Two Months Aren't for Two Months of Fighting, but for Cleanup

Two months aren't for two months of fighting, but because the cleanup will take two months.

The great Spirit of the Stag—Aixnier's final will had also shattered.

It had long since died, but as a Great Being, it had always possessed the possibility of awakening and returning in the distant future. But with the dispersal of its will this time, everything it had was swallowed and absorbed by the sea of spirituality.

It could never awaken again. In its place, all that would prove it had ever existed would be the Otherworld's former glory in the songs of bards, and the new legendary Brandt.

But Brandt was only Brandt, not the Spirit of the Stag.

The moment Brandt chose not to become its apostle during those times when his blood and qi spiraled out of control, this outcome had been decided. Brandt would not become the Spirit of the Stag. He would become Ryan's pure and unwavering follower.

As Brandt bathed in spiritual radiance and received a legendary boon and even greater extraordinary power, every Squire Knight in the Stag Legion underwent another ascension in strength.

The great Spirit of the Stag's will dispersed. Its final divine gift bestowed upon the Squire Knights a sacred boon called the Eternal Burning Life Spark.

Its effect... was terrifying.

The Eternal Burning Life Spark allowed the knights' blood and qi to remain forever at their peak. In other words, whether they were babbling children or centenarian elders in their twilight years, the extraordinary power they commanded would not weaken in the slightest.

Their blood and qi would forever remain at their peak.

This was the only power the Spirit of the Stag had left behind, apart from Brandt.

Legendary power silently gathered within Brandt like a vortex. By the time he came back