Radiant Era 2464, Frostfall Month.
The Saint Radiance Church issued a Holy Arbiter Decree, declaring all-out war on the Revelation Sect. Though caught off guard, the Revelation Sect still erupted with a strength that shocked everyone in its haste.
At the time, three of the Church's Seven Archbishops struck simultaneously, swiftly eliminating two High Priests of the Revelation Sect.
At the same time, enforcers from Church Tribunals scattered across Yar Continent acted together, attacking the Revelation Sect's secret gathering places whose identities had already been investigated and confirmed.
Many nobles from the Two Great Empires had attended those secret gatherings and been recruited into the Revelation Sect. But this time, the Saint Radiance Church did not care about their original identities. Anyone confirmed to be a member of the Revelation Sect was subjected to indiscriminate attacks.
Several desire beasts that the Revelation Sect had secretly cultivated for a long time were exposed before the world, then eliminated by Holy Knights who had long been prepared.
Yet their twisted and evil forms still left many onlookers deeply horrified.
At the critical moment of life and death, the Pope of the Revelation Sect wielded an Old God Holy Relic to briefly call down an Avatar of an ancient existence, facing the three Archbishops alone.
But under Saint Arbiter Yorgensen's reckless release of his Saint Mark, he was ultimately ended by the power of a Saint beyond the Ninth Rank.
In just a few days, the Revelation Sect hidden among the upper echelons of the major empires was nearly uprooted completely. The remaining remnants did not dare show themselves, terrified of drawing the Church's thunderous strike.
However, the Saint Radiance Church's domineering actions also left everyone in the other Two Great Empires feeling threatened. They began to unite spontaneously in resisting the Holy