Mekasha's Hatred

Pope Rossa's expression was extremely grim. Although he knew nothing about military affairs, he knew that the general was telling the truth.

Although he was worried about his own safety, compared to the dignity and survival of the entire Rosa Church, all of that had become unimportant.

It was easy to imagine what kind of crisis the Rosa Church would face if the Holy War Army lost this war.

The Rosa Church's prestige had already declined considerably among the western nations, and in recent years, it had only continued to worsen. This Holy War had been launched to bring benefits to the church and the nations participating in it, thereby increasing the church's influence.

If this war ended in defeat, the nations that were still barely willing to support the Rosa Church would inevitably become helpless prey, at the mercy of others. Once these nations weakened, the church's influence would inevitably decline with them.

Therefore, Pope Rossa was willing to pay any price to preserve the military strength of these nations.

The other kings also saw the predicament of the central army. Many of them were already horrified, and their lords urged their respective kings to make a decision at once.

This so-called decision was naturally to preserve their strength.

Faith was extremely important to the western nations—or, for that matter, to the entire Redka people.

But faith was faith, and life was life. There would always be some people willing to give their lives for their faith, but they were ultimately in the minority.

Many people could not defend their faith at the cost of their lives, especially under circumstances like these, when the enormous danger was already apparent and could threaten their families.

By comparison, so-called faith seemed somewhat insignificant.

At that moment, Pope Rossa's order arrived. An