“—”
In that instant, the entire royal hall fell silent.
Everyone, as if guided by a divine force, naturally and unconsciously turned their gazes towards the figure who had appeared.
Then, countless people’s eyes widened.
“Th-that is…!?”
Ancil, who had been chatting with someone a moment ago, lost his voice.
“What…!?”
Vivian, Lumia, and Melika also gasped, as if they couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Diere’s eyes trembled behind her mask.
Even Harvis, Rockto, Lia, and Charl were stunned.
“Pfft!”
Leisha, who had been questioning Lasha, trying to find out what had happened between her and Shien, couldn’t help but be startled and spat out the food in her mouth.
Everyone present was either stunned or speechless, the hall falling silent.
Even Lucy turned her gaze towards the figure, her eyes widening in shock.
“What’s wrong?”
Only Shien was confused.
He naturally noticed the arrival of the figure.
The figure seemed to possess an extraordinary presence and influence, drawing Shien’s gaze naturally, and he noticed her.
Frankly speaking, when he first noticed her, Shien himself was stunned.
Her hair was as white as snow, her skin like frost, her figure graceful, and her aura extraordinary. All the praises in the world could be used to describe her.
That beauty wasn’t as captivating as Lucy’s, nor as holy and ethereal as Nien’s, but it was transcendent and flawless.
Of course, just her extraordinary beauty wasn’t enough to shock Shien.
What truly shocked Shien was the unfathomable power he sensed from her.
It wasn’t about the vastness of her magic power, nor the terribleness of her aura, but a kind of power that made it seem like she controlled everything around her just by being there.
That power was something Shien had never felt before.
Because, for the first time, Shien had a thought.
That was—unrivaled.
She was simply unrivaled.
It wasn’t just that he couldn’t defeat her, but that he shouldn’t be her enemy, shouldn’t oppose her.
The emergence of this feeling was what truly shocked Shien.
It was precisely because of this that Shien felt confused.
He had encountered the “apex” for the first time.
And then…
“Y-you… you are…”
A voice finally rang out in the royal hall.
It was Yuler.
This Pope of the temple, whose status surpassed even a king, this old man with almost unrivaled authority in the human world, was now agitated.
So agitated that his hands and feet were trembling.
No, not just the Pope.
Including the Pope, all the priests were agitated and trembling, making even the dignitaries from various human countries nervous.
Many of them hadn’t seen this figure before.
More than ninety-nine percent of them shouldn’t have known her.
But when she appeared here, people still easily recognized her.
That was only natural.
Because she was the greatest goddess who guided humanity’s growth, illuminated their path, and always protected, cared for, and supported them.
Her name was usually recorded at the very beginning of the Divine Race’s history.
Her statues were enshrined in temples all over the world, worshipped and revered.
There was no one in this world who didn’t know her.
“Thud!”
Yuler was the first to kneel, lowering his head devoutly.
“Boom!”