The attackers in the night finally retreated. After the two most powerful Holy See knights and several other mages, knights and priests led by the team fell, the only few people left in panic and fled into the deep darkness in panic. They left more than a dozen corpses and a mess, and finally got nothing.

A Cecil combat soldier suffered serious injuries. When fighting with a knight, his force field shield was shattered, and then a wound that was almost visible to the bone was opened under his chest. However, after several bottles of alchemy potion were poured down, the combat soldier's injuries had stabilized.

Apart from that, Cecil had no other casualties.

The soldiers who ended the battle began to check the battlefield, organize their equipment, and confirm the situation of the enemy, but none of them approached the open space next to the well.

Wright stood quietly on this clear and bright holy light still enveloped him, covering him like light-cast armor and cloak. The holy light shone around and shone on the sky. In the holy light, Emily had closed her eyes.

Those bright big eyes will never open again.

"Do you believe in the Holy Light or the God of the Holy Light?"

A sentence that the lord asked himself before departure appeared in Wright's mind. This sentence had been lingering in his mind for many days. The contradiction caused by this sentence made him sleepless day after day. He did not understand, nor did he understand why he had to make a choice between the Holy Light and the God of Holy Light, but now he understood.

In his anger and great disappointment with the God of Holy Light, he understood that it was a strong light in his mind, a loud bang from breaking away from some kind of spiritual seal. In that moment of enlightenment, he abandoned the Lord whom he had believed in for decades and embraced the true Holy Light.

But some people paid the price they shouldn't have paid for this.

A slight coolness fell on my face, and strands of rain fell from the sky, on this land full of misfortune and sorrow. The summer rain, which had been late for a whole night, finally arrived before dawn. In this slight cool rain, Wright half-kneeled beside Emily and placed his hand on the little girl's forehead.

"... May the Holy Light protect your way forward... no longer be trapped in cold and darkness... May your soul be peaceful... no longer hunger or suffering..."

Ansu 736, on the 22nd of the Fire Month, early summer.

The first white knight in human history was born in the wilderness of the southern border.

Although at this moment, no one knows how this brand new profession should be named.

In the lord's mansion, Gowen met the two knights, Byron and Philip who had just returned from the front line.

They returned to their territory from the Hosman prisoner-of-war camp, and with them, there were thousands of special prisoners brought out from the noble coalition.

"According to your order, we brought back the nobles, their knights, mage entourages, as well as the Holy Light Priests, the Holy Knights, and the Supernatural Mercenaries who were mixed in the coalition," Byron reported the situation. "But because we were going to rush, we only brought a part of them and more than a thousand people at the Hosmann prisoner war camp, and two hundred people did not bring them in the Tanzan prisoner war camp."

"That's fine, mainly to bring all the nobles and their vassals over there, so no need to worry about others," Gao Wen said casually, "We have more things to do before we integrate the entire southern territory."

"Lord, what are you going to deal with the nobles and their followers?" asked Knight Philip curiously, "those people... have been clamoring to meet you after they have eaten, and to explain to you the misunderstandings in this war."

"...Is it yelling to meet me to talk about this? Fortunately, their brains have not completely frozen, but they are not much better," Gao Wenhun waved his hand indifferently. "They can save energy. They have not yet figured out what this war means."

After hearing this, Byron immediately came to Philip and murmured: "Look, I'll tell you, just keep those people shut down. They yelled and let them yell. At worst, they could lock them up with the big machine pump of the water plant to see who was yelling..."

Philip ignored Byron at all, but continued to say to Gowan: "We captured the Holy See knights and the Holy Light Priests in the noble coalition as much as possible, but many people still escaped after entering the plains. Some of them were trapped in the area controlled by Cecil and are slowly being caught back, but a considerable number of Holy See knights and priests fled to the Cathedral of St. Lu'an in the northwest... It was not in our area controlled."

Byron next to him couldn't help but mutter: "It will become a control area after the fight."

"Cough cough." Gao Wen immediately coughed twice. Although he wanted to say that Byron's words were just right, at the last moment he avoided being too let go of himself, because he knew very well that the Cathedral of St. Lu'an and the City of Lu'an where the church was located had special meanings not only within the Holy Light Cult, but also throughout the southern border.

It was the headquarters of the Church of Holy Light in the Southern Diocese and a theoretical "neutral place".

In theory, Lu'an City is directly controlled by the royal family. There are no lords in the local area, only the general affairs officers stationed by the royal family. However, the general affairs officers are basically a cover. The one who truly controls Lu'an City is the St. Lu'an Cathedral in the city, the southern bishops and priests in the cathedral.

Of course, now the bishops of the southern diocese are gone, and the high-ranking knights and priests of St. Lu'an Cathedral also died in this war. The strength of the entire St. Lu'an Cathedral is not a problem for Cecil today, but what Gauven has to consider is not the defense of St. Lu'an Cathedral.

What he needs to consider is whether he can attack directly and what name he uses.

This is directly related to the subsequent order in the southern border and also to his influence on the large number of holy light believers in the southern border.

And there is a more realistic question: after the St. Lu'an Cathedral is defeated? Should we just occupy Lu'an City, or arrest all the priests of the Church of Holy Light in Lu'an City, or even destroy the church? If it is the former, it may not completely expel the influence of the Church of Holy Light on the southern border. If it is the latter, it may be that the social order in the southern border will face great fluctuations, and the more devout believers of the Holy Light in their new territory will also question the "justice" of the new lord.

After all, occupying cities and churches can be said to be a normal procedure for war, because Bishop Lemont of the South "attacked" Cecil with twelve fully armed knights and a high-ranking priest. This can be regarded as an act of declaration of war. However, if the city is occupied further destroy the Holy Light belief system in the South, hundreds of thousands of Holy Light believers in the South will have doubts about the rule of Gowan Cecil.

Gao Wen could not directly erase the Holy Light faith from the minds of hundreds of thousands of people. Moreover, with his current influence in the southern border and the actual situation of religious belief in this world, he could not promote the overly intense church reform plan.

Of course, you can also consider using a compromise method. After the St. Lu'an Cathedral is captured, all priests are forced to accept the Cecil law, and to cut off contact with the headquarters of the Holy Light Church in the Holy Spirit Plain. After that, replace, purify and transform the entire priest group. However, the effect of doing this cannot be guaranteed, and there may be hidden dangers...

Since he has begun to take over the southern border, he must start thinking about these practical issues as the ruler of the southern border.

Philip and Byron saw that Gowen was thinking about the problem, so they did not disturb him. They were quietly waiting beside them, and then they heard Gowen tap the table with his fingers and said to himself: "Is there a church of Holy Light..."

Philip didn't hear clearly at once: "What?"

"Nothing," Gowen shook his head, "we will solve the problem of St. Lu'an Cathedral, but at present we can let the priests and the Holy See continue to shake in the cathedral for a while. In addition, the nobles who were locked in various prisoner camps... are also temporarily left to let them recognize the situation in front of them, which will help them cooperate with Cecil's laws in the future. Before solving the problem of St. Lu'an Cathedral and reshaping the order in the southern border, we should do another thing first..."

Byron and Philip spoke in unison: "One other thing?"

"The southern border must be made 'our southern border'," Gao Wen stood up from behind the desk and came to the huge map hanging on the wall. His eyes fell on the northernmost portal of the southern border. "You can't hand over the keys to your own door to outsiders."

Philip and Byron followed Gao Wen's sight and also saw the fortress of the portal with special significance.

Philip's expression became serious, and Byron couldn't help but whistle: "Swish this is an amazing target."

"It is indeed an extraordinary goal," Gao Wen nodded. "The Rock Fortress and the southern border of the poor and weak stone fortresses are not the same thing. The entire city wall is enchanted, almost equivalent to an extra layer of magic shield covering the fortress at all times. Moreover, the elite soldiers stationed in the Rock Fortress are all elite soldiers, Earl Pompei is the theoretical owner of the fortress, but the fortress garrisons are directly trained and controlled by the royal family. A Rock Fortress has its power that is stronger than the combined 70,000 rabble people gathered by Earl Hosman."

Byron laughed: "After all, it is to block the entire southern border."

"So we might have to fire a lot of guns to get this fortress down," Gao Wen laughed, "but no matter what, we have to get it down... and hold the door in our own hands."

After this, it has nothing to do with him how to fight on the Holy Spirit Plain. He can calm down and clean up the southern territory, such as those priests of the Holy Light hiding in the Cathedral of St. Lu'an, or those noble prisoners who were still locked in prison.

"When are you going to launch an attack?" Byron put away his usual hippie face and asked seriously, "We are in the most vigorous stage of morale..."

"Don't worry," Gao Wen waved his hand and looked at the map in front of him quietly, "I'm waiting for news..."

"Waiting for news?"
Chapter completed!