However, besides these, a Bishop of a Diocese typically holds a certain number of armed clergy or Defender Knights.
Although their numbers are small, they can assemble to form a group roughly the size of a Knight Order, tasked with protecting the Diocese from various demonic invasions.
Generally speaking, this group is mainly composed of Knights or armed forces who voluntarily serve Allfather's faith; many of them are even the local nobles and their Knights.
Simply put, they are local armed forces cloaked in religious guise.
But the Church does possess real power, for instance, the Judgement Court and Defender Knights.
They form the elite force of the Church, composed of Extraordinary directly cultivated by the Church, possessing strength comparable to a regular army, and furthermore, due to the Church's wealth and knowledge, they are equipped with far superior gear than the average kingdom's army.
