Alliance

Duward's bulky body slowly toppled to the ground, and a pool of blood spread out beneath him.

The crowd around them fell into dead silence.

What had just happened was so shocking that they still hadn't come to their senses.

First, the kid from the Dolin family had suddenly received Divine Grace and transformed into a Holy Warrior. Then, right after that, he had actually attacked Duward!

Good heavens, had they gone mad, or had the world gone mad?

Whoosh!

At that moment, a figure shot into the middle of the scene at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow. The black robes of the Court of Justice made everyone's hearts turn cold.

The newcomer was a middle-aged man with a grim face. He lowered his expression and stared at Evan. "I told you to stop!"

"Sorry!"

Evan merely shrugged, making no effort to restrain himself even though the other man was much stronger. "I'm a Holy Warrior of the God of Redemption. He slandered me for no reason, so I couldn't help teaching him a lesson!"

"Good. Very good!"

The middle-aged man was momentarily choked by that response.

Wu Ming watched from the side, quietly amused.

The Church under Jay's leadership was now in a very delicate position. Although the self-proclaimed Pope could appoint clergy at will, the God of Redemption wasn't buying it. Anyone whose faith fell short wasn't granted Divine Arts.

After several embarrassing incidents in which priests had no Divine Arts, Jay had no choice but to accept the situation and do his best to recruit outstanding believers, especially those who had passed the trials and become priests or Holy Warriors.

It was thanks to their presence that the Church's powerful nobles couldn't monopolize everything, and the Church hadn't completely fallen into ruin.