Two weeks later when summer was already nearing its end, Roland finally arrived at Hermes.
He was welcomed at the gates of the Holy City by the witches and the First Army garrison from the Northern Region. He also spotted several nuns in black church clothing amongst the group of people.
Although Roland had heard from Lightning that all the top-level figures of the church had disappeared, he still couldn't believe what had happened as he entered this, now empty, stronghold. The fierce battle that he had once thought awaited them never came. Neither the God's Punishment Witches nor the new mortars had been used. There was no doubt that things couldn't have gone any better, but this turn of events felt somewhat anticlimactic for Roland.
