You R&D Folks, Every One of You Is Totally

Unreliable.

"By the way, my lord, although Moth Chasing Flame split off from the Candlelight Society, we ultimately lack a complete inheritance. But the Silent Temple is different. They are one of the four great orthodox churches, so perhaps they know more of these secrets."

Theus slowly nodded.

There was no rush. The Silent Temple's priests had only just awakened; he could visit them after they had spent some time settling into the island.

Theus had originally thought Castel was already strong enough, but after witnessing the Sea God Church's sacrificial ritual today, he realized that the churches had quite a few trump cards of their own.

Take the Sea God Church, for example. They might not possess Castel's formidable production capacity, but if they truly sacrificed everyone in an entire city to summon a storm at sea, Castel's fleet might not be able to withstand it.

The Silent Temple was merely at a disadvantage against the white mist. If they charged a machine-gun emplacement, they might not... might not...

Uh, it seemed they still would not make it through.

But the White Bone Sanctuary Bazel had used belonged to the Burier as well. If it were used directly against Castel, there was no guarantee they could stop it.

And those were only the trump cards they had revealed. They might possess even more terrifying things, merely too costly to use easily.

In short, none of these churches were harmless. Their apparent strength might not match Castel's, but who knew what strange and unusual powers they possessed? Though the price might be immense, once used, they would be difficult to resist.

"I'll speak with the Silent Temple's patriarch. As for the Mechanical Society, I'll also send someone to make contact. If we can trade for this kind of technology, or