After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

The more I think about it, the more tangled it becomes, and things start to seem endless.

Sarago threw the axe to the ground, scratched his head and face, and almost burned his brain dry, but still couldn't come up with any results.

Then, give up thinking:

"Whatever! Spread my orders to all tribes. Tell them to be on high alert and be on guard against any move by Aize at any time. Never take it lightly!"

After thinking about it, he added:

"If anyone lets the Brave Aize escape through negligence, I'll eat him alive! Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

The orcs responded one after another, their shouts shaking the sky.

On the distant city wall, Aize was watching every move here with joy.

Although the distance was too far for the hero's senses to detect what was being said, he could still roughly guess the situation through the images sent back by Villian's familiar.

Looking at Sarago scratching his head, he smiled disdainfully.

The witch lady beside him then asked:

"How do we deal with this situation now?"

"Um?"

"That guy is scared by you and will think carefully before taking any action. This will make it more difficult to trick him later."

In response to this, Aize smiled and shook his head:

"What are you talking about? Haven't you already been fooled?"

"well?"

"This operation didn't have much significance. It was simply to test the weak points of the encirclement and send Alicia in. It's no big deal."

In the recent operation, Alicia followed the Knights into battle.

Then, in the chaos of the raid, she seized the opportunity and transformed herself into the unconscious orc wounded, lying there, waiting to be recovered after the retreat.

In this way, she successfully got in.

Pretending to be an unconscious wounded person can also save a lot of unnecessary interactions and conversations, so as to avoid being exposed due to excessive interactions before Aize takes further action.

That's it.

Strategically speaking, there are some calculations involved, but not many.

"Neither side in a war is a machine. Stupid or meaningless moves will always occur. The key is to maintain composure and make judgments based on the overall situation. Overreacting to everything will only lead to exhaustion."

Aize shrugged.

"Besides, this siege was a foolish move from the very beginning. When the strategic direction is wrong, what's the point of dwelling on the details?"

As he spoke, he paused, leaned against the city wall and cast his gaze towards the camp in the distance.

As if thinking about something.

Then, he turned his gaze to Villian and said with a smile:

"Can you tell me the details of that meteor-like attack technique you used earlier?"

Villian blinked:

"detail?"

"Well, for example, the magic power consumption, the maximum range, the time required to activate, and other things. Please tell me everything you can."

Miss Witch tilted her head and thought:

"That's all right, but what do you want to do?"

"Well..."

Aize leaned close to his ear and whispered softly. Villian closed her eyes and listened carefully.

“Hmm…Hmm…Hmm…”

Nodding from time to time.

"...Hmm? Huh?"

Then, he opened his eyes and his expression froze.

Aize left her and asked:

"How? Can you do it?"

The witch held her forehead and thought for a while, then said with a wry smile:

"I've never heard of such a strange request before. No problem, I can do it, but I need some time to practice."

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After traveling at top speed for several days, Leah and Rosaline finally returned to the Holy City—more specifically, the Vatican headquarters located there.

This is an extremely gorgeous complex of buildings.

A marble-paved square stretched out before them, stretching as far as the eye could see. It was crowded with pilgrims kneeling in prayer, from almost every country in the world.

Behind it is the magnificent cathedral - the largest and oldest church in the world.

Such a pious scene before her made Leah, who was already a believer, feel very happy, and even swept away the irritability that had been accumulating over the past few days.

I couldn't help but take a few deep breaths to more fully feel the sacred atmosphere of the holy city.

By the way, after they entered the holy city, the chains that bound Leia finally loosened and fell off as expected.

This only heightened her good mood.

She asked Rosalyn:

"I'm going to see the Pope right now and ask for an immediate order of knights to lift the siege of Tafia. What do you want to do? Will you come with me?"

The white-haired Saint Hero played with her hair, smiled and shook her head:

"No, I won't get involved in military matters. Let's meet directly at the Crusade Knights headquarters. I need to go to the cathedral to meet the believers first."

As a saint-type hero, Rosaline not only participates in battles and applies various buffs, but is also more deeply involved in religious affairs than other heroes.

Therefore, she is extremely popular among believers.

There are even some branches of the sect that directly worship her as the incarnation of the goddess.

Every time she returned to the Holy City, she would carry out some preaching activities. While spreading her faith, she would also help the poor people or soldiers to treat their illnesses and injuries.

Of course, Leah had no objection to this.

"Okay, go ahead. We'll meet up at the Knights' headquarters this afternoon and set off for Tafia together."

"See you."

"Everyone, look! It's Lady Rosalyn!"

Facing the admiring gazes of the crowd, Rosaline walked into the crowd of believers and was soon overwhelmed by the endless praise and admiration.

Leah stretched out in place to commemorate her freed arms.

Then, he sneered and muttered to himself:

"Just wait, Aize. The day when you'll kneel down and beg for mercy will soon come. I..."

"Lady Leah."

The male voice made Leah startled for a moment, and then she turned around.

Only then did he realize that several knights in golden armor had been standing behind him at some point.

They are the Pope's guards, defenders of the Holy City, and Holy Guard Knights, a higher level than the Holy War Knights.

Not only are each of them a super elite, they are also equipped with more sophisticated weapons. Some people's equipment, like that of the brave, even comes directly from the Supreme God Realm.

Several people saluted respectfully and then said:

"Ms. Brave Leah, welcome back. The Pope is waiting for you."

Leah nodded:

"I see. It's in the audience hall, right? I'll be there now."

After saying that, he wanted to move his legs.

As a result, several people stopped her directly and said expressionlessly:

"No, it's at the Inquisition. Please, brave lady Leah, come with us."

Chapter 151 The heretic is actually me?

Leah blinked in disbelief.

"The Inquisition!? Me!?"

"Yes, you."

"I... I'm a heretic!? What on earth are you guys... Wait, wait wait wait wait—"

The blond warrior was in a state of confusion, looking around and waving his hands.

"Excuse me, am I going to stand trial? As a defendant? As a heretic!?"

The knight nodded respectfully.

"Yes, you are the defendant. As for whether the final verdict is heresy, I'm afraid that's not for me to decide."

As he spoke, his companions had dispersed and surrounded Leia.

He was polite in words, but his attitude was unusually firm and his behavior was far from friendly.

The Inquisition, literally, is an institution that conducts organized investigation, interrogation, arbitration, and persecution of heretics who violate church transactions.

In this world, the situation is a little more complicated.

Because the power held by each human nation and the great nobles was extremely strong, on the surface they all believed in the Church of the Supreme God, but in reality they did not necessarily give the Church any respect.

Therefore, the so-called Inquisition had very limited constraints on these superiors.

In most cases, the Inquisition targets people within the church, using them as weapons and leverage for internal struggles among various factions within the church.

To put it bluntly, it is an organization that is domineering among its own people.

In most cases, they can only bully believers and have no power over people of the hero's level.

Leia was not quite clear about the entanglement involved.

But the fact that someone as devout as herself was regarded as a heretic was enough to make her furious.

"I'm a heretic!? Open your eyes and see, I'm a heretic!? If I'm a heretic, how many people in this world are still loyal to the goddess!?"

As he spoke, his hand even subconsciously pressed on the holy sword at his waist.

If a real fight comes, these knights won't even be a match for Leia.

But this was the Holy City, after all, a land directly watched by the Supreme God Realm. Even if Leah was crazy, she wouldn't just casually attack someone in a place like this.

In response to her question, the knight simply replied calmly:

"This accusation was jointly launched by the two brave teams of Silver Star and Wind Shadow."

Needless to say, Silver Star and Uriel's team are considered to be Aize's external thugs.

The Wind Shadow, whose full name is the Shadow of the Gale, is the second team of brave warriors to come to this world after the Blade of the Goddess.

The captain of the team is a very good friend of Aize. Now that something like this has happened, of course he will unite with Yinxing to help Leah.

After hearing these two names, Leia began to understand what was going on.

Veins bulged out of her chest as she roared angrily:

"This is a complete slander! These two bastards are colluding with Aize to frame me. They are the true and authentic heretics!"

The knight shook his head expressionlessly:

"Lady Leah, if you so desire, you may file a complaint with the Court later. But for now, you must come with us and submit to the investigation."