"This…Seraphael!!"

Faulin's expression contorted as he just sensed the death of one of the 'Race Lords' under him. Simultaneously, the thought of warning Faulin about Evan's flames instantly escaped Belphont's head as he sensed Seraphael's death.

The doors slammed open and another one of the FCDs entered, the Arcane Celestial Lorethi and her expression wasn't good either.

"Faulin…this…"

"I know."

Faulin was incensed. He didn't expect that Seraphael would lose against the Deadly Sin Siblings. Sure, there were two of them, but Seraphael's 'Paradise of the Faithful' was supposed to assure his victory.

In the first place, the Bounded Fields of Fallen Deities like them were on a different level from what normal mortals could conjure, since they were in truth, a weaker version of a Deity-exclusive power.

He had kept tabs on the activities of Evan's party and was sure he had a pretty good estimate of their current levels.

With all these factors considered, he was confident in Seraphael's victory.

However, the reality was that Seraphael had just died!

More importantly, Seraphael's death came with an extra problem besides the fact that their numbers had reduced.

'Damn it! Brenda would know something is up!'

The FCDs were all connected under Faulin's 'Race King' Authority, so they could sense each other's deaths despite the distance.

However, Faulin could prevent those under him from sensing another's death.

To be precise, he could isolate one of them from their connection, to prevent them from sensing anything and not just deaths.

When Qutia died last year, Brenda came over to Tarse and she nearly discovered their plans, so Faulin isolated her connection to prevent her from figuring out when his power recovery began.

It was also because of this that she did not know that five more had died over the year.

However, this ability had its limits, and with Seraphael's sudden demise, that limit was exceeded. Brenda undoubtedly sensed Seraphael's death and was likely on her way to Tarse already.

Faulin was very wary of Brenda because, among them, Brenda was pretty much the second strongest, with Faulin only surpassing her in strength because he was a Celestial King.

If his Race Ruler's Authority was removed, Brenda would undoubtedly be stronger.

Moreover, among the FCDs, Brenda's power depleted the slowest due to her nature as an Elder-breed.

She and Faulin were the only two FCDs 'on the Alpha Continent' who still had Legendary Level power.

Most concerning was Brenda's potential to singlehandedly disrupt their plans as she possessed extensive knowledge about the ritual they were planning to use.

She was with Faulin when he discovered this method, after all.

'We need to start now!'

"Lorethi, tell everyone present to get into position. Where's Mortis? Elysandre? Get them here."

Lorethi was silent for a moment, but she quickly understood Faulin's sense of urgency and replied.

"Mortis said he was still engaged with that Laneford girl…it seems the monster that killed Pyrrhos is with her."

"What about Elysandre?"

"She's outside."

Faulin walked out onto the balcony as Lorethi spoke, and he twisted his lips into a frown as he pondered Mortis' current situation.

"It may cause us to lose some speed, but we don't have a choice.

We'd start without Mortis and Glazard. Both of you, get into position now."

Faulin leapt from the balcony, landing gracefully on the cobblestone floor below. With determined strides, he dashed towards the city's centre where a magnificent statue of himself stood.

Without hesitation, he kicked the statue off the elevated platform, sending it crashing to the ground.

As the statue fell, Faulin roused his celestial energy, channelling it into the earth beneath him which caused the platform to light up with a brilliant glow.

He sensed the other FCDs positioning themselves strategically across Kreah and he nodded in satisfaction.

"Good."

Taking a deep breath, he unleashed his power, sending waves of celestial energy surging in all directions. The energy blanketed the entire city, a vast metropolis of over 2.5 million inhabitants and spanning more than 1000 square kilometres of area.

YYYY: DDD: HH: MM

|Fifty minutes more. Finally…the paradox can begin. |

The stopwatch construct shattered into fragments of light and she turned her gaze towards the Demon King, reaching out towards him.

|…come. |

Ginaroad floated closer, allowing her to touch his hair and rub it lightly.

|…you've grown stronger, Alverix…that's good. |

Her voice felt detached, as if she lacked emotions. But despite this, Ginaroad could somehow feel she was 'happy'.

She removed her hands from his body just as he sensed this and then spoke.

|Go back to Gozon, I'd take things from here. |

Ginaroad looked at her with widened eyes, his calm expression cracking as he asked.

|You're going there? |

The woman nodded silently, lifting her hand as spatial law energy naturally swirled around it. She neither willed it nor commanded it, yet the law of space sensed her intent and acted on her desire before she could even voice it.

As she extended her hand forward, the fabric of spacetime shattered like glass, forming a portal of starry light.

|Aidos, my dear home…it's been far too long. I wonder how much you've changed…|

Looking at the spatial gate she created without a word, Ginaroad silently thought.

'Aidos is in a Solar System over ten thousand lightyears away. But she created a gate leading straight to its Star Region without saying a word.'

The woman floated through the spatial gate, vanishing into it as the fabric of spacetime instantly mended itself.

|So, this is the power of a 'Main Entity', huh? The Strongest of the New gods, matched only by Artemisia. |

She was the person Vincent had said was the only one 'capable of making gods and Demons work together with zero problems'.

The goddess on the side of Prime World Gozon, whose existence Artemisia had informed Evan of on his Day 1 in Aidos.

Parting his lips, Ginaroad called out her title.

|The goddess of Time and Space. |