The blazing holy light turned into the phantom of the Eternal Kingdom: a boundless, pure-white vault of heaven, with The Sun hanging high at its center. Its gentle power was aimed only at the people beneath this faith, but when facing enemies, Chi possessed a searing heat that could melt all things.
Divine descent—at the instant the god's power fell, every soldier of the ten Extraordinary Legions was knocked back. Beneath the holy light, radiance flew from the seven orifices of tens of thousands of Dawn Believers and vanished without a trace. Their souls and vitality were taken by the descending "god," while even more Dawn Believers around them charged fanatically toward Lancaster's position. They wanted to become part of the god and enter that Eternal Kingdom of Heaven.
There were only ten thousand slots for believers to be devoured by the divine descent. When the brilliance faded, an enormous, tall figure with twelve wings and a sacred face appeared above the battlefield. His outline could still faintly be seen to carry the shadow of Cardinal Archbishop Lancaster.
"As you wish, my children."
The "god" in the sky spoke, his voice vast and holy. His eyes turned toward the ground, where the empire's Extraordinary Legions had already rallied. "I thought this would be the final battle. I didn't expect Lancaster to be this decisive."
The burly knight slapped the warhorse beneath him with the longsword in his hand. The next moment, the warhorse let out a savage neigh, and bloody cracks split open across its muscles.
"The Blake Earldom is forever loyal to His Majesty the Emperor of the Florian Empire! Soldiers!"
Behind him, countless extraordinary troops roared in unison.
"Kill, kill, kill!!!"
Every soldier was wrapped from head to toe in thick chainmail that left only the faintest room