Armies across the land mobilized in full force, and the situation in the Ilia Kingdom grew turbulent.
Clergy of the Church of Life stormed noble castles alongside kingdom garrisons to identify heretics. Any lackeys of the Outer Gods writhed in unbearable agony beneath the healing holy light of the priests.
In West River Province, Angus assembled his troops to assist the Church of Life in purging heretics.
At the same time, the Kingdom of Kuber and the Bashio Kingdom imposed full martial law, with the Church purging heretics among the nobles and all other factions within their borders.
In less than half a month, the Kashimir Organization's thirty-year scheme completely collapsed. Hundreds of thousands of lackeys were publicly burned at the stake, while hundreds of noble families were stripped of their titles and exterminated to the last member. Their affiliated forces were wiped out by the Kingdom Army. Captives had their Battle Qi or magic power destroyed, were reduced to slaves, and sold to various noble houses. Their territories were reclaimed by the kingdoms and placed under the administration of the Noble Council.
Velin did not participate in this great purge. The main reason was that the purged nobles were concentrated in the east, while only a handful of noble houses in the western borderlands had made it onto the death list.
If it had happened in the western borderlands, he would certainly have gathered his troops and joined the purge, assisting the Church in eliminating the nobles on the death list and taking a hefty bite for himself in the process.
Because of this great purge, the Family Meeting was postponed until June of the following year.
Seeing this, Velin could only take his wife and Kyle back to Qixing Territory first, planning to return to Windsor Castle in