Leo originally thought that he was the only one who noticed something was wrong with the Holy Heart Heretic Hunting Team, but he soon discovered that he had underestimated the scholars in the city, because not long after it got dark, Delkan came with a few guards

The Kingdom Knights from the exchange team came to Leo and Sylvia's tent.

He told the two of them very directly that they discovered that the Holy Heart heretic hunting team might be disguised as a cultist, and they should be attacked by cultists at night, so for the safety of Leo and Sylvia, they specially sent

Several kingdom knights are responsible for protecting the two.

"How did you find out that something was wrong with those people?" Sylvia also asked curiously after accepting the kindness of Delkan and other scholars.

Delkan smiled and explained: "Although they pretend to be perfect, they are not real Holy Heart believers. Some Holy Heart believers will not have the behaviors and etiquette that they will inevitably have. If this situation occurs to ordinary believers,

It’s okay if it’s on someone, but it’s obviously very weird if it appears on clergy and heresy hunting teams.”

After explaining, Delkan reminded Leo and Sylvia some precautions, left the kingdom knights behind, and left in a hurry.

Judging from Delkan's expression, although he tried his best to look relaxed in front of Leo, and always had a confident smile on his face, as if to say that they had seen through the cultists' intentions and laid the trap,

Just waiting for the other party to take the bait and catch them all in one fell swoop, but in fact Leo and Sylvia could still easily see his hidden panic and worry. Obviously the situation was not as simple and easy as he expressed.

However, it is not difficult to understand when you think about it. Although they have seen through the cultists' plans and have made preparations in advance, lack of manpower is still a big problem.

Although there are currently two to three hundred team guards and caravan members in total, these two or three hundred people cannot fully engage in battle. Many people need to be separated to protect other people in the team, such as Leo and Hill.

An important figure like Via takes up three or four of the kingdom's knights who should be the core combat force. In addition, the protection manpower of the students in the exchange team may be even more, so the number of people who can finally go into battle may be less than 200.

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On the other hand, on the side of the cultists, they only knew that a few cultists pretending to be Holy Heart clergy were acting as internal agents. They knew nothing about the overall strength of the cultists, but from the cultists of the Sons of the Virgin, it was very likely that they

Judging from the fact that the Sons of the Virgin were the blasphemous sect that caused major events in the territory, even if the cultists who attacked the team were not the main force of the Sons of the Virgin, they definitely numbered in the hundreds, or even thousands, and many of them had been killed by the evil god.

Power pollution, powerful heretical monster.

In this situation where there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, even if one side has seen through the other side's plan, made preparations in advance, and has a certain advantage, this advantage cannot completely fill the gap in strength between the two sides. Once the other side switches from sneak attacks to

In order to attack from the front, it would be difficult for this school city exchange team, which is a mixture of several caravans, to win this battle.

Although Leo and Sylvia could see that Delkan was not as confident in dealing with the cultists' attacks as he seemed, and was full of worries, they were only worried and did not show any despair.

Obviously there should be some hidden means in the school city that can turn the tide of the war.

Leo was a little curious about what this method was, so after Delkan left, he monitored the entire camp through the mental network to see what other methods the city scholars had.

Within the coverage of the spiritual network, the academics of the academic city naturally could not hide any secrets. Leo soon discovered the items used by these academics of the academic city to reverse the situation at critical moments, two proton grenades owned by the Earth Federation.

When Leo saw the team's chief instructor taking out two proton grenades, he was both surprised and took it for granted.

Although he has not officially seen the Academic City, after some exchanges with the scholars in these academic cities, he has gained a lot of information from them, which is enough for him to infer many things, such as

He was almost certain that the city must have mastered the remains of a colonial facility of the Earth Federation that was relatively well-preserved like the Otter Federation, and had also unearthed some useful technologies and items that could be used from the ruins.

Proton grenades are almost standard equipment for all armed forces of the Earth Federation. They cover an area up to one hundred meters in diameter and are extremely lethal. It is difficult for ordinary ground combat vehicle weapons to withstand this weapon, so since it was invented

From the early colonial period of the Earth Federation to Leo's era, this kind of weapon, which is simple to make, long-lasting, and has stable power, has never been eliminated, and the amount of it in existence is extremely amazing.

Leo also seized a batch of proton grenades from the enemy's arsenal in a certain battle. The production date of these grenades was in the early days of the Earth Federation's interstellar colonization, and they were still usable.

Now that Leo saw that the chief instructor of the academic city's exchange team actually took out two proton grenades, he could be sure that the academic city must have a batch of these proton grenades on hand, and there was a lot of them, otherwise it would not be possible to distribute them to

The main instructor of the academic city exchange team used it.

I saw the chief instructor handing two proton grenades to Delkan and the team's Kingdom Knight captain respectively, and then taught how to use them. The teaching was mainly aimed at the Kingdom Knight captain. As for Delkan, it seemed that he had used this thing before.

He appeared to be very careful when passing proton grenades, and did not listen to the instructions of the chief instructor on how to use them.

After the two put the proton grenade away, the chief instructor carefully explained the timing of its use. However, the timing and objects used by the two were completely different. The captain of the Kingdom Knight used this thing in battle to annihilate the opponent's main force or

Desecrating key figures such as priests, Delkan used this weapon against his own people when the cultists had completely won, to prevent the city's scholars from being taken hostage by the cultists.

Leo was also a little surprised when he saw the determination of the city scholars to defeat the enemy. He told Sylvia what he saw through the spiritual network, but Sylvia didn't feel that he had learned anything after hearing it.

The performance of city scholars is a matter of course.

Although people abroad first think of the academic city when they mention the Kingdom of Theresa, the real foundation of the Kingdom of Theresa is its mercenary system. This system makes the entire kingdom from the bottom to the top extremely powerful.

The spirit of bravery will naturally infect the scholars in the city, so it is understandable that the team's main instructor would make this decision to be more like a warrior than a scholar.

"I don't want to be blown up by a proton grenade because of someone's nervousness." Leo expressed his thoughts tactfully, and then asked Sylvia: "Are you interested in taking a look at this mountain forest?

night scenery?”

Although the Kingdom Knight Captain with the proton grenade can indeed turn the tide of the battle if used properly, the chance of an accident occurring during the entire process is not small. If the Knight Captain's grenade does not work, the team's defense is breached.

Delkan was nervous and directly used the proton grenade in his hand. Leo and others who were within the blast range of the grenade might also encounter a wave of proton storm.

Although with Leo and Sylvia's abilities, the power of the proton grenade could no longer cause any harm to them, they were unable to save the people in the team after the proton grenade exploded, so Leo felt it was necessary to move around.

, to avoid any accidents.

"Go on your own! I still have a book I haven't finished reading." Sylvia shook her head and rejected Leo's invitation. In her opinion, there was no need for the two of them to go out together to deal with a group of cultists.

Ou alone was enough, and even if Leo hadn't suggested it, she would have suggested that Penny and Qiao An go.

After hearing Sylvia's answer, Leo didn't force it, casually picked up a coat and put it on, and then walked out of the tent, feeling like he was taking a walk outside after dinner.

Leo's departure did not attract the attention of the kingdom knights responsible for their safety, because in the psychic illusion created by Leo, he was completely invisible in the eyes of these kingdom knights.

Soon Leo walked out of the camp silently, entered the forest nearby, and moved quickly towards the northwest.

Although the Sons of the Virgin were able to hide their whereabouts under the eyes of the border troops of the Kingdom of Teresa and enter the kingdom, the evil power of their hidden whereabouts was as eye-catching as a spotlight to Leo's extraordinary perception.

Although the mountain road was very difficult, it was nothing to Leo. In less than five minutes, he had climbed over three peaks and arrived outside a small valley, where he encountered the Son of the Virgin.

The outer checkpoint of the faction.

The leader of this cult attaches great importance to security. They have set up ten light and dark checkpoints around the valley, and have also planted some famous blasphemous traps in places where some checkpoints have loopholes.

These blasphemous traps bury the dead corpses of heretical monsters that were completely infected by the power of evil gods in key areas, and then set up some triggering mechanisms. As long as someone triggers this mechanism, those monster corpses will be detonated. The power of the corpse explosion may be

It cannot cause much direct damage to the triggering person, unless the triggering person is standing directly on the corpse, but the power of the evil god spread by the corpse explosion can cause extremely strong pollution to the creatures within the range, and the evil god's pollution power is not only

Only the body of the polluted person is distorted, and even the spirit will be polluted.

This kind of blasphemy trap is often used by cultists and is also a very practical defensive method. Even if the heretic hunting teams and church knights know about this thing in advance, as long as these heretic corpses are not triggered, it will be difficult for the church's magic to detect these traps.

Traps, so in the confrontation between the church and heretics and cultists, the main casualties come from this blasphemous trap.

However, these blasphemy traps were just like the light and dark checkpoints carefully arranged by the cultists, and they were of no use to Leo. While he solved the guards at the checkpoints, he also destroyed all the blasphemy traps and buried them underground.

The power of the evil god contained in the corpse of the heretic was extracted, and the evil god's mark of the Son of the Virgin that had condensed in the body was used to absorb it.

Although during the absorption process, the Evil God Mark of the Son of the Virgin tried to resist, it was immediately suppressed by other divine power marks in Leo's body before it could generate backlash, especially when the aura of the Judgment Mark was passed over.

In an instant, the evil mark of the Son of the Virgin shrank completely and did not dare to move, as if it had encountered a natural enemy.

After easily dealing with the cultists' peripheral forces, Leo arrived near the cultists' camp in the center of the small valley. At this moment, the cultists' team had begun to pack up. It seemed that they had received feedback from the internal agents.

news, and began to prepare to attack the exchange team in the school city.

As previously guessed, there are many people in this cultist team. A rough calculation is about 1,400 to 500 people. Judging from their stature and equipment, the vast majority of them should be church soldiers. On the surface, these people

It looks no different from ordinary people, but many parts covered by clothes have undergone mutations caused by the power of the evil god.

What's interesting is that both the True God Church and the Evil God Church in this world will regard this mutation caused by divine power as a gift from the gods, but they also claim that the other party's mutation is blasphemy.

However, the two methods of treating magical mutants are different. In the Church of True God, those clergy or believers who have mutated most of their bodies will be sent to the Holy Spirit Courtyard by the church to guard the artifacts stored in the Holy Spirit Courtyard.

This is a disguised form of controlling them to prevent them from causing bad thoughts among ordinary people due to their too scary image.

The Church of the Evil God will choose those believers whose bodies have undergone severe physical mutations to become clergy, and even become high-level priests and other church managers and leaders. The more severe the mutation, the more inhuman they are, and the more they are taken seriously, so these sons of the Virgin in front of Leo

The controllers of the cultists are three evil priests whose bodies have been completely mutated into inhumans.

I saw that these three evil god priests had been completely dehumanized. One was like a ball of thread intertwined with countless tentacles, suspended in the air by relying on its own evil god power, and the other was a ball of rotten flesh, transformed by several giants.

The mutant was carried on a sedan chair, and a putrid smell continued to emit from its decaying body. To the cultists, this smell was as intoxicating as some alluring fragrance.

The most special evil priest is just a black shadow. He can't be seen in the dark with the naked eye. However, in Leo's perception, the evil power of this black shadow is very eye-catching.

In addition to these three evil priests, there are dozens of clergy such as bishops or servants of the Virgin who are wearing religious robes and whose bodies are also severely mutated.

After seeing the staffing of the cultist in front of him, Leo was glad that he had made this trip and did not wait for this team to attack the camp before taking action, because the team in front of him was not the escape of the Sons of the Virgin's blasphemous sect at all.
Chapter completed!