The descent of the evil god on Thursday night, and its subsequent battle with an unknown moon god, could not possibly be smoothed over so easily. Of all this, the matter most closely tied to the citizens of Tobesk City was today's citywide lockdown, with all travel strictly forbidden. Ridgewich Field, The Church, and the Tobesk Garrison had taken comprehensive control of the entire city in preparation for a house-to-house search.
On one hand, The Church had made up its mind that even if they had to smash half of Tobesk to pieces, they would capture the surviving cultists of the Lord of the Blood Feast and the members of Blood of Mercury. On the other hand, last night The Church's High-Ring Arcanists had nearly been prepared to die in order to stop the evil god. Though they had ultimately been saved by an unknown saint, those forced to participate in the Blood Feast had still been severely injured.
Iluna had only been able to obtain that bottle of Holy Water No. 1 Essence because The Church had taken the injuries of the others into consideration.
Thus, the citywide lockdown was also meant to maintain public order through a show of force while nearly every High-Ring Arcanist was wounded.
But last night's events had also frightened the other Ring Arcanists in the city. No one would stir up trouble with The Church now, and nearly everyone was happy to see that group of lunatics taken away by The Church.
In other words, aside from Church members like Miss Bayes and the few royal family members who had obtained passes, every citizen had to remain at home today.
Tobesk was the capital of the Dellaireon Kingdom, so such a citywide lockdown naturally caused an enormous uproar. But considering what had happened