After tending to Erha's wounds, Green lowered his head in thought. "Let's go back. Those people sent a distress signal. We're sure to draw out a big fish this time."
Erha wagged his tail, eager for more trouble. He whined twice and raised all four paws in approval. Helping Green hunt down the Holy Light Inquisition's Knights these past few days had given him a taste for it, and now he couldn't stop.
According to what they had learned from Glasses Woman, Becklan City was also extremely important to Saintess Xiweina Ye.
Glasses Woman did not know the full extent of Xiweina Ye's plan. She had only glimpsed fragments of it because her unusual abilities had drawn her into it.
Even before Green had brought her under his control, Glasses Woman had been certain that Xiweina Ye was not entirely loyal to the Holy Light Church. She was secretly carrying out a major plan that might deal the church a devastating blow while allowing her to profit from it and crush her rival.
But neither Green nor Glasses Woman could understand why Xiweina Ye would betray the Holy Light Church. Given her position, even if she failed to become Pontiff, she would still hold tremendous power as one of the church's leaders...
As Green considered this, a thought struck him. Grand Duke Mora, that wily old fox, was surely involved too. It reminded Green of the last operation against the Holy Light Church, led by the Light of Wisdom and commanded by Grand Duke Mora, with an avatar of the Goddess of the Night as their trump card.
Now Xiweina Ye and Grand Duke Mora had reached a secret understanding. Could it be...
Green recalled the Divine War that had erupted when the Goddess of the Night's avatar descended into