For a moment, the hall was silent. Mr. Haase asked, his voice trembling, "Then... is the source of this information reliable?"
Before the war, the "Small Expeditionary Force," positioned as a counterpart to the "Holy Crusade," was quite intimidating. The Holy Kingdom believed the Order Church would inevitably triumph the moment it took the field, even elevating the mission from "saving the country" to a movement to "reclaim lost lands."
In the past, a "Holy Crusade" had reclaimed the Holy City from the followers of the Formless God, and the Church and its believers had cleansed the southern continent of invading Alien Races and Demons. Now, hundreds of years later, it was time for a classic repeat: to re-establish the faith and authority of the Order Church in an Empire teeming with heretics and non-believers.
From the "patriotic Nobility" of Valuva to the devout believers in the Eternal City, they all prayed to their god and taunted their enemies in this very way.
