Most people in the world shared the same opinions about the religion of Bellid: an evil to the world.

One of the reasons why the Karuwiman was so exalted was because they made Bellid their main enemy and acted as exterminators whenever they found a Bellid. Even the Karuwiman Pope was willing to trick neighboring countries to raid Bellid, and he made it clear that even if they strained their diplomacy, all the countries would understand if he said it had all been done to exterminate the Bellids. That was how much all the nations were unified in their antagonism against the Bellids.

However, as religions like these spread, the Bellid survived against the world’s hatred and persecution and continued to increase their numbers in the dark. The word ‘pest’ was really fitting for them.

On the other hand, the Bellids who were always on the side of torturing a nation, estate, force, or people, were now the ones being pushed to a corner.

“What is the size of their army?” The leader of the northern branch and a Cardinal of Bellid—Cullun Trislowa—glared menacingly at the Karuwimans heading towards them.

The priest next to him quickly replied, “I’m not sure, but it seems to be a little more than a thousand!”

A thousand. It was a sizable force, and the Cardinal also had around this number...