Chapter 72
The strong are slow to move. Because they understand better than anyone the power and weight their very existence carries.
However, in the empire following the Unification War, ‘Saintly Maiden Aurelia’ launched an independence war, overcoming a fourfold numerical disadvantage and annihilating a large imperial force.
The establishment of the New Britannia Kingdom.
Even for the Empire, this was no longer a situation where they could afford to hesitate or show restraint. Therefore, the Purifier Corps, led by the Empire’s proud executor of the spirit of the age, the high elder of the Crimson Tower, ‘Lady Scarlet’, was deployed en masse.
Additionally, alongside them came the ‘White Mages’ of the White Tower of Magic, led by Nikolai, a White Tower Elder and Cardinal of the Sistina Goddess Cult, who sought to verify the authenticity of the revelations claimed by the Holy Maiden.
Count Brandenburg, one of the Seven Swords of the Continent and an extraordinary powerhouse, also led his Order of Saint Magdalena into battle. Alongside him was his son, the eldest heir to the count’s house, the lecherous Philip.
Finally, the ‘Black Prince’ joined the imperial command. He had engraved the ‘Gias of Absolute Obedience’ into Cardinal Nikolai’s heart, captured the Count’s prodigal son Philip during the Black-White Turmoil, and only released him after demanding a hefty ransom.
He commanded five hundred heavily armored infantry from the Black Armor Company, and furthermore, the Saxon House’s Knights of the Night Raven.
