"Are you going first, or am I?" The Water God turned to Evergreen beside him, his eyes filled with barely restrained fury.
"Together." Evergreen's reply was succinct.
His gaze locked onto the crowd below as his Divine Sense instantly spread outward.
"Everyone who wishes to live, raise your heads!"
Evergreen's voice was not loud, yet it carried a strange penetrating power, reaching clearly into the depths of everyone's consciousness and dispelling some of the Sloth entrenched in their souls.
In the square, the citizens trapped in panic and despair instinctively raised their heads.
They saw the two gods floating in midair, saw the radiance of Divine Might flowing around them.
That was their final hope!
"Now, I give you a choice!"
The Water God took over. "Will you keep being a pile of mud, waiting for these disgusting things to drag you into eternal slumber, or will you pick up your weapons and reclaim the lives that belong to you?"
He raised a hand and pointed at the most conspicuous figures on the battlefield.
First were the three men who had passed the Will Trial and had just received the "Vitality Blessing."
Then there was Kyle, lying at the front lines, still gripping his spear tightly even in his sleep!
Finally, there was Amina atop the wall, pale-faced yet still directing the Archers in their futile volleys!
"You five will be the first!"
The Water God suddenly swung the Ice Abyss Staff in his hand!
A deep-blue torrent of Divine Might, containing endless illusions and the power of raging tides, descended from the sky and precisely locked onto the man who had once lifted the boulder!
"Ah—!"
The man only had time to let out a scream before his entire body was swallowed by that violent Divine Might!
He felt