Cheng Shi was dumbfounded.
Before Delvo spoke, he was the only one who was dumbfounded. But when Delvo shouted that war prayer, Sun Miao was dumbfounded too.
He might not have known which of the similar giant bows was real, but that familiar voice...
The last trace of shock in Sun Miao's heart made her turn straight toward Cheng Shi beside her. In disbelief, she said, "He is..."
Cheng Shi nodded, stunned beyond words. "Kainlaur!"
At that moment, the two who had witnessed the truth of history finally connected all the clues and understood why so many things on this battlefield were unreasonable.
There had never been any hundred-year vision of the Lawful Compliance Faction. There had never been any plan to create a new Order. Before this, no one had told them that the new "Order" Kainlaur spoke of was actually...
War!
One of the highest authorities in the Grand Inquisition had actually turned toward war at this moment!
No!
He had not defected just now. He had long since been a believer in war!
"We were wrong. We let so-called history blind us. The supplies the Lawful Compliance Faction sent into the Tower of Reason might never have been intended to achieve some grand goal of universal compliance. They were probably meant to ignite the flames of war!
"What had been budding in the Lawful Compliance Faction all these years was not devotion to Order, but a desire for war!"
Sun Miao's eyes gleamed as she counted off Kainlaur's plan on her fingers.
"This is a scorched-earth plan! I was wondering why Kainlaur had been so relentless in recruiting troops around the border. Look at them—the soldiers he recruited out of admiration for Order are all going to die in this feast of Meteor Fire Rain!
"He wants