Twenty years.
That was the time that had passed since the Gith raised the banner of rebellion and began sowing havoc throughout the Mind Flayer Empire.
Though they were enemies, the Mind Flayer King had recognized the Gith's latent threat from the very beginning. He had not employed any messy tactics, instead intending to crush them outright with absolute power.
Yet, relying on the overwhelmingly terrifying power of the Slaughterer of All Beings,
the Gith, who stood at an absolute disadvantage in numbers, individual strength, total resources, culture, technology... in every aspect, still achieved one crushing victory after another under the leadership of the Bloody King Church.
It could be said
that before that blade shimmering with boundless silver radiance,
all the preparations and contingencies of the Mind Flayer Empire were no different from paper mache.
They possessed no ability to resist at all!
Whenever they encountered the Slaughterer of All Beings in a head-on clash,
they had never gained even the slightest victory or advantage.
The Slaughterer of All Beings was their true nemesis. The effects imbued within it possessed utterly crushing dominance.
It overwhelmed them in every conceivable aspect...
Whether it was the Mind Flayer Elders, each capable of suppressing an entire city on their own, or the Mind Flayer King, who held the highest authority over the entire Mind Flayer Empire, neither possessed the ability to contend against it...
It was like facing a raging inferno—no amount of dry grass had any meaning.
Before its edge,
if they stubbornly chose to fight, then aside from throwing away lives, there could be no other outcome...
The Mind Flayer Empire only reluctantly acknowledged this sorrowful fact
after the Mind Flayer King was severely wounded and dozens of Mind Flayer Elders had died.
And it was from that time onward