Starfire Hall.
Xian, who pursued justice, froze for a moment, and his gaze toward the blond young man grew a little warmer.
Well, damn. Turns out they were both companions of justice!
Meanwhile, the giant man who had been listening quietly seemed to show the faintest ripple in his eternally calm eyes.
"You misunderstand. I am not a god, merely an ordinary person."
After hesitating for a moment, Xian decided to reveal his true identity. After all, what he sought were companions.
Besides, to people of this other world, the Status Blessing above his head might not be any worse than a god's. In an instant, the flames forming his body gradually turned into flesh and blood, and a long string of emerald-green words appeared above his head.
"My name is Xian. I am someone who wants people to live like people."
He looked calmly at the two stunned men before him.
"1,409,670,292 citizens... That is more than the entire human population of this continent combined!"
The blond young man muttered to himself, his face filled with disbelief as his entire body stiffened.
The tower-like giant beside him, meanwhile, decisively dropped to one knee.
The instant his knee struck the floor, even the bronze ground beneath them trembled slightly.
"Greetings, noble Prince. I am Tamerlane Rhine, a devout paladin of the Sun Church. Please forgive my previous discourtesy."
Startled awake by the faint tremor, the blond young man swiftly bent deeply at the waist and said apologetically, "Rhine... Are you royalty of the Rhine Kingdom?"
Xian could not help asking. Had he recruited an actual Prince? "No, Prince. Although my bloodline shares the same origins as the royal family, my branch left the royal house long ago and returned to the glory of the Sun God," Tamerlane immediately clarified.
Then,