Chapter 181 Reaction
"In these directions, we found traces of the resistance fighters' activities."

On the map in front of Morarichi, there were some small flags representing the resistance teams.

"Just as you guessed, they all carried documents from the church. Judging from the documents we seized, these documents were indeed issued by the church, and the faint aura of divine magic emanating from them cannot be fake."

Morari's frown deepened. He now wished that he could still stay in the small mansion in the town of Pala, so that he wouldn't have so many troubles now.

This morning he found a few fallen white hairs on his pillow. You know, he has always paid great attention to his physical health. A doctor will check his physical condition every day, and his daily food intake is also strictly in accordance with the guidelines of the Church of the God of Life.

“Should we ask the church to at least give us an explanation?”

Moralich shook his head.

“The church will definitely not admit it. Even if we show them the church documents they have seized, they will just say that the resistance fighters attacked church members outside and impersonated them.”

Moralich thought for a moment.

"We should send a message to the church that some resistance fighters are using their documents and impersonating others. We hope that church personnel will not move across territories recently to avoid accidental injuries."

The church's current actions are not very normal. Many priests seem to be leaving the cathedral in the capital of the principality, and the people sent by Morari to track these priests lost their trace after a short while.

According to the news from the Kingdom of Valandi, the church there seems to be making a large-scale mobilization, and there are some rumors that the church is searching for and eliminating traitors within the church.

Of course, Morarichi did not believe in such rumors. After all, the clergy of the church all believed in the same god. Everything they had came from the gift of god, and the betrayers would undoubtedly lose these gifts.

The church has routine prayers every day. Clergy who have lost the grace of God cannot hide themselves in such prayers. They will be discovered on the spot by other believers. It is clear that traitors will not make such a big noise that they can be noticed by the outside world.

But it can be seen that the church is now in trouble, and this trouble may have also appeared in the principality.

"This way, at least we can be a little more flexible. Even if we accidentally hurt church personnel, it won't cause too big of a consequence."

The adjutant nodded, wrote down Morari's order, and then after confirming that Morari had no other orders, he quickly walked out of the command post to arrange his men to carry out Morari's task.

"Okay, let's continue."

Moralich looked up at the officer beside him. The officer picked up his baton and drew a circle on the map.

"From all indications, their final destination should be here."

Moralich frowned again. "Are you sure?"

The officer himself did not seem very confident about this judgment. He hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

"Based on the location of the resistance fighters reported so far and the direction they are heading, we can conclude that their destination is indeed here."

There was no forest in the area marked out by the officers, which was inconsistent with the resistance fighters' habit of choosing hiding places. Among them were a large number of believers in the gods of nature, and fighting in the forest could bring out greater strength, which made them accustomed to choosing places with forests as their bases for continued resistance.

Morarichi originally thought that they would choose another place in the principality as their next base. There were several forests there, and it was close to the magical forest of the elves. Not only could they wander between several forests, making it difficult for the principality to grasp their specific movements, but they could also more easily gain the support of the elves - if the elves would still provide support.

Morari's judgment was actually not wrong. Lisabel had originally planned to choose the area that Morari had anticipated as the next base, but she made the change only at the suggestion of Fari.

"They are not pushed to the point where they don't have the time and space to think and make decisions."

Morari shook his head. In his opinion, this area was not suitable for the resistance fighters to operate. Although it was located in the mountains and could provide some hiding places for the resistance fighters, compared to the forest, the resistance fighters did not have enough ability to fight against the pursuers of the Principality in the mountains.

Hiding blindly would not help the resistance fighters much. As long as the soldiers of the Principality were willing to spend time, no matter how hidden the resistance fighters built their bases, they would eventually find them.

"They had already left the pursuers behind for a while, and with the church's documents as cover, they had plenty of room to choose any location in the Principality as their next base. However, they chose this place, so there must be a reason for it."

Moralich didn't think that Lisabel would be so foolish as to seek her own death. Under her leadership, the resistance group had escaped the blockade of the Principality's troops several times, and even appeared in a place that Moralich had never expected. For example, they suddenly appeared in Lake Territory.

The other resistance troops were almost unable to escape the blockade of the Principality troops, and they were eventually driven step by step to the location where Moralichi wanted them to appear. Now, they were in the territories of the nobles who formed an alliance and did not obey Moralichi very much, and they had already turned those places upside down. From the intelligence obtained by Moralichi, he was sour that those resistance troops could consume about half of the power of the noble alliance before exhausting themselves.

By that time, Morari will have plenty of tools and means to turn these territories back into areas loyal to the Principality.

However, those noble territories are no longer important now, and Lisabel has become a very serious destabilizing factor. As long as they are still running around in the principality, Morari will not be able to focus all his energy on the reconstruction and development of the principality.

"No matter what their reasons are, our actions should not be changed at will. We should still completely surround this area and gradually reduce the space for their activities, and finally completely destroy all their hiding places."

Morari could only nod his head and agree with the officer's opinion. Under the current circumstances, it is indeed a way to deal with all changes with the same attitude.

I will assign two more regiments to you. No matter what happens, at least, the influence of those resistance fighters cannot be allowed to spread beyond that territory.

(End of this chapter)