On this day, the Dragon Mountain Empire flaunted its nearly inexhaustible wealth with mad abandon!
The 180,000 ceremonial guards spread throughout every street and alley of Vias wore neat suits of armor, but every piece of that armor had been forged from pure silver!
The 20,000 ceremonial guards stationed along the main roads to welcome distinguished guests wore armor made entirely of pure gold.
As for the welcoming procession of 3,000 Saint Master-level powerhouses lined up before Golden Dragon City, when the envoys and nobles of every rank attending the ceremony saw the dazzling radiance emitted by their mid-grade Saint artifact armor, every one of them sucked in a cold breath.
Three thousand Saint Master-level powerhouses clad in mid-grade Saint artifacts—if they appeared on a battlefield, any orc legion would likely be utterly annihilated by them within a quarter of an hour! Such a terrifying force was undoubtedly the Dragon Mountain Empire baring its muscles for all to see.
The Church's clergy paid no heed to those 3,000 Saint Masters.
The special envoys and great nobles of the major empires were more interested in the Saint artifacts worn by those Saint Masters.
The representatives of those ancient, colossal families that controlled vast quantities of resources merely showed a degree of appreciation for the 3,000 Saint Masters.
After all, to such powers, 3,000 Saint Masters were nothing extraordinary. Any temple of the Church—including the most disreputable Temple of Pleasure, and even the Moon God Temple, which had been in decline for countless years—could easily produce forces stronger and more terrifying than these 3,000 Saint Masters, should they wish to.
But the envoys of the small and medium-sized empires and kingdoms were scared out of their wits by the Dragon Mountain Empire's display of wealth and military might! No other military strength