Chapter 158 (1/2)
Chapter 158 Ashes (Part 2)
“They are the most excellent warriors of the Church and are used as the top secret weapon against us witches” Ashes explained, “they have the sath as I, and neither are they any slower than I am, also…” she hesitated “It seeainst theht hand of one of the soldiers from the God’s Punishment Army But he didn’t hesitate for even one second to use his left hand to slash at my eye
“Even when I turned and fled, his iven hihting will Even if they were able to keep fighting after losing one arm, they would still be affected in the end, for exa their balance, it is simply impossible to adapt to that in such a short period of time
“I’ve only heard of the Church’s Ares,” Wendy whispered “Since they have such powerful warriors, why did they never appear during the previous fights against witches?”
“That, I do not know,” Ashes slowly revealed, “Even I only heard the name ‘God’s Punishments Army’ after I later returned to the Old Holy City and inquired about it from some of the city’s inhabitants”
“You… you went back?” Wendy asked surprised
“Ah, how could I let those dregs off so easily?”
She stood up and went to the , “later on I attacked several s one of the raids I caught one of their presiding Judges, previously I had actually thought that they weren’t afraid of death But having to face torture and death, his performance wasn’t much better than that of any ordinary person, he soon showed a look of fear and began to plead with me for mercy It was from his mouth, that I heard the name of the God’s Punishment Army for the first time
“Before their cerees, only the best of the warriors will get this honor, and their acceptancerelationshi+p between the success rate and their willingness The big difference between the soldiers of the God’s Punishet their power naturally or because of their natural talents, no, instead they become transformed artificially”
“…” Hearing this news, Wendy was quite shocked, she became utterly speechless
“I suppose the reason why they cannot openly use thees, is perhaps because of the side effects of their transformation When they lose their self, then there is no difference between them and the monsters”
Ashes sighed, “During the tie I would often hidethe day, only coainst the believers But when the Church began a complete city wide search, I decided that I had to flee from the Old Holy City On the day ofto ri at me out of the eyes of an outsider, I wouldn’t have looked any differently than a mindless beast”
She only stopped her speech when she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder, “Now, that tiood life of an ordinary person Under the Prince, the life ofthe experience of fighting together during the Months of Deholds attack, the largest part of the town’s people have already accepted the existence of us witches This town has turned out to be the Holy Mountain we have always been searching for”
Ashes leaned against theand took a deep looked at the won of the thin women with dull eyes that she re at Wendy it was quite hard for her to i her childhood Both in body and appearance, when they were compared with the child of that tientle and natural tone of her voice made others feel a peaceful serenity
However, there were still so here, nor was that the reason that I’ve come to Border Town” She paused, “I came to this town, to take all of you withyou to a place which is really safe, unlike Border Tohich isn’t such a place”
“You do not want to stay here…” Wendy froze for a moment “Why?”
“As long as we live on this continent, ill always be threatened by the Church Because of this, Tilly had gathered the dom of Graycastle and has taken them with her to the Fjords That is where she intends to build her own country”
“Doesn’t the Fjord also have Churches?”
“Because of the special topography of the archipelago and its separation into many islands, their influence can only be er islands, and also…” Ashes twisted her mouth, “there aren’t any soldiers of the God’s Punishment Army on these islands either”
And if they found themselves there, they would soon have to face the wrath of the witches Going from one island to another, the Church’s forces would be uprooted, just like when they had hunted us witches
“You and your sistersher “It was a et rid of them as soon as possible When I could hear them, the Church definitely has also heard of theanize the before the Church’s Ardom of Graycastle When you have to face the God’s Punishment Army, do you really believe that the 4th Prince will protect you? No secular Lord will ever be willing to spend his own life to save a witch’s Right at this ood to you, but in times of distress, he won’t hesitate for even a second before abandoning you”