"So, that's it..." Gloria looked intensely at Minos, happy to know the truth about him and remove the doubts she had in her heart.
She moved closer to him and kissed him before commenting. "Well, when our baby is born, you will be stronger than me in every way... That's not bad. It's good that a father can protect his children and wife."
Minos laughed upon hearing that before finally leaving with his three women to walk around the Spatial Kingdom and show Gloria a little more of this place.
After doing that, he would show her their home, where they would spend a lot of time in the future when they traveled around the region and when their baby was delivered.
Finally, with no more momentary worries, they would stay there for the rest of the day, having fun in the house's main room and then training and cultivating.
...
One month later...
While the northern region was experiencing its recovery from the previous invasion and the Black Plain continued to receive regional and Albano migrants, an unusual visiting group, arrived in this high-level state.
This group had a person wearing silver robes as their leader, who had a youthful appearance that was hard to ignore, especially considering his look that indicated a lot of experience, contrasting with that characteristic.
But the most impressive thing about this person floating above the skies of a large city in this state was his incredible spiritual power, which had already reached level 81!
At the same time, each of his six teammates, all dressed in red robes, between levels 75 and 79, were floating in his vicinity, awaiting his order.
"Cardinal! What is the meaning of this visit? Why are you looking down on us in such an unfriendly manner?" A level 73 Spiritual Saint, dressed in West family armor, asked as he felt fear at being in the presence of that being.
Meanwhile, thousands of people were watching the situation from the streets of that city, particularly the members of one of the largest organizations there.
The Cardinal of the Spiritual Church then closed his eyes and said. "I don't know who you are, nor do I care about your connections, so don't waste my time."
"We are here for the rebels of the organization called Furious Shadows. You have dared to disobey the laws of the Church, so prepare yourselves for annihilation!"
"What?" The master of that sect, standing next to the city lord, cried out in fear, feeling that his actions had resulted in the worst.
He had given the order for his organization to get involved in the affairs of the northern region after finding out about the possibility of creating a legion of Spiritual Emperors on the Black Plain.
His sect was prominent in this city but only had a handful of Spiritual Saints. But if his actions in the Black Plain proved fruitful, Furious Shadows could even increase the number of experts at the 8th stage by tens of times in a few thousand years!
And all this just by secretly taking over that weak region...
It was very tempting!
But he never expected to be discovered without even having acted meaningfully.
'Damn it! What happened? Is that why none of the Spiritual Emperors I sent returned with the news?' He sweated cold as he remembered that fact.
All this time, the Spiritual Church had kept alive the three men captured by Minos and then the group captured by Margot. Because of this, this person had spent the last two months thinking that his plans were developing in the northern region...
Unfortunately for him, this was not the case!
"Cardinal, I don't know what you are talking about! How did we do something wrong? There can only be a mistake! There's no way we failed at anything!" He shouted, showing desperation in his voice.
"Humph!"
"Mistake? Are you saying that the Spiritual Sages who investigated the matter made a mistake?" One of the Patriarchs in this Cardinal's group asked sarcastically, contemptuously looking at that man.
That was one of the extermination groups of the Spiritual Church; a force used to discipline rebellious powers in their territories. Such a force came directly from that organization's headquarters in the high-level state, Evergreen Empire.
Therefore, each of these people knew there was no error and despised that man for trying to lie in the face of justice.
Gulp!
"That..." The master of Furious Shadows looked around in fear, asking for help with his gaze.
But after the Cardinal said they were there to exterminate this organization, all the non-members of Furious Shadows walked away without looking back, fearful of being involved.
Some Furious Shadows members also tried to do this, but the Cardinal paid attention to everything and promptly blocked the escape routes using his spatial manipulation.
Spiritual Sages could manipulate space and travel through wormholes fully controlled by their powers.
So, upon noticing the individuals marked with the sign of death invoked by another Church expert, that man simply stood where he was and manipulated space with his two hands.
In doing so, his hand would appear in different places every few seconds, squeezing hearts and crushing heads.
The Cardinal then looked in the direction of that sect master and said. "No more talking. You have committed a crime against the heavens, so get ready!"
"Attack!" He shouted to his subordinates, causing each man dressed in red to fly into the enemy headquarters, mercilessly attacking the enemy.
Furious Shadows only had a few Spiritual Saints, the strongest of which was only at level 73. Because of this, even without much involvement from the Spiritual Sage, the massacre soon formed in that place.
At the same time as this, the resident Spiritual Saints swallowed their saliva in fear, watching the end of that organization as they broke into a cold sweat.
The Spiritual Church seemed peaceful on the surface, but once it went into action, it was utterly ruthless!
An example of this was precisely this group led by a Spiritual Sage.
There were no Spiritual Sages in Albano. The Church knew this very well. But still, the headquarters of this powerful organization had sent someone like that to this state.
The reason for this?
Simple, it was to make sure that there would be no survivors, that no one would get in the way of the agents of this organization!
Because of this, even if this entire state decided to side with the rebels, all the forces in the path of justice would be slaughtered by the group's Spiritual Sage.
Seeing this in person, the many 8th stage experts in the surrounding area, among them subordinates of House West, watched everything in silence, impressed but also terrified.
But some of them were grateful for this tragedy. That's because sometimes peace lasted so long that some would forget the terror of war and how much they should respect some organizations.
And with this situation, several states and countless organizations would notice that the Spiritual Church could not be challenged, or they would continue to be reminded of the power difference between them and such power!
'Good thing I was cautious about that rumor!' A local leader thought about it while his back was already drenched with sweat. 'I narrowly avoided guaranteeing the end of my own family!'
Gulp!
'Good thing that fool dared before me!' He looked in the direction of where the Furious Shadows master's body was already lying.
Thus, in the blink of an eye, that entire organization was wiped out by the forces sent by the Spiritual Church. And when the Cardinal's group finally left that city, it did not take long for the news of what happened there to travel out of control.
That was a shocking event, something rare to happen in these areas!
And soon, the entire kingdom and even members of the alliance against the Flaming Empire received the news of the end of Furious Shadows!
