While Minos was solving some problems in the empire, Gloria was with the leaders of the Spiritual Church for the northern region.
With her were only people native to that region who had joined the Church after the development initiated by Minos and her in creating their faction. Hence, there were no high-level Spiritual Saints among these people.
However, there were low-level Spiritual Saints, and the strongest of them was already at level 72, something extraordinary for a native of the northern region.
Besides Minos and Abby, the strongest natives of the region were in the Black Plain Army, between levels 71 and 73. These were the cases of Elen Nash, Barbara, Peter Freeman, Dillian, and Eduard, people who had accompanied Emperor Stuart for a long period.
As such, having people at levels 70, 71, and 72 on her side was impressive for Gloria, and the Church forces for the northern region currently were by no means weak.