The Final Resistance 

When they arrived at Payton Temple, Minos, and Gloria were no longer accompanied by the rest of the Stuart family.

Ruth, Isabella, and Abby stayed behind with the Edwardstone family, waiting to find out what this unexpected conversation with the former favorite to become Supreme Pontiff of the Spiritual Church was all about.

Husband and wife arrived in the living room, where Forrest was already sitting in an armchair waiting for them, curious about what this was all about.

Forrest and his faction had been demonstrating a more 'gentle' stance towards the Black Plain Empire since the time before Maximillian's return. But after the outbreak of war between this level 99 Demigod and Vico, they had been one of the Church factions to ally with Gloria's group.

But even though they were factional allies, both sides had never been close and had merely made promises to each other and created possibilities for one side to favor the other.