Some Professionals who believed they were strong enough to claim a share of this feast, or who intended to fish in troubled waters, had already set out overnight and made their way to Magna Province by every means possible.
Naturally, thanks to the advantage granted by the prophecy, the first to arrive—or rather, those who had long been waiting at the Fallen Star Impact Point—were members of forces such as the Gloria Royal Family, the Continental Magic Council, and the Holy Radiance Church.
However, since this was Gloria Empire territory, people from the other factions had symbolically concealed their identities.
As the rulers of Magna Province, the Enoch Family could not compare in accumulated strength to those true top-tier continental powers. Yet, with the advantage of being on home ground, they too arrived before Starfall's light struck the earth.
The instant the massive fallen star hit the ground, the Enoch Family's two Ninth Rank Limit experts struck with all their strength, redirecting most of the destructive force generated by its impact into the sky and minimizing the devastation caused by the shockwaves.
Yet when the fallen star's radiance faded, what appeared within the enormous impact crater, nearly a hundred kilometers across, was beyond almost everyone's expectations.
The star was not, as most had guessed, a rare and special alchemical material, an extraterrestrial entity, or the source of some calamity. It was an incomparably vast, ruined city!
A colossal ancient white-gold High Tower stood in one corner of the city, half of it torn apart by some force. Stone buildings were covered in cracks and signs of erosion, yet their former elegance and splendor could still vaguely be seen.
Though it had just endured an unimaginable impact, most of its structures remained strangely intact, as though some power had been protecting