The Church of the One God was the main faith of this world's humans, and its feudal power was also immense.
There were large amounts of church territory in every country, with hundreds or thousands of religious knights supported under its banner.
That did not even include the devout Great Lords who were willing to contribute their soldiers to serve the church.
When they once went to conquer the southern heretics, they organized an army of over a hundred thousand for the southern expedition at the pope's call. Such powerful forces, even though they were all mortals, were not something a few witches could afford to provoke.
The monastery destroyed by Xina and Mo Qiong was merely the most basic sort of church territory. Any bishopric was several hundred times larger than it.
But no matter what, the destruction of a church in the northern nations was an earth-shaking event.
Even kings would not dare destroy a church. Yet now, it had actually been destroyed by a witch who was about to be burned alive, with the aid of demonic power.
The Priest, who had been gravely wounded but had not died, sent people to deliver the news to the surrounding Great Lords and bishoprics. A huge uproar erupted at once.
"Demon King Qiong? The strongest ruler of Hell?"
"Summoning a meteorite to strike?"
"Hmph. How stupid would someone have to be to let a witch destroy the entire church? To cover up his incompetence, he actually came up with such an absurd story."
The nearby bishops and some irreligious Great Lords all sneered at the account of what had happened.
They absolutely refused to believe that this was the truth. Whether it was summoning a meteorite or some Great Demon King, it was all too ridiculous.
They would sooner