Inside the Imperial Palace of the Teli Empire.
Watching the live feed from the battlefield, Paulina frowned again.
In her view, that expert, who was likely at the peak of the Second Tier, had originally intended to risk serious injury to attack the Crusader Army, hoping to free the warships from the Deitar Particles' restraints.
Having seen through it all, Paulina had long since laid a trap, waiting for the other side to walk right into it.
After all, under normal circumstances, even taking down a peak Second Tier expert would cost her dearly. That price might even be the deaths of over a hundred purple-robed bishops.
The script had been prepared long ago, so why had the other side suddenly retreated?
Could they have seen through the trap she had set?
In any case, if they refused to take the bait, she would have to go out herself. Otherwise, if she simply let the purple-robed bishops surround and kill them, the casualties would likely be more than she could bear.
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Within the White Church.
Black Hole Lifeforms from the First Tier through the late Second Tier all served as purple-robed bishops.
Only after reaching the peak of the Second Tier would they leave that category and become apprentice red-robed archbishops.
Only after their strength broke through to the Third Tier could they be promoted to red-robed archbishops.
Thus, Paulina was unquestionably a Third Tier Black Hole Lifeform, and one who had reached the late Third Tier at that.
What did reaching this tier mean?
Measured against the legions of the four great empires of the Kunsa Realm, a Third Tier expert could fight one such legion alone.
One could easily imagine just how powerful that was.
To keep the losses from becoming too severe, Paulina directly left the