A black cross floated before every Order cleric. These were not crosses of the usual design: a human face was carved into each of their four ends.
A closer look revealed that the faces on each cleric's cross were his or her own likeness, carved with exquisite, lifelike detail.
The four faces on each cross showed different expressions belonging to its owner. When the cross began to glow, the expressions shifted and alternated, creating an eerie sense of rippling emotions.
And a purple pendant design was embroidered on the chest of everyone's Order Clerical Robes.
Romir knew this was no ordinary company of Order clerics. They belonged to the First Knight Order.
Outside the church, and even within the Order God Church itself, the Order First Knight Order was generally regarded as a force only the dead could join. But if they were all dead, who would awaken them?
Order clerics possessed the ability to "awaken" corpses, but this "awakening" came at a cost. The more powerful the person, the greater the cost of awakening them.
The Order First Knight Order had a contingent of living members whose duty was to awaken the "slumbering" knights when needed.
They had developed many top-tier sacred artifacts and formations to reduce the price and cost of awakening. There were even rumors that a complete divine artifact, passed down personally by the God of Order, remained sealed within the First Knight Order. Only with its power could the entire First Knight Order be awakened.
Those Fudeng had brought this time were the living members of the First Knight Order. Internally, they held very high status and were called "Awakeners." This time, however, their task was not to awaken their own knights, but members of another church.
The Black Expression Cross before each of their