Through the hovercar window, Admiral Qiyala watched the temple draw closer and closer, her expression darkening.
The temple was not actually very large. Though it still looked magnificent and resplendent, it was far from grand or awe-inspiring. Yet it represented something that made Qiyala immensely wary.
The Holy Advent Cult!
That was right. This was the church that had spread from the Kingdom of Dawn after Chiss territory was conquered by it. In Qiyala's view, their methods were extremely sophisticated, and they seemed to possess some kind of special power as well, allowing the Holy Advent Cult to spread with astonishing speed.
It was said that they held large-scale sacrificial ceremonies from time to time, openly displaying all kinds of miracles. Many of those miracles were useful too—calming the mind over a vast area, curing minor illnesses, even cleansing every person present of the grime on their bodies.
They might have seemed like trivial little things, but they were enough to drive countless people mad with fervor.
But this was not what made the Holy Advent Cult most feared by Qiyala. What she truly feared was one of the cult's previous operations—saving the planets controlled by the Grysk Hegemony!
After killing the Grysk, the people controlled by the Grysk Hegemony had almost all fallen into a manic state. Then the Holy Advent Cult went there and built temples, somehow filling the hearts of those controlled people with their faith!
Without exception, all those planets became devout followers of the Holy Advent Cult!
Qiyala had only happened to overhear Governor Shien-Morabito in a communication with someone else. From what she vaguely heard, the temples built on those planets were different from those on Csilla. At the time, Governor Morabito seemed to have rejected someone's request to build that kind of special