Regulated Forbidden Curse

Holy City stood at the western foothills of the Alps. It was jointly governed by the Holy Court and the Apostasy Institute. A thousand years ago, when the magic of Human Society was gradually taking shape, the laws that all Mages worldwide had to obey were born here.

Holy City established Magic Associations across the world, yet remained independent of them. It did not interfere with any of the Magic Associations' actions, nor did it take part in their struggles.

Thus, textbooks only mentioned the Magic Associations. They never mentioned the Holy Court or the Apostasy Institute.

The people of Holy City claimed to be the managers of God. Their sole purpose in the mortal world was to supervise, inspect, and purge every form of heresy.

No one had ever seen the "God" of Holy City—not even the Mages who worked for the Holy Court and the Apostasy Institute.

Although no one had ever seen Holy City's true "God" with their own eyes, God had seven Archangels beneath him. They were the seven Saint Mages of Holy City and its actual rulers: Michael, Raguel, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, Sariel, Midran, and Remiel.

The seven red-robed cardinals of the Black Church had, to a certain extent, modeled themselves after Holy City's seven rulers.

However, these seven Archangels were just as elusive. Aside from Raguel, Raphael, and Uriel—the three Saint Mages stationed permanently in Holy City—having publicly revealed their identities, the identities of the other four Saint Mages had never been made public.

After Song Qiming, also known as Old Man Bao, learned from Lingling that Holy City was planning to make a move against Dongfang Chen, he contacted many of his former friends in his capacity as a former Divine Officer of the Holy Court.

At the same time, he contacted Shao