The Final Battle with the Faith Order, Part Three

Santos's plan was simple: to persuade the enemy to surrender, especially during the war. This was somewhat outrageous, but Santos had sufficient authority and felt that doing so would not affect the outcome of the war.

Another reason is that because Keledu surrendered with his parish followers, there were already some followers of the Faith Order in Two Rivers County.

After living here for the past few years, these people have become completely accustomed to life in the Two Rivers County. Many of them have even joined the Golden Sunflower Family's Order Warriors. Although there are no mid- to high-ranking officers yet, with their individual abilities, it is not impossible for them to achieve this in the future.

Before the expedition, the Fourth Regiment left those with Order Warriors experience in the Two Rivers County as a precaution.

However, many officers and soldiers of the Expeditionary Army had worked with these people, and everyone had a good impression of the Order Warriors.

Therefore, Santos's idea was endorsed by many officers, who also did not want these elite soldiers to die here. Wouldn't it be better if they could serve the Golden Sunflower Family?

Soon after receiving orders from Santos, the Expeditionary Army began to persuade the still-fighting Order Warriors to surrender.

However, the Expeditionary Army may have misjudged the determination of the Order Warriors. Instead of surrendering, most of the Order Warriors took advantage of the Expeditionary Army's pause in its attack to regroup and attempt to continue their assault.

Seeing that these Order Warriors were so stubborn, the commander of the Expeditionary Army at the front had no choice but to stop trying to persuade them to surrender.

Because the enemy's main force had already retreated, the rifle squads that had been suppressing the enemy's rear were now freed up. Commanders immediately moved the rifle squads to the front lines to shoot down the Order Warriors who were still putting up resistance.

After this happened several times, some of the Order Warriors who were not so determined began to lay down their weapons. However, in the end, only a hundred or so Order Warriors were willing to surrender, which was far too few compared to the thousands of corpses that fell on the battlefield.

Although the Faith Order's armed forces were not completely wiped out after this battle, they suffered heavy losses.

The most elite Order Warriors, who were at the forefront from the start, suffered the heaviest losses.

The purple-robed warriors carrying the "Judgment" also suffered considerable losses. Fortunately, most of the members were positioned at the rear, so the casualties were not significant. Their commander ordered a retreat in time, which allowed them to survive. Most of the "Judgment" were brought back with them.

At this time, Santos was still receiving reports from various units of the Expeditionary Army, learning about his own casualties and results.

An officer handed him a metal rod. "Regimental Commander, this is something we captured on the battlefield. We don't know what it is, but it must be important. The dead enemy was holding onto it tightly and wouldn't let go!"

Santos looked at the stick, which didn't seem like a weapon and he didn't know what it was, so he turned to look at Mizhene beside him.

Mizhene said to Santos, "Viscount Santos, this is the Faith Order's apocryphal Sacred Artifact, the 'Judgment'."

The Faith Order should have over 100 members, but I don't know the exact number; only the older apostles would know.

Once the 'Judgment' formation is triggered, it can unleash a massive amount of lightning, capable of destroying all enemies within its range.

We had used it before in the Northlands Steppe, and it was thanks to 'Judgment' that we were able to cleanly and decisively defeat the Blood Scorpion Tribe and other tribal armies.

However, the 'Judgment' needs to be recharged at the Enlightened Sanctuary after each use, so I brought it back with me.

I haven't seen it since; it must have been kept by the purple-robed warriors, who were guards under the First Apostle.

The officer beside him quickly nodded. "We found it under the bodies of a group of purple-robed warriors."