53 Fears Sargeras but Doesn't Fear Me? Fine, Fine, Fine

53. Fears Sargeras but Doesn't Fear Me? Fine, Fine, Fine—Take My Solar Starshatter Slash!

Lothar and Faol entered the Sea of Darkness with the Army of the Light and the most devout battle priests slightly later than Kael'thas. It was not because the human emperor feared battle, but because they still had to wait for another group of humans who also belonged to the People of Light.

The Holy Flame Order of the Arathi Empire had clearly been summoned as well, and this time, those formidable humans of the Storm Sea had formed an exceptionally lavish warband.

Led personally by Arathi's emperor, every ascetic of the Holy Flame Order had been called up.

They wore ancient-style War Armor, wielding sun-shaped war flails and golden heavy shields. The state church priests were dressed the same way, even carrying solar war halberds heavier than those of ordinary paladins. Golden Radiance Battle Standards forged of steel or radiant Holy Crests shaped like sunbursts were fastened to the backs of their War Armor.

Unlike the Church of the Holy Light in the Strom'kar Empire, which was still in its "faith evolution phase," the Holy Flame Church of the Arathi Empire had nearly reached the ultimate material-world form of "theocratic power."

Their priests were far better fighters than their warriors, and every single one of them was an utter fanatic.

More importantly, these people had not lost themselves in power. Their devotion to the lofty faith of holy flame, which embodied both "light" and "fire," kept them in a constant state of fervor without driving them insane.

Especially after the faith in the sacred blazing sun had been explicitly directed toward the path of the Vigilant, these state church priests no longer faced the danger of losing their way.

Thus, when this distinctive force entered