At night, everything within the walls of Holy City Rapona was pitch-black.
Due to the massive loss of population, the outer slums that had once been packed with poor people now resembled a ghostly domain, filled with an eerie and terrifying atmosphere.
Even the Church's soldiers dared not enter for their routine patrols. They merely guarded the main road leading to the central cathedral.
According to certain rumors, bloodcurdling sounds could be heard from those abandoned slums every night after dark.
When people approached to investigate after dawn, they could even find large patches of dried black blood, along with bones and chunks of flesh gnawed beyond recognition.
Clearly, all of this indicated that Yoma had somehow infiltrated the once incredibly safe Holy City.
In an ordinary city, the discovery of such a situation would have long prompted a request for aid from the Organization, along with the preparation of a hefty reward for the silver-eyed witches to deal with it.
But unfortunately, because this bunch of religious fanatics had declared to their followers that the God they worshiped was omnipotent, they simply could not bring themselves to ask outsiders for help.
Forget hiring Claymores to execute Yoma—they would not even allow Claymores near the Holy City, believing it to be blasphemy against God.
It could be said that religious ignorance, stubbornness, and prejudice were displayed most vividly in these people.
Even now, they showed not the slightest intention of repenting.
On the contrary, inside the central cathedral, Bishop Meller, who advocated launching a war to resolve the current crisis, stood atop the platform and raised his arms as he shouted, "Everyone! The situation has deteriorated to this extent! Are we supposed to stand by and watch this great Holy City, along with the God we believe in, be trampled