Chapter 505: Catastrophic Change
By the afternoon, the resistance forces opened the gates of Sleddingburg and poured out.
The resistance army was very short of livestock, and the only horses they had were basically used to carry goods or pull carts. Even Grisha had difficulty following the team using his prosthetic limbs. He and other wounded soldiers whose injuries were not too serious could only take turns sitting in the carriage to rest.
Strictly speaking, the resistance army is not entirely an army. In the beginning, they were just refugees fleeing from the White Crow Principality, who chose to resist out of desperation.
Among them were children, including Grisha, as well as some elderly people.
In addition, many people in Sleddingburg chose to leave with them, so there were a large number of civilians mixed in the resistance army.
"Grisha, are you okay?"
"Child, there's still room for one more person on uncle's cart, would you like to get on?"
Grisha sincerely thanked the people around him, and then refused all help.
The rations the resistance brought were barely enough to last them three days, yet they had to march for nearly four days, assuming everything went well.
There was no other way. They had to try hard to squeeze out some transportation capacity to carry weapons and ammunition. If they didn't have the ability to protect themselves, they wouldn't be able to survive for even three days.
Grisha secretly glanced at Uncle Wood's cart. It was already full and very difficult to push. There were no metal bearings in this era. There was some grease on the wooden wheel hub, which made it extremely difficult to push.
The resistance army advanced in silence, with the young men leading the way and covering the rear, and the children following in the middle of the team.
In fact, there were still quite a few elderly people, but almost all of them chose to stay in the city. When the army of Grand Duke Longya arrived here, they found that it was an empty city. The anger at that time can be imagined, but these old people still chose to stay and chose to face the anger of Grand Duke Longya.
They did not give up completely, but asked for some weapons and decided to rely on the castle for defense.
The castles of this era have gone through many iterations, and there are many designs that are so powerful that one man can block a thousand. Perhaps these old men can really cause considerable trouble to the enemy.
It was also the last time they showed their fangs.
Gwen looked back at Sleddingburg, the castle she had held for half a year.
The evacuation was not without cost. The seriously injured, the unable to move, and many people who volunteered to stay did not leave. They were now sticking their heads out from the city wall.
Strangely enough, they were not desperate, but laughed happily instead.
It was as if the resistance forces that had left were living on their behalf.
Gwen held the hilt of the sword, without looking back, but remained silent for a long time.
On the other side, Mother-in-law was talking to Isaac.
"How is it? Has the message been delivered?" Isaac asked anxiously.
After the two of them realized that something was wrong, Mother-in-law immediately returned to the train and delivered the news that the resistance had decided to retreat, while Isaac assisted Gwen in organizing the evacuation.
At this moment, my mother-in-law has just returned.
"It has been passed on. Kyle immediately arranged for a train to return urgently. There are not too many resistance troops stationed in the North. It is no problem for them to defend the train, but it is a bit difficult for them to provide support to us. Moreover, they have just destroyed the coalition forces. In order to prevent the enemy from retaliating, they must leave some people behind."
"So, we have to walk there by ourselves?"
"If Blood Harbor sends its troops with all its strength, our expeditionary force will soon be able to form a large force. Kyle will then lead the vanguard to directly support us. If we can provide guidance, we will be able to join them in about two days."
Isaac keenly sensed a hint of worry in his mother-in-law's words.
"What's wrong, are you in trouble?"
"Yes." Mother-in-law nodded with a unhappy look on her face.
"Not only did the people from the Holy See cooperate with Grand Duke Longya, I also met a lot of extraordinary people on the road. I couldn't kill them all. Damn it, why did so many people from the Church come to the North!"
Isaac frowned when he heard this.
This is wrong. Very wrong.
Extraordinary people are not cheap consumables. On the contrary, every [Investigator] is a valuable asset of the church. They would rather sacrifice hundreds of elite troops than consume Extraordinary people at will.
However, the two of them have killed more than a handful of extraordinary people in the North, and the number of people they forced back and tested is ten times more.
This means that the Holy See must have deployed at least twenty extraordinary people, which is an extremely astonishing number.
Although there are a large number of believers of the Fire Moth who are wandering outside and hiding in various corners of the continent, the total number of extraordinary people in the entire Fire Moth is definitely less than twenty.
This is already the most dangerous cult organization on the entire continent.
The number of extraordinary people that the Candlelight Society can mobilize is probably no more than a hundred. More than one-fifth of them came at one time, and several people have been killed. It seems that they have a big plan.
"How many [Investigators] can you handle?"
"One on one is no problem." Grandma raised the Dragon Breath Cannon in her hand. "But if we are surrounded, two people is fine, but three people will be in danger. Of course, no matter how many people are besieging us, I can at least replace two."
My mother-in-law's tone was somewhat resolute; she had already prepared herself to never go back.
"In a head-on battle, I can handle five, and it wouldn't be a problem to contain seven or eight, but the enemy has too many people right now."
"And it happened to be the [Investigator]!"
Both of them looked somewhat gloomy. What [Investigators] are best at is tracking and investigating, which means that they will never be able to escape the enemy's pursuit.
In the past, according to the style of the Candlelight Society, they generally disdained to cooperate with mortal lords. However, this time, not only did they approach Grand Duke Longya, they also chose to cooperate right from the start. This was very abnormal.
"Is there some evil cultist causing trouble in the North?"
Isaac and his mother-in-law thought about it for a long time and realized that the biggest cult might be these fire-chasing moths. "Maybe another disaster-level mutation is going to happen. Do you remember the incident decades ago?"
"Ha, of course I remember. At that time, you were still a newly promoted [Investigator] of the Southwest Parish of the Candlelight Society, and you had a fight with me. How could I forget it?"
"We also sent out dozens of [investigators] that time, but in the end only Jules and I survived. It took the Candlelight Society decades to slowly recover." Isaac shook his head. "I hope it's not a similar natural disaster."
"That's nothing. [Motherly Compassion] can also be considered a natural disaster. If the Candlelight comes, it will still cost human lives, but we solved it. Castel didn't suffer much loss and it was resolved. If you ask me, this is what can truly change the world!"
Granny picked up the dragon's breath cannon.
"Even if it's a natural disaster, I'll give it two shots first!"
(End of this chapter)
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