They ended up waiting for three days. Most spent their ti relaxing inside the building. John forbade them to go out, whatever the circumstances. Master could show up any second.
So, who were bored, played board gas brought by Spring Crown. It turned out that the markets nowadays sell a variety of board gas. All these board gas were produced by players who didn't venture into the wilderness to make their living. When these board gas were introduced to the natives, they proved popular. The players who made these board gas earned a fortune. They ended up forming a guild and gathered more non-adventuring mbers. Their production output increased, and they gained more fortune.
After further talks while playing, Spring Crown admitted he was among the players who built the board ga business in this new world. He didn't join their guild, though. It was his secret venture even when he was still working under Master. He provided the early capital for these players when they built the business, and he gained a share of revenue each month.
As for other more serious mbers like Four Winds and Leavealone, they spent their ti training mana manipulation and honing their martial arts.
Jack went all over the building doing a bit of each. Training, sparring, relaxing, and playing board gas. He also chatted with the natives inside the building. He spoke with Honuren the most since he was there almost all the ti.
He learned from Honuren that this place had a training dungeon where mbers could enter. He was very interested in trying, but it was in a different building. When Jack expressed his interest in going there, John stopped him. Jack argued that he could disguise himself while going out. John argued back that even if Master did not recognize him, it was still unusual to find a player roaming around this faction. Master might get suspicious and decide to attack without warning. Additionally, they would get separated if Jack went to the other building. If Master did show up, they had to wait for Jack to return before they could activate the Council of Twenty-four. So, Jack reluctantly stayed put.
During the three days, Jack also occasionally put himself under mana awakening. He wanted to get used to the transformation. He didn't stay in the state for long. It would be a problem if he couldn't use it in case Master ca and he had exhausted the state.
During his experint, he learned he could greatly extend his mana awakening state if he combined it with the runic suit from the Runestone of the Devil King. The runic suit stabilized the mana burning inside him during mana awakening. As long as he didn't use too many big skills during the state, he could stay under mana awakening for more than an hour.
Their boredom ended the morning of the fourth day after they arrived at this place. They received a ssage from Chris via his disc about Master attacking the base of the Council of Hybris. Petunia and a considerable portion of the faction truly stayed. They and their base were wiped out without rcy. Fortunately, she sent out their young mbers like she told Jeanny, so they still have mbers who continued their worship.
Everyone expected Master to go to the other divine factions before coming to the Council of Elpo. This faction was number one among the divine factions, after all. However, they heard Master's voice not long after Chris reported Master had left the Council of Hybris.
Little did they know, Master only attacked the divine factions whose Gods had been killed. As for Serenity, Love, Greed, and Wrath, they didn't die. They were turned into statues. Their essences wouldn't return to their shrines even if their worshippers spent thousands of years worshipping them. They would only return once the energies keeping them restrained wore off. Those energies would wear off by themselves unless Master renewed them.
"mbers of the Council of Elpo, your new God has arrived."
John sent ssages for everyone to gather in the main hall. Though they were in the sa building, it was a large building. Everyone was pretty much spread out all over.
Jack happened to be inside the main hall with John and Grace. He took out his Staff of Illios and used its Eye of Surveillance ability to see what was happening outside.
The projection showed Master floating above Sky Haven. Honuren and the others ca out to et him once he announced his arrival. John had predicted this situation. He had told Honuren to advise his mbers to take their ti coming out. Master's ascent to Godhood amplified his narcissistic tendency. He loved showing off. He would let the audience get into place first before taking action.
Still, John couldn't help but get nervous. He ssaged everyone madly to hurry up.
"His equipnt is different," Grace said.
"Right. It looks more... imposing but fiendish at the sa ti," Jack remarked.
"Those are set equipnt he is wearing, the Devil King's Infernal Armor," Peniel inford. "It's a top-rate legendary-grade set equipnt only attainable in the underworld. I daresay that set armor is equal if not slightly more powerful than your God of Courage's Divine Armor."
"So, he truly went to the underworld," Grace said.
"Why the hell does he need legendary equipnt? F*ck! He is already unbeatable as he is," Jack cursed.
"He probably has a hunch that we are plotting against him. He is probably making sure that whatever chance we have is reduced to as low as possible," Grace offered her opinion.
Grace was not off the mark. While Master was cooling off his temper inside Thereath Palace two days ago, he also contemplated many things. What filled his mind the most was the fact that Jack was still hiding. If it was only that, he wouldn't care. What brought Jack to his mind was Jack's words before Jack left.
"I will co for you."
If it was anyone, he would just scoff at those words. However, he heard confidence in Jack's voice and eyes when Jack said those words. He couldn't think of anything that could back that confidence. He knew everything about this world. There was nothing anyone could use or do to face him. Other than soone becoming another God, he is undefeatable. Yet, the thought of Jack's unknown skills ca back to him. As irritating as it was to admit, there were things in this world hidden from his knowledge. Thus, unbelievable as it was, he must assu that Jack had a plan to face him.
This thought was the reason he went away for three days instead of finishing the rest of the divine factions. Aside from gathering the Devil King's Infernal Armor in the underworld, he also max-leveled his Devil Bloodline. That bloodline consud the essence of demonic monsters. There was no shortage of those monsters in the underworld.
Master looked at the scene below with a condescending expression. He watched the faction mbers trickle out one group at a ti. After a while, he was losing patience. This so-called number one faction had turned out to be rather undisciplined. How could they take such a long ti to gather? If an enemy attacked, most would still be inside the buildings when the fighting started.
Master decided not to wait any longer. He asked Honuren, "Do you know my purpose for coming here?"
"... I have heard what happened to the Council of Virtus, Council of Charites, and the Cult of Phobos," Honuren answered.
"You should know. The Council of Hybris is also no more," Master uttered.
"So, you want to eliminate all the divine factions?" Honuren asked.
"Destroying is not my goal. I am simply a jealous God. No one may worship any God but . If you are willing to change your allegiance, I don't mind letting your faction live. Of course, letting you live ans only the mbers of your faction. This base has to go. This base is a testant to another God. It must be destroyed."
Honuren was quiet. He made a show like he was contemplating the offer.
After a few seconds, Master said, "Aside from being a jealous God, I'm also an impatient one. You have ten seconds to give your answer. If I don't get one by the end of these ten
seconds, I'll assu you reject my benevolent offer."
The silence returned. Everyone was counting the ti in their minds. Honuren was anxious. Master didn't give him much chance to stall for ti.
When the ten-second limit was about to end, Master lifted his hand. As he did, a chant was heard. This chant seed to co from everywhere. No one could make sure of its source. Even Master was baffled. He looked around, trying to sense if anything was out of the ordinary. His divine sense inford him that everything was out of the ordinary. The chant ca from all around, and it sounded closer by the second.
"What is this trickery?!" Master exclaid. He looked at Honuren below, who seed just as bewildered by the occurrence.
Despite their confused expressions, Master believed they were involved in whatever this was. He didn't want to take a chance. He aid his hand at the group of natives below and discharged his divine power.
To his consternation, his divine energy was blocked. It couldn't reach the targets below. While
he was wondering what could have blocked the power of a god, twenty-four golden statues
materialized around him, circling him.
"Wha-What...?"
These golden statues all had different appearances. One showed a person in heavy armor
carrying a tower shield. Another was seen carrying a spear, and so on. After making one circle to look at these twenty-four statues, he realized what they were. They were the representation of the twenty-four elite classes.
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