Chapter 27.2
EP - 027.2 - Purifier
Merchants are quick-witted.
If you ask why Marquis Galdier Riverback became a devil worshiper, that would be the most fundamental answer.
He had risen from a mere black market merchant to the position of a Viscount, enjoying wealth and honor that he could never have imagined before. And all that was just by joining the 'winning' side.
‘Their power reaches every corner of the continent.’
A devil 'follower's' power is formidable, without question.
Among them, the power of the ‘Chosen Ones’, who are the closest to the Prophet, could literally boil the sea, crack the earth and split the heavens.
Compared to them, he was but an insect crawling under their soles. The reason he survived for so long was because he always reminded himself of that fact.
Thus, after confirming it himself, he decided to stand on their side without hesitation.