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Witch and Hunter on the BattlefieldChapter 1056: Witch and Hunter on the Battlefield

This... Although it is obviously better to escape than to stay and get caught with me, William and Tia ran too fast... They should have used the invisibility of the Witch of Joy and the luck of the Priest of Disaster to avoid the search of this team of official Beyonders, but how could a demigod be fooled by such a trick? Did

this demigod of the Church of Knowledge deliberately let them go and only planned to catch me? The moment I just sent the letter?

Thoughts flashed through Elaine's mind, and she instinctively smelled a hint of conspiracy.

This doubt reached its peak when she saw the clergy casually piling up documents stolen from different institutions without bothering to check them.

"What crime have I committed? What will be the punishment?"

She asked the white-haired old man as she was handcuffed and pushed into a carriage covered with iron sheets and with barred windows.

"You forged your identity to enter Lenburg and stole state secrets during the war," the old man replied in a leisurely tone, "You were very wise and did not choose to resist or escape. Otherwise, you would have been executed directly... As for now, you will be sentenced to exile."

Huh? Exile? Drive out of Lunburg? Doesn't that mean there is no punishment... Elaine was surprised and happy for a moment, and subconsciously asked:

"Exiled to where? Intis or Feynapotter?"

"Neither," the demigod smiled amiably and pointed his finger into the distance, "Our destination is there."

Following the direction he pointed, Elaine looked away and saw a huge white tower.

That is the headquarters of the Church of Knowledge, high enough to overlook the entire Temple of Knowledge in Azshara.

Exile me to the inner church?

Elaine's expression changed again.

At this moment, she caught a glimpse of a very hazy figure flashing by on the corner of the street. If she didn't have the keenness of a "reaper" and the ability to often face witches, she would not be able to tell that there was someone hiding there.

It was Tia... She should have heard the words of the Saint of the Church of Knowledge... Elaine felt a little relieved and got on the carriage obediently.

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At the southern end of the Minsk Mountains, north of Limon City in Jianhai County, on a battlefield filled with smoke.

The Loen soldiers in red shirts and white pants and the Feysac soldiers in brown-gray uniforms dug countless crisscross trenches and used them as cover to shoot at each other. Smoke rose from the artillery positions behind the two armies from time to time, and shells exploded in the enemy's formation, either filling up part of the trench or directly taking away the limbs of several soldiers.

This was the second battlefield opened up in Jianhai County after the Feysac Empire's attack on Winter County in the Amanda Mountains was thwarted. However, as the focus of the two countries' offense and defense shifted, more and more troops were deployed, and its importance was constantly increasing.

As long as Limon in the south is captured, the city of Conston, which the navy has been unable to capture, will be exposed to the powerful iron hoof of Feysac's army. By opening up the Conston-Beldan line, the Feysac Empire can meet up with the Intis army attacking Loen from the west, form a coalition force and advance from the heart of Loen to Backlund, besieging the largest city in the northern continent.

Therefore, knowing the importance of this battle, Feysac continued to send heavy troops, and Loen also tried its best to defend. Both sides refused to give in, turning this battlefield into a human meat grinder. Hundreds of soldiers died every day, and more reserve troops were added to fill the gap.

But today, the sounds of gunfire from both sides seemed a little sparse. Soldiers on both sides had no intention of deciding the outcome on the front battlefield. Instead, they looked upwards from time to time, trying to see the sky clearly in the thick fog.

In that sky where flames erupted, meteorites fell, and lights flashed, a battle based on extraordinary powers was taking place that ordinary soldiers could not understand.

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In the "fog of war", Angel's vision was severely obstructed. She spread a new disease and used the storm blowing to the north to send it into Feysac's army, but was stopped by the opposite storm summoned by the "weather wizard" hidden in the fog.

Seeing that the deadly disease was almost blown back to his own battlefield, Angel had no choice but to disperse the pathogens and instead cause huge meteorites to fall downwards. His purpose was not to harm the "weather sorcerer" in the air, but to cause a devastating blow to the army below, making them lose the ability to continue attacking.

But before these burning meteorites carrying the aura of destruction could penetrate the fog, silver-white light suddenly appeared and enveloped them, cutting these huge rocks into countless pieces from the inside out. They exploded in the air, and only tiny fragments were scattered on the ground, causing the Feysac camp to emit a series of ghostly howls.

But the cries soon died down as an invisible but deadly plague spread rapidly through the trenches, killing large swathes of soldiers.

Those were the pathogens that Angel had attached to the meteorite, which could withstand high temperatures after combining with the ability of the "War Bishop". Although their pathogenicity had been reduced, they were enough to deal with ordinary people.

Feeling the rapidly weakening breath of his own soldiers on the ground, the "Weather Warlock" who obscured Angel's senses with fog and hid in the dark, sharing his ability with another "Silver Knight" finally couldn't hold back anymore. Purple flames attacked Angel from all directions, pointing at her head, chest and other fatal parts like sharp arrows.

Once you are hit by these flaming spears with the abilities of "precision" and "harvesting", you cannot avoid the damage even with a substitute and will be directly hit hard!

But Angel was well prepared. He entered the "mirror world" directly before the flames reached him, causing most of the spears to collide with each other, exploding a hot fireball in the air.

But there were still a few flames that followed her into the illusory mirror. The high temperature expanded and exploded in the deep space, forcing Angel to return to the real world from not far away.

Before she could stand firm, a sharp silver-white light appeared out of nowhere and covered her figure, accurately slashing her joints, heart, brain and other parts. The moment it hit, a bluish-purple flame burst out, increasing the damage of the "silver-white rapier".

This is the enhanced attack after the "Silver Knight" shared the "Harvest" ability!

As a teammate of the Hunter Path Angel, he can obtain the captain's abilities at any time, and even combine them with his own strength to exert a stronger effect.

Conversely, the Weather Wizard can also use the abilities of his teammates at any time, which is similar to the Secret Doll of the Fortune Teller path, but more powerful and more seamless to cooperate with!

boom--

Hit by the high-temperature silver-white rapier, Angel's body exploded into a ball of dark flames. The scorching air wave dispelled the surrounding fog of war, revealing the true face of the silver knight hiding in the dark. He was covered in silver-white armor, with no skin exposed except for his eyes. He held a broadsword emitting the light of the morning sun, raised it horizontally with one hand, and stretched out the sword blade. Another sword light that could be directly transmitted to the target's side or even inside the body began to condense.

He didn't believe that a "disaster" witch would die so easily.

Just as the broadsword condensed into silver-white and its surface shimmered like a mirror, a grayish-white color suddenly began to spread from the tip of the sword, almost instantly turning the broadsword condensed by the morning light into a stone sword, and more "petrification" power was spreading along the silver knight's palms and forearm armor to his torso, about to turn him and the broadsword into a stone statue with a mottled surface.

With a crisp sound, the armor on the Silver Knight's body shattered in the light, revealing a giant-like figure wearing a general's uniform underneath. He used the action of discarding his armor to avoid being petrified. Before he could condense a new weapon, a slender figure appeared in front of him, holding a flaming straight sword and chopping down on him.

when--

The sound of metal clashing was heard as "Angelica's Blade" chopped the "Silver Knight's" head, which was as shiny as mercury on the surface but completely solidified into metal underneath. It created a finger-thick gap, but inside it was not blood or brain matter, but a stream of fire.

Tsk, it's too difficult to deal with the hunter's metalization when it appears on the enemy, not to mention that the warrior path itself has much more defense than other paths... Angel glanced at the straight sword with cracks on the blade and the flames on the surface dimmed a lot. She stretched out her empty hand and touched the chest of the silver knight who was chopped dizzy. The destructive power from the "City of Disaster" passed through the mirror world and condensed in her palm.

But the next second, a huge figure fell from the sky and smashed her into pieces of burning mirror.

The figure was nearly five meters tall, with purple flames burning all over its body, and a metallic luster inside. Countless strange and bizarre symbols flashed on it, which made people feel frightened and wanted to kneel down in submission.

This is the complete mythical creature form of the Weather Warlock.

Angel, whose substitute was smashed, reappeared in the air a hundred meters away. Before her outline became clear, her long hair tied behind her head fluttered up and entangled with each other to form snakes with single eyes or bloody mouths and sharp teeth. Countless runes representing disaster and destruction flashed in her eyes.

Locked in by her gaze, even the "Weather Warlock" who had manifested the form of a mythical creature felt the flames on his body stagnate for a moment, and the color became much lighter, while in his heart he felt tired and didn't want to fight with the opponent, but only wanted to take good care of the opponent.

On the battlefield below both sides, an invisible force stopped the fighting of both sides' soldiers. Some of them looked up at the figure in the sky with fascination, which made people fantasize even through the fog of war. Some were so scared that they became insane and just wanted to leave the battlefield as soon as possible. However, most of the soldiers affected by the mythical creatures belonged to Loen's side.

Because the battlefield of Feysac was already dead silent, the rapidly spreading plague killed more than 90% of the soldiers, and only a few lucky ones who were in the upper hand survived.

His eyes swept over the corpses in brown-grey military uniforms, and the iron-hard face of the "Hunter" angel of the Feysac Einhorn family could not help but reveal an angry expression. The flames on his body surged and condensed in his hand, turning into a long sword over three meters long that matched his body shape. He was about to attack the witch in front of him with the "Silver Knight" who also showed an incomplete mythical creature form with a third eye erected between his eyebrows, but suddenly his expression froze.

The next second, his huge body picked up the "Silver Knight" beside him, turned into a flaming meteor, and flew towards the north without looking back. Amid the sound of breaking through the air, he disappeared from Angel's sight almost instantly.

Angel did not chase after him, but put away the sharp blade with cracks on it. While the Loen soldiers below were not yet affected by the form of the mythical creature, he restrained his spirituality and his long light golden hair slowly fell on his shoulders.

Beside her, a little bit of deep light condensed into a figure. It was the former Duke of Nanwell of the Kingdom of Loen, "The Balancer" Drink Augustus, whom Angel had never met but had some impression of.

The royal angel looked into the distance at the "Weather Warlock" who was disappearing rapidly into the horizon with flames behind him, then glanced at the battlefield below where the outcome had already been decided, and finally his gaze rested on Angel, whose dress was torn by flames but whose purple eyes remained calm.

"Thank you for your help, Her Excellency the Golden Queen."

He bowed slightly, lowered his eyes, and expressed his gratitude sincerely.

Angel nodded, and his figure faded away like a phantom. His beautiful voice echoed in Drinker's ears:

"I am from Loen, too."

This is not what you thought when you destroyed George's mausoleum... Drinker's expression was a little stiff, and he finally just sighed. He used the ability of the Balancer to disperse the plague below, and restored the peace of his own soldiers who had been affected by the mythical creatures of "Hunter" and "Witch" one after another.

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Angel, who used the channel in the mirror to return to the nearest city of Limon, didn't have time to catch her breath before her spirituality was touched. A white-feathered bird the size of a finger emerged from the spiritual world and threw an envelope several times larger than its body in front of her.

Isn't this the bird of mourning that was eliminated when I summoned messenger candidates with the help of Mr. Azik...

Feeling a little embarrassed, Angel looked away, and just as he picked up the envelope, he heard an illusory prayer sound in his ears.

That was the prayer from Tia, a new believer of the "Witch ChurchThe Situation of WarChapter 1057 The Situation of War

The spirituality spread to the prayer light belonging to this "Witch Church" member, and the prayer sound in Angel's ears immediately became clear.

Elaine, Tia, and William have already arrived in Azshara, the capital of Lunburg, but right after they sent the letter to me, they were captured by official Beyonders. It was said that they would be sentenced to exile, but their destination was the high tower in the center of the city, the Temple of the Church of Knowledge?

After listening to Tia's prayer, Angel frowned, shook out the letter he had just received, glanced through it, and confirmed the correctness of the content of the prayer.

But this only made her more confused.

Since the clue of "0-01" was brought by Tia, the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, which was preaching in the three countries of Lunburg, Segar and Mashi, expressed considerable goodwill. It seemed that they hoped that Angel would take away the seal and end their thousand-year-long seal and guarding.

But if they had such thoughts, the Church of Knowledge should not have captured Elaine, but should have treated her well and proactively provided information about the "City of Exile" Morola, and then...

...The City of Exile?

A flash of lightning flashed through Angel's mind. His eyes swept over the letter in his hand again, and the clues that Tia added through prayer echoed in his ears.

There is no such city as "Morola" in Lunburg...

But it occupies an important position in the information describing "0-01"...

As soon as Elaine sent me the letter, she was taken away by the Church of Knowledge...

They seemed to have intentionally let Tia and William go, and only captured Elaine, who was a Hunter Path Sequence 5 and the most suitable person to approach "0-01"...

The demigod of the church announced that Elaine would be exiled, but the destination was not outside of Lunburg, but the tower in the city...

"City of Exile"...

"Could it be that they are going to use Elaine's theft of confidential information as an excuse to sentence her to exile and send her directly to 'Morola'? And this city cannot be entered by ordinary means, and can only be 'exiled' into it by some kind of mystical method?"

She felt that she had grasped the key point, and looked at the prayer light belonging to Tia again, but found that the figure of the "joy" witch was no longer inside.

Raising his sight and expanding his range, Angel discovered that a tightly concealed carriage was driving along the street into the distance. Its destination was the huge pure white tower in the city - the Temple of the Church of Knowledge.

If he lowers his power now, he should be able to rescue her... Angel's eyes were fixed on the carriage that was gradually moving away, and in the end he did not use the prayer light spot left by Tia as an anchor to launch an attack.

On the one hand, she did not want to offend the Church of Knowledge that had captured Elaine and Tia. On the other hand, she had some guesses about what happened to Azshara. She knew that Elaine and her group would not be in too much danger, so she decided to see where they would be exiled before deciding whether to rescue them.

With his spirit gathered, Angel left the mirror world and returned to the residence prepared for him by the Nighthawks in Limon City. He rubbed out a high-temperature flame in his hand to completely destroy the letter, but turned around to find that the mourning bird that delivered the letter had also come into reality.

Being able to freely enter and exit the mirror world means that it is not an ordinary messenger... Angel immediately remembered that when he was still at sea, he was taken into the spirit world by Mr. Azik and met this failed messenger who was only the size of a thumb in reality but was as fierce as a bird of prey in the depths of the spirit world.

After thinking for a while, she took out a gold coin and handed it to the white-feathered bird's mouth.

The little bird dodged the gold coin that was bigger than its body, looked at Angel with its eyes like broken diamonds, raised its neck, turned its head away proudly, and disappeared into the spirit world.

It feels like it only appears in front of me to prove to me that I look down on it and it looks down on me too... Isn't this bird too vindictive?

Angel complained inwardly, sat down on the sofa, stretched his limbs, and sighed tiredly.

Although she did not suffer any damage in the battle with the "Weather Warlock" and "Silver Knight" of the Feysac Empire just now, she frequently caused meteor showers and repeatedly used plague to try to infect the soldiers below, causing her to consume a lot of spiritual energy in the short but fierce battle.

Of course, as the Feysac soldiers below were killed by the plague, she was able to free up her energy to focus on dealing with the "weather sorcerer". If the battle continued for a few more minutes, Angel, who had already figured out the opponent's ability and was able to respond, would have the opportunity to severely injure the angel and completely collapse Feysac's battle situation on the Limon front.

"It's a pity that just as 'Balancer' Drinker arrived at the battlefield, the 'Weather Warlock' decisively retreated... He never hesitated when he should be cowardly. Is this the style of the Hunter Angel? In fact, it's not just him. All the angels of the church did not choose to fight to the death on the front line. Instead, they would retreat decisively when they encountered disadvantages..."

Since the winter passed in mid-February, the western and northern fronts of Loen were attacked again. This was the third time that Angel had come to the front line of the battlefield to face the enemy angels. Except for the encounter with Saint Viev of the Church of the Eternal Sun in Sivelas County, both sides tacitly held back. In the battle against the "Mistress of the Desolation" of the Church of Mother Earth in Disi County and this battle with the "Weather Warlock", both sides tried their best. Although Angel gained a certain advantage in the end, he was unable to keep the enemies who had no intention of fighting.

On the one hand, she was worried that if she pursued them too far, they would be ambushed by other angels or saints carrying "0" level seals, and thus fall into trouble. On the other hand, she did not want to force those angels into a desperate situation, lest they ignore the tacit understanding between the two sides and start sneaking into the big cities of Loen to massacre ordinary people.

At Sequence 2, any Beyonder from any path can cause a devastating blow to a city of hundreds of thousands of people as long as they have a few minutes of unrestricted action time. The "Weather Warlock"'s "weather manipulation", the "Disaster Witch"'s earthquakes and meteorites, the "Mistress of Desolation"'s "life extraction", and even the "Gloria" who specialize in defense can instantly cause the lives of an entire city to wither, just like the sun entering dusk.

But even when the war entered a substantial stalemate and Loen was under tremendous pressure on both fronts, the royal family and the Church of Night and Storm did not send angels to the enemy's cities to carry out similar destruction. In response, the churches, royal families, and military angels of Feysac, Intis, and Feyneport who attacked Loen gave the same response: They only appeared on the battlefield and only attacked military personnel, and did not act recklessly because of their numerical advantage.

But even so, the Kingdom of Loen was somewhat stretched in the face of high-end combat power. With the Steam Church's ambiguous attitude, the Angels of Night and Storm plus the two members of the royal family were no more than ten people, but they had to face the three major churches of the God of War, the Eternal Sun, and the Mother Earth, as well as the military forces of the three countries of Feysac, Intis, and Feynbert. In terms of numbers, they were almost outnumbered.

The Church of Storms not only had to guard important transportation lines and colonies at sea, but also had to fight against the Beyonders of the Church of the Eternal Sun on the western front. The Church of Night had reduced its forces to focus on defending the northern battlefield of Winter County and tying down the Feysac military and the angels and saints of the Church of the God of War. The royal family and the Loen military could only barely maintain the situation in the face of Feynapotter's army in Disi County.

This is the biggest reason why Angel appeared on the battlefield many times and acted as a "firefighter".

"The only good news is that my 'disaster' potion has been digested to a certain extent... Even if I didn't try to attack civilians, appearing on the battlefield would mean the coming of 'disaster'. This is an inevitable symbol of the witch's path..."

She murmured with emotion, shook her head and buried the negative emotions deep in her heart, then thought of Klein who was far away in the "God-Forsaken Land".

The latter has not been idle in the past two months, but has explored many places where the "Dark Wolf" Kotar has appeared before, but has not gained much, and even once encountered Amon's clone who was waiting for him.

Before the other party secretly summoned more clones in an attempt to gather angel-level power, Klein had a brief conversation with him and gained a lot of useful information.

The clone seemed to intentionally reveal the origin of the "Dark Angel" Sasriel hidden in the "Giant King's Court", allowing Klein to learn that the other party was the product of the ancient sun god separating his negative personality and some characteristics. He also learned that the "True Creator" and the gods from the outside world were very interested in the "Dark Angel", but for some reason they did not investigate.

The act of giving Klein the digestion speed of the "Ancient Scholar" for no reason made him wary. He thought Amon was tricking him into going to the Giant King's Court to investigate.

Unwilling to follow the enemy's wishes, he decided to continue heading east, trying to find out whether the east of the "God-Forsaken Land" was connected to the mysterious "Western Continent" in order to digest the last bit of magic potion.

Angel also found time to enter the God-Forsaken Land through the altar on Sorna Island, and descended to his side with the help of Klein's method of summoning historical pore images. On the one hand, it confirmed that as long as both parties were inside the God-Forsaken Land, they could use this method to quickly reunite. On the other hand, it also allowed Klein, who had not seen the sun for a long time and whose heart was gradually filled with gloom, to release his negative emotions, thus consolidating Angel's most important "anchor".

In addition to him, the concentration of Angel's remaining "anchors", the "City of Hope" Patis, also made its first pot of gold among the countries that interrupted trade with each other during the war, and quickly became the largest port city in the Rorsted Islands except Bayam, giving Angel a glimmer of hope for a return on his large initial investment.

In addition to the "battle" on both sides, Angel was also keeping a close eye on the crackdown by Bernadette Gustave and her "Elemental Dawn" on the believers of the "School of Truth" and "Great Mother" in Intis.

After obtaining a partial list of "School of Truth" believers from Tamara's family, Bernadette cooperated with the Steam Church to wipe out several cult strongholds, and discovered their cooperation with the "Great Mother" believers, as well as clues related to Nast.

If she investigates further, she will most likely face saints who believe in these incarnations of "Outer Gods" and risk being contaminated in battle. Angel asks her to seek help from Steam and the Church of the Fiery Sun before taking any subsequent actions, and it would be best if she could get the help of angels like Bonova and Viev to avoid an irreparable tragedy.

"Or you can ask me, Mr. Fool, for help..."

Angel said to himself, and then laughed at himself, feeling ridiculous for comparing himself with other gods.

At this moment, she heard the illusory prayer sound again.

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After leaving the carriage that had been converted into a prison vehicle, Elaine Soren looked up at the towering white tower with its spire invisible, and was then led into the temple by the clergy of the Church of Knowledge. She walked down the winding stone stairs to an underground area consisting of a spacious corridor and cells, and was locked up in a damp dungeon