"I thought you were going to be the King of Dawn yourself." After Andrea left, Nightingale curled her lips and said, "So you weren't joking that day. Do you really want to help her become Queen?"
"It's not like you can't tell." Roland shrugged. "As for me..." Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, from the lack of talents to the efficiency of communication, from the lack of time to the limited resources. In the end, he could only say, "I'm still too far away to help."
"Is that so..." Nightingale patted him on the shoulder and said, "But don't worry, Andrea is still very reliable. The Quinn Family shouldn't be too bad either."
"I didn't know that these two noble witches really appreciated each other." Roland laughed inwardly. However, Nightingale used to live under someone else's roof, so her political vision was not as good as Nightingale's. This had nothing to do with her family. As long as she was not blindly loyal, most people would know what to choose when they had a chance to rise to the top without paying too much.
However, he did not say this out loud. After all, Nightingale was too cute when she talked nonsense with a straight face.
At this moment, someone knocked on the office door again.
"Come in."
The door opened, and Isabella appeared at the door.
Roland was also a little surprised. Logically speaking, she was not a member of the Witch Union and should not be able to enter and leave the Castle District normally. However, after seeing Agatha's figure outside the door, he roughly understood how she had found him.
"Your Majesty." The Pure Witch who belonged to the church bowed and went straight to the point. "I heard from Agatha that the Church of Hermes is about to collapse?"
If it were not for her rather serious expression, Roland would have thought that she was here to plead for her old friend from the church.
"That's what the intelligence said, but the specific situation is still under investigation." Although he did not understand why the Ice Witch revealed these things to Isabella, he still nodded and said, "Church fugitives have appeared in both Coldwind Ridge and the western part of the Kingdom of Dawn. According to their confessions, the cathedral that represented the faith of the Holy City seemed to have collapsed overnight. "
"I hope you can send an army to Hermes as soon as possible."
"What's the reason?"
"Do you still remember the hundreds of thousands of Pills of Madness that I mentioned before?" "I don't know how many people know the location of the warehouse where the pills are stored, but it shouldn't be too few … If it is leaked, I'm afraid it will have a negative impact on your future plans." She paused for a moment before continuing, "And these things will be of great help to the Battle of Divine Will. It's best to collect all of them and transport them back to Neverwinter."
Only then did Roland remember that the information provided by Zero did mention such a thing. It seemed that Zero planned to gather all the humans and fight the Demon Army to the death. Her trump card was a large number of Berserk Pills. As he looked down upon these worthless drugs, he put the matter to the back of his mind.
But now, the situation had changed. Isabella was right. If someone spread the pills and it fell into the hands of the nobles of Graycastle, the Kingdom of Dawn, or even the Black Street Rats, it would cause a lot of trouble. It might not be enough to deal with a fully armed army, but it was enough to attack the officials he sent out and the local government.
"Where are the pills stored?" He looked at Isabella.
"They're scattered in secret warehouses on the Hermes Plateau. It's hard for me to tell you exactly where they are." Isabella hesitated for a moment. "If you trust me, please let me go with the army. I used to be the Pope's agent. This identity should be able to slow down the speed of the collapse. If the internal collapse is too fast, even the army can't control the situation. "
"But who knows if you'll use your identity to do something else," Nightingale said. "For example, secretly releasing those believers … You know some of them, don't you?"
"You know I didn't lie to His Majesty." Isabella shook her head. "Zero has already proved who's the God's favorite. I don't need to do those things in vain. If necessary, the army can also set up a trap in advance. I'll lure the believers into it and then eliminate them all. The way to maintain order is not only to use my identity to restrict them, but also to completely annihilate them. "
"Uh …" Nightingale could not help but be stunned. She spat in a low voice and said, "It's really a Pure Witch's means."
Roland could not help but feel a little emotional. Nightingale was speechless for a moment, so there was no doubt that Isabella was serious. Although Isabella had expressed complete submission to him that day, it was based on the premise that he could fight against the demons. Unlike most witches, Isabella had received the same education as the Pure Witches. As long as she could achieve her goals, she did not care about the lives of ordinary people.
After thinking for a moment, he slowly said, "I can let you go with the First Army, but you don't need to participate in the battle. You just need to find those pills and then destroy them on the spot."
"Your Majesty," she said with a frown. "Although the Berserk Drugs will overdraft one's life, in a desperate fight …"
"Say no more." Roland reached out and interrupted her. "Speaking of order, I have another task for you."
Isabella immediately lowered her head and said, "Please tell me."
"There are still several cloisters in the old Holy City … right?"
"Yes, but there are no witches in them." She thought for a moment and changed her words. "There may be awakened ones in the Months of Demons last year, but the chances of them surviving are not high."
"It doesn't matter. Release all the orphans, take good care of them, and then bring them back to the Western Region."
She was stunned. "All of them?"
"Yes, you're in charge." Roland nodded.
If the Pure Witch's philosophy was to complete the task without caring about the lives of others, he would like to see if the Pure Witch could still carry out this goal when carrying out a life-saving task. He could not change what had happened in the past, but he did not want her to continue on this path.
"This request is not without reason. Also, thank you for reminding me — if the upper class loses the ability to maintain order, the cloisters are likely to become a hell on earth. Neverwinter needs a large number of laborers, and women can also find suitable jobs. I remember the church will provide basic education to the orphans, right? Therefore, they were all excellent seedlings, and should not starve to death in the high walls. I want you to bring them back, as much as possible, without missing any of them. "
Isabella was silent for a long time. "That will require a lot of food."
"Someone will prepare it for you."
A complicated look emerged in the eyes of the Pure Witch. This scene seemed familiar. On the day she was announced to be pardoned, took off the shackles, and obtained "limited freedom", she showed the same look.
If her heart could be heard, the biggest question must be "why".
But she didn't say anything. Instead, she slowly bent down.
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