Rise of Franz

Chapter 54: Revelations of the Divine

The Divine City is different from other cities because it is completely under the control of the Holy Church and is not influenced by any other power except the Church. As people say on the Lion Continent: "This is the city of the gods."

At the head of the Church is the Pope, followed by the Saintess, then twelve Cardinals, forty-eight Bishops, and finally the Divine Masters—those who lead the branches of the Holy Church in the cities across the Lion Continent. On this continent, any city that does not want to be labeled as heretical must have at least one branch of the Holy Church within its walls. Many cities have tried to resist the Holy Church by destroying or forbidding the construction of a branch within the city. As a result, those cities were later crushed by the boots of the Purging Knights. All the inhabitants of these cities were burned alive in the name of heresy eradication.

On this continent, there is only one religion, one faith—the Holy Church, which does not allow any