The war against the Demon King shook the very foundation of several kingdoms in the central region.

And even amongst them, the Holy Kingdom Astoria suffered considerable damages as their Pope was assassinated even before the war began in earnest. 

With the outbreak of war, priests and Templar Knights had to be spread throughout the continent in order to support the front lines of vulnerable kingdoms. This burden was so great that such a burden would probably never be seen again in the country’s history.

But ironically, as the burden on the nation grew heavier, the stronger the nation’s power became.

The reason for it was simple: Divine power was the only weapon that could purify the land and people contaminated by the demons and their demonic energy. 

Using this as an excuse, the Holy Kingdom changed the structure of the central kingdoms. The chief positions of each kingdom were filled with pro-religious figures and even in the midst of war, the Holy Kingdom built temples in the kingdoms so that there were no locations where the Holy Kingdom’s influence wouldn’t be felt.

Each country was filled with people who were friendly to the Church and were rapidly becoming a nonsecular country of the Holy Kingdom. And people’s faith grew stronger than ever before as they realized that if the devil actually existed, then God must exist as well. 

Of course, the cost for all this on the kingdom was beyond imagination. The assets the Temple had accumulated through generations were consumed in substantial amounts and the number of deployed priests lost on the front lines grew day by day.

If the war continued as it was, then the Holy Kingdom would collapse as it would not be able to afford the human and material resources that were...