The moment the mysterious force burst into the battle, both the mages and priests embroiled in the melee were somewhat taken aback.
Anyone could see that these were merely ordinary people. They possessed no powerful spiritual strength and none of the traits of spellcasters. Yet precisely because of that, when they rose into the air through some bizarre ability and began slaughtering priests, the shock was even greater.
—That's right, slaughter.
When this group charged in, most of the priests had barely any guard up. Some did not even bother looking at them, casually flinging a Holy Light Bomb their way. Then, strange shields suddenly unfolded around the mysterious soldiers, blocking the priests' offhand divine spells. They closed the distance and brought their blades down!
Most of the priests' divine shields were shattered in a single strike. Only then did they realize the severity of the situation and hurriedly began dodging the mysterious soldiers' attacks. As the two sides tangled together, those soldiers pulled out wooden guns and fired shot after shot. In the blink of an eye, over a hundred priests fell from the sky, disbelief still etched on their faces as they died.
These soldiers... could break their shields with ease!
Not only were those from The Church terrified—even the mages were somewhat frightened. What were these people's weapons? Their power far surpassed ordinary enchanted swords, and they even possessed formidable long-range means. Their destructive force was no weaker than the magic the mages cast!
What had happened to this world?
They felt as though everything they knew had been utterly overturned by these soldiers.
And there was another question that had been impossible to ignore from the very beginning—how were they staying in the air?
On this battlefield, probably no one could answer those questions. However, because