In that instant, everyone present was stunned.
Shana was stunned.
Wilhelmina was stunned.
Zofie was stunned.
Black Catty, Shudenan, and Wilhelmina—the three of them—were all stunned as well.
Even every single being among the Flame Haze Legion and the Crimson Realm Denizens' army stood frozen in place.
Almost no one could believe their ears.
"Not stop it?"
At last, even Tengusa Shirou was left standing there in a daze.
His eyes were filled with astonishment.
"You..."
Tengusa Shirou was completely taken aback.
It was not just Tengusa Shirou.
Other than Jeanne, who seemed to have known something already, everyone else revealed shocked expressions.
"W-Wait!"
Alastor's thunderous voice turned flustered as well, emerging from the pendant before Shana.
"What do you mean by that?"
This was not only Alastor's question, but the question of everyone present.
Both allies and enemies alike.
Yet Fang Li remained utterly calm.
"Is that so strange?" Fang Li said as though it were only natural. "From beginning to end, I never said I wanted to stop the Imperial Mandate. I only said that I had a reason to fight Bal Masqué."
The first of those reasons was completing the Main Quest.
To complete Main Mission One and Main Mission Two, Fang Li had to defeat at least one of the Three Pillars and obtain 10,000 Kill Points.
Now, Shudenan had already been defeated by Fang Li and was incapable of fighting any further, completing Main Mission One.
As for the 10,000 Kill Points required by Main Mission Two, Fang Li had just discovered that he had somehow completed it without realizing.
After all, when he had first entered the battlefield, Fang Li had slaughtered a great number of Crimson Realm Denizens, including quite a few Crimson Kings.
Although Jeanne had not personally fought, the Main God