The Empire's faith of light was expanding across this land steeped in darkness, while on the other side, the Holy Kingdom Knights of the Church of Dawn had finally arrived.
Compared to the Empire's legions, their journey had been far more difficult.
Because of the outcome of the war with the Empire, the Empire had blockaded the route east. Breaking through that blockade had cost them resources and knights. Fortunately, the native nobles along their route feared the Church's prestige and had not dared to stop them with all their strength.
Of course, the greatest trouble had still come from the Empire. The Empire's extraordinary forces had been obstructing them all along the way, secretly attacking their soldiers. Every night, Damon, commander of the Holy Kingdom Knights, had to stay awake and personally patrol the defenses.
Most hateful of all, those damn Imperials had even been assassinating the nobles of the territories they passed through!
This had utterly destroyed the trust the Church of Dawn had painstakingly regained. Their extraordinary legion had been forced to keep turning back because of this, yet no matter what they did, they could not catch those rats lurking in the shadows.
This Path of Dawn had been meant to bring the Church of Dawn back into the favorable view of Norris Continent.
After the Empire pulled this stunt, even the Pope on Holy Mountain could no longer sit still. In fury, he dispatched large numbers of Divine Knights and priests to relentlessly hunt down those Imperials.
Thus, the Holy Kingdom Knights finally had time to continue onward, heading for the land mentioned in the Divine Oracle, the land invaded by the Abyss.
The Pope had issued a strict order. It seemed they had to return that land to Dawn's embrace.
After a perilous journey,