Chapter 1419: Dual Identity
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
A grand procession occurred in the City of Glow.
Under the watchful eyes of the citizens, the Church procession slowly passed through the city gates carrying a series of flags. Walking right in front were the City Knights that had not appeared for a long ti, but everyone was fixated on the lady dressed in a luxurious gown with a crown on her head.
She was the rumored newly appointed Pope, and the key figure that defeated the rebels and led Hers back to its right track.
Despite the Church’s vague stance towards the invasion of the Kingdom of Wolfheart and Everwinter, they denied having a certain influence over the City of Glow. In addition, the parading squadron were frequently seen at the frontlines of the battlefield, providing ergency relief to the refugees and at the sa ti boosting the morale in the fight against evil, earning countless gratitude and appreciation. The news slowly passed on through various channels back to the City of Glow, causing the citizens to be extrely curious about the new Pope.
After all, the old Church was an aloof existence, one in which even the King had to obtain permission for a visit. A Pope willing to risk her life by putting herself in danger and her care for every citizen was rarely seen. And every ti the lady nodded and smiled towards the crowd, it would incite a series of excited shouts. Aside from her identity, her outstanding appearance was another reason for the hurrah.
Eventually, the procession arrived before the inner city walls.
The Pope dismounted the horse and took slow steps up the flight of steps. Waiting by the entrance was the King of Graycastle, Roland Wimbledon.
The two extended their hands and perford a brief grasp. Although it was the first for the overwhelming majority of spectators to witness the strange and new etiquette, they were able to tell the equality between the Pope and King. This confird the rumors that the new Pope was supported by Graycastle, and that both parties had rebuilt the relationship between them.
Both walked alongside each other under the intense applause from the crowd.
“My apologies for my impudence, Your Majesty.”
After the doors closed, the lady bowed down and was about to genuflect when Roland stopped her. “No, I think it’s good. Besides, you’re no longer the Pure Witch of the past and the Witch Union doesn’t require so many complicated formalities. Could it be that you’ve been in the Holy City for too long and have forgotten this point?”
The lady was Isabella, the one who had been delegated to Hers and assud control over the Holy City as a representative of the Church. She was responsible for settling the orphans and nuns, as well as prevent the Pill of Madness from spreading.
“Of course... not.” Upon finishing her sentence, Isabella was instantly stunned after processing his words. She raised her head in surprise. “Your Majesty, you just said...”
“That’s right, Wendy previously suggested to admit you as a mber of the Witch Union, and I agreed.” Roland nodded. “Although your punishnt was five years, you perford well. Treat this as a reward.”
Isabella only responded after blanking out for a while. “But Your Majesty, I...”
“Upon joining the Union, you will receive a fixed number of Chaos Drinks a month.”
“Uh—” The latter wanted to reply with a ‘but,’ which got stuck at her throat.
“I know what you want to say, really...” Roland sighed. “Pure Witches like you enjoy persisting in the strangest of things, or should I say, torture yourselves. But atonent isn’t just about chains and leg-irons. If I have to prepare these things for you constantly, I will be in for a headache as well. So at such a ti, just be like the others and thank Wendy.”
“Yes...” Isabella bit her lips and lowered her head. ‘I understand.”
“I know that you have lived amid responsibility and orders in the past, but it doesn’t matter now. There will co a day when you will get used to your new life.” Roland changed the topic, “This eting is a rare publicity opportunity and it should have been made grander, but I did not want to waste ti on the ceremony and the celebration feast. You should be aware of the demonic beast attack on Neverwinter.”
“Yes.” Upon coming down to proper matters, Isabella’s expression beca serious. “Did you call for my presence to understand more about the demonic beasts?”
“That’s right, since Hers has been the main power resisting the demonic beasts for the past hundred years, I think the Church must have accumulated quite an amount of relevant information.”
Isabella answered without hesitation, “I will tell you everything I know.”
When Roland learned that Neverwinter suffered from a sudden demonic beast attack four days ago, he originally didn’t care too much about it. Back then, humanity had already gained the strength to defeat the demonic beasts, so there was no need for worries with the present army. Although it was sowhat unusual for a large number of demonic beasts to appear outside of the Months of Demons, the First Army had gone through many battles against the demons in the region. That was the reason for his negligence on the information.
He never expected that the situation had spiraled out of his expectations.
On that sa evening, he received multiple telegrams from the North Slope Mountain that the situation had developed rapidly after an abrupt turn. Many demonic beasts had crossed Taquila’s front line and attacked the developing grounds where stationed troops engaged in resistance but failed to stop the enemy. If not for the tily reinforcents of the armored vehicles, the loss would have been far heavier.
In the reports were ntions of a monster that seed like a ghost; it moved extrely quickly and silently, almost invisible to the naked eye and would only produce an outline from the bloodstains of its victims.
This made Roland realize that he had gravely underestimated the power of the demonic beasts.
...
After Isabella’s recount, Roland realized his conjecture had been verified. Compared to Hers’ Holy City, the Months of Demons at Graycastle was rely a tributary to a bigger sea. The types of demonic beasts far surpassed that of the demons, so hybrids were almost indistinguishable from their original forms as beasts.
For example, the savage demonic beasts with extrely long bodies which were capable of digging and scaling walls, or the bird-bodied demonic beasts with goat horns that posed the largest threat to ordinary humans with their cold howls. These were creatures that the Western Region had never encountered. At the sa ti, he had a notion towards the attack that ca without a warning. The horde of demonic beasts that appeared behind the developing area was most probably due to the savage demonic beasts.
But these were unable to explain the grim situation in Neverwinter. Although Neverwinter did not have a large city wall like the Holy City, the First Army were all experienced soldiers with weapons sufficient to bridge any shortfalls. Perhaps the humans were plunged into chaos at the beginning, but with the contingency plan set into motion, Roland believed that the army could stabilize the situation.
Aside from that, he discovered that Isabella never once ntioned the monsters that moved like a ghost. And this aroused his suspicions. Was this a brand new enemy or were the reports a mistake due to confusion?
At this mont in ti, a chamberlain brought in a paper parcel.
“Your Majesty, Neverwinter sent a new letter.”
“It isn’t a telegram?” Roland was surprised.
“Yes, it was delivered by air.”
“Open it.”
Inside the package was a paper parchnt. Roland unfolded it across the table and realized it was a portraiture of the attacker. Obviously, it was drawn by Soraya. Compared to a written report, the latter’s information was undoubtedly far more precise.
Seems like even without fighting capabilities, they are striving to defend their ho.
Quickly, a monster’s corpse captured Roland’s attention.
It looked to have been smashed by a train—half of its body was plastered on the tal surface, but the remainder of its body was not one that Roland could link to any of the demonic beasts Isabella had described.
“Have you seen such a hybrid in Hers before?” He pulled the piece of paper and placed it in front of Isabella.
She looked at it carefully and shook her head.
Behind Roland, Nightingale suddenly let out a cry of surprise.
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