As a witch hunter, Su Xiao began wandering around the Holy Healing Church. He had just reached the second floor when a rough shout came from ahead.
"Hey, newcomer?"
A bearded man called out to Su Xiao. He was obviously no good person.
"Mealtime. The cafeteria's on the third floor. Turn left when you get there."
The scene of a newcomer being bullied never appeared. Although this witch hunter's tone was unpleasant, his words revealed goodwill. They were all hunters who risked their lives fighting witches, and with such a simple power structure, infighting was unlikely.
The founders of the Holy Healing Church had been far-sighted. They divided its power structure into two parts: the military and administration.
The military was stationed at the headquarters of the Holy Healing Church. All decisions here were made by the Holy Synod, which had twelve holy councilors. The old man named Carmen was one of them.
The twelve holy councilors directly governed all the witch hunters. In truth, there was no need to manage them. The witch hunters' only task was to investigate and hunt witches.
The second part of the Holy Healing Church's authority was the administrative branch—the officials of Holy Healing City. They were managed by the pope. In essence, the so-called pope was the king.
The pope controlled the army, finances, and officials, but was forbidden from interfering with the Holy Synod or the witch hunters in any way. Although he was the king, he could not order the witch hunters to do anything. Only the Holy Synod could assign them missions.
The pope stood above an individual holy councilor, but once the twelve holy councilors gathered, they could easily remove him from office. The pope was elected by the officials beloved by the people.
Power, finances, royal authority, and