Holy city.


    The bottom prison of arbitration Bureau.


    Edwards sits on a wooden chair with a wooden table in front of him. His hands and feet are wearing heavy iron chains, on which unique magic is applied. There are five powerful Holy Knights standing around, and outside is a heavily guarded separate passage.


    It can be said that Edwards is locked up here and can''t fly.


    But he was not flustered at all. Instead, he turned over an ancient book with yellow cover and looked at the story silently.


    At this time, the iron door of the detention room was opened, and Pope John came in from the outside. He sat down on the chair in front of Edwards and looked at Edwards reading through the wooden table.


    The knight raised his right hand and put it on his chest to salute him respectfully.


    “……”


    After a moment''s silence, John knocked on the table with his hand and made a "thump" sound. He liberated Edwards from the sea of thoughts and slowly looked up at John.


    John asked slowly, "Edward, can you tell me why you''re doing this?"


    Edward put down his book: "I have said that faith is broken. I don''t believe in God any more. I just want to destroy them."


    "Nonsense


    "I don''t know you yet?"


    "Anyone in this room may betray their faith, but you can''t!"


    John looked straight at Edwards with a serious face, but his tone was slightly relaxed. He asked, "tell me, old friend, what''s the matter with you? Is someone forcing you?"


    "No," Edwards said, shaking his head


    John frowned. "If not, you''ll have to be executed. Are you sure?"


    “……”


    Edwards said he was acquiescent.


    John sighed, looked around and asked, "what about your daughter Effie?"


    Hearing his daughter''s name, Edwards shivered slightly, but recovered quickly and said slowly, "I''m sorry for her."


    John was silent for a moment. He suddenly waved to all the guards to go out and said, "close the door tightly and use the silent magic. No one is allowed to come in or eavesdrop on our conversation without my command. The violator is in the death penalty."


    The Knights obeyed, "yes! Your holiness


    Soon, when the prison was empty, there were only two good friends who had known each other for many years. They were loyal to the order since childhood, and they were also good brothers who grew up in the same pants.


    "Can you tell me now?" John asked


    Edward sighed: "I''ve said it many times. It''s just like this. You can''t help it if you don''t believe me."


    John frowned, put his hands on the wooden table, tapped it slowly, and said, "Edward, do you remember when I was canonized as Pope?"


    “……”


    "It is clear that the best candidate is you, all believers are willing to recommend you, and the gods favor you, but you choose to give up and give me the position of Pope."


    “……”


    "So I would like to ask, if you want to destroy this city, why didn''t you become a pope, but an archbishop? If you had become Pope, wouldn''t you have succeeded in what happened these days? No one can stop you! "


    When John talked about it, Edwards knew that it was really suspicious, but he didn''t waver at all. He just said casually, "I''m old and have different ideas. I didn''t think so much about it at the beginning, but now I have ideas, but I don''t have the ability."


    After hearing this, John clenched his hands, hammered at the table with a dull thud, then stood up and yelled, "Edward!"


    "Do you really want to be burned?"


    "Don''t you think for your daughter, for kuura, or for me?"


    "We are brothers! Grew up in the holy city! Eat the same food every day! Same prayer! All these years we have gone through ups and downs to get to our present position! "


    "Are you really willing to do nothing, say nothing and just give up?"


    "Even if you tell lies, I can plead for you as Pope, so that you don''t have to be burned or die!"


    "And Effie doesn''t have to see her father executed with her own eyes..."


    After listening, Edwards was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "it''s no use. I''ve betrayed my faith. I don''t believe in God any more. Those high gods won''t let me go, even if you ask for help."


    "So, John, give up, don''t waste your loyalty in the eyes of the gods, do business earlier, kill me, and make a judgment for this matter that endangers the world."


    Suddenly, John was so angry that he couldn''t say a word: "you..."


    John sighed and stood up from his chair. "Edward, if you don''t say anything, I''ll make a thorough investigation of akid''s affairs. I''m sure I can find out all the reasons why you did it.""And you..."


    "I''ll buy you enough time as Pope."


    "Unless I find out the truth, no one will want to kill you. Even if it''s ordered by the gods, I have enough rights to disobey it!"


    "Wait!"


    "I''ll find out everything!"


    After that, Pope John pushed out the door, and the silent barrier on the wall was removed, while the group of Holy Knights outside the barrier and the gate came in again, standing around Edwards like stones.


    Edwards ignored them. Instead, he continued to pick up the half closed ancient book on the table and read it leisurely.


    Before long, kuwula came in and closed the door tightly. Then he gave a look at the paladins who guarded Edwards and signaled them to go out.


    Several Holy Knights quickly nodded, went straight out of the chamber of secrets, closed the door, and started the silent barrier to prevent any sound in the room.


    "Father."


    Edward put down his book, looked up at kuwura and asked, "what are you doing here?"


    Kuwula knew that Edwards was worried about himself. He pretended to be selfless and arrested and killed all the participants before, but now he secretly came to see Edwards and did not allow the conversation to spread. This strange practice is easy to be suspected by others.


    But she doesn''t worry. Everything is under control and will not be doubted.


    "Don''t worry, father. All the paladins guarding you are my people. They won''t tell us anything about our meeting."


    "Besides, Lord John himself ordered me to come to see you. In order to show you my face and tell me what happened, I didn''t mean to come to see you..."


    Edward was relieved. "That''s good."


    "Tell me, what''s going on outside now, where''s the man?"


    Kuula said slowly: "in the holy city, all the members of akid have been cleaned up, and all the people who have relations with them have been arrested and killed, and none of them has been released."


    "And almost all the people on our side have been put into prison. Now there are only me and several other paladins left. They didn''t participate in the whole process of putting akid into the city, so I let them continue to lurk and didn''t arrest them."


    "Outside the holy city, akid has approached the holy city, but they have listened to your opinion, they did not directly attack the holy city, but hid in the quicksand more than ten miles away, and sent some undead creatures to hinder the man."


    "Presumably, that man has met with the undead troops and is cleaning them up..."


    "In order to make sure that in case, I let Caiyu and Yiyu go in the direction where he came, and help him eliminate those troublesome akid members, leaving only the group of undead creatures, so as to avoid anything wrong in the middle."


    After hearing this, Edwards nodded slightly and said, "good. As expected, he should be able to eat the dead and improve his ability..."


    "Next."


    "You immediately take all the armed forces of the order to strengthen the defense of the holy city."


    "When the man is about to arrive, he will send a signal to akid and let them attack the city. Then he will pretend to open the gate of the holy city. When they come in, he will start all the Falun and try to catch akid all at once."


    "If akid refuses to enter the city and only lets the army of the dead attack, then you can directly start the French array and fight against akid head-on."


    "Remember, wipe out the believers of akid first. The undead will not move if they can. They are all needed by the man. We should find a way to keep them for him..."


    "After all, that man is our hope. He is the only one who has the special talent to kill the enemy and enhance himself..."


    Kuula said, "well, I know, it''s ready."


    Edward: good


    After a pause, kuwula looked at Edwards and suddenly asked in a low voice, "father?"


    Edward tilted his head: "hmm?"


    "Are you really not thinking about running away?" kuula asked? I can use a small means to let the rest of us help you escape, or deliberately let akid''s troops into the city, and then quietly let you go while the fighting on both sides is chaotic. "


    Edward shook his head. "No."


    He slowly explained: "I''m old, in my fifties, and I don''t have the talent of a professional. With this fragile body, I can live for a few years at most."


    "So instead of dying alone in a muddle through life, I''d rather give my life to our cause and make a final contribution."


    What else does kuula want to say: "but..."


    Edwards interrupted: "kuwula, you know, once the case of akid is exposed, there must be someone high enough to take full responsibility. Otherwise, it''s impossible to explain why they can enter the holy city through the strict screening system, and set up secret games in various countries without telling the holy orders for so many years."


    "Among the people who can help them secretly, except John, who is the Pope, I am the one he trusts the most John, as the Pope, is not involved in it at all, so it''s impossible for him to come out and take responsibility. So it''s up to me to confess. In this way, I can account for all of akid''s arrangements and reverse the advantages they have accumulated over the years. ""That''s why I gave up my seat to John in the first place, otherwise I would be a pope, and it would be hard to deal with the situation today."


    Kuwula bowed his head, gritted his teeth and said, "I know, father, because that man''s appearance led to a change of plan, you have to expose yourself as a backstage agent But you don''t have to die for that? "


    "I can help you get out of here!"


    "As long as things are done strictly, people will not suspect you, and with our help, you will never be caught back!"


    "In addition, Uncle John doesn''t want you to die, and he certainly won''t care about you. As long as you find a remote place, you can live the rest of your life safely..."


    After hearing this, Edwards sighed, touched kuwula''s hair and said slowly, "kuwula, do you know why I chose you to let you know all this, instead of letting Effie bear all this?"


    Kuulah looked up and gazed at Edwards, saying nothing.


    Edwards said slowly, "it''s not because she was born to me, or because you''ve got the inheritance from the gods It''s because you are all my daughters, and I love you, but you are better, smarter and calmer than her. That''s why I give you such an important task. "


    "If I tell Effie all this, her character will definitely prevent my sacrifice, which will lead to the failure of our careful preparation for so many years."


    "She certainly can''t kill those old friends and comrades who fought with us."


    Kuula was silent


    Edwards sighed and continued: "only you can bear the pain in your heart, kill me coldly, kill those friends who fight with us, and then pretend not to care, and continue to be a devout Paladin."


    "I know."


    "It''s very unfair to you. It''s all my daughters, but you have to bear all this on your own."


    "However, the world is so cruel. If we want to make changes and achieve our goals, we must make sacrifices. Our ancestors have made countless sacrifices. Now it''s our turn."


    "I must die!"


    "Only when I die can we preserve our cause, preserve the" it "that we have worked hard for thousands of years for all this, and then let the world return to the right track!"


    "You also know how many people have been sacrificed so far for this goal, including our comrades in arms, the king of the kingdom of Alberta, the ordinary people of akid, the residents of several cities that died miserably in order to create an army of the dead, our friends, believers, clergy..."


    "They died for it, but I just muddle along. Is that a thing of the past?"


    "Father..." Kuwula silently lowered her head, and a tear appeared in the corner of her eyes. She knew that Edwards loved her as much as Edwards loved Effie, so she was extremely sad in her heart.


    "I understand..."


    "Everything is for the world..."


    After a pause, Edwards patted her on the shoulder and said slowly, "well, kuwula, dry your eyes. You are my best daughter. Don''t cry for me who is not worth it."


    "Let''s go now!"


    "Remember, help that man, let him grow up, beat akid, and then finish our goal!"


    "When the time is right, it will find you, all the truth will come to the surface, and our sacrifice will be recognized, and everyone will respectfully call us heroes..."


    After hearing this, kuwula immediately raised her hand, wiped the tears from her face, and took a deep breath: "I know, father, don''t worry, I will achieve our goal!"


    Then, with a cold face, she turned back to the extremely cold Paladin. With a heartless look in her eyes, she went straight to the door and pushed open the closed iron door.


    Then kuwula went to the door. The iron door closed slowly. She looked at John and others waiting outside and said coldly.


    "I asked."


    "He still sticks to the previous reason."


    "In this regard, I suggest that we should not wait any longer and put him to death directly, so as not to put our Shensheng order into question."


    "Even if he was the foster father who raised me up..."


    "You can''t blaspheme the gods..."


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