However, Herbert did not teleport directly to Solantis, as that would an directly confronting the Sun Church—an imdiate outbreak of trouble for Valentina and the others.
And since the Archbishop had already made it clear that he wouldn't vouch for them, Herbert had no intention of bluffing his way through by invoking the Monastery's na.
Relying on the might of a tiger skin as a fox pretending to be a tiger?
That's the lowest strategy, and as a self-proclaid high-end talent, Herbert naturally looked down upon it.
He had his own thods.
Herbert first set the teleportation array's destination to the nearest large city of the Holy City of Radiance, taking with him three Monster Girls in special disguises, and teleported over as a Cultivator.
Upon arrival, without lingering in the city, he led them out, and once they were away from prying eyes, they quietly boarded Valentina's flying contraption.
Then, just when Miss Devil, full of resentnt, thought Herbert intended to keep a low profile, he made the most high-profile move.
Among options like leveraging, patience, and strategy… Herbert chose the most straightforward and crude one.
Kill!
Herbert had Valentina reveal her true form, brazenly sweeping along the satellite cities surrounding the Holy City of Radiance, rcilessly purging all the Sinful Desire Church's followers and creations.
He not only refrained from having Valentina hide herself for a sneak attack but entirely chose the most brazen style of fighting.
Since it couldn't be hidden, he decided not to hide at all.
Young man, be a bit brazen!
That day, the seemingly endless battle between the Sun Church and the Sinful Desire Church was forcibly interrupted by an external force.
An uninvited guest broke into the battlefield.
A monstrous creature from legend, a colossal Giant Dragon over a hundred ters long, appeared on the battlefield, casting a massive shadow.
With a flap of its wings, it whipped up a gale, easily shredding the divine creations it brushed past.
The terrifying Giant Dragon intimidated all mortal creatures who laid eyes upon it.
The crimson dragon soared wantonly, spreading its dreadful dragon breath over every town it passed, claiming countless lives.
The followers of the Sun Church didn't know what was happening; they could only watch helplessly as the dragon, after obliterating the Evil God's minions, left without a word.
A battle that was originally closely matched was easily concluded with the help of a "friendly," and they didn't know if they should race after it to express their thanks.
But the dragon departed too swiftly, leaving as hurriedly as it ca.
Left with no choice, they stayed put, eradicating those who slipped through the net and purifying the remaining evil completely.
The low-level warriors were confused, just as the high-ranking mbers of the Church in the Holy City were when they first witnessed the crimson dragon.
Eh?
What is this?
Do we have sothing like this among our allies?
Where is it from!!?
If it weren't clear that the crimson dragon was acting as a friend, not a foe, only targeting the Evil God's pawns, they wouldn't have sat idle.
Yet even so, they remained perplexed, unable to discern the intruder's identity.
So high-ranking mbers even suspected it was a ploy sched by the God of Sinful Desire, thinking it was so ruse!
Never let your guard down.
The Evil God is cunning, capable of any unscrupulous act!
The Sun Faithful were perplexed, while the Sinful Desire followers were completely bewildered on the other side.
Who am I? Where am I? What are we having for dinner tonight?
No!
What's going on with this dragon?
They had no idea where the Sun Church got this dragon from.
This isn't fair!
You Sun hounds, you despicable bunch, you're cheating!
You're launching sneak attacks!!?
Though the two Churches had been confronting each other for so ti, engaging in nurous small and large skirmishes, the overall battle was still in its early stage.
In the current situation, Epic-level powerhouses wouldn't take action, and even the Legendary would refrain from acting rashly.
To maintain this stance, both sides' high-ranking officials had so tacit understanding, having no intention to escalate the intensity of the fight actively.
No one wanted to see their people die in vain, not even the Divine Church.
The True God is like this, and so is the Evil God.
This was nothing more than compassion, unrelated to "God loves the world."
Their Divine Kingdom certainly needed new believer souls to fill the Heroic Spirit vacancies, making them the foundation of the entire realm.
However, the rule over the Mortal Realm is equally important!
And that requires a vast number of living believers to maintain.
If a large number of mortal believers die in a short period, any Church will face imnse pressure.
They risk being swallowed and devoured by other Churches at any mont.
Even with the Sun Church's imnse power and the Sun God at the pinnacle of the divine, they wouldn't easily abandon their precious believers.
The Sinful Desire Church is no different
This is just a farce that will wrap up hastily before long.
The Sun Church would never go all out to "purify the evil," nor would they be interested in corrupting those fools with their heads full of Holy Light.
...They were originally so convinced.
But these Sun Church bastards don't play by the rules and were the first to deploy a strategic-level mass destruction weapon!
To deceive! To sneak attack!
Seeing that hundred-ter figure, they even summoned an Epic-level Giant Dragon.
Are they planning to continue expanding the war?
These madn, do they intend to drag other Divine Churches into the fray?
The high-ranking mbers of the Sinful Desire Church, too, didn't act rashly, secretly observing, pondering how to respond afterward.
Thus, both warring sides were filled with suspicion, not dispatching high-end forces to aid or retaliate.
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