New Church

Derek readily accepted the news.

In fact, the renewed hunt for Fernandez I had also been prompted by the Moon Ruins.

It was just that even he had never imagined that the Holy Cross Kingdom really possessed a spaceship.

In fact, this had never been mentioned before.

Yet the Bible contained myth-like descriptions of it: the kingdom in the heavens, God's chariot, and the Sacred Sanctuary of the Holy Cross Kingdom.

After generations of revision and refinement, the Bible had been made more compatible with the public's understanding.

Naturally, the truth had been buried along with it.

In fact, the Sacred Sanctuary of the Holy Cross Royal Family referred to this spaceship.

In an era when swords and blades reigned supreme, though the spaceship could no longer move, its structure and the few energy weapons that still functioned made it the ultimate sanctuary, did they not?

It was only because they had not been driven to utter desperation. Otherwise, the Holy Cross Royal Family would certainly have demonstrated what sacred protection truly meant.

By the time Derek had destroyed the Holy Cross Royal Family, they had long since forgotten their family's final trump card.

One could even make a darker guess: perhaps the last purebloods of the Holy Cross Royal Family had already perished.

After accepting this reality, Derek found it rather absurd as well.

"I'll send people to take it over. Focus on finding Fernandez I. I have a feeling he hasn't given up yet."

If Fernandez I had truly despaired, he would never have fled again.

Dying in his homeland would not have been a bad ending for him.

But since he had chosen to flee, he must have done so with hope.

Perhaps he had inherited alien technology, or perhaps there was another reason.

That uncertainty left