So I'm a sheep.

Leonard steadied himself, a fanatical look appearing on his face.

"Warriors, the goddess is watching over you from heaven!"

"This war is destined to be remembered in history, and you are about to make history!"

The soldiers' morale was gradually being stirred up, but Leonard's expression grew increasingly grim.

Boom, boom, boom.

Unable to contain himself, the Pope clutched his chest and roared, "There's nothing to fear from weapon wielders. We have brave soldiers who have, have, cut off the heads of weapon wielders before."

Noticing the Pope's unusual behavior, some people looked worried.

"Charge! Charge, warriors! You have..."

Leonard swayed slightly: "Yes, there is a goddess, uh."

A sharp pain shot through his chest, and amidst gasps from the crowd, the man collapsed onto the platform.

Volume 1: Chapter 29 The Demon's Curse

"Lady Sasha, there is an important matter that I need to discuss with you. Please come with me, the bishops are waiting."

Sasha's heart skipped a beat when she saw Zorn's anxious expression.

With Leonard away, Bishop Zorn is temporarily acting as Pope in the church.

What happened that made him lose even his composure?

"it is good"

The young girl didn't waste any words and followed Zorn.

As they hurried along, Bishop Zorn walked faster and faster, until Sasha finally had to jog.

'This is a bad feeling. Zorn is in such a hurry; something must have happened to Leonard.'

Daisy waited at the door like the other guards. As soon as the girl entered the conference room, she immediately felt the extremely heavy atmosphere inside.

Sasha was in a state of confusion. Hadn't she already avoided the Black Knight's backstab? How could something still go wrong!

Sitting down in the empty seat for herself, the young girl couldn't help but ask, "Bishop Zorn, what happened?"

"During the pre-battle mobilization, His Holiness the Pope suddenly fell seriously ill and collapsed on the high platform. The morale of the army was greatly affected, and we were defeated."

"..."

Apart from Sasha, the bishops had all received the news before the meeting.

They didn't show any surprise, but the atmosphere in the meeting room became even heavier, almost suffocating!

"Teacher... how is His Holiness the Pope now?"

"Lord Leonard, he, he has returned to the embrace of our Lord."

Zorn said with great difficulty, "Lady Sasha, please accept my condolences."

Leonard is dead!?

The little girl was stunned. Leonard, who was full of confidence before the battle and said he would win a great victory... not only suddenly fell seriously ill and died, but also caused the morale of the whole army to drop and the battle to fail?

Teacher, you usually seem so reliable, how could you let us down so badly at such a crucial moment!

"Bishop Zorn, His Holiness the Pope has always been in excellent health. A sudden serious illness? What kind of serious illness?"

One of the bishops spoke coldly: "Now that things have come to this, do you think you can still keep it a secret?"

"Hmph, I understand your concerns, but everyone here is on our side. Can't we be honest with our own people?"

"Bishop Zorn, what exactly is the autopsy report? Give everyone an explanation!"

"His Holiness the Pope suffered a sudden and serious illness. What about the army commander and those high-ranking officers? Did they also suffer a sudden and serious illness?"

After the first person raised the question, more and more people turned their attention to Zorn.

Zorn ultimately lacked prestige; after Leonard's death, he, as acting pope, simply couldn't control these bishops!

"Zorn, how exactly did our teacher die? Please tell me the truth."

Zorn may have wanted to keep it a secret to maintain morale, but he undoubtedly made a wrong decision.

The bishops not only didn't buy into his words, but they also felt that he didn't trust them at all.

"Sigh, I didn't mean to lie to you. It's just that things are just too strange."

Zorn was pale: "The coroner said that His Holiness the Pope's heart was frozen into a block of ice."

"..."

After a moment of silence, a bishop asked in a deep voice, "His Holiness the Pope, was he perhaps harmed by a demonic artifact user?"

Such a bizarre death immediately led everyone to think of the Demon Artifact User.

"His Holiness was far behind the lines; no artifact users were near him when he fainted."

Zorn sighed and said, "I asked the Black Knights who rushed back to the church, and those generals who suddenly fell on the battlefield had never fought against the weapon wielders."

“Let the Black Knight come to the meeting too, so we can ask him directly,” a bishop suggested.

"That's right, we need someone involved to give a detailed account of what happened on the battlefield."

"Summon the Black Knight!"

The little girl was startled when she saw that the bishops wanted to bring the dangerous person to them.

She was about to object, but then she held back her words.

'Perhaps now is the best time...'

...................................................................

At the bishops' insistence, the Black Knight was quickly summoned to the meeting room.

"Tell us clearly what exactly happened on the battlefield that day!"

The bishop who spoke was in a very unpleasant tone, and the Black Knight was clearly angered.

"Your Excellency, it's like this..."

The Black Knight calmly began his narration, first recounting how His Holiness the Pope had unexpectedly fainted during the pre-battle mobilization, which greatly dampened the morale of the army, but the soldiers were not yet at the point where they could not fight.

What was terrifying was what happened next—commanders and high-ranking officers fell one after another on the battlefield without warning!

The army was out of control, and the soldiers were filled with fear.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, all the weapon users of the Black Hand Brotherhood launched an attack.

"A one-sided and crushing defeat."

The Black Knight shook his head: "An unprecedented defeat, gentlemen. If the Church cannot turn the tide in the near future... the consequences will be unimaginable."

"How could this be?"

"His Holiness the Pope just issued a conscription order, and now, now we cannot conscript any more soldiers!"

How can we fight without conscripting soldiers?

"If we recruit more soldiers, those villages will riot!"

"We still have an army, and we can still fight a battle if we can gather our forces."

"Let those in the neutral zones provide assistance; if the church loses, they won't get away with it either!"

"How can we fight with the few people left after such a crushing defeat? We still need to recruit soldiers, at least to outnumber the Black Hand Brotherhood."

"Conscripting soldiers again? Didn't you hear me just now? If you conscript soldiers again, the village will riot!"

"We can't worry about anything else when it comes to life and death. Force them to surrender and drive back the Black Hand Brotherhood first!"

Gentlemen

At this moment, the Black Knight spoke slowly and deliberately: "I think that if we can't solve the problem of the curse, recruiting more soldiers will be useless."

"curse?"

"Yes, Your Holiness, and those who inexplicably lost their lives on the battlefield, weren't they cursed by the devil?"

"Shut up!"

A bishop immediately rebuked him angrily: "Black Knight, don't spread rumors at a time like this!"

"Spreading rumors? But that's what everyone's saying."

The Black Knight said calmly, "Your Excellency, you can shut me up, but you can't shut up all the survivors."

"'The devil's curse,' I think it won't be long before it spreads throughout the entire church."

"..."

Looking at the terrified bishops, the Black Knight smiled slightly: "I do have a solution."

"You have a solution? Tell me quickly!"

"My Lord, Divine Messenger"

The Black Knight suddenly stared intently at Sasha: "Please use your angelic power to stop the spread of the demonic curse in the upcoming war."

Volume 1: Chapter 30 I'm such a little angel!

"Black Knight, remember your place."

Zorn said unhappily, "What Lady Sasha wants to do and how she should do it is not something you can 'suggest'."

"..."

"Haha, hahahaha."

The Black Knight suddenly burst into laughter: "Even at a point like this, are you still going to keep pretending?"

"Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!"

"What do you mean?"

"You rude scoundrel!"