Discord Within the Twilight Church

Night.

Above the waters of the Mystic Tide Sea Region in the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands, near the continent.

A floating city covered in rare and exotic flowers hung in the air. At this moment... more than a dozen towering figures stood in the grand hall, all wearing grim expressions.

How could their expressions possibly look good? They had expended immense resources to construct, within just three months, a heavily reinforced city wall that even God Kingdom level experts could not easily destroy.

They had also gathered more than a hundred thousand elite troops from every race, along with hundreds of thousands of mages, intending to deliver a crushing blow the moment the Twilight Church set foot on the Saint Nor Continent.

But now, there had indeed been a crushing blow—only the target had become them.

Over a hundred thousand elite soldiers had been wiped out by a single strike from Marcus Neo'zu before they could prove their worth. Even Thunder Island had been blasted away without leaving so much as a trace.

Only the Mage Regiments atop the three floating cities had suffered no casualties. Otherwise, they would have needed to discuss what posture to take when joining the Twilight Church.

"Everyone, shouldn't we be thinking of a solution?"

"If we can't find a way to deal with Marcus Neo'zu, then there's no point fighting at all. The defenses of our Dwarf Kingdom's lava underground city certainly couldn't withstand yesterday's attack."

Dwarf King Dain the Undying Fortress spoke with a dark expression.

His heart ached so badly that he could barely breathe. Among the more than a hundred thousand elite defenders stationed on Thunder Island yesterday had been over ten thousand dwarf warriors from the Dwarf Kingdom.

Every single one had been at least an Intermediate Warrior. Earth-