Chapter 516 - Quest Obstruction (2/2)

However, the Light Saint believed that the purpose of the war was to protect the safety of the people. If a war was at the expense of the lives of civilians, then there was no point fighting in such a war!

Therefore, when Heinz threatened to kill everyone in the entire town, the Light Saint could have held on and defended with the help of the Moonlight Church before reinforcements arrived. However, she voluntarily allowed the Nephilims to take her captive.

To Bernard, this kind of behavior was unreasonable because the Light Saint was far more important than all of the civilians of a small town combined. If all the civilians of a small town died, it would not really affect anything. However, when the Saint was taken captive, the Light Faction immediately had to become passive. In the upcoming battle between the Light and Dark Faction, they would only be able to passively defend themselves. They would not dare to take the initiative to attack because they feared for the safety of the Saint!

As both of them had differing war philosophies, Bernard was unable to tolerate the withdrawal of these civilians from the battlefield. In his eyes, as long as someone was a member of the Light Faction, they were obliged to sacrifice their lives for the Light Faction. This was regardless of whether they were civilians or soldiers!

Even though Bernard was insistent on not allowing these civilians to withdraw from the battlefield, he furrowed his brows when he heard his soldier report that the general in charge of the evacuation was Hua Mulan.

It could not be helped. Although Hua Mulan was a female general, she was known to be invincible in the Light Faction as those who were below the rank of Overlord was no match for her. Moreover, this strong woman was extremely loyal to the Saint. If she was really carrying out the orders of the Saint, then Bernard would not be able to do much even if he personally went there and tried to stop her. He would just get beaten up and embarrass himself.

"Ehh?!" Bernard suddenly had an idea. He said to the signaller under him, "Go to the field headquarters and request for Sylphy to come down here!"

"Yes!" The soldier left to do his job.

At this time, as the Holy Church's Assassin Sylphy had been ordered to keep watch of the frontline defense, she happened to be inside the Divine Light Fortress. As Bernard could not beat Hua Mulan, he thought of Sylphy. She was a disciple of the Moon God and she was an Overlord. If she tried to control the situation, Hua Mulan would probably give in to her.

Soon, Sylphy arrived in front of Bernard. "You wanted to see me so urgently. What's going on? Is there a problem with our defense?"

Even though this girl was obsessed with Jiang Fei and would go crazy whenever he was around, she was still quite normal when he was not around. She was very loyal to the Light Faction. So, when she heard that Bernard had an urgent matter, she immediately thought that there was a problem with the defense.

"Your Royal Highness Sylphy, there is indeed a problem. The captain of the guards under Her Royal Highness the Saint has actually made a huge number of civilians withdraw from the battlefield. This has increased the amount of pressure on our defense significantly!" Bernard said.

"How can this be?! Hua Mulan must be executing the orders of the Saint again. Sigh! This silly Saint is just way too soft-hearted!" In her normal state, Sylphy was a cold-blooded assassin. She even dared to assassinate the Nephilim's Fourth Prince. So, why would she care about the lives of some civilians?

Therefore, Sylphy's philosophy of war was the same as Bernard's. Victory was the priority. Civilian casualties and things like that were not within their consideration.

"Your Royal Highness Sylphy, will you…" Bernard did not say it out. However, his purpose of looking for Sylphy was so that she could help him. After all, if Sylphy was not someone who firmly prioritized victory in a war like him, the Luminous Vatican would not have sent her here to keep the defense in check!

"I'll go with you!" Sylphy did not even hesitate. She immediately decided to go with Bernard and try to bring these civilians back.

"We'll leave now!" Bernard rushed out of the fortress with a cavalry, whereas Sylphy flew there directly.