They overestimated the efficiency of the work here—not every town is called White Wax Town, nor are all towns under the rule of a wise Son of God.
The villagers and townspeople here clearly disliked the corrupt priests who usually swaggered around much more than the Blood Corpse that were far away.
After all, the terror of the Blood Corpse was just a legend, but the terror of the priests was real.
Although not everyone became Stained Ones, it was even more difficult for those priests who remained true to their beliefs. They not only faced the secret ridicule of their corrupt colleagues but also the hatred of the townspeople, making it almost impossible for them to do anything.
Long-standing resentment has left the townspeople with absolutely no motivation to work.
Tailun was furious about this, and he knew that the townspeople were not to blame, so he picked the most disreputable Fallen One and kicked him.
That flying kick, fueled by personal grudges, would surely keep that priest in bed for a week.
Although Tailun had vented his anger, the threat posed by the Blood Corpse remained imminent, especially since he had just learned about the information from the group chat from [ Zhongde ]. If nothing unexpected happened, the Blood Corpse would launch their first attack before dawn.
He merely patrolled between the city walls and the church from beginning to end, without even a sufficient reason to inform the corrupt bishop before him of this fact.
This genuinely caused him some panic, and he even prepared himself to die during the siege of the Blood Corpse.
After all, although most of the priests here have fallen into depravity, the townspeople are innocent, and there is no reason for them to be buried with them.
Just then, the church doors were pushed open, and [ Gill's Cuisine ] rushed in, panting heavily, wearing only a simple uniform jacket.
[ Gill's Cuisine ] had his head cut off five minutes ago, his body was rebuilt at the White Wax Town resurrection point four minutes ago, and he was teleported to the location of the Teleportation Tree that they had secretly Planting a few days ago on the outskirts of Weeping Willow Town three minutes ago, and then rushed over in a hurry.
So his apparent exhaustion was definitely not an act.
"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
[ Zhongde ] adopted the air of a superior and asked, this was a pre-arranged signal between the two sides. Such a stern tone indicated the presence of enemy NPCs nearby, and they had to be careful with their words.
[ Gill's Cuisine ] looked completely exhausted and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily as he said:
"Inspector, Architect, Bishop, the Blood Corpse, the Blood Corpse is here!"
"What?"
The three spoke in unison, but the only one truly taken aback was the poor bishop of Weeping Willow Town.
He quickly stepped forward and helped the inspector's soldier up.
"Are they really here? How many are there? Where are they?"
Tailun shook his head as he watched the bishop's retreating figure. Although the other man was a true bishop, in terms of mentality, he was not even as good as Yiden had toiled for decades in a subordinate position.
The old man may be bad, but he's not weak. If the Son of God hadn't exposed the truth, the five of them would probably have been Divide and Disintegrate, or even become one of the Fallen One.
But deep down, Tailun felt that this not-so-old man in front of him shouldn't be able to sway him.
A look of anxiety appeared on [ Gill's Cuisine ]'s face:
"All my brothers in the team are dead, only I survived, and there are at least a thousand Blood Corpse Blood Corpse! We should be able to reach the town before dawn."
"A thousand?"
The bishop of Weeping Willow Town plopped down on the ground. His long period of isolation had left him unaware of how many Blood Corpse he could possibly handle.
Seeing the scene before them, Tailun and [ Zhongde ] exchanged a glance and quickly switched into a good cop/bad cop act.
[ Zhongde ] immediately helped the bishop up, pulling him up forcefully with his arm. Tailun, however, made no attempt to hide the disdain in his eyes, and he looked at the bishop of Weeping Willow Town and said:
"His team went to the east side of the town before, which means our prediction was correct."
"Although we only built an earthen wall as high as a person, we still have the strength to fight. Those beasts, the Blood Corpse, don't know how to use their advantages at all. If we rest for a day and attack the city tomorrow night, we will surely die."
"But if we attack the city today, we only need to hold out until dawn, and they will retreat on their own. With this battle, the townspeople will be able to reinforce the city walls more efficiently during the day."
At this point, Tailun's tone became serious:
"In other words, as long as we can survive tonight, Weeping Willow Town will definitely not fall."
The bishop's voice trembled slightly at this moment:
"But how easy is it to get through tonight?"
Tailun frowned:
"If Your Excellency is willing to bring the priests to the city walls, I think keeping watch through the night shouldn't be a problem."
The bishop's hands began to tremble, and he seemed about to wave them away in refusal.
"Well."
This sigh came from Zhongde's throat. He looked at the bishop before him and grasped the other's trembling hand:
"The warriors specializing in architecture that I brought from the Holy City and the provincial capital will also participate in the defense of the city. His Excellency the Bishop is getting on in years and it's not suitable for him to go to those dangerous places, so..."
[ Zhongde ] exchanged a glance with the bishop before him, then looked down at Tailun, offering the hesitant bishop a way out:
"It would be better to gather the elite priests and place them under the command of Inspector Tailun. Inspector Tailun's combat strength is among the best of the graduates of the Garrison Academy, so he should be able to defend Weeping Willow Town."
Upon hearing that he was to be stripped of his power, the bishop's mind cleared instantly, but that moment of hesitation already earned him a furious glare from Tailun:
"You really think I want your few crooked and ugly kids? If you don't want to give them to us, then don't. We'll just take our team to Ginkgo Town."
"If we hold the second line of defense, we can still consider our mission accomplished. The only question is whether the bishop of Weeping Willow Town will still be alive if we lose it!"
The bishop's briefly clear mind began to Overload again. He thought to himself that he had calmly considered the matter and realized that the inspector did indeed look down on his subordinates. Otherwise, why would a fellow Stained Ones One casually punch and kick his comrade?
Since the other side is so eager to fight, it's better to temporarily hand over command to them. If we can hold the town, we can continue to defend Weeping Willow Town according to their previous plan. If we can't hold it, I can at least hide in the church for a while longer.
However, the best-case scenario would be that while they manage to defend Weeping Willow Town, this arrogant inspector also dies—that would be a true double blessing...
Thinking of this, his hands stopped trembling, and his facial muscles twitched as he forced a smile at the two people in front of him, saying:
"Okay, okay, let's arrange it that way."