The celebration that followed the battle with the Abyss faction was grand. For days on end, the entire territory remained in a state of constant jubilation.
People sang praises of the heroes who had saved them from the clutches of evil. Banners were raised, and new statues were built in their honor.
Yet none of those heroes joined the celebration.
The rest after the battle had been so brief it might as well not have existed. Atticus had immediately begun preparations for ascension.
The Abyss faction in the Count layer was nothing more than a blip in the vast scale of enemies that opposed them.
Atticus fully expected the Marquis layer to be the hardest they had ever faced, and his preparations reflected that reality.
Among the gods, only he and Anorah had reached the required level to ascend. Ozerra and the two resistance gods remained below the threshold.
