Chapter 158 Unexpected Little Trouble

"Now time is of the essence."

Lisabel looked at the flare rising into the sky not far away. The pursuers who were still looking for their traces in the mountains must have seen this signal indicating an attack.

Although it took them some time to divert the pursuers deep into the mountains, without knowing the path, it would take them more than ten days to leave the mountains and start the pursuit again.

"No need to clean up the battlefield, we are in a hurry now."

Lisabel's order was quickly passed down, and the resistance fighters stopped reluctantly and reorganized into a marching formation under the guidance of the brave men who closed the city gate.

"Go in the direction of Lake City. There should be a village along the way. You can get some simple supplies there and ask about the high priest."

The team started moving and rushed towards the only city in Lake Territory.

"My Lord, the blockade line of the Principality has fired a signal flare that it has been attacked."

Laming also saw the flares rising into the sky.

"It looks like they found a shortcut through the mountains."

The Church of the Sun God has also been paying attention to this small resistance force that has been moving around in the heart of the principality.

As Morarichi wished, the vast majority of the resistance forces that had broken out were chased and intercepted by the Principality and were driven to the territories of those great nobles who did not obey his orders.

As long as these resisters take root in the noble territories, the duchy's troops will suspend their pursuit of them and turn to deal with those resisters who are still advancing in other directions.

Many of the resistance fighters also realized the purpose of the Principality. They wandered in different forests and mountains and were not driven to the territories of those nobles as Morarichi wished.

However, the pressure on these resistance fighters is increasing, their living space is being squeezed, and many have been forced to move in the direction that Morarichi hopes for.

"Tell all church-related personnel to stop waving and retreat to the church. We are also preparing to go back."

Lemming tugged at the reins.

"Is it necessary? The pursuers behind them will react quickly. These resistance fighters won't be able to stay here for long."

A priest next to Laming said.

"If we all withdraw to the church, a lot of work will be interrupted. Once some things are interrupted, the resources invested previously will be wasted."

The priests around him didn't want to waste it. Recently, the Sun God Church was not peaceful, and they invested a lot of resources in searching and attacking those underground churches. Laming and his men had to save the resources they had at hand.

The resources that Lai Ming and his men have are a bit tight now. After all, when the church was preparing the resources, it did not expect that the current state of these nobles' territories was so bad. Even the public ovens in the villages had to be repaired by the church.

The church was forced to spend a lot of resources on these unplanned parts, and the resources that were originally very abundant in the plan now seemed a little tight. And God knows what "surprises" these nobles have hidden in their territories. In order to deal with these "surprises", they have to set aside some spare resources as much as possible.

"To be on the safe side, if these resistance fighters are just passing by, then it's fine. But if they have other purposes, they may stay here for a while."

Lemming looked at the mountain range that was vaguely visible on the horizon. "It seems that the army of the principality was looking for traces of the resistance in the mountains before. Now it seems that the resistance is deliberately trapping the pursuers deep in the mountains. Now they have at least a window of ten days to do what they want in this territory before the pursuers catch up."

Laming doesn't know what the purpose of those resisters is yet, but no matter what, they are very dangerous to the priests of the Sun God Cult.

After all, the Sun God Church made a lot of efforts in the destruction of the Wind Whispering Kingdom. There is no doubt that these resistance fighters who nominated Lysabell as their leader and fought under the banner of restoring the Wind Whispering Kingdom would not regard them as friends.

"Let our people retreat back to the church. If we encounter those resistance fighters, we should try our best to avoid conflicts and meet all their demands."

Laming's men were not specialized fighters. Most of the priests knew a little bit of magic for combat, which was fine for dealing with some scattered monsters encountered on the road, but their combat effectiveness was not enough when facing a well-organized army. Conflicts with those resistance fighters would only bring unnecessary casualties.

After seeing the priest beside him accept the order and ride away to convey his order to other priests scattered in this territory, Lemming also turned around and prepared to return to Lake City.

"Are these people really in such a bad condition that they can't even provide basic supplies?"

Lysabel is in a bit of trouble now.

They had been wandering in the mountains with their pursuers for nearly a month, and now their supplies were in a dangerous situation. In order to save time, they did not clean up the battlefield and collect supplies from the Principality troops.

Originally, they planned to resupply in the villages along the way. According to common sense, this would be much more efficient than cleaning up the battlefield and collecting supplies. But now, the things these villagers have are barely enough to feed themselves, let alone provide supplies for the resistance fighters.

"It's not completely impossible."

The resistance officer next to him glanced around and lowered his voice.

"Although there is really no way to replenish supplies such as arrows and other weapons and equipment, they still prepared some food and fuel for the winter."

The sergeant placed his finger on his throat, and Lysabel immediately understood what he meant and shook her head.

“We are the Restoration Army that is resisting the occupiers, not bandits.”

"Then I suggest that we hurry up. If we can capture some towns, there might be something in the warehouses of those nobles."

It would inevitably take some time to attack the town, and the nobles would still put up some resistance when their property was threatened.

They still have some thugs under their command, and relying on the town's low walls and those old city defense equipment, it will still take some time for the resistance fighters to take over these towns.

Then they had to find the nobles' warehouses on their own without any guidance, and then complete the transportation of supplies by themselves, which also took a lot of time.

But now Lysabel and her group don’t have much time.

"What about the high priest? Is there any news?"

Lisabel didn't make a decision immediately and turned to another question.

"The high priest is indeed in this territory, preaching. However, these villagers seem unwilling to tell us anything about the high priest's whereabouts."

(End of this chapter)