The other invited churches also swiftly took action, contemplating how to impress this newly powerful figure who now wielded a substantial military force and had suddenly become 'generous and devout'.
In the city center of Flash Spear City, there was a daily surge of different church banners and gatherings of people. The storm set off by Su Li's deprivation of Leonard's territory was cleverly redirected by him into a sacred 'charity auction'. What he paid was merely the short-term ownership of a piece of land, yet what he harvested was the legitimacy urgently needed to conquer Blue Mirror Territory, as well as support from allies of the Powerful Church.
By now, the previous 'malevolent acts' had completely transformed into an enhancement of his personal prestige, seen as 'noble virtues'.
