Federation Year 942.
Unlike the Federation, which needed ten years to cross realms, the Black Church needed only one.
After all, the Federation's Cross-border Device had merely been a first-generation experimental model from the Great Xia Alliance. Its outdated performance was understandable.
The Black Church, however, used the Black Hole Cavity Consciousness's source energy to blur the barriers of the Black Hole Cavity Realm before crossing directly. Naturally, it was far faster.
Leading fifty Crusader Army legions, Tevalin finally arrived in the Alesera Realm.
It was not that he did not want to bring all the Crusader Army forces and believers under his command.
The problem was that the Black Church did not possess nine generations of Black Hole Engines like the Federation. Before the Federation's forces arrived, some Crusader Army units and believers from the surrounding universe simply would not have enough time to reach the entrance to the Cross-border Channel.
Thus, Tevalin could only bring the Crusader Army stationed at the Seventh Church garrison—a total of fifty legions.
"Archbishop Tevalin, we have arrived in the Sera Realm!"
"At last. Contact the White Church!"
"Yes, Your Eminence. Wait, a large number of fleets have been detected nearby!"
"They should be the White Church forces here to receive us. We informed Pope Ziegler of our arrival time and location beforehand."
Tevalin did not consider any other possibility before speaking.
However...
"Archbishop, this isn't the White Church fleet. It looks more like a Heretics fleet?"
Only seconds after Tevalin finished speaking, a purple-robed bishop under him suddenly said this, seemingly uncertain even himself.
Wasn't the design of these warships exactly the same as those Heretics?
But why would a Heretics fleet appear here?
Upon hearing the report, Tevalin hurried over to examine the surveillance feed.
Sure enough, it was unmistakably a