In the one hundred and thirty-sixth year of the Black Iron Era, the Church of Light changed the calendar to the first year of the Holy Era. That year, the Church of Light thoroughly proved its identity as the representative of divine authority. The Pope and the Saintess jointly held divine authority, and the power of the Church of Light began to expand rapidly. Its influence began to cover the entirety of human kingdoms and spheres of power, and even expanded toward the Beastman Kingdom!
Divine authority began to completely loom over royal authority. The Saintess's heaven-bestowed divine power and the sacred status of the God-born forced the noble classes of every human kingdom to acknowledge the divine status of the Church of Light.
In the third year of the Holy Era, Iliad VII of the Crete Empire announced the expulsion of the Church of Light. The Saintess Kelly led the Order of Light Knights into Lion City and, without spending a single soldier, easily captured the Crete Empire's emperor, Iliad VII, alive. She announced the abolition of Iliad VII's throne, had him hanged publicly at the execution ground, declared Iliad VII a heretic, and crowned Iliad VII's nephew as Iliad VIII!
The various nations and nobles panicked at the Church's powerful forces and influence, and joined together to resist the Church of Light.
In the fifth year of the Holy Era, the Church's knight order defeated the allied army from the Mara Kingdom and the Luman Kingdom beneath Rus City. The Mara Kingdom and the Luman Kingdom had no choice but to submit to the Church of Light. The kings of both countries had to personally travel to the Church, receive the Church's blessing and coronation, accept the Church's knights being stationed in their countries with the right of