The witches and Thirteen-Ring Sorcerers did not hide their tracks, but that lone mad guardian, bringing more filth to the earth, seemed to disregard them and continued onward.
Gradually, other squads from the church nearby gathered, using blessed holy emblems or special relics to maintain power in this heavily polluted area.
But even so, faced with the spreading black mud, most had to dodge it. When the black mud touched the earth, different changes occurred. The ground hardened into rock, and everything non-rock on the surface transformed into stone. Even those trees turning gray due to contact with the mud caught fire, which was also the cause of most forest fires tonight.
Aside from church forces, scattered silhouettes appeared in the snow. Currently, there were no enemies above Eleven Rings, so the church temporarily did not engage or eliminate them.
