Yuri and Semler were the first to rise, followed by Wendy and several other bishops and archbishops present. Only then did the other priests realize who had appeared before them. The faint rustling and creaking of benches and clothing echoed continuously through the Assembly Hall as every Sleeper stood up.
It was a truly magnificent sight.
Gawain looked at these people before him—people who had just been transferred from Typhon and who, not long ago, had still been members of a Dark Cult. Though he had personally brought all this about, he still felt a little unreal about it—the entire Sleeper Cult, with seven centuries of accumulated foundations, more than half of its results now belonged to Cecil.
These were all Technical Personnel.
Gawain let out a soft breath and said evenly, "Sit down, all of you."
Of the Three Great Dark Cults, the Children of the Storm were being corrupted and transformed by the power of the Deep Sea Harmonious God, and their current situation remained unknown. The End of All Things had finally lived up to its name. Aside from a group of remnants who had fled into the wasteland to hide, nearly all those who remained in human lands had perished, leaving only a single plant on the Thorin Plains. As for The Sleeper, its cult had collapsed, and its surviving Technical Personnel had been divided between the two great human empires.
This darkness and chaos, which had stretched on for seven hundred years, could not yet be said to have fully settled, but in Gawain's view, the overall situation had at least been decided.
"Yuri, Semler, and... Wendy," Gawain's gaze passed over the faces of several archbishops he knew relatively well. When his eyes shifted toward the empty space nearby, two figures abruptly appeared there as