Holy City.

The entire city is built from a certain kind of white stone.

The city is filled with a sense of holiness, most notably the massive church at its center and the surrounding complex of buildings.

This is the headquarters of the Holy Light Church.

The Divine Light is the initiator of the Holy Light Alliance.

Their territory is not large, just this Holy City and a vast surrounding area.

But, as a religious force, their power is not to be underestimated.

At this moment, in the Radiant Church.

The Pope sits at the head position, holding the letter from the frontlines.

A red line is drawn in the lower left corner of the letter, indicating it contains urgent intelligence.

Looking at the intelligence from the scene, the Pope's first reaction is that the front line might have failed.

This is an event that might happen at any time.

The Pope had long prepared psychologically for this, and he has anticipated the capabilities of various forces within the Holy Light Alliance.

If there were no external force intervention, or if no miracles occurred, their defeat might be inevitable.

No matter how he thought, he still opened the letter; next to him lay a strangely long object.

It is a mix of wood and steel.

This is the sample of the launcher Kane and his group provided.

The first line after the letter is opened drops the Pope's mood into a valley.

Right from the beginning, it mentions the most important fortress has been severely struck.

Even the city gates were breached.

The fortress's gates were personally reinforced by him with effort and time, he knows exactly how sturdy they are.

Even those were broken, the possibility of the fortress falling is quite high.

As he read further, the more he saw, the more alarmed he became.

Yet, at least, some of the worry in his heart dissipated.

There was external force intervention.

And with absolute strength, they expelled the Undead.

The matters introduced in the letter were not complete, but the Bishop's endorsement could be seen.

The evaluation of Kane was rare in his lifetime; he had never seen anyone stronger.

The Pope trusts the Bishop very much.

After all, he is someone who has seen the world; if even he says such things, it indicates this suddenly emerged force might indeed be very strong.

Then came the introduction of resurrection magic.

So that's how it is? Explorers from beyond the sea.

Powers from across the ocean.

There are too many unknowns, even the Pope does not know how to respond.

After reading the entire letter, the Pope folded it and placed it aside, immersed in thought.

After pondering, he handed it to the Knight clad in heavy armor standing beside him.

The Knight wears heavy armor interlaced with gold and silver, inscribed with dense holy scriptures.

After reading the letter.

The Pope asked, "What do you think?"

"Time will provide the answer."

A heavy and dull voice came from the massive helmet.

"True words."

Then, the Pope began drafting a reply.

If it weren't for his necessity here, and some matters requiring his attention, he might have personally set off to visit.

Regardless, the Pope maintains a very welcoming stance towards Kane and his group's arrival.

Though the Pope holds a skeptical attitude towards whether Kane and his group can accomplish what they claim, he knows the importance of keeping appearances.

Whatever the case, Kane and his group did manage to save the fortress, an act that essentially saved them.

It also granted the Bishop greater decision-making power.

Similar scenes unfolded across various forces within the Holy Light Alliance.

These forces, which could join the Holy Light Alliance and still survive, are no fools; they all knew to agree to cooperate with Kane and his group.

This is the wisest course of action.

Most dispatched more formal representatives, preparing to proceed to the frontier fortress for more detailed discussions.

Whether they truly believe Kane and his group can achieve their goals is up for interpretation.

One way or another, it would only take one or two months for the truth to reveal itself, so there's no need to probe.

To gamble on probing, risking souring relations for something that will be evident shortly.

It's truly unwise.

......

Days later.

In a small meeting room on the second floor of the Guild Hall, Kane sat.

Only three people were present there: Kane, Bonona, and a gold-level member who is the captain of the Rescue Ship.

The Rescue Ship is the first massive vessel tasked with refugee assistance.

"How long until the Rescue Ship reaches the designated location?" Kane asked.

Upon hearing Kane's words, White Horn immediately replied, "With the aid of the Bihai Kingdom, the voyage has been exceedingly smooth; it may arrive earlier than anticipated."

"At the current speed, it might reach the location designated by Your Majesty in three days."

Hearing White Horn's words, Kane nodded.

Then he spoke to Bonona: "How is the Lantern Territory now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the situation is favorable, everything is proceeding in an orderly manner."

"All the refugee ships have set sail, and with this assembly experience, the shipyard has begun constructing new vessels."

"Food and clothing for three million refugees have been prepared. As for residential zones, all cities have an abundance of vacant housing."

During the past days, Kane also spent one or two extra days to build two more Rescue Ships.

There are a total of 6 ships, with each ship capable of carrying up to 70,000 people per voyage.

They will arrive successively, unload the supplies they bring, and then return to fetch the refugees one by one.

Those supplies will become the food for the refugees temporarily staying in the camp.

Apart from food, most of the remaining supplies will be traded as goods to the Holy Light Alliance and local factions.

Because the cooperation has already been established.

As for the specific cooperation, we have to wait for the first ship to arrive for Baijiao and others to discuss in detail.

But the order has been placed, and the needs of various factions are already known.

After finishing the conversation with Bonona and others, Kane left the Guild Hall and returned to the fortress.

At this point, the large breach in the center of the fortress gate had been filled.

How it was filled, of course, Kane made it look easy by showing off a trick or two.

Many soldiers inside the fortress now have a compelling urge to kneel and salute when they see Kane.

So Kane generally avoids wandering outside.

After all, everywhere you go, people kneel before you, which Kane finds intolerable.

Returning to the fortress, Kane is now resting in his room.

The Explorer members and the Lantern Knight Order of the guild have been divided into three squads.

They take turns to strike daily.

Since Kane joined last time, it seems to have really frightened the Undead across the line.

These days, there's no sign of wanting to attack.

And Kane and his team started to launch offensives, though not a comprehensive attack, but small squadrons harassing the Undead territories.

Each time, they managed to get pretty good gains.

Thanks to the Ghost Maids acting as internal spies, constantly providing various information.

No one within the Undead suspects these Ghost Maids.

After all, Undead and living beings are inherently adversaries.

They indeed inspected these Ghost Maids and found no traces of being controlled by a Necromancer.

Along with the maid leader's gold-level power.

It naturally got her to the high status she now holds effortlessly.

Such actions have convinced the bishops and the leaders within the fortress of their sincere intent for coming here.

Having been here for so many days, they only saw Kane and his team keep launching attacks, and even took turns around the clock to kill more Undead.

This is beyond mere assistance; outsiders might think Kane and his team have a deep grudge against the Undead.

This led to a covert admiration from the bishops.

At the moment, Kane is speaking with Kreya via the Ruby Lapel Pin on his collar.

"Kreya, how is the progress of your actions the past few days?"

Then Kreya's voice came through: "Quite good, maintaining Ghost Form indeed makes me indistinguishable from the Undead."

"Various powerful Undead have been summoned, currently attacking a small territory at a promising location."

"Shouldn't take too long to capture a piece of land."

Yes, Kreya is indeed waging war within Undead territory.

Utilizing Soul Form and the rules of death, Kreya can perfectly disguise as Undead, virtually unidentifiable.

The rules of death make Kreya appear even more Undead than Undead.

Coupled with the intensity of black-and-white flames and Kreya's own strength.

Within the Undead Influence range, she is invincible; almost nothing poses a life-threatening risk to Kreya.

Unless a few top gold-level Undead team up to besiege Kreya.

But Kreya is just executing a gold-level Undead's most ordinary action.

Recruiting ordinary Undead, capturing territory, becoming an Undead Lord.

For a gold-level Undead with intelligence, these are but normal occurrences.

No one suspects, nor stops it.

Kreya has such an advantage, it would be a pity not to utilize it well. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Therefore, even before the conflict with the Undead, Kane discussed extensively with Kreya.

The final agreement was for Kreya to develop and grow independently within the Undead Influence.

"Progress is quick, but be cautious not to expose yourself, and ensure your safety. If there's any danger, remember to inform me."

Hearing Kane's concerns, Kreya's tone eased somewhat but still said: "Alright alright, I know, besides I'm not weak, there's no Undead that poses a death threat to me in one-on-one duels."

"Alright, that's it, we've already started attacking here."

"Okay, take care."

After hanging up the call with Kreya, Kane started pondering over some intelligence brought by the Ghost Maids.

According to the Ghost Maid's intelligence.

The current Undead Influence can be roughly divided into three factions, peacefully coexisting but not cooperating much.

First is the faction attacking the Holy Light Alliance.

Among the three Undead Influences, their power ranks medium.

This direction's offense is their responsibility.

Another faction is the weakest among the three, currently being constrained by the snow plains and the races there.

After developing to a certain strength, it also encountered tough opponents.

Similarly, they are restrained.

The strongest faction has stopped its external expansion.

Occupying the former valley and extending towards the Wall of Mist, covering all those areas.

Approximate half of the entire Undead Influence.

The reason for stopping expansion seems to be the joint restraint by the other two Undead Influences.

Kreya's role is to become the fourth influence, not necessarily stronger than the other three but enough to stir the waters.

This way, Kane and the others can have the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

Indeed, facing the entire Undead Influence at once is unrealistic.

The current Undead Influence has already expanded to an exaggerated extent.

Only by eliminating them one at a time is the best approach.