The Great Vein Expedition, on which the fate of the entire Kingdom of Jugend rested, ended in complete success in just a single day. To make it even better, the public never got a word of it.0

It had been led by Cardinal Irexana, with one hundred and eight high rankers of every profession taking part. It was the maximum fighting force that could be mobilized on such short notice, and that was likely the only reason disaster had been avoided. Had they tried to conserve their strength even a little, the situation might have turned far worse.0

Both the Mirror Canyon monster Kaleidospider and the Bishop of Chaos Cordia carried a threat of minimum Level 3, potentially Level 2 or higher. This had been a calamity in the making—one that could have escalated beyond the scale of a city and engulfed an entire nation.0

“My judgment was too lenient,” Irexana admitted.0

Two days after the expedition’s return, his body was recovered to the point where he only needed a few wraps of bandage. The overflowing vitality in his body and the Cardinal-level Holy Power worked together to heal his wounds, letting him recover quickly. An ordinary person with the same injuries would have needed...0