The Release That Witch
Chapters 67's

The last expected fight did not happen.

A soldier came up to a woman standing on the front line and pressed her sword to hold her back.

"Retreat." His voice was not loud, but still clear and strong. Alicia realized that even after the intervention of this unknown person, her side still held their position. Taking a closer look, he could see "me" on the man's sleeve and underneath it was written "Soldier of God's Punishment"

He tilted his head, and not far from them a group of tall warriors rushed out from the North gate. They all wore the same full-body armor, which had a silver luster under the rain, and their red robes waved in the wind. However, all of them had different weapons, some wielding swords and shields while others held spears or Iron Axes. After they crossed the bridge, they did not march as one team. Instead, they spread out and directly fought the incoming demonic beasts.

What kind of tactic is this? They're making a total mess! They faced the demonic beasts with strength and speed that exceeded what was humanly possible so far. Do they want to fight the demonic beasts completely alone and without orders? Moreover, how can we let the God's Punishment Army fight alone against demonic beasts?

"We have to support them!"

"No," the unknown man shook his head, looking rather grim, "You should back off. If you rush into a fight, you'll just drag them down."

Pull them down? Alicia angrily looked at the man, could it be that his impression of the man was wrong? Is this guy just a coward? He clenched the hilt of his sword, ready to immediately join the battle - although the future of the New Holy City was unknown, at the time of their greatest crisis when they had to face the enemy, he was only allowed to stand as the others fought for them.

Even before he could take two steps forward, an incredible sight occurred in front of him.

Something flew down from the sky; it was shaped like a Fallen Angel. Its large wings were covered in gray feathers, and fully open, it had a wingspan of over twelve feet. It had a bird-like head, but also a pair of long horns and spiked claws capable of cutting through the warrior's breastplate like butter.

A vertical fall from the sky was the kind of attack that the beast favored, veiled and difficult to defend against. Even while holding a heavy shield, soldiers would not be able to defend themselves; the force of the huge impact would crush their arms and crush their ribs. Many soldiers had died from their attacks without any chance to retaliate. Their only chance to let go was to plop down to the ground, diving away from the dangerous blow.

But the members of God's Punishment Army did not think of dodging. A soldier wearing silver armor took a firm stance against the enemy, and at the last moment he reached out and clasped the incoming claws with his hands. The force of the collision was so strong that a shrill voice could be heard.

The soldier bent his right leg while straightening his left leg, stretching his arm and forming a straight line with his body, creating an opponent with enough force to fend off the impact. When the other soldier saw that the demon beast was stopped in midair, he threw a javelin. The javelin was so fast that Alicia could only see a flash of silver. It precisely pierced through the beast's head, instantly smashing it at the moment of impact.

The soldier who was still holding the claws of the beast threw away the moving body. His arm was abnormally bent, it seemed like the bone in his arm had been broken. Apparently, he did not survive the unharmed clash, but he calmly took his iron axe and started killing the demon monster again.

They only relied on strength to hold back this herd of monsters. Seeing this, Alicia could not believe his eyes. Hundreds of soldiers from the God Punishment Army poured into the swarms of demonic beasts. Due to their red robes, it seemed like they had merged into a powerful flood of blood, suddenly stopping the enemy from moving forward. He now understood what the soldiers meant when he said they would "draggle" them down. This warrior seemed to have the ability of ten people. Each of them possessed strength, agility, and reaction time comparable to demonic beasts - no, they seemed to be stronger. In front of them, ordinary demon beasts looked almost like a child.

"They are too many!" Alicia could feel joy from the bottom of her heart. With such a powerful group of warriors, Hermes Cathedral would never fall! "Ah, yes, I never asked you your name, my name is Alicia Quinn, and what is your name, Captain? Looks like you already know the God's Punishment Army's fighting abilities?"

The captain looked directly into Alicia's eyes, his gaze as cold as rain. When he finally answered, he did not mention his name, he simply muttered: "My brother is a member of the God's Punishing Army."

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"You know that winning isn't the main point, right?" Suddenly, another voice sounded. The owner of the voice was wearing the same golden attire as Bishop Mayne, but the only difference was that his voice was much older, "The important part of this fight is that the soldiers of the four Kingdoms are destroyed."

"That's right. This way, their defensive line would become useless" the last person said. She appears to be the youngest person in the trio, apparently in her early thirties and is also the only woman in the three archbishops. "Their constant army of more than 5,000 well-equipped and trained soldiers and nearly a thousand knights were immediately eliminated. It will take them four to five years to rebuild their army. Ah ..." groaned, and happily continued, "It's really a beautiful day."

"But to achieve this goal, we have to sacrifice many of our own soldiers, they are the backbone of the Church" Mayne lamented, "If this is not the fastest plan to achieve the goal we want, I really didn't do it. I don't want to send all our soldiers to this purgatory. "

The old man stroked his beard seriously and then said, "We have no other choice, a savage beast has appeared, as described in Scripture. Following the description in the book, there was not much time left. So, if we do not unite the entire continent and force all the Kingdoms under one government, only death will await us. "

"Destruction isn't really bad" the woman said with a frivolous laugh, "Humans are always greedy, have evil intentions, and only see personal gain. Under the name and banner of truth they do far worse things than demonic beasts, maybe even demons from hell will treat us better than us humans to each other. "

"Heather!" the man shouted furiously as he pulled his beard, "Your comments can be considered treason and heresy that go against God's will, do you want to die ?!"

"You don't need to put it in your heart, Tayfun," Heather shrugged dismissively, her face full of disapproval, "The person in charge of this trial is me, not you. Moreover, do you really think that it is important to God whether we endure it or not? How do you know that he's more considerate than the devil? "

"You …!"

"Enough! Tayfun! Heather!" mayne yelled displeased, "Enough for today. I need to report to the Pope, you two will leave now and complete the mission."

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After they left, Mayne stood in front of the window facing north - with the Mountain of despair in the background, the snow-capped land of winter never ended, and in the west, lay barbaric territory. That's where the beginning of everything lies.

He knew that Bishop Tayfun was right, the soldiers in the Army of God's Punishment were too precious. To join, one must not only be loyal but also have a strong will to survive the transformation after it . After almost a century of assembly, the Church was only able to save a thousand soldiers. If they wanted to fight the demons, this amount was not enough.

But North Korea can only support so many soldiers. If they wanted more warriors, they had no other choice but to unify the continent.

Bishop Heather was right, too. He served as a judge of the Church, holding trials for thousands of witches. Whether they were good or evil witches, they were all gathered and killed by the most savage methods.

The higher you are in the church, the clearer your feelings, God is not good but He is not bad either.

"How do you know that he cares more about us than the devil?" When she thought of Heather's words, Mayne couldn't help but laugh out loud . I'm afraid that only he has the talent to bother Tayfun until he has nothing more to say. God does not bless the world, nor does he show concern and concern for the devil.

God will love the winner's party.