Chapter 313: Parting
The day of departure finally arrived. Ansu came to the newly established Northern Church of Holy Light.
The cold wind of the snowy mountains howled past, swirling fine flakes of snow. Ansu looked up to see a cathedral built against the mountainside, its construction still being rushed to completion.
The thick walls were built from coarse rock. Though the exterior appeared simple and rustic, it stood like a fortress on precarious terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
On the open ground at the foot of the mountain, a large group of newly recruited followers of the Holy Light were practicing martial techniques.
Under the leadership of Jerry, Archbishop Paul’s attendant, the young clerics held heavy cruciform swords, their strikes clean and powerful. Their movements were vigorous and fierce, lacking the reserved temperament usually found in ordinary clergy.
Ansu stopped for a moment. This scene reminded him of his own battle mages who wielded maces.
A holy scripture in the left hand and a sword in the right—physical proselytizing, indeed...
Ansu looked toward Archbishop Paul, who had come to greet him, and teased with a smile, “What’s this? Are you training them like this because you plan to launch a holy war and fight your way all the return to the Royal Capital?”
Archbishop Paul shook his head with a chuckle but did not answer.