Once they had confirmed there was still a chance to turn things around, the many Ninth Rankers present said no more and immediately began preparing their attacks anew.
Those within the high-altitude Defense Magic Array noticed this as well.
"They still refuse to give up. Are they planning to drain all our magic power through attrition?"
A Ninth Ranker whose entire body was a sickly green muttered, voicing the question on everyone's mind.
"There is something I need to inform you all of. While we were previously activating the Ritual, the Construct Network's connection devices were also continuously being cleared.
"At the current overall scale of the Construct Network, the initial clearing rate was approximately 0.26 percent per minute, and it has gradually been slowing. It is estimated that after one magic hour, it will reach 20 percent of the total.
"The maximum consciousness capacity of the Construct Network is approximately 76 percent of its current total."
At that moment, a petite Girl in an ash-black cloak standing beside the Speaker spoke softly.
She was also one of the Ritual's overseers and managed the auxiliary core Magic Node of the entire Ritual.
"Thank you for informing us, Starlight."
The Speaker nodded to her, then turned toward the many Ninth Rankers serving as Ritual nodes, gathered with the power transmitted by the entire Construct Network, and spoke calmly.
"As for the network power consumption everyone is worried about, if they can continue attacking twenty-three more times as they just did, the network's power may indeed be temporarily exhausted.
"However, there are less than ten minutes until the Ritual is complete.
"Everything has long since been decided. No matter what they do now, they cannot change tonight's outcome."
However, before the Speaker had finished speaking, a change that ordinary people could not