Under such circumstances, how could these nobles dare go to the Temple of Light's cathedral to hold a sacrifice ceremony?
They would probably attain Saint-level on the morning through the sacrifice ceremony hosted by the Light Pope, then report to the Sea of Undead in the Underworld with their families that very night.
At the very least, before the Light Pope figured out how someone from the Frost Snow Empire had killed a Saint-level Expert under his very nose, these nobles would never go looking for death.
To be honest, everyone suspected that the one who had killed Gask was His Majesty the Emperor of the Frost Snow Empire.
Even the Light Pope of the Temple of Light harbored such suspicions.
After all, the Light Pope was confident that across the entire Vakanda Plane, aside from Ceres, no one could kill one of his men right under his nose without him noticing.
And Ceres's reason for doing so was very simple.
According to the agreement between the Light Pope and Ceres, the struggle for power between the Temple of Light and the Frost Snow Empire would primarily be fought through legions formed by newly advanced Saint-level Experts.
For the first three years, Saint-level Experts were not permitted to act. Their respective legions would fight instead.
If one side could crush the other side's legion and determine victory within those three years, then the outcome would already be decided without the Saint-level Experts needing to act.
After three years, the Saint-level Experts of both sides would enter the battlefield.
However, it was generally Saint-level Expert against Saint-level Expert, legion against legion, and knight order against knight order.
If one side's Saint-level Experts were defeated, they could only hope that the other side's Saint-level Experts would show mercy to their legions.
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