After forming a temporary alliance, the military leaders of the five towns promised to bring their militias together into a unified force.
This human army would clear the way for Hristos—the Savior.
Its ultimate goal, of course, was to defeat the Demon King and give humanity a new beginning.
They eventually named this force the "Savior Army." The uninspired name had not come from Bai Xiaowen, of course. Herbart and the others had settled on it together.
Utu Town was the first to begin its purge. Using Mo Wei's confession, they rounded up everyone at the Old God Cult's local stronghold.
The priestess Qiong was well informed, though, and fled before they arrived.
Bai Xiaowen had expected that. He had stationed men outside town, and they captured her as she fled.
Fear swept through Utu Town. The Old God Cult still held considerable influence there, after all.
Bai Xiaowen knew how to calm the townspeople: a public trial. He gathered the whole town and had Mo Wei confess and testify, laying bare the Old God Cult's sinister intentions before everyone.
The townspeople erupted in anger as they realized the cult had deceived them. Stones and filth flew toward the trial platform.
Qiong, once a fairly attractive priestess, became someone everyone wanted to pelt with whatever they could grab.
Bai Xiaowen then "bowed to public opinion," declared the Old God Cult an illegal organization, and sentenced all its members to death.
The purge in Utu Town was only the beginning. Bai Xiaowen sent a militia unit to Naha Town, where they held another public trial and rooted out the cult. The other towns followed in turn.
In the end, the Old God Cult's members were purged from all five towns. A few minor lackeys might have escaped, but they could no