Cassius casually flipped through the pages. The introduction described Mensa Village as being quite ordinary, but the details told a different tale. Mensa Village was an ancient settlement dating all the way back to the imperial era before the establishment of the Hongli Federation. 0

Interestingly, the village, which consisted of about a thousand people who led conservative, self-sufficient lives, had an ancient tradition of worshipping a natural deity called the "Great Spirit." They even had priests among them; the village's young men would hunt wild animals and hold the ritual ceremonies.0

Later on, the church established a chapel there; the message couldn't have been any clearer. The Great Spirit was considered a heretical demon in opposition to the church's teachings. Thus, several bloody conflicts broke out...0