Gun of Ashes

Chapter 60: Chapter 43 Extinguished Torch_3

Arthur’s voice remained calm, it was practically a death sentence for them.

”Then why doesn’t Lancelot just go directly?”

The silent Blue Jade spoke up, she didn’t see the need for such complexity.

A long sigh echoed in the darkness, and after a while, Arthur spoke.

”Because they can’t return in time, recently, all the Knight Commanders have been under active attack by demons, continuously drawn out by demons. This time, the demons made no attempt to conceal their intentions, they are after the Holy Coffin, even the Sailing Dawn has run out of fuel and is docked at Reindona’s port, needing to refuel.”

”For so many years, it’s the first time the demons have come out in full force, we underestimated their numbers, so now we can only barely gather you people. You also know that ordinary people fighting against demons will eventually become eroded, which would only add to the enemy.”

”No... there must be more to it than these reasons, right?”

After much thought, Bola slowly asked. He didn’t care about his own life; he realized another crisis.

”Ingwid is our home ground, even if we mobilized the army, we could easily crush them. Why go through such trouble? Is it really because of the fear that the so-called contamination will lead the army to collapse?”

Bola said as he placed his hand on the edge of the wheelchair, where there was a storage compartment containing a gun. In his impression, Arthur was always absolutely rational, never making meaningless sacrifices, but today his words were full of loopholes, forcing him to be vigilant.

After all, fighting against demons, having the leader go insane suddenly is not impossible either.

”Indeed.”

Arthur slowly stood up and walked out from the darkness, eyes full of exhaustion. With white hair and wrinkles, this once handsome man appeared extremely aged, like a lion in twilight, seemingly having just experienced a long war.

”Originally, I wasn’t in such a hurry, after all, we possess the most advanced fleet in the world, and the Holy Coffin has no chance of escaping from the sea, but this intelligence changed my mind.”

Saying this, a document sealed with top-secret insignia on the cowhide paper, was thrown over by Arthur from the other end of the round table. People like Bola had no right to view it at all.

”Look, this is no longer a secret. After ending these matters, I plan to convene a round table meeting to announce this to everyone.”

He took a cigarette from his pocket. Arthur usually didn’t smoke, but under pressure, he couldn’t help but take a few drags, as if escaping life.

”I know some of my actions recently have been criticized by you, such as supporting the development of the Armor of Original Sin or conducting neuron specialization experiments, but there was no other choice.”

Listening to the rustling sound of pages being turned, everyone’s breathing seemed to pause, their eyes filled with incredibility and fear, until Arthur’s voice broke the deadly silence once more.

”Before the invention of the steam engine, it was always the Evangelical Church controlling the nations, not because of faith, but simply because they had the Demon Hunting Order, the only ones capable of combating the demons. Although later we established the Purification Mechanism and broke free from the control of the Evangelical Church, in fighting demons, they remain the experts, the brightest torch in the dark night.”

Arthur’s voice trembled slightly.

”Yes, just as the report stated, according to intelligence, it can be confirmed that the Demon Hunting Order officially disbanded six years ago.”

”That brightest torch in the dark night was extinguished six years ago.”