The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

"You mean holy water is effective?"

In the command room inside the camp, Laurie slammed his fist on the table and stood up.

Because White said she had something important to report, only Laurie White and Isa were present in the command room.

“That’s right, I’ve tried it several times, and I’ve used up almost all the holy water I had on me. The holy water really does stop those monsters from moving.”

Although White looked very tired, he couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

"Not only that, if you are caught by those mud monsters that are corrupted by black blood, the holy water can directly clear away the mud. I guess if there is enough holy water, it can even save a person when they are corrupted by black blood mud."

"That's wonderful, Lao Huai, you've done a great job this time!"

Laurie paced excitedly in the command room, her previously somewhat desperate expression now replaced by an involuntary smile.

"The one who made the contribution was not me, but the knight who was eaten."

After White finished speaking, he sighed again. Bowen was no longer coming back.

"I will remember his merits."

Laurie also wanted to join White in reminiscing, but there wasn't much time for sentimentality now.

"The army still has a lot of holy water. What we need to do now is to draw a line, shrink the defensive range, use the limited holy water to block these monsters of the demon race here, and then request the governor's support."

Laurie had already sent a message to Lind as soon as the monsters appeared. The situation was urgent, and Laurie had to use emergency contact methods again to ask for help.

As mentioned before, if these demonic monsters were allowed into the Northern Territory, the consequences would be unimaginable. Fortunately, these demons do not seem to have any intention of going elsewhere for the time being, but instead plan to bury the Gray-White Collar army here first.

Laurie's view remains the same: the largest monster, which is like a small mountain, is the mastermind behind the other monsters. As long as that monster doesn't move, the other monsters shouldn't be able to go anywhere else.

"About holy water."

At this moment, Isa also said, "Actually, I still have quite a few here."

Isa's quota is actually more than Laurie's, after all, how can a saint not have holy water? Perhaps it's because this is Isa's skill, so Lind gave Isa more.

When Laurie saw Isa's holy water quota, she swallowed hard. The governor was really biased, giving the saintess so much holy water. Although it was reasonable for the saintess to have holy water, the governor really wasn't worried at all that the resistance would leak it.

Linde wasn't worried at all. After all, this was the army led by Isa. With Isa's incredible luck, such problems could be ignored. Even if there was a leak, there must be a reason why it had to be leaked.

The only problem now is how to explain this holy water to the soldiers. Should they say that the governor's family's ancestral potion has a restraining effect on these monsters? And with such large-scale use now, Laurie really isn't confident that she can continue to hide the truth about the holy water.

Although she was only a novice believer, the experienced Laurie could guess what would happen if the large amount of holy water possessed by the gray-collar workers were leaked; the church would definitely launch an almost frantic investigation into them.

Laurie wasn't worried about what would happen to the church, since the church in the North had actually severed ties with the central papacy. But if this information were leaked, it would definitely cause all sorts of trouble. Such important matters usually had to be decided by Lind himself, and Laurie wasn't sure if she could take the blame.

Holy Water has always been one of the core secrets of the Gray and White Collar. Laurie was able to handle all the previous command operations on her own, which is one of the reasons why Linde gave Laurie more command authority than White. Laurie can be said to be one of the most senior people in the Gray and White Collar. Except for fundamental mistakes, she is basically not afraid to take the blame.

But now it seems to have come down to a matter of principle, and Laurie hesitated. After all, based on Laurie's experience, in the face of this situation, even if they were defeated, Lind would just pat her on the shoulder and comfort her. But if the secret of the holy water were to be exposed, Laurie would not know. Could she really bear that responsibility?

Seeing Laurie's hesitation, Isa, who had already led the resistance through the North, immediately guessed what Laurie was thinking and said, "Just say it's the Governor's family heirloom potion. I'll take responsibility for any problems. No matter what, we can't let these monsters defeat us and enter the North!"

After Isa said that, Laurie realized that she had become hesitant and timid, picking up the bureaucratic habits she hated most when she was in the army, and only wanting to protect her position.

"No, I also played a part in this decision. We can't let the Holy Maiden enjoy all the credit."

Lowry laughed again and calmed down to prepare his final defensive plan.

"I was the first to discover the effects of the holy water, so count me in!"

White also stepped forward.

“Alright, then the three of us will share the responsibility. I will explain this to the Governor through the proper channels.”

Soon, news spread that the governor's ancestral miraculous potion was incredibly effective against demonic monsters, and Isa began leading the resistance fighters to distribute the potion among various units. This potion could be used as a grenade, or sprinkled on the ground to temporarily impede the demons, and of course, it also had healing effects.

Laurie and White also demarcated the final defensive zone, and all the soldiers began to retreat, using the limited holy water to defend this last line of defense.

When they saw that the potion was actually effective against the demon monsters, the soldiers, who had been in despair for too long, burst into loud cheers, as if their hope had been rekindled.

"The Governor's potion has a special effect on demon monsters, it must be Tianyou Gray Collar!"

"The Holy Maiden is right. We can't let these monsters look down on us humans. Brothers, hold them off!"

"Brothers, this is our last line of defense. We absolutely cannot let these monsters set foot in our homeland!"

"Avenge! Avenge our fallen brothers!"

Whether it was due to the obvious effects of the holy water or the success of the strategy of concentrating forces and tightening defenses, the demon monsters' advance was indeed unable to go any further.

The knights at the forefront, responsible for reaping the rewards, each carried a bottle of the last holy water. Even if they were to die, the monsters would eat the holy water along with their corpses.

In the end, the monsters that consumed the corpses not only did not become stronger, but actually showed signs of weakening.

Seeing this, the soldiers on the front lines became fearless again, even daring to shove their weapons directly into the monsters' mouths, launching a suicidal attack.

The soldiers fighting on the front lines became even more frenzied after being wounded. They knew that the "Governor's ancestral potion" had the effect of a panacea, but no one was willing to use it to heal themselves or relieve pain. Or rather, they no longer needed it. The powerful adrenaline had already achieved a similar effect. The soldiers would rather throw this ancestral potion, which was originally meant to heal themselves and save their lives, onto the monster in order to get another one.

Before the last line of defense, it seemed as if it was no longer humans fighting against monsters, but two groups of monsters killing each other.

Noam hadn't spoken for a long time because he had sensed that the whispered mental attack was no longer effective. The whispers that had previously instilled fear in the humans now seemed to serve only as mockery, driving them even more insane.

In Noam's "view," these humans were no different from monsters, and eventually it became impossible to tell which side was the monster.

For some reason, the Noam that was originally terrifying now evoked a feeling of fear within me. Humans really are a bunch of lunatics.

Watching countless monsters pour into the battle line, yet it remained completely still, Noam sent a one-on-one message to the demon on his back: "Go and request more support from His Majesty the Demon King. We must completely annihilate these humans before their reinforcements arrive!"