Contrary to everyone's expectations, the Rebellion of the Saints did not last very long.
The disaster struck without warning and ended even more unexpectedly!
What everyone thought would be a tough battle lasted only ten days in total before the saints disappeared, leaving behind humanity still on guard and a world that had been destroyed.
But in reality, the saints did not cause great damage to the world; the main damage was caused by the legends and even more extraordinary beings below the legend level.
An astonishing number of extraordinary creatures swarmed out of their hiding place and launched a reckless, suicidal attack.
However, under the wartime mobilization of the Watchers, the Awakened Ones, unaffected by ordinary people, put aside their worries and launched a counterattack, annihilating a large number of enemies outside the city.
The combat legions, centered around the legendary figures and supplemented by a large number of high-level combat sequences, truly displayed astonishing combat power, unleashing strength that far exceeded that of the original legendary figures.
Despite the casualties, overall, in the face of the enemy's sneak attack, humanity actually launched a devastating counterattack, directly fighting back and even annihilating the enemy!
The saints that humans were worried about never appeared, and the embarrassing situation of "beating the young one only to have the old one run out" did not occur.
The saints' prolonged absence has even created the illusion that they do not exist at all.
Extraordinary beings, is this yet another test?
However, as the bloody news arrived, all those doubts vanished.
"The Silver Council, a long-established and powerful organization that ranks among the top of all Awakened organizations, was destroyed in this disaster."
"The extraordinary beings dispatched several saints, and all but two of the dozens of legends belonging to the Silver Council were annihilated."
"With this, the Silver Council has been completely expelled."
The Silver Council has been wiped out!
This was earth-shattering news for the entire world of Awakened Ones.
The Silver Council, which has developed for over a thousand years, is not a lone entity. It has interests and connections in various fields, and the world knows exactly what a behemoth it is.
Those who insist on the so-called noble name are definitely not powerless children, but adults wielding dangerous weapons.
Such tragedies serve as a warning to everyone that the chaos caused by the saints is not a powerless illusion.
In such a depressing atmosphere, many people heard rumors and gossip.
Some say that the Silver Council was not actually destroyed by the Saints, but rather executed by its own people, and it is rumored that the Watchers were also involved.
Some say that there is a hidden group within the Watchers, which includes saints who once appeared briefly in history and then disappeared.
Some say that the saints of extraordinary beings are actually quite weak, and recently one of them was killed by an elderly knight who traded his life for another.
Some people say that those saints were actually stopped in secret by a mysterious being who called himself a "prophet".
Some of these claims are exaggerated, some are bizarre, and many are contradictory, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
But whatever the real reasons behind it, one thing is certain.
The saints were indeed stopped!
Only a very few people know the real story and can understand what these rumors really mean.
The Prophet truly did it...
Whatever the cost, he did indeed manage to stop the gods and buy the others ten precious days.
What's next?
Saints do not disappear into thin air; if they do not appear now, they will certainly appear in the future.
The real battle is about to begin...
Soon, no one doubted that the saints had not appeared, because... something even worse eventually happened.
On the tenth night of the Saints' Rebellion, a change occurred in the night sky.
The once bright moon dimmed, as if a lunar eclipse had occurred.
The sky was filled with stars brighter than ever before, with dozens bursting forth with a light exceeding that of first-magnitude stars, proclaiming their existence.
Then the storm swept in, thunder roared, the earth cracked, and the ocean raged...
An intense magical power, imperceptible to mortals, descended from the sky and spread throughout the world.
Ordinary people hiding in shelters don't understand what this means, but those awakened warriors fighting on the frontier know very well what these phenomena represent.
The saints have vanished, and in their place have appeared an even more dangerous existence...
The gods have returned!
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"This day has finally come."
At the Watchers headquarters, Keynes, looking like a kind old man, sat on the sofa, looking at the strange phenomena outside and sighing:
"The gods were already asleep when I was born. This is the first time I've ever seen such a scene."
Augustus: ?
Augustus glanced at Keynes, then hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
This old nobleman is different from before; he seems to have shed some burden and is no longer like a sinister ghost.
During these ten days, Augustus had heard his "aristocratic lame jokes" many times and no longer wanted to investigate their veracity.
However, just like the lame joke Keynes made a few days ago, he may indeed be quite old.
Although the exact age of the person in question is still unknown, Keynes is at least five hundred years old, and possibly even eight hundred.
"Don't worry so much, Your Excellency Augustus. You'll make the children nervous."
Keynes smiled, pointed with his cane at the operatives who were peeking over, and gave them a friendly smile.
"Smile, you are their source of confidence."
The archmage squinted at Keynes, then turned his head away, but instead of smiling, he silently nodded in that direction.
call……
Hearing the faint breathing sounds coming from the other end, Keynes' smile widened, and he asked:
"Didn't I tell you to smile? Why didn't you smile?"
“...That’s not my usual attitude. An unusual attitude will only exacerbate their anxiety.”
After explaining with a blank expression, Augustus's jaw twitched slightly as he asked:
"And you? Aren't you nervous at all?"
Keynes chuckled twice, then waved his hand and shook his head, saying self-deprecatingly:
"Of course I'm nervous! You overestimate me. Let me tell you a secret... I'm actually quite timid. I usually maintain a calm facade by playing the part of a nobleman."
"Even now, I'm extremely nervous; my heart is practically jumping out of my throat."
After a careful look, Augustus frowned and said:
"Your soul is very peaceful."
"Ah, you were found out?"
Keynes, exposed without the slightest embarrassment, smiled and said:
"That's because I believe in that person."
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