Two worlds, one shield

Chapter 21: Cardinal Heroes vs Three Heroes Church: Part 1

"Wh-What was that for??" One of the followers asked as the Priest was holding onto a golden weapon, which was responsible for creating a sudden attack onto the kingdom itself.

The Priest continued with his smile, his eyes looking like he saw God himself.

"It was needed, my child. The Devil of the Shield is here, attempting to hurt God's kingdom. It had to be done."

"Wait, the Devil of the Shield is here? How?!"

"It doesn't matter. The Devil himself is in God's kingdom. We must eradicate him."

"Yes, father."

The follower bowed as his faith in the Priest was absolute before awaiting for what the Priest was about to do next.

The Priest remained having a calm aura and a calm smile as he turns towards all of his followers that are with him to say:

"Prepare for battle. The Devil of the Shield wouldn't have foolishly come alone here to God's home without his victims that are possessed by that cursed shield of his."

"Is there no way to save them?" One of the nuns asked right before a follower could ask. The Priest turned towards the nun, trying to give a sadden smile with his response being one of a 'hesitant' tone,

"Unfortunately, the Shield Demon has them tied to his life. They must...unfortunately be sacrificed in order to truly kill the Shield Demon himself."

"Are you sure?" One of the more hesitant followers questioned, not liking the idea of sacrificing anyone. The Priest swiftly responded with:

"Trust in God. That's the only path to salvation. To hesitate means the eradication of everything he created and everything he stands for. Do you not stand with God?"

"O-Of course I do!" The follower said as he felt everyone's eyes looking at him, almost like they were giving killing intent.

The Priest remained with his smile before turning towards the hole from the attack of the weapon he's holding.

"Then let's focus on putting an end to this demon and his minions."

All of his followers cheered as they began to pray; While they started to do that, the Priest contemplated the situation.

Given that his spies had spotted Naofumi, Raphtalia, and Garfiel in the city, splitting up within the crowd, it gave him the impression that The Shield Demon came into the capital of Melromarc to try and get his ally, the fallen Sword Hero. He turned towards the strongest of his followers to tell them,

"Make sure that the Fallen Sword Hero is finished, as well as his allies. We can't allow the Shield Demon to gather his forces if we want to protect God's kingdom."

"Understood." The three strongest followers bowed in respect to the Priest, turned towards the cross and bowed in respect to God before turning towards the direction of the castle and made their way towards that direction. As they went off, he turned towards the spies that had originally alerted him of Naofumi's movements to give them their assignment.

"Follow them. Should anything happen, let me know. May God protect you."

The four spies bowed with respect before running off to follow the strongest trio of the followers towards the castle, understanding their assignment.

As they headed off, the priest smiled as he knew that this will be a glorious day for the Three Heroes Church, since he along with those following the church will finally have the chance to enact their plan to save God's Kingdom from the enemies that challenge God if not go against what God stands for.