Edmond was one of the Genesis Church's twelve priests, but he had another identity as well. Among the rebels at the end of the Fourth Dynasty, before Alanna's rise, he had been the man most likely to become ruler of the entire realm.
He had led the original rebel army in crippling the Fourth Dynasty's main forces, laying the groundwork for Alanna to later conquer the realm.
His mysterious disappearance back then had left everyone lamenting his loss, for Edmond had also been an exceptionally powerful fifth-tier warrior. It could even be said that he had been truly invincible among those of his tier.
During the decisive battle against the Fourth Dynasty's main forces, he had ridden alone into the enemy ranks and killed one of the dynasty's renowned generals, a fifth-tier master counted among the finest in the realm who was also the enemy's commander-in-chief. He had then slain twenty-three of their fifth-tier generals in one sweep and fought his way out through layer after layer of encirclement. His actions had struck terror into the Fourth Dynasty's army.
That was what had enabled the poorly equipped rebels under his command to defeat the Fourth Dynasty's main forces.
Just as success had been within his grasp, he had suddenly fallen ill. When it seemed he would die of sickness in what felt like a cruel joke, His Eminence the Pontiff had found him and guided him into the Genesis Church.
From that moment on, Edmond, the great rebel leader, had died, but Edmond, priest of the Genesis Church, had been born.
After they joined the Genesis Church, time seemed to favor these most faithful believers of the Creator God, leaving no trace upon them. And with the Creator God's blessing, their strength could no longer seem to be described through