Chapter 140: The Gods Have Not Abandoned Us

“Hua, I’m afraid it can’t go on any longer. The warriors have suffered heavy casualties, and our elite adventurers have also sustained significant injuries. As the ancient saying goes, ‘As long as the green mountains remain, one need not worry about firewood.’ We should retreat first!”

“…”

As the temporary new commander hastily appointed after the brave death of the former frontline commander, Miss Fiery Blossom quickly scanned the grim battlefield. With an extraordinary visual acuity sharpened for precision and rapid judgment, she instantly grasped the situation.

Furnal was right. If they continued to hold their ground, the ultimate outcome would be total annihilation.

There was no other way.

The army had already lost more than half of its combat effectiveness due to deaths and injuries. The artillery support from the rear magical corps had fallen silent for almost half an hour, clearly exhausted.

Even if they chose not to retreat, General Bertlem would soon give the order anyway.

The only option now was to…

“Hey! Look over there!”

Suddenly, an uncertain exclamation sliced through the front lines, spreading out like a plague, causing a cacophony of astonished gasps and whispers around, as if something unbelievable had been seen.

Even Furnal, covered in several wounds and wielding a dulled longsword, erupted in uncharacteristic coarse language, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

“What the hell! What’s going on? Is the Divine Spirit manifesting?!”

“What nonsense are you talking about? This is foreign territory…?!”

Hua turned her head in confusion, her pupils suddenly narrowing.

The countless Abyssal monsters, which had been surging like waves, were inexplicably collapsing in droves!

It was as if an invisible giant hand of the gods had swept over the land, and more and more – to the extent of her sight – the terrifying disaster that made the soldiers of the United Kingdom spill their blood in desperate resistance was visibly disintegrating at a rapid pace!

“This is…”

Even with Miss Fiery Blossom’s experience, she couldn’t hide the shock and confusion in her heart, let alone the ordinary soldiers and adventurers of the kingdom.

For things that defy understanding, people are inclined to attribute them to the “gods.” Therefore…

“Ohhhh!!! The Divine Spirit is manifesting! God bless our nation! God bless humanity!!!”

Cheers erupted, like an avalanche, among those battle-hardened warriors who had faced death and had their hearts filled with despair. What they witnessed was undoubtedly a sublime redemption that exceeded all imagination.

Up high, at the frontline command center.

“It can be like this…”

Listening to the excited cheers from the battlefield, General Bertlem, too, wiped the fatigue from his eyes and revealed a relieved smile.

He didn’t understand what was happening, but there was no doubt that the monsters couldn’t just dissipate on their own; someone must have done something.

Whether it was the gods or the Divine Spirits, regardless of who it was, Bertlem sincerely thanked them and offered his utmost respect.

“May you be praised… great existence.”

A similar scene was happening everywhere in the Wasteland.

With golden hair and holding a radiant holy sword, the Saint looked up in shock at the sky, and as if she understood something, she knelt piously on the battlefield strewn with corpses.

“To praise your redemption, great and merciful Light Goddess…”

The female warrior, holding a short dagger with her once pristine white wings now stained with blood, sat weakly on the ground yet couldn’t help but let out a joyous laugh.

“Hahaha ~ So the gods really haven’t abandoned us.”

In the Kingdom of Azure, the Holy Empire, and various nations of all sizes, beings battling, fleeing, and despairing under the pressure of a calamity all found redemption, tens of millions or even billions of lives, in unison, fell to the ground in gratitude, tears streaming down.

Though the names they praised might differ, this cause transcended the shackles of time and space, reaching its destined destination.

“Hmm?”

With her white wings flapping lightly in the air, the black-haired girl paused for a moment, and her expression changed slightly.

“What’s wrong, Master?”

The golden-haired dragon maiden, who had been focused on her throughout, immediately sensed something unusual and inquired with concern.

“It’s nothing… just a strange feeling.”

“A strange feeling? Is your body unwell, Master? Do you need me to transform into my true form so you can sit and rest?”

Vilyric helplessly shook her head. How could she, a divine being, fall ill like mortals? Xiao Guang should understand this; she was slightly lifting her personal agenda…

Moreover, the previous sensation, though not exactly unpleasant, gave the impression that she could faintly hear many voices speaking, uttering various words of praise. There was a certain something she didn’t quite understand that seemed to flow into her body with the sounds, and it felt somewhat pleasant.

While there was no noticeable change, the data on her panel remained just the same as before, but if she had to describe it, it felt kind of like relaxing in a warm bathtub after a long, exhausting day.

Vilyric had experienced that many times with Liliya.

Although she didn’t fully understand, it seemed that the Priestess felt it shouldn’t be anything bad, so she didn’t delve deeper into it.

“By the way, Xiao Guang, why not go play? These big bugs are a bit weak, but the impact should still feel pretty good.”

Even though her master said so, the Giant Dragon merely glanced distantly and turned back with little interest.

“Not interesting. If it weren’t restricted by the world, I could have practiced, but at this level, it’s too weak.”

“Alright ~”

They were currently cleaning up the remnants of the Abyssal forces that had fallen after the magical island’s destruction.

Unlike most Abyss Beasts, those few Abyss Worms did not die immediately with the destruction of the magical island. Although their aura instantly plummeted from transcendent level to an average legendary level, they indeed still retained some combat power.

Including the few Abyss Beasts that were probably born from them, they were still alive.

Now Vilyric had basically figured out these Abyssal creatures, or rather, the principle of the suspected biological weapons created by the Abyss. From this point, she could see that the core still relied on the power of the Earth Mother Goddess, Xi Fu.

The Abyssal Beasts created by the magical island would die with the island’s destruction, while the Abyss Worms, which possessed a few fragments of divine sparks like these large bodies, were parallel entities that did not interfere with the magical island.

Or rather, they were miniaturized, specialized combat types.

The Abyss Worms guard the magical island, while the latter emits deadly fog, obscuring the world’s rejection of these anomalies, even providing them with enhancements.

Including those “Depraved Beings” hidden deep within the magical island, if Vilyric guessed correctly, those things could not act freely in this world. If they came out, they could very well be directly crushed into dust or even annihilated by the world.

   

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