Mortals cannot defeat devils, Isabella thought, which is why the Church has the Punishers.
They are immensely strong, feel no pain, and have no fear, making them the best weapons against devils. Although they lack independent action, this might not be a disadvantage during military operations.
Such powerful strength is naturally beyond the resistance of the mortal garrison.
Especially without the support of the city walls, defeating these Church elites in close combat is simply a pipe dream.
The golden torrent was the Judgment Army, with the main force breaking into Wolfheart City through the main gate and engaging the assembled garrison in fierce combat. The red specks were the Punishers, who scaled the collapsed walls as if walking on flat ground, and began to slaughter the enemies trying to stabilize their positions.
"Should we go help them?" She turned to look at Jie Luo.
The latter yawned. "No, my magic is limited, and I must save it for important targets."
"You could use a sword, hammer, or crossbow to fight," Isabella pouted. "Anyway, they can't possibly beat you."
Jie Luo shook her head. "If I go, they'll win easily; if I don't go, they'll still win easily. I don't want to do something meaningless."
"Alright," she changed the subject. "Why did you do that before?"
"Do what?"
"Toy with the prisoner, the Bishop's face was stiff," Isabella said with some concern. "He doesn't seem to like that kind of judgment. And he's likely to be the next Pope, you might suffer for it."
"Meien will be angry because he hasn't become Pope yet," Jie Luo said nonchalantly. "Once he enters the highest level of the Secret Hall's archive, he'll naturally understand that this is how to please the gods."
"What... way?"
"Toying," the Purified One smoothed her wind-blown snow-white hair. "The gods have never descended into the world, nor do they protect its people. They only use a vague goal to make us rush forward to approach it, longing to receive its grace. Isn't that similar to the judgment just now? At least I gave him a clear goal, but the gods give nothing; they haven't even guaranteed that the goal is real, or rather, everything is our own conjecture and delirium. Even so, we still rush forward without hesitation... Tsk, tsk, that's the most thorough toying."
What is this person saying? Why can't I understand a word? Isabella frowned. "Have you been to the archive?"
"No," she shrugged. "Oberlain told me all this. He's not a witch, and his lifespan is nearing its end. I heard that when a mortal's limit arrives, the scenes of their life will be reviewed in their mind, and they can't help but want to confide in someone. He even intended to have me devour him before he died."
"You can't—"
"Of course, I can't; that would make Meien furious," Jie Luo interrupted. "Don't worry, I know what I can't do." She smiled mysteriously. "There's also a possibility that I might lose. Wouldn't I be giving my body to him for nothing?"
"I don't think so; if you lose, nothing might happen." Isabella sighed. This person is strange, probably because of her ability—after devouring so many people, there are almost no feelings she hasn't experienced. Therefore, Jie Luo rarely enjoys anything; everything she does is for fun, and it must be unusual fun.
Isabella shifted her gaze back to the battlefield. Suddenly, a group of desperate men appeared on the city wall. They charged towards the Punisher ranks. Most were pierced by whistling spears before they could get close, but a few managed to reach the Punishers. Then explosions rang out, and the rising dust obscured the gap in the city wall.
This should be the alchemical weapon that appeared in the last siege, she thought. The power looks good, it would be a good choice to restrain demonic beasts. But dealing with the Punishers is tantamount to suicide; if it weren't for the pills, they wouldn't even be able to touch the Punisher warriors.
On the other side, the flow of the golden ocean also slowed down. A raging fire suddenly erupted below the city gate, isolating the Judgment Army that had not yet entered the city. Some people who were covered in flames could not extinguish them even by rolling on the ground.
"Hmm... the density of the God's Punishment Stones behind the gate is several times higher, and there are also two of higher quality. It seems that a big shot has arrived," Isabella said.
"In that case, let's go down," Jie Luo stretched.
"But these two are not the Wolf King or the Azure Water Queen," she glanced at the inner city. "The strongest reaction is still in the castle. Are you sure you want to go?"
"Isn't the army in trouble? Winning easily and winning miserably are not the same thing. I have to help Oberlain reduce the losses," Jie Luo tilted her head and said seriously. "As I said before, I am wholeheartedly for the Church."
……
By the afternoon of the siege, the outer defense line of Wolfheart City had finally been breached. After the Punisher warriors controlled the gap, the Judgment Army began to clear the resistance street by street.
"The target has started to move," Isabella said, looking towards the castle. "They seem to be planning to go to the inner river wharf."
The two big shots who came to organize the resistance were the sons of the Wolf King. Now both of them have been devoured by Jie Luo. Through the princes' information, she further confirmed that the moving Godstone reaction was the biggest target of this mission.
In addition, they also killed a Fallen Witch, whose appearance and dress looked like a foreigner. After the witch died, the Kèyào militia who dared to die with the Punishers suddenly decreased a lot.
"They probably want to leave by boat," Jie Luo smiled. "Let's go, to complete the mission assigned by Oberlain."
The other party's actions were obviously very cautious. They changed several routes along the way, and after arriving at the dock, they did not board the large ship with the black sails, but chose a small single-masted merchant ship.
But no matter how they concealed their whereabouts, their every move was exposed under Isabella's monitoring.
The moment the Wolf King and the Azure Water Queen boarded the deck of the small boat, the two of them had already flanked over from both sides of the dock. Most of the twenty-odd people on the boat were bodyguards. At this time, they didn't even need to ask to know that something was wrong. Everyone drew their weapons and jumped off the boat, rushing straight at the Purified One.
Jie Luo once again demonstrated her superb fighting skills. After disarming a bodyguard of his long sword with her bare hands, she fought with the crowd. Every time she struck with her sword, someone fell, and her footsteps were light and agile, and almost no one could see through her next attack. Whether it was picking, splitting, chopping, or blocking, Jie Luo used the most appropriate strength and the most tricky angle to swing her sword. Soon, more than a dozen bodyguards were lying on the ground, basically all killed with one sword.
The Wolf King drew the sword from his waist, preparing for a desperate fight.
"Isabella!" she shouted.
"Got it," the latter then deployed her ability—a circle of lightless domain that only the Eye of Magic could see. In Isabella's vision, the black forbidden areas formed by different God's Punishment Stones were vibrating slightly at their own frequencies, like ripples on the water. She controlled the domain to vibrate alternately at the same frequency, and then connected to the Godstone area, and the ripples of the two instantly canceled each other out, and the domain became flat and smooth.
Jie Luo immediately turned into a ghostly light and drilled into the Wolf King's body.
When the Wolf King twisted and turned into the Purified One, the Azure Water Queen showed an unbelievable expression, "Why can you use your abilities in front of the God's Punishment Stones?"
"Because the Godstones are not what you think..." Isabella then smoothed out the other party's vibration, "But you don't need to know these, because... it's going to end soon."
Before she finished speaking, Jie Luo pounced on Garcia Wimbledon again. (。)