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The holy and beautiful figure was bathed in soft light, as if she were praying amidst the soft, melodious music that filled the hall.

"Lost sheep, following only the guidance of the Holy Maiden, may you lead us toward the great light."

May your glory shine forever, and may your grace spread throughout the earth.

May your mercy cleanse my soul, and may your protection accompany me for the rest of my life...

Countless faithful believers chanted in unison, and this solemn and sacred scene aroused a sense of reverence even in the well-traveled Elon.

It really is... the Holy Maiden of Light...

As Aaron gazed at the beautiful and pure-looking girl in the distance, his Adam's apple bobbed slightly.

It was just the end of the morning prayers, and soon the believers finished reciting the last prayer. The beautiful figure of the saint, draped in a light veil, slowly raised her head on the cushion.

When she saw Elon, her crimson eyes blinked, revealing a gentle smile.

Like a spring breeze rippling across a lake, stirring ripples in the soul, from just a fleeting glimpse in the distance, Aaron's heart almost stopped for half a beat.

By the gods above, what a beautiful face she was! His initial wariness melted away like ice and snow melting in the face of her pure smile.

Although Elon had heard of this saintess's otherworldly beauty at the academy, upon actually meeting her, he realized that those exaggerated rumors didn't even capture a tenth or a twentieth of her beauty.

Ella smiled and stood up from the cushion. She glanced at Elon, bowed her head as if to greet him, and then looked at Holmes with her beautiful eyes. "Lord Holmes, I will trouble you to preside over the prayers that follow."

"It is my honor, Your Majesty."

Holmes bowed slightly, then instructed the attendants beside him, "Please take Mr. Elon to the audience room. Her Majesty the Saintess must have something to say to this guest in private."

"As you command, Lord Bishop."

Then, two servants led Elon along the edge of the chapel into a corridor, up the stairs, and to the spacious audience chamber on the upper level of the chapel.

This place was originally the hall where the archbishop and a group of high-ranking priests held meetings, but now that the saint has come into the picture, it has become her audience room.

However, Ella doesn't usually stay here unless she needs to summon the Loren priests or meet guests.

Compared to the magnificent chapel downstairs, the audience chamber, though spacious, was not as crowded, with only two rows of high-ranking Templar Knights serving as guards, and Ella seated on a platinum chair directly in front.

As soon as Elon entered, the two servants immediately stepped outside.

"I am Elondor Greed, and I pay my respects to the Holy Maiden of Light."

He immediately clasped his hands together, bowed his head, and gave Ella a slight bow.

As a sword saint, he naturally possessed an air of arrogance. Even when facing Aslan's emperor, he had the right to remain unyielding.

But facing the sacred maiden on the throne, remembering her achievements in saving millions, and hearing from Holmes that he too had been saved by her, he felt that it was only right for him to bow down in reverence.

"No need for such formalities, Your Excellency Sword Saint Aslan."

Ella gently raised her hand to indicate that she was standing up. "Are you feeling any better?"

"Thanks to Her Majesty the Saint, I feel fully recovered."

"Eron said respectfully."

"That's good."

Ella nodded.

"Your Holiness, please forgive my intrusion, but may I ask what the current situation is of my Aslan Empire?"

Chapter Ninety: The Changing Landscape of the Continent

The other party's eagerness to ask this question was somewhat within Ella's expectations.

Therefore, she had already prepared. With a light touch of her finger, a huge sand table slowly rose from the ground in front of the throne.

Above it is a map of the Asia-Pacific continent, the overall outline of which presents a horizontally flipped "C" shape.

The Aslan Empire is located on the northwest side of the continent, and its territory is divided into two colors by a winding boundary line that runs across the map.

The northern half is dark green, symbolizing the empire, while the southern half is red, occupied by the invading army.

"An army composed of demons and merfolk has swept through the country, and now most of your country's southern provinces have fallen."

Upon hearing this, Elon's eyes widened as he stared at the glaring crimson on the sand table, which occupied nearly half of his country's southern territory, in disbelief.

Ella then lightly swiped her fingertip through the air, and a memory crystal fell into her palm from the ripples in space.

She channeled her magic, controlling it to float into Airon's hand. He instinctively caught it, swallowed hard, and then poured a small amount of magic into it to activate the crystal.

But in the ever-changing light and shadow projected by the crystal, the Cold Crow Pass on the Hengyuan Mountains was smashed open by the massive Demon Mountain Beast, which was as huge as a mountain. Countless terrifying demons swept across the plains like dark clouds and flew towards the main city in the distant heartland.

With the fall of Hanya Pass, the major cities of the southern provinces built on the plains became lambs to the slaughter.

"Your Holiness, this happened... a few days ago?"

Three days ago.

The girl replied softly.

Aaron's face immediately fell.

Although he anticipated that Cold Crow Pass probably wouldn't be able to stop the demon army, after all, there were even powerful experts in the enemy army who could defeat him.

But three days ago...didn't that mean that Hanya Pass was breached after only one day of resistance?

Now that the southern provinces have almost completely fallen, how long can the empire's remaining northern provinces hold out?

"Holy Maiden... how did you bring me here? Could you please send me back?"

Ella raised an eyebrow slightly. "Lord Airon, are you planning to return to provide support?"

"At this critical moment for the empire, it is my duty as an Aslan to return home and fight the enemy."

Airon knelt on one knee, his resolute face solemn. "I am truly sorry, Your Majesty, you saved my life, but I have nothing to repay you with... If Aslan and I are ultimately able to survive this calamity, I will certainly repay Your Majesty's life-saving grace."

Ella subtly pursed her lips.

Hmph, that sounds nice. If he goes back naked like that, he's definitely going to die. We went through all that trouble to rescue him, so we can't let him die for nothing.

"To be honest, I can rescue you and send you back... but once we return to Aslan, are you confident you can defeat that demon army?"

Aaron sighed softly.

Let alone defeating the demon army, he didn't even have the confidence to defeat the strangely powerful "Chosen One of Life" who had defeated him before.

But he still said firmly, "Whether we win or not, this is my mission, Your Majesty. My country is suffering an unprecedented disaster, and I cannot bear to live alone. Please send me back to Aslan."

"Don't worry, Sword Saint, I'm not preventing you from going back."

Ella waved her hand gently, "If I intended to keep you here, why would I tell you the truth about the current situation in your country?"

"Then... what does Your Majesty mean?"

Airon muttered to himself, then seemed to realize something, paused for a moment, and then a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.

"Your Holiness... do you perhaps... intend to support our country?"

Indeed, Aslan alone is no longer enough to stop the demon legion's invasion.

But given such a natural disaster, the Holy Maiden, as the embodiment of light, with her magnanimous heart, should not stand idly by.

"Well... I'm sorry, the only army I'm currently authorized to mobilize is the army of the Loren Empire, where you are now."

Ella rested her cheek on one hand and tapped on the sand table map with the other.

"If I had been able to obtain the consent of your Emperor, I would have indeed intended to request Empress Loren to send troops across the ocean to support your country."

"However, apart from your country being engulfed in war recently, Loren's intelligence agency has discovered that the Duchy of Tedeh is amassing a large force and heading east."

"Now they have stationed themselves outside the border of the Kingdom of Doum, a vassal state of the western border of Loren, and although they have not made it public, this situation is clearly intentional."

"The Principality of Tedhe?"

Aron couldn't help but look surprised.

This means that once Loren sends troops to support Aslan, the Duchy's army can take advantage of the situation and invade Loren.

Why did the duchy choose to launch a military campaign at this particular time?

The appearance of demons and merfolk is a natural disaster that could endanger humanity. The three great human empires, who should be united to fight the enemy, are fighting amongst themselves at this time. If there is no conspiracy behind this, Elon would not believe it.

Demons, merfolk, rumors of fallen gods, and an impending civil war among humans...

His experience as a Saint-level expert quickly made him realize that this was probably not just a crisis facing the Aslan Empire, but a major upheaval that had never occurred in the thousands of years of history of the America Continent.

Even though he was a sword saint of the country, he felt insignificant and powerless in the face of this situation.

Is the Aslan Empire truly doomed?

"However, Lord Elon, the current situation is not entirely hopeless."

Just as Elon was feeling down, the saintess on the throne spoke softly again.

"Loren's forces cannot be mobilized, but there is another force that has the opportunity to relieve Aslan's siege."

"...Could the Holy Maiden be referring to the Sanctuary?"

This time, Aron quickly understood what the other party meant, "But as far as I know, Her Majesty the Holy Maiden has not yet assumed the position of Holy Lord..."

He swallowed hard, not saying directly that he had also heard that the Holy City was now in chaos and falling apart.

Rumors of a god's fall are rampant, sacred artifacts have been stolen, and the three major families of the Holy City are embroiled in infighting.

Expecting the three great families to send their Templar Knights across half the continent to support Aslan is less desirable than hoping that Loren will deal with the Duchy of Tedeh to free up space to send troops over.

"Yes, this is the news that is currently circulating outside, but in fact, the Holy Lord had already sent someone to convey a message some time ago, hoping that I would take over the position of the Holy Lord."

Upon hearing this, Allen's eyes lit up immediately.

But then his gaze dimmed again; putting everything else aside, this saintess was still somewhat young.

Even if she could immediately seize the position of Holy Lord, it would be a question how much military power the Knights could regain. By the time she could resolve the chaos in the Holy City, Aslan would probably already be a sea of ​​hellfire.

“I understand your concerns. To be honest, the situation in the Holy City is also quite bad right now. Even if the Holy Lord intends to let me succeed to the throne directly, the resistance will probably be quite great.”

As she spoke, a sly smile suddenly appeared on Ella's lips.

“However, Mr. Elon, this is only based on my personal strength.”

"But if I could get your help, I think things might take a turn for the better."

Chapter Ninety-One: The Saintess's Temple

Elon didn't really understand what the saint meant.

The saintess wanted to succeed him in the holy city, but he was not considered a believer of the Temple of Light and had no say in the affairs of the temple.

But he seemed to have no reason to refuse. Aslan was in grave danger, and if he could obtain the saintess's strong assistance, at least he would have a better chance of survival.

“What can I do for you, Your Majesty?”

"Right now, there isn't much that requires your help. But soon, I'll come looking for you then."

After receiving the other party's promise, Ella casually opened a spatial portal. "Until then, I'll trouble you to protect Princess Serendra and the others."

"Your Highness the Princess...?"

"How are they?" Aaron asked worriedly.

"You'll see when you go there."

Ella pointed to the portal, "However, I would appreciate it if Mr. Elron would keep our affairs private for the time being and not inform anyone other than Her Highness the First Princess."

"Yes, got it."

Airon nodded.

Since the Holy Maiden of Light did not appear in Aslan in person, he had already guessed that she must have some considerations and did not want to reveal that she had already intervened in this war.

Rather, it was quite surprising that he was even able to tell the First Princess about this.

After sending the Mountain Sword Saint to Molten City, Ella opened another spatial portal and summoned Ye Xiao.

She rescued Aaron not only because she considered the possibility of training this formidable individual and bringing him under her wing, but also because she needed his help to protect Serendra and her group.

Although they had arrived in Molten City and were given temporary shelter by the city lord, it did not mean they were completely safe.

The Dark Shepherds are cunning and unpredictable. Just in case, they released a powerful sword saint back to their side, which would also allow Ye Xiao to extricate himself and not have to devote too much energy to protecting them.

As for Ye Xiao's reason for leaving, it was to go to the Holy City with Ella as a servant knight.