“Come in.” Lin En rubbed his head, his thoughts gradually freed from the large number of formulas, and looked towards the door.

"Master Dean," it was Peirce who walked in.

"What's the matter?" Lynn asked.

"It's news from within the empire. Speaker Harrov asked me to ask your opinion." Pierce said hesitantly.

"empire?"

Lin En couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and many speculations flashed through his mind.

Could it be that the Church is launching another massive attack? If that were the case, it would prove that Ella had found a way to crack the nuclear explosion technique, which would undoubtedly be the worst news.

Fortunately, Pierce quickly explained that it was not the Vatican that launched the attack, but the propaganda of priests and bishops within the empire that led to the most terrifying witch-hunt in history!

Originally, although wizards were hunted and unwelcome within the empire, as long as they did not reveal their magic, did not engage in evil human research, or did not engage in sensational activities such as sacrifice, capable wizards could still barely survive.

Those who are doing better will cooperate with local nobles and help them deal with some shady things. Those who are not so good will be like his mentor Kelu, who creates an identity to trick some wealthy apprentices into supporting his magic research.

But as the doomsday theory spread, believers and ordinary people became increasingly afraid of wizards, and the nobles no longer dared to take the huge risk to continue cooperating, which led to a large number of wizards hiding in the dark being dug out.

According to the spies' reports, dozens of wizard massacres have occurred in the Western Territory alone.

"Now many wizards are preparing to flee to the kingdom. A wizard mutual aid organization has even been established in the West. The parliament is considering whether to send an airship to pick them up." Pierce truthfully repeated all the news he had heard.

Lin En hesitated for a moment and sent an airship into the empire, which was undoubtedly a very dangerous move!

They are still at war with the Holy See, but in the past half month, the other side has not shown any intention of launching a large-scale counterattack and has tended to temporarily cease fire.

This is obviously the deterrence established by the nuclear explosion, which makes the Vatican fearful and dare not launch an attack rashly without knowing their details.

The same goes for the parliament. Now they only have the nuclear explosion as their trump card. The uranium 235 reserves can only be used once more and cannot be used easily.

The longer the time drags on, the more advantageous it will be for them, as the mining of uranium ore is one aspect, while on the other hand it is the preparation for war and the promotion of legends.

Sending airships into the country now is likely to anger the Vatican and directly lead to the outbreak of a new round of war.

"Mr. Dean, do you want to reject this proposal?" Alok asked cautiously.

Lin En's choice is undoubtedly crucial. Although most of the congressmen now believe that they need to send people to seek help, if the dean insists on opposing it, the proposal will most likely not pass.

After all, Lin En, who was able to release nuclear explosions and kill the incarnation of the false god, has become the wizards' trump card. His words are sometimes even more crucial than the Speaker's.

"Let's rescue them!" Lin En thought for a while and made a decision. "If we don't even dare to come in to rescue them, the Vatican will just think we are bluffing."

"This may be a test from the opponent. We must fight back!" Lin En said firmly.

As an enterprising wizard, he naturally agreed to fight back fiercely against the Church that dared to slaughter wizards.

After receiving Lin En's affirmative answer, the parliament did not delay any longer and immediately dispatched more than 20 airships, escorted by new fighter planes, to the empire for rescue!

…

At noon, in the western part of the empire, a dense forest was crowded with people, and the sounds of screaming, wailing, and fighting were endless.

"Kill these minions of evil, the spreaders of doomsday..."

The leading archbishop shouted loudly, and a large number of knights beside him had already loaded the crossbows. Suddenly, a fierce rain of arrows appeared in the dense forest.

Most of the arrows were blocked by magic or hit tree trunks and bushes, but it was not completely fruitless. One young apprentice was unable to dodge and was pierced through the back by several arrows. He tumbled to the ground and was silent in an instant.

"Amon!" The older witch's eyes widened, flames surged around her body, condensed into several fireballs, and flew out with a shrill scream.

The violent explosion tore apart a dozen knights in the front, but the next moment, more crossbow arrows flew out from the smoke and flames, and together with the holy light impact cast by the three bishops, they broke through the witch's defenses and blew her into a ball of blood mist.

Seeing the sacrifice of the official wizard, the fleeing wizards were all terrified that they couldn't even slightly block the opponent's offensive.

The continuous rain of arrows continued. Perhaps out of fear of the wizards' powerful and strange witchcraft, the knights did not rush forward for close combat, but continued to use arrows and crossbows to consume their magic power from a distance.

From time to time, some people fell behind due to exhaustion, or were shot by arrows and fell to the ground.

"Lord Lucas, what should we do now?" Several fleeing wizards asked anxiously. They all knew that if they continued like this, everyone would die here.

"Those damn traitors!" The wizard named Lucas also shouted.

Originally, they formed a mutual aid society in order to cope with the increasingly severe pursuit by the Holy See, and planned how to safely escape to the Kingdom of Hadrata, which was said to be ruled by wizards.

However, they didn't expect that a traitor inside had betrayed the place of their gathering. The church had already sent people to ambush there, and they rushed out while they were discussing. After a series of fierce battles, more than 300 wizards and a large number of apprentices suffered heavy casualties, and only more than a hundred people escaped.

Lucas was furious, but there was nothing he could do but offer words of comfort.

"Everyone, hold on for a while. We will be safe as long as we escape to the City of Kerosene. That is the territory of wizards."

"Once we get there, we won't have to worry about being hunted by the Vatican, nor will we have to hide our identities. We can perform magic openly..." Lucas kept talking about the wonderful life in the future.

Although he is not sure whether the news is true or not, he must stabilize the situation now. If everyone loses hope, then they will be really finished.

(End of this chapter)