Mystery: Mr. Witch and Ms. Hunter

Chapter 314 Necessary Pain and Sacrifice
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Adele, awakened by a nightmare, no longer had the heart to sleep. Moreover, after nearly 12 hours of sleep yesterday, she was no longer that sleepy. She just had some muscle fatigue due to the high-intensity maneuvers in battle.

The healing speed of extraordinary people is much faster than that of ordinary people. Many muscle strains caused by sudden bursts can be healed in just one night. However, perhaps because healing requires energy, they will be more easily tired than normal people during this period of time.

However, it is not insurmountable...

Adele got up from the bed, took off her nightcap, and planned to record the scenes in her dream in case she forgot them.

This kind of thing is entirely possible. As a being blessed by two quasi-Ancients, a lot of harmful information would be filtered out invisibly. Adele herself would not even notice the filtering process and would just think of it as forgetting something.

Adele quietly found the candle, lit it with the last match, and began to write on the paper in the faint light.

She roughly summarized several characteristics of the dream world, including opposing intentions, repeated faces, and overlapping time, and also drew a sketch with a pen below.

After outlining the scene with hazy lines, Adele put the notebook away and examined her painting skills.

"Well, as long as I can understand it myself," she quickly made a self-aware assessment.

Anyway, when she attends the Tarot Club, she can directly transfer her writing ideas onto the imaginary paper and pen. No matter how good her own drawing skills are, what she draws are lifelike.

Just as Adele was about to put away the notebook in her hand, there was another round of rapid and violent knocks on the door.

Adele was stunned for a moment, and gently pinched her thigh to confirm that this was not a dream, but the absolute reality.

After a little hesitation, Adele placed the short candle on the brass candlestick and walked towards the door holding the candlestick.

After all, this is the headquarters of the navy, and with a demigod in charge, nothing should go wrong.

Besides, even if something goes wrong, the brass lamp holder is quite heavy and easy to use to hit people, making it a good secondary weapon.

Adele held the candlestick in one hand and reached for the door handle with the other. At this moment, she immediately pictured the appearance of the person who came.
The man was wearing a clean white shirt and dark blue suspenders, with his collar only half buttoned, looking quite casual. His brown skin, which was unique to the Balam people, looked particularly soft under the moonlight, and his black eyes were twinkling, looking quite capable. It was Constantine Eggers, the "Green Fingers" of the Church of Mother Earth, whom he had met during the day.

"I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but..."

Adele opened the door, and Constantine immediately took a step inside, almost standing face to face with Adele. Adele could almost see the outline of his abdominal muscles through his half-open collar, but he also noticed Wendy lying on the other bed in the room, and his voice suddenly dropped.

"Let's go out and talk."

Adele waved her hand, and Constantine turned around tactfully and asked Adele to change out of her pajamas.

Soon, Adele changed out of the cotton nightgown and put on a navy uniform that was easy to move in. She draped a dark blue fur cloak like a cloak behind her, and gently pushed Constantine from behind, motioning him to go out first.

"Since I see you now, it must be bad news."

The doors on both sides of the corridor outside were not closed, and a breeze blew through. Adele felt a little cold and tightened her coat.

"As much as I want to deny it, it's true."

Constantine's expression was serious. "The front line sent a new battle report. Although I haven't seen the specific content, it seems that the situation is not optimistic."

"The army suffered a defeat east of the Star Plateau. Because the battle line was too long, the angel from the Rose School personally took action and severely damaged the deployment in the middle of the battle line. If the new commander on the front line had not decisively ordered to set fire to the Hagati grassland, forcing the people of the Rose School to put out the fire, it is hard to say how many troops on the front line could have been withdrawn."

"Burning the Hagati Grassland?!" Adele couldn't help but gasp. "How much damage did the Pope of the Rose School cause?!"

"I don't know the specific situation. There are only some hasty last words left by the wounded soldiers on the front line." Constantine had a complicated expression. "A front-line staff officer said in the last telegram that the map of the Star Plateau needs to be redrawn."

"Goddess..." Adele subconsciously tapped her chest four times, her fingers trembling with fear.

The Hagati Grassland is the largest grassland in the southern continent, with an area equivalent to half of Feysac. A large number of nomads who believe in the Rose School live there. The grassland, which is thousands of miles long, has always been a headache for Commander Loen. A rash attack will only unnecessarily lengthen the battle line, leaving no strategic location to defend, and completely exposing the supply line to the cavalry attacks of the princes of the southern continent.

After Loen broke with the Steam and Mechanic Church, it lost a lot of military support on the battlefield. The weapons brought by the troops escorting supplies were simply not enough to fight against Balam's Eagle Cavalry on the plains. If it were really a choice, Loen's commander would definitely hate this grassland and should have burned it long ago.

However, due to the influence of Emperor Roselle, the concepts of environmental governance and sustainable development have long been deeply rooted in people's minds. Allowing troops to burn the Hagati grassland at will will bring about far more impacts than just the protests of environmentalists. In serious cases, it may even cause the prime minister to step down.

After all, the attitudes of the major kingdoms towards the colonies were far from friendly, and similar protests had lasted for hundreds of years. If they carried out looting and destruction in the colonies without regard for the consequences, it would likely cause a backlash, turning the attack into a failed war, which would not only fail to gain any benefits, but would also cause damage to themselves in vain.

Now the commander actually wants to burn the Hagati steppe. It can be seen that the situation on the front line has become dangerous to a certain extent. Even the "founder" who went with the army, the "Hand of Order" William Augustus of Sequence 1, can't stand it anymore and has to approve some inhumane measures.

Of course, on the surface, this "founder" had already passed away, and the nominal supreme commander of the army was Prince Grove Augustus of Sonia, a Sequence 3 "Chaos Hunter". These were all things Emlyn White told Adele.

The price for this Sequence One Angel to personally lead the expedition was that Backlund had no angel in charge at the end of last year, which gave Matafarri an opportunity to take advantage of it.

- If William Augustus, the "Hand of Order", was present, he would be able to establish order to suppress all demon embryos throughout the entire process in an instant, and destroying Matafari's portal would be a piece of cake.

However, not only did He leave, the Pope of the Church of Evernight and another Servant of Secrets were stationed in the Honachis Mountains, and Abbess Arianna went to the southern continent for support under the arrangement of Hermes. The Pope of the Church of Storms was in the Storm Abyss on Pasu Island, and "Mercury Snake" Will Ausiden also went to Disi Bay because he sensed the existence of Ouroboros.

During this one month, they were not in Backlund; yet during this one month, another disaster broke out, which was more direct and more terrifying than the Backlund smog, and almost put the essence of the extraordinary directly in front of everyone.

Will Ausendin, the "Mercury Snake", was fine. His anchors were mainly in the School of Life, the "Council of Fate", and the Church of Fools. Backlund's wavering faith had little impact on him.

But several other angels lost a large number of anchors in this disaster. This was a serious price to pay and it was very likely to affect their mental state and cause even more serious damage.

However, now, after taking such a huge risk and even paying the price, they were almost defeated by a surprise attack from the "evil god" Sua, and the little humanity they already had left became even thinner.

But Sua was different. His resistance army was not organized and did not engage in direct combat with the Loen army. Even if William Augustus wanted to retaliate, he could not kill organized troops on a large scale like Sua did, because the Rose School did not have an organized army.

If the war on the front line continues to be stalemate, it will sooner or later slide into a direction that Rune does not want. No one can say for sure whether William Augustus, who is forced into that situation, will unleash his personal power in the southern continent without scruples.

"War is going to get dirty..." Adele sighed, "even though we are not clean to begin with."

“Why can’t those guys just be crushed by His Royal Highness Prince Grove?” Constantine also said with emotion, “Of course, this is just my wishful thinking.”

"You know, this is their game, and we can't retreat even a step."

Adele said dejectedly, and walked towards the meeting room she had been to once before. Constantine followed behind her, his eyes moving slightly, and no one knew what he was thinking.

The conference room was almost full at this time, with only two seats left below Emlyn, for Constantine and Adele. Tracy sat on the other side of Emlyn, opposite Adele's seat.

"Just now, we received news from the front line."

Emlyn said in a rare serious tone, "Our army's battle line is too long. Just three hours ago, the central army in the plateau area was attacked by the 'evil god' Sua, and suffered heavy losses."

"'Silent One' Mahmud used some means to summon his teacher, the Sequence 1 'Divine Evil', into our army. With just one strike, he destroyed our camp, and the resulting rift almost cut the entire Star Plateau in half. Although the 'Founder of the Nation' arrived quickly, he was only able to slightly injure Suea and force him to retreat."

"The price of this defeat is very cruel. If we cannot organize an effective counterattack as soon as possible to regain momentum, the front-line army is likely to collapse... Considering the mental trauma caused by the Rose School's methods to the Beyonders, this is very likely to happen."

The Rose School is an evil organization that worships the human body. When casting spells, they often use human limbs to complete bloody rituals. For the extraordinary people on the front line, not only are those rituals dangerous, but the process of preparing for the rituals will also cause them a certain degree of psychological trauma.

Therefore, it would be fine if they won the battle, but once they were defeated, when the "Hand of Order" had no energy to distract itself from establishing order, it would definitely turn into a major rout, which was something no one wanted to see.

"The army has distributed a talisman made by His Excellency the Founder of the Nation to each senior commander. As soon as Sua appears, the talisman will be activated immediately to summon His Excellency the Founder of the Nation. So there is no need to worry about the safety here for now. But if the front line fails, we will have to worry sooner or later."

Emlyn glanced at the officers present and continued, "So, we must cooperate and take action."

"I have talked to the head of White Pharmaceuticals. They will provide free medical services to the soldiers who have grown strange organs due to looking directly at S'a. Everyone should return to their posts immediately after the meeting. I want the entire logistics base to operate at full capacity. I want to see the first batch of emergency supplies loaded onto trains and sent to the front tonight."

Emlyn said without question, "Cancel all vacations, and try to complete the delivery of all supplies within a week."

Seeing everyone nodding, Emlyn turned his gaze to Adele and Tracy.

"Your ship will be modified soon. Get ready. You will set sail tomorrow night to start privateering. Sink all the ships you see. All violent actions against the resistance forces of the southern continent except for large-scale massacres are approved."

"Don't show mercy. Everything is for the sake of winning before the patience of the Founder of the Nation runs out. As long as you think it will help us occupy the country, then there is nothing you can't do. Otherwise, by the time He takes action, I'm afraid half of the southern continent will sink."

Emlyn added another sentence emphatically, as if he was afraid that Adele would not understand, so he explained it deliberately.

Loen has paid too much for this war. Any result other than victory is unacceptable. The only difference is the way of victory.

Winning by relying on the army and extraordinary people is a victory, and relying on the personal power of the founder William Augustus to directly massacre half of the southern continent and make Sua lose his anchor and go crazy and out of control is also a victory. However, no one can afford the price of the latter victory, not even William Augustus himself.

As long as Adele and Tracy can do what Suea did, causing enough damage to the shipping supply lines and coastal cities of the southern continent to discourage the residents from fighting, then their mission will be accomplished, and no matter how cruel the means, they will be acceptable.

Necessary suffering and necessary sacrifice...

Adele took a deep breath and saluted Emlyn.

"Yes, sir!"

Then she deftly climbed over the long table in front of her and was the first to leave the venue, followed closely by Tracy.

Her dark blue cloak fluttered slightly, as if a storm was brewing.

(I watched CBA. I almost didn’t finish coding today’s update, but I still want to say, Liaoning is the champion!)

(End of this chapter)