In the name of the true god

Jude and Allen had long ago discussed how to rescue the thirty-nine implicated wizards and resonance sorcerers imprisoned in the heresy ward.

At that time, it was clearly divided into three steps.

The first step was to break out of the heretical prison area.

The second step is to break out of the capital's heavy prison.

The third step is to break out of the royal capital, Montorus.

The first step already has a definite strategy.

When he was assigned to the heresy ward, Alan carried coffee laced with poison and went to the heresy ward alone under the pretense of playing cards, where he gave it to the unsuspecting priest on duty.

After that, since the other prison guards were waiting in the break room, he had about four hours to release his fellow prisoners one by one without anyone noticing, and then rush up the special prison building.

However, there is an armed prison guard on the first floor of the special prison building, and the alarm will sound simultaneously if a conflict breaks out between them.

Even if the alarm lines of the special prison building are cut off in advance, as long as they break out of the special prison building, they will still be noticed by the prison guards on the walls and watchtowers.

Based on the results of the last time someone accidentally triggered the alarm.

After breaking out of the special prison building, they had at most twenty minutes to breach both prison walls in succession.

If they fail to break through, the dozens of priests dispatched by the Holy Church will suppress them with overwhelming force.

So, is twenty minutes enough time?

Objectively speaking, it was too late.

The priest on duty was poisoned, and there were still three or four priests on duty in the prison. In addition, there were more than two hundred prison guards on duty at the same time, and more than half of them were armed.

The priest himself is quite powerful in combat.

The armed prison guards were also protected by two walls and watchtowers.

A head-on confrontation would not only lack time, but would also inevitably result in heavy casualties.

All of this was perfectly clear to Frost, the president of the Descent of Gods, who had been planning the rescue for years. That was why he wanted to start with Jude and forcefully tear a path to survival.

"I'm afraid that won't work." Jude shook his head calmly. "My brother is a priest, so he's naturally on the opposite side of us. Steele is the deputy warden, and he basically only works in his office and doesn't participate in frontline operations. Trying to get through to them won't help us at all."

"Do you have any other concerns?" Chairman Frost asked sharply.

"Yes," Jude said without hiding anything. "Putting aside these objective reasons, even if my brother and Steele could offer help, I wouldn't want to drag them into this."

This is Jude's bottom line.

Freedom for one's own kind is important, but the older brother and his wife are family.

In order to save his fellow human beings, he caused his brother and "brother and sister-in-law" to get into big trouble, which really went against his original intention.

"I agree with your objective analysis." Chairman Frost did not force Jude to make a choice. "At the same time, I would like to ask you a question."

"Please speak."

"If rescuing thirty-nine of your kind will inevitably come at a price for your brother and his wife, are you still willing to carry out the rescue?"

Jude remained silent.

He had actually thought about this question.

Even if Connor and Steele did not need to provide assistance during the entire rescue operation, they would still be held responsible as the deputy warden and the chief guard in charge of the heretical ward after the rescue was successful.

If the Deus Ex members and Connor were to fight during the rescue, casualties would be inevitable on both sides.

In other words, it's impossible to keep the two bowls of water level.

From the moment he met Allen and joined the Séance of God, he had already "tricked" Connor and Steele.

"I'm willing to rescue them, provided they're both safe," Jude replied.

"Who do you think can give such a guarantee?" Chairman Frost's tone turned slightly colder. "In other words, did you join the Descent of Gods simply to make the rescue plan more controllable?"

"Yes," Jude admitted.

His decision to join the Divine Descent Society was indeed based on this consideration.

The rescue operation by the Descent of Gods is inevitable, no matter how difficult it may be.

Therefore, only by becoming a member of the Saviour of God can one strive to keep Connor and Steele out of danger during the rescue operation.

This is a "pitfall," but also a salvation.

"Jude!" Allen said, looking at him with exasperation. "Not everything can have a perfect outcome! Acting on emotions will only bring endless trouble!"

"I understand," Jude said. "I'm not hoping for a win-win situation; I just want to do everything I can to make the outcome bearable."

President Frost stood up and paced back and forth in the living room, trying to suppress his emotions.

From a rational perspective, he believed Jude's position.

From an emotional perspective, Jude's relationship with Connor and Steele will make the subsequent rescue operation unpredictable.

"President," Jude looked at Frost, "Now that we've laid this out, I'll reiterate my thoughts. I will dedicate all my efforts to the rescue plan, and at the same time, I hope the rescue plan will not jeopardize the lives of Connor and Steele."

"The truth is, you're not helping the rescue plan at all; in fact, you're making demands that are hindering it," Chairman Frost bluntly laid out. "If we can't guarantee that Connor and Steele won't be harmed during the rescue, are you going to stop us and stand against us?"

Jude took a deep breath: "No."

"How can I trust you?" Chairman Frost's gaze held a scrutinizing edge.

"When I said I wouldn't, I meant I wouldn't let the situation become a choice between two options," Jude emphasized. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have needed to reveal my identity to Allen at all; I could have anonymously reported him and completely ruined the Descent of God's rescue plan."

President Frost's expression changed slightly.

Jude makes a lot of sense. If he doesn't care about the lives of his fellow human beings and only cares about the safety of his brother Connor and "brother and sister-in-law" Steele, then the safest way is to hide his own identity and expose Allen at the same time.

But he didn't do that.

He still chose to join the Divine Descent Society, wanting to forcefully extract a mutually acceptable answer from the dilemma.

Is such an emotional choice naive?

Hard to say.

After all, while he was emotional, he also considered things very comprehensively.

Is it really trustworthy?

The fact that Jude didn't reveal Allen's true identity to the prison is enough to prove that he is a trustworthy person.

"President, you are right about one thing." While President Frost and Allen remained silent, Jude reiterated his stance, "My involvement has not helped the rescue plan at all. On the contrary, it has added a limitation and an unnecessary layer of concern for you."

"So what do you mean?"

"I assure you, I will find the best way to solve this problem," Jude pledged. "If I cannot find a solution, I will not interfere with any of the Descent of Gods' next decisions."