The large procession could not be kept secret from the priests guarding the vicinity of the church, but Ed clearly had no intention of hiding it from anyone.
Led by [ Easily Soluble in Water ], the entire group marched headlong toward the church as soon as they entered the territory of White Wax Town. The priests guarding outside initially showed a mixture of shock and anger, but after confirming the size of the group, they all retreated into the church.
We can't afford to mess with them.
With a loud bang, the church doors slammed shut in front of everyone, and behind several stained-glass windows, the sinister expressions of some priests were reflected.
Ed, sitting on the back of the alchemical golem, waved to Duolin:
"Shout it out."
"Yes."
Pre-battle trash talk and attempts to persuade someone to surrender are indeed an indispensable part of a decisive battle.
Although Ed and his men are currently attacking only a church rather than a city, the overall steps are essentially the same.
Duolin obeyed the order and stepped forward, arriving at a position only a dozen meters from the church entrance. He then shouted loudly towards the church:
"Listen up, you people inside! Yiden's evil deeds have long been exposed. You will not have a good outcome if you follow him!"
"You are now surrounded by the Elite Warrior of the Holy See, and we are about to launch an attack. If you want to live, you'd better surrender now. I swear in the name of Bishop Duolin of the White Wax Town Parish that no one who walks out of the church now will die! But if you wait for me to lead my troops in, things might be different!"
Naturally, Duolin's attempts to persuade him to surrender went unanswered.
In fact, Yiden, inside the confessional, was already gripping his wooden cane so tightly it was creaking. He had thought of many possible candidates: the governor and archbishop of the provincial capital's men, the secret investigators from the Holy City's College of Cardinals... But he never expected that the mastermind behind all of this was Duolin, whom he looked down upon and regarded as a gilded playboy!
He couldn't accept his own foolish judgment at all, and a blush crept onto his aged face.
"How dare he... How could he dare?! Where did this alchemical golem come from? Could there really be a treasure vault inside the castle? And where did that person come from?"
Before he could ponder these questions, Yiden, realizing he had been tricked by a young man and entering a state of heightened sensitivity, raised his heavy wooden cane and slammed it down on the ground, the shockwave instantly reverberating throughout the entire church.
"Everyone, stay at your posts. There's no need to go out and fight them. Make good use of our home advantage; we won't lose!"
Outside, Duolin continued his incessant verbal spiel, passionately pumping up Yiden's blood pressure using the script Ed had written for him:
" Yiden! You shameless old scoundrel, listen to me!"
"From the first moment I saw you, I knew you were up to no good. Didn't you even realize it yourself? The stench of the Fallen One is practically overflowing from you, and yet you're still laughing and joking in front of me!"
"Pooh!
"As a creation of the Tree God and a member of the Holy Church, you should have been burned at the stake long ago for what you've done!"
"The former bishop didn't care about you, and the previous bishop didn't care about you either, but I'm going to teach you a lesson, you old dog!"
Ed held his breath and focused all his energy on sensing the fluctuations in the church, but unfortunately he didn't detect Yiden's blood pressure spike, cerebral hemorrhage, or fainting. Instead, he sensed a crowd of young heads crammed behind a window a dozen meters away.
Unfortunately, it seems we have no choice but to attack head-on.
Behind the window a dozen meters away, the excited test subjects crowded around it, making it impossible to move. One of them turned his gaze to the figure sitting on the alchemical golem, looked at it for a while, and then suddenly asked:
"Look at that person, doesn't he look like Number Three?"
"Huh? No way..."
Duolin finished his output and was about to return to the players when Yiden's aged voice came from the church:
" Duolin, so what if you come from the Holy City? Come on, you piece of trash, let me see your strength. If you die, I will be a true bishop."
"You can't... not even get into a church, can you?"
Now that things have come to this, the two sides have completely broken off relations and there is no room for reconciliation. Yiden has already begun to deploy his forces behind Ed scenes, and Eden must make his move.
Duolin looked at Ed to ask if there were any further instructions, but only received a confident smile in return.
If you let me in, then I really will come in, but please don't be angry.
Ed leaped from the alchemy golem's shoulders to the ground, and looking at the players behind him, he smiled and said:
" Soul Returner, prepare for indoor combat!"
At the same time, he mentally commanded Little Green:
"Activate the Cognitive Filter Test Version."
"Understood~"
The sapling's quirky voice echoed in his mind, while the four-meter-tall alchemical golem began to move with heavy steps, accelerating toward the wooden door of the church in front of it.
The golem's right hand was tucked under its left armpit, its specially reinforced elbow pointing straight forward, its head buried in its arms, and its forward-leaning body gave the impending impact an even more terrifying force.
"Bang!"
The alchemical golem fell, but it collapsed inside the church doors!
Wood chips flew everywhere, smoke and dust filled the air, and even the iron bars used to reinforce the wooden door were now irregularly shaped and drooping to one side. The door, which was originally nearly as thick as a person and seemed capable of withstanding countless attacks from the enemy, was reduced to fragments in a single blow.
The neatly arranged wooden benches in the Great Prayer Hall were now overturned everywhere, and even the World Tree statue behind it, which seemed to be plated with gold, was covered with a layer of dust.
"Rush!"
Someone shouted, instantly Ignite the passion of the players who had been eagerly anticipating the climax of the mission.
"Brothers, stick close to me!"
Don't fall behind!
"Kill these BYD!"
With bloodshot eyes, the players brandished their weapons and surged into the church's main entrance like a tsunami, leaving the priests behind the windows terrified.
"Everyone, move in small teams to ensure you gain the advantage by outnumbering the enemy!"
"Damn it, kill them!"
Some players have well-thought-out tactical plans, while others just start charging in blindly.
In short, the battle has officially begun!
Behind Ed, only one small team remains to set off.
Although the nominal captain is [ Dawn Ah ], it's purely because [ Evergreen Tree ] doesn't want to get involved.
While everyone else had already begun their charge, the old professor continued to shake the test tubes.
Just as [ Do Some Farm Work ], who was the last to join, was about to ask them when they would start rushing, [ Evergreen Tree ] stopped what he was doing.
[ His Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] and he immediately looked over with a delighted expression.
"This is... your achievement? With this, will I be able to obtain the power of a dragon? And I won't have to put the dragon scales inside my belly anymore?"
The Evergreen Tree nodded confidently.
"This took me a long time to research, and the results are definitely correct. You have to trust science."