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The Sacred Churches... There weren't many of them but they still possessed immense power. Each Church was enough to trample over any Empire if they ever wished. However, they all remained out of conflicts of the mortal World for the most part.
Even if they usually interfered, no one could dare to say anything against them. There was no need for them to offer any explanation to anyone.
Unfortunately, this time was different. They had attacked the Empire of Arecia and almost destroyed it, only to later find out that they were fooled.
The Holy Priest of the Church of Flames was quite upset and distracted by the whole matter of the attacker, so he left the matter of dealing with the aftermath of the Empire conflict with a head priest.