On May 2, the war began.
The Pope's mobilization speech had a much stronger effect than expected.
At first, Iver's goal had merely been to quell the chaos and prevent a Civil War—but he seemed to have underestimated his own weight in these soldiers' hearts.
—Because he himself was "living history."
As the first human Pope in history, Iver himself had already become someone who opened up the future. In other words, Iver had long since successfully proven to the people that the era of humanity had arrived—and he himself was that proof.
Slay the gods alongside the first human Pope!
That crystal-clear feeling of I'm in the middle of a major historical event was intoxicating enough.
Of course, that was also because Iver had not explained things clearly when recruiting soldiers...
If he had directly told people, "We're recruiting soldiers, and our hypothetical enemy is a Fallen Angel..." it would have sounded like he was tricking them into serving as cannon fodder.
—Soldier: Huh? I'm fighting a Fallen Angel? For real?
They thought they had come to clear out demons, and only now did Iver tell them—We're going to create history. And you won't have to handle the most difficult part. I'll do that myself. Just stand by and watch, and you'll be remembered in history.
Who wouldn't get excited? Besides, even if they lost the battle, Iver would be there with them!
The noblest person in humanity, the one with the highest standing in the world, would charge ahead of them—what more could they ask for? What truly boosted morale, however, was something Iver had said without thinking.
He had said—the Fallen Angel was afraid.
The main point was... that it really might be true.
Forget about them for the moment, but the Pope represented the will of