Lakuras watched the berserk bishop charge at him. With a casual lift of his hand, he froze the man in place.
"Tut, tut... I'm a little surprised, but this is your limit."
"You..."
Lakuras stepped closer. His head transformed into that of a bird, and he opened his beak wide at the archbishop. "I've never eaten a bishop's soul before. I hope you taste good."
All the illusions vanished, leaving only the archbishop kneeling blankly in the Relic Hall. After a while, he rose to his feet, twisted his neck, and flexed the joints throughout his body.
Rokasna felt that he had adapted to this body and walked out of the Relic Hall.
The guards outside the doors had noticed nothing that had happened inside. They saluted the archbishop as he emerged.
"The Saint manifested a miracle just now."
Rokasna spoke calmly, then saw the fanatical expressions on the guards' faces. "The Saint has told us how to save this world and rescue those believers lost in confusion."
"Summon all the senior officials. I need to share the revelation the Saint has bestowed upon me with them."
"Yes!"
One of the guards obeyed Archbishop Rokasna's command and swiftly brought the good news to all the bishops still within the church district.
Before long, the bishops, the Order of Meimeiriel's Mother Superior, and the knight commander of the Ecclesiarchy army had gathered in the great hall. They waited around the round table for Archbishop Rokasna to relay the Saint's revelation.
"I see an empty seat. Why is that? Where is Bishop Marian?"
"Bishop Marian has already finished forming the Penitent Legion. He should be fighting the traitors on the Scrap Plains now."
"Oh... I see. Then has anyone else completed the formation of their Penitent Legion?"
Several bishops of the Saint-Following