"Have you heard? Locke Village defeated the Lizardmen."
"I know. It wasn't just Locke Village—many nearby villages and towns have reported defeating evil creatures."
"This is the salvation of Holy Light. I experienced a battle myself and witnessed the greatness of Holy Light with my own eyes. I've decided to believe in Holy Light."
Inside a tavern in White Horse City, a group of adventurers drank and chatted idly about the latest rumors.
Half a month had passed since the battle at Locke Village.
Over the past half month, more and more evil creatures had migrated from the direction of the Kamo Mountain Range. It seemed these evil creatures intended to settle permanently in the White Horse Wilderness, with all kinds of them gathering across the plains.
This placed immense pressure on White Horse City.
The lord of White Horse City, the Legendary Warrior known as the Storm Lord, had dispatched scouts and even recruited adventurers from all walks of life to investigate the movements of the evil creatures in the wilderness.
The adventurers chatting in the tavern had clearly just completed such a mission.
With evil creatures arriving, the villages outside the city were naturally the most vulnerable to attack.
Yet... to the adventurers' surprise, aside from Jinxi Town being destroyed by evil creatures, none of the other villages and towns had been wiped out. In fact, all of them had records of defeating evil creatures.
Such news sounded absurd.
Anyone who heard it would have thought it was utter nonsense.
Farmers defeating evil creatures? Then what were professionals like us even for? Were we inferior to farmers?
But after witnessing that brilliant Holy Light, they understood everything.
The "Holy Light Envoy," the "Incarnation of Light and Justice," the "Sacred Being Walking the Earth"—His Excellency Victor Saloon Antares—had used