Main Volume Chapter 102: Traitors of the Shensheng Cult
Thanks to the powerful restraining ability of the "Big Rain of Resurrection", the rotten soil on the streets was completely purified, and the arrogant undead also fell into a weak state. Anyone could kill these fragile guys.
At the same time, a new system prompt popped up in front of Zhang Yun.
[Hint: Complete the optional task - "Save the Caravan" to get 86 Dragon Diamonds! ]
"Well?"
"Does this mean the caravan members are safe?"
"But it's true. No new undead have appeared, and the remaining undead have become weak and are still losing blood. As long as they don't do anything, they will be able to survive until the end..."
"Okay, now there are only two branch quests left: Ajith and the remaining undead."
"The undead..."
"This is easy to handle..."
Zhang Yun thought about it, then rode the spirit crane down from the sky, jumped onto the street that had turned into normal soil, and cast a few spells to eliminate the few living undead around him.
He then summoned all the remaining orbs of light and ordered them to sweep along the street, attacking any undead they met along the way.
After waiting for a while, Zhang Yun entered a state of withdrawal from combat. He immediately spent a certain amount of resources to revive the light balls that were previously used as bombs to clear the rotten soil, and ordered them to sweep the undead along the other side of the street.
There is no need to worry about the direction, and there is no order to stop. Anyway, when you encounter a fork in the road, you just send some of the light balls to go there, keep moving, keep killing, until all the light balls are dead...
Although they are only level 1, they have the advantage of large numbers, and the undead are weakened and can be hit by their skills and normal attacks, so they are just right for clearing out the undead. Just fire your cannons all the way through and you'll be done with them.
It doesn't matter if the thugs in the desert city are too stupid and treat the light balls as enemies or valuable prey even though they clearly see that they only attack undead creatures, and then use their skills to kill the light balls.
After all, the light ball is the cheapest cannon fodder. It is used to commit suicide, so it will not hurt to see it die.
Instead, the gangsters were in trouble. They lost a lot of helpers for nothing, which resulted in a significant drop in the efficiency of clearing the undead. Then various accidents occurred, and they eventually lost their lives...
For example, the black warriors who can resist restrained damage will have little impact from the Rain of Resurrection, and their strength will not decrease much. When they encounter these ordinary thugs, they will abuse them just as they did before...
And this kind of person...
It's a typical example of someone who doesn't deserve to be saved...
After finishing the mopping-up work of the undead, Zhang Yun immediately went back on the spirit crane, found Lucina, called back all the followers, and then followed the guidance of Lily and Deep Sea Emperor Fang to fly towards the direction where Ajid was.
They flew at full speed, and in just a few minutes, they had circled most of the desert city and found Ajid who was confronting Effie.
At this time, it had lost its monster form and turned back into the tall man, Carl.
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Back to the moment.
Seeing the black clouds and rotten soil completely destroyed and the spell of the Sea of the Dead being completely cracked, Carl suddenly became furious and angrily asked Effie if it was her and the Divine Life Cult behind her who did it.
"is it you!?"
"Damn Holy Knight!?"
Effie didn't respond, but raised her sword and shield, rushed forward in the rain without hesitation, and slashed at Carl's ankle.
Unfortunately, Carl's body was immune to any weapon other than Savilia steel, including the holy weapon that restrained dark creatures, and he had an additional magic shield to protect his body, so Effie's attack was like hitting hard granite. Not only did it fail to cut Carl's skin, but it was bounced several meters away by the strong recoil.
She did not give up. A white light representing divine power emanated from her body and merged into the sword in her hand, increasing its power several times. Then she attacked Ajid again.
Sword slash!
"boom!"
The magic shield blocked the damage, the long sword was deflected, and Akito was unharmed.
Shield Leap!
"boom!"
The magic shield was broken, but the damage was still ineffective. The shield made of special steel was like hitting solid steel, buzzing and shaking continuously.
Effie continued her attack, aiming at Ajid's ankle, which was no longer protected by the magic shield, and slashed it hard, using her most powerful sword technique.
A blow of scarlet flame!
"boom!"
However, the sound indicating ineffective damage appeared again, and because Effie used too much force, the sword was bounced dozens of meters away, landing far away on the side of the street and piercing into the mud softened by rain.
how come?
Can't even cut the skin?
Effie showed a look of surprise, but did not panic. Instead, she decisively moved a few meters away, stared at Ajid in front of her vigilantly, and took out the protective dagger from her waist with her right hand and held it across her chest.
Carl stood there motionless, with a hint of disdain in his cold eyes. He didn't take Effie's attack seriously at all, just like a tiger never cares about the bites of insects.
Seeing this, Effie frowned and a lot of thoughts popped up in her mind.
what happened?
This guy was attacked four times by me, but not only did he not fight back, he just stood there motionless, not even casting any defensive magic, as if he was not afraid of my attacks at all?
Even if you are not afraid...
You should at least fight back, right? You don't even resist? What do you think I am? A toy?
At this time, Karl suddenly said: "Effie, give up, with your current ability, you are no match for me!"
Effie's eyes flickered: "You know my name?"
Karl sneered, shook his huge monster head, and said slowly: "Of course, I also know your identity and your father's identity."
Effie frowned, "Huh?"
Karl sneered: "Hahaha..."
After a brief thought, Carl has regained his composure. He knows very well that the Sea of Undead has been destroyed and his plan to summon an army of undead has failed.
It is completely useless to get angry at Effie in front of him now. The most important thing is to find out who destroyed the magic circle and whether the Shensheng Sect has discovered this incident.
The breakthrough of the information lies in Effie, the only daughter of the Archbishop and the Holy Knight of the Church...
According to the situation, the Cult of the Gods would never know the existence of Ajid, nor would they have thought of the undead attacking the city, let alone expecting that their holy city would be besieged soon.
The reason is very simple. The God-Life Cult has an undercover agent of Ajid, and he is hiding in the Holy City. There are also several high-ranking members of the God-Life Cult, who are all allies of Ajid!
Including Effie's high-ranking father, Edward, the powerful archbishop of the Divine Life Church, who is also an ally of Ajid.
All the information about Ajid's activities was prevented from reaching other high-ranking members of the Shinsei Cult because of his obstruction and interception, causing them to be completely unaware of Ajid's existence.
The fact that the members of Ajid were able to sneak into the Holy City was arranged by Edward and several other bishops. Otherwise, with the strict censorship mechanism that would dig out your ancestors for eighteen generations, the people of Ajid would never be able to sneak into the Holy City...
However, there is a very strange point. Effie is completely unaware of her father's cooperation with Ajid, and her father has never told her about these things.
They also didn't know the reason why Edward and Ajid were working together. They only knew that Edward seemed to want to overthrow the Shinsei Cult and wipe out the Holy City from this world...
In this regard, Ajid thought about thoroughly investigating the tricks, but Edward was like a zipper sewn on his mouth, saying nothing and threatening them with cooperation.
"Don't worry about what I want to do. Anyway, I will provide you with intelligence, let your people join the cult, and give them a high enough status. When the time is right, I will help you break through the holy city. That's enough."
"And your plan to release Akito."
"I know this, and I know how to stop it, but I will not stop it. Instead, I will help you liberate it and allow that ancient evil god to reappear in the world."
"And my daughter...she will not be involved in this matter. I will not tell her anything. She will always be a loyal member of the Godly Life Church and will not be called a traitor like me. Do you understand?"
"When the time comes and you are ready to attack the Holy City, I will send her away and keep her far away from you so that she won't get involved in this mess. Then I will open the gate of the Holy City for you..."
"Of course, if you touch my daughter, or say something inexplicable to her that affects her life, I will immediately expose the matter of Ajid and stop your plan to liberate Ajid."
"Please believe me, I can easily stop you and make your hundreds of years of preparation come to naught, and I will not be suspected by the Shensheng Cult..."
Faced with such a strong threat and the benefits that Edward would bring as an ally, Ajid wisely chose to agree, neither exploring his thoughts nor contacting his daughter, letting her fall into this vortex.
Edward did not break his promise and immediately told Ajid all the information about the Godly Cult. He also arranged a series of "secret operations" to send some of Ajid's strong men into the Holy City and make them glorious believers...
In this way, the seeds of rebellion were planted and took more than ten years to take root and sprout.
nowadays.
It's finally time to bloom and bear fruit.
The Agids hidden in the forces around the holy city defected one after another, killed their former "brothers", seized the undead army they summoned, and then killed all the people in the city, transforming them all into undead creatures.
After all creatures have been transformed and evolved into high-level undead with the help of the magic array of the Sea of Undead, and their combat effectiveness has increased dozens of times, they will be pulled to the outskirts of the holy city to join several other undead armies.
Then, with the help of Edward and other "traitors", they closed the magic circle of the holy city, let the undead army enter the holy city, started the massacre, and finally destroyed the God-born Cult...
This was the plan, but there were also changes. Effie did not go to the safe kingdom as her father wished, but came to the desert city, and accidentally helped Zhang Yun destroy the magic circle and stop Ajid's massacre.
Faced with such an unexpected situation, Carl would naturally wonder if the Divine Life Cult had already discovered the actions of Edward and others, but had been playing it safe and waiting until this moment to strike at Ajid behind them?
Or had that man, Effie's father, Archbishop Edward, betrayed them?
However, a strange thing happened. Edward once said in person that he knew the weakness of Ajid was "Savilia Steel". As long as that special weapon was used, the skin of Ajid could be easily cut, and this group of Ajid could be defeated with a strength far lower than theirs.
But Effie had no idea of the existence of Savilla Steel...
Instead, he used an ordinary weapon to scrape himself...
Still confused...
From this point of view, the second possibility can be ruled out. Edward did not betray Ajid, otherwise what would be waiting for Carl would be a group of paladins holding Savilla steel.
The first situation is also unlikely. If the Cult of the Gods discovered Ajid's actions, it means that Edward was discovered. Otherwise, he would definitely inform Ajid of this matter in advance, allowing Carl and others to prepare early.
But he didn't.
And his daughter came to this damn place and faced him alone without any help from anyone.
How could a normal encirclement and suppression campaign use this method?
There must be enemies on all sides, plus all kinds of magic circles and props, leaving me no chance to escape!
However, if it wasn't the siege by the Shensheng Cult, then who destroyed the magic circle and why did Effie appear here?
This is a problem.
Therefore, Karl planned to reveal a little about Effie's father and secretly deceive Effie to see if she knew the specific situation now...
Thinking of this, Carl did not attack Effie, but waited for her to finish fighting, and then said those words just now.
"Ai Fei, I know everything about your Shensheng Cult. Not to mention you and your father , even the total number of people in your Holy City, the number of guardians, the number of secret doors, and the number of nodes in the protective array..."
"I know everything!"
"!?"
"Who are you?" Effie stepped back slightly, glancing at the long sword three meters away from her. While calculating her speed in holding the sword, she asked about Carl's identity.
Carl laughed: "It doesn't matter what I am."
"The important thing is, why are you here? Who is the one who destroyed the magic circle? Your companion?"
"tell me!"
"Then I will tell you who I am and why I know the information about your Shensheng Cult."
Effie paused, thinking for a moment, and then whispered, "I don't know. I have never seen this rain or the strange phenomenon in the sky just now."
"It's your turn!"
"The guy in the monster skin!"
Hearing what Effie said, Carl frowned and fell into deep thought.
It's not like lying. If she lied, as a loyal believer in God and a Holy Knight, she would definitely show a detectable weird expression.
After all, Carl knew many believers of God, understood their thoughts and God-oriented ideas, and knew that they rarely lied, but once they did, many details would be exposed.
so?
This girl really doesn't know anything at all?
Did she come here by accident and happened to disrupt my plans?
"Hello!"
"Who are you?"
"Do you want to regret not telling me?"
After hearing this, Carl snorted coldly, removed his monster body, and turned back into a human body.
Then he said.
"How about it?"
"Now you know who I am?"
