Whoosh!
Amid a ripple of spatial fluctuations, Riezel and his group appeared inside a great hall.
It was a very spacious hall. Its original purpose was unclear, but it had now been completely emptied out.
Countless clerics were gathered here. Some were discussing matters with panic written all over their faces, some were hurriedly treating the wounded, and others were running about while loudly issuing warnings. The entire hall looked like a makeshift shelter, filled with an atmosphere of anxiety, confusion, and helplessness.
Fortunately, this place had not been invaded by that evil darkness.
Because the darkness had been blocked outside the hall.
Boom—
Amid roaring thunderous crashes, the darkness surged in from outside the hall like a horde of beasts, trying to invade the interior and swallow all the survivors in the Temple.
Yet after several fierce impacts, the darkness was stopped every time.
Priests stood outside the hall in a straight line, dressed in standard ceremonial robes and holding wands of various shapes. They chanted solemn incantations, causing vast magical power to rise and intertwine, forming a huge Magic Barrier that enveloped the entire hall.
The darkness outside was blocked by the barrier. As though roaring in fury, it continued to batter the barrier, causing thunderous booms to ring out without end.
Besides that, a group of Temple Knights stood in formation outside the hall in full armor, fiercely battling creatures from within the darkness.
On closer inspection, those creatures were clearly people from the Temple. Their attire was entirely that of clerics.
They had merely lost their minds. Their eyes were pitch-black, and as if they had fallen into hell, they had turned into demons. Roaring and howling, they charged fearlessly toward the hall.
The Temple's knights fought fiercely against these people, but they could only barely