The waters before the Grand Holy Temple.
Flash— Fflaaash! Flash!
The warp tunnels, usable only by the Holy Temple, had opened again and again without pause.
As a result, approximately 130 aerial warships, several hundred support vessels, and thirty thousand combat priests had gathered there.
Every force they could deploy had assembled in the waters before the temple.
Night had fallen, the sun already beneath the surface of the sea.
The massive fleet, covering the black seawater in an even deeper darkness, looked like the shadow of death itself.
It was a spectacle that would instill fear in anyone, and tension hung even in the air.
The current time was 21:00.
Approximately five and a half hours remained until the deadline declared by the terrorist Cheong Huido, ‘Servant of the Demon King.’
The Deputy Commander, who had taken command in place of Baek Dohyun, delivered the report with rigid formality.
“Reporting, Your Eminence! All forces under Central Command have assembled! We are currently awaiting the order to deploy.”
“What about the Interrogation Division? Where is the Interrogation Division?”
“That is…….”
“Why are they still unreachable at a critical moment like this, with a Holy War before us?!”
“Well, you see…….”
The Deputy Commander faltered.
He seemed to…