The attack incident in Seven Hills City was quickly transmitted back to the Desert Kingdom through encrypted alchemical communication.
When the attendant presented the detailed battle report to Perfikot, she was in the lab tuning a new type of energy core.
Her heterochromatic eyes scanned the casualty figures on the parchment, pausing at the word "Divine Scourge".
"They've come, as expected," she placed the report on the lab table, not surprised.
Or rather, this result was entirely within her expectations.
Long ago, when dispatching the Floating City module, she had deliberately allocated three suits of Godslaying Armor and two full Steam Knight regiments.
On the surface, it was to escort missionary activities, but in reality, it was to wait for the Old God believers to fall into the trap.
Those fanatics hidden in the shadows are like hibernating vipers; unless they actively strike, it's difficult to identify them among thousands of survivors.
