Clues
Deep within the southern forest stood a small Hunter Temple, hidden away.
No one knew when this temple had been built.
Or rather...
No one knew there was even a temple here.
The convoy following Kirk, the high priest of Hunter Temple, froze when they saw it, then erupted into cheers.
A temple!
To the people of Navia City, it held irreplaceable significance.
It was not merely spiritual comfort; it was also sheltered by the radiance of a "god."
Under such shelter, they would be spared from disaster.
"The temple is too small to hold everyone. Other than the priests from each temple, please set up camp around the temple and follow the knights' arrangements."
"If anything happens, you may also report directly to the temple."
"Everything will be just as it was in Navia."
Kirk stood on the temple's stone steps and called out loudly.
Not a single person objected to the proposal.
Instead, they found it only natural.
After all, that was how things had been within Navia City.
Under the knights' command, the civilians and soldiers began to bustle about.
A group of Hunter Temple attendants headed into the convoy. Before long, they emerged carrying jars and boxes, baskets in hand, and entered the temple that another group of Hunter Temple attendants had just finished cleaning.
Incense and candles had already been lit before the Hunter's statue.
A huge sheepskin rug had been spread out, with silver plates arranged across it.
The attendants quickly stepped forward and placed the wine and honey from the jars, the various spices stored in the boxes, and the bread and roasted meat from the baskets onto the plates.
For the temple priests, such food would not have counted as lavish back in Navia.
But now?
It was no longer merely