Analysis! Essence! Request...

Only Kate's voice remained, echoing continuously through the room. Wu Yan and the others, along with Hilif, stood quietly where they were, listening to every word of this secret history of the Sparlier World and committing it to memory, completing another piece of this world's mysterious puzzle...

Kate took a sip of tea. Seeing how attentively everyone was listening, he seemed quite satisfied and nodded.

"That divine war caused all four of the Sparlier World's remaining gods to fall. It also made that sole Mythic Armament vanish without a trace, like a fleeting flower. And without a Mythic Armament, people could no longer obtain Divine Power. Thus, the God Rank became nothing more than a legend in the Sparlier World..."

No one spoke. The fall of gods was still deeply shocking. Everyone tried to digest this secret within their hearts, standing there lost in thought, each reflecting on things only they understood. At least, Wu Yan, Hinagiku, Kotori, Kurumi, and Hilif were like that. As for whether Ikaros, Astrea, Tohka, Little Flandre, and Yoshino understood it or were simply spacing out, only they themselves knew... Wu Yan rubbed his brow. On the surface, he seemed to be processing Kate's information, but his consciousness had long since sunk into the depths of his mind, where he began speaking with the system.

"System. My summoned characters and I won't need Divine Power to advance in the future, right? As long as we fight, we can rank up..."

The system seemed to pause for a moment. Then, its usual mechanical, utterly emotionless voice echoed through Wu Yan's mind.

"User, you and your summoned characters use an experience-based leveling system. According to the system's settings, defeating units hostile toward the user or summoned characters grants experience points, allowing you to level up..."

Before Wu