Female Knight Simulator, I am full of righteousness!

After a long while, he said, "Go ahead and do it, but it's no use. Even if you know, it won't help. You can't stop all of this. On the contrary, you'll soon be caught up in it."

"As you wish."

Spider silk shot out from Vita's body, instantly subduing the assassin.

What followed was a smooth Q&A session.

Loria felt somewhat relieved.

Although the experience was somewhat thrilling, without it, she wouldn't have been able to dispel so much fog so quickly.

The reason the Hidden Leaders rebelled was to lead their Divine Weavers to descend upon this world.

Their desire for the Weaver to descend was neither to rule the world nor to kill the goddess; they simply wanted to see their god and understand the god's "realm."

At first, they wanted to go out on their own.

Unfortunately, they didn't know how to leave this world, let alone how to survive in the "Ruins". Left with no other choice, they had to settle for letting the Weavers descend.

Of course, this was only the original purpose of Hidden Head.

As time went by, as more and more people joined the Hidden Leader, and as more and more people and organizations cooperated with the Hidden Leader, this purpose became less pure.

Some wanted to be emperors, some wanted to control people's hearts through religion, some wanted revenge, and some just wanted to burn themselves out...

But no matter what these people think, they will remain closely united until the empire is completely overthrown, which is completely different from the current state of disunity within the empire.

"The Empire's defeat was entirely justified."

Loria couldn't help but sigh.

Even within the empire, the pro-war faction was divided into several different factions.

Some advocated taking the initiative to keep the Hidden Leader outside the capital, while others advocated luring the enemy deep into the capital and then encircling them, and still others advocated retreating to advance.

These people, when they get together, do nothing but argue all day long; they can't make any useful decisions at all.

In this situation, how could an empire whose morale was already low possibly engage with the rebels?

According to the assassin, the leader of the Hidden Head is a pure god-worshipper who would pay any price to pursue his god, even if it meant destroying the world.

Therefore, upon learning that the last Enka Stone had disappeared, he made an extremely dangerous decision.

"Can't find it? Then we won't look for it! Force open the seal!"

Under the influence of the three Enka Stones, the seal of the Ruins was distorted, and the spacetime around the seal was also distorted.

The power flowing through the ruins permeated this world, turning the sky above the capital city into an eerie blood red.

That power has an extremely strong assimilation ability; it can assimilate anything it comes into contact with.

When the seal was first opened, an A-rank adventurer belonging to the Hidden Leader, disbelieving in the supernatural, reached out and touched it out of sheer impulsiveness. Within seconds, he turned into an intangible ball of red energy and was swallowed up by the "island" in the sky.

"No one knows where the boundaries of this power are, but if it is not dealt with, the entire world may be assimilated by it and eventually become an insignificant point in the ruins."

The assassin's words were somewhat similar to Sharon the Golden Knight's guess, but the severity was much greater.

"So, in the end, we will all turn into nothingness, except for those ethereal gods?" the guild leader asked.

The assassin nodded.

Loria gritted her teeth; this was going to completely shatter her dream of lying down.

Damn it, he's a beast! We can't just sit idly by!

She suppressed the urge to beat up the assassin and asked another question that she was very concerned about.

"How can we reseal the seal?"

"do not know."

"Ok?"

Loria dragged out the sound.

The assassin said, "I really don't know."

Loria frowned. "Alright, let me ask you another question. Why do you want the Hollow Stone?"

The assassin replied, "Legend has it that the Hollow Stone can allow one to hear true divine pronouncements."

"..."

Loria glanced back at Doris.

A true divine oracle?

Could she contact the goddesses of dawn, wind, and sky through Doris and then get that guy to come out and solve the problem?

How to listen?

"I don't know. Within the Hidden Head, only a few core members know."

"I have two more questions. First, what is the Hidden Head's next move? Second, why did the Emperor's magic teacher defect to you?"

"The next step is to kill the emperor. As for why Vistula joined us, it's because the chief promised to take him to see the origin of the world and let him have close contact with the gods. He agreed without much hesitation."

really.

Loria nodded to herself; this was almost exactly what she had guessed.

In the eyes of these magicians, family, friendship, and love are not important; what matters is the truth they pursue.

Loria couldn't judge whether such an attitude towards life was good or bad; she only knew that such a person had made her current situation extremely difficult.

"It's not entirely impossible to deal with him. As long as I can successfully contact the Dark Moon Goddess or any of the goddesses, there is a chance to bring him back."

However, Loria also knew that dealing with the Hidden Leader was important, but even more important was to seal the seal, otherwise she would still die in the end.

"Let's take him to meet the Royal Knights and the Gold Knights. At this time, every helper we can get is a good thing."

Loria turned to Vita and said.

Unexpectedly, Vita shook her head.

"Huh?"

"He's not going to make it."

"!"

Loria rushed to check on the assassin.

As Vita said, the assassin's body, invaded by the Weaver's silk, had become riddled with cracks.

A few seconds later, the mud-like assassin collapsed further, turning into countless grains of sand that dissipated piece by piece in the night wind.

Vita explained, "Too much Weaver's power was injected into his body, exceeding his capacity, which is why he turned out like this."

"This……"

Loria was startled.

She doesn't know how many gods are attached to her now, or if one day she will become like that.

No, no, don't scare yourself unnecessarily. Her situation is completely different from that of the assassin.

She should be receiving some kind of lewd power. As long as she doesn't indulge herself and do whatever she wants, there shouldn't be any problems.

“Since things have come to this, let’s go back first,” Loria suggested.

The president, Vita, and Doris had no objections.

The group headed toward the town, but their destination was not the rented house, but the Golden Knight's temporary residence.

Time was of the essence, and Loria wanted to pass on the intelligence she had gathered as soon as possible.

P.S.: I thought I wouldn't be busy this afternoon, but I was still quite busy. However, I put in extra effort today and wrote a thousand more words than usual. If I'm not particularly busy tomorrow, I'll try to reach six thousand.

Island Nation: 30. Is this considered a confession? [5600]

Plans can't keep up with changes.

According to Loria's initial plan, after informing the Golden Knight and the Royal Knight of the information she obtained from the assassins, she should be able to gather a group of insightful people to fight for the future of the continent.

These people may still have unresolved conflicts, or they may still be afraid of the powerful enemy before them.

But under extreme pressure of life and death, these things can be temporarily forgotten.

However, Loria encountered a major problem in the very first step of implementing the plan.

She couldn't produce any evidence; based solely on her and the president's verbal accounts, she managed to convince the Gold Knights, represented by Sharon, but the Royal Knights, who represented the interests of the royal family, scoffed at it.

"If we believe every fabricated story someone comes along with, then this war can't continue. Alright, alright, get out of here now, and stop loitering around, or I will arrest you for treason!"

"grass!"

Loria left indignantly.

What kind of people are these? Even if you really suspect me of lying, you should at least send someone to investigate.

It's hopeless, this empire is beyond saving.

Sharon chimed in, "The reason they're so hostile is partly because they've been in high positions for so long and that's just how they are, and partly because they suspect us."

"us?"

"It's not you, it's us, the Cult of the Goddess of Dawn, Wind and Sky."

"Huh, why would he suspect you for no reason?"

Loria looked completely puzzled.

The Cult of the Goddess is the "state religion" of the Oder Empire, and the interests and goals of the Cult of the Goddess and the Empire should not be too different.

Sharon explained, “Ever since the Hidden Heads have been winning wars, some people within the royal family and nobility have become wary of us. They believe that since the Hidden Heads, who worship evil gods, can turn the empire upside down, then the Goddess Cult, with its many followers, must be an even more destabilizing factor.”

"..."

Loria was speechless for a moment.

You guys are truly amazing.

They haven't even defeated this powerful external enemy yet, and they're already thinking about potential future enemies.

No, these people are not just considering it; they've even taken action. Although they haven't killed anyone yet, it's likely that if another spark were to ignite it, it would immediately escalate into an even more intense internal conflict.