After a chaotic night, at last, dawn began to break.
Looking at the monastery's tower, corroded and toppled by the outbreak of those corpse-born Undead; watching the remaining evil spirits vanish one after another beneath the sunlight; and seeing the countless refugees sitting in stunned silence around the Square of Judgment, the female commander Farnese and the others could finally breathe a sigh of relief. The knights of the Holy Iron Chain Knights, whom she had led, had worked hard to keep order and fight off the remaining evil.
However, although the demons and evil spirits—wicked beings that had dragged along countless corpses, looked like slimes, and yet bore hideous faces—had either disappeared completely or retreated underground, no longer posing a threat, new difficulties still awaited them.
"Report!"
"Commander Farnese!"
"We've finished investigating!"
"Those evil creatures seem to have retreated into the caverns beneath the monastery tower. There are many corpses down there—so many they're piled up in layers!"
"They don't seem to be moving for now, but we can't be sure what will happen tonight."
Soon, while the refugees and some of the Holy Iron Chain Knights rested beneath the morning sunlight, still shaken by what had happened, a knight hurried over to Farnese and loudly delivered his report.
At the monastery, after their Heretic Inquisitor, "Morgoth of the Blood Scripture," had been completely purified by the miraculous golden light unleashed by the Black Swordsman, the highest-ranking person still in command of an organized force was the woman standing before them: Commander Farnese of the Holy Iron Chain Knights. Naturally, all matters here had to be left to her to handle.
"What?!"
"Why are there caverns beneath the monastery, and why are there so many corpses?"
"Where did they come from?"
Before their commander Farnese could say anything, the