Terminology

A page explaining the various terms and the creatures in the story.

General
Authority (権能): They endow with various abilities. The authorities have mortal skills and mortal sin weapons.

Holy Knight (聖騎士): They are people who have outstanding ability in Holy Attribute among the warriors. It’s an honorary title given for those who have been acknowledged by the Kingdom.

In this world, by leveling-up the strong skills, we can increase our status. Therefore, for those who have Holy attribute skills, the Holy Knights who can raise their level by fighting against the monsters.

Laplace: People has worshipped to the church since the olden days. Its church, established by the believers, is said to be even older than the kingdom. According to some literature the religion dates back to before the fall of Gallia. While having a history of being worshipped for over thousands of years, the religion is almost forsaken now.

Laplace Church: This church disappeared 1000 years ago. The reason behind the disappearance is unknown. With nothing leading and keeping them together, the churches are mostly operating independently. Perhaps this was one reason why the religion declined.

Night Walker: Anyone who has been turned into Nightwalker has no heart. Once someone of Area E loses their heart, they will inevitably experience this. Night Walker has already died a long time ago. It keeps moving because it still has small residue of its soul. When Gluttony skill eats degraded soul like that, that person who uses gluttony skill ’will only end up taking damage.

Holy Sword Mastery: Increases damage when wielding Holy Sword weapon. Can use ranged high-powered skill《Grand Cross》. To use its effect, a special type of weapon called Holy Sword is needed.

Holy Swords: Is said to be forged in the military district. It’s so that outsiders couldn’t duplicate the technique and that most were custom made for specific user. Other than that, the ore required to forge it was the rare Orichalcon.

Templar Knights: They have a red tatoo. This sacred engraving is their covenant with God. It gives them enormous power that could rival even the Mortal Sin skill. This power is meant exactly to counter it. There 13 templar knights who bear the sacred engraving. These knights had signed a covenant with God that they absolutely must obey. The templar knights belonged to Area E.