Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened. Starting a week later, Flame Holy City began receiving reports one after another from the soldiers sent out to scout.
The Gods' Allied Army truly had begun to withdraw, though the divine legions had already been completely wiped out by Nalant.
Back then, however, those gods had mobilized quite a few ordinary soldiers to come as well.
The role these soldiers played was either cannon fodder, or else they were used to guard occupied zones.
Now that the tide had turned, clearly those gods had no intention of using these ordinary soldiers to fight Nalant.
"Since the Gods' Allied Army has begun retreating, we'll send people out and start gradually retaking those cities."
"I'll leave this matter to you, Poli, and the other garrison-city commanders. Do any of you have any objections?"
"My lord, we have no objections. We are very willing to complete this task!"
Hearing Nalant's question, Civil Officer Poli and the garrison-city commanders hurriedly answered him.
What a joke. Although retaking the occupied cities was practically like picking them back up, with no need for battle, this was absolutely still an incomparably glorious matter. So this assignment was one they could not wait to take on.
In addition, because Nalant had become the rightful ruler of the Flame Continent, the current garrison-city commanders and these nobles of the Flame Continent no longer addressed him as Lord Nalant.
Instead, they directly omitted his name. From this point alone, it could be seen that they had already submitted to Nalant completely.
"Very good. Then this matter is settled. Reassign the candidates for the priesthood in these cities as soon as possible."
Nalant had noticed this long ago as well, and he nodded in great satisfaction.
After a pause, he continued, "As for the candidates for