can u tell me what u found confusing? i might be able to help explain it. i saw the raw and was a bit confused, then read the eng translation and finally got it. its cause there's alot of world Lore going on, but basically this entire event was the Empress setting up the male lead because she wants revenge for the murder of her sons (whom he killed tho its yet been revealed WHY he did this).
so the archbishop was NOT in on it. she tricked him too. he was an actual holy man. there are SOME clerics there but most of the men there are hired by the empress to attack and kill the prince and his people. the Empress ALSO uses some kind of black magic, after killing the bishop, to turn him into a *spoiler* you'll find out next week exactly what happens to him, but the point is she's using his power and body to make him achieve her goal of revenge, stripping him of his soul and calling upon demonic powers to overwhelm the prince and she's even willing to burn down her entire palace to do it, it gets dark n scary yo. im trying not to spoil too much while making whats going on as clear as possible. i hope this helped!
omg you're such an angel thank you so much!!
Okay tysm that was hella helpful bc I was lost(⌒▽⌒) wait do you think that the Empress is gonna die in the process????
I looked at raws and fast passed, so I know what happens and don't wanna spoil anything. It's such an exciting conclusion to the temple of axias arc. (21-24 is the big climax before the next arc begins)
Is it me or was that chapter a BIT confusing