was to widen the road. As for whether the road can be repaired in time after it is widened, it is not a big problem.

For the residents of Hamlet and beyond, the most important thing is to see hope and change. As long as the change is big enough, the hope is big enough. And hope is big enough, they will work hard, to work, to create more changes, this town that has been ravaged by demons for more than 100 years, can usher in a real new life.

After about a month of busyness, Pan Long finally succeeded in opening up the entire forest.

He himself did not know how many trees he had uprooted, but looking in the direction of the forest from the peak where the town of Hamlet was located, he could see a wide road that stretched straight into the distance, through the forest, and disappeared into the wilderness ahead.

The wilderness is not large, and in the past few tens of miles, there are towns and villages in the outside.

The next thing to do is, of course, to establish a stronghold in the forest, so that the soldiers can take turns to be on duty to provide supplies and security for the merchants who go to Hamlet Town.

Pan Long consulted with Count Hamlet and decided to establish a stronghold about fifteen kilometers from the town.

The average caravan would travel 15 to 20 kilometers a day, and if they gave up their baggage and hurried with all their might, ordinary people could often travel 40 kilometers or more in a day.

The distance of 15 kilometers is probably a situation where if you rush with all your strength, it only takes half a day to get there.

At this distance, once the people in the stronghold noticed that there was a problem and lit the wolf smoke to give the alarm, the soldiers in the town immediately gathered and set off, and they could arrive on the same day.

Of course, if the problem is discovered in the evening...... Sorry, there's no one here in the evening.

The stronghold was not used all day, and soldiers were only on duty after 10 a.m. and before 4 p.m.

This is, of course, to protect the soldiers, so that they can leave in the morning and return in the evening, always moving during the day.

Although the people of Hamlet have not seen a sunny day in the true sense of the word for a long time, day and night are different after all.

It's safer and more reassuring during the day.

When the negotiation is right, the construction begins.

Under the arrangement of Count Hamlet, the carpenters first went to the forest to select the location where they planned to build a stronghold, then surveyed the terrain, made notes, and when they returned, they began to make all kinds of wood that might be used in the town.

Working in the forest is dangerous, and while it is unavoidable, it is better to have less, of course, less.

They made the timber into the shape needed to build the stronghold, prepared the mud and clay in advance, and when everything was ready, they were protected by Pan Long, carrying a large amount of materials, and rushed to the base to select the site.

Then, in just three days, a fairly strong stronghold was built.

The stronghold has three floors, with a watchtower on the top floor, which also serves as a beacon.

The second layer is the battle layer, where soldiers can block the ground floor and fight if necessary. If the combat situation is not good, evacuate by rope ladder.

The ground floor is the living floor, and there is also a cellar that acts as a warehouse.

This stronghold is enough for twenty soldiers to live and live, and for the robbers in this forest, such a force is enough to deterrent.

Though...... In the past few years, the robbers seemed to have disappeared, and they hadn't appeared for a long time......