"As expected of an international friend." Li Huailin was now listening to the battle report from the east at the headquarters of the Kirrans Church in Hildeirth City. The international friends from the American Continent were really fighting well. Li Huailin did not expect the other party to be so resilient and actually hold on for so long.
Yes, after the plan was completed, Li Huailin returned to Hilderes City, which meant that he was by Sonia's side. Of course, this time, it wasn't as awkward as before because Sonia was alone. Sonia was waiting for Li Huailin's return. She wanted to ask Li Huailin about the situation.
Of course, Li Huailin explained to her that this group of people were not his people, but people from other continents. Sonia finally understood that Li Huailin planned to let these people and the church exhaust each other to hold back the church's main forces.
Of course, Sonia wasn't concerned about the players in the Americas. She was only worried that she would spoil Li Huailin's plan. Now that everything was going according to plan, she was relieved.
Then, the two discussed what to do next. The best solution that Li Huailin hoped for was to look for Byakee directly. He was already in Hilderes City and didn't they say that Byakee was in Hilderes City? Wouldn't it be better if he looked for it himself?
But even after asking Sonia, she wasn't sure of Byakee's location. Firstly, she had only been to Byakee once, and it was when she was young. Back then, she was in a daze and couldn't remember the way. Later, she fainted and was sent out. Therefore, she had too little memory of that place and couldn't describe it clearly.
If they searched everywhere in the church, they might be able to find it. But that wasn't feasible. Even though Sonia was the church leader, it was definitely suspicious for her to bring a human like Li Huailin around the church.
Of course, Sonia's brother was one of the people who knew Byakee's exact location. However, he was still communicating with Byakee and hadn't appeared for a few days. No one knew how long it would take for him to come out. According to Sonia, her big brother didn't see anyone for a month at his longest.
Apart from his older brother, it seemed like there were some high level apostles who knew as well, because there were a few high level apostles who were the previous sect master's people at the time. They were also present at the time, so they should know the precise location of the entrance. But … how should I ask them? Now that Sonia was the Church Master and an Oracle, it didn't sound right to ask them if they knew where their God was.
Should he try to capture a random high-level apostle who might know the location and interrogate him for the location of Byakee? Li Huailin thought about it, but the problem was that he didn't know the interrogation skill. It was the skill of his subordinate, Druid Tesmog, and Tesmog couldn't come over … It was easy for him to capture a high-level apostle, but to interrogate the believers for the whereabouts of their God … Li Huailin wasn't confident.
That was why both of them couldn't come up with a solution to avoid alerting the enemy. Of course, they couldn't expose the fact that Sonia was on their side. It wasn't easy for them to gain this advantage, so how could Li Huailin let them find out?
Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Li Huailin decided to be on the safe side and let his troops directly occupy Hildears City. First of all, after conquering the city, they could search everywhere in the city. With so many people helping them, it would be much faster than just two of them. Moreover, as long as they conquered this city, they would be able to capture the high-level apostles. When Master Tesmog arrived, they would also be able to interrogate some information. Besides, now that they had such a huge advantage and the Church Master was in their hands, what problems would there be in conquering Hildears City? Why should they risk giving up this advantage?
However, the only drawback of this safe method was that they would have to wait for a few days because their troops wouldn't arrive that quickly. Also, with the map provided by the Church, it was rather convenient for Li Huailin's troops to come over this time. After all, he already knew the situation of the Church's defensive troops, including the locations of the hidden sentries, which people in the city were the Church's spies, and how exactly the Church's scouts operated. How could it not be convenient?
One could imagine the expressions on Maccon and Soudeis's faces when Li Huailin handed such a huge pile of documents to them. That was why every time they followed Li Huailin into battle, their worldview would always be refreshed. How exactly did he obtain this intelligence? Did he instigate the Church's boss to defect?
Maccon and Soudeis unintentionally guessed the truth. After all, Sonia was the Church Master, so of course she would have the intelligence and it would definitely be accurate.
Since they had such information, they would definitely be able to bring the troops over. Li Huailin told them that if they could avoid it, then they would. If they couldn't, then they would settle it directly. It didn't matter even if they couldn't settle it cleanly because he still had a final guarantee. In short, the most important thing was … time.
Of course, they didn't know that Li Huailin was too impatient to wait. He felt that a surprise attack had to be sudden, so there wasn't anything wrong with Li Huailin's words. Of course, they would arrive as soon as possible. But according to Maccon, this would take three days.
Fortunately, Li Huailin wasn't too bored during these three days because he needed to control the situation. Currently, Li Huailin's plan was to let Nokvis's LOVELIVE troops attack with great fanfare to attract the Church's attention. Meanwhile, his NPC troops would launch an emergency raid. Of course, this also required the cooperation of Li Huailin's side.
Nokvis's actions were quickly discovered by the Church. After all, the troops from the Americas in the east had also landed. It would be strange if the troops from the south didn't make a move. Everyone thought that Nokvis's actions were coordinated with the troops from the east, so no one was surprised. However, the Church began to discuss whether they should send troops to stop Nokvis. Previously, it was said that the Church only had three main armies. The first and second armies had gone to the east to stop the troops from the Americas. Now, only the third army was left to defend the city. Several high-level apostles felt that the Holy City would be in danger if the third army left.
Sonia wanted to let the third army attack directly. That way, Hilderes City would be empty. This reason made sense. However, Li Huailin thought for a while and decided not to alert the enemy. He told Sonia and the high-level apostles to gather the defensive forces of all the cities in the south to stop Nokvis's troops. The third army would not attack for the time being.
Sonia didn't know why Li Huailin didn't seize this opportunity to empty Hilderes City. Although no one supported him, he was the Church Master after all, so he could force the decision. But since she had a high favorability towards him, she believed in Li Huailin's judgment and gave the order.
On the other hand, Li Huailin could pass the time by watching how the American players defended against the waves of attacks. The performance of the enemy was beyond Li Huailin's expectations. He didn't expect the enemy to be so good at fighting. There were a few times when the city was about to be breached, but they fought back. The battle between both sides was unusually fierce, and the losses were very heavy.
The American players were dying so badly that they didn't want to die anymore. The NPC troops were also in a mess. However, the Church's troops couldn't hold on any longer. The two Legion Commanders had already sent a report, indicating that they should either send another wave of troops to attack them, or let them retreat first. After all, they were at a great disadvantage in a siege battle. Even though they had the advantage in numbers, they still couldn't win if they kept on attacking.
Without a doubt, the correct judgment of the two army commanders was completely useless after they were sent to the Church. The third army couldn't attack. Although Sonia wanted to send them out, the high-ranking apostles didn't agree. Li Huailin also told her not to force it. It was also impossible for them to retreat. Sonia said that the enemy troops were the main force of the invasion army, and they could only rely on the Church to push them back. If not, the holy city would be in danger.
As for the question of whether to retreat or not, the high-ranking apostles argued among themselves. Sonia stood on the side of the resistance, which was supported by some people. After all, this was only a war of attrition. They knew that the losses were huge, but they weren't defeated yet. It didn't matter if they couldn't win. On the contrary, if they retreated to defend the holy city, they might suffer even more losses. According to their thinking, it didn't matter how many troops died. Wasn't it a good thing to keep the enemy's main force in the east?
Just like that, three days passed quickly. On the third day of the battle meeting, someone finally raised another question.
"Church Master, I thought about it last night and realized that we seemed to have overlooked something. Previously, there was an invading army attacking us from the east, but there hasn't been any news of this army in the past three days. I feel that this isn't normal. After all, the enemy is attacking us with all their might. Even Nokves' troops in the south are attacking the holy city with all their might. However, only this army has gone missing … "A high-ranking apostle said.
His words shocked everyone. Indeed, they hadn't heard any news of this army in the past few days. After his reminder, everyone felt that this wasn't normal and began to suspect something.
Sonia was also a little panicked. Of course, she knew what was going on. Just as she was thinking of a way to sneak in, a church guard suddenly walked into the meeting room. "Report, urgent news. Enemy troops have been discovered in the east."
"What?" Everyone in the meeting room was shocked.
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