"Hands of the defenders in the Winter Wolf Castle District surrendered?!"

When he heard the news, Philip stood up from the chair, his eyes wide open.

"Yes, General," not far away, a ground force commander with smoke and dust on his face was standing in a holographic projection. The background behind him was a large ruin with smoke and fire and soldiers operating busy. Under the temporary lights in the distance, disarmed Tifeng soldiers were also seen escorting. "Their supreme commander gave up resistance. Now the shields of the castle area have been closed from the inside. We are taking over various areas of the castle."

Philip frowned, just as he couldn't figure out why Tifengren suddenly started a war a few days ago, and at this time he couldn't figure out why the other party chose to surrender - this was completely in line with the intelligence's prediction of the current behavior of the Supreme Commander of the Winter Wolf Castle, nor was it in line with the tendency of the God of War to seek "a war that can bleed as much as possible and expand in scale" after the God of War lost control.

"Relying on the strong fortifications of the castle, they could have continued to resist for a while - they could even expect to persevere until reinforcements arrive and get out of the predicament," said a staff officer confusedly, "Just being broken through the outer city area and the inner castle is almost intact... the Tifeng people surrendered like this? General, look at this matter..."

"Tifeng's 'Wolf General' never had a precedent for surrender, not to mention that this generation of Wolf General seems to be a hardliner who is quite hostile to us. To be honest, I don't believe that the other party will surrender so simply," Philip shook his head. "But they have closed the shield of the castle. With our ground forces gradually taking over the entire Winter Wolf Castle, I really can't think of any plan for a turnaround... Theoretically, if they really want to continue to resist, then any plan is better than surrender."

The staff officer asked curiously: "General, what do you mean..."

Philip raised his head and looked in the direction of the Magic Net terminal: "Have you contacted the other party's supreme commander?"

"Yes, General," the commander across the communications channel nodded immediately, "had already been in contact with her - but she said 'to talk to someone with the same identity', and I think she wanted to talk to you directly."

Philip pondered for a moment, then nodded: "I understand, I will go there soon. You will continue to carry out the takeover and cleaning work, and set up a forward camp on the spot, ready to deal with the counterattack of the Tifeng people or continue to advance eastward."

"Yes, General!"

...

Andesha was still lying on the bed. In fact, it was still very difficult for her to move. The buzzing noise in her ears had weakened a lot. The powerful physical fitness of the advanced supernatural being was quickly repairing the damaged part of her body. In the gradually recovering hearing, she could hear the noisy and busy movements outside.

Their last guards were being disarmed, and those Cecilians had completely taken over the place.

They are next to them.

Andesa tried hard to move her eyes. She could see the Cecil soldiers wearing strange armor standing straight in various parts of the room, "protecting" this place with vigilance. The trusted soldiers who were originally caring for and caring for her here were "invited" to another room after being disarmed. In theory, she should not see them for a long time.

I can't see them... It's okay - the young wolf general couldn't help but think so in his heart.

Because she really didn't know how to face her subordinates who were living with day and night, whether they were polluted by the god of war or who were completely awake... She knew her Winter Wolf Knights and everyone in them. They must have been ready to fight to the last moment of death, and even prepared to resist the war machines of the Cecils with flesh and blood. This castle could have continued to stand, and it might even wait for reinforcements in the rear... But all this could not be achieved, because their supreme commander chose to surrender after a bombing.

After receiving the order, the entire Winter Wolf Knights chose to execute without complaint... This made Andesha feel even more indescribable pressure.

As her thoughts gradually drifted away, a pain suddenly came from a wound on her body, causing Andesha's thoughts to be interrupted. She couldn't help but mumble in a low voice, and her body moved slightly - but this brought greater pain.

"Try not to move, the new potion is taking effect," a strange soldier's voice came from the side, cold and hard with a little nervousness, "If you insist on it again, there will be a medical priest coming."

Andesha looked in the voice and saw a young face, a Cecil soldier, or a low-level officer - they were all ordinary people without magical fluctuations, and his eyes were always shaking around at this moment. Andesha really couldn't tell whether the soldier or officer standing in front of him.

These Cecilians at least did not have any defenders who were embarrassed to surrender... It was pretty good.

Just as Andesha was thinking this, she heard a sound of military boots stomping on the ground suddenly coming from the direction of the door of the room, and the young man's voice sounded in her ears: "Oh, the priest is here--"

Medical priest? Pastor?

Andesa curiously spread her eyelids and looked in the direction of the footsteps. Then she saw a young woman who looked very young, wearing a costume that seemed to be a nun's suit, but there were devices like armor pieces, metal backpacks, and rune drag chains everywhere. The strangely dressed "nun" walked towards her, holding a heavy-looking "fighting staff" in her hand. I don't know if it was her own illusion, but there seemed to be blood on the staff.

Then the "sister Cecil" came to Andessa's bed, and she put the heavy fighting staff on the ground with a "bang" sound and bent down towards Andessa, who saw the other party wearing some mechanical gloves on his hands - no matter how he looked, it seemed to have nothing to do with prayer and healing.

This is the priest who is responsible for treating his injuries? How did Cecil's nun look like this?

Andesa was a little suspicious in her heart. Although she didn't seem to care about this detail now, she couldn't help but whisper: "Wait a minute, I'll still..."

"Don't move," the young nun said immediately, and pressed Andesha's shoulder, "Your left eye is blind-I don't want to accidentally break your other eye."

Andesa was silent, then pulled the corners of her mouth, feeling a little relieved in her bitterness: "...Is she really blind..."

"If you cooperate enough, you may grow back one day in the future - after all, Cecil's world's number one in technology." The nun said happily, with a certain confidence in his tone.

Andesa listened to the other party's words, but she was silent and didn't say anything else.

...

Pei Dinnan felt that he had fallen into a long, weird, gloomy and depressing nightmare. In this nightmare, he seemed to have been replaced by another person, doing terrible things in a state of chaoticness. However, in the nightmare, he always felt that he was awake - a certain force distorted his understanding of the whole world, and what he saw was no longer what he really saw, and what he did was no longer what he really wanted to do. He was like a clown puppet swaying before the candlelight, desperately doing seemingly normal actions - but casting a distorted and weird shadow on the ground.

And at some point later, he suddenly woke up. Everything in the nightmare faded away and was presented to him in blood. He found that what happened in the nightmare seemed to have happened.

Rosetta Augustus looked at Pei Dinan, who suddenly sat up from the middle of the magic circle, and always had a gloomy face: "Pe Dinanqing, you have finally 'awakened'."

Pei Dinnan gasped heavily, as if he wanted to use his rapid breath to clear out all the dirty things in his body. He finally felt that his heart and spirit had been stable, so he had the energy to observe the surrounding situation - this was a closed room that looked very much like a magic laboratory, with no windows, only a small door, the bright magic crystal lamp illuminated the entire room, and all the nearby walls were carved with curved runes.

Pei Dinnan found that there seemed to be no other furnishings in the room besides runes. Even where he was lying on his own was a circular magic circle engraved with runes.

"Your Majesty," the old duke finally recovered. The memories and correct knowledge that had been suppressed in his mind were "reversing" wildly, making him realize the terrible things that had happened in the past few seconds. The former wolf general who had experienced countless storms couldn't help feeling a chill at this moment, "I may have been polluted! I was before..."

"I know, I know, Pei Dinanqing, things have happened - you need to calm down further," Rosetta Augustus said calmly, "It's really bad, but it's not too bad."

Pei Dinnan took a deep breath and stood up from the magic circle. He spoke in a hurry: "We and Cecil..."

"It has entered a state of war - it is the war we proclaimed first, or the war God proclaimed for us," Rosetta looked into Pei Dinnan's eyes. "Pe Dinnanqing, Malm Dunit used the power of spiritual interference to deceive and distort your cognition. The explanation we sent to Cecile was tampered with the declaration of war, but this is not your mistake."

At this moment, Pei Dinnan felt his heart stop, but he stopped falling into dizziness. After realizing that this matter was irreversible, he seemed to suddenly notice the abnormality in this room-

This place seemed to be a magic laboratory, and things like runes could be seen everywhere, but after careful reading, he found that those were not the magic runes he knew. The curved lines were complex and exquisite, but the style was not like any race on the land. When watching them, Pei Dinnan felt that his somewhat depressed mood quickly calmed down and became clear. The thoughts that were still left with some muddy thoughts quickly became extremely clear.

The old duke subconsciously asked, "Your Majesty, this is..."

"It's still in Obsidian Palace, and this room is a laboratory for Ms. Windsor Mapel. If you're referring to those runes - they come from the deep sea, first brought to Cecil by Siren, and then presented to us by Cecil as a gift. I think you should have seen a few samples of these runes, but the "House of Barrier" after a complete splicing is indeed the first time you've seen it."

"Runes from the deep sea..." Some relevant information finally popped up in Pei Dinnan's mind. He remembered that there was indeed such a thing, "Then these runes are used for..."

“Clear the pollution you are in,” Rosetta said lightly, “and make sure you are not affected by the will of the gods again for some time to come—it now seems to work well.”

Pei Dinnan felt his mental state improve rapidly and realized that the "effect" that the other party said was indeed good, but the next second, he thought of another thing.

"Your Majesty, have you known me long ago..."

"No, I don't have the ability to predict the future," Rosetta waved his hand and interrupted Pei Dinnan, "but I'm sure the infiltration of the pollution of the gods will certainly spread to the top of the empire - I just didn't expect that the first person who was polluted and completely unaware at the beginning would be you, a person who was consciously alienated from the church since many years ago. In this regard, I underestimated the ability of the divine will to penetrate the mind of the mortals, but on the other hand, we now further determine the laws of infiltration and spread of ‘pollution’ and the range of affected people, which makes sense."

Rosetta said it very calmly, while Pei Dinnan quickly heard another meaning from the attitude and words of the imperial ruler-

The emperor was indeed surprised, but what surprised him was the "details". As for the direction of the whole thing... it seems that he has not deviated from his judgment until now.

Does this include this war?

"Your Majesty," Pei Dinnan whispered after a few seconds of silence, "what are we going to do next?"

"The war broke out," Rosetta said as if he was muttering to himself, his sight did not fall on Pei Dinnan, "...the empire should enter a state of emergency."

"Are you going to activate the emperor's highest ruling power?"

"After a decade, we tried to change the situation of this country. We did this and did do many feats that we didn't dare to think about, but now looking back, we still have a lot of things that we haven't finished," Rosetta said calmly. "There are some people who shouldn't survive, and some things that shouldn't be preserved are still preserved... Don't you think this is a pity?"

"It's true," said Peidinan Wendell, "it seems we can finish what we haven't done back then-but there is one more thing, your majesty, we are going to war with the Cecils."
Chapter completed!