CHAPTER 1258: CHAPTER 630: FROM PERIL TO SAFETY

The words struck Evela like a heavy blow, and he cried out, "What’s happening in the Royal City? What’s wrong with His Holiness the Pope?"

Vier and Lance looked pale, struggling to stand, and shouted urgently, "What did you say? Lord Bossivale, His Holiness the Pope is invincible, he couldn’t possibly be in crisis!"

Lance shouted, "That’s right, His Holiness the Pope is the true king, the human god, he controls the Root Origin of Eternal Burning Fire, possesses infinite might of 17th level Spiritual Energy, under the protection of the Holy Fire, no monster can threaten him!"

The Great Shepherd glanced at Vier and Lance, his tone growing irritable, "What do you two little brats know? Of course, His Holiness the Pope is invincible, but the Ancient God possesses power equal to his!"

He suddenly turned to Evela.

"Lord Evela, quickly, we must reinforce the Royal City, or it will be too late!"

Evela, in contrast, calmed down at this moment, gripping the Great Shepherd’s shoulders with both hands, and said in a deep voice:

"Lord Bossivale, don’t get excited, please tell us everything exactly as it happened, what happened to the Royal City? Why has Mist City ended up like this? Why is there no reinforcement from the North stronghold?"

A warm and calm strength emanated from the Saintess’ palms, and Bossivale finally calmed down.

He looked around, realizing that the people behind the Saintess were all strangers to him.

"They... who are they?"

Evela said in a deep voice, "They are reinforcements from another Fire King City, the legend is true, we are not the only humans surviving the Dark Epoch, so please don’t lose hope, tell me what happened, only by understanding the situation can we make the next move."

Bossivale’s expression became incredibly complex, with joy, confusion, and regret.

After a few moments of silence, he spoke, "Your Holiness the Saintess, disaster struck three months ago, No Light City experienced a tremendous disturbance, the Sea of No Light began to roar unprecedentedly, and the Abyss frequently showed anomalies, the three Saints were dispatched to fend off the disaster."

"However, disaster swept across the entire Saint Rel Kingdom."

"First was the loss of contact with you, Sword City went dark on the Spiritual Communication network, no response to any calls, all means of communication failed, the Central Church Court was in an uproar over this, precisely at this time, the Abyss erupted, Dawn Horizon was completely wiped out, No Light City was besieged by Abyss Monsters, while a rift in the Abyss appeared in the Royal City, we faced an unprecedented massive crisis."

"At this time, I was stationed in Mist City, unaware of the specific situation, only praying that the crisis would pass quickly and the Kingdom would return to normal."

"But it didn’t take long before many of these flesh puppet monsters appeared near Mist City, surrounding it, continuously launching attacks on us."

"Initially, the pressure wasn’t great, but quickly, the flesh puppets multiplied, and we could only request reinforcements from the Royal City, but there was no response, we found that the Spiritual Communication seemed to be affected, drastically reducing the transmission range, we had to send people back to the Royal City for help, but still no response."

"So, I tried to gather nearby forces, only then realizing all nearby towns and strongholds had already been obliterated, not a single survivor!"

The Great Shepherd’s voice was mournful.

"It turned out, the Kingdom had unknowingly been on the brink of collapse, I knew there must be something wrong with the Royal City; if not, these strongholds wouldn’t have fallen with no response!"

"I wanted to support the Royal City, as long as the Royal City recovered, everything would return to normal, but Mist City couldn’t hold under prolonged siege, without any reinforcements or supplies, no one could hold it, I had to abandon the city, leading people to break out, as many as possible."

"In the end, I was left with only this group, I had decided, after securing the civilians, to go aid the Royal City, but didn’t expect to encounter a large group of flesh puppets on the way!"

The Great Shepherd grasped Evela’s hand, firelight burning in his eyes.

"I thought this time would surely lead to destruction, that Saint Rel might face an unprecedented crisis, but now it seems, it’s not a dead end, the Great Heavenly God must still be protecting us."

"Your Holiness the Saintess, quickly, go support the Royal City! His Holiness the Pope and the Church Knights must be facing an unprecedented crisis! With you, Lord Safuk, and their strength, you can surely turn the tide!"