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Chapter 893: Fate Passes On

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Teeks later when su its end, Roland finally arrived at Herates of the Holy City by the witches and the First Arion He also spotted several nuns in black church clothing ah Roland had heard froures of the church had disappeared, he still couldn't believe what had happened as he entered this now eht awaited them did not come Neither the God's Punishment Witches nor the new s couldn't have gone any better, but this turn of events just felt soht decision in letting Isabella co to the reports froatha, the fors within the Church and proate the Holy City of Her care of the orphans in the cloisters

To their surprise, the entire city was e areas They didn't get to leave in ti a facade that the church was still under operations In reality, those people had no idea about as really happening in the inner city, and all they heard was that the church was preparing for the last battle

After that, the nuns, organized by Isabella, entered Hermes and visited as many houses as possible to explain the situation As a result, the number of evacuees started to decrease, and at least notowards Wolfheart and Everwinter The church abandoning the Holy City was such a shocking turn of events for the people, and it had utterly ruined the church's reputation Coer, the nuns who came out and tried to restore order seemed more like the real successors of the old church

"How did they escape?" Roland could not help asking The e he had received did not include many details, so Roland wanted to knohere the reht to be thousands of people in the Inner City How could they have h the city wall?"

"There are o under the city wall If they evacuated in batches, it would have been possible for the the residents in the outer city" Isabella explained "The tunnels were designed to work only one-way so that intruders wouldn't be able 't take advantage of it Moreover, the tunnels can only be used once I've checked a lot of tunnel entrances, and most of them were already destroyed"

"Where do the tunnels lead to?"

"Only people who have used them would know," Isabella said as she shook her head "If they had planned the escape beforehand, it would be near impossible to track them now that they already had six weeks to run"

"So the church is like a cornered lizard, cutting off its tail to escape, and hoping for a chance to come back in the future?" Roland frowned as he pondered over this "But giving up the Holy City meant that they abandoned their base of operations, which is far worse than just losing a tail, as this was as good as the How could they be so confident that they would be able to find a new base that can rival Graycastle? Or are they going to scatter into different places and harassabout how he had to keep an eye out for fanatical believers in the coave Roland a headache

"No need to worry, Your Majesty They won't come back anymore," Isabella smiled, as she read Roland's mind

"Why?" Roland was surprised

Isabella replied, "They left behind a er"