Chapter 407: Dean McKenzie wishing to restart everything even in his dreams

There are a total of 108 Heavenly Abysses within the Alliance.

To stabilize these 108 Heavenly Abysses, the Alliance has spent hundreds of years of time and energy.

They had finally established a relatively stable system, but Paul Hopperton’s last move before his death caused 28 out of the 108 Heavenly Abysses to revolt.

Tens of thousands of professionals defending the Heavenly Abysses were killed in battle.

His move jeopardized the Alliance and also harmed his own faction in the Alliance, the followers of the Church of Holy Light.

Originally, the Church’s faction had already taken control within the Alliance, but with this incident, not only did they lose 8 high-ranking members, their prestige was also severely damaged.

After all, Paul Hopperton was a pivotal figure in their faction.

His reckless actions after his death have greatly tarnished the faction’s reputation.

It directly caused many people to leave their faction and turn against it.

In less than half a month, the Church of Holy Light faction continually lost their voice in the Alliance.

The entire faction is now at the brink of destruction.

In response to the actions of Paul Hopperton, the Alliance convened a meeting after the Heavenly Abysses’ turmoil was gradually resolved half a month later.

The meeting was initiated by the former vice chairman of the Alliance.

A total of 72 people attended the meeting, all of whom were either former or current high-ranking members of the Alliance.

Their sole purpose for gathering was to hold the Church of Holy Light faction accountable for the incident half a month ago and remove them from the Alliance’s decision-making level.

The Church faction was aware of this.

But knowing didn’t change anything, they had no way to deal with it.

What could they do?

When faced with this situation, they could either try to reason or resort to physical force.

They obviously couldn’t win over with logic. They themselves felt that what Paul Hopperton did was wrong, so they had no solid argument.

As for physical force, that was an even less viable option.

Not to mention that eight people, including Paul Hopperton, were gone, the Church faction lacked the power to suppress everything.

Even if Paul and the others were still alive, they would not necessarily be able to control the situation now.

This Heavenly Abyss incident triggered many rescue missions, and many strong people emerged to help.

Currently, these strong people are all standing against the Church of Holy Light faction.

Faced with this situation, the Church of Holy Light faction ultimately chose to compromise, admit their mistakes, show submission, hand over the authority they held, and they were ousted from the decision-making level of the Alliance.

With the submission of the Church’s faction, the Alliance’s new leader became Gavin Grainger, who presided over this meeting.

The Alliance thus entered a new stage.

As for what exactly this new stage entailed and what changes could occur under Gavin Grainger’s leadership, it is still unknown.

But the first policy under Gavin Grainger’s authority was soon issued.

The policy is called the “Regulations on Church Management”.

The policy announced that there will be a cleanup and guidance of the churches within the Alliance.

All the churches within the Alliance must complete their registration within 180 days and submit to the management of the Alliance’s “Church Management Agency”.

Any church that does not complete the registration within the set period will be defined as a heretic church, and once defined as such, will be given no chance for survival and will be directly attacked!

The moment this policy was released, it immediately caused a huge uproar within the entire Alliance.

In the interpretation of the churches, Gavin Grainger was declaring war on all the churches in the Alliance!

On that day, quite a few people in the Alliance went to find Gavin Grainger.

“I’m aware of the diverse backgrounds of the individuals within our Alliance, many of you representing various churches, and I know who you are trying to obtain information for.”

“I won’t withhold any information.”

“Truth be told, I’m looking to tackle the issue we have with churches.”

“In the past few decades, churches have become a problematic issue for the Alliance.”

“The behavior of certain churches has severely undermined the foundation of the Alliance, and I can’t tolerate this.”

“So, are you planning to wipe out all churches, leaving no room for survival?”

“Are you not afraid that this might trigger a war?”

“I’m not denying your survival, instead I’m asking you to live within established rules and regulations.”

“If you’re willing to cooperate with the Alliance, I won’t hamper your survival nor hinder your preaching.”

“But if you refuse to cooperate, I’ll have no choice but to declare war!”

“At that time, either the Alliance or you will have to die!”

A madman, a complete madman.

After demonstrating such an attitude, everyone felt that Gavin Grainger had gone mad.

He would plunge the Alliance into an endless quagmire of war.

Many people urged Gavin Grainger, telling him that the church issue was a historical legacy, complicated and challenging to handle, and asked him not to rush or be too aggressive.

Gavin Grainger didn’t bother listening to their advice.

But facing the advice from his own people, Gavin Grainger sighed heavily: “It’s not that I am eager for instant success, but we’re running out of time!”

“You’ve all seen this Heavenly Abyss incident.”

“I don’t need to elaborate on how extreme the Church of Holy Light faction has become, look at the rescue missions activated during this Heavenly Abyss incident.”

“How often have you seen missions in the real world before?”

“Not to mention tasks that are clearly mismatched in terms of difficulty and rewards.”

“According to our incomplete count, no less than a hundred people have obtained permanent attribute enhancements and SS-level or above trait rewards, and even SSS-level trait rewards have been found.”