So I'm a sheep.

"Ok?"

"This is the final blood sacrifice; the demon wants to use the church's sword to complete it."

Zorn said with a grim expression, "The Black Hand Brotherhood's final army that fought us was made up of Fallen Ones."

"Once they die, it won't be long before the gates of purgatory open."

"Unless we dig out all the blood nails buried underground in a short time, otherwise..."

"Wait, wait, wait..."

The little girl interrupted Zorn: "Was all this information given to you by Winnie?"

"Yes, the devil suddenly released Miss Winnie from the dungeon."

"After learning this valuable information, she just contacted me urgently using the communication gem."

"..."

"Where did Winnie get this information from?"

Zorn was taken aback. He hesitated and said, "Yes, it was the demon who told her, wasn't it?"

"Why would the devil tell Winnie such important information?"

The little girl frowned: "Perhaps possessing Simon's body will have some impact on the demon."

"But is such a small influence enough to make the devil treat Winnie like his own daughter?"

"Even if we take a step back and assume that the devil treats Winnie as his own daughter, he's still a devil! Even a daughter wouldn't open up to him."

"Uh..." Zorn was speechless for a moment.

"This intelligence is definitely problematic."

"Of course, I'm not saying Winnie deliberately lied to us; it's very possible she was also manipulated by the devil."

"Summon all the bishops accompanying the army; I need to hold an emergency meeting!"

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The little girl never considered herself to be a person of extraordinary wisdom, and Zorn was not a particularly intelligent person either.

In situations like these, brainstorming is essential.

"...That's how it is. Everyone, please share your thoughts."

"Lady Sasha, this is undoubtedly a trap."

One of the bishops spoke up: "If we do as Miss Winnie has revealed, we might be playing right into the devil's hands."

"I also think this is a trap."

The little girl scratched her head: "The question is, what's the point of the demon setting this trap?"

"..."

"Lady Sasha, how about we think about it from the other side?"

One of the bishops spoke up: "If we don't receive news from Miss Winnie today, what will we do during the final battle?"

"Crush the last army of the Black Hand Brotherhood, then kill the demon."

"Lady Sasha, if we fall into the trap, the first step will not change, but we will spend more time digging out the blood nails before killing the demon."

"This is what the devil deliberately led us to do."

"Well"

"Because it's a trap, we definitely won't be able to dig out the blood nail."

"Then, even without removing the blood nail, we'll still go and kill the demon..."

The little girl said curiously, "It doesn't seem to make any difference whether I step on a trap or not; at most, it just wastes a little time."

"The key to the trap has been found: time."

Another bishop exclaimed, "From the devil's perspective, he feels that if the church can do something with the limited time available, he will fail."

"That's why he tried every possible way to make us waste our only chance to win!"

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"Wasted the only chance to win?"

Zorn frowned and said, "That's an exaggeration. In fact, we have the upper hand."

"Your Holiness, why do you think our Church of Dawn has been able to gain the upper hand?"

"Of course, it's because Lady Sasha restrained that demon, and also because of the efforts of the church's warriors."

"That's not all, is it?"

"It was only after the demon Simon wielded his sword against his city and the Black Hand Brotherhood fell apart that we were able to achieve what we have today so easily."

The bishop said with a grave expression, "I have always been very puzzled by the demon's actions, but if we combine this with the information from Miss Winnie, everything can be explained."

"He didn't go crazy to target his own city; it was part of the devil's plan."

"Isn't the information coming from Miss Winnie's side false?"

"It's not necessarily all fake information."

"If we don't have something real, how can we fall into the devil's trap?"

"Aren't you guys overestimating the power of demons?!"

Zorn looked incredulous: "We already have victory in our grasp, so why do you guys make it sound like that demon, who's not far from death, is about to win?"

"Your Holiness, if the devil is truly foolish, how could he have previously reduced the Church to mere defensive maneuvering?"

One of the bishops sighed and said, "He only used the method of killing with drumbeats after Lady Sasha arrived. Before that, he had completely overwhelmed Lord Leonard with just 'ordinary means'."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Zorn fell silent.

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"The devil should not be underestimated."

The little girl set the tone with one sentence: "If we think about it from the premise that 'the devil Simon is about to win, but the church can still turn the tide if it seizes the opportunity,' many things become clear."

"Well, if you think about it that way, the demons haven't been doing anything in vain all along."

"He suffered a crushing defeat in Jinxi City, and the church's holy city has already undergone population relocation."

"He seemed to have no other choice but to slaughter his own city."

"But this also sparked internal conflicts."

"Perhaps, this 'internal conflict' is something the devil is happy to see."

"Oh?"

"Have you forgotten? There's another condition for opening the Gates of Purgatory: the blood of the Fallen."

"No one can be born a degenerate, right? In the midst of a series of carnages, the demon Simon created one degenerate after another."

"If we want to rationalize the behavior of demons, this is indeed one explanation."

"So, the real conditions for opening the Gates of Purgatory are indeed 'blood sacrifice of eight cities' and 'the blood of the fallen'?"

"And those blood nails..."

"Yes, the blood nails are also key. Demons deliberately planted blood nails when they massacred cities before; they must be very useful."

"The city has been slaughtered, and the Fallen Ones are here. The only concern is that we might discover the location where the Blood Nails were planted."

"The disparity in troop strength between the two sides is too great. We can completely dig out the blood nails buried underground while we are fighting!"

"Couldn't we have dug it in advance?"

"If I were Simon, I would definitely plant the blood nails before the battle."

"I have a problem I can't figure out."

One bishop asked in bewilderment, "Why must the demons use us to kill those fallen ones? Wouldn't it be a sure win if they killed them themselves and summoned their demon army beforehand?"

"Don't think of demons as too powerful."

The little girl shook her head: "To annihilate an entire army single-handedly? There's no way he could do that."

Let alone demons, even Sasha herself couldn't wipe out an army in a single day.

"Hmm, in that case, can we avoid fighting those fallen ones?"

"If you don't kill them, they'll come to kill you. Are you going to order our warriors not to fight back then?"

"We still need to dig out the blood nail, Lady Sasha. Where did the demon tell us where the blood nail was buried?"

"They're all buried in a small area in front of the Black Hand Brotherhood headquarters. We'll have to defeat them before we can get to that location."

"The real blood nails were definitely not buried there."

"Is this his goal?"

"..."

"Lady Sasha, assuming our previous deductions are accurate, then it would be completely unnecessary for the demon Simon to spread false information through Miss Winnie."

"Not only is it redundant, it's practically shooting ourselves in the foot."

"Indeed, indeed."

If the demons did nothing, the church would never have thought of digging out blood nails.

When their own army is wiped out, the demons will actually win.

"Wouldn't it be better to achieve his goal without knowing anything about it? Why bother setting a trap?"

"..."

"How can Simon the devil be so sure we know nothing?"

"The news about the Gates of Purgatory all came from him. Besides him, do we have any other channels to obtain relevant information?"