A golden figure appeared mid-air unexpectedly, emitting a gentle, non-blinding light that flowed around him. Bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, he cast Pato City in an extraordinary brightness.
Unlike ordinary citizens who only felt a mild warmth from the light, Lange and other members of the heretical church felt a suffocating sense of oppression as soon as this man appeared. The seemingly gentle and harmless light caused acute agony for these heretics, as if they were being showered with diluted holy water...
As the newcomer gradually descended, people could slowly make out his appearance. He seemed to be a man in his thirties, dressed in a silver armor inscribed with faintly golden holy words. His heavy shoulder guards were engraved with the emblems of the Holy Church Union and Goddess of Dawn respectively. Twin golden broken swords were hung on his waist, and a giant mithril cross was slung across his back. Most importantly...
