Due to the expansion and spread of the Massacre Domain,
the Holy City suffered casualties numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
Aside from those who died outright, many suffered severe injuries, massive blood loss, and severed limbs.
Without treatment, the death toll would continue to double.
Wails, screams, and anguished sobs echoed through every street and alley.
With every sector of the Holy City occupied by the pressure from the Uncontrolled Ones, nearly all military forces were engaged in battle.
Such a massive number of casualties had appeared in an instant.
From every perspective, it was impossible to provide treatment.
These severely injured civilians, nobles, and even some Knight-Errants could only slowly await death's arrival amid their suffering.
However,
just as despair spread through the bodies of everyone on the verge of death,
a ray of light suddenly shone through the slits of their eyes... The warmth it carried spread through their already chilling bodies, even easing their pain to some extent.
One by one, people opened their eyes and looked toward the source of the light.
A flawless, noble six-winged angel entered their sight.
For a moment, they thought they had already died and were being bathed in this light as they followed the angel to heaven.
However,
as their vision gradually cleared, they realized they were still in the Holy City and had not yet died.
As for the angel before them,
she floated high above the Holy City,
bathed within a pillar of light.
The woman wore a pure white Knight Armor Skirt... Its surface bore a prayer mark familiar to all, representing the Holy Knight Order.
Olivia Christian, the current commander of the Holy Knight Order and the Holy Maiden of the Church, had been chosen as Candidate L.
She was currently rising into the sky