"..."

"..."

On the top of the City of Holy Light, the old priest, the hostage who was rescued by Isidoro using the 'portkey' three days ago, was currently meeting with an old friend of his, the man from the village near Foggy Valley.

Together with the old priests who came here to take refuge and never left again, they supported the city wall side by side and silently looked into the distance while chatting.

"Hops..."

"A few days ago, I thought we would never have the chance to talk together like this again."

"Look, the world has changed so much. In the blink of an eye, everything in front of you is different from what we old men are familiar with."

"Isn't this the legendary dark age?"

After looking at the farmers in the distance who were hard at work cultivating and resuming production in the vast fields, and then looking at the three or three flying dragon patrols of the Holy Light Legion that flew by in the sky from time to time, I thought that the two of them had been chatting for almost half a day.

While the old priest was sighing in his heart, he somehow fell into a trance for a while, and then he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

In fact, he knows why the world is like this without anyone explaining it to him.

He thought that he had witnessed how it changed. He was at the scene at that time. However, until now, he was still a little unbelievable and could not imagine that such a terrible thing would actually happen in front of his own eyes.

occur.

Especially the miraculous city that replaced Wyndham, the capital of the Kingdom of Mitland, after the burst of white light, the thousand-year-old legendary city that appeared out of thin air, that city in terms of size, scale and majesty far exceeded the small one they were looking at.

The Small City of Holy Light is countless times larger than the great navigation and trading city of Balidanis in the south, and even Falconia, which is far beyond the limits of what people can imagine!

Even though he had stayed in that majestic and dreamlike city for a long time, and even visited and touched almost every corner of the city during that time, but

, every time he thinks about it now, he still feels a little dazed and unbelievable.

And precisely because of his disbelief, he felt incredible that Gus and others could actually successfully rescue him.

After all, in his opinion, the gap in strength between the two sides is too great. It may not be an exaggeration to say that it is just a small drop that shakes the tree. But now, the reason why this City of Holy Light can still exist is probably because of that Farr

Konya hasn't recovered enough yet, or maybe he just hasn't had time to deal with it yet?

However, he did not express the above thoughts and personal opinions easily.

"It seems to be correct.

"That prophecy..."

"In other words, everything written in the Book of Revelations has actually become a fact!"

As he spoke, the old priest didn't know what he was thinking of. First he sighed sadly again, then slowly turned around and motioned with his eyes to his old friend Hopps to walk aside together with him, preparing to walk along the road.

The stairs inside the city wall lead back to their residence in the city.

"you do not say!"

"Eagle of Darkness, Master of the Sinful Black Flock, King of the Blind White Flock..."

"Yes, I still remember that too."

"I feel ashamed to say it. I wasn't quite willing to believe it at the time, but now that I look at it..."

"cough!"

Shaking his head, Hopps also sighed in various ways.

Of course, he shook his head not because he denied what the old priest said. He didn't mean to deny it. He just felt that his idea at the time was too stubborn and he didn't expect that things could develop in this way.

"but……"

"Now, that person calls himself the 'Eagle of Light' and has decorated himself as the 'Savior'. He is not the 'Eagle of Darkness'!"

"Also, based on the evidence currently available, it would be too far-fetched to say that it was a prophecy?"

"That's just a conspiracy!"

"The funny thing is……"

"The faith we have persisted for many years, the church we have fought for all our lives, and the lofty King's Hall, in the end, are just a deformed product and a tool used by others under the conspiracy?"

"perhaps……"

"We will all be the sinners of history, right!?"

Walking to the steps inside the city wall, like the old priest, Priest Hopps, who was originally a middle-level leader of the King's Hall and a regional bishop, suddenly stopped and ignored the soldiers standing guard on the side.

The strange look he gave them made him laugh miserably and sigh loudly.

"Hops..."

"Actually, you don't have to blame yourself."

Hearing this, the old priest also stopped, and as if to comfort himself, he patted his old friend Hopps on the shoulder with a wry smile and advised:

"If you think about it, a conspiracy that can take hundreds or even thousands of years to brew is not something that normal people can see through, and the person who creates that kind of conspiracy is probably not an ordinary person, right?"

"That kind of existence is definitely beyond our imagination."

"Now even His Majesty the King of France can be confused and exploited by the other party. What can ordinary people like us who have no power do?"

"We are also powerless..."

"You don't know yet, do you?"

"Clette told me, she said that even the Paladins like them will not be able to fight against that cunning eagle for a long time in the future."

Having said this, the old priest's expression gradually became desolate, then he smiled wryly and shook his head before stopping.

"Too!"

"you're right!"

"I think……"

"Only they may have the chance to stop and change all of this, right?"

"Although that may take a lot of time..."

Then he sighed, and then looked at each other with the old priest. At this moment, old Hopps was still dressed as a clergyman of the church, but he no longer had any of the high-ranking personnel decorations of the King's Hall and the church.

The priest then slowly raised his head and looked at the group of paladins patrolling past on horseback in the distance, and said softly with a smile.

"..."

The old priest said nothing.

This city has changed a lot, and it is completely different from the situation when he led his troops south to go to the Balidanis League. Perhaps just like what Hopps said, this place will really breed.

hope?

In this regard, he was sincerely pleased with Clete's choice, and he was also glad that his daughter could decisively make the right choice in that situation. Otherwise, humans in this world would have completely lost hope.

.

‘…’

‘Roaring…’

And at this moment, as waves of terrifying noises came, when the two of them raised their heads and looked into the sky, they saw at a glance: a terrifying giant roaring and flying at high speed from the top of the city.

Passing by, the opponent's huge black shadow covering the sun quickly passed by the two of them who were talking and flew quickly towards the city lord's castle area in the center of the city.

Of course, the old priest and Hopps knew that the dragon belonged to their own side, and they also knew that it was the mount of the powerful witch Shirji who accompanied the Holy Light Legion. Therefore, of course, they were also on guard with those on duty.

None of the soldiers were too surprised, they just looked up at the sky and watched as the other party roared low and flew away with a pair of huge wings.

"well……"

For a long time, watching the huge figure of the giant dragon go away, the old priest didn't know what he suddenly thought of, but he lowered his head and sighed softly.

"I hope what you said is right?"

As he spoke, he quickly raised his head again, and turned toward the south, toward Falconia, toward the bright branch of the tree that could be faintly seen reaching into the sky from far away.

Look.

seem……

He is still not very optimistic about the City of Holy Light, which already has powerful witches, giant dragons, flying dragons and paladins, and does not really believe that humans in this world really have the opportunity to stop and change everything that has happened.

?

…

At this time, when the old priest and Hopps, two former friends and magicians, had just walked down the steps of the city wall to the streets of the city, Shirji, who was riding a dragon, had already flown from the military camp outside the city.

Arriving at the back garden of the castle, which covered an area of ​​at least tens of thousands of square meters behind the lord's castle, he transformed and instantly appeared in front of a troubled little girl.

"Wow?!"

!?('')

I don't know if it was intentional or not. Anne first pretended to be a little exaggerated and smeared a cake in her hand directly towards the face of Shirji who was suddenly in front of him, and successfully turned the other party into a 'white face'

The witch then pretended to be a little frightened and asked strangely:

"Huh?"
To be continued...