After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

Chapter 43 Fanatics and the Army (1)

Excluding the Faceless Man he met this time, in Aize's more than two years of career as a warrior, Rosaline was the only one he could not deal with no matter how hard he tried.

Therefore, the Faceless King's taunt was not entirely wrong, and Aze did have some fear.

This fear caused Aize to focus too much attention on Rosaline herself, to the point of neglecting other more important things.

The Crusade Army, or rather, the Pure White Saint Sect.

When Aize was still in the team, the supernatural events caused by Rosaline were relatively small in scale and noise, and not many people were involved, so they were difficult to investigate.

This time is different.

The commotion was really huge, and thousands of sect members were involved.

Rosaline herself had no flaws, and the one or two people she instructed had no flaws. How could there be no flaws after such a large-scale operation?

So, wouldn't it be possible to find the problem by directly investigating the Jihad Army and comparing their accounts with Rosaline's?

"Such a simple thing, I actually thought of it now, really..."

"Huh? What? What happened?"

Aize's mumbling and the accompanying relaxed expression made Villian completely confused about the situation.

Aize didn't explain much, just helped her up from the ground.

"It's a bit complicated. Anyway... I'm going to go meet that so-called Crusade Army first. After all, their leader has invited us. If I don't go, it would be a bit rude, right?"

Regardless of the true intention behind Rosalyn's invitation last night, it was indeed an opportunity.

"What about you? Will you stay here and continue researching the matter of the Faceless Man?"

The witch blinked, thought for a moment, sighed helplessly, spread her hands and said:

"Forget it, I'll go with you. Anyway, there won't be any progress on that freak thing for a while. Besides, I don't trust you to go to a place like that alone."

The so-called Pure White Saint Sect was nominally a branch of the Church of the Supreme God, but in reality, it was a 100% fanatical follower of Rosaline. In terms of danger and uncertainty, they were almost the same as the object of their worship.

Of course, Villian would not let Aize go alone.

Moreover, although the investigation so far has not found anything abnormal, the possibility that the other party used some mental operations cannot be ruled out.

Aize had no idea what to do about this. If he took Villian with him, maybe he could discover something more.

So he definitely has no objection.

"Okay, without further ado, let's go now."

The witch gathered her magic power and cast a healing spell on the swollen part of her head, causing it to disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Then he nodded:

"Well, let's go."

The two then left the room.

After yesterday's commotion, the number of guards in the castle was doubled, and several teams of magicians were deployed to conduct random checks on people's identities throughout the day to prevent the Faceless Men from infiltrating again.

This made the castle corridor, which was not spacious to begin with, even narrower.

After passing through these sentries and walking down the stairs, I arrived at the castle courtyard, only to find that there were several oversized carriages here.

Dozens of guards and servants were busy dragging out boxes and sacks from the warehouse and placing them one by one onto the empty cart.

The person directing these tasks was none other than the housekeeper whom I had met yesterday.

Noticing Aize's arrival, he immediately pressed his chest and bowed his head:

"Good morning, Master Aize. How did you rest last night?"

"Not bad. Where are your master and Chris?"

"The master is still in the mistress's room. He said he would not leave until she woke up. As for the young lady, she went back to her room to rest a while ago and should be sleeping now."

In other words, he hasn't woken up yet.

Although Rosaline repeatedly emphasized that nothing would happen, considering her past record, this statement was obviously not very convincing. No one could say for sure until she really opened her eyes.

Moreover, it is likely that we must get clues about the Faceless Men from her.

So no matter what, it is very worrying if the patient gradually loses consciousness.

But there's no point in being anxious.

Aize turned his gaze to the objects being moved.

The sacks should be filled with food, and the boxes... I could hear some glass colliding when they were moving them, which should be potions or something like that.

Then he asked:

"Are these the supplies prepared in the castle?"

"Yes, all of this is in preparation for the next action."

The butler explained respectfully.

"This morning, Lady Rosalin sent word that the Crusade troops stationed outside the city were running low on supplies and hoped we could provide some urgent assistance. The Master just instructed me to deliver the supplies as soon as possible."

These words made Aize raise his eyebrows slightly.

Then he said quickly:

"Why not leave this matter to me?"

"What does Lord Aize mean?"

"It just so happens that I also need to visit the Jihad Army's base outside the city. I'll let my people take these vehicles with them so that you don't have to make an extra trip."

My people, of course, refer to the puppet maids created by Villian.

These puppets can access the five senses when necessary, and may be able to observe some details that will not be revealed to Aize.

So, this is a good opportunity.

After all, you can't just bring a bunch of maids to your house for no reason.

The butler hesitated for a moment.

After all, it was an order from my master, and it would not be nice to just hand it over to others.

But after what happened yesterday, Master Aize's identity was confirmed in the castle, and the servants naturally did not dare to raise any objections.

Then he nodded:

"Since Lord Aize has said so, I'll trouble you, Lord Aize."

"It's okay, it's just a matter of convenience. Besides, this is a request from my former teammate, so it's only natural."

He said this with a smile, which made Aize feel nauseous.

But things were not a problem after all. The supplies were quickly loaded onto the truck, and driven by a group of puppet maids, it crossed the castle's drawbridge and drove outside.

Yesterday's battle with the Faceless Men extended from the castle to the streets outside, and since the opponent was a magician, it caused considerable damage.

Even now, you can still see collapsed walls, broken ground, etc. from time to time.

However, the daily life of the residents has returned to the same bustle as yesterday. People come and go, caravans selling goods, villagers going to the market, all under the watchful eyes of the patrolling guards, and are not affected at all.

Perhaps it was because they were too close to the front lines and had become accustomed to the harassment from the demons.

After the convoy left the sight of the castle guards, Villian almost immediately jumped onto the carts and began to check the contents of the supplies loaded inside.

Soon he reported to Aize:

"They are all very ordinary things. I didn't find anything worth mentioning."

"Okay, I understand. Let's rest for a while. We'll be busy once we get to the camp."

At this moment, Aize was lying on top of a pile of grain bags, resting his head on his arms, looking up at the somewhat gloomy sky as the carriage swayed and bumped.

Villian also came over and asked:

"I forgot something. I don't think you mentioned the past of that woman named Rosalyn. What kind of world did she come from? What did she do before she traveled through time?"

There is no need to say more about the life stories of Aize and Heidi in the Goddess Blade team.

Leia was a knight before she traveled through time. The difference between her hometown and this world was not that big. Both were medieval civilizations composed of swords and magic.

Including the heroes from other teams, Aize could more or less tell about their situation.

The only person Aize never mentioned was Rosaline, the most important person in the investigation.

Because there's nothing much to say:

"I don't know. She never mentioned it."

"Didn't you ask?"

"I did ask, but she didn't seem willing to say anything, so I couldn't say anything. As for the church... to them, the chosen hero is the chosen hero, and they don't do any background checks."

The church promotes heroes as messengers sent from the divine world, beings who carry out the will of the gods.

In this case, the stronger the sense of mystery, the better. Why would you bother to figure out all those messy things and cause trouble for yourself?

"What a shame~ If I knew her past, maybe I could find some clues."

Villian shook her head, then lay down beside Aize and looked up at the sky with him.

Suddenly smiled:

"Come to think of it, I do have an idea."

"what?"

"Since the Faceless King can discover something by reading her mind, why don't we do the same? Find an opportunity to kidnap her and let me take a good look at her brain."

"...What's the price?"

"If her power is too strong, it might cause irreversible mental disorder or physiological changes. But it doesn't matter, right? Anyway, that guy can't get any crazier than he is now."

Villian was joking, of course.

Doing such a thing without knowing the other party's ability will lead to immeasurable consequences, and no one can tell what will happen.

Otherwise, this proposal would have been proposed long ago.

however--

“…It seems that it is not impossible.”

"ha?"

Miss Witch sat up suddenly and looked at Aize with wide eyes.

"No, no, no, that's not possible, right? What if those fanatics riot? We can't have an internal conflict among humans before the expedition even begins, right?"

"It doesn't matter. Just do it at night and don't get discovered."

As he said that, Aize turned over in her shocked expression and turned Aize to the other side.

"No, I was just joking, don't take it seriously."

"You..."

With the rambling and pushing and shoving of each other, the convoy left the city, moved along the road, and then turned and drove into the woods where there was only a small path.

As noisy voices in the distance slowly approached, the convoy stopped.

"Master, Master, we are here."

"Okay, let me see—huh?"

Aize sat up, and the moment he looked towards the source of the sound in front of him, he was stunned:

"Is this the so-called Crusade? Are they really not... refugees or something?!"

Chapter 44 Fanatics and the Army (2)

During the previous public trial of Leah, the once powerful and invincible Church of the Supreme God fell into serious chaos and panic because of the so-called oracle.

The Pure White Saint Sect, which was the main body of the incident, emerged as a new force in just a few days. From an unknown small sect, it instantly developed into an important force within the church that could not be ignored.

But rapid development does not mean an all-round and simultaneous improvement in strength.