The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

It is undeniable that there may still be many strong men on Hindley Continent who can make Hecate bow his head and admit defeat.

What is even more undeniable is that even if these people are found to challenge Hecate, Hecate will not easily bow his head and admit defeat.

She is warlike, good at fighting, and proud. Rather than easily crushing the weak, she prefers to use her own strength to challenge those who are at the same level or better than her, and walk on the edge of danger.

Selene couldn't believe that people like Hecate would choose to avoid and retreat after judging the opponent's strength. The only explanation was that the instinct to survive overwhelmed the desire to fight. For the current Hecate, Phoebe is an overly strong opponent.

From a rational point of view, Selene doesn't think Phoebe's personal strength is strong, but compared to her own logic and rationality based entirely on human inherent experience, she chooses to believe in Hecate's most intuitive judgment based on biological instinct.After all, human beings have actually relied on this instinct to survive and reproduce for thousands of years.

"Don't act rashly, we will talk about everything after we arrive in Talis." After Hecate nodded in agreement, Selene also found an opportunity to convey the matter to Gu Yinuo, and then chatted with her pretending to be nonchalant, "When we return What are you going to do after Talis?"

Phoebe might hear it.To be precise, she has the ability to hear these conversations through divine magic, and whether she can hear it depends only on whether she wants to hear it or not.

Selene couldn't say this warning directly, but fortunately, Gu Yinuo, who has a lot of contact with Taoism, can understand this, and she took the topic tacitly: "I thought before that I could say something in the council. There are many things to do after the talk, and they are all equally important. But after this war, I feel that the top priority is the military. I want to really promote the military development of the Talis Alliance. I can’t let the army only have sophisticated weapons. A nice empty shelf."

Gu Yinuo also admitted with a smile that the urgency she faced in this battle was not as great as when she led the militiamen to resist in the city-state of her hometown. On the battlefield with Selene and Hecate, there was nothing for her to face. room to play.But she saw with her own eyes the soldiers of the Talis Central Legion, who were dressed in the best equipment on the mainland, being beaten out of breath by a group of half-orcs holding sticks at most. If there was no Selene or Hecate, it was just that she personally Bringing this army to the front line, she felt that the outcome would be hard to tell.

"It's a good choice. It's just that I've always been curious. You are a native of Penglai, and you usually think of yourself as a native of Penglai. Why are you so keen on letting Talis develop?"

The smile on Gu Yinuo's face froze.She looked at the soldiers in the barracks busy packing up their armaments, and slowly said, "It may be silly to say it, but I think the Talis Alliance is the most likely country on this continent to become Penglai."

"Before you said this, I didn't admire you so much, and now I feel ashamed." Selene patted her shoulder heavily, "You will succeed."

"By the way, before I get busy developing the military, I still have to force Charles to send troops to help you. Before he signs the order, no matter how nice he says, he may change his mind. If the time comes, he will vote again and manipulate the results. , you can use the decision that you can’t violate the vote of the protest meeting as a reason to renege on your promise.” Gu Yinuo said confidently, “Now that Nagrand is without Wilton’s assistance, your guards plus Tallis The Central Army Corps, if I get some more troops for you, it should be enough, right?"

"That's not necessarily the case. Hussein is not a reckless person. I knew before that he would have a showdown with the Holy Kingdom of Wilton one day, but it must be after he has full confidence. Maybe his magicians , already formed an excellent army under his training." In the end, the seriousness on Selene's face was replaced by a smile, "Of course, I can wait until winter to fight."

"good idea."

"A good idea is just a talk. I lost in winter last time. After thinking about it carefully, I'm really embarrassed to use this as a joke."

From the border to the city of Westman, considering the transportation capacity of the Talis Alliance army, this is not a long journey.

Compared to the tense atmosphere between Selene, Hecate, and Phoebe, Xiaoyin Xiaobai and Phoebe's unicorn have a harmonious relationship, walking in the team together intimately.Phoebe should have seen a car for the first time, but she didn't show even the slightest surprise. After Gu Yinuo helped her open the car door, she thanked her and sat in it like a carriage.

Gu Yinuo was in charge of driving, Selene sat in the front seat next to her, Phoebe and Hecate shared the back seat enough for three people, Hecate tried his best to stick to the door to keep himself away from Phoebe , Phoebe didn't seem to notice this deliberate and obvious distance, she just sat quietly in her seat.

Selene thought that this journey would not be any different from ordinary ones except that it was a little more embarrassing, until Hecate suddenly grabbed her left arm, gritted her teeth and turned her head to question Phoebe: "You tested me?!"

Phoebe was indeed sitting on Hecate's left, but Selene was also paying attention to the situation behind her. She didn't move a bit from the beginning to the end, let alone get close to Hecate. The "test" Hecate said was probably used by Phoebe. magic.

But Selene realized right away that when Hecate and Phoebe started a conversation she couldn't make sense of, that conversation could only exist in one realm—the realm of the gods.

"Yes, I just want to confirm where you have come." Phoebe still showed the surprising calmness of the Wilton people, "It seems to be very close?"

Hecate glared at her, rolled up his left sleeve, revealing the scorched marks on his forearm: "How many back tricks do you still hide?"

"To be honest, there is no more. The power to launch a religious trial is in the hands of the religious arbitration office. I also applied in advance before coming here, and they barely gave me a chance."

The so-called "inquisition" was one of the means used by religious arbitration institutes against apostates and heretics.But the premise of this trial is that the person being judged really believes in the existence of the God of Light and believes in other gods. However, people who are not believers of the God of Light on this continent basically do not believe that there is a God in this world.Of course there were many years ago, when other believers were forced to give up their beliefs under the religious trial of the Guangming Church, and lost the gods of the believers, and their existence was slowly erased over time .

At the beginning, the God of Light only claimed to be the only god in the mainland. After the church began to use inquisition, he was destined to become the real only god.

After the status of the Light God Sect was consolidated, religious trials became only punishments for apostates.Hussein, who was once a Illuminati, did not miss the threat of the religious trial. He cleverly exploited a loophole, never declaring himself a god, and never doing anything in the name of God. The subjects of the Nagrand Empire They only worshiped this king, and did not become apostates who betrayed the Light God Sect.

Hecate believes in the existence of the God of Light in this world, and does not believe in the God of Light—she herself is a god.

The religious trial has not been directly used on other gods, but Phoebe believes that even if the religious trial is invalid for gods with the same status as the light god, it can still affect her human identity.

"It's really close. But I haven't completely crossed the threshold, otherwise this damn little trick won't do anything to me." It was rare for Selene to see Hecate talking to the enemy in such a calm manner, "Are you here to replace the enemy?" Your master cleaned the door?"

"You can say that." Phoebe nodded frankly, "but I think you misunderstood me. My enemy is Hussein."

"An enemy of an enemy is a friend, if you speak the truth." Hecate muttered under his breath, lowering his head to attend to his wound.

"...how do you know this?" Selene asked her.

"If I want to, I can know more secrets than you can imagine, Selene. I believe you have also learned many divine arts, many of which allow you to transcend human senses and gain more Information." Phoebe gently shook the scepter in her hand, as if withdrawing the entanglement of the Inquisition on Hecate, the burn marks on her arm were quickly smoothed by her healing ability, "But I want to know this There is no need for any information. All the stories about the contact between the Holy Maiden of Light and the God of Light may be false, but one thing is true, that is, we will know who is the enemy of the God of Light. This is the official statement. If everyone here can understand, then we can know which new gods have been born on the mainland."

"Hey, I don't understand." Gu Yinuo shrugged his shoulders, "But I can generally understand it, and I also know that there is probably no room for me to intervene."

"I also admire the Penglai people's ability to accept." Selene was still worried about Gu Yinuo's views on this matter, but now it seems that she underestimated the Penglai people too much.

"I'm sorry, but knowing that Hecate is not human doesn't shock me at all. It's only natural."

"Most gods are just a flash in the pan, and few of them have really obtained stable power and belief supply, so they can survive forever. At least my predecessors have never met even a god who can cross the threshold and go to the Kingdom of God. After the cleansing of the heretics by the Light God Sect, they are already very lucky to be born. What I didn't expect was that I would be unlucky to meet this problem that no one has ever encountered. There is a god who has really crossed the threshold. is about to be born, and he is hostile to the world."

When Phoebe said this, Selene could guess who she was going to talk about next.

"Hussain." She said the name almost at the same time as Phoebe.

"Then why are you looking for us?" Hecate put down his sleeves, "Because we have a grudge against him, so you want us to drop by and help you solve this trouble?"

"No matter how powerful I am, I'm just a servant of God. I'm limited to the line drawn by the God of Light. If a god who is equal to the God of Light appears in the world, I don't even have the qualifications to fight against him." Phoebe Gripping her scepter tightly, she explained indignantly—it was the first time Selene saw her express her own emotions since seeing her, "I can't destroy him with my power, and I can't let a The subjects of the country do not worship their sovereign, and all I can do is to find another man who is equal to him, and who is qualified to stand against him, to help me."

"But why did I do this?" Hecate immediately asked, "Our goal is to retake the Nord Kingdom, not to kill Hussein."

"If you don't want to, I can't make you. But, do you want to?"

Hecate was silent for a moment.

"Selene?"

"it's up to you."

"……make a deal."