"Commander... Your Excellency?" It took Joe quite a while to realize the identity of Farina and why he had felt a sense of familiarity when they first met. However, how could this be possible?
"I... can't understand. You should have died bravely in the defense battle during the Months of Demons..." Farina swallowed. "And Scourge is a pious warrior who has dedicated his body and mind to God. They almost never..."
"Never speak, like a mute?" Zoey interrupted. "This has nothing to do with piety. They can't speak only because their brains have been cleaned. If they don't do this, they can't become a qualified body for us to use. "
Body? Use?
"What are you talking about..."
"Let me ask you first. How did the church promote the God's Punishment Army?"
Joe answered first. "Warriors who have the power of God are the nemesis of evil witches and the church's greatest hope to save the world. Only determined and fearless believers can have this honor." He paused for a while. "We used to think that saving the world was to guard the big breach and prevent demonic beasts from invading the mainland. However, we learned about the Battle of Divine Will and the existence of demons in the will of Lord Tok Tarr."
"So the God's Punishment Army is actually a special force to fight against demons," Farina continued. "Only Hermes' Privy Council knows how to carry out the transformation ceremony, but now Roland Wimbledon has ruined everything."
"It sounds really touching, but it's a pity that none of it is true." Zoey smiled contemptuously. "Your so-called God's Punishment Army was created for the sole purpose of suppressing witches and maintaining the rule of usurpers. Although the origin of all this is to continue the human race, the one who made the plan is not the church, but the witches. "
Farrina had a look of disbelief on her face. If the other party was not the famous Enova, who was her idol, she would have retorted loudly.
Joe took a deep breath. "Can you... tell us more about it?"
"Well, let me satisfy your curiosity, mortals." Zoey smiled.
…
When the man stopped talking, Farina felt a sharp pain in her fingers. She did not know when she had clenched her fists, but her broken fingers were bleeding again.
She finally understood why the historical figures had appeared so vividly in front of her. The Enova in front of him was not the Judgement Army Commander, but an Ancient Witch who had lived for more than 400 years.
Normally, she would have shouted blasphemy and drawn her sword to fight to the death. Even if she couldn't win, she couldn't allow an evil person to control the corpse of a hero.
But now, she felt that all the strength in her body was slipping away from her fingers.
This was ridiculous.
This was simply too absurd!
According to him, the witches had single-handedly created all of this. Minions of the devil? The incarnation of evil? What a joke! They were the ones who sacrificed everything for humanity. They were the true fearless heroes! The Queen of Starfall City's courage to sacrifice herself had surpassed most people in the world... Was there anything more ironic than this? The goal that she was proud of was set by the witches that she was hostile to. The transformation ceremony that she yearned for was just a body for the witches. Even the reason why the world had become what it was now was inseparable from the witches.
Refute her, say that all of this is fake, fabricated!
Although there was a voice in her heart shouting, Farina opened her mouth, but no words came out.
Because there were too many details that could be matched.
For example, the rumor of Scourge's mysterious disappearance.
For example, the female corpses that seemed to have been sucked dry.
For example, the huge monastery in the old Holy City.
For example, the pure witches who looked no different from witches...
If the lies could be so perfect, they had to have been lurking in the church for at least decades, and had access to the core secrets of the Privy Council. At present, the only people who could meet these conditions were the Popes of the past.
Moreover, there was another decisive piece of evidence, and that was' power '.
Since the ultimate goal of Scourge was to fight against the devil, it was no doubt that the stronger the better. There was no doubt that intelligent life with divine sense would always be much stronger than beasts without divine sense — the fact that only two witches could easily conquer the castle on Archduke Island guarded by Scourge was proof. If witches and God's Punishment Bodies were so compatible, why did the church kill them instead of making good use of them? Even if wild witches were extremely evil, the pure witches should be suitable.
But the fact was that there had never been a God's Punishment Witch in Hermes.
She had come to a conclusion in her mind.
The pure witches could be controlled by God's Stone.
However, the church had no means to control a God's Punishment Witch who was equivalent to an Extraordinary.
Therefore, no matter how strong the latter was, they would not consider it.
If His Holiness in the Holy City was really wholeheartedly for humanity, she believed that there were many believers who were willing to sacrifice themselves, and it was not surprising that there were a few witches among them.
However, from the beginning, the Holy City had cut off this possibility.
Saving the world was not as important as they claimed.
… It was as if they were mocking her. She thought helplessly, Scourge was not a trump card against the devil, but a tool to suppress witches. That was all.
Obviously, Joe was also aware of this contradiction. He asked cautiously, "How many people like you are there in Neverwinter?"
"Hundreds of them," Zooey shrugged. "And they're all using the bodies you've given us. In the future, don't make a fuss when you meet someone you know. "
Farina vaguely guessed the reason why Joe asked such a question.
If one or two "sacrificed" Scourge could be impersonated by a witch, it was absolutely impossible for hundreds of them to be impersonated.
The fact that Joe could answer so calmly was a proof in itself.
Even the last trace of luck was gone.
Farina felt that something in her heart was gradually leaving her.
She longed for the feeling of being needed.
The church originally carried light and hope, and as a member of the church, she naturally shouldered these responsibilities. Behind her were the Four Kingdoms and the entire human race. But now, they were peeling away bit by bit, like a mottled and weathered wall. Behind the wall … there was nothing, like the nothingness in a dream.
She had to … do something.
"The church … the church can change this result … put everything back on the right track …" Farina said with difficulty.
"What?" Zoey looked at her.
"The God's Punishment Witches Project … needs bodies, right? Only the church can provide them for you, such as me — "She took a deep breath and said," I'm willing to lead the transformation. "
"Oh?" Zoey revealed a playful smile. "Even if you lose your mind?"
"Farina!" Joe shouted.
"If that would help humans-"
In this way, there would be light behind her, and she would still be needed.
"Interesting, mortal." But Zoey mercilessly shattered her fantasy. "But the God's Punishment Witches Project has long been abandoned."
"Why, why?"
"Because it's useless." Zoey spread out her hands and said, "According to the situation 400 years ago, it might have the power to fight, but now the demons can't be defeated by the God's Punishment Witches alone. So we all turned to the common king of Graycastle. It's that simple."
"…" Farina opened her mouth, but could only make some hissing sounds.
"No matter how weak a living witch is, as long as we find the right direction, she'll be far more useful than magic blood and a body. Although His Majesty discovered this, we're also very good at learning, and now it's basically a common understanding." Zoey stood up and walked to the door. "That is to say, even if you're willing to become a body, no witch will donate her blood, because it's not worth it."
She stopped when she passed the threshold and looked back with a smile.
"I'll be frank. The church's appearance was a mistake from the beginning."
In an instant, Farina heard a crisp sound.
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