Even in the summer, the snow on the Helmes Plateau did not melt much.

Mayn stood at the top of the tower of heaven looking out into the distance, and there were only two colors in the field outside the city wall - green grass and white snow staggered each other, like the scars left by the earth after the battle of the evil moon.This climate cannot grow any crops, so all the food needed for the new holy city has to be brought up from the foot of the plateau, that is, in the old holy city, by a car.

Having spent more than a decade at Helmes, he was used to the ubiquitous cold.

“Are there only two of us this time?”Tefron pushed the door in, "Is it okay if the meeting is not held in the secret room?"

“Do you like to hang out in that small room?”

"No... of course not," said the old bishop, touching his white beard, "if Heather had not hung the precepts on his lips, I would have exchanged information here every time."Even when she bluffed, I could at least enjoy the view of the holy city.And...” He said with a smile, “I didn’t expect people like her to be on time, this time it would be overdue?”

"Maybe she's got something tough," Mayne sat down at the table, "and maybe she's on the way."

“Perhaps...” said Tiffany, “you really shouldn’t help her find a reason, anyone should say what she has to say, that’s what she often says.”Even if you are in trouble, you should report to us first.She is not alone in the Yongdong royal capital, sent a messenger just to shoot the finger."

"Don't worry about her," Mayne pushed three papers to Teferon. "We're in trouble."

“The trouble?”The latter shuddered, sat down across the round table, spread out the paper, "It's all bad news?"

"Yes," he said, taking a deep breath, "it can't be worse."

Teferon put away his smile and began to look at the first secret letter, "...the spread of the evil epidemic has been stopped, and the whereabouts of the faceless are unknown."“Wait, what is the evil?”

“You don’t need to know much about the latest research in the Privy Council, which can be understood as a rapidly spreading disease,” Mayne explained.In fact, according to the master of the ravens eye, it is a miniature evil beast, which has produced a mutation specifically for the human body after special cultivation, and the Holy Spirit that restrains it is also an evil beast, but the body shape is even smaller.“The source of the disease cannot be directly observed with the eyes, there is no cure for conventional means, and only one person can stop the spread of the evil epidemic.”

“The witch?”Teferon soon thought of the answer.

“More than one.”He whispered.

After reading the letter, the old bishop smashed a fist on the table, "What is this fool doing?"Let the rats go to the siege of the mercenaries, but also fill in the faceless ones?Does he know how important this man is?”

"His thinking is not wrong," said Mayne, frowned, "if the letter does not tell you the number of people, a thousand rats are enough to eat the other party's hundreds of mercenaries."However, the other side seems to have a powerful long-range crossbarrow that can be continuously launched.To this I may remember that the Tyrolean priest, who was stationed in the long-gomental fortress, also mentioned that the Duke of Lane had lost to a group of miners because the other bow was extremely strong.Although wearing a heavy armored shield can greatly reduce the harm, but the mouse does not have such equipment.”

“Even if he uses those stubbles, he should not easily send out faceless people!”Teferen exasperated, "Now that Heather is back, I am afraid that she will be angry, and she can grow into a pure witch, and it is not a very rare ability, and it is extremely labor-intensive to cultivate."In a sense, they are more precious than the army of God.”

“But the ultimate goal, whether it is a witch or a divine army, is to destroy the enemy and win.”Mayn said slowly, “It is inevitable that there will be losses in the process of use.”

“Do you want to keep the priest?”

"Don't forget the law of the church," Mayne said, "only the result is a thing that the nobles love to do."Although Pfeiffer failed miserably, his starting point and plan did not have much problem, but the enemy was stronger.He will, of course, be punished, but the specific penalties need to be further considered.”

"But Heather doesn't think so," said Tefron, shaking his head and opening the second letter, "and don't forget that she is responsible for the arbitration of the church."

"I'll explain it to her."

Soon, the old bishop turned over the paper in his hand and dared not believe it: "Tifekenko's militia forces attacked the long song fortress church, and then killed the messengers clean."Is he crazy?”

The contents of the second letter actually came from two aspects, one is to stop the report of Pero, one is the information of the local believers, on the whole, there is indeed a militia from the west border who attacked the fortress and plundered the church.Not only do they take the crazy pill themselves, but they also aim for the medicine stored in the church... so the first point of judgment is not to go wrong, this team is either from the new king Tiffico, or from the Queen of Bishui, Garcia.In contrast, the former is obviously more likely.

As for the latter point, Mayne always felt that something strange, if according to Perot's report, the other side immediately withdrew from the fortress after burning the church, I don't know where, how to intercept the members of the messenger group?At this time, the mission should have arrived in the border town, and the two could not meet at all.

When he saw Mayne, Teferon soon realized this, and he took up the first letter and read it again, and the wrinkles on his forehead piled up into a ravine, “... will Roland Wimbledon, after removing the messengers, push all this to his brother, Tifeko Wimbledon?”

"We may surmise," said the archbishop, after a moment's silence, "and Roland intended to get this cheap population, so he assigned witches to cure the evil deceit and sent all the fugitives back to the West."Before that, in order to avoid being noticed by the messengers that he was raising witches, he sent knights to raid the messenger camp, so that they could not even release the pigeons, and then put the blame on the fortress attackers.After all, the agent Pero was on the back of Roland, and it was only natural to help him falsify.Of course ... all this is speculation that the disappearance of the group is too suspicious, and we are not in the energy to send another group of emissaries now.”

"In that case, we should immediately send troops to punish his arrogant journey," said Tewlen coldly, "even if the Messengers had nothing to do with him, these witches who went to the West would be worth cleaning up."

Mayne did not respond, but pointed to the third letter, "You still read the last letter."

Teferon looked at him incredulously and spread out the paper.Soon, his hands trembled, and at last he could hardly hold the thin paper, "a large number of witches appeared in the fjord, and destroyed all the churches."That letter is...”

“From the Gulf of China, and the last church that has been broken,” Mayne closed her eyes and leaned back in a chair, suddenly filled with tiredness in his tone. “The fjord could not have sprouted a large number of witches without warning, only one possibility, they had migrated from the mainland.”And the letter also mentions the transcendent—it is clearly stated in the law of the Church that once traces of extraordinary witch activities are found, priority must be given to the punishment of the divine army to arrest.But the fjord islands are too far away, and now when the wolf heart battlefield is in the heat, he has no time to take into account the affairs of the other side of the strait.

“Would you like to ask the Pope?”Tefern asked.

“...” Mayn shook his head slightly, and pressed down the incompetent feeling of powerlessness in his heart, which may be the test of the church by the gods, and only the thorns can see the truth of the gods, and he opened his eyes and regained his peace again.

“Are you going to the fjord?”The old bishop looked at me.

“I will lead the hundred remnants left behind by the chastisement of the army and the pure, to sweep the west of the Grey Forts, and to find another opportunity against the fjord witch.”

“The law says—”

Mayne interrupted, “It was in the case of the extraordinary people of the four kingdoms, who are now far from the sea and have little effect on our plans.Don’t forget that in the end, we want to get more land and population and continue to expand the scale of God’s punishment army.It is evident that the four princes of the Grey Fort have been more obstructed to us.”

“But...” Just as Tefron was trying to rebut, there was a hasty sound of footsteps outside the ring room, and the two of them looked at the door.

When the door was touched, a godman rushed in in a panic, “Not good, Monseigneur, it’s not good!”

“Calm down!”Mayne said, "Something's going on, say it slowly."

"There was an urgent information from the entourage of Lord Heather, a huge fleet landed on the shores of the Kingdom of Yongwinter, and a large number of enemies were besieging the royal capital, and the situation was in jeopardy.The other's sea vessels are uniformly hung with black sails, and the flag on the mast is the crown flag of the green bottom sailing ship."The god's face seemed very anxious, "When the news was sent out, the two gates had been missed, and Lord Heather was leading the believers to resist, but the number of enemies was large, and crazy pills were also used!"

“What?”Mayne couldn’t believe his ears for a moment.Black sails, sailboat crown pattern...

The enemy is the Queen of Bishui's black sail fleet!(Unfinished.)