Silence, a deathly silence, lingered among the remnants of the Northern Territory. This time, whether it was the Tulip Kingdom, the Purple Gold Flower Kingdom, or the most fiercely ravaged Blazing Kingdom, no one knew how to speak, nor how to act. All that remained was confusion.
"What a maneuver."
"So, we were all just pawns!"
On the eastern side of the Tulip Kingdom, a figure stood despondently, with a vacant expression.
His words caused everyone to fall silent once more.
Someone instinctively wanted to speak, but when the words reached their lips, they didn't know how to express them.
Many let out a soft sigh and then closed their eyes.
Some displayed expressions of helplessness and despondency.
The scale of this war far exceeded their imagination.
And the developments were beyond anything they had ever considered.
The Empire.
The Church of Gods.
Divine descent.
For those who had experienced these events, it all seemed like a different lifetime.
