The most catastrophic event of the century had shaken the entire continent.
By all reports, the Theocracy's capital had been completely erased. Nothing remained of it but ruin and ash. The estimated death toll had already surpassed thirty thousand, with over seven thousand still missing, and the number continued to rise as search efforts continued.
To those who had witnessed the disaster from afar, the event had seemed unreal. All they saw were blinding flashes of light in the sky, followed by explosions that shook the horizon.
Before anyone could comprehend what was happening, the capital had already been reduced to rubble.
The incident did not just spread fear. It ignited rage across the Theocracy. Among its clerically brainwashed citizens and the surviving branches of the clergy scattered throughout the nation, fury burned far hotter than terror.
The reason was simple.
