Griphook carefully returned home, locked the weak door, and then walked into the empty inner room. He knelt on the ground and shouted with great respect.
"Lord Poulson!"
After he finished speaking, a figure in a golden and red robe appeared in front of him, and a majestic aura enveloped the entire room, making people breathless.
"No one followed you today or noticed anything wrong, right?" Poulsen asked solemnly.
"No, although those wizard minions are very strict, they will never attack civilians without any reason." Griphook replied with fear.
Poulsen's tense expression relaxed a little and he continued to ask. "Have you heard any useful information?"
It had been five days since he reached the royal capital through the secret passage, but he had been lurking and made no further moves.
This is undoubtedly the right choice, because after investigation, Poulsen found that the guards in the royal capital were much tighter than previously expected. There were musketeers guarding each city area. The two teams looked after each other, making it difficult to defeat them individually. Take down these sentries.
Under such circumstances, Poulson did not even dare to use magic easily, otherwise he would probably be detected.
Fortunately, they were lucky enough to find a relatively devout believer not far from the area connected to the ancient well. After some inspiration, he became their eyes and ears, responsible for inquiring about news from the outside world.
"Reporting to your lord, according to the information I gathered, those wizards' minions captured five downed griffin knights, and they are now being held in the prison set up in the XC area." Griphook lowered his head and said.
"It seems that Arno has indeed been caught..." Poulsen thought to himself. With the strength of the opponent, even if he could not escape the thunder and lightning network spreading over the capital, he would never be killed on the spot. Since he was not in the capital, If trouble occurs, you will most likely be caught.
Poulsen recalled the map of the royal capital, and it was not that far from here to the prison where he was being held.
Although he doesn't like the arrogant Arno very much, he is still a colleague. If he saves him, he will have a better chance of winning in the battle in the royal capital.
"Also...when I went to the market today, I heard those devil's believers say..." Griphook hesitated and didn't know whether he should speak.
"What did they say?" Poulsen frowned.
"They say the Bible...there are many fallacies in the Bible." Griphook stammered.
For example, the geocentric theory in the Bible is actually wrong. In fact, the continent under their feet is rotating around the sun because of something called gravity.
Another example is that the continent is actually round, not flat, because standing on the sea and looking at a sentry tower in the distance, you always see the top of the tower first, and then the body of the tower... There is also the phenomenon of lunar eclipse, where the planet rotates to the point of the sun and the moon. In the center, the lunar eclipse they saw was the projection of the continent beneath their feet...
"Those wizards even said that they calculated the circumference of this continent, which is 43,200 kilometers..." Griphook said with a slight trembling.
"That's ridiculous!" Poulson suddenly laughed out of anger. These believers of the evil god were simply whimsical. How could the continent under their feet be round? Then wouldn't they all fall down?
And how was the circumference of 43,200 kilometers calculated? Was it measured with a ruler?
Those wizards actually tried to confuse the believers of God with such ridiculous words. They simply didn’t know what to say!
After Griphook paused, he did not continue because the other party also conducted some strange experiments on the spot to prove these conclusions that seemed to be contrary to common sense.
The children of the Orion family next door quietly told him that they understood and could even reproduce the experiments. The continent under their feet might really be round, but he himself was confused the whole time.
"It seems that these wizards have been bewitched by the devil, and their minds have become extremely insane." Poulson said with a smile, and then asked about the most heavily guarded mansion.
Poulson had a hunch that this place was anything but ordinary. It was even more tightly guarded than the palace, and there must be some kind of ulterior secret inside.
Griphook shook his head. There were people guarding that place all the time, and there was no way for him to get close.
"In that case, you should go and rest first." Poulson did not mean to embarrass Griphook, and waved his hand to let him fall asleep.
At the same time, black shadows emerged from the void into reality in this small room. The leading secret guard stretched out his hand and handed over a volume of secret orders.
Poulsen took it solemnly, and immediately lit it and burned it after reading it.
The time is tonight!
…
At midnight, on the wall of the eastern section of the royal capital, Ham was holding a musket in his hand and stationed in front of the observation tower. Waves of sleepiness kept hitting his brain, making his brain a little confused.
Although the shifts were changed every night, and even divided into two midnights, he was already over fifty, and his energy was different from when he was younger. After a few hours, he couldn't hold it anymore.
Get a little sleep. The enemy won't come to attack at night. Besides, there are other people helping to watch. One more person is not more, and one less person is not more.
Such thoughts kept flashing through Ham's mind, but when he thought of his responsibilities, he became more energetic.
As long as you hold on for a while, it will be time to change shifts in just a short while...
Drowsily, Ham fell into a state of dreaming and waking. The ground seemed to be shaking violently, and it became more and more intense.
"Wake up, the enemy is attacking!" At this moment, a loud roar came from another observation tower.
Ham suddenly trembled, and subconsciously put the musket on the city wall, but it was dark in front of him, and he could only vaguely see the silhouette of the person reflected in the distance through the fierce bonfire on the observation deck.
Fortunately, the wizards stationed on the city wall also reacted. Hundreds of dazzling fireballs flew into the sky, and the explosion of fire reflected everything in front of them.
Ham and others couldn't help but take a breath. Tens of thousands of enemy troops arrayed in the distance had crossed the two-kilometer cordon and entered their attack range.
Standing at the forefront were priests and bishops in white robes with solemn expressions. There were thousands of them. They prayed in unison, and the loud hymns could be heard clearly even from two kilometers away.
"Damn it, they are about to launch a general attack!" Sanchez, who was in charge of guarding, said with a solemn expression.
You must know that in the battle a few days ago, these priests watched from a distance as the cannon fodder rushed towards them to die, but now they took action first.
Sanchez immediately realized that this was no small matter.
This is...a decisive battle!
(End of chapter)
