"Good morning, Mr. Lovegood. It is most likely an Angel Level Relic, though we are not certain what it is. We suspect it may be the Angel Level Relic, Corpse in the Wall."
The Peace Church had sent a Twelve-Ring Arcanist to lead the team, a woman whose head was automatically shielded from the rain:
"Also, we picked up the clock tower keeper, the mechanic, and the others on the way here. Don't look at me like that. We really found them in an alley. They had all been knocked unconscious and are resting in the carriages behind us. It seems someone anticipated that something would happen here and moved them out beforehand."
"If that is the case, then it is most likely not cultists. Is it that 'God Summoner' again? Or the recent rumored visitor from the New Continent?"
The Twelve-Ring High Priest of the Nature Church, dressed in white ceremonial robes, had also led the first team dispatched by the church to the scene. Nearly a hundred Ring Arcanists from the four churches were systematically preparing for a full-scale battle around the clock tower.
Given the level of Whisper Element currently manifesting here, no one below the high rings was qualified to interfere. But this was the center of Moon Bay City. The churches had to ensure that not too many citizens witnessed this, and consider how to prevent the relic's power from spreading throughout the city if they failed to contain it.
"Good morning, Father Giles."
The three Twelve-Ring Arcanists from the Peace Church, Creation Church, and Dawn Church all greeted the old priest from the Nature Church. The latter raised his head to look at the tower:
"Since I joined the church, aside from that incident thirty years ago, I have never encountered such a serious