The Giant of Light, bearing his own shadow, was bound inside a sun that was no longer an abstract symbol but a physical entity. He resembled a prisoner locked in a cage, or the darkness within the sun's heart. Though conspicuous, seemingly obscuring its radiance, he had never managed to break free of reason's restraints.
The formation of this shadowy humanoid did not diminish the light the sun cast toward the barrier to reinforce it. Instead, it made the light even hotter and its effects more pronounced.
The gazes cast by the gods became almost tangible, each representing a different response.
The Eternal Blazing Sun, Osekes, sensed Evernight's wariness, Steam's confusion, Wisdom's scrutiny, Storm's anger, Earth Mother's concern, and the Black Emperor's gaze, which concealed and distorted every emotion.
Among them, the gazes of the God of Wisdom, Herabergen, and the Lord of Storms, Leodoro, were the most intense.
They noticed how Osekes differed from his previous appearance. This was neither the Sun that represented an abstract concept in the Astral World nor the human form he had possessed upon first becoming a god, when he could still walk in reality. Instead, he more closely resembled the form the Ancient Sun God had occasionally assumed when he struggled to control himself as he approached the level of a Great Old One.
This inevitably reminded them of the Betrayal Banquet.
Back then, Osekes, who was still the White Angel, had suddenly seized the final Sequence 1 characteristic of the Sun pathway and its corresponding Uniqueness from the Ancient Sun God, who had just perished and was about to resurrect in the planned manner. With them, he completed his ritual and became a god on the spot. Left with no choice, the Wind Angel, Leodoro, and the Wisdom Angel, Herabergen, could only