Chapter 87: Strong Assault (I)

  Although the method Alex used for unication was rather a—relying on ma proved to be incredibly effective. , the padin, rushed to the Order Fortress at his fastest possible speed aed the situation at the rear base. The Order Fortress, upon receiving ’s report, was shocked. They had already suspected something was wrong at the rear sinunication had been lost, but they hadn’t expected the situation to be this severe.

  Moreover, the Order Fortress itself wasn’t i shape either.

  The current monster camity had pushed them to their limits!

  This year’s monster camity had brought not only an overwhelming number of monsters, but also three lord-css beasts attag the fortress!

  These three lord-css monsters had tied dowwo powerful warriuarding the Order Fortress, making it impossible for them to leave and send out exploration teams uhe uain circumstances.

  Upon learning of the situation, the Order Fortress immediately dispatched a small team to break through the blockade and seek reinforts from the rear.

  Wheemple learned about the Order Fortress’s situation, it caused a huge uproar!!

  The Order Fortress was the only barrier proteg the northern nds. If it were to fall, the monster camity would sweep through, bringing disaster to the entire northern region!

  In respohe temple swiftly gathered every bit of bat power they could muster in the northern nds a it all to the Order Fortress, hoping to hold back the terrifying moide. But as the saying goes, when it rains, it pours. Just as the headquarters of the Northern Temple mao assemble reinforts ahem off, they received another request for help from Ston.

  This new plea for aid gave the temple another headache.

  The Six-Armed Snake Demon, Bel!!

  The monster camity was already a major problem, but the Six-Armed Snake Demon Lord Bel was equally fearsome, a hat struck terror into everyone. When the high-ranking members of the temple learned of this name from the Pegasus Knights, they were nearly scared out of their wits! They had no idea why the cultists were gathering statues of Bel, but whatever the cultists were pnning, it was bound to be bad news.

  And given the current circumstances, along with the abnormal attacks on the Order Fortress... the looming sense of a grand spiracy was too obvious to ignore.

  However, the temple’s options were limited. The Holy Church was a massive try, and while it had its own army, that army was used to maintain order across variions and couldn’t be easily mobilized. Furthermore, the Northern Alliance didn’t share a direct border with the Holy Church, making the northern region more of an "encve" for the Holy Church. While the Holy Church had jurisdi over the Order Fortress, it was limited to that fortress alone.

  Even if they could mobilize troops, the logistics were a nightmare. They couldn’t just use the temple’s teleportation arrays to send an army into the Northern Alliaerritory—doing so would be akin to parachuting an army into a fn try’s heartnd, practically an act of war!

  And besides, distant water couldn’t put out a nearby fire. Even if the Holy Church mao gather reinforts, it would take too long for them to arrive. By that time, it would be far too te.

  Thankfully, the temple wasn’t bound by rigid thinking.

  I really hadn’t expected the temple in this world to be so adaptable.

  Looking at the disheveled warriors in front of him, Alex eechless. In fact, among the reinforts brought back by the Pegasus Knights on their sed trip, only half were temple warriors and Pegasus Knights. The rest... were meraries!

  That’s right—acc to the Pegasus Knight, after realizing they didn’t have enough mahe temple simply went to the Merary Guild and issued a ission. After all, the temple was a huge anization with plenty of money but a she of manpower. And to the temple, problems that could be solved with money weren’t really problems.

  This time, the temple sent ten Pegasus Knights and ten meraries. This was mainly because each Pegasus could only carry a maximum of two people, and the temple had no more Pegasus Knights avaible.

  Alex was starting to feel that the temple in this world was pletely different from what he had imagined. His initial impressions of the temple came from Williams' memories, and it was easy to imagihat a cultist wouldn’t have much of a favorable opinion of the Order Temple. Later, during his brief stay iemple, Alex had only thought it seemed simir to the religious orders he had seen in novels, games, and animations.

  But today, Alex saw a different side of the temple. This massive anization wasn’t as binary as he had expected, viewing itself as purely good and all opposition as evil. Nor did they seem overly strained by identity or rules. They used whatever means were necessary, employing any force they could. Upon refle, it made sehe temple didn’t worship gods of justice, goodness, ht. They followed the god of order.

  And order was never simply bd white.

  "We ’t dey any longer. If we do, that destruage will grow suspicious. We must act immediately."

  The old bishop looked up at the sky. The guiding star was almost in position.

  "I suggest we split into two groups," Stone spoke up, clearly the most experienced when it came to bat strategies.

  "Those pests flying overhead are really annoying. I propose the Pegasus Knights focus on dispersing and eliminating the small demons in the air. Ohe enemy is thrown into disarray, the ground forces charge in and pletely disrupt their ritual."

  A cssic air-ground coordirike.

  "Thehe Pegasus Knights hahe small demons, while the meraries take care of the enemies on the ground," the old bishop quickly decided. Time was running out, and they couldn’t afford to waste any more.

  "Sir Stone, you’ll lead the Pegasus Knights. As for the meraries on the ground…"

  "I’ll take care of them," Alex stepped forward, raising his hand. He had noticed earlier that Stone had subtly signaled for him to join the aerial assault, but Alex had thought it over and deed. To be ho, while the Pegasus Knights were skilled, they were tid, too military for Alex's liking. Fighting alongside them made him unfortable. The meraries, oher hand, felt more retable to him, like joining a random team of new allies in a game dungeon.

  Besides, meraries were usually carefree and didn’t fuss over small details. If Alex had to use some of his unique abilities, he could easily brush it off among them. But uhe watchful eyes of the Pegasus Knights? That would be much harder to expin.

  "Then it’s settled. I leave it to you, Sir Alex," the old bishop said, giving Alex a gnce before pulling out a crystal the size of a finger from his robes.

  "This is a unication crystal. It break through signal jamming over short distances. I know you have a unique way of unig with the angel, but I hope you use this to report the situation to us. The meraries are in your hands. I’ll take the rest and provide support from the side."

  The bishop spoke rapidly, handing the unication crystal to Alex. Then, turning his gaze to the small demon under his trol, he gave it a look. The demon, which had been trolled by the bishop, immediately got up and flew into the night sky.

  "I’ve already trolled it. When it returns, it will tell the destruage that the people he was waiting for were deyed due to a wolf pack atta the forest. This should buy us some time, but not too long."

  "Good," Stone nodded, satisfied with the bishop’s phen g Alex.

  "Let’s begin."

  (End of the chapter)

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