The old bishop's words went far beyond everyone's wildest imagination. For a full half-minute after his voice fell silent, no one said a word. Finally, Hao Ren broke the silence first. "You mean the entire City of Divine Favor has disappeared?"
"Ninety percent of the city has disappeared. Only a small portion of the ring-shaped area closest to Sacred Mount Asuman—the Side of Divine Will—remains, including the Holy Image Palace and several affiliated palaces. Because of the obstruction caused by Chaos power, the scouting team we sent out couldn't get close enough to investigate. But even from the outside, we can confirm that the holy light of the Holy Image Palace has gone out. We couldn't detect any Life Aura from the entire building."
Kalasios couldn't help drawing in a sharp breath. "Goddess!"
The high-ranking Bishop's hands clenched involuntarily, then spasmed open again. Clearly, the devastating news had shaken him so badly that he had lost his composure and no longer knew what to do.
Under such circumstances, only Hao Ren, who had always maintained the perspective of an outsider, could continue asking questions normally. "After that, did you send anyone else out to investigate? Are there any remaining urban areas around the City of Divine Favor? Are there survivors in the wilderness outside? Maybe they could tell us what exactly happened."
The old bishop shook his head weakly. "Of course we thought of that too. However, the repeated attacks by the Nightmare forces left the surviving priests in Luan City exhausted. It was already a miracle that we managed to hold this Grand Cathedral. How could we possibly have had the strength to send out a second team? In fact, the first team suffered heavy casualties. At the time, we organized the scouting team with the intention of fighting