Summary: Their rivalry has only begun…
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The morning bells indicated the first of the day’s High Masses, attended to by the Faithful, seen to by the Holies and, in this very rare occasion since their Head was present in Abyssalia, to be officiated by none other than the Clergy of the Church himself.
“We bless these lands by the gods’ loving kindness…”
The Congregation in attendance at the Sun Tower pressed their right hands to their chests.
It was a Salute to the East, a traditional sign of veneration that he too was observing, but being a member of the Church, did more than just the simpler gesture of the common folk, falling to a knee as well, out of deeper respect, in sync to all the other Holies who were doing the same around him.
The Legion was the Kingdom’s Religion.