"It does sound like it," Roland thought. "Ashes once said that the difference between the God's Punishment Army and the Extraordinaries was not in strength and reaction, but in wisdom." If a God's Punishment Army had the wisdom of a witch and had an uninterrupted life, the accumulated battle experience of hundreds of years would be so rich that such a soldier would be even more powerful than the Extraordinaries.
If he had fought against the complete version of the God's Punishment Army in Coldwind Ridge, the result would probably have been reversed. As long as the church divided the army into many small teams, sneaked into the hinterland of Graycastle, and harassed and fought everywhere, he would definitely be caught off guard.
In this way, the long adaptation time was not the key point. As long as the souls could be transferred continuously, it was inevitable to keep the powerful veterans.
The only problem was, how many Scourge could Alice accumulate before the Bloody Moon? Powerful bodies also had higher tolerance than ordinary people. They would age for about 100 years, and if they participated in the transformation ceremony at the age of 20, they could last about 70 or 80 years. Even if the failure rate of transformation and soul transfer was not taken into account, a witch could only create two bodies, which directly limited the number of people in the army. If they wanted to create a God's Punishment Army of thousands of people, the number of witches consumed during the 400 years of inheritance would probably be extremely terrible.
After he asked this question, Phyllis bit her lip and answered, "All of them."
Roland was stunned, and for a moment he doubted that he had heard wrong. "What?"
"Except for the Transcendents, she plans to transform all the witches into the God's Punishment Army to resist the final doomsday," she repeated.
"Wait, how can it be done? If we want to suppress the Senior Demons, we must be well-trained Scourge. But if we want to get such warriors, shouldn't we reserve enough bodies to transfer the souls? "
"Yes, but there is another way to preserve the souls, which is to transfer them into other containers."
"Other... containers?"
"We call it dormancy." Phyllis's words made Roland shudder. "During this period, the dormant ones don't need to consume any energy, and they lose all senses until they are awakened. Otherwise, how do you think we survived the most difficult early stage? After breaking off with Starfall City, we didn't have any usable God's Punishment Army bodies. We only survived by hibernation. Of course, there are some exceptions … such as Lady Pasha. "
"What happened to her?"
"You'll understand when you see her." Phyllis did not go into details. "In short, Lady Alice planned to train Scourge with complete skills over a period of a hundred years, and then let the soul go dormant to save the consumption of the body. In this way, Starfall City will have the ability to continuously transform the God's Punishment Army. When the Bloody Moon comes, all the souls will be awakened at once, so that the number of Scourge will greatly exceed the limit that the witches can bear. "
This meant that every witch alive on the eve of the final battle would become a material for the transformation.
Vendy, Sylvie, and Leaf all showed pity on their faces. Although they couldn't see Nightingale's expression, Roland knew that she must be very gloomy at the moment.
"What about Alice herself … Does she intend to take part in the soul transfer?"
"No," Phyllis sighed. "I heard this from Lady Pasha later. The Queen of Starfall City and her followers never wanted to prolong their lives from the beginning. They planned to devote the rest of their lives to the recasting of the new order to ensure that the God's Punishment Army plan would not deviate from the predetermined track. Only when she is a Transcendent can she have the strength and prestige to lead the Union … Only that flame-like red hair symbolizes the inextinguishable will of Starfall City. "
Speaking of this, a very complicated light appeared in her eyes, which contained fear, regret, and respect.
Roland could vaguely understand her thoughts. Obviously, they had different intentions, but he was still shocked by her spirit. In order to defeat the demons and let the witches continue, the Queen of Starfall City was still able to move forward without hesitation, no matter how great the price was. Such a person was still worthy of respect, even if she was an opponent.
The incomplete historical record was finally filled in. Perhaps because the complete version of the God's Punishment Army was too cruel, when something in the ruins was discovered, the God's Punishment Army plan was no longer the only feasible plan to fight against the demons, and the split became inevitable. After the split, the Union suffered a great loss, and the witches of Starfall City evolved into a church. After Alice's death, they gradually deviated from the original intention of the Queen.
"Are the containers, the soul transfer, and the Chosen One all related to the things found in the ruins?" Roland asked.
Phyllis adjusted her emotions and replied, "You can say so."
"So you can't reveal it now?"
"Only Lady Pasha can make this decision."
"How can the Chosen One defeat the demons?" Roland raised his eyebrows. "I can't reach an agreement with you without knowing anything."
"I'm not sure about this either. The person in charge of the research … instrument is Celine," Phyllis said slowly. "We can find the Chosen One first, and then we can talk about the next thing. It won't do any harm to the witches of Neverwinter if we only choose the Chosen One. Besides, Taquila will never harm their own kind to fight against the demons. Otherwise, we wouldn't have followed Lady Natalia to the end. "
"How do we do it?"
"It's very simple. We just need to let each member of the Union use their ability once." Phyllis raised the ring in her hand. "Through it, I can see the witches with the talent of the Chosen One."
Nightingale had briefly described to him how the Magic Stone could reflect a strange beam of light. Roland thought for a while and asked, "After we find the Chosen One, will Pasha come to Neverwinter immediately?"
"Lady Pasha can't leave the underground maze, but she'll use … some magic means to talk to you directly," Phyllis replied. Phyllis replied, "When this five-colored magic stone is broken, she will be able to sense my location in an instant. So I can only call her after I find the Chosen One. "
"I see." Roland finally nodded and said, "You'll see all the witches of Neverwinter in the castle garden in the afternoon."
Phyllis's expression obviously softened after she got Roland's approval. She put her hand on her chest again, bowed her head, and said, "Thank you for your promise. After we defeat the demons, your name will be sung together with Taquila."
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