The Silent King had already fallen, yet there was no joy of victory in the command room, only a heavy silence.
Anyone who did not know better would have thought they had been defeated, for the mood was that grim.
"I—I have failed His Majesty the Great Savior. I failed to carry out the planned mission properly—"
The Departmento Munitorum officer in charge was full of guilt, tears even falling from his eyes, as if he had committed some monstrous sin.
As for the other command personnel, they looked as though they were mourning their own parents.
Because the Silent King had fallen far earlier than they had expected, problems had appeared in the subsequent plan.
According to the original plan, the Great Savior, the Emperor of Mankind, was supposed to appear in this decisive battle and deliver the fatal blow to the Silent King.
Yet before the Savior had descended, the alien False God had fallen. What blasphemy was that?
It was unacceptable.
After all, since the start of this decisive battle, people had not seen the mighty figure of the Great Savior. The citizens of the Imperium were waiting for the Savior to appear, waiting for him to descend and defeat that hateful False God.
That would also affect how this war was defined. Had the alien False God been defeated by the Lord of Hope, or by the Savior?
At least before all of the Savior's identities could be revealed, this was an extremely serious issue, and it concerned humanity's confidence as well.
In short, the Savior had to be an invincible existence, able to shelter humanity, and that alien False God had to be defeated by him.
"This is a shameful, unforgivable failure! But before we review it and take responsibility, we must salvage all of