361 Interlude: Azrael's Reports Regarding the Southern Continent (2)
On the Southern Continent, the party of Azrael had long left the kingdom of Reginold and relocated to the Kingdom of Nogara, making the country their new base of operations. From there, they did tasks and dove into dungeons to strengthen themselves and gain credentials for their ranks. The Kingdom of Nogara was also called the Holy Nogara Kingdom, as the main human religion of the continent was largely situated in the country. Established thousands of years ago, the Church of Nordlune remained the most prominent human religion on the continent. The Holy Kingdom was situated in the southeastern part of the Western Nordlune. It was bordered by the nation of the werepeople on the east, the Kingdom of Reginold on the north, the Kingdom of Castiella on the west, and a steep mountain range on the south. That mountain range served as a natural barrier between humans and the hostile nonhumans on the continent. The residents of the kingdom had notable differences from the people of Reginold. While most of the residents of the Kingdom of Reginold had a deep tan skin tone, the skin tone of people in the Holy Kingdom mostly possessed an olive hue since the kingdom was located quite a distance from the equator.
Like on the Northern Continent, the humans on this landmass also believe in the existence of a deity named Primaria. Both of the churches were aware of the existence of one another, and since they believed in the same goddess, they agreed to consider themselves the two main branches of Primarianism. The Holy Kingdom held many of the same beliefs as the Primaria Theocracy, but in different ways. One notable difference between the two holy institutions was that the theocracy did have a Pope, while the Church of Nordlune was governed by high priests and priestesses. The capital of the Kingdom of Nogara, the city of Laurent, was a large city over a dungeon with sixty floors. It had the biggest dungeon in Western Nordlune, and the city of Laurent was considered the center of the region. The city of Laurent was the biggest and most populous city in Western Nordlune. Azrael and his colleagues had been living in the capital for around a month. By working there, they could say that they were making more fortune in the Holy Kingdom than what they could earn from the Kingdom of Reginold. His main purpose in going to the Southern Continent was to investigate and gather information in the context of adventuring. But Azrael could not resist a woman's body, so he committed to a romantic relationship with Lummel, one of his colleagues. However, Azrael inherited Raphael's amorous desire to love multiple women. To satisfy his desires, he had been making an effort to get the hand of another colleague, Lorna, the daughter of Meld, also his partymate. Meld was aware of Azrael's intentions toward his daughter, but he could not just hand her to someone they had just met. He also noticed that his daughter had been constantly getting jealous of Lummel, indicating her interest in Azrael. In addition to his foreign origin, Meld could feel something within Azrael. He might be strong and have contributed a lot to the party, but Meld could not fully trust him yet. Throughout their time in the Holy Kingdom's capital, their party gained enough credits to promote themselves to Rank C, as did their own individual ranks. They also made quite a fortune, and they had upgraded most of their weapons, gear, and equipment. But in spite of their efforts, they did not gain that much fame in the capital, as it was home to thousands of powerful and famous human adventurers on the continent. The top parties in the capital were around Rank A, way too high for the likes of them. On the Northern Continent, a Rank A adventurer possessed a strength of at least Level 250. But in the south, that rank was around Level 800, which was equivalent to Supreme Rank B in the north. Azrael himself was astonished at how powerful the residents of the Southern Continent could be. He speculated that it was because of the dominance and pressure of nonhuman races inhabiting the continent. Azrael and his colleagues had been doing dungeon and outside missions simultaneously. Dungeons for leveling, and the outside world for credits. In just a month of exploring the dungeon, they had already set foot on the 40th floor. Aside from working as an adventurer, Azrael had been sending his Clairvoyances to explore the continent remotely. He also sought information himself by asking the locals or going to libraries. So far, he has found: Surprisingly, the Kingdom of Nogara was founded around two thousand five hundred years ago; the same went for the Church of Nordlune. From that pattern alone, the five-hundred-year interval, he could tell that something like an otherworlder had existed on this continent and influenced it. That reincarnator was apparently the first ruler of the kingdom and the founder of the religion. He protected humanity from the oppression of the nonhuman races using his brilliant military tactics and strategies. Legends had it that he won a great battle while being outnumbered three-to-one by utilizing the terrain advance and using deceptions. He also established a mutually beneficial relationship with the werepeople as they were in the same boat. Not only his intelligence, but his own battle prowess was evident in his successes. It was said that he was so powerful that once he visited the biggest dungeon in the Eastern Nordlune, which had seventy floors, he finished all the levels within a span of a week, and he even looted a legendary weapon. Azrael was wondering if he got a weapon from the Demonic Weapons, like what Raphael's parents got, or one from another legendary series. There was no further information about the founder or the weapon after his reign, but Azrael was kind of curious about what happened to them. He had many things to report to Raphael regarding the information about the continent, including some hints about the Five Headed Hydra. In the meantime, he was currently convincing Meld to have the hand of his daughter as he was discovering the mysteries shrouding the continent.
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