"Protect Her Excellency the Governor!!!"

The soldiers and guards all raised their firearms, aiming at the members of the Blood Hunter Corps on the roof!

In an instant, the entire square, a gathering of over one hundred thousand people, fell silent!

An eerie quiet filled the air, and the atmosphere was incredibly tense.

However, after just a moment, the Thirteenth Princess suddenly raised her hand, stopping all the soldiers and guards.

She looked coldly at Joyce, the Second Legion Commander of the Blood Hunters, and said flatly:

"Shouldn’t you be on the front lines supervising the battle, Legion Commander Joyce? What are you doing back in Damian?"

"Could it be you’re here to save this group of heinous criminals?"

Joyce frowned as he looked down at the Thirteenth Princess.

His gaze shifted to the group of people kneeling on the high platform, bound and gagged with white cloth, and his expression turned frigid.

"It’s still debatable whether Duke Philip and his family are guilty!"

"Besides, even if they are, it’s not your place to pass judgment on them, is it, Your Highness?"

"Your Highness, you have overstepped!"

"You have also failed to live up to His Majesty’s expectations!"

As he spoke, Joyce promptly took a scroll from behind his back and threw it toward Princess Fina.

"Your Highness, this is an order from His Majesty, and also an order from the Empire Council. Your career as Governor ends here!"

"Will you return with us to the Imperial Capital now, or do you intend to defy the order?!"

Joyce’s deliberately chosen words echoed across the silent square.

"What?!!!"

"Her Imperial Highness Princess has been dismissed?!!"

"How is that possible!!! Does the Empire intend to shelter these criminals?"

"Or could it be... this was all just for power on the Princess’s part..."

"Shut up!!! Her Imperial Highness Princess is our Lord’s earthly Saintess!!!"

"She would never do such a thing!!! I believe in our Lady Saintess!!!"

"That’s right! We’ve all seen how much Her Excellency the Governor has done for us over the years!"

"Besides, we have the three Lord Bishops!!!"

"Yes, but where are the three Lord Bishops?"

"Where are the Lord Bishops? They would surely tell us everything! We only trust the Lord Bishops!!!"

"..."

Murmurs swept through the crowd of over a hundred thousand in the square, but it did not erupt into chaos.

In Joyce’s mind, if this had happened in the past, these timid commoners would have long since fled to avoid the potential conflict to come.

But the result was completely different!

’Just as I thought! Something is very wrong here...’

At that moment, on the high platform, the Thirteenth Princess precisely caught the scroll Joyce had thrown.

But she did not open it.

At this moment, she remained composed, her expression unchanging.

She simply turned to look at the commoners and believers in the square below, listening to their words of support, which were gradually swelling into a one-sided chorus.

In that instant, she gave a rare smile.

And so, as the expressions of Joyce and the other Blood Hunters on the roof grew uglier, the Thirteenth Princess applied a bit of force.

The next moment, the scroll in her hand was bizarrely disintegrated by an unknown power, scattering into confetti over the platform!

"Fina Adebayo, how dare you!!!"

"It seems you truly intend to rebel, is that it?!!"

Second Legion Commander Joyce roared in sudden shock and fury!

At that very moment, on the rooftops surrounding the high platform in the square, all the Blood Hunters began to draw their weapons.

Clearly, the members of the Blood Hunter Corps were just waiting for a single word from Joyce to attack!

"Rebel?"

"Heh, what a heavy accusation!" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"In the past, I might have lost sleep in fear upon hearing those words, but now, I understand my duty, and I understand everything."

"So, for my Lord, for justice and truth in the Empire! What’s so wrong with rebellion?"

"Today, we face the filth hidden in the Empire’s darkness, we face the blood-sucking beings who prey on the people of the Empire!"

"I, Fina Adebayo!"

At this point, the Thirteenth Princess suddenly said coldly:

"No! The name Adebayo is truly sickening!"

"Therefore, today, I, Fina Crawford, will formally proclaim the whole truth to all subjects of the Empire!!!"

"Under the protection of the truth, it is time for our world, for the entire Human Race, to end this history of being fooled, deceived, and enslaved!"

"A new revolution has come! Joyce, and you Vampires hiding behind the Empire, are you truly prepared to greet the dawn!"

The Thirteenth Princess Fina Crawford’s voice was incredibly resonant and powerfully firm.

At this moment, everyone in the square was stunned!

Also stunned were Joyce and all the other Blood Hunter members, including the ignorant noble spectators, and even the beings hidden in the darkness.

For a moment, time seemed to stand still, and the air seemed to freeze.

But the next instant!

Just as Joyce, his expression a mixture of shock and suspicion, was about to make his move.

Under the winter sun, the Thirteenth Princess suddenly unfastened her overcoat!

And it was only then that everyone realized the Thirteenth Princess had been wearing armor all along.

That’s right.

Under everyone’s gaze, Fina Crawford was now clad in a full suit of exquisite armor.

The armor was lusterless, colored blue and white.

Most critically, the blue and white suit of armor was inscribed with the patterns of numerous unknown Talismans.

It all looked quite ordinary, didn’t it?

But, this was only the beginning!

Because in the next moment.

The instant Fina Crawford drew the silver Long Sword from her waist!

The armor covering her entire body suddenly burst forth with a dazzling blue and white radiance.

At the same time, a pair of enormous, holy wings materialized behind Fina Crawford, forged from Magic Power, their span exceeding five meters!

The sacred wings shimmered with a brilliant, divine white light.

The moment they unfurled, the gloomy winter atmosphere seemed to be swept away completely!

At the same time, in the blink of an eye, the Thirteenth Princess Fina Crawford slowly lifted off the ground and began to float!!!

At the sight of the now-divine Fina Crawford, it wasn’t just the common people who were stunned.

Every single Blood Hunter stared, their eyes wide in disbelief!

"This!!!"

"What in the world is going on?!!"

"What is this Power? What is happening?"

Many of the Blood Hunter members were baffled, their surprise giving way to a flurry of discussion.

"The Saintess!!!"

"The Saintess!!! Our Lord’s Power has descended!!!"

"It’s true, Her Imperial Highness Princess is our Lord’s most devout follower!!!"

The great number of commoner believers stared at the sacred scene before them. Their brief shock quickly turned into extreme elation and excitement!!!

"Oh, my Lord!!! You truly exist! I repent for my earlier doubts!!! I have sinned!"

"A Miracle! This must be a Miracle!!!"

"..."

The ignorant faithful, whether devout or casual believers, began to prostrate themselves one after another.

They watched everything before them with excitement, while also praising the Deities in awe.

However, facing this scene, the Blood Hunter Second Legion Commander, Joyce, suddenly burst into laughter.

"Just as I thought!!!"

"So, Fina Crawford, this is what you were relying on?!!"

"All of this was long expected by His Majesty and the elders! Fina Crawford, you don’t really believe that you can oppose the entire Empire with just your insignificant Power and these common soldiers under your command, do you?"

"So, Your Imperial Highness Princess, why don’t you let those hiding behind you come out as well!"

At this moment, Joyce’s sudden laughter and strange words left the three hundred-plus Blood Hunter members he had brought with him completely bewildered!

But Fina Crawford, hovering in the air, simply watched the laughing Joyce with a cold gaze and said:

"If you insist."

"Then, why not?"

"Isn’t that right? My three Lord Bishops?"

Her sacred wings shone as Fina Crawford’s voice fell.

Finally, after more than nine hundred days, He’an and his two companions appeared on the world stage for the first time!

And so.

In the square, as over a hundred thousand people watched in shock and the Blood Hunter members looked around in confusion.

Suddenly.

High above, a blinding light suddenly pierced through the gloomy winter clouds that blanketed the entirety of Damian City!

At the same time, a voice suddenly resounded in the hearts of every living being in Damian City.

’Although, I didn’t want to be this flashy!’

’But, this is a rare, final chance for a solo performance!’

’So, everyone, watch closely!’

"God said!"

"Let there be... light!!!"

In that instant!

A terrifying wave of light suddenly rippled out from above the clouds!

At the same time, a terrifying pillar of holy light shot down from the heavens!

And in that same moment, the entire plaza in Damian City was enveloped by this milky-white pillar of holy light!