Chapter 486 - the depraved archangel

A full year had passed since the clash on the Plain of Desolation and the fall of Prince Bathym. This span of time, though short, had sufficed to radically transform the face of the Human Continent and the very nature of relations between its two protectors. Under the impetus of Alexander Sulyvhan, the Empire of Alexandria had known an unprecedented expansion and stabilisation, while demonic incursions became rarer, contained by a human army now disciplined and by the constant presence of celestial forces. But beyond treaties and borders, it was in the intimacy of the high towers of the palace that the most profound change had taken place. The circumstantial alliance between Sulyvhan and the Archangel Loriel had, over time, morphed into a relationship that had improved greatly, even making them lovers.