(Thank you very much to 'Kaede no Chōrei', 'Dreamfall Butterfly Shadow', 'Lei Xiang', and 'Yuezhao Waltz' for the rewards!)
After leading the high-ranking figures of Sparlier World to the front of the platform, Hinagiku, Mikoto, and the other girls simply left them behind, splitting into two groups and heading toward the left and right sides of the platform.
There, Thunder King, Dar, and Fei Fei were delighted to discover Lulu as well. She quietly greeted the three of them, yet she seemed as restrained as though she were attending a very formal banquet. Only after the girls joined her did she settle down and assume a properly composed appearance.
Purple likewise left the high-ranking figures of Sparlier World behind and stepped onto the platform, joining the figures already standing there.
Who were those figures on the platform?...
Garin!
Mula!
Linya!
Cynthia!
Magnubi!
The five Demigod Rank powerhouses of Sparlier World!
Yet, upon seeing the five Demigod Rank powerhouses standing at the pinnacle of Sparlier World, the high-ranking figures of Sparlier World, who should have been thrilled and respectfully bowed, instead fell silent. Many of their faces were filled with deep shock.
That was because, at that very moment, Garin, Mula, Linya, Cynthia, and Magnubi—the five Demigod Rank powerhouses of Sparlier World—had split into two groups just like the girls standing on either side of the platform, taking positions on both sides before the Guardian Divine Tree sapling.
After Purple joined the five Demigod Rank powerhouses of Sparlier World, she too walked to one side and stood with Linya and Cynthia.
Of course, that alone would not have been enough to shock the high-ranking figures of Sparlier World.
What truly shocked them was that, between the two groups of Demigod Rank powerhouses, a figure stood before the Guardian Divine Tree sapling