(Heartfelt thanks to 'King-san' and 'YYYu' for their rewards!)
No matter how the rats hiding in the dark scurried about, at least on the surface, Noah had already secured every victory.
That very day, Saint Tenzi followed Noah's instructions and announced the entire process and outcome of the international conference. She also released footage of Fairy Tail's Initiator team conquering one of the Three Great Demon Realms.
The moment the announcement was made, the entire Tokyo Area erupted.
"There's hope!"
"There's hope!"
"We humans finally have hope of defeating all the Gastrea!"
Every citizen was ecstatic, completely swept up in overwhelming joy.
On that day, nearly every citizen in the Tokyo Area shed tears of joy, celebrating and shouting as though the entire nation were rejoicing.
Under Saint Tenzi's deliberate guidance, such enormous news spread across the world at an unimaginable speed, driving humanity everywhere into a frenzy.
Every human being was struck by this tremendous surprise that day. It all felt like a dream, and they could barely process it for the entire day.
It could not be helped. Humanity had suffered far too much oppression at the hands of the Gastrea.
Bluntly speaking, living in this era could only be described as painful.
After all, no one knew when a Gastrea might suddenly leap out from some corner, swallow them whole, and end their life.
Likewise, no one knew whether the place they lived might one day be overrun by a Gastrea horde and reduced completely to hell.
Thus, in this era, nearly all humans could be said to be living in hell, tormented every day.
That suffering was also an important factor in breeding humanity's darker side.
Now, the announcement of the Artificial Sacred Gear and Fairy Village's policies had allowed all humanity to see hope.
Hope