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A few days later, Mica came to the Als Territory again, and Al met with him.
"Well, well, if it isn't Mica."
"What's the matter? Don't want the aid my master offered? Are you here to give it back?"
"How could that be! You're a magnanimous man, my lord. Please just think of me as a fart in the wind and forget I ever happened!" Mica said with a fawning smile.
When he had returned to Kazaria's territory a few days earlier, he was punished for failing to secure the alliance. However, the "Temple of the Goddess of Wisdom and War" architectural blueprint he brought back caught the attention of all the other Civilian Lords.
So, the lords had one of their own—an ordinary lord—build the Divine Hall. They then recruited the legendary-tier troops, the Temple Guardians, and subsequently tested their abilities.
The Temple Guardians were incredibly powerful. Unlike ordinary recruited soldiers, their combat effectiveness didn't decrease in high-gravity environments.
