After the battle was over, the night became darker, and the surroundings were filled with darkness and deathly silence.
"It's over." Verne put it away and caught up and said: "I always feel that it is easier than expected?"
"You are using the most advanced legion in the ivory tower, and you are facing the ordinary knights in the Papal Knights, more against less. If this kind of battle cannot be resolved easily, the future will be really worrying." Bei
Uretta also put it away and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Big sister is so strict." The kid grinned.
"Stay vigilant." Arthur lit a torch, "Verne, continue to use your vision to be vigilant, and be careful of possible ambush in the town."
This is actually just a precaution. Even Arthur himself doesn't think there may be an ambush in the town. If there was an ambush in the town, the church would have rushed out to help in the previous battle. There is no need to wait until now. And no one would be stupid.
Ambush in a town where the Black Death is spreading.
"What to do next? Spend the night here?" Verne asked again, looking in the direction of the town and never looking away.
"Go grab the empty ship left by the church. Use that ship to cross the sea and get to the island on the opposite side. If necessary, just stay on the ship overnight." Arthur said: "The town here is a Black Death epidemic area. I don't know what to do for a moment."
I don’t want to stay any longer."
Arthur himself is immune to the Black Death, but if a rat breaks out in the infected area and bites someone, it will be very troublesome.
"But, can anyone sail a boat?" Bayoletta asked: "Looking at the wind direction, it doesn't look like you can use a sail to reach the opposite island. The current is also wrong. Are you going to go against the wind and upstream, and paddle across with an oar? Then
It’s a big boat, just you two little boys can paddle it?”
Arthur rolled his eyes at Bayoletta angrily: "Why don't you include yourself in the labor force?"
"I hate it. I am a delicate and weak lady, and you actually want me to do such heavy work?" The witch pretended to be a lady.
Arthur shook his head, restraining himself from exploding.
"But seriously, how do you row a boat across the sea?" Bayoletta asked: "It is absolutely unrealistic for this small number of people to drive such a big boat."
"I have my own way, don't worry." Arthur said. In fact, he had already thought of the way.
"If you need someone to paddle, count me in." A voice suddenly said.
Arthur drew out the holy sword with vigilance, complaining in his mind why Verne let the stranger approach without prompting him. But when he looked at the sound, he realized that the man was coming from the direction of the woods, which happened to be in the direction of the town.
on the contrary.
They were still a father and son, and they were people Arthur knew.
"Zuster." Arthur said happily: "What a coincidence!"
Appearing in front of Arthur was Johnny Zuster, a vampire hunter belonging to the Meyerson Brotherhood, and his son Joey Zuster. It had been three years since they last saw each other, and Arthur had traveled back and forth through time and space several times.
, the confusion caused by traveling through time and space made Arthur feel that he had not seen Zuster and his son for decades.
"Are these two vampire hunters?" Bayoletta asked curiously, but she should know the existence of the Brotherhood.
"People from the Meyerson Brotherhood. My old friends." Arthur briefly introduced: "Why do you appear in a place like this?"
"We're here to investigate the Black Death." Johnny replied. This young vampire hunter in his twenties was just in his prime, and his body was a lot bigger than Arthur remembered, and his muscles were full and even that.
Even wearing short-sleeved casual clothes could not hide it: "The Brotherhood had a base in Corsica, but the plague broke out and the entire base was wiped out. It was a disaster."
"It's a blessing among misfortunes that you two are fine." Arthur glanced at little Zuster's son again. Joey grinned and seemed to be in good spirits.
"We investigated Corsica and went north. We thought we could find survivors here, but we didn't expect that the town was also destroyed, and there was also a group of knights from the church entrenched." Johnny continued: "It seems they are also there.
Investigating the Black Death. Afraid of causing trouble, we did not get close and only observed from a distance. Unexpectedly, you started fighting with people from the church. So are you an enemy of the church now, Lord Aslan?"
"Well. They took away Joan of Arc, and they also targeted me." Arthur replied calmly.
"Want to help?"
"From your standpoint, the Meyerson Brotherhood shouldn't want to be hostile to the church, right?" Arthur shook his head and said, "Unless there is a reason to fight the church, it would be better for you not to get involved in this matter."
"Yeah" Johnny said with a very embarrassed expression.
"By the way, since the Black Death was not spread by the church, nor by you, is there anyone else secretly spreading this terrible disease?" Joey, who had been listening, suddenly said: "For example, which wizard
Something like that."
The other party's words irritated Bayoletta, and the witch immediately clarified: "The Mage Association has nothing to do with this matter, and there is no need to do such things that are harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself."
"So eldest sister is from over there. I understand." Joey stuck out his tongue.
"Idiot." Arthur glanced at Bayoletta and saw the witch's stunned expression because of her miscalculation.
"Joey, that's so rude." Johnny Zuster scolded his son: "It's not a gentleman's behavior to talk to others casually."
"Hey," the child showed no sign of repentance and said with a smile, sticking out his tongue.
"However," Bayoletta knew that her identity was exposed, but she continued bravely: "Among the six magicians who rebelled from the Ivory Tower half a year ago, there was a mage who was proficient in necromancy and black magic. His name was.
At that time, his research had already been spurned by the Mage Association, and it was only a matter of time before he was expelled from the association. So that guy found the right opportunity to rebel. If it was true that someone was using rats as familiars, spreading the news over a wide area.
No one but Fernandez could have done the Black Death to that extent."
"Where is the Archbishop Fernandez you are talking about?" Arthur frowned and said, "Since he is a person who rebelled and surrendered to the church, he must be within the sphere of influence of the Holy See now, right?"
"If you think about it reasonably, yes."
"Then since he is from the Holy See, why didn't the Papal Knights know about his actions and sent another person to check the situation in Corsica?"
"The Papal Knights who came here are just low-level people. Maybe they don't know the thoughts of the big shots above, right?" The Witch shrugged and said, "In such a huge organization, there will be many obstacles in the communication of information between the bottom and the top. The Holy See
There are also different factions fighting openly and secretly. How they operate is not important. What is important is that the island of Corsica we passed this time was indeed attacked by the Black Death, which eventually led to the appearance of an army of the Church in Basti
Ya, blocking our way. Don’t you think all this is not accidental, but a cleverly arranged plan?"
"Wait a minute!" Arthur exclaimed in surprise: "You want to say that they let the Black Death spread throughout the island and killed so many innocent people just to block our way? They treated their subordinates as
The use of consumables has come to such a place to hinder us? Has the Holy See gone so crazy?"
"This is just a reasonable explanation based on the current situation." The factional struggle within the Beibu Church has made it very chaotic."
"I can't pretend I didn't hear these words." When Arthur was talking to Bei, Johnny's face had turned livid: "Lord Aslan, I'd better go with you. The entire Brotherhood base has been hacked to death.
The disease is a major event, and I have the responsibility to find the culprit behind it. Tell me consciously, and I will definitely find more clues if I go with you."
"You can come along, but don't take action against the church." Arthur said coldly: "If you take action, the Brotherhood will be implicated. I don't think the Meyerson Brotherhood plans to go to full-scale war with the church at this stage."
"I have my own sense of discretion." The vampire hunter replied: "Stop talking. You need to find someone to help you paddle, right? Leave all the physical work to me."
"Actually," Arthur drawled.
Ten minutes later, a group of people occupied the church's sailboat. Four winged angel knight golems had entered the cabin, put down their weapons, and started paddling.
"To think that precious legions are being misused in a place like this," Bayoletta complained.
"Is there any problem? This level of labor shouldn't exhaust the power of the golems, right?" Arthur asked.
"It will consume part of the magic power," the witch sighed: "This part of the magic power will be slowly replenished when not in use, and there will be basically no impact."
"Then what are you complaining about?"
"But this is still not conducive to the next battle. What if there is another battle soon and the magic power of the Winged Angel is not enough?"
"Tsk, woman." Arthur walked away quickly, not bothering to pay attention to Bayoletta.
The knight golems usually "operate automatically", and usually switch between and during battle.
But they can actually be operated by brain control. Now they are in the middle. Every move of the four golems is controlled by Arthur's will, so Arthur is concentrating on four things, which is very troublesome. Fortunately, the paddling movements are monotonous mechanical movements.
, no particularly delicate operation is required to complete the task.
"There's actually nothing I can do to help." Johnny Zuster said with a bitter smile.
"Just rest. If you encounter hostile forces outside the church, there may be someone who can help." Arthur said while operating the rudder of the ship, like a captain.
"Oh oh oh, we're going to sea now!" Joey and Verne both shouted from the bow of the boat, watching the boat moving at an amazing speed, as excited as children (they were children in the first place). Bedivere was afraid
The two little devils fell into the sea and followed them (wagging their tails vigorously).
The boat cut through the waves and headed towards Elba Island at full speed.