7 KINGDOMS: conquest
178.the church movement

Noran and his army then returned to the camp. Of the 8,000 city dwellers who became slaves, 3000 of them chose to follow Noran and his troops.

most who followed him had lost their family, friends, lovers and home.

Noran did not stop him, 5,000 of the town's inhabitants were escorted by 1,000 soldiers to the nearest town of Keil under Sin's command.

...

The Holy Empire Erinel.

a young girl was walking around the castle with some people accompanying her.

all of them were wearing clean white clothes with golden patterns, displaying a holy and clean impression.

"mr hero, the pope has called you. A large meeting will be held soon." said a paladin.

2 Paladins walked behind him, wearing full armor that seemed to glitter, with large shields and sharp swords.

in addition to the two paladins, there were also two priests accompanying the hero.The young girl with long hair walked over while slightly nodding.

"how many months have I been here?" muttered.

he recalled the moments before going to this strange world.

when he was in class, seeing the usual chair occupied by Noran before.every time he went home from school, he was silent and looked at the empty chair.

everyone already knew that the non-talking disciple had died.Every day, he looked at the chair with a sad and empty look.

he recalled the first time he met Noran.the new school year, he accidentally crossed paths, seeing his indifferent and cold figure.

he also recalled the time when Noran looked at him unblinkingly, watching him so seriously.

"old memories are painful." he muttered with a smile.

he walked, passing through the soldiers of the holy empire who were still training.the holy empire occupied the position of the 3 strongest great empires, with the support of the radiant curch and the empire itself.

the white dragon curled up on his shoulders, the size of a palm with both wings like a bat.

'what is your master thinking?' said the dragon.

'no, nothing, just bad past memories.' replied the girl.

'really do? the master looked so sorry and agitated, said the dragon.

the girl smiled and continued to step on. Unaware she had arrived at her destination.

large buildings are magnificent, with the dominance of white and gold that makes it look magnificent and luxurious.

the cathedral church radiant curch...

luminous church

two paladins were seen standing guard at the door of the church, with several soldiers continuing to patrol around.

"the pope has been waiting for you, follow me" said the paladin.

he nodded, leaving behind two paladins and two priests who accompanied him.

they walked into the church and continued to walk, towards the room where the pope and the other high-ranking members arrived.

a room with a long table and chairs on either side.two chairs are also visible on both ends of the long table.

there were quite a number of paladins standing in the corner of the room, securing the area to protect all the higher-ups.

12 men in white robes, no one knew whether they were old or young, their bodies completely covered in robes with golden masks.

the Pope sat at the end of the table with two beautiful women at his side.the holy woman holding a magic wand, both arch bishops who owned the church.

"where's the hero sir?" ask a man.

"cardinal Moren, paladin's still picking him up" said another man.

'cih.' decak cardinal Moren.

the pope remained silent and noticed the tightly shut entrance before long, the door slowly opened and showed two paladins with a beautiful girl.

"sorry I made it all wait" said the hero.

"sit down" said the pope.

his voice seemed calm and so authoritative, it sounded so wise when the pope said it.

Angel nodded and sat on the other side of the table, facing the pope.

"is there anything important you want to talk about?" said a cardinal.

"yes, all the supreme leaders of the church are here.is there anything particularly urgent?" another cardinal.

The 12 cardinals who lead other large churches and sizable territories are still silent and seen contemplating something.

after a long silence, the pope then let out a long sigh.

"you must know the red clouds that appeared before" said the pope.

everyone nodded, Aero, the little white dragon was silent on Angel's shoulders and listening to all the talk of the church higher-ups.

"yes, we all see it. Big, cruel and ferocious negative forces.What cloud is it?" said a cardinal.

"the devil has reappeared" said the pope.

"devil?!" everyone was surprised.

a deep red aura that implies a feeling of bloodthirsty, cruel and various other negative emotions.Whoever sees it will feel a feeling of fear and trembling.

how long had the demons not appeared on this continent? how long had the devil not appeared in this world?

everyone knew the demons were just hiding, hiding from the humans and other races hunting them.

"only one demon appears, but its power is so great" said the pope.

"how strong?" ask a cardinal.

"around level 700-750. also, it includes a pure demon with the level of a demon general" the pope said.

"pure demon?!"

"demon general?!"

"above level 700?!"

The 12 cardinals could only imagine how powerful the emerging demon was. If it appeared in Erinel Holy Empire, there might be a great mess.

everyone was silent, feeling a gripping feeling in their hearts.Great danger was approaching, and now the danger was felt very close.

as if, the great danger was visible in front of their faces with great clarity.

"shortly the demons will appear and wreak havoc on this continent - no, on the whole land.

for that I gather you all, the church officials to discuss the preparation of our troops" the pope said.

all the cardinals were still silent, the paladins who were there were also listening carefully.

'the devil has appeared!'

the doctrine had been embedded deep into their hearts, the demon race was a cursed race that had no mercy.

the races are ruthless, bloodthirsty, and consider themselves the most powerful race.The races that consider all other races exist to be their slaves.

church teaching says, all demon races are evil races with great sin.

cleanse the world of the defilements of the demon race.that is the doctrine they accept all the time.