The divine proclamation that rang across the entire battlefield silenced every sound.
The Crimson Realm Denizens stopped cheering, frozen where they stood.
The Flame Haze Warriors stopped fighting, stunned in place.
Even Zofie at the rear of the Flame Haze Legion and Wilhelmina, who was tightly restraining Pheles, could not help but catch their breath.
"Creating a world?"
Words filled with disbelief came from the mouths of the Flame Haze Warriors.
"Is that God out of his mind?"
With that one sentence, Aqua voiced a sentiment shared by many.
But Jeanne and Shana, who understood the details, both changed expression and cried out inwardly that this was bad.
Because both of them had learned from Fang Li
just how great an impact the matter Tengusa Shirou was about to announce would have on their Flame Haze Warriors.
Fang Li had said it before.
The true purpose of the Creation God's Imperial Mandate might cause every Flame Haze Warrior to lose the will to fight, or even their reason to live.
And now, Tengusa Shirou was about to announce it.
"I shall use the authority I possess to transform the world into a suitable form!"
Bathed in the radiance pouring down from the sky, Tengusa Shirou made that declaration as though he intended to embrace the entire world.
"In the past, I answered the desires and wishes of the Denizens as well, challenging creation and establishing an independent, self-sustaining sealed realm in the Real World."
"That was the ideal city—the Great Seal City."
"There, the Denizens need not search the world for scarce humans, nor expend the effort of devouring them. They can wield their powers as they please."
"There, no matter what distortions arise, they remain balanced in the overall total within its confines, manifesting primordial desires."
"Regrettably, that plan