Regret?

Twenty royal families who claimed to be descendants of the gods joined forces during the Void Century to annihilate or drive away the God Clan of the Holy Land.

In the end, the royal families occupied the magpie's nest, building the Holy Land of Mary Geoise atop the ruins of the God Clan.

From that moment on--

The Holy Land represented supremacy, inviolable and untouchable.

But after Maud stepped onto the world stage, everything changed.

Not only was the city kept on high alert at all times, but on the eve of the public execution, the security perimeter had been expanded dozens of times, seemingly covering every direction.

The moment Maud reached the Red Line, the Holy Land's garrison received the news. That was why they had been able to form up so quickly before the gates of Pangu City.

Even so, the garrison had never expected Maud to actually come to the Holy Land alone.

One gaze after another, filled with fear or apprehension, fell upon Maud.

The order they had received was not to intercept Maud here.

But they couldn't simply do nothing. At the very least, they had to put on an imposing show.

Nearly ten thousand Holy Land guards stood motionless before the gates, like wooden figures.

Maud seemed not to take this force seriously at all. Expressionless, he strode toward the gates.

This time...

He had come openly, so naturally, he would enter through the gates.

As they watched Maud approach step by step, the guards struggled to conceal their nervousness.

The atmosphere before the gates gradually grew heavy.

"Gulp..."

The sounds of nervous swallowing rose one after another.

The hands gripping their weapons had turned slightly pale from exertion.

For the guards, remaining calm in front of that man was simply asking too much.