Thick smoke billowed as priests of the War God Church were seized one after another by enraged nobles and superhumans. As the sun rose, the priests were bound to crosses.
A small town in the Dawn Kingdom.
The local lord's heir glared viciously at the War God priests before her, her tone somewhat ferocious. "According to the War God's doctrine, we have reason to suspect that you have long since been corrupted by evil gods or heretics. Otherwise, how could yesterday's events have happened? Now, an opportunity lies before you. As long as you can pass the trial of the Flame of War, you can prove the purity of your faith, and we will release you!"
Last night, countless rioters influenced by the War God had stormed their family's castle and slaughtered indiscriminately. Countless knights, warriors, even her siblings had been killed. Her father had suffered such a tremendous shock that he was still lying on the ship. Thinking back over the past several dozen days, their territory had originally held no faith in the War God. It was these War God Church missionaries who had arrived and preached here. During that time, they had taken enormous sums of money from them. Yet this was how they repaid them?! Rage burned in every one of their hearts.
Of course, in the past, even if something like this had happened, they would not have dared target the War God Church priests. After all, they belonged to the continent's strongest and most tyrannical church. They truly could bring about the destruction of an entire family.
But now, they had no fear whatsoever. Yesterday's events had filled countless people with hatred for the War God Church. By now, no one knew how many enemies had launched attacks against its followers. Even if retaliation