Dimensional Descent

"Esteemed Imperza. is this really okay?"

Not long after Leonel and the others had left, the clergymen of the Zoltene Faith couldn't help but say something; While the lower ranking members didn't dare to speak, those who had been beneath Zoltene's statue alongside the Imperza couldn't hold it in any longer;

"We must have patience," the Imperza said lightly, his hands still pressed together; "The Faith of his Gloriousness will be spread regardless of its obstacles; We will make a comeback in due time, but for now, it is best to take a step back;

"We can only say that we were unlucky. but this tribulation will be weathered by us; When we come out the other side. we will be stronger than ever;"

Although the Imperza didn't say it in so many; those that were intelligent understood; Soon; the Ascension Empire would be experiencing more pressure than they knew how to handle; When that time came and they chose to come back; they wouldn't even have the time to deal with them; After they reaffirmed their position in Earth's territory; there would be nothing the Ascension Empire could do; The seeds had already been sown;

"Imperza! Imperza!"

It had only been several minutes. but an attendant had already run into the prayer hall. rushing forward with information;

"One must maintain a calm mind beneath the presence of His Gloriousness. mind yourself." the Imperza said lightly.

"Yes, yes…!" The young clergymen took deep breaths, but eventually wasn't patient enough to wait until they had calmed down completely; "… Shrine, the shrines; The branch shrines… destroyed…"

The Imperza's pupils constricted. "How many—?"

Before the Imperza could finish his question. another attendant rushed in with the same news. then another;

beneath his robes; Many of those shrines were exceptionally well hidden; He had expected to lose some in the worst case scenario. but by the time the fifth attendant rushed in. he realized that they had all been destroyed with a speed that didn't even feel like it made sense; It was as though Leonel could cover the whole

that was the case. their comeback would be almost meaningless; They would have little to no momentum. and by the time they gathered some up

point, even the Imperza couldn't quite keep

ago, the Evergreen Faith lost their main shrine under mysterious circumstances; Due to this, the Zoltene Faith was able to overtake them in a lot of ways; But now, the situation had been reversed once again and the Evergreen Faith once more had a chance at claiming a monopoly on

the Imperza was about to lose his cool entirely, the planet-sized temple suddenly trembled; Many were

No matter how cool-headed he normally was, it was impossible for him to maintain it; His immediate assumption was that Leonel had made them begin a retreat sequence so that they couldn't react to the destruction of their shrines, then he doubled back to finish off the job for

Unless… Unless Leonel had already set up a team at each location, but if he had done that, then what would have been the point of

Imperza couldn't quite understand what was happening until there was suddenly a burst at the doors of the prayer hall once again, doors that had only just been

than it being Leonel's team, it was a group he had never expected

onto the backs formed out of human hands. These weren't Leonel's

Head Clergyman of the Evergreen led the charge, her strides long and her brownish-gold hair fluttering beneath

meaning of this?!" The Imperza's voice

light. However, deep within her brown eyes there was a hint of disgust and disdain

our Evergreen Faith, did you think that such a day would come? This is nothing more than the cycle of karma," Priestess Irotha said lightly. "The Faith of Evergreen may not be

expression changed once

their main shrine? They had never done such a

power slipping away. With the destruction of so many Shrines, how could he match up to

not believing the

her hand.