Although Daier had still been a timid little girl before, after losing both her parents and witnessing every kind of darkness, it was now difficult to find any trace of her former naivety.
"Thanks to Elder Xiu, should we turn back now and recruit that group of Holy Soldiers?" Daier asked me.
I shook my head. "Return their heads to them. We'll take the Divine Eye and head straight for the Giant City. Only by occupying the Giant City can we drive a blade into the heart of the Holy Court."
"What about the guild over there?" Daier asked worriedly.
"The battlefield over there has already entered the cleanup phase. After their victory, the Holy Soldiers are preparing to join forces with the Pope's side. But I believe the guild should win the next battle." I smiled.
It was exactly as the information I had received indicated. After the guild and the Holy Soldiers had fought a great battle and both sides suffered losses, they had each withdrawn. After all, with no leader on the main battlefield, nobody could keep fighting.
The army was also on its way to join forces with the Pope, while the guild's mercenaries had broken up into small groups and scattered along both sides of the mountain roads.
After receiving news of the Pope's death, but without the heads being delivered, the mercenaries had gone back to steal more heads as if they had been injected with stimulants. The Holy Soldiers fell into chaos, and countless numbers of them were killed.
There were still several small cities along our route. As we passed through them, the guild's mercenaries gathered with us once again. After all, they had originally been organized by Rogue Cultivators.
The Holy Soldiers stationed in the cities had never seen such a